Gary P. Nunn
American country music singer-songwriter
Gary P. Nunn (born December 4, 1945) is an American country music singer-songwriter. He is best known for writing "London Homesick Blues", which was the theme song for Austin City Limits from 1977 to 2004 (seasons 2–29). Nunn is also considered the father of the progressive country scene that started in Austin in the early 1970s.
Biography
Nunn was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, and moved to Brownfield, Texas, as a sixth grader. He began his musical career as a seventh grader in a garage band in Brownfield, where he was an honor student and all-around athlete. Upon graduation from high school, he attended Texas Tech University and South Plains College, while he also played with a Levelland, Texas, rock band The Sparkles during the 1960s. In addition to the Sparkles, Nunn played in such bands as the Shucks with former Cricket J.I. Allison, and the Night Spots with Don Caldwell. "I always had fun in Lubbock," said Nunn, "and I always enjoy going back there."
In 1968, he transferred to the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a pharmacy major. Nunn was there at the start of the "cosmic cowboy" movement with one of Austin's favorite bands, the Lavender Hill Express, with Rusty Wier. Nunn immersed himself further in the local music scene, playing bass for Michael Martin Murphey, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Willie Nelson.
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