Gary
@garybrock
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Greenbrier, TN USA
Joined Jun 6, 2009
Growing up in the rural central Illinois town of Robinson, Gary is no stranger to hard work and pride in a job well done. Playing a good traditional style of country music is what Gary does very well. Listening to shows on television as a child, Gary knew that country was in his blood. Learning to strum a guitar at age nine, Gary became a sponge soaking in all the country music he could. He sang his first solos in church using the hymnbooks and by age fifteen had his own act singing at churches, county fairs, and local VFW and American Legion clubs. Gary's high school music teacher gave Gary music and voice training in opera and movie musicals like "South Pacific". While she wanted Gary to study "Grand Old Opera", he was more inclined to study the "Grand Ole Opry".
After high school Gary went to college at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois. While there he played in several local bands and was the opening act for the Statler Brothers, Hank Williams, Jr., Stonewall Jackson, Waylon Jennings, and many other top country stars.
Upon graduation from college, Gary migrated to the Chicago area where he had his own band, "The Western Echoes," which was the longest running house band in the Chicago area. He opened for such top artists as Alan Jackson, Clint Black, T. Graham Brown, Vern Gosdin, Lorrie Morgan, Patty Loveless, Gene Watson, Jack Greene, Jean Sheperd, Mel Street, Ernest Tubb, Garth Brooks, Jeanne Pruitt, Del Reeves and a host of others.
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Going to Texas via Nashville...
Aug 17, 2009
We have had enough with the music industry in Nashville, TN. All the broken promises and the lies. People loosing their family, homes, cars and stuff. Because they are chasing the dream. And being a school teacher, I am very disappointed with the school system of Nashville. Over crowded and no discipline. Will be teaching in Texas, where the children know how to say yes sir or no sir. They have full time police on campus. And they don't hesitate to take a kid if there is disruptive behavior. They appriciate good teachers.
