Gary Hicks

    Gary was born September 30, 1940 in Boston Ma. He was exposed to all kinds of music from an early age. Music was in his blood. His father being an accomplished Jazz & Pop pianist, both paternal uncles also musicians and his maternal grandfather an excellent Canadian style fiddler. Gary's brother Bob plays piano, His sister Barbara sings and plays folk guitar and his brother Don plays Country, Classical and Irish Violin and about any other stringed instrument you can name.

    Gary was given his first guitar at age eleven. It was a love affair that would last a lifetime. Gary took guitar lessons in 1950/51/52 at E.U. Wurlizer's old store on LaGrange St. in Boston from a gentleman who was later to head the Guitar Department at the Berklee School of music and write several notable books on Guitar and musical arraigning. The late Bill Leavitt.

    Gary started his professional music career in 1958 just out of high school playing with local Rock&Roll bands. And soon he graduated to playing Country and Rock&Roll in little bars and clubs around the Boston area. He played shows and Country-dance music in a musical duo act known as Wayne and Gary the Alpines. They played all over New England and Gary earned the sarcastic nickname SMILEY due to the fact that he almost never smiled while playing the guitar. "Concentrating on the job at hand". He says. He then moved on to larger bands and played with Jazz and Swing outfits around the Metro Boston area for several years.

    In the late 70's, after a visit to an old friend and band mate, Wayne Parker in Oklahoma and, at the urging of his devoted wife, Pam, Gary decided to get back into Country music. He has gigged with a number of local Country bands notably The Diane Lincoln Band, Eric Mordant and the Hired Hands, Jimmy Allen and Easy Country, John Hicks and Revolution and now, for almost 8 years, The John Penny Band. Now getting close to 60 years young, he hopes to continue making good music with these great guys as long as the Good Lord permits.

   Gary has a good family life. With his wife Pam, they have three children. Tracy, the oldest loves to play guitar and sing. Gary Jr. is a very talented Rock guitarist Heading up a fine original rock trio. And Kathy, the youngest aspires to be a country singer and is a fine guitar player. Gary is also the proud grandfather of one year old Makayla Rose Hicks who, already shows a musical bent, bouncing and clapping hands to all the family music.

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