Background
Muhoberac was born and raised in Louisiana and began playing accordion and piano at age five.
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Muhoberac was born and raised in Louisiana and began playing accordion and piano at age five.
Muhoberac is widely known as the original keyboardist in Elvis Presley’s TCB Band. He first appeared live with the group at Presley’s Hotel International debut in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 31, 1969, After years of touring, Glen Hardin replaced him on piano. Other members from the TCB era were James Burton (lead guitar), Jerry Scheff (bass), John Wilkinson (rhythm guitar) and Ronnie Tutt (drums).
He went on the road with Woody Herman at 20, and moved to Memphis, Tennessee in 1959.
In 1961, then using the pseudonym "Larry Owens", his band played two of Presley’s Memphis charity concerts. He moved to the West Coast in the early sixties to work as a studio musician.
There, Presley first recruited him to work on his movie soundtracks. He developed a reputation as a top player, working first with Elvis and later with Neil Diamond, Tina Turner, Ray Charles, Tanya Tucker, Ray Conniff and Barbra Streisand among others
Later in his career he arranged and conducted for numerous top acts including Seals & Crofts and Contemporary Christian band The Archers.
He emigrated to Australia in 1986 where he continues to produce and arrange. He composed the opening theme, entitled "Interlude", to The Joy of Painting. As of February, 2015, after years of suffering from Dementia, Larry was permanently admitted to an institution.
However, his musical skills are still outstanding.