In 1959 this KID was MELTING FACES with his guitar skills!!! 

Oh, that's sad, I guess thats why videos of him suddenly appeared on my homepage, but no mention of his passing........strange😢

Big star in Los Angeles.

I can't believe I never heard of Larry and Lorrie until about 10 or so years ago. I got a chance to see Larry in a small venue before Covid. I was saddened at both of their passings. Condolences to you and your family.

Larissa my condolences on your Fathers passing. He was a absolute master on the Guitar. Rest in Peace Larry Collins

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I don't remember this; but hey, I will now.

Indeed 🙏🏻🎸

He shoulda been a rock n roll legend! Took the country and rockabilly route instead.

This kid is incredible, he reminded me of a young Justin Beiber with his stage presence...except this guy has amazing talent ! Lol

And Jimmy Page

And maybe Elvis?

@@axis8838 ...maybe a bridge too far. Elvis is thangyewvurrymuch.

@@boogathon Peanut butter and nanna samiches for everyone!

Now, I have an earworm of Helen Reddy. Thx, a lot! "Buy, Mennan!"

@@ignatzmuskrat3000 Wasn’t Delta Dawn a Tanya Tucker tune? I was a little kid but I remember being, ahem, “excited” by Tanya Tucker…lol…

@@brendencarlson5220 The first notable recording of the song "Delta Dawn" was in 1971 by American singer and actress Bette Midler for her debut album. However, it is best known as a 1972 top ten country hit for Tanya Tucker and a 1973 US number one hit for Helen Reddy.

@@drewpall2598 I probably found Tanya Tucker far more memorable at that age…

@@brendencarlson5220 oh. That may be right. They both hit around the same time. Anyway, the earworm is gone. Was gone.... Buy Mennan!

Very cool. Any footage of your performance?

Yes, Joe Maphis was a master on any stringed instrument and tutored young Larry Collins. Joe's perfectionism often had Larry in tears during practice, but it paid off and Larry truly loved him.

Joe played the first Mosrite double neck guitar. He had Semi Moseley build the second for Larry.

I used to listen to WOWO. Great memories

His sister dated Ricky Nelson, but Ozzie and Harriet didn't like their relationship from what I understand, so they broke up.

65 never heard of him either.

@elizabethloyd3713, He and his sister started playing on stage in 1954 so he was at the same time as Elvis and before Chuck Berry. I'm 72 and I heard of him but we had 11 radio stations and 2 TV stations in 1954 in New Orleans. But I was only 3 so I think 1955 or 56 when I remember hearing of them.

@@randyc5650 Thank you @

wonder who the drummer is loved him

Yeah, the supposed "Chuck Berry guitar-walk moves" are actually totally 12 yr old Larry Collins" guitar-walk moves. Others "borrowed" his showmanship, too, like Elvis.

@@pouglwaw5932 Chuck used to do that stuff on the Chitlin circuit years before ol Larry could even talk. Elvis got his moves from Wynonie Harris.

It’s as if it’s part of the tease and bulit into the stage act. U see Larry playing right along with it.

True ! Some said he had nervous energy- No, that was pure showmanship.

Or the Osmonds....

@@charleswood2182 Good point.

@@thiosemicarbizidebenzoylal2921 But not the Partridge Family!!!

@@charleswood2182 Dont even get me started on Hollywood and child actors.

@@charleswood2182😂

my mom told me about them in the 70's. mom and dad, both gone now, were married in 54' i guess she saw them and was shocked. when YT came out i pulled them up for her to see. she flipped out. . .we kept pulling up videos till we had seen them all. there more now, but moms gone. at least she got to see most of them. that was a fun afternoon with both of them over the house. i was pilling up mose allisson for dad. they both couldn't believe all this could be seen when ever you wanted. in a way. it does kind of lesson it.

@@kbtube8125 Thanks to RU-vid I've gotten to listen to stuff that I've always heard about, but never thought I'd actually hear. I've also discovered just as much music that I had no idea was out there.

It's a Tutmarc, which precedes the Precision Bass.

@@richsackett3423 Any history that you can share ? Thanks

do you know who the drummer is

@@oldermusiclover I don't. But maybe Google the name of the TV show. It might list the band ( piano , drums , bass ). The show was HOUSE PARTY

Joe Maphis on bass. Larry played a double neck built by the man who started MOSRITE Guitars ( made famous by The Ventures). That's from Google .

You did a good job presenting the "magic" of the Collins Kids. I loved their "Shortnin' Bread Rock". Imagine the heartbreak for Larry when he was in school and heard that Lorrie had run far away and eloped with Johnny Cash's booking agent [twice Lorrie's age]. Larry ran out of the school, down an alley, sat down, and just cried his eyes out.

@@pouglwaw5932 Thank you for the kind words. I discovered the Collins Kids roughly two years ago and was blown away at their talent. I lucked into acquiring copies of Bear Family Records "The Collins Kids at Town Hall Party", Volumes 1,2 & 3. From their THP performances, it is obvious that Lorrie and Larry were very close to each other, so it's no surprise that young 14 year old Larry was devastated by Lorrie's eloped marriage in early January, 1959 to Stu Carnell, Johnny Cash's (And the Collins Kids!) manager. The interesting aspect to the elopement is that Stu took Lorrie home later that day in January 1959, and for the next two months, Lorrie lived with her family, not revealing the marriage. Stu finally went to a Los Angeles newspaper, revealed the marriage and then in early March 1959, the word was out and all hell broke loose. In the notes on the Bear Family Records DVD’s Larry talks of ditching school and walking back streets by himself to try and figure it all out in his young mind. In later interviews Lorrie said she was most sorry about hurting Larry so much, and that had she known in 1959, the devastating effect her elopement would have, she would never have married Stu. She made the interesting statement that “Over time, she learned to love Stu”, also saying that the reason she’d eloped was “because she must have lost her mind”. I think the real reason for eloping with Stu Carnell, was that Lorrie was a 16 year old woman with a lot of pressure on her. For starters, she and Larry were the breadwinners for the Collins family. On the road Lorrie was also the Big Sister taking care of her little brother and herself. Stu Carnell had booked the Collins Kids to extensively tour with Johnny Cash between TV appearances, in 1957 and 1958. Cash had come out in 1957 for several THP appearances and had met the Collins family. Arkansas-born Cash instantly bonded with the Collins family from Oklahoma, and became fast friends with them. And Johnny Cash became the extra source of pressure on Lorrie, that pushed her into the elopement. Cash became infatuated with Lorrie, 15 in 1957, and was pressuring her to have an affair with him throughout 1957 and 1958. Lorrie, wisely and with a surprising maturity at ages 15 to 16, refused. However Lorrie could not just brush Cash off, because touring with him was making necessary income for the Collins Family, so Lorrie had to tread very carefully for almost two years, keeping Cash at arm’s length, without angering him. That’s a heck of a lot of pressure for a 16 year old girl. This is all detailed in JOHNNY CASH: THE LIFE (2013) Robert Hilburn, starting in Chapter 6. I’m a fan of Cash, but his behavior toward Lorrie and the pressure he put her under, was the push that totally derailed the Collins Kids success trajectory, and was reprehensible and inexcusable. Especially for a man married with young children, as was Cash. Larry said that the Collins Kids had offers for movie appearances and TV shows, and that all those offers were instantly pulled upon news of 16-year-old Lorrie’s marriage. I can just see a “Lorrie and Larry” TV show that would have happened about 15 years earlier than the “Donny & Marie” show. Lorrie and Larry had such a dynamic stage presence together, that such a show would have happened easily. Lorrie and Larry were natural talents, with a unique brother-sister dynamic stage presence that captivated audiences. It is very intriguing and fascinating to think of “What might have been”. But the thoughts also trigger a twinge of sadness at “what will never be”.

Larry's timing and coordination were perfect, or there would have been guitar cord disasters, or worse. In a 2005 interview, Lorrie laughingly said she honestly never knew what Larry would do during a performance and she learned to watch and pick up her feet when that guitar cord got too close to hog-tying her and tripping her up.

✋ Oh, definitely!! Maybe we should start a petition...you KNOW all the Wingers would sign it!! Let him know it's what the people want!! 😂

I can be wrong but I'm thinking a Bass Ukulele. I know some folks who used one.

@NolanVoid-dr1ch thanks Nolan. Interesting shape and sound indeed. Rock !

Still playing.

@@tomhayes4782in heaven.

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