Lawrence Jordan
Larry started in film as soon as he graduated from college. He moved to New York and joined a music video company, quickly working his way up to editor, where he edited videos for Godley and Creme and David Bowie, before wanting more. “I got so tired of editing,” says Larry. “I was fed up of fixing other people’s problems. So, I got into directing.” He accepted a post with Calhoun Productions, who had a reputation for recording major live music events. “I worked with all English crews,” said Larry.
Larry’s work with Calhoun included recordings of Pink Floyd in Versailles and an Amnesty movie for US broadcaster HBO – “the project of which I am most proud,” he says; he has also worked with Christina Aguilera, Maria Carey and Eddie Izzard. When Calhoun won the contract to record Rush at Birmingham NEC, on the ‘A Show of Hands’ tour, Larry’s name was in the frame to direct.
The band were pleased with the results, to the extent that they wanted Larry to work on more projects with them, but as happens so often in music, the schedules got in the way. “Geddy called me personally and asked me to work on the videos, but it didn’t really work out, it didn’t happen.” Larry was plenty busy with other projects, travelling all over the world and building his reputation for stadium work. Indeed, it was over a decade before the two sides managed to hook up again, for what became ‘Rush in Rio’.