Larry Butler

b. 26 March 1942, Pensacola, Florida, USA. Butler had something of an unusual start to his musical career; a child prodigy pianist, he played guest piano with the Harry James orchestra at six, sang with Red Foley at 10, hosted his own radio show and co-hosted a television show at 12 and at 13, he won a five-state major talent competition in classical music. He played with local Florida groups but at the suggestion of Buddy Killen of Tree Publishing, Butler moved to Nashville, in 1963, where he easily found work as a studio pianist. In the late 60s, for a time he was a member o...