With Larry Groce
Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. / Sundays, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
A special message from Larry Groce:
Larry Groce
Mountain Stage is a two-hour radio show that showcases very diverse music, from the traditional to the modern. Since 1983, Mountain Stage has championed live music in its two-hour format featuring as many as five guests each week, along with host Larry Groce and the Mountain Stage Band. The show offers a dependably eclectic array of artists and genres all captured in a spontaneous, warm, live performance atmosphere.
Mountain Stage has given many well known artists some of their first national exposure: Norah Jones, Lyle Lovett, Ryan Adams, Ani DiFranco, Ben Harper, Lucinda Williams, Alison Krauss and Barenaked Ladies, to name only a few. Established artists like the Neville Brothers, Joan Baez, REM, Martina McBride, Buddy Guy and Bela Fleck are among the more than 1,700 musicians who come to play the Mountain Stage.
About Larry Groce
Larry Groce has been host and artistic director of West Virginia Public Radio’s Mountain Stage since its beginning in 1983.
He was born in Dallas and began his professional performing career there. He attended Adamson High School in Oak Cliff along with Michael Murphy, B.W. Stevenson and Ray Wylie Hubbard. Larry and Ray played in a band that was a regular guest at the Rubaiyat coffee house.
In his 30+ years as a performing songwriter his accomplishments include five Platinum records for Walt Disney Records, a Grammy nomination and the top ten hit “Junk Food Junkie.”
Larry’s wife, Sandra, is principal violist with The West Virginia Symphony. They have two daughters: Virginia, 7, and Bonnie, 4.
