Gary Nichols

was born in New York state but has found a lot of musical success south

of the Mason-Dixon line. He will bring along his guitar and wealth of

musical knowledge to the Fayette County Public Library for a performance

tomorrow at 7 p.m.

Nichols is

a self-taught musician. One of the first bands he played with was The

Westones, which was a popular local dance band in his native Sullivan

County, N.Y. When not playing music and entertaining audiences, Nichols

was a DJ for WVOS, Mountain Country. It was his love of country music

that took him to Nashville, Tenn.

In Nashville,

Nichols continued his musical career, while also appearing as "The

Big 'G'" at Opryland Theme Park. Throughout his musical career Nichols

has opened for or shared the stage with artists like Crystal Gayle, Willie

Nelson and Johnny Cash among others and has appeared in videos for Travis

Tritt, Reba McEntire, Brooks and Dunn, Garth Brooks and more.

At Thursday's

performance, Nichols will perform some of America's "almost forgotten"

songs from the 1920s through the early 1960s. The program will include

songs by Sammy Cahn, Harry James, The Mills Brothers, Irving Berlin, Johnny

Mercer, Eddy Arnold, Hoagy Carmichael and others. Nichols plays an acoustic

guitar but also plays rhythm while incorporating bass runs and jazz chords

which gives his set a surprisingly full sound.

For more information

on Gary Nichols, visit www.garynicholsmusic.com.

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