His first album entitled Used Heart For Sale was released in 1996. Gary Allan Herzbergs parents Harley and Mary Herzberg were insistent that he get a good education yet to ensure music was a mainstay in their life even though Harley was a part time honky tonk musician, Miss. Mary insisted that the familys guitars would always remain visible in the home. While playing the local bar circuit Allan took a job selling cars. He left a demo tape in the glove box of a truck purchased by a wealthy couple. When the couple discovered that he was the singer, they wrote him a check for $12,000. This independent funding allowed Allan to go to Nashville to record some of the songs that were on that early demo tape with Byron Hill as producer. On September 11, 1995, they worked at Javelina Studios for a couple of days on the four songs that Hill immediately showed to labels. Allans recordings brought serious responses from several labels including Mercury, RCA, and Decca. A meeting was then held at a Nashville hotel among Hill, Allan, and friend of Allans, who was a program director for a radio station in California. The meeting was to arrange two showcases in Los Angeles, California, to put Allan on stage at two of the radio stations regular nights at a local club. Byron arranged for staffers at the Nashville office of Decca Records to attend the first showcase held on November 1, 1995. Decca immediately wanted to sign Allan, and knowing that Byron was lining up other labels to see Gary, Decca asked them to cancel the second showcase. A rep from RCA was already booked to see the second showcase the following week, but the bird-in-hand deal offer was too tempting for both Byron and Gary, so they committed to the Decca offer, that has now become part of the Gary Allan legacy. Happy Birthday Hoss, while many think The Music Business is a bed of roses, they seldom give thought to the thorns, but thats okay, weve learned how to.......
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 17:07:07 +0000
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