Larry Kenneth Potts is an award-winning singer-songwriter from Petaluma, California who has won and placed in a number of national and international song contests: the John Lennon (1K prize) the Unisong (3d place international folk) ;Great American Song Contest (finalist in 4 categories);
Artists for Literacy SIBL compilation CD (with Tom Waits, Steve Earle, Roseanne Cash, David Bowie); West Coast Songwriters Association
Song of the Year and 3d place in the WCS International Song Contest, Folk category winner twice, Americana once, and Humor once;
Best of Show Sebastopol Center for the Arts; Top 40 Public Domain Foundation's Music To Life and XM Radio broadcasts; Air America
broadcasts. He has been a finalist in the Kerrville TX New Folk competition; The Tucson Folk Fest Songwriting Competitionl (2X) , and
the Far West Folk Alliance Premiere Showcase.
His compositions have been picked up for consideration by many A&R Industry Reps from Nashville and Los Angeles, and by Hollywood
TV and Film industry representatives.
He has three full-length professionally produced and radio-friendly albums to his name: "The Shape of Things to Come" ('03),
"All Things Considered" ('06) and "Close to Home" ('09).
His songs are wide-ranging in genre and topic: acoustic/folk roots blended into Country, Americana, Pop, Jazz, and Blues.
Steve Seskin, hit songwriter, says: "I'm a big fan of Larry's music. His writing is honest and real fresh. He has that thing
you can't quite put a finger on, that x-factor--the imagination and word play and knack
for story telling--that no matter how hard you try, you can't teach someone."
He writes about real people and real events: important American history; quirky frontier characters; love lost and won; dogs;
quilts; sailing; political and social issues; the sea; an old hardware store; and personal, deeply moving stories referencing
personal experience.
He performs regularly in the S.F. Bay Area and is known for his outstanding stage presence, variety of songs, and easy, relaxed
engagement with the audience.
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