Larry Underwood

Larry Underwood is a main character who is first "heard offscreen" in Chapter 3 but is not fully introduced until Chapter 5 of the Complete and Uncut Edition of The Stand by Stephen King. A hedonistic musician on the verge of rock stardom when Captain Trips hits and he must make a moral stand, he is the primary protagonist of the novel and most subsequent adaptations. He is likely in part based on Bruce Springsteen with a healthy dose of semi-autobiography of King himself.

Under the Four Great Races hypothesis, he represents the "Black," or people of African descent.

Complete and Uncut Edition

 * Chapter 3 - offscreen, singing "Baby, Can You Dig Your Man?" on the radio