Larry Jon Wilson
Larry Jon Wilson (October 7, 1940 – June 21, 2010) was an American country … Read Full Bio ↴Larry Jon Wilson (October 7, 1940 – June 21, 2010) was an American country singer, guitarist and musician. He recorded "Through the Eyes of Little Children" and "I Betcha Heaven's on a Dirt Road". Wilson appears in the documentary film Heartworn Highways recorded 1975–1976, where he is filmed recording the song "Ohoopee River Bottomland".
Born in Swainsboro, Georgia, Wilson picked up the guitar and taught himself how to play. In 1975, he released his debut album New Beginnings. Three more albums on the Monument record label imprint of CBS Records followed, Let Me Sing My Song to You (1976), Loose Change (1977), and The Sojourner (1979).
Despite Wilson's accolades and fans, no hit record emerged. Wilson left the music industry in 1980. He returned in the late 1980s when other songwriters encouraged him to attend the Frank Brown International Songwriter's Festival in Perdido Key, Florida. He began touring again in 1989, and by 2003 still accepted occasional engagements. Wilson remained devoted to his music, rather than to the marketplace.
In 2008, Sony BMG released a new Wilson album, after a thirty year hiatus from recording. In 2009, Drag City re-released the album in the US.
Wilson died, following a stroke in June 2010, at the age of 69.
Discography
New Beginnings (1975)
Let Me Sing My Songs (1976)
Loose Change (1977)
The Sojourner (1979)
Larry Jon Wilson (2008)
Born in Swainsboro, Georgia, Wilson picked up the guitar and taught himself how to play. In 1975, he released his debut album New Beginnings. Three more albums on the Monument record label imprint of CBS Records followed, Let Me Sing My Song to You (1976), Loose Change (1977), and The Sojourner (1979).
Despite Wilson's accolades and fans, no hit record emerged. Wilson left the music industry in 1980. He returned in the late 1980s when other songwriters encouraged him to attend the Frank Brown International Songwriter's Festival in Perdido Key, Florida. He began touring again in 1989, and by 2003 still accepted occasional engagements. Wilson remained devoted to his music, rather than to the marketplace.
In 2008, Sony BMG released a new Wilson album, after a thirty year hiatus from recording. In 2009, Drag City re-released the album in the US.
Wilson died, following a stroke in June 2010, at the age of 69.
Discography
New Beginnings (1975)
Let Me Sing My Songs (1976)
Loose Change (1977)
The Sojourner (1979)
Larry Jon Wilson (2008)
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Larry Jon Wilson Lyrics
Bertrand My Son I have a little boy, Bertrand Tyler Wilson is his…
Broomstraw Philosophers And Scuppernong Wine Umm, Hmmm Umm, hmmm Ridin' in a taxi cab in New York…
Goodbye Eyes If this is our last dance Let's take it slowly Let's let…
Melt Not My Igloo An Amchitkan Eskimo named Kanawetuk wrote a letter to the…
New Beginnings Twenty nine hundred miles from home and I'm cold and…
Ohoopee River Bottom Land Mm, hmmm... In south Georgia there's a river called the Ohoo…
Ohoopee River Bottomland Mm, hmmm... In south Georgia there's a river called the Oho…
Rocking With You Wherever I'm goin', wherever I'm stayin' It doesn't matter,…
The Truth Ain't in You When I got out of prep school and went to…
Through the Eyes of Little Children I've been raised on fear and hate and war Clichés and…