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.
After a short stint in Texas, Gary moved to Nashville where he is working on his writing as well as his singing. He is a member of "Eagle Creek," a new traditional country group that is starting to make quite a bit of noise in country music circles. Gary is an accomplished bass guitarist, lead and harmony vocalist, and front man for the group.
With many accomplishments to his credit, Gary considers working with Johnny Cash on one of his last recording sessions as a highlight in Gary's life. Gary also feels very honored to be in the position of bandleader for Johnny's sister Joanne Cash Yates every Sunday morning at "Nashville Cowboy Church," a weekly service held at the Texas Troubadour Theatre. It is broadcast into over 100 countries, reaching millions through WSM radio, SIRIUS satellite radio, XM satellite radio and WWCR short wave radio. For more information and time, see
www.nashvillecowboychurch.org and
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Make sure you see Gary and Eagle Creek when they are in your area. You will really enjoy the fast paced traditional country music that Eagle Creek displays. People have been longing for good country music. Now they have it with Gary Brock and "Eagle Creek."
