Gary Hall

Gary Hall was born and raised in the north of England. He released his first album, Garage Heart for Run River Records in 1989, to much critical acclaim. This culminated in being voted second best album of the year in the Folk Roots’ end of year poll, sandwiched between Bob Dylan’s Oh Mercy and The Healer by John Lee Hooker. After an extensive European tour to promote the record with his band The Stormkeepers, Wide Open to the World was released in 1991 to more critical acclaim and an ever-growing live fan base. In 1993 Hall disbanded The Stormkeepers and relocated to America where he made two solo albums in Nashville for Round Tower Records. What Goes Around was released in 1993 and Twelve Strings & Tall Stories in 1996, the latter being described by renowned British music journalist John Tobler as ‘an album containing one classic after another’. In 1997 a deal was signed with Goldrush Music for the release of Return to the Flame and Hall embarked on an extensive tour schedule in support of the album, sharing the stage along the way with songwriters the calibre of John Prine, Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt. In 1999, after a decade of ‘cheap motels, white lines and one night stands’ Hall hung up his travellin’ shoes and settled back in England, where he set up the Voodoo Rooms recording studios to produce up-and-coming singer/songwriters. In 2011 Hall re-emerged with That Old Brand New, his first solo album in fifteen years and his first for Northern Sun Recordings and hit the road once again. This time armed with only his guitar and harmonica for company. Winning Ways on Losing Streaks is the latest offering from Hall. It was recorded during the winter of 2012/2013 at his Voodoo Rooms Studios and features the same cutting crew he has worked with for the last decade. The album contains 10 original compositions as well as a turbo-charged interpretation of the Old Crow Medicine Show’s ‘Wagon Wheel’. The end result is a fresh and soulful acoustic-based rock ‘n’ roots record that utilises all the essential ingredients of folk, blues and Americana music, but with a sound that is all his own.