Larry Pierce: A Filthy Man with A Heart of Gold
Some of you Stern fans out there may have heard of Larry Pierce, the dirty country singer and star of the recent documentary “Dirty Country”. He is an unassuming factory worker from Indiana whom on his spare time would write and perform explicit songs for his friends. His prolific career has spanned over 14 albums and has been published on the label Laughing Hyena for years. Distribution was primarily at truck stops where lucky people would stumble across the tapes. Truckers love him, Stern Show fans love him, and now America is loving him with his latest live performance tour. Me and a few Gruntayites were lucky enough to catch up with the man/legend recently and listen in on a a rare acoustic set and snap a few pix.
The show was fantastic and filled with vulgar, disgusting, and ultimately hilarious song singing. His performance brought in a crowd of about 75-100 people to the not so trendy lower east side bar Arlene’s Grocery. I expected a bunch of half retarded Stern Fans screaming Baba-Booey throughout the show, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that I was surrounded by what appeared to be film students and several hot chicks! He played a good 45 minutes full of raunchy comedy and had us all in tears with such hits as ” Will you swallow my c*m”, “Yeast Infection”, and of course “Worthless C*nt”! I made sure to get my copy of his newest album “P*ssy Whipped” autographed before leaving!
The movie is really interesting as well and will have you both simultaneously shocked and embarassed. The movie does a fantastic job of humanizing Larry and not just displaying him as a Wack Packer with a guitar. Some other noteable underground dirty musicians make an appearance: Red Peters does, as well as a filthy and scary man known as Blowfly who will haunt your dreams! Larry even hangs around afterwards and does a little Q & A after the movie is over! Do yourself a favor and keep updated on the traveling circus that is “Dirty Country” and Larry Pierce. Not only is the guy the most modest, good natured fellow you will ever meet, he will have you laughing your ass off! Support the man and buy his CD’s and see the movie when it is in town. I promise you wont be disappointed, just a little grossed out!
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