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Gary L

About Me

Gary L. Shook has been a part of the Cincinnati Ohio music scene since the late 1970's. For the last 22 years he has been ( and still is ) bassist and vocalist for Cincinnati's own The Re****s, a cover band that plays the best music mainly from the 60's and 70's, with some 40's and 80's sprinkled in . He is also a songwriter. In 2002 Gary recorded a solo CD of all original material entitled Really. He's currently recording his second CD of originals, which will be titled Goodbye Nadine. The expected completion date is some time in 2009. The songs Barry's Got and To Jellico are from that project. You should create your own MySpace Layouts like me by using nUCLEArcENTURy .COM's MySpace Profile Editor !"Lefty McBasscat "

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 25/10/2007
Band Website: don't have one
Band Members: Gary L. Shook: Singer-Songwriter-Bassist-Guitarist-, Over-Sensitive Under-Achiever, Bad Harmonica Player, Part-time Musical Mirror------Danny Henning: Spiritual Guidance, Producer-Keyboardist-Sequencing Genious ! Operating out of Get Reel Studios in Felicity, Ohio, USA
Influences: The Beatles, John Lennon, The Byrds, Gene Clark, The Everly Brothers, Elvis Costello, Robyn Hitchcock, Crowded House, plus anyone that sounds like the aforementioned
Sounds Like: Vocally, like John Lennon, (but not on purpose, it's just my voice) with occasional Everlyesque harmonies. Musically, a bit like the Beatles, Byrds, etc.
Record Label: none

My Blog

Goodbye Nadine, the song, now on the player

I just loaded my newest song, Goodbye Nadine, on the music player. It's a tribute to my mother.  Please listen, and tell me what you think. Here are the lyrics: Ive been looking to find her everywher...
Posted by on Fri, 01 May 2009 23:22:00 GMT

Goodbye Nadine / Album Wrap-up

Hey there,    The recordings for the new album are finished ! Dan, my producer, has only one more song to mix, which he will do this week. Then comes the mastering, which Dan will also handle. In the ...
Posted by on Fri, 01 May 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Songwriting gone wild

I have finished recording 16 songs for my new CD. So, I'm finished, right ? WRONG !  For some reason, this time in my life has been amazingly productive from a creative standpoint. I've written more s...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:49:00 GMT

OUT, WHENEVER SHE'S AROUND NOW ON PLAYER

Check out the 2 "new" songs from my first CD , now on the player. Those songs are- Out and Whenever She's Around. If you hadn't heard them before that is. If it's your first time, I hope you enjoy the...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:04:00 GMT

The Dark Ages, now on the player

Hey all,  Over the next few weeks/months I'm gonna be changing up some of the music on my player. I'll put up some of the old, from Really, and I'll toss up a song or two from the upcoming new disk, G...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:41:00 GMT

To Jellico  A tribute in song

   On Thursday, February 5, 2009, my mother passed away after a long bout with cancer. She is no longer in pain, she is in a much better place now, of this I am certain.    A few years ago, I wrote a ...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:31:00 GMT

First solo gig, I FINALLY DID IT

Just a few thoughts on my first ever solo performance, this past Friday night At Tony's On The River.    It went well ! The rain held off just long enough for me to perform. It did sprinkle...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:48:00 GMT

I’M PLAYING SOLO FOR THE 1ST TIME ON JUNE 27

Hi there !   On Friday, June 27, 2008, I will be playing my 1st EVER solo gig at a place called Tonys On The River. Tonys is located about 2 miles east of New Richmond Ohio on US Route 52, on th...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:07:00 GMT

MySpace - Music, thats why Im on here ! How about you ?

I signed on to MySpace music several months ago to try and promote my songwriting, to try to reach a bigger audience, since I currently don't play my original material live (that will change soon). In...
Posted by on Wed, 28 May 2008 06:26:00 GMT

WELL, I FINALLY DID IT ! MY SONGS ARE NOW FOR SALE!

Well, I've been threatening to do this for months, now I've finally taken the plunge ! My first CD, entitled Really, is NOW available for sale on a song by song basis through my SNOCAP music store on ...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:02:00 GMT