Gary has almost 60 years as a professional musician and teacher under his belt. He started in Memphis with the Grammy-nominated blue-eyed soul group, The Box Tops. Remember “…gimme a ticket for an aeroplane“? Gary has played guitar with over 100 major recording artists including Billy Preston, Willie Nelson, Sam & Dave, Tim McGraw, The Beach Boys, Dr. John, Waylon Jennings, and many others. He has played guitar on hit records, written songs recorded by major artists, and taught guitar to many Nashville recording artists and award-winning songwriters. Gary created the first instructional guitar DVD for songwriters, “Guitar Playing for Songwriters” in 1999. Gary tailors EVERY guitar lesson to the individual student because every student is different. Students have different goals, interests, and abilities. He also wrote a column called “Guitar 101” in American Songwriter Magazine for fourteen years.