Larry Kenneth Potts
Award-Winning Singer-Songwriter
Americana, New Folk, Country, Jazz & Pop:
Trains. Dogs. Hats. Adventure. The Sea. Soldiers.
Love. Getting Old. Quirky Frontier Characters.
Tributes to Land and Place. Wild & Silly Humor.
Progressive Social & Political Commentary.
| *2008 | Winner West Coast International Song Contest: Humor Category “Hats” |
| *2008 | Radio Broadcast Air America Thom Hartmann Show-- three political tunes: “I’m American Too”, “Snake Oil” & “ Against the Grain” |
| *2008 | Radio Broadcasts: KRSH 95.9 FM “Hometown Hardware” and “Hats” |
| *2008 | Top 40 Public Domain Foundation’s Music To Life (Songs for Social Change)
& XM Radio broadcast: The Village Ch. 15: “I’m American Too” and “Since Then” |
| *2008 | Finalist Tucson Folk Festival |
| *2007 | Winner West Coast International Song Contest: Folk Category “The Ballad of Poker Alice” |
| *2007 | Fundraising Album release for Rebuilding Petaluma Tomorrow: 3 songs “Hometown Hardware” |
| *2006 | Finalist Great American Song Contest: (2) Acoustic/Folk and Special Music |
| *2006 | “Best of Show ”Sebastopol Center for the Arts Lyrics and Music Song Contest: “Late in the Game” |
| *2006 | Featured Performer Jessel Gallery Silverado Trail, Napa, Ca. |
| *2006 | “All Things Considered” second album release |
| *2005 | 3d Place Winner overall, Unisong International Song Contest Folk Category: “3804” |
| *2005 | West Coast Songwriter’s Winners Compilation CD |
| *2005 | Finalist Great American Song Contest Performance Category “Great Big Empty”,
Finalist Folk category, “Baby of the Brigade” and “I’m American Too” |
| *2004 | Winner, Americana Category, 3rd place overall West Coast Songwriter’s Association International
Song Contest “Home to Oregon” |
| *2004 | Cover Story “On Q” Entertainment Section, Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, Ca. |
| *2004 | Petaluma Magazine story “Petaluma’s Singing Storyteller” (& June 2008 “Hometown Harmony”) |
| *2004 | Finalist Marysville Winery WA Song Contest |
| *2003 | Finalist & 1K prize John Lennon International Song Folk Category, “The Ballad of Poker Alice” |
| *2002 | Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Finalist |
| *2002 | Artists for Literacy (Songs Inspired by Literacy) Finalist, CD compilation with Tom Waits, Steve Earle,
Roseanne Cash, David Bowie, Vicky Randle: “The Ballad of Poker Alice” |
| *2002 | West Coast Songwriter’s Dan Howell Song of the Year: “Home to Oregon” |
| *2002 | “The Shape of Things To Come” first album release |
—WCS 10 “Best Song” Wins, 5 “Best Performance’ titles WCS Juried monthly Song Competitions