Gary Myrick & Havana 3AM
Gary Myrick on myspace.com Gary Myrick - Texas born singer/guitarist/songwriter
blended Rock & Roots, Glam, Rockabilly, with the energy and sensibility
of New Wave/Punk on many '80s albums into the 90's to present day. Myrick
was playing the Dallas/Fort Worth area with his own bands straight out of
high school, including the legendary Cellar Club managed by rockabilly legend
Johnny Carol who hired Gary's band after a audition with his band "Slip
of the Wrist "Gary doing all original songs. Packing the house. In his
early twenties, he moved to Austin to join a band called KrackerJack, with
two ex-members of Johnny Winter's band and whose guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan
had recently been fired with Gary being hired in his place. Gary
enjoyed playing with UNCLE JOHN TURNER who had hired him and was a true BLUES
aficionado/historian and great drummer. Myrick moved to California after a
couple of years playing blues rock in Glam shoes in the AUSTIN OF THE
70'S,after moving to LOS ANGELES formed his own outfit called Gary Myrick
& the Figures. Playing Hollywood in the late 70's Being part of the PUNK/
NEW WAVE MOVEMENT. They were discovered and signed by Epic Records and issued
their debut album, Gary Myrick & the Figures, with Gary's artwork on this
first cover in 1980; it produced a unique hit in the single "She Talks
in Stereo" - which also was in films and TV of the era including Valley
Girl, with a one of a kind sound, making the top 100 of the decade on the
radio station KROQ. The
2nd album, Living in a Movie, was released in 1981, but after the supporting
North American tour (which was many Figures fan's fave) Myrick decided to
disband the Figures in pursuit of a different approach. The solo EP Language
appeared in 1983,with hits Guitar Talk Love & Drums, Message is You,
winning a MTV award for the video Guitar Talk..., after this period ,Myrick
hooked up with John Waite and contributed all guitars, writing 6 songs ,to
his 1984 pop breakthrough" No Brakes". This record garnered the no.
1 hit NOW CLASSIC ROCK STAPLE "MISSING YOU" and a Grammy nomination
FOR Myrick. After
one more album, 1985's Stand for Love, Myrick chose to concentrate on a
career as a session musician for a time while always writing. In 1991, Myrick
joined former Clash bassist Paul Simonon and singer rhythm guitarist Nigel
Dixon (of the British rockabilly revival group Whirlwind) in a new band
called Havana 3AM. Mixing Gary's Texas roots rock with punk flavor. The group
recorded a self-titled debut and toured Europe, North America, and Japan.
Havana 3AM,they WERE all motorcycle ENTHUSIASTS RIDING FROM EL PASO TEXAS TO
CALIFORNIA and this was basis for the band starting. Very RocknRoll. Havana
appeared on MTV,DAVID LETTERMAN ,TOURED AND ROCKED AS it should be. After a
few world tours and garnering #4 in ROLLING STONES alternative charts....
Paul Simonon left the band to pursue an art/painting career not long after,
and sadly, Nigel Dixon passed away due to cancer. Myrick
eventually regrouped the band with bassist Tom Felicetta and drummer Jamie
Chez also passed in 2005; this lineup issued the critically acclaimed,"
Texas Glitter and Tombstone Tales "in 1996, with some of Myrick's most
fiery raw Rockabilly guitar work,4 songs from this album were in 3 films. Guitar guru Gary Myrick is back with an all new Havana 3am. Gary
reformed the band with Jamie Chez, a prodigious drummer from Minneapolis, and
stand-up bassist extraordinaire Tom Felicetta to produce this rootsy
rockabilly surf Tex-Mex sound that will send you to the land of tombstones
wondering... "just how did he get that guitar to sound so damn good?"
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