Gary is from Garland, Texas, where he played guitar in various bands starting at age fourteen. After pursuing a degree in music at North Texas State University, Gary made the move to Los Angeles, and began his recording career with two albums of his own songs. His band included current Warner Bros. Record's president Jim Ed Norman, on piano, who would later invite Gary to Nashville to write songs for his publishing company.
In 1983, Gary signed with Sony/ATV/Tree publishing and was a staff writer there for fifteen years. He has participated in songwriting trips to Romania, Bali, Ireland, and Cuba with other well known songwriters as part of Music Bridges, a cultural exchange with musicians of those countries. His songs have appeared in the movies "Urban Cowboy", "Major League", "City of Hope", "Message in a Bottle," "Happy Texas," "Sylvester," "Where the Heart Is" and "Serving Sara." He has earned twenty-six ASCAP awards as writer and publisher, and has taught songwriting workshops for ASCAP and Berklee School of Music. For a more complete discography and information for ordering Gary's CD's, visit his website: garynicholson.com.
SONGWRITER
Over 350 songs recorded in various genres
Country (Traditional): George Jones, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Charley Pride, Conway Twitty, Don Williams, Bill Anderson, Brenda Lee, Mickey Gilley, Crystal Gale, Ann Murray
Country (Contemporary): Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, Dixie Chicks, George Strait, Patty Loveless, Emmylou Harris, Wynonna, The Judds, Trisha Yearwood, Travis Tritt, Lee Roy Parnell, T. Graham Brown, Marty Stuart, Lonestar, Montgomery Gentry, Gary Allan, Clay Walker
Blues (Traditional): BB King, James Cotton,
Junior Wells, Gatemouth Brown, Etta James, Jimmy Witherspoon, Arthur Alexander, Dan Penn, Lonnie Brooks, Joe Louis Walker
Blues (Contemporary) : Delbert McClinton, Keb Mo, John Mayall, The Blues Brothers, Irma Thomas, Kim Wilson, Tommy Castro, Tracy Nelson, Marcia Ball, Shemekia Copeland, CoCo Montoya, Jimmy Thackeray
Pop/Rock : Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac, Ringo Starr, Neil Diamond, Dion, Robert Plant, Greg Allman, The Neville Brothers, NRBQ, Dave Edmunds
Folk: John Prine, Guy Clark, John Sebastian, Mary Chapin-Carpenter, Paul Brady, David Wilcox, Beth Nielsen-Chapman, Patty Griffin, Kathy Mattea, Kevin Welch, Dave Olney
Bluegrass: New Grass Revival, Peter Rowan, Tim O'Brien, Doug Dillard, Vassar Clements
GUITARIST
Toured or recorded with Delbert McClinton, Guy Clark, Billy Joe Shaver, Bobby Bare, Tracy Nelson
PRODUCER
Delbert McClinton (Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues), The Judds, Wynonna, T. Graham Brown
PERFORMER
The Bluebird Cafe, Nashville; The Bottom Line, NYC; The Frutegen Festival, Switzerland; Cactus Cafe, Austin; Poor David's Pub, Dallas; The Birchmere, Arlington,VA;
Club Passim, Boston; House of Blues
RECORDING ARTIST
'The Sky is not the Limit" with guests Bonnie Raitt, Vince Gill, Ivan Neville, Steve Cropper
"Fortunate Sons" group with Michael Rhodes, Kenny Greenberg, Reese Wynans, Chad Cromwell
Gary Nicholson Music, 9 Music Square South,
PMB 410, Nashville, TN 37203
Contact: Nathan Nicholson 615-473-3639
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