Forever in Blue Jeans
Gary Ryan has been performing on stage from the tender age of fourteen, the same age he purchased and taught himself to play his first Guitar along to the likes of: Neil Diamond, Elvis, The (Mighty) Eagles and The Beatles Etc. He went on to make regular stage appearances solo and with various bands, both here and abroad.
Cracklin Rosie
In the mid 90′s,Gary applied for and gained a place on the popular TV series “Stars in Their Eyes” as Neil Diamond. He won his heat and went on to appear in the first ever “live” grand final of that same TV series.
You don’t bring me flowers
He came proud second place in the final and at the time there was a dispute in the media of telephone lines “failing” due to unprecedented response from the public. 13 million viewers were reported to have tuned into the program that evening, a night Gary and the rest of the finalist’s of that series will never forget!
America
After his appearance on Stars in Their Eyes, Gary went on to work all over the World portraying one of his favourite singer songwriters.
Song Song Blue
Corporate event’s and also in front of celebrity audiences and Royalty alike.
He was even asked to sing “personally” to Ivana Trump on one occasion!
Hard job but someone has to do it.
Sweet Caroline
He also joined the original line up of ‘The Legends show’, which then was called, ‘The Great Legends of Rock’. As time has proven this became a very popular show and Gary carried on performing in ‘Legend’s’ in UK theatre’s, two tours of New Zealand and all around Europe,