I lived in Wichita at that time, and met Larry a few times. (I have been in contact with Deckman and we are trying to compare notes).

Larry sang in opera at some Univ. of Wichita productions, but discovered folk music quite early. He had possibly the only subscription to "Sing Out" in town, and brought songs we had never heard of to the area. He also knew a bunch of Child ballads. (I have a clear memory of him singing Matty Groves....and of him teaching "The Lass of Roch Royal" to a lady.) He was fine guitar player and sang at several venues....including one of the very early Pizza Huts. It was right across the street from the university and was on the 2nd floor of an office building, taking over from a restaurant which went out of business. Larry mixed 'performing' with a lot of audience participation...including having the audience make up verses to 'Hey Li,Le,Li,Le,Lo' (the refrain between rhyming verses).

He was quite a guy, and a good musician, but he left town for, I assume 'better things' after several years, and I 'heard', as Deckman notes, that he had passed away in California. That was almost 50 years ago, so memories are fading.