Gary P. Nunn is a Texas Country

Texas Country

Texas country music is a rapidly growing sub-genre of American country music. Texas country is known for fusing traditionalist root sounds with the outspoken, care-free views of outlaw country...

 singer/songwriter. Nunn was born in Oklahoma and moved to Brownfield, Texas

Brownfield, Texas

Brownfield is a city in Terry County, Texas, United States. The population was 8,940 at the 2009 census. It is the county seat of Terry County near Lubbock in West Texas.-Geography:...

 as a sixth grader. He was a member of Lubbock, Texas

Lubbock, Texas

Lubbock is a city in and the county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, United States. The city is located in the northwestern part of the state, a region known historically as the Llano Estacado, and the home of Texas Tech University and Lubbock Christian University...

 rock band The Sparkles during the 1960s. In 1995, Nunn was inducted into the West Texas Walk of Fame, and in 2004, into the Texas Hall of Fame.

In 1968 he was a pharmacy major at the University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...

. By the 1970s, Nunn was backing Jerry Jeff Walker

Jerry Jeff Walker

Jerry Jeff Walker is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is probably most famous for writing the song "Mr. Bojangles.-Biography:...

 with the Lost Gonzo Band

Lost Gonzo Band

The Lost Gonzo Band was founded in 1973 and toured and recorded with many of Texas' most colorful musicians including Jerry Jeff Walker, Michael Martin Murphey, and Ray Wylie Hubbard. The original members of the band were, Bob Livingston, Gary P. Nunn, John Inmon, Kelly Dunn, Tomas Ramirez and...

, which parted ways with Walker in 1977, with Nunn later moving on to a solo career. Austin City Limits

Austin City Limits

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 has made the songwriter's "London Homesick Blues" its theme for more than two decades.

He also co-wrote South Canadian River Song, with Michael Martin Murphey

Michael Martin Murphey

Michael Martin Murphey is an American singer-songwriter best known for writing and performing Western music, Country music, and Popular music. A multiple Grammy nominee, Murphey has six gold albums, including Cowboy Songs, the first album of cowboy music to achieve gold status since Gunfighter...

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Discography

Pride Of Texas - Live At Dingwall's, London (1983)

Home With the Armadillo (1984)

Border States (1987)

For Old Times Sake (1989)

Totally Guacamole (1993)

Roadtrip (1994)

Under My Hat (1996)

What I Like About Texas: Greatest Hits (1997)

Nobody But Me (1999)

It's a Texas Thing (2000)

Greatest Hits: Volume 2 (2001)

Something for the Trail (2004)

External links

• http://www.garypnunn.com
• http://www.campfirerecords.com/gary_p_nunn_artists.htm