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Lawrence Collins (October 4, 1944 – January 5, 2024) was an American guitarist, best known for being a part of The Collins Kids duo with his sister Lorrie, being mentored by Joe Maphis, and for his fast and energetic playing.
Jan 8, 2024 · Larry Collins, a guitar prodigy mentored by renowned flatpicker Joe Maphis, and half of the ’50s brother/sister act The Collins Kids, died January 5 in Santa Clarita, California. He was 79 and passed from natural causes.
Jan 11, 2024 · Larry Collins, the prodigious child guitarist who worked with his sister Lorrie as the exuberant 1950s rockabilly duo the Collins Kids, died on Friday in Santa Clarita, Calif. He was 79. His...
Rockabilly guitar great Larry Collins of the Collins Kids died at age 79 on Jan. 5, 2024, at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Santa Clarita, Calif. His death from natural causes was announced by his daughter Larissa Collins.
Jan 12, 2024 · Larry Collins, West Coast rockabilly guitar great and county songwriter known for songs like “Delta Dawn,” died January 5 in Santa Clarita, California, at the age of 79.
Larry Collins — a West Coast based rockabilly musician, country singer-songwriter and one half of the duo the Collins Kids — has died, according to a statement from his daughter Larissa.
Jan 9, 2024 · Rockabilly guitar slinger and hit country songwriter Larry Collins passed away last Friday (Jan. 5) at age 79. Best known for co-writing such hits as “Delta Dawn” and “You’re the Reason God Made Oklahoma,” Collins was a mainstay of the California country scene for decades.
Jan 12, 2024 · Larry Collins, a fiery guitarist who helped create classic rockabilly music, died on Jan. 5 in Santa Clarita, California at the age of 79. Larry was born in 1944 and raised on a dairy farm in the community of Pretty Water near Sapulpa.
Jan 5, 2024 · Larry Collins. One of rockabilly's greatest guitarists as part of the sibling duo the Collins Kids. Read Full Biography.
With his sister Lorrie, guitarist and singer Larry Collins was part of the brother-sister duo the Collins Kids, who cut some of the best rockabilly of the 1950s. Playing a double-neck guitar, Collins was a brilliant guitar prodigy, and took time to cut some hot instrumental duets with mentor Joe Maphis, a country guitarist 20 years his senior.
