If you like good ole mule kickin' Southern Rock, you will love Gary Jeffries first solo album, "Middle Class Man". This is his 9th CD release since his days with Virgin Records as lead vocalist for hard rock band, Asphalt Ballet, in the early 1990s. The band's popularity soared on MTV: "Soul Survive" was indoctrinated to MTVs Wall of Fame for being the undefeated music video winner of Headbangers Ball; and videos "Tuesday's Rain" and "Unlucky, Mr. Lucky", also did quite well. Upon leaving Asphalt Ballet, Gary moved back to Monroe, Louisiana and started gigging throughout the South, staying very busy with his music. However, he couldn't stay away from Los Angeles, and returned to record album, "Real Deal" with Southern rockers, The Regulators, a band that played in front of 14,000 bikers at Sturgis, a popular campground in Buffalo Chips. Gary later released three CDs with Alligator Stew, a group that recorded "First Taste Of", "Alligator Stew" and "Monticello LIVE", and hailed as a band as having produced some of the best Southern Rock music heard in years. But, this time around, Gary decided to take a little flavor from all his years, including a few of his all time favorites to make one of the best heart felt, hard hittin' Southern rockin' albums of the times, "Middle Class Man". Ya gotta get this one.
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