For over forty years Gabby has been in the radio business playing classic country music – that era of country music from the birth of the Nashville Sound in the late nineteen fifties, to the eighties. He is expertly knowledgeable in all areas of the business and regularly treats his loyal radio show listeners to informative, humorous, and rare or previously unknown anecdotes about the writing of the songs, the performers, the musicians, or “pickers,” and the record promoters. Gabby’s obsession for this style of music is evidenced through his radio and live performance shows, his passion for sharing it with audiences of all ages, and his tireless aspiration to preserve and promote this style of music.This book is an exhilarating collection of stories and anecdotes of many of Gabby’s personal experiences while working with the biggest-named Nashville stars and other people in the country music business and narrated with a uniquely warm, honest and southern charm rarely found in a person today.
“People like Gabby are rare. He’s a walking encyclopedia of country music. He knows things that have never been documented or written down. He’s a national treasure.”- Tom T. Hall
“Gabby plays what his heart tells him to play. He’s a historian. He knows the industry up and down.”- Ronnie Reno
“I have never seen anybody that loves country music anymore than Gabby.”- Billy Dean“
He doesn’t follow the trend of what country radio is doing all the time.”- Jesse McReynolds
