Larry Dorr
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Larry Dorr is an American businessman. He is the current manager for Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Starting out as a teenager he has worked his way up every position in the business, from working on the original production of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar and the smash musical revue Side By Side by Sondheim and honing his skills with such diverse acts as Harry Blackstone Jr to Carol Channing to Marvin Gaye, Pablo Cruise, Firefall, O'Bryan, Rare Earth, Phyllis Hyman he has worked with a various multitude of Broadway shows, rock groups and R&B acts. For over twenty-five years, Dorr has worked with Blood Sweat and Tears and has brought the act to a resurgence of international popularity. Dorr’s management has also brought front man Chuck Negron of Three Dog Night back to the forefront of music entertainment.
Dorr began working with Blood, Sweat & Tears in the 1970s, when he was a road manager for them.[1] His business side with them began in 1983[2] when he negotiated a licensing deal with Bobby Colomby in 1984 for rights to tour with the BS&T name; Larry befriended and convinced David Clayton-Thomas to join,[3] and the band reformed, and have been active since when a revolving lineup.[4][1]
Along with Blood Sweat and Tears founding member Bobby Colomby, Dorr has co-managed Grammy Award winning artist Paula Cole to new musical directions. Through Dorr’s guidance on March 1, 2009 Cole and musical icon Burt Bacharach performed a night of merging musical styles at the Berklee School of Music in Boston.
Dorr and Colomby are partners in the Elsie Monica Colomby Scholarship Award. This award, named after Colomby’s mother who was an avid patron of the arts. BS&T donates not only money but also musical instruments and when they can their time and their life long experience and passion for music.
Over three decades of constant international touring and performing, BS&T would be the first rock act to perform behind the Iron Curtain and was named Honorary Ambassadors of Peace by Kim, Jin-sun Governor of Gangwon Province Republic of Korea in 2008. In 2009, BS&T donated the funds for reconstructive surgery for five children in Africa by Operation of Hope [1] Dorr and Blood Sweat and Tears altruistic endeavors, charitable cause and musical supremacy have made this band one of the most welcomed and sought after acts in show business today.
Dorr currently works as the president of Never Surrender Management. Blood, Sweat & Tears are now for their constantly changing members, with over 200 members having been official members. Dorr is responsible for this, and is open about the decision: “Musicians get bored easily. When you’re playing the same music every year, you get bored and you can tell they’re bored. Change is good for the band. It keeps them young, keeps them thinking on their feet.”[5]
As of 2024, Dorr continues to co-manage the band along with Colomby.
Dorr resides in Newbury, Massachusetts. His second wife, Geraldine, died in 2021.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Writer, Brian McCoy Record Staff. "Surviving the blood, sweat and tears". The Stockton Record. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
- ^ Thompson, Evan (2018-05-24). "Blood, Sweat and Tears keeps its jazz-rock fusion legacy alive". HeraldNet.com. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
- ^ CORRESPONDENT, STEVE HEISLER. "Blood, Sweat & Tears presses on". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Blood, Sweat & Tears & Discography, Blood, Sweat & Tears Albums & CDs". 2007-12-29. Archived from the original on 2007-12-29. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Blood, Sweat & Tears keeps spinning". vindy.com. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
- ^ "Remembering the life of Geraldine Dorr". obituaries.newburyportnews.com. Retrieved 2024-09-03.