Larry Graham
American bassist and baritoneWikipedia
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Sep 15, 2026
Ava CyrHOST
And this was very Prince.
Ava CyrHOST
He could play a scheduled show, invite special guests, bring out musicians like Larry Graham or Maceo Parker, and then potentially continue the night with an after show.
Ava CyrHOST
And for fans, seeing Prince in a relatively small club was a completely different experience from seeing him in an arena, and from a business perspective, it gave Prince something incredibly valuable, which was control.
Ava CyrHOST
Instead of relying entirely on a traditional tour cycle, he could create an entire entertainment environment around himself and the 3121 brand.
NeltronPANELIST
Uh, what's his name? Um-
KilHOST
Larry Graham.
KilHOST
Larry Graham.
NeltronPANELIST
Larry Graham.
NeltronPANELIST
Yes, Larry Graham.
NeltronPANELIST
And there's a couple interviews where he's like he grew up in a church where they didn't have no, no, uh, drums, uh, and he had to do, he had to play that, that part, you know, to fill in.
NeltronPANELIST
But, uh, yeah, shout out to Sly and the Family Stone.
NeltronPANELIST
Rest in peace to Sly.
Ronnie LittlejohnHOST
Greg was born in San Francisco, 1948.
Ronnie LittlejohnHOST
He joined forces with Sly Stone in 1966 with Larry Graham, Cynthia Robinson, Jerry Martini, Rosie Stone, and Freddie Stone to form Sly and the Family Stone.
Ronnie LittlejohnHOST
Gregorico's drumming was a crucial part of the band's sound.
Ronnie LittlejohnHOST
He combined rock, R&B, jazz, and, well, he put the unk into the funk.
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Greg ErricoGUEST
He just was handpicking a few people like, I want this guy on bass.
Greg ErricoGUEST
Someone told him about, they got to go to this club and hear this bass player.
Greg ErricoGUEST
His name is Larry Graham.
Greg ErricoGUEST
So fly went in, they hooked and he heard him and he, wrote it down, number and everything.
Mark BiedermannGUEST
Maybe, I don't know, maybe I didn't give him enough love when he was in the blind illusion womb, you know? I feel like he learned his basics from us and then he left and came back after the Sons of Illusion thing.
Mark BiedermannGUEST
He just replaced the guy who replaced him and he came right back and we were doing the death noise with the slapped bass on it and stuff and it was like, wow, he really went all out with his um, Stanley Clark and Larry Graham stuff, but he brought that back into the metal, and then he was doing Primus at the time, too, now, you gotta remember, and then so he quit to do more Primus, and then, oh, but we did a demo on Death's Bed Kamikaze, which is on the Blind Illusion Ultimate Anthology Volume 2.
Mark BiedermannGUEST
The first two tracks are Les on bass, and that is the earliest recordings you will ever get of Les Claypool, and he sounded like Geddy Lee.
Mark BiedermannGUEST
And it was really incredible.
DanHOST
I saw him when he first started out with his MPG line.
DanHOST
And he was there with Chaka Khan and Larry Graham.
DanHOST
And they were playing at the Irving Plaza, man.
DanHOST
Yeah, I remember that.
Stanley ClarkeGUEST
Kick? Yeah.
Stanley ClarkeGUEST
I mean, with the kick and then maybe if I added, cause you know, when, uh, when Larry Graham came up with the popping stuff, you can play the thump right on the beat and play the other thing on top of the
Elmo LovanoHOST
beat.
Stanley ClarkeGUEST
So it got really interesting for me.
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Stanley ClarkeGUEST
People used to say, oh, man, that's great you did.
Stanley ClarkeGUEST
Oh, that's fantastic.
Stanley ClarkeGUEST
I just thought everyone knew it was Larry Graham.
Stanley ClarkeGUEST
I mean, his invention, man.
Seth SchachnerHOST
Sure.
Jacqui ThompsonGUEST
And then also Larry Graham, GCS 2000.
Jacqui ThompsonGUEST
Sorry, it's been a bit.
Jacqui ThompsonGUEST
Love it.
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Seth SchachnerHOST
fair yeah
Jacqui ThompsonGUEST
um and so it would be nice to have a really solid documentary that really focuses on um his music and i
Seth SchachnerHOST
agree i mean i um you know that for people like me i grew up my parents introduced me to like sly and the family stone which you know you mentioned larry graham and yeah and just to me there is somewhat of like a line i know that prints seem to blur a lot of lines between genres but you know the the legacy that that you know hopefully there's a through line from sly to prince to to other artists in this generation for future ones so it's really important
Jacqui ThompsonGUEST
I am totally into that.
Nick SolomonHOST
And then started trying to form his own band and he kind of used a lot of his relations.
Nick SolomonHOST
I think his sister was in it and his brother and his cousin Larry Graham was on bass.
Nick SolomonHOST
So, you know, it was like a family band and they went on to great things until the evil drugs kind of got the better of him really, but still putting out brilliant stuff even when he was sick.
Nick SolomonHOST
Yeah, fantastic stuff.
Les ClevelandGUEST
Do you smoke? Do you drink? You got kids? Are you married? And have you been arrested? No to every single question.
Joe KelleyHOST
Les, aka LRC Funk, has performed with Prince, Larry Graham, Anita Baker, Patti LaBelle, Roberta Flack, and the NPG.
Joe KelleyHOST
Today, he shares the stories behind that remarkable journey and his album, Emerald City.
Joe KelleyHOST
LRC Funk is in the house.
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Joe KelleyHOST
Yeah, too many to name, but it's a great experience.
Joe KelleyHOST
Yes.
Joe KelleyHOST
So let's move along to hanging with that Minneapolis and the legends of funk, Larry Graham and Prince and John Blackwell.
Joe KelleyHOST
I'm sure it was a conduit for you working with those guys, right?
QuestloveHOST
And, you know, to hear him describe the Bay Area and what it meant to grow up, uh, in the Bay Area at the time when musicianship was at its absolute peak, you know, with San Francisco, like with the, the summer of love coming into play and, and to bloom, and especially, like, in Oakland with funk brewing over there.
QuestloveHOST
For him, he was just describing it, what it was like to be young, to, you know, casually be a 10-year-old and see Larry Graham, or to casually see you or, you know, all these musicians that are in the area.
QuestloveHOST
I mean, because you're one of the pioneers in the Bay Area.
QuestloveHOST
What was it about that particular place on the map that just made musicianship on a whole nother level? Like, can you just...
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