First off shout out to
Wannatheater for posting that music video.. whenever I come across something like that I usually click around a few more songs just in case the artist is surprisingly good and I think that sums up Gary Schutt. When I found out he was local I checked out his event calendar and he was playing a bar not too far last Friday so we gave it a shot.
His normal bassist was at another gig so he was mostly doing covers but man he's good and the show was definitely many levels higher than you'd expect from a bar band. I've seen touring major rock acts who weren't anywhere near as good as these guys.
He does rock/hard rock/metal but his original stuff is well written and he plays virtually everything. I picked up a few of his albums and they didn't disappoint. Some of his stuff reminds me of
Heart of Cygnus which is unfortunately now defunct.. He is apparently a big fan of Extreme which is probably my favorite band.
I'm always excited to find new music that I actually like. I really haven't been too fond of 98% of popular music since the mid-90s. To find a local artist thats putting out really great original stuff is really awesome.
Here's a few more videos:
! No longer available! No longer available! No longer availableAnyway he's based out of Tampa / St Pete but plays all over the state it appears. If you dig the music support him and hit up a show.. or check out some of his CDs.
website:
https://www.garyschutt.com/facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/garyschuttmusic/