Gary Morris (Friends in Music Series presents by Wilford Brimley)

GARY MORRIS- Saturday, Sept 9 2017 7:30pm

It has been said that Gary Morris’s voice can hold audiences mesmerized in total silence. He has been asked to perform for every U.S. President starting with President Jimmy Carter. In November, 2015, former President George H. Bush and his wife, Barbara,
invited Gary to perform at their home in Houston, Texas, for a private gathering of
their friends. It doesn’t matter who is in the audience, Gary Morris is at home on
any stage.

Morris has recorded twelve albums which spawned sixteen Top 10 and five #1 hit
singles, including “Why Lady Why”and “Wind Beneath My Wings”. In 1984,
his original rendition of “Wind Beneath My Wings” won both the Country Music
Association (CMA) and the Academy of Country Music (ACM) Song of the Year
Award. In 1982, he was also named Billboard’s “Male Artist of the Year.”

At the height of his Nashville recording career, the Texas-bred tenor was offered
the role of Rodolfo starring opposite Linda Ronstadt in the Broadway production
of Puccini’s opera, “La Bohème”. He later was offered the role of Jean Valjean in the musical “Les Miserables” also on Broadway. That performance received resounding critical praise and the Drama Desk Best Actor nomination. His famous rendition of “Bring Him Home” on the platinum-selling Grammy Award winning international cast album resulted in a Command Performance by Her Majesty, the Queen of England.