GARY OGAN BACKGROUND

As a veteran of 40 years in the music business, Gary maintains a youthful enthusiasm in his quest for new music and fresh projects. From his first major label release on Elektra records in 1972, called Portland,Gary has created an ever-evolving world of musical activity. Moving to Los Angeles in 1977 to sign with Leon Russell's Paradise Records on the Warner Brothers label, Gary released his first self-titled album that year, co-produced with Russell. He also co-produced Leon and Mary Russell's second duet album, Make Love To The Music, and toured the U.S. extensively with them, including shows at New York's Radio City Music Hall, and the Universal Amphitheater in L.A.. In the mid-90's Gary and his wife, Laurie, moved to Nashville, where he signed as a staff songwriter with Sony/ATV Tree. The Ogans now once again call Portland, Oregon home, where Gary continues to write, record, and perform. Ogan has shared the stage with countless stars, from the Hollies, to Phoebe Snow, Dennis Miller, to Nicolette Larson, Richie Havens, to Harry Chapin, Sarah McLachlan, to Quarterflash, etc ... His multi-faceted talents and highly-tuned sense of nurturing the excellence of any project he devotes himself to, give him the essential qualities to not only endure the slings and arrows of his chosen walk of life, but to come out the other side with a smile on his face and a song in his heart.

DISCOGRAPHY

2010  Sound Ground

Written, produced, arranged, performed, and engineered by Gary Ogan.

Independent..

2000  Barcelona

Written, produced, arranged, performed, engineered and mixed by Gary Ogan.

Independent..

1994 Craig Carothers Trio Live

Co-writer, arranger, keyboards and vocals.

Silent Records.

1992  Voices

Co-producer, drums, keyboards, vocalist, guitars. Compilation benefit CD. 

All songs written and arranged by Gary Ogan.

Independent.

1982  Let Go The Heart

Produced and arranged by Gary Ogan. 

All songs written by Gary Ogan and Ron Stassens. 

Seagull Records.

1977 Gary Ogan

Produced by Gary Ogan, Leon Russell, and Greg Branson.

Paradise Records / Warner Bros.

1972  Portland

With Bill Lamb.Produced by Marlin Greene and Greg Branson.

Elektra Records.

PRODUCTIONS

Producer * Albert Garcia, "Angle Of The Rain" (2007)

Producer * Stevi Marie, “I Thought I Told You" (2004)

Producer * Donna Jose, “Spindrift” (2003)

Producer * Ray Beran, "Memory Years" (2002)

Producer * Pam Jordan, "Pam Jordan" (2001)

Producer * Bill Bloomer, “Salt” (1998)

Producer * Cindy Banks, “Charmed Life” (1999)

Co-Producer with Carla Cox * Carla Cox, “No Broken Wings” (2001)

Co-Producer with Jim Fischer * Laini Risto, “Where I Belong” (2000)

Producer * Carla Cox, “Trout Aid II”, Rancho Canard Records, “Fly Away” (1999)

Producer * Nancy Bright, Playboy Records (1994)

Producer * Tenley Holway, “The River Runs Deep” (1992)

Producer * Tenley Holway, “All The Way” (1985)

Co-Producer w/ Leon Russell * Leon and Mary Russell, “Make Love To The Music” (1977)

STUDIO SIDE-GUY / (PARTIAL LIST...)

Drums, Percussion, Vocalist * 2003, Donna Jose, "Spindrift".

Vocalist * 2002, Sandin Wilson, "Into My World".

Drums, Vocalist * 2001, Donna Jose, "On The Road With Buddha's Cat".

Vocalist * 2002, Bernie Simms, "Alter Ego".

Vocalist * 1986, Killing Field.

Vocalist * Craig Carothers, “Greenhouse FX”. 

Vocalist * 1979, Tom Grant, "You Hardly Know Me".

Vocalist * 1979 Jack McMahon, "Better Late".

Vocalist * 1979 Lloyd Jones.

Vocalist * 1979, Sand, “Head In The Sand”.

Vocalist, Keyboards, Bass Guitar, Guitar, Drums * CD projects for DD&M recording artists David Wayne, James Clarke, Ken Polanski and Kim Thomas.

Drummer * CD projects for Dub Debrie, Lyle Ford, Mark Didier, Brian Drollinger, Jack McMahon, Nicole Campbell, Donna Jose, Bill Bloomer, Cindy Banks, Stevi Marie and Leslie Carter.

Vocalist, Keyboards, Bass Guitar, Guitar * Nashville demo work for Terry Radigan (Sony/ATV Tree), John Bunzow (EMI Music), Caryl Mack Parker and Scott Parker (Hamstein Music Group), Dave Berg (Crossfire Entertainment), and Devin Payne.

LIVE

Drummer * Joined the Darrell Scott Band, Nashville, Tennessee (2006 to present).

Keyboards, Vocals * The Spores (Oregon Country Fair / 2001).

Bandleader * Gary Ogan Band (KPTV’s “Good Day Oregon" 2001).

30 years of live appearances * KINK FM 102.

Vocals, Keyboards * Showcase, Warner Brothers, Lisa Scott/Nashville (1997).

Vocalist, Bass * Toured Germany w/Sony/Tree artist Terry Radigan (1997).

Drums and Bass * Toured w/Claudia Nygaard Band (1996 -97).

Vocalist/Keyboards/Guitar * John Bunzow Band / Pendleton Round-Up w/ Sawyer Brown.

Vocalist/Keyboards/Guitar * John Bunzow Band / Oregon Country Jamboree with Sara Evans and Billy Ray Cyrus (1995).

Bass guitarist * Toured w/Leon Russell and Edgar Winter (1986).

Bass guitar, Vocals * Cayuse (1985 to presently).

Vocalist, Keyboards, Percusion * Toured w/Leon & Mary Russell (1977-1978). 

Solo Opening * Toured w/Phoebe Snow (1978).

Keyboards, Vocals * Craig Carothers Trio (1991 - 1995).

Drummer * Jack McMahon Band (1998 - 2006).

Drummer * Soul Vaccination (1999).

Other Performances * Vocalist, Keyboards, Bass Guitar, Guitar, Drums * Joni Harms, Sludge Brothers, Billy Kennedy, X-Angels, Mark Bosnian Band and Beadhead .

Concert Openings * Michael McDonald, Karla Bonoff, Dennis Miller, Harry Chapin, Nicolette Larson, Hoyt Axton, Rita Coolidge, Bruce Cockburn,  Kenny Rankin, Jesse Colin Young, John Mayall, David Bromberg, Geoff Muldaur, the Hollies.

COVERS

* “I Want To Live” by This Mortal Coil. Album title: Filigree and Shadow. No. 5 Rolling Stone’s Dance Charts. 1985, 4AD Records.

* "Say You Will" by Nicolette Larson. Album title: All Dressed Up and No Place To Go. 1982, Warner Brothers.  (out of print)

*   “Say You Will” by Maria Muldaur. Album title: Southern Winds. 1978, Warner Brothers.  (out of print)

* “Say You Will” and “Now Now Boogie” by Leon & Mary Russell. Album title: Make Love To The Music. 1977, Warner Brothers.

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

2007 Inducted into the Oregon Music Hall Of Fame

2007 Workshop Speaker * Wintergrass Festival / Tacoma, Washington

2006 Workshop Speaker * 1st Annual Grammy Career Day / Portland Community College

2000 Seminar Speaker (Songwriting) * Portland Songwriters Association

1997-1999 Vocalist, Keyboards, Drums, Bass * Gene Breeden house band / Nashville

1996 Signed as songwriter exclusively with Sony/ATV Tree

1991 Signed as head arranger for Portland-based country record label, DD&M Records

1990 Winner of Portland Music Association’s Songwriter Contest (First Place in “Soul” category for “Boomerang Boy”, and First Place in “Open” category for “Espionage”)

1978 Winner of “Best Songwriter” in Portland’s Willamette Week Reader’s Poll

1975 Composer of “Awakenings”, an oratorio for orchestra, chorus and narrator

1974 Associate Degree in Music/Fine Arts with a concentration in composition/orchestration, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, Oregon

1972 Signed production contract with Sunnyday Productions, Portland, Oregon.  

1972 Signed management agreement with Mickey Shapiro (Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, Stephen Stills)