Sixty-Eight Years Old, Writing Songs, Recording Them and Hearing Them on Radio

    TROY, NY, January 02, 2021 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The package arrived a week before Christmas in 2011. It was a surprise present from his son Alexander Quinn of Nashville: A six string Epiphone acoustic guitar. Larry Quinn was back in the music business! Since the arrival of the guitar, Larry Quinn has recorded and released ten cds. His music is receiving airplay on many radio stations across the United States. He has been in and out of the music business for 54 years. From high school to his early twenties, Larry Quinn performed in several rock-n-roll bands.

Larry began writing songs in 1966 while in high school. He recorded his first record in 1976 with his band, TREE FOX. The single featured two songs written by Larry: YOU MAKE ME REAL and EVERYBODY'S GOTTA LOVE SOMEBODY and was released nationwide on AMG Records in 1977. TREE FOX was a very popular band in the New York Capital Region-Albany. Larry Quinn was the lead singer and songwriter.

TREE FOX followed up with a single and an album in 1979 with Fraternity Records of Cincinnati, Ohio. The single, 15/20 bw WANDERIN' MAN was released nationwide. The album, ROUGH ROAD, contained ten songs written by Larry and led to the band's tour of New England in the summer of 1979. Unfortunately, TREE FOX broke up after the tour.

Over the next forty years, Larry Quinn worked several jobs in state and local government. He married, went to college, received a bachelor's degree and raised four children. In 2011 Larry Quinn began writing songs again. In 2013 he formed his own record label THIRD SON RECORDS based in his hometown of Troy, N.Y. In 2019, Larry assembled LARRY QUINN BAND. Unable to play live due to Covid 19, the band is focused on recording. They have recorded four singles. The songs have been released on THIRD SON RECORDS and have received radio airplay. "Larry Quinn is a gifted songwriter," Joyce Jackey, on air personality WEXT 97.7 and 106.1 FM, Albany, N.Y.

"For years Larry Quinn has provided the public with quality songwriting and a wry sense of humor. From his early days with Tree Fox to today he is a musician's musician. I always look forward to his next project," Art Fredette, Program Director and on air personality at RadioradioX.com, Waterford, N.Y. President of Imperial Broadcasting.

"From TREE FOX with their unique sound combination of Southern Rock with a New England twist in the 70s to the new fresh sound of the Larry Quinn Band of the 2000s, Larry Quinn has proven his lasting ability to write, produce and record great music," Carl Larson, Program Director and on air host, KOSW, 91.3 FM, Ocean Shores, Washington.

"I'm very fortunate to be my age and able to write songs and record them. To hear my songs on the radio is still a thrill!" said Larry.

In August 2020, Larry Quinn turned 68.

Third Son Records is an independent record company based in Troy, NY.

CONTACT: Larry Quinn, Phone 518-428-9629
E-mail: [email protected]
WWW:LARRYQUINNMUSIC.COM

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