Gary's tombstone burial memorial will be held Sunday July 22nd 2007 at 3pm. Mount Sinai, Forest Lawn.

Thanks very much to those who've donated to the Gary Rudolf Tombstone fund

Also a big thanks to those old friends who donated products for the raffle
Brian Ball at Ernie Ball Music Man
Dave Borisoff at Hipshot Products
Jim Dunlop at Dunlop
Larry Dimarzio at Dimarzio
Seymour Duncan at Seymour Duncan
Aspen Pittman at Groove Tubes
Rick Luxenberg at RAL Audio
Norik Renson at Norik Renson Guitar Repair

R.I.P. Gary

Gary & Chet 

Gary Rudolf was born in New Rochelle, N.Y. in 1954.  His family moved to the Los Angeles area in 1955 where he has resided ever since.

Due to the influence of his older brother, Gary was exposed to a wide variety of music ranging from Marty Robbins & Pete Seeger to Dave Brubeck & Beethoven.

Seeing flamenco artist Carlos Montoya on the Ed Sullivan Show solidified Gary's commitment to become an accomplished guitarist at a very young age and as a student of Frank Hamilton of The Weavers; Will Ray of The Hellecasters; & master guitar instructor, author Ted Green, Gary obtained a wide musical palette to draw from.

Leaning towards folk & country music initially, ("I was fascinated with the idea of making a Telecaster sound like a steel guitar.") then drawing influences from rock & blues players Gary started jamming in high school "garage bands" and subsequently moved on to the "night club circuit" soon becoming one of L.A.'s most sought after guitarists for session & club work.

After teaching guitar to forty students a week at the Music Scene in Reseda, CA. for six years, Gary started doing road work with various artists and as a result played opening acts for Buck Owens, John Anderson, Trace Adkins, Marc Chestnut, Tracy Byrd, and his ultimate guitar hero, Chet Atkins. With endorsements from Dimarzio, Groove Tubes, and Hipshot Music Prod. Gary is starting to make his name known in the industry.