UNLIKE HIS COMPARDRES, GARY HAS NO FORMAL MUSICAL TRAINING. HE HAS SPENT MANY LONELY HOURS IN HIS SAD ROOM LISTENING TO HIS BASS PLAYING HEROES RAY BROWN, OSCAR PETTIFORD, MILT HINTON, PAUL CHAMBERS. JUST TO MENTION A FEW. HE HAS STUDIED SOME WITH THE LATE JOHN NEVES AND THE VERY MUCH ALIVE JOHN LOCKWOOD. HE ALSO MENTIONS A CHANCE MEETING AND CONVERSATION WITH THE LATE BASS PLAYING TITAN RAY BROWN AS A CONSTANT SOURCE OF INSPIRATION.

HIS PLAYING EXPERIENCE INCLUDES A STINT ON MAJESTY CRUISE LINE'S 'ROYAL MAJESTY' A ROCK BAND OR TWO, A COUNTRY-FOLK BAND A FEW GB BANDS AND A TWO AND A HALF YEAR RESIDENCY AT BOSTON'S COPLEY PLAZA HOTEL IN THE FAMED MERRY-GO-ROUND ROOM AKA THE OAK BAR IN WHICH HE PLAYED WITH MANY OF BOSTON'S STAND OUT PIANO AND HORN PLAYERS...HE IS AS ONE MIGHT SAY .."A WORK IN PROGRESS"...ALWAYS LOOKING TO IMPROVE