Phil Gammage
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Phil Gammage
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| Background information | |
| Born | 1961 (age 55–56) |
| Origin | Houston, Texas, United States |
| Genres | Americana, blues, rock, alternative country |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, bass guitar, harmonica |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Labels | Labor Records New Rose Records Alive Records CBGBs Records PreFab International Records World Wide Vibe Records Continental Record Services |
| Associated acts |
Certain General The Corvairs Voodoo Martini The Scarlet Dukes Adventures in Bluesland |
| Website | [1] |
Phil Gammage (born 1961) is an American songwriter, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as a solo recording and touring artist in addition to his lead guitar playing for the New York post-punk rock band Certain General.
Growing up in Texas, Gammage was exposed to local music styles such as blues, country, and rock. Moving to Boulder, Colorado as a teenager to attend college, he began to play guitar with local bands. Upon college graduation, he moved to San Francisco with his band The Corvairs and for several months played at rock clubs such as Mabuhay Gardens, The Palms, and The Deaf Club.
Gammage moved to New York City in the early 1980s, and formed post-punk rock band Certain General with singer Parker Dulany and B-Girls (band) drummer Marcy Saddy. The group soon gained a large following on the East Coast and later toured Europe, enjoying considerable success. Gammage played lead guitar, harmonica, and co-wrote many of the songs on the band’s best selling album November’s Heat (1984). The record won many accolades in Europe including "French rock album of the year 1985" from the Parisian newspaper Libération.
Gammage has continued to tour and record with Certain General on a sporadic basis up to the present. He performed with the band at the 2013 and 2014 CBGB Festivals in New York City, and also toured Europe with the group in 2016.
Following their 1985 American tour as opening act for New Order, Gammage left Certain General to focus on his other music projects. He released his first solo album Night Train in 1990 on the French independent label New Rose Records. Kneel to the Rising Sun (1991) soon followed and Gammage made a promotional visit to France in 1991, in support of the albums. Two more solo albums followed later in the decade, Cry of the City (1994, Marilyn/Alive Records) and Lowlife Street (1999, Last Call).
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