Catch Larry at the Ibanez booth at this years NAMM show. Larry will be performing three times a day. Stop by and say hello! NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) is being held January 17-20 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA.

Playing with the late, great Eddie Hazel:
http://www.youtube.com/wa...-KiHBF957Y

T.M. Stevens (bass), Larry Mitchell (guitar), Eddie Hazel (guitar), and Bernie Worrell (keyboards) playing Funkadelic's "Red Hot Mama"

Very nice! Seems like Eric Johnson is a big influence!

Influences Guitar: Eric Johnson, The Edge, Jeff Thall, Steve Stevens, Nile Rogers, Prince, Neal Schon, Steve Via, Andy Timmons, Andy Summers, Artist: Prince, Kings X, Dan Reed Network, Tony James, Jeff Coplan, Producer: Nile Rogers, Daniel Lanois, Jeff Coplan, Trevor Horn, Jon Kurzweg

coolcat said:

Indeed; from his "myspace" entry:

PFunkjazz said:

I'll have to try and slip away at NAMM and catch one of his demoes.

The Dan Reed Network is an interesting choice.
Not too many folks seem to be aware of this 80s era multi-racial Funk/Rock outfit.


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theAudience said:

Count me among them!

PFunkjazz said:

Looks like Dan Reed is about to launch a solo career.




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JesseDezz said:

NO id on drummer. Anybody? Looks late 80s - 91.

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PFunkjazz said:

That's Tony Lewis on drums, he played with Arto Lindsay, Defunkt, Jean Paul Bourelly, and a lot of M Base/Black Rock Coalition groups in the late 80's - early 90's...

BTW, this footage is from a video called "The Crunch - Live" (it was available in Japan and Germany), although I've also seen it as "Christmas in Brooklyn, 91"...footage came from a Christmas Eve '91 show that featured The Crunch with TM Stevens and Larry Mitchell, along with Bernie Worrell, Defunkt, Eric Gales Band, Eddie Hazel, Stevie Salas and Jean Paul Bourelly...

theAudience said:

uhhh which one's Reed?

I consider Larry a friend an have known him for years...not the easiest for me to keep up with but one of the nicest guys you could ever meet. I actually sought Larry out after reading his profile in Mike Varney's Spotlight column. I had the opportunity to take a few lessons with him...I wasn't quite ready to study that seriously at the time LOL! He's a great teacher.

The best thing to me about Larry as a player is his ability to play melodically and tastefully. No doubt that he can seriously rip but he can really lock into a groove as well. That can't be said about a lot of other players that emerged out of the "shred" camp. Truthfully I never understood how that tag even applied to him. I'd been to a bunch of his NYC gigs back in the day & he always held his chops in check.

Anyway... check out any of his cd's I highly recommend them. If your taste run a bit heavier try and track down his 1st cd "Larry Mitchell" or even his 2nd "Mind, Body And Soul".

kstrat said:

Does he have any shredding material?

Graycap23 said:

Well what do you consider shredding? That Term is way played out & no self-respecting grown ass man would be caught dead using it. No offense....LOL!

Larry's 1st album is about the closest he comes to that genre and it was released around the tail end of that whole movement. It's all instumental tunes. He does have a high level of technical proficiency on the instrument yet the songs themselves are more melodic,rhythmic & hooky than some of his contemporaries. Don't expect late 80's Paul Gilbert or Rusty Cooley type playing.

I don't consider him a shredder, but that's just my opinion. But folks who dig that type of thing might enjoy his first two albums.

I knew a photographer who said he knew Larry and he had a ton of unreleased Prince stuff on tape.

I am trying to remember if this was from Prince directly, but anyway he said he had a ton of outtakes.

So I take it he was a huge Prince fan.