Cody by Keith Hale5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() And a singer without a song is just an idiot. A song without a singer just lies there on the page. Gattis' musical pedigree and peerless skill - plus having a tune like his 2004-penned and released "El Cerrito Place" in his back pocket, keyed success for the rest of his Nashville years.Ībout the tune, Flippo adds, " connects Gattis, Robison and Chesney and Nashville and Texas and Southern California. The industry's changing tides and maneuverings towards less "red dirt" stylings left him without a record deal and surviving as a touring musician again - this time for then-emerging stars like Randy Houser. "Keith in addition to being a fantastically talented Texas born guitar 'slinger,' singer and songwriter, had as pure a musical soul as anyone I ever met," stated Yoakam via Twitter.īy 2006, his wanderlust led him back to Nashville. By 2003, he'd joined the Country Music Hall of Famer as his lead guitarist and bandleader. ![]() Gattis' standout work as a composer, guitarist and songwriter proved of greater value to mainstream country music.Ĭredits in his career after his 1996 solo debut include session work as a composer and guitarist on George Jones' 19 albums "It Don't Get Any Better Than This" and "The Cold Hard Truth," plus Sara Evans' "No Place That Far" - notable to the latter is Dwight Yoakam's producer and guitarist Pete Anderson's involvement on the project.īy 2000, Gattis had moved to Los Angeles, being called by the inspiration of the Yoakam-inspired Bakersfield-style honky-tonk scene of the city. ![]()
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