Gary Lawyer
Gary Lawyer | |
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 Gary Lawyer From The Sophie | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1959 |
| Origin | Mumbai, India |
| Genres | Pop, blues, jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Instrumentalist, singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | vocals, guitar |
| Years active | Since the 1980s |
| Website | garylawyermusic |
Gary Lawyer (born 1959) is an Indian Parsi singer-songwriter known for his works predominantly in Western Music & Bollywood. He started his career as a nightclub singer in New York City.[1] Also known as " The man with a golden voice".[2]
Career
[edit]He is the first Indian to be signed for a western album outside India and the first English music video "nights on Fire" to be played on MTV in India.[3] Lawyer has a bass baritone, who sings in the tenor range.[4] During his youth he studied music in New York City, before returning to his roots in Bombay to further build his career, leaving behind the many contracts he was offered in NY.
Today he is known in India as "the man with a golden voice". As well as music from his own albums he also sings covers by great rock & jazz musicians such as The doors, Frank Sinatra, Elvis, Freddie Mercury and many more. He has been the opening act for many international musicians such as Bon Jovi, Bryan Adams, Def Leppard, and has even played tributes to "Queen" by playing for Freddie Mercury's family and friends.
Gary also has broadened his horizons and sung for Bollywood Films as well which have gone on to become hits. [5]
Songs
[edit]- "Arrow in the Dust"
- "Highway to Heaven"
- "Nights on Fire"
- "This Cannot Wait"
- "The Other Side of Dawn"
- "Deep Blue Dusk"
"Indian Summer"
Albums
[edit]- Unbelong
- Other Side of dawn
- Nights on Fire
- Arrow in the Dust
Selected filmography
[edit](vocals)
- Road (2002) – "Road ke har Mod Pe"[6]
- Corporate (2006) – "Yahan Sabko Sab"[7]
- Sacred Evil – A True Story (2006) – "Deep Blue Dusk"
- Jahan Tum Le Chalo (1999) – "Your Face Is Face Of Love"
See also
[edit]- List of blues musicians
- List of Indians
- List of jazz musicians
- List of people from New York City
- List of singer-songwriters
References
[edit]- ^ Transcript (of online chat, 13 May 2005). "Gary Lawyer" Archived 26 January 2013 at archive.today. Indiatimes. Retrieved February 2013
- ^ Gupta, Deepa (15 May 2018). "I live life on my own terms: Gary Lawyer". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ "Shekhar in conversation with Gary Lawyer – Episode 89 – Bollywood Movies". Zimbio. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
- ^ "Road ke har Mod Pe". YouTube. 5 September 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
- ^ "Why Gary Lawyer has avoided Bollywood". Gulf News. 14 April 2018.
- ^ Rodrigues, Collin (8 September 2011). "Gary Lawyer's Elvis Tribute for Charity". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 16 February 2013
- ^ Nnbhushan (31 March 2009). "Gary Lawyer Indian Summer" World News (WN) Network. Retrieved 16 February 2013
External links
[edit]- garylawyermusic
.com, his official website - Gary Lawyer at AllMusic
- 1959 births
- 20th-century Indian singers
- Blues singer-songwriters
- Cabaret singers
- English-language singers from India
- Jazz songwriters
- Indian male playback singers
- Living people
- Parsi male singers
- Singers from Mumbai
- Bollywood playback singers
- Nightclub performers
- 20th-century Indian male singers
- Male jazz musicians