Gary Giampaolo


Meet Gary Giampaolo from Mission Viejo, California.

My name is Gary Giampaolo, I am a professional musician/entertainer performing in Southern California. As a young kid growing up in the early 70's America songs were the first I would sing along with. We moved quite a bit and the only things that would remain consistent were family and our music, I can associate an America song with every old and new location. I started playing guitar in '79 and America songs were the preferred tools (the big red "America Complete" songbook) and are still in my playlist. My first concert I saw was the '80 America Alibi tour, I remember thinking "that's not America, the guys in America have long hair" it was of course a great show, the guys next to me were smoking a little cigarette and I didn't know why they kept ducking down to smoke it, I was 12. I have since accumulated all of America's CD's (I of course have all the original vinyl albums but with no working turntable) and have seen them perform countless times, ultimately taking the stage with them at the Sherwood Tennis & Music festival 2000, I first warmed up for them then got to play guitar and sing back-up on "Horse with no name". https://www.facebook.com/garygiampaolo/ is my Facebook where you can hear some of my songs with the layered vocal harmonies and acoustic guitar arrangements influenced by Gerry, Dewey and Dan, thanks guys.

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Written: 21 July 2000