Lanny was born and raised in Greencastle, Pennsylvania and has worked in radio since 1954 starting as a go-for at WAYZ in beautiful downtown Waynesboro. While in the U. S. Air Force in 1957 and 58 stationed in Japan, he broadcast on the local US FM radio WSDO, Sado Shima. With only one turntable to play music such as Grandpa Jones and Little Jimmy Dickens, he talked a good bit just to keep the broadcast line open. Lanny is also an accomplished Bluegrass musician, having played with Bluegrass bands in Europe and through out the eastern United States. The "The Bluegrass Connection" was first broadcast on radio over three years ago.