Larry McCray
Larry McCray (born April 5, 1960), is an American blues guitarist and singer from Magnolia, Arkansas. Early life McCray, the second youngest of nine siblings, grew up living on a farm.
McCray learned guitar from his sister, Clara. "She used to play real low-down and dirty", McCray recalled years later. His family moved to Saginaw, Michigan in 1972. McCray took his influence from his sibling and the three Kings (B.B. King, B.B., Freddie King, Freddie and Albert King, Albert), to playing the local club circuit, with his brothers Carl on bass guitar and Steve on drums.

Music career

After high school, McCray worked at General Motors on the assembly line, before recording his debut album, ''Ambition'' (1991), via Point Blank Records. It wa ...
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Magnolia, Arkansas
Magnolia is a city in Columbia County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 11,577. The city is the county seat of Columbia County. Magnolia is home to the World's Largest Charcoal Grill and the World Championship Steak Cookoff, part of the Magnolia Blossom Festival. The city is also home to Southern Arkansas University. History The city was founded in 1853. At the time of its incorporation in 1858, the city had a population of about 1,950. On November 11, 1919 Jordan Jameson was lynched in the town square of Magnolia. A large white mob seized Jameson after he allegedly shot the local sheriff. They tied him to a stake and burned him alive. The city grew slowly as an agricultural and regional cotton market until the discovery of oil just east of the city in March 1938, with the Barnett #1 drilled by the Kerr-Lynn Company. The Magnolia Oil Field was an important discovery for the city as well as for the nation, as it was the largest producing f ...
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