Larry Muhoberac

Larry Muhoberac is listed in the credits for the following albums:

Year Artist Album Role
1975 Chuck Girard Chuck Girard Strings
1975 Andraé Crouch & The Disciples Take Me Back Arrangements, Keyboards, Synthesizer
1976 Janny Grein Free Indeed Keyboards, Arrangements
1976 Andraé Crouch & The Disciples This is Another Day Piano, Synthesizer
1977 The Archers Fresh Surrender Keyboards
1978 Janny Grein He Made Me Worthy Piano
1979 Reba Rambo The Prodigal ...According to Reba Arrangements, Keyboards
1979 The Archers Stand Up! Producer, Arrangements, Keyboards, Synthesizers
1979 Denny Correll Standin' in the Light Orchestration
1980 Jamie Owens-Collins Straight Ahead Fender Rhodes
1980 The Archers Celebrate Live! Arrangements
1980 Amy Grant Never Alone Piano
1981 Silverwind Silverwind Arranger, String Arranger, Acoustic Piano, Electric Keyboards, Synthesizers
1981 Farrell & Farrell Make Me Ready Piano
1981 Candle Animals and Other Things Songwriter, Keyboards
1981 Scott Wesley Brown SWB Keyboards
1982 Silverwind A Song in the Night Producer, Arranger, Acoustic Piano, Electric Keyboards, Synthesizers
1982 Cruse Cruse Arrangements, Keyboards
1982 Scott Wesley Brown Signature Keyboards
1982 Andrae Crouch Finally Keyboards, Sythesizers
1983 Michele Pillar Reign On Me Synthesizer
1983 Streetlight Streetlight Arrangements
1983 Cynthia Clawson Forever Arrangements, Keyboards
1984 Candle The Story of Little Tree Arranger, Piano, Synthesizer
1988 Silverwind Double Play: Silverwind / A Song in the Night Arranger, String Arranger, Acoustic Piano, Electric Keyboards, Synthesizers
2016 Benny Hester Benny Orchestration, Piano, Keyboards

Larry Muhoberac

Born: 
Feb 12, 1937
Died: 
Dec 04, 2016
Aged: 
79

Lawrence Gordon Muhoberac, Jr. was an American musician, record producer, and composer, also known under the pseudonyms "Larry Owens" and "Larry Gordon".

Muhoberac is widely known as the original keyboardist in Elvis Presley's TCB Band. He first appeared live with the group at Presley's Hotel International debut in Las Vegas on July 31, 1969.

Muhoberac was born and raised in Louisiana and began playing the accordion and piano at the age of five. He went on the road with Woody Herman at the age of 20 and moved to Memphis in 1959. In 1961, using the pseudonym "Larry Owens", he and his band played two of Presley's Memphis charity concerts.

He moved to the West Coast in the early sixties to work as a studio musician. Presley recruited him to work on his movie soundtracks. He developed a reputation as a top player and arranger, working first with Elvis and later with Neil Diamond, Tina Turner, Ray Charles, Tanya Tucker, Ray Conniff, and Barbra Streisand. Later in his career, he arranged and conducted for numerous successful acts, including Seals & Crofts, Nancy Sinatra, and the Contemporary Christian band The Archers.

He composed themes for many TV shows during this time as a production music composer for Network Music, including the theme song to The Bold and the Beautiful, for which he received neither credit nor royalties. He composed the opening theme for the Lawrence Welk Show, and also "Interlude", the title theme for the Bob Ross television show The Joy of Painting.

In 1986, he moved to Australia, where he produced records, played piano, and did arrangements for Keith Urban, Rick Price, Grace Knight, Silverchair, and Col Joye. His wife was Andra Willis, a vocalist on The Lawrence Welk Show who had a successful solo career, with numerous hit singles. His sons, Jamie Muhoberac and Parrish Muhoberac, are well-known session musicians, arrangers, producers, and engineers.

Wikipedia contributors. (2025, May 28). Larry Muhoberac. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 18:02, June 15, 2025, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Larry_Muhoberac&oldid=1292659401

Created by: siremidor on 26-July-2010 - Last Edited by siremidor on 15-June-2025
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