Lars Albrecht, Austin guitarist

[Herb Steiner]

Well known and loved Austin TX guitarist Lars Albrecht has passed away. The cause of his demise is his long-fought battle with brain cancer.

A native of Norway, Lars was a long-time Texas resident and was a mainstay of many Central Texas bands. He and I were colleagues on many occasions, spanning decades, with Gary P. Nunn's band, the Sons of the Bunkhouse. And many others.

I hope that more than a few Texan members of the SGF had the pleasure of working with Lars. He understood how a steel guitarist and a lead guitarist can complement each other and be greater than the sum of their parts.

[Jon Jaffe]

Lars was a nice guy and guitar player’s, player. Rest in peace.

[Joe Bill Moad]

Herb:

I have been a GPN fan since “London Homesick Blues was a Baby! I met Lars years ago with the Bunkhouse Band at many gigs. He was a keeper for sure and a fine Gentleman. Really could play (top shelf )as all of GPN’s band members could.

Respectfully

Joe Bill Moad
Cheyenne Oklahoma

[Jon Jaffe]

[Ricky Davis]

My Heart is Heavy; Lars has been a Brother Guitar player for many many years; he will be missed. RIP Lars> Love ya bro.
Ricky

[Tore Blestrud]

Lars was put to rest yesterday in his hometown Moss. It was a sad and respectful funeral with lots of friends participating.

Having played in a norwegian backing band with Lars for 20+ years I have a lot of great memories. Lars brought a lot of great Texas-artists over to Norway to play the festivals in summer time. To many to mention - great learning experience for us honky-tonk vikings.

[Herb Steiner]

Lars, Gary Nunn, and me.