Larry Carter
 

Larry Carter is the greatest rock and roller in pentecost.

Definitely a good guitarist.

Samples?

Larry Carter got the breaks others didn't. Hat's off to LC...

What breaks? :nah

Some people get breaks...others create their own good fortune with hard work. LC falls in the latter category. :tiphat

Any of yall seen his video about the "sunday school girl"

It was a very touching video and soo much reality in todays children....Of course I was soo close to crying. My children looked very troubled by it though. church is all they have ever known. We talked to them about how some children have never been to sunday school and how they don't even know who Jesus is. My children were amazed........

I think I have a link for it!

http://www.gowinsouls.com/video/

try that and scroll down to the sunday school girl icon.. 5th one down ... I hope it works.

*warning....tears will come*

Don't LC play a Fender?

Let's say I know people who knows LC... He got breaks David Huff couldn't get 30 years ago. More power to him. Even with hard work, he wouldn't have been able to succeed There's no way he could've pulled that off even as late as the early 90's. I know people who tried...

How? I know someone that is a very very very talented guitarist and classically trained. He'd love to know who to know

I dunno, but someone smashed my fender...hit and run.

I don't know "people who know"...I know LC. You don't have a clue what you're talking about. :nah

Let's just say LC and I have a common connection from the Razorback State. Some one who has played along side him in his early days. Needless to say he got support that many who were as talented and "annointed" were not able to get. I applaud his perseverence and timing. He deserves the success he gets.

:girlnails

But David Huff was doing the same thing LC was doing way before LC picked up a guitar... For whatever reason LC was embraced and DH ostracized to the point of going elsewhere.

David Huff rocks!!! :happydance

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What, Berk?

Can't I do a little dance without you looking at me sideways?????

:D

who is David Huff??

Yes sure go ahead and dance.I'd love to do an Irish step dance but I'm too clumsy.

http://www.davidhuff.com/

One of the song clips on the site..."Blue Eyes Like Janey's"...awesome song!!!


We did one of his songs for choir tour a couple of years ago...I really like it, but I'm not sure if this is the right title: Run To His Mercy Now

...chorus lyrics....

There is salvation,
There is healing,
There is a God,
Who knows what you are needing,
He's everything right,
For everything wrong,
Come to Him now,
Don't you wait too long,
Run to His mercy now...

bridge...

I found Him,
I tried Him,
He saved me,
He forgave me,
I love him,
I praise Him
He filled me
He thrilled me
(doubletime)
I got the shout in my mouth and I gotta let it out, yes I do ya'll,
I got a dance in my feet and I can't keept it still cause it's real ya'll

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Draw me closer to Your flame,
Roll back the veil and reveal Your name!


Is that from an old[ish] album?

Here are some links to David and the Giants albums, complete with song lists and clips! Ultra-cool. :happydance

(Click on the album, then the song title....)

Clips

Miss Bratt...

I think what tv1 is trying to say is that....about 10 years ago...what Larry Carter does now would have never been allowed. If someone would have walked in and heard him on the guitar doing his "thang" he would have been talked about and sent to packing. However, things have changed and he is able to use his gift in a way that was not (for lack of a better word) "accepted" 10 years ago.

I do not think he is talking bad about Larry Carter. I think he is stating a point that is valid. In no way is it a "slam" against him.

I could not get the video to work. Do you have to have broadband to see it?

What video? :coffee2

I posted a link to a website, and links to audio clips.

If you go to youtube.com, though, you can search for "Larry Carter" and find a few videos.

In reality, there were, and still are, quite a few churches that wouldn't/won't give LC the time of day because of his style. However, if all that is being implied is that folks are more lenient now than they were back in the day to David Huff...then sure...I can agree with that...that has to do with an overall relaxing with that style of music, though...I don't think it has to do with a particular person.

I don't really think that's what tv1 was referring to, but he can correct me if I'm wrong. :tiphat

I wouldn't say a "slam", but it read to me like an implication that he only got where he is because people in power did him favors. To me, that's insulting. Maybe I'm just being over-sensitive. :coffee2

As for comparing him to David Huff...well, look, becoming well-known and "usable" (to churches) is a matter of choices. It's a matter of what avenues you take to get there, and whether you make sure you toe the line. It seems to me that LC has played by the rules, and DH didn't. Not that DH did anything wrong...he just did it differently. His choices led him down a different road. I don't know that I buy into the statement that LC is more successful than DH. I think they are pretty equally successful in different arenas.

I remember when Larry Carter first started out with the McGruders in 1989/90. I used to love to hear him tear that guitar up and I still do. The audiences used to always want him to play. Im a Fanatic.

I never suggested LC didn't have talent. I believe there were some who made his path smoother sailing. There's nothing wrong with finding favor with the right people.

Exactly...and there are a lot of people out there with talent that never make it that far

I believe its called the "Good Ole Boys Club"

Like who? The McGruder's? LOL!!!! Yeah, they were so popular, they made it all easy for him....:toofunny

But honestly, okay...you're right...finding "favor" with the right people is something that you should do if you want to be welcomed in certain areas. So maybe LC has "played the game" better and smarter than DH did? Or maybe DH didn't care enough to "play the game" and went his own direction?

I really just don't see DH as not arriving at success, and I'm surprised that anyone else would. LC is only widely known within Apostolic ranks; DH has a much broader range than that. *shrug* It all depends on what you define as being successful, I suppose.

Plus, I will say that LC is pretty careful about going heavy metal in churches that wouldn't welcome it. He can play just plain' ol' Amazing Grace or How Great Thou Art, and he wins people over. He's amiable and people just tend to like him. I've seen him sing/play for 20 minutes and preach for 10 minutes and have everyone in the altar. He's likeable, and that's really important, especially when you're playing a controversial style of music (within the Apostolic church world, anyway) He was not accepted right away...it has taken him years to move to where he is today.

In order to move beyond your own little world in the music business you have to have charisma and street smarts of a sort, not just talent. LC has people skills. They've served him quite well. Some musicians and singers will never be able to move very far beyond their own circles because they're either not really interested in it, or they're not really willing to put in the effort it takes to broaden their horizons.