Larry and I went way back together, from when we were a couple of NYC sound guys in our twenties, fresh out of @ 70’s NYU Film School. We shared mixing on a doc on The Clash where we were imbedded with the band 24/7 for weeks. Larry was a incredibly gifted guitarist, and multi-talented artist besides being well known for his wide reaching technical knowledge. I’d sing Larry's praises often and to as many folks as I could. We'd collaborate finding solutions to each other's challenges as they'd would pop up. We'd trade gear and plenty more, I’ve still got an amp of his from the 70's. Every so often, I'll run across a piece Larry had built for me, some are in my kit to this day and are still coming out. Larry was part of my crew on True Lies in the 90’s, did second unit mixing for us on the first Pirates film in the early 2000’s. On the morning of Sept. 11, we were prepping LA shooting for Blade II when the Towers came down. As the studio sent us home and we hurriedly packed the gear onto the truck, all Larry was concerned about was making sure his daughter Rachael, living downtown in Manhattan and going to school blocks away the Trade Towers, was safe. It took take half the day until he received word from the wife of a fellow mixer she was fine. Larry was passionate about his work and cared deeply about it, but as long as I worked with him there was not a single moment he raised his voice. His sister told me, it was nice for her to hear there was that side of him. Larry was preceded in his passing by only three weeks by Emily, his longtime partner and mother of their daughter, Olivia.
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