Chanteur
Country US originaire de Brownfield (Texas).
Gary P.
Nunn is a Texas singer/songwriter whose career began in the 1960s with the
Fabulous Sparkles before he settled in with the Lost Gonzo Band the following
decade. Today he is a Texas institution, thanks to his frequent appearances, and
songs that hail the state's culture and people. He got a taste of his future
career in the seventh grade, when he joined a garage band. Later, he continued
his education at South Plains College and Texas Tech University, gigging on
weekends in West Texas. By 1968, he was a pharmacy major at the University of
Texas, located in Austin. The city spawned country outlaws like
Willie Nelson, who settled there in
1972, as did Jerry Jeff Walker
and Michael Martin Murphy. He ended up
playing bass for all three musicians at one point. By the 1970s, Nunn was
backing Walker with the Lost
Gonzo Band. His songwriting skills flourished during this time. Artists who
recorded his tunes include David Allan Coe
and Rosanne Cash, as well as
Murphy,
Nelson, and
Walker. His skills paid off
with platinum and gold records.
Walker, Nunn, and the Lost Gonzo Band put out six albums through MCA Records
over the course of four years.
Nunn's time with Walker ended
in 1977, and Nunn and the band put together three more albums, which were issued
by Capital and MCA. In 1980, the Lost Gonzo Band dissolved. Nunn struck out on
his own, minus help from any manager or agent. Since then, he publishes music,
issues a newsletter to fans, and runs all aspects of his business, including his
performance bookings. Nunn put out four albums through several independent
labels before hooking up, in 1993, with Campfire Records, another independent
based in San Antonio. The label released It's a Texas Thing in 2000. Mark White,
governor of Texas in 1985, named Nunn the state's Official Ambassador to the
World. The Texas Music Association's San Antonio division honored Nunn with its
Award of Appreciation in 1990. Honors continued the following year, when
Oklahoma's House of Representatives cited his contribution to southwestern
music. In 1995, Nunn's name was included in Lubbock's West Texas Walk of Fame.
Austin City Limits has made the songwriter's "London Homesick Blues" its
theme for more than two decades. He continues to tour with the Sons of the
Bunkhouse, his backing band. Nunn and his wife own and operate a cattle ranch in
Oklahoma.
http://www.campfirerecords.com/gary_p_nunn_artists.htm
Talents : Singer, Guitar, Keyboards, Songwriter
Style musical : Alternative Country, Traditional Country
HOME
WITH THE ARMADILLO
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Années en activité :
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DISCOGRAPHY
Albums
| 1984 | LP 12" GUACAMOLE 1 (US) |
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HOME WITH THE ARMADILLO - LIVE AT AUSTIN CITY LIMITS - The Nights Never Get Lonely / The Last Thing I Needed, The First Thing This Morning / Tennessee Road / Born Yesterday / Give Me Some Money / Austin Pickers / Kara Lee / Public Domain / What I Like About Texas / Come And Get It (While It's Hot) / When The Night Comes / Since You've Been Gone / London Homesick Blues (Home With The Armadillo) |
| 1987 | CD BIG / LINE 1/9.00576 (US) |
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BORDERSTATES - What I Like About Texas / I Taught Her Everything She Knows / Too Many Nights In A Roadhouse / The Money's No Good / Lessen To Be Learned From Love / Think I'll Go To Mexico / Town And Country Taverns / Old Fashion Love / Alamogordo / The Old Home Place / The Farm |
| 1989 | CD AO 001 (US) |
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FOR OLD TIMES SHAKE - Cuttin' A Rug (Til The Cows Come Home) / If You Don't Believe I Love You (Ask My Wife) / Cut And Putt / Nine Cents Change / The Chili Song / Pickup Truck, Texas / For Old Times Sake / The Domino Song / I Feel A Party Coming On / Gracias Por Esse / Uncle Bud / The Raggae Armadillo |
| 1992 | CD POOR DAVID'S ? (US) |
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LIVE AT POOR'S DAVID PUB - (Gary P. NUNN with SONS OF THE BUNKHOUSE BAND) - Introduction / Cutting A Rug / If You Don't Believe I Love You / Cut And Put / The Last Thing I Needed The First Thing This Morning / Rita Ballou / The Money's No Good / Reggae Armadillo / Town And Country Taverns / Angel Eyes / Born Yesterday / The Chili Song / Jaded Lover / Can't Get The Hell Out Of Texas / For Old Times Sake / Couldn't Do Nothing Right |
| 1993 | CD CAMPFIRE 1 (US) |
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TOTALLY GUACAMOLE - San Antonio / Why Don't You Meet Me Down In Corpus / My Kind Of Day On Padre / Macho Man From Taco Land / Standing On A Piece Of The Ryman / Picking And Grinning / Bunkhouse Boogie / Purty Boys / Can't Get The Hell Out Of Texas / I Don't Live Here Anymore / Nobody But Me / The Old Rocking Chair |
| 12/1994 | CD CAMPFIRE ? (US) |
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ROADTRIP - Guadalupe Days / Roadtrip / Back Into The Swing Of Things / If You Had A Mind To / Terlingua Sky / Brooksmith, Texas / Siesta Sunday / If Not Us Who, If Not Now When? / Corona Con Lima / San Antone Homesick |
| 10/1996 | CD CAMPFIRE 20005 (US) |
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UNDER MY HAT - Under Your Hat / Way Out In The Country / Relationship Wrecking Machine / Friends For Life / Texas Moon / Jack Of All Trades / Brother Tumbleweed / Find Another Fool / Something Monumental / A-O Train / A Long Way To Go / Folk Life |
| 01/1998 | CD CAMPFIRE 20020 (US) |
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WHAT I LIKE ABOUT TEXAS - GREATEST HITS - What I Like About Texas / Austin Pickers / Nobody But Me / The Old Rocking Chair / Think I'll Go To Mexico / Roadtrip / Guadalupe Days / Friends For Life / The Chill Song / Public Domain / Terlingua Sky / Corona Con Lima / Why Don't You Meet Me Down In Corpus / My Kind Of Day On Padre / Macho Man From Taco Land / London Homesick Blues - Home With The Armadillo / (I've Got) A Long, Long Way To Go / Take The A-O Train (instr.) |
| 03/1999 | CD CAMPFIRE 20021 (US) |
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NOBODY BUT ME - Austin Pickers / Nobody But Me / Pour Beer In My Face / You Wouldn't Know Me / There's Just Tonight / Georgia Rose / Kara Lee / Colorado River / Texas Lonesome / Tennessee Road / You Can't Get There From Here / Darling I'll Love You Always / The Money's No Good |
| 10/2000 | CD CAMPFIRE 20023 (US) |
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IT'S A TEXAS THING - Taking Bob Back To Tulsa / Red Neck Riviera / It's A Texas Thing / Tonight I Just Wanna Have Fun / First Things First / It's About To Get Western / He Never Came Back From Mexico / Dear John Letter Lounge / First Forget / Honking Out Some Hank / Cow Pasture Pool / Hands On The Wheel / Here's To Horses |
| 12/2001 | CD CAMPFIRE 20024 (US) |
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GREATEST HITS VOL. 2 - Brother Tumbleweed / Money's No Good / Red Neck Riviera / Raggae Armadillo / He Never Came Back From Mexico / It's A Texas Thing / Purty Boys / Dear John Letter Lounge / Hands On The Wheel / It's About To Get Western / San Antone Homesick / Cow Pasture Pool / Pickup Truck, Texas / Down In San Antonio / Uncle Bud / I Forgot I Don't Live Here Anymore / Folklife |
| 05/2004 | CD SMITH MUSIC 7021 (US) |
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SOMETHING FOR THE TRAIL - Perfectly Normal / Waltz With The Devil / Hard Partyin' Country Darlin' / Second Thoughts / Hillbilly, Hog-Ridin', Road-Runnin' Man / Don't Get Me Started / West Texas Swang Thang / Two-Steppin' Time Of Night / Going Nowhere Fast / King Of The World / One Night Stand / Little Piece Of Mind / Cowboy At Heart / Something For The Trail |
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