Editing Larry Norman (section)

===Recording career===
[[Image:Lnsimp.png|upright=1.35|thumb|''The Simpsons'' parody comic of Larry Norman]]

In 1969, Capitol Records released Norman's first solo album, ''[[Upon This Rock (Larry Norman album)|Upon This Rock]]'', produced by Hal Yoergler, is now considered to be "the first full-blown Christian rock album".<ref name="ReferenceA" /><ref name="thompson49">Thompson 2000, p. 49-52.</ref> Norman was denounced by various [[Televangelism|television evangelists]],<ref name="bivins">{{Cite book |last=Bivins |first=Jason |title=Religion of Fear: The Politics of Horror in Conservative Evangelicalism |date=2008 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=125}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Luhr |first=Eileen |title=Witnessing Suburbia: Conservatives and Christian Youth Culture |date=2009 |publisher=University of California Press |pages=47, 51–52}}</ref> and Capitol deemed the album a commercial flop and dropped Norman from the label.<ref name="bsnpubs.com">{{Cite web |date=January 10, 2009 |title=Solid Rock Album Discography |url=http://www.bsnpubs.com/word/solidrock/solidrock.html |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Both Sides Now}}</ref> However, his music gained a large following in the emerging countercultural movements.<ref>''High Fidelity'' 20:7–12 (1970):112.</ref> Sales of the album rose following its distribution in Christian bookstores.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bielen |first=Kenneth G. |title=The Lyrics of Civility: Biblical Images and Popular Music Lyrics in American Culture |date=1999 |publisher=Routledge |page=114}}</ref>

By the early 1970s, Norman was performing frequently for large audiences, and appeared at several [[Christian music festival]]s,<ref name=digit/><ref name="bsnpubs.com" /><ref name="tributes">{{Cite web |title=Larry Norman 1947-2008 |url=http://www.larrynorman.uk.com/tributes.htm |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Larry Norman UK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Duane's Interview with Josh Tinley |url=http://www.hollywoodfreepaper.org/interview.php?id=3 |magazine=The Hollywood Free Paper |access-date=October 5, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Reflections on the Jesus Movement |url=http://www.hollywoodfreepaper.org/article.php?id=4 |magazine=The Hollywood Free Paper |access-date=October 5, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Robison |first=Greg |url=https://archive.org/details/christianrockfes00robi |title=Christian Rock Festivals |date=2009 |publisher=Rosen |location=New York |isbn=9781404217843 |url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=February 2, 1971 |title=Spiritual Revolution Day |url=http://www.hollywoodfreepaper.org/archive.php?id=33 |magazine=The Hollywood Free Paper |volume=3 |access-date=November 26, 2014 |number=3}}</ref> including [[Explo '72]], a six-day [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]] event which has been called the "Jesus [[Woodstock]]."<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=June 26, 1972 |title=Religion: The Jesus Woodstock |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,906107,00.html |url-status=dead |magazine=Time |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616060134/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,906107,00.html |archive-date=June 16, 2008 |access-date=October 5, 2014}}</ref> Norman established a [[half-way house]] where he "housed and fed various groups of people, supervised their Bible studies and drove them to church on Fridays and Sundays".<ref name="cottagebk2">Larry Norman, "The White Cottage", liner notes, ''And the Rampions Run Wild: The Cottage Tapes – Book Two'' (2000 CD).</ref> He earned $80 per month from Capitol for polishing and refining songs for Capitol artists.<ref name=cottagebk2/> In 1970, Norman began a record label, One Way Records. He released two of his own albums ''[[Street Level (album)|Street Level]]'' and ''[[Bootleg (Larry Norman album)|Bootleg]]'' on the label as well as [[Randy Stonehill]]'s first album, ''Born Twice''.

In 1971, Norman first visited England where he lived and worked for several years.<ref name="quizzed">{{Cite web |last=Rimmer |first=Mike |date=August 27, 2005 |title=A Legend Quizzed |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/A_Legend_Quizzed/15761/p1/ |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=[[Cross Rhythms]]}}</ref> He recorded two studio albums, ''[[Only Visiting This Planet]]'' and ''[[So Long Ago the Garden]]'', in London's [[AIR Oxford Circus|AIR Studios]].<ref name="larryinuk">{{Cite web |title=Larry in the UK |url=http://www.larrynorman.uk.com/inuk.html |access-date=May 4, 2010 |website=Larry Norman UK}} {{dead link |date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Released in 1972, ''Visiting'' "was meant to reach the [[flower children]] disillusioned by the government and the church" with its "abrasive, urban reality of the gospel", and has often been ranked as Norman's best album.<ref name="cbn.com" /> The release of ''Garden'' in November 1973 was met with controversy in the Christian press, due to the album's cover art and some songs in which Norman took the persona of a [[backslider]].<ref name="Steve Turner 1977">{{Cite magazine |last=Turner |first=Steve |date=March 10, 1977 |title=Paradise: Home-made and Heaven |magazine=ThirdWay |page=9}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Beaujon |first=Andrew |date=May 2008 |title=God Only Knows |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |page=120}}</ref>

In 1974, Norman founded [[Solid Rock Records]] to produce records for Christian artists "who didn't want to be consumed by the business of making vinyl pancakes but who wanted to make something 'non-commercial' to the world".<ref name="boots">{{Cite web |date=September 24, 2007 |title=Larry Norman's snakeskin boots |url=http://talesfromthelaboratory.typepad.com/tales_from_the_microbial_/2007/09/larry-normans-s.html |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Tales from the Microbial Laboratory}}</ref><ref>Howard and Streck 2004, p. 163.</ref><ref name="store2">{{Cite web |title=Shopping Mall |url=http://www.larrynorman.uk.com/store2.htm |access-date=February 5, 2014 |website=Larry Norman UK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Kim |title=Larry Norman Dies at 60 |url=http://christianmusic.about.com/od/musicnews/a/larrynormanobit.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303112431/http://christianmusic.about.com/od/musicnews/a/larrynormanobit.htm |archive-date=March 3, 2012 |access-date=February 5, 2014 |website=About.com}}</ref> Norman produced music on the label for artists including Randy Stonehill, [[Mark Heard]] and [[Tom Howard (musician)|Tom Howard]].<ref name="virtuoso">{{Cite web |title=Tom Howard: From Jesus music pioneer to behind-the-scenes virtuoso |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Tom_Howard_From_Jesus_music_pioneer_to_behindthescenes_virtuoso/34447/p1/ |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Cross Rhythms}}</ref> Norman also worked with several artists who were signed to other labels, including [[Malcolm and Alwyn]], Bobby Emmons and the Crosstones, Lyrix, James Sundquist and David Edwards.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 16, 1977 |title=Folk Concert |page=14 |work=[[Tri-City Herald]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Freedom Flight : Album cover |url=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aGSj8CksbS8/S7hC6os0nyI/AAAAAAAAAN4/2FPiAw-zNv0/s1600/back.jpg |access-date=November 26, 2014 |website=1.bp.blogspot.com |format=JPG}}</ref><ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2002 |title=David Edwards |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music |publisher=Hendrickson |location=Peabody, MA |last=Powell |first=Mark Allan |page=292}}</ref> Norman signed a deal with [[ABC Records]] to distribute Solid Rock's releases, but was later moved to ABC subsidiary [[Word Records]].<ref name="CR_OBIT">{{Cite web |last=Rimmer |first=Mike |date=February 26, 2008 |title=Larry Norman – 1947–2008 |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/news/Larry_Norman__19472008/30703/p1/ |website=Cross Rhythms}}</ref><ref name="larrynorman1">{{Cite web |title=Biography |url=http://www.larrynorman.uk.com/bio.htm |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Larry Norman UK}}</ref> In the same year, Norman founded the Christian artist [[booking agency]] Street Level Artists Agency.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Norman |first=Larry |year=1980 |title=New Music Interview 1980 Part 2 |url=http://twoln.clutteredsoul.com/intvw80b.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122152758/http://twoln.clutteredsoul.com/intvw80b.html |archive-date=November 22, 2018 |access-date=January 3, 2019 |website=Cluttered Soul: The Words of Larry Norman}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Agency |url=http://www.streetlevelagency.com/index.php/agency |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714043611/http://www.streetlevelagency.com/index.php/agency |archive-date=July 14, 2011 |publisher=Street Level Agency}}</ref><ref name="Mike Rimmer 2010">{{Cite web |last=Rimmer |first=Mike |date=March 28, 2010 |title=Larry Norman: The David Di Sabatino's Fallen Angel documentary |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Larry_Norman_The_David_Di_Sabatinos_Fallen_Angel_documentary/39066/ |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Cross Rhythms}}</ref>

''[[In Another Land (album)|In Another Land]]'', the third album in Norman's trilogy and the best-selling album of his career, was released in 1976 by Solid Rock and distributed through Word.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Norman |first=Larry |year=1980 |title=New Music Interview 1980 Part 3 |url=http://twoln.clutteredsoul.com/intvw80c.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142328/http://twoln.clutteredsoul.com/intvw80c.html |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |access-date=January 3, 2019 |website=Cluttered Soul: The Words of Larry Norman}}</ref><ref name="meetjesushere1">{{Cite web |title=In Another Land |url=http://www.meetjesushere.com/in_another_land.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020162304/http://www.meetjesushere.com/in_another_land.htm |archive-date=October 20, 2014 |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Jim Böthel's Unofficial Larry Norman Website}}</ref> Soon afterward, Norman recorded the [[blues]]-rock [[concept album]] ''[[Something New under the Son]]'', but it would not be released until 1981.<ref>Some sources indicate the album was recorded in 1977. See {{Cite web |last=Norman |first=Larry |year=1981 |title=Solid Rock/Phydeaux: Music for the Minority |url=http://www.meetjesushere.com/images/PosterMag/BostProm.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720090308/http://www.meetjesushere.com/images/PosterMag/BostProm.jpg |archive-date=July 20, 2011 |website=Jim Böthel's Unofficial Larry Norman Website}}; the original cover has "1977" written on it.{{cite web |url=http://www.meetjesushere.com/images/LPs/SRA2007a.jpg |title='Something New Under the Son' Front cover |website=Jim Böthel's Unofficial Larry Norman Website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720090102/http://www.meetjesushere.com/images/LPs/SRA2007a.jpg |archive-date=July 20, 2011}}</ref><ref name="onlyvisiting1">{{Cite web |title=Larry Norman (Part 1) |url=http://www.onlyvisiting.com/larry/about/story1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729055350/http://www.onlyvisiting.com/larry/about/story1.html |archive-date=July 29, 2013 |website=Only Visiting.com}}</ref><ref name="snuts">{{Cite web |title=Something New Under The Son |url=http://www.meetjesushere.com/SNUTS.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141126154628/http://www.meetjesushere.com/SNUTS.htm |archive-date=November 26, 2014 |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Jim Böthel's Unofficial Larry Norman Website}}</ref> Following clashes with Word over ''Something New'' and several other projects, Norman started Phydeaux Records in 1980 to release his albums.<ref name="vog95">{{Cite web |year=1995 |title=VOG interview |url=http://twoln.clutteredsoul.com/intvw95.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008205436/http://twoln.clutteredsoul.com/intvw95.html |archive-date=October 8, 2014 |website=Cluttered Soul: The Words of Larry Norman}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The FULL VOG Interview |url=http://www.onlyvisiting.com/larry/interviews/VOG/larryVOG.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924060539/http://www.onlyvisiting.com/larry/interviews/VOG/larryVOG.html |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Only Visiting.com}}</ref>

In 1978, Norman was injured during a plane landing at [[Los Angeles International Airport]].<ref name=vog95/> Norman claimed to have suffered mild brain damage due to being hit by parts of the cabin's roof, and that this damage left him unable to complete projects and focus artistically.<ref name="ssri">Larry Norman, "A Special Solid Rock Interview", in Norman 1989, p. 10.</ref> William Ayers wrote in 1991: "As family, friends and fans watched, his life spiraled downward. He was unable to record a bonafide album from the time of his airplane accident in 1978 until ... he attempted to release the badly produced ''[[Home at Last (Larry Norman album)|Home at Last]]'' [recorded in 1986]. He never expected to be healed."<ref name="stranded" />

In September 1979, Norman performed his "The Great American Novel", "a [[Bob Dylan|Dylanesque]] [[protest song]]", for U.S. president [[Jimmy Carter]] and about 1,000 guests at the ''Old Fashioned Gospel Singin{{'}}'' concert held on the south lawn of the [[White House]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 10, 1979 |title=White House Hosts Gospel Sing |page=20 |work=[[Pharos-Tribune]] |location=Logansport, Indiana}}</ref>

Following a prolonged dispute with Solid Rock artists [[Daniel Amos]] which ended in estrangement,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Terry Scott Taylor : The HRS Interview Part One |url=http://www.danielamos.com/articles/terrytay1.html |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=DanielAmos.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=TimeLine 1978 |url=http://www.danielamos.com/timeline78.html |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=DanielAmos.com}}</ref> Solid Rock's business manager, Philip Mangano, and several Solid Rock musicians organized an [[Intervention (counseling)|intervention]] with Norman in June 1980, which led him to begin closing the company.<ref name="canadianchristianity.com">{{Cite web |title=Angel tells tragic tale of Larry Norman |url=http://www.canadianchristianity.com/bc/bccn/0709/20angel.html |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Canadian Christianity.com |archive-date=May 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517015014/http://canadianchristianity.com/bc/bccn/0709/20angel.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |year=1980 |title=Audio sample: Mangano's coup d'etat |url=http://www.weebly.com/uploads/7/0/9/5/7095730/philip_manganos_coup_detat.mp3 |access-date=November 26, 2014 |website=Weebly.com |format=MP3}}</ref> Religious history professor [[Randall Balmer]] attributed the company's demise to "idealism, marital difficulties, and financial naivete—as well as changing musical tastes."<ref name="balmer">{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2002 |title=Larry (David) Norman |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism |publisher=[[Westminster John Knox Press]] |editor-last=Balmer |editor-first=Randall Herbert |page=411}}</ref>

In late 1980, Norman moved to England and, with his father, founded Phydeaux Records, a company designed to compete with the [[bootleg recording|bootleg]] market by selling rarities from Norman's own archives.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{Cite web |title=Back to California : Larry Norman |url=http://www.meetjesushere.com/images/LPs/ST001aV1.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312041846/http://www.meetjesushere.com/images/LPs/ST001aV1.jpg |archive-date=March 12, 2016 |access-date=November 26, 2014 |website=Jim Böthel's Unofficial Larry Norman Website |format=JPG}}</ref><ref name="story2">{{Cite web |title=Larry Norman (Part 2) |url=http://www.onlyvisiting.com/larry/about/story2.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924060530/http://www.onlyvisiting.com/larry/about/story2.html |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Only Visiting.com}}</ref><ref name="Larry Norman 2007">Larry Norman, "The Germans", (June 18, 2007).</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Israel Tapes |url=http://www.meetjesushere.com/The_Israel_Tapes.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728204718/http://www.meetjesushere.com/The_Israel_Tapes.htm |archive-date=July 28, 2013 |access-date=February 5, 2014 |website=Jim Böthel's Unofficial Larry Norman Website}}</ref> He signed a distribution deal with British label Chapel Lane and released several albums before returning to the United States in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1981 Friends On Tour Dates |url=http://www.larrynorman.uk.com/word27.htm |access-date=March 12, 2011 |website=Larry Norman UK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Larry Norman And His Friends On Tour |url=http://www.meetjesushere.com/Friends_On_Tour.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150301032602/http://www.meetjesushere.com/Friends_On_Tour.htm |archive-date=March 1, 2015 |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Jim Böthel's Unofficial Larry Norman Website}}</ref><ref name="mjhtune">{{Cite web |title=The Story Of The Tune |url=http://www.meetjesushere.com/Tune.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020113510/http://www.meetjesushere.com/Tune.htm |archive-date=October 20, 2014 |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Jim Böthel's Unofficial Larry Norman Website}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Story Of The Tune: Cover |url=http://www.onlyvisiting.com/music/discography/Tune/tune.cover.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924060549/http://www.onlyvisiting.com/music/discography/Tune/tune.cover.html |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Only Visiting.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Come As A Child |url=http://www.meetjesushere.com/Come_As_A_Child.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728182547/http://www.meetjesushere.com/Come_As_A_Child.htm |archive-date=July 28, 2013 |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Jim Böthel's Unofficial Larry Norman Website}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Stop This Flight |url=http://www.meetjesushere.com/STF.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150301030108/http://www.meetjesushere.com/STF.htm |archive-date=March 1, 2015 |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Jim Böthel's Unofficial Larry Norman Website}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Quiet Night |url=http://www.meetjesushere.com/QuietNight.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728202714/http://www.meetjesushere.com/QuietNight.htm |archive-date=July 28, 2013 |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Jim Böthel's Unofficial Larry Norman Website}}</ref> Norman then began work on an anthology project celebrating his career in Christian music, beginning with the album ''White Blossoms from Black Roots: The History and the Chronology: Volume One'';<ref name="lnblackroots">Liner Notes, ''White Blossoms From Black Roots'' (1997).</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Solid Rock News |url=http://www.larrynorman.com/news/3.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728175037/http://www.larrynorman.com/news/3.html |archive-date=July 28, 2013 |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Larry Norman.com}}</ref> however, the project collapsed when the head of the distribution company was arrested for [[check forgery]] and the company's merchandise was seized by the FBI.<ref name=lnblackroots/><ref name="rtwb">{{Cite web |title=White Blossoms From Black Roots |url=http://www.meetjesushere.com/White_Blossoms.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921063829/http://www.meetjesushere.com/White_Blossoms.htm |archive-date=September 21, 2015 |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Jim Böthel's Unofficial Larry Norman Website}}</ref>

Norman signed to [[Benson Records]] in 1986 and recorded the album ''Home at Last'', although the album was not released until 1989 due to legal problems.<ref name="benson">{{Cite magazine |last=McCormack |first=Moira |date=October 11, 1986 |title=Benson Records: Economy and Specialization Fuel Strong Return to Major Label Status |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page=G-10}}</ref><ref name="Larry Norman 1989">Norman 1989, p. 20.</ref> Despite extensive promotion, the album was negatively reviewed, and Norman himself later dismissed the album as "just a collection of tapes I had", although he said separately that he was "extremely happy" with the level of support he'd received from Benson.<ref name="dickerson">Matthew Dickerson, "Home at Last", in Norman 1989, p. 16.</ref><ref name="cr93">{{Cite web |last=Norman |first=Larry |year=1993 |title=Cross Rhythms Interview |url=http://twoln.clutteredsoul.com/intvw93.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093025/http://twoln.clutteredsoul.com/intvw93.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=January 3, 2019 |website=Cluttered Soul: The Words of Larry Norman}}</ref> In 1989, Norman received the Christian Artists' Society Lifetime Achievement Award.<ref name="ChristianArtists" />

While visiting another musician at the close of a February 1991 tour, Norman received prayer for his long-term health problems from a pastor of London's [[Elim Pentecostal Church|Elim Way Fellowship]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 10, 2008 |title=History |url=http://riverchurch.publishpath.com/history |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715131313/http://riverchurch.publishpath.com/history |archive-date=July 15, 2011 |access-date=August 13, 2010 |website=River Church}}</ref> Norman maintained that through this prayer God repaired the damage to his brain and he was able to function again.<ref name=quizzed/> That year, he collaborated with his brother [[Charles Normal|Charles]] on the album ''[[Stranded in Babylon]]'', hailed by both critics and fans as one of his best.<ref name="Robert Termorshuizen 1991">{{Cite web |title=Stranded In Babylon |url=http://www.meetjesushere.com/stranded_in_babylon.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020214628/http://www.meetjesushere.com/stranded_in_babylon.htm |archive-date=October 20, 2014 |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Jim Böthel's Unofficial Larry Norman Website}}</ref><ref name="Rupert Loydell 1992">{{Cite web |title=Review: Stranded In Babylon - Larry Norman |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Larry_Norman/Stranded_In_Babylon/5267/ |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Cross Rhythms}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Selected discography from my personal collection: Larry Norman |url=http://www.banophernalia.com/reviews/music/artists_norman.htm#larry1999 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728170136/http://www.banophernalia.com/reviews/music/artists_norman.htm#larry1999 |archive-date=July 28, 2013 |website=Banophernalia.com}}</ref> They would reunite for the 2001 album ''[[Tourniquet (album)|Tourniquet]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Larry Norman Tourniquet pre-release review copy album front and back |url=http://www.meetjesushere.com/images/CDs/SRD409insV1.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324114039/http://www.meetjesushere.com/images/CDs/SRD409insV1.jpg |archive-date=March 24, 2012 |access-date=June 7, 2011 |website=Jim Böthel's Unofficial Larry Norman Website}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tourniquet |url=http://www.meetjesushere.com/tourniquet.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019005530/http://www.meetjesushere.com/tourniquet.htm |archive-date=October 19, 2014 |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Jim Böthel's Unofficial Larry Norman Website}}</ref>

Norman continued to perform and release albums throughout his later years in order to raise funds for medical expenses stemming from heart problems.<ref name="phydeaux1-1995">{{Cite web |title=Phydeaux News 1 |url=http://www.onlyvisiting.com/distributors/phydeaux/newsletters/phydeaux_1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729040019/http://www.onlyvisiting.com/distributors/phydeaux/newsletters/phydeaux_1.html |archive-date=July 29, 2013 |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Only Visiting.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: Agitator: The Essential - Larry Norman |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Larry_Norman/Agitator_The_Essential/7087/ |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Cross Rhythms}}</ref> He gave his last official concert on August 4, 2007, in New York City.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}