Reinhardt, Larry
From Bradenton, Larry Rheinhart moved to Jacksonville in 1968 with Sarasota band The Blues Messengers, who became The Second Coming; he left that group to form his own Jacksonville-based power trio, the Load. He briefly became a member of Los Angeles rock icons Iron Butterfly, then formed L.A. band Captain Beyond with Butterfly bassist Lee Dorman. The band added Second Coming/Blues Messengers keyboardist Reese Wynans, and got signed to Capricorn as a result of Reinhardt’s and Reese’s connections with the Allman Brothers Band. Currently lives in Bradenton. Also see The Load; Wynans, Reese; Betts, Dickey.
You had a major influence on my guitar playing though until now I only new you through Captain Beyond.Orginally from Pensacola,the Allman Bro.and Don Felder,Chet Atkins,Django Reinhardt also made an impact on my playing.I really appreciate your talent
Hi Larry,
It is Dawn, I just wanted to say Hi and hope all is well with you and your Family? give my love to your mum and dad, and also to doug Ingle, Lee Dorman, if you are still in touch…? I hope all is well well with you, If you get a chance you can email me at dawn12312@verizon.com…are you married yet? do you have kids?
what are you doing?
Dawn
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I was 16 when I made my way to Jacksonville Beach from Arlington. Easter Sunday night…The Easter blues festival was what it was… with Load, The Second Coming,some assorted others including ,The Crazy Elaphant as the “headiners”.
Believe it or not, I still have two of the paper posters that were stuck up all over town the weeks before the event.
I somehow sensed it was history at the time, and have never forgot it. As the Brothers and Dickey hooked up at the same time, I took notice, and got to see a Sunday jam at greenfield a few weeks later.
Any way it’s 40 years later now. I have for the last 10 years broadcast a thing called The Southern Fried Saturday Night on FMs in north Florida. I discovered Captain Beyond 36-37 years ago? It still amazes people when I play the entrire first album on the air…some beacause they know it, others because they don’t.
Almost 30 years in radio has brought me to to a situation where I have total control of my show.
No money, but the complete freedom to present the real deal.
And the real deal comes all the way from what I now believe is the true birth of southern rock. Born Easter 1968, at the exact moment The Second Comming and Load jammed.
I have been stoked ever since.