Gary P. Nunn

Gary P. Nunn
Gary P. Nunn, photographed at Poor David's Pub on Greenville Ave. in Dallas, Texas on 11/14/1987
Background information
Genres	Country Music Outlaw Country
Occupation(s)	Country music artist
Years active	1960s–present
Website	www.garypnunn.com

Gary P. Nunn is an American country music singer-songwriter. One of his most famous songs is "London Homesick Blues", which had been used as the theme song for the popular television show Austin City Limits for two decades. Nunn is also considered the father of the progressive country scene that started in Austin in the early 1970s.

Gary P. Nunn (born December 4, 1945) is a Texas Country singer/songwriter. He was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma and moved to Brownfield, Texas as a sixth grader. Nunn began his musical career as a 7th grader in a garage band in Brownfield, TX, where he was an honor student and all-around athlete. Upon graduation from high school, he attended Texas Tech University and South Plains College, while he also played with a Levelland, Texas rock band The Sparkles during the 1960s. In addition to the Sparkles, he played in such bands as the Shucks with former Cricket J.I. Allison, and the Night Spots with Don Caldwell. "I always had fun in Lubbock," said Nunn, "and I always enjoy going back there."

In 1968 he transferred to the University of Texas at Austin where he was a pharmacy major. Nunn was there at the start of the “cosmic cowboy” movement with one of Austin’s favorite bands, The Lavender Hill Express, with the late Rusty Wier. Nunn immersed himself further in the local music scene, playing bass for Michael Martin Murphey, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Willie Nelson. From there he became a member of the Lost Gonzo Band that backed Walker and Murphy both on stage and in the studio. Jerry Jeff Walker and the Lost Gonzo Band (including Nunn) released six albums through MCA Records over the course of four years. The Lost Gonzo Band parted ways with Walker in 1977, after which they produced three albums for MCA and Capitol Records, finally disbanding in 1980. Nunn then moved on to pursue a solo career.