Music Style Various, mostly guitar-oriented, instrumental and vocal. Rock, blues, jazz underneath, but kind of folk, pop, Dead-ish on top.

Musical Influences Pop, classical, rock, the Dead, blues, jazz, electronic, etc., in approximately that order.

Similar Artists Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Grateful Dead, John Lennon, later Beatles, Vai, Larry Carlton

Artist History Gary played violin in his early teens. Upset that he was forced to practice 30 minutes a day, he quit and began to play the guitar for four or more hours a day. For a few years, he refused to sleep unless he had done his four hours on guitar. He began playing in midwestern rock & pop bands at age 18 or so, and played for twenty years in a variety of rock, blues, jazz fusion, oldies and other types of bands, up to 130 nights per year. He began writing & playing music for theatrical shows in the mid-nineties, where he enjoyed learning new styles. He also enjoyed getting home before midnight, and not smelling like cheap beer. He began doing home recordings in 1983 on a JVC double-track recorder out of which he'd squeeze six tracks, then moved up to a four-track Fostex in the early 90s, and currently records and burns master CDs on a Boss 1180-CD 10-track digital recorder. Under the name of The Occupants (which, for all practical purposes, is the same thing as Gary Hall with the occasional guest artist), he writes original songs in various styles, plays all instruments, and mixes the songs to CD & mp3.

Group Members Gary Hall, occasionally with wife Linda Adam-Hall who does all the CD artwork), and daughter Melanie Joy Hall, and other occasional guest artists.

Instruments Acoustic & electric 6 & 12-string guitars, mandolin, banjo, keyboards, percussion

Albums Occupantaloons, Colonel Pecker's Homely Parts Club Orchestra, others

Location Lincoln, Nebraska - USA

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