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Larry, Steve & Rudy, the Gatlin Brothers are Grammy award-winners who have dazzled audiencesfor 70 years. They have accrued a lifetime of noteworthy achievements in their storybook career,including a Grammy for Best Country Song (“Broken Lady”), three ACM awards for Single of theYear (“All the Gold In California”), Album of the Year (Straight Ahead) and Male Vocalist of theYear, along with five nominations for CMA Vocal Group of the Year, Single, Album. The Brothershave accumulated 7 # 1 Singles, 32 Top 40 Records, 24 Studio Albums and 5 BMI “Million-Air”Awards. As a solo writer, Larry ranks 4 th on Billboard’s top 40 self-penned hits. His impressivesong catalog has been recorded by the “Who’s Who” of entertainers, including Elvis Presley,Barbra Streisand, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Glen Campbell, Kris Kristofferson, Sir Tom Jones,Dottie West, Charlie Rich, Johnny Mathis, and many others, securing his legacy as one of BMI’stop solo songwriters. He was also most recently inducted to the Nashville Songwriter Hall ofFame.For more than 69 years, the Gatlin Brothers have entertained audiences in venues and stages allover the world from the Grand Ole’ Opry to Carnegie Hall. They have performed for the GrammyAwards, the American Music Awards, and the People’s Choice Awards. They appeared on TheTonight Show with Johnny Carson, Oprah, Hee-Haw, Love Boat, the Midnight Special withWolfman Jack, the Merv Griffin Show, Solid Gold, the Barbara Mandrell Show and their ownvariety special on ABC just to name a few.In 1976, the Gatlin Brothers were on the fast track musically thanks to the chart-topping successof their single “Broken Lady”. The hits continued throughout the decade with their signature song“All the Gold in California” followed by “Houston (Means I’m One Day Closer To You).” The nextdecade brought number one songs with “I Don’t Wanna Cry”, “I Just Wish You Were Someone ILove,” “Statues Without Hearts,” “Love Is Just A Game”, and “Night Time Magic.” Larry has alsowritten & produced a musical, “Quanah”, which was performed in April 2017 to rave reviews.They have performed at the White House, the President Reagan Library, Air Force One, Ford’sTheater, Camp David, President Bush’s 80 th Birthday Party, The Lincoln Theater, Carnegie Hall,Madison Square Gardens, West Point, The Mall in Washington D.C., The Greek Theater, BillyBob’s Texas, Radio City Music Hall, Disney World and The Wembley Music Festival, to name afew. They have been privileged to grace the stage with legendary entertainers, like Kenny Rogers,Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Vince Gill, The Oak Ridge Boys, the Gaither Vocal Band, the Isaacsjust to name a few.The brothers have also proudly entertained our U.S. Troops in Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Germany andat many military bases in the United States as well. They have appeared at many sporting eventsand venues singing the National Anthem, including the ’85 and ’89 World Series, and the U.S.Open Tennis Tournament in New York City. They have performed in Yankee Stadium, theAstrodome, Nissan Titans Stadium, Candlestick Park, Chicago White Sox Ballpark, NHL All StarHockey Game in Calgary, Alberta Canada, Darlington NASCAR Speedway, the Cotton Bowl, SugarBowl, Rose Bowl, Giants Stadium, New Orleans Saints Superdome, Dallas Cowboys AT&TStadium, Houston Texans’ Reliant Stadium and the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. Their career began in Abilene, Texas in 1955 when Larry was seven, Steve was four and Rudywas two. The brothers grew up singing gospel music while listening to James Blackwood and theBlackwood Brothers, Hovie Lister, and The Statesmen Quartet as well other accomplished gospelartists. As children the brothers would sing for anyone who would listen. Soon they were singingfrom coast to coast and appeared at the World’s Fair in 1964 in New York City. They recordedfour Gospel records early in their career. In 1966, Larry went to college at the University ofHouston where he studied English and Law. In 1971, he auditioned for The Imperials, Elvis’backup group. While he did not get the job, he met Dottie West, who was the opening act forJimmy Dean. Dean would later become one of Larry’s oldest and dearest friends. Dottie wasinitially taken with Larry’s resemblance to Nashville songwriter Mickey Newbury. She told himone night in Las Vegas that he looked so much like Mickey, he had to be able to write greatsongs too. Encouraged, Larry returned to Houston, wrote eight songs, and sent them to Dottie.She liked them so much she sent him a plane ticket to Nashville. Through Dottie’s friendship, Larry met Kris Kristofferson, who championed his talents as awriter and singer. Kristofferson’s introduction to Fred Foster at Monument Records resulted in arecording contract with the label. Larry’s first album, The Pilgrim, was released later that year.Johnny Cash wrote the liner notes for the album and dubbed him “The Pilgrim”, a name hecalled him the rest of his life. At this time Steve and Rudy were still in college at Texas TechUniversity, but by 1975 they moved to Nashville to join Larry to form the group as we know ittoday. The brothers still perform approximately 40 road concert dates a year as well as 30performances at the famed Grand Ole’ Opry. They are also in the planning stages of recordingsome new music. “We are blessed that fans still love our music & attend our shows” says Steve& “we hope to continue as long as that’s the case.”Awards, Television Shows & Venues1964 World’s Fair New York City, New York / Hee-Haw / Hee-Haw HoneysHuckabee TV Show / The Barbara Mandrel Show / The Merv Griffith ShowThe Mike Douglas Show / Gatlin Brothers ABC Special / Solid Gold TV ShowThe Dinah Shore Show / John Davidson TV Show / SALUTE with Dick ClarkJohnny Cash Special / Crook & Chase Show / Midnight Special with Wolfman JackLove Boat / Marty Stuart TV Show / Larry’s Country DinerJason Crabb TV Show / Pop Goes the County / Marty Robbins TV Show / Ralph Emory TV ShowTommy Hunter TV Show (Canada) / Bill Gaither Videos / Carnegie Hall (New York)AT&T Stadium (Dallas) / Wembley Stadium (London) / Death Valley (Clemson University)Super Dome (New Orleans) / Madison Square Garden (New York) / Pontiac Silverdome (Pontiac)Astrodome (Houston) / Reliant Field (Houston)Nissan Stadium (Titans Nashville) / Yankee Stadium (New York)Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA) / Candlestick Park (San Francisco) / Forum (Los Angeles)Ryman Auditorium (Nashville)Grand Ole Opry House (Nashville) / 48 years members of Grand Ole OpryPerformed for 8 U.S. PRESIDENTS
