after five years recording and touring internationally, he left to pursue his own musical vision. cry on cue was originally comprised of session men and former members of king crimson and the small faces as well as musicians from bob dylan's and tracy chapman's bands. "i had gotten addicted to the world beat music, so we had a heavy reggae-type influence." the original formation of cry on cue has performed throughout the u.s. and canada, headlining and opening for reggae greats the wailers, jimmy cliff, burning spear and mutaburuka.

at the most difficult time, between writing, arranging, booking and managing cry on cue in los angeles, larsen got a call from melissa etheridge, who was riding high with her newest album. two weeks later he was on the road as guitarist and vocalist with etheridge. what started out as a three-month tour turned into three years. but once again, larsen realized that playing someone else's music was not going to satisfy his soul.

he left the band in 1992 to return to making his own music. while he built up production credits, his musical goals were still left unfulfilled. he realized again that it was time to get back down to basics and do what his lifetime goal was. this included leaving the financial restraints of living in los angeles and moving to the upper peninsula in michigan. "up north i have the freedom to do what i want to do," larsen said. "to me, spirituality is nature. and in los angeles, you couldn't find peace and serenity if you had to rent it."

after four years and over 40 production credits, two nationwide tours and immense regional success, larsen decided it was time to return to his hometown of los angeles with his newfound inner calm. he is currently writing and recording solo work, as well as producing albums for legendary blues singer/guitarist becky barksdale, musician + old soul erik koskinen, folk-pop musician michael kadenacy and trinidanian steel pan player emile borde.