An exclusive interview with legendary music promotor, Larry Shaeffer. Presented by The Church Studio “Legends.” Former Cains Ballroom Owner, Larry Shaeffer talks Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, and other iconic music makers. Cains Ballroom is a historic live music and concert venue located in Tulsa which attracted countless music legends.

From rural Oklahoma, Larry Shaeffer is a lifelong music fan and promoter. For Larry, everything really got rolling for him on February 9, 1964, when he witnessed the second event which would further his path along the long and winding road into the music business. That was the night the Beatles played the Ed Sullivan Show. The following day in the cafeteria at school, he and a few friends agreed that rock n’ roll was the life for them. Their eyes had been opened to an opportunity that had never before seemed real, let alone attainable. Already playing steel guitar at this time, an art that he quipped he was not very good at, it wouldn’t take long for him to form a band.

Larry graduated from the University of Oklahoma and was drafted into the Army.

The Cain’s Ballroom building was in bad shape in 1976 when Larry Schaeffer bought it and re-christened it Cain’s Ballroom. It is one of the only remaining venues from the ill-fated 1978 Sex Pistols tour. The drywall that Sid Vicious punched out is still on display in the office. During his tenure as the owner of Cain's Ballroom and beyond, Larry has booked and promoted hundreds of artists.

Edited By: Grassfire Creative

Artists and Places Mentioned in this Interview:
Leon Russell
James Brown
3 Dog Night
Rolling Stone
Beach Boys
Animals
Herman’s Hermits
Assembly Center
Junior (Jimmy) Markham
JJ Cale
David Gates
Gary Gilmore
Jimmy Karstein
Tulsa Sound
The Church Studio
George Harrison
Eric Clapton
Wille Nelson
Bob Wills
Texas Playboys
Matt Harris
Cain’s Ballroom
Tulsa Theater (formerly Brady Theater)

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