Really? I don’t think I ever heard that.
I was superficially acquainted with Larry Norman: I lived near his parents, saw him locally once or twice, and usually spoke to him before or after any of his concerts (which I always attended when I could).
There are too many to recount, but the Day in the Sun, an all-day outdoor festival, a la Day on the Green, ending with Larry, was a high point. Many other acts performed, Randy Stonehill included, of course.
I actually enjoyed People! before I knew who Norman was.
LN lived in the UK in the 1970s, and was friends with Paul McCartney and others, so I should not be surprised he knew Cliff Richard.
Ah, you must lived in the SF area then. Norman was born in TX, but I don’t know how long his family were there.
Yeah, his concerts were usually great good fun to go to, he was just as often hilarious as he was serious.
I had a record of “I love you” by People back in the day (on Capital Records). Here he plays it in later years with a few other “People”, backed by his younger bro’s (Charlie Norman) band.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7FDS6i9i5E
He was indeed connected to a lot of celebs/musicians to some degree or another in different ways. On his website, his brother posted this picture he happened on while sifting through all of the stuff Larry left when he passed away. Kind of an odd couple here! -
http://www.larrynorman.com/uploads/7/0/9/5/7095730/5348708_orig.jpg
