Larry Wallis

Larry Wallis (born May 19, 1949 in England ; † September 19, 2019 ) was a British rock guitarist , songwriter and music producer .

Career

Wallis formed his first band called The Entire Sioux Nation in 1968. It dissolved in late 1969; at the same time Mick Farren of the Pink Fairies formed the Shagrat group, which Wallis joined. Farren left the band quickly. Shagrat recorded some demo tapes and played at the Phun City Festival in July 1970 . A little later Wallis left the band and joined Blodwyn Pig , who had just changed their name to Lancaster's Bombers and then to Lancaster. However, it was a short guest appearance, as the band split up in September 1970. In 1972 he toured for half a year with an early incarnation of the band UFO .

From UFO it went back to the Pink Fairies in November 1972, whose album Kings of Oblivion contains the first official recordings of Wallis. After the Fairies took a break from April 1974, he was hired by Hawkwind bassist Lemmy Kilmister as guitarist for his new band Motörhead . Wallis was now pursuing a two-pronged approach: In addition to Motorhead, his focus was still on the Pink Fairies. There was a brief reunion in July 1975 for a concert at the London Roundhouse . The concert was released as an LP in 1982 by Chiswick Records . With Motörhead he recorded another album, On Parole , in 1975/1976 , which was initially unreleased.

When "Fast Eddie" Clarke joined Motörhead as guitarist in February 1976, Wallis got out and concentrated again on the Pink Fairies. With them he brought out the single Between the Lines in September 1976 on Stiff Records . In the same month he played at a one-off concert with Thin Lizzy members. In the six-piece band, Wallis, Scott Gorham , Gary Moore and Brian Robertson were four well-known guitarists, Phil Lynott on bass and Rat Scabies from The Damned on drums.

Wallis then worked as a producer for Stiff Records. In November 1977 he released his first solo single Police Car, produced by Nick Lowe , and its B-side On Parole - the song he had already recorded with Motörhead. With Lowe and his Rockpile colleagues Dave Edmunds and Sean Tyla , Wallis also formed the band The Takeaways (for a single recording, Food , which came out on the Stiff compilation album A Bunch of Stiff ). In 1977 Stiff sent his most famous artists on tour: Ian Dury & the Blockheads , Elvis Costello & the Attractions , Wreckless Eric , Nick Lowe (with Dave Edmunds) and Larry Wallis. The line-ups of the respective bands on this live stiffs tour were relatively fluid. The result can be heard on the LP Live Stiffs Live . In 1977 Stiff released the Wallis-produced EP Screwed Up by Mick Farren & the Deviants. He also produced a. a. Wreckless Eric's first LP for Stiff Records. After he had produced the Farren LP Vampires Stole My Lunch Money in 1978, he went on tour with it under the band name Good Guys. In March 1979 he played some concerts in Great Britain with Wayne Kramer (ex MC5 ).

In February 1982 Wallis put together their own band for the first time: Larry Wallis & the Death Commandos of Love. Two years later he worked again with Mick Farren. He had reactivated The Deviants to record a live album, Human Garbage . In 1987 the Pink Fairies were revived for the album Kill 'em & Eat' em . In 1991, Wallis released a mini-LP, Truth Justice and a Wholesome Packed Lunch, with Dr. Feelgood bassist Phil Mitchell and drummer Chris North as Redbyrds . In 1995 he played on the LP Live in Concert by The Stranglers and Friends . Wallis' first solo album, Death in the Guitarfternoon , hit record stores in 2002. After Lee Brilleaux's death , Wallis took part in tribute concerts for the Dr. Feelgood founder alongside Eddie & the Hot Rods . He had become a good friend of the band over time; the Feelgoods recorded at least two Larry Wallis songs: As Long as the Price Is Right and I Love You So You're Mine ; he was also the co-author of Close But No Cigar . Larry Wallis died in September 2019 at the age of 70.

Discography

Albums as musicians

• 1973: Pink Fairies - Kings of Oblivion
• 1975: Pink Fairies - Flashback (Compilation)
• 1977: Wreckless Eric - Wreckless Eric (album title of the German release: A Louder Silence )
• 1979: Motörhead - On Parole
• 1982: Pink Fairies - At the Roundhouse
• 1984: Mick Farren & the Deviants - Human Garbage (live at Dingwalls)
• 1987: Pink Fairies - Kill 'em & Eat' em
• 1991: Pink Fairies - At the Roundhouse / Previously Unreleased
• 1992: Redbyrds - Truth Justice and a Wholesome Packed Lunch
• 1995: The Stranglers and Friends - Live in Concert
• 2002: Larry Wallis - Death in the Guitarfternoon

Tracks on compilations

• 1972: Glastonbury Faire (Pink Fairies)
• 1977: A Bunch of Stiffs (The Takeaways)
• 1978: Live Stiffs Live (Larry Wallis' Psychedelic Rowdies, Nick Lowe's Last Chicken in the Shop and All)
• 1991: Escape from Oil City (On The Bench)
• 1995: What's in the Pub in 1996 (Larry Wallis)

Singles as musicians

• 1976: Pink Fairies - Between the Lines / Spoiling for a Fight
• 1977: Larry Wallis - Police Car / On Parole

Albums and singles as a producer

• 1977: Mick Farren & the Deviants - Screwed Up (EP)
• 1977: Larry Wallis - Police Car / On Parole (Single)
• 1977: Wreckless Eric - Reconnez Cherie (Single)
• 1977: Wreckless Eric - Wreckless Eric (album; title in Germany: A Louder Silence )
• 1977: The Adverts - One Chord Wonders (Single)
• 1977: The Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes (Single)
• 1978: Mick Farren & the Deviants - Vampires Stole My Lunch Money (Album)
• 1978 Subs - Gimme Your Heart / Party Clothes (Single)
• 1978: Ernie Graham - Romeo (and the Lonely Girl) / Only Time Will Tell (Single)
• 1978: The Members - Solitary Confinement / Rat up a Drainpipe (Single)
• 1978: The Realists - I've Got a Heart (single A-side)

Web links

• Larry Wallis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Larry Wallis / Pink Fairies website
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Remembers Larry Willis. JazzTimes, March 19, 2020, accessed on March 20, 2020 . 

proof

1. ^ Larry Wallis Death: English guitarist, songwriter and producer has died. In: amarketnews.com. September 20, 2019, accessed on September 20, 2019 .