Gary Graham

Music for your heart and soul.

Gary Graham began playing piano at age 6 and took lessons through high school, performing locally and participating in music competitions. Growing up in Pasadena, Texas, Rock, Blues, Country music, and the rich musical tapestry of the 1960’s musical era all served to broaden his interests.

Moving to Hawaii at age 20, Gary began playing in bands including Spencer Hill, Ram’s Head, Saloon Pilots, and Gold Rush Blues band. While in Hawaii he played at various venues inter-island, concerts at clubs, on the beach, and in the Sunshine festival in Diamond Head volcano crater.

During a year-long 6 night a week residency at a Honolulu club the Gold Rush Blues band was approached to play in Canada. The Canada tour took place in mid-winter and reinforced Gary’s realization that he was a warm weather person.

Gary returned to Texas in the late 70’S, played solo and with bands including Amnesia, Trilogy, Boomers, Monica Marie and Double Shot, Tony Vega, Out of the Blue, Chuck Kidd & The Sugarmens, Amber and the Rascals, the Zach Tate Band, the Graham/Raggio Duo, Treble Hook, and Slide Effect Band. Gary is also a songwriter and recently played in the Moveable Festival, a songwriting festival held in Houston and Austin in a single weekend. He is active in the Houston Songwriter’s Association (HSA) and host the HSA south meeting in Galveston the 1st Sunday of each month at the Pit Stop BBQ restaurant at 6612 Seawall Blvd.

Gary has participated in recording in Hawaii, Seattle, and Houston and created a book and CD project, ‘Tonal Vision’, with friends in Hawaii and Seattle. Discography: Spark 1989 and Music of the Angels 1992 with Shearwater band (Seattle); Labor of Love w/ Monica Marie & the Blues Cruisers 1999. End of Time, Serious Man, and Angels & Outlaws, and with Zach Tate Band.

Gary is still writing songs, playing solo and with bands, and enjoys writing songs and performing wherever he is. His songs are available on Amazon, Anghami, Apple Music, MediaNet, Boomplay, Deezer, Instagram/Facebook, Adaptr, Flo, YouTube Music, iHeartRadio, Claro Música, iTunes, Joox, Kuack Media, NetEase, Qobuz, Pandora, Saavn, Spotify, Tencent, Tidal and TikTok.



  • Houston, Texas, United States


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                               Original Song Lyrics


                     You Are My World / Love Forever                                                                     © 2011 Gary Graham

Some days my life just goes so fast                              

I never have the time for what I want to do             

And when I think I’ve got some hard times               

It’s all ok when I come home to you                                        

           

*A love so strong it lasts forever                                              

A love so deep it fills my world                                                  

What more would I need except you there with me          

You’re my everything you are my world                               


The full moon would pale beside your loving eyes              

I was so glad the day  they  turned my way                        

I’d do most anything to have you near                                   

And that’s forever not just a day                                       


*A love so strong it lasts forever                                              

A love so deep it fills my world                                                  

What more would I need except you there with me          

You’re my everything you are my world                               


If it’s a dream I hope I never wake up                                              

Cause this is where I want to be                                                           

Walking along like this forever                                                              

Me holding you- you holding me                                             


*A love so strong it lasts forever                                              

A love so deep it fills my world                                                  

What more would I need except you there with me          

You’re my everything you are my world                               

You’re my everything you are my world

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             STARS                                                                © 2010 Gary Graham          

How many times do you wish for things that can’t be

Losing your grip on what folks call reality

Who really knows what you feel

Who really knows what is real…Anyway


Who of us hasn’t once said I wish it could be

Chasing a star that always seems out of reach

What do they know about stars

What do they know about stars…Or about me


What about nights when the stars fall down

What about times when they hit the ground

What about wishes and dreams…What about you and me               

What about hopes & dreams that you have

What about happy forget there is sad

What about things in the future… Things that will be


I’d almost given up hope when you came my way

Proving up once again there’s a brighter day

Maybe we just don’t look far enough…

Maybe we just have to open our eyes.. Our eyes to see

Maybe we just don’t look far enough…

Maybe we just have to open our eyes.. Our eyes to see         

Our eyes to see

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                  WHAT YOU NEED                                                             © 2014        Gary Graham

What do you want in a lover          

What do you need in a friend                          

Love should last more than a heartbeat            

Love should last till the end                    

It should be more than a daydream      

Or the dreams that you have at night    

It should be a constant feeling               

That everything will be alright                


Sometimes we worry love won’t last       

We recall the bad times we’ve seen               

Love’s something everyone’s needing 

It’s a part of everyone’s dreams            

I don’t need no one to tell me                 

What it is that I really need                     

It’s a feeling deep down in my heart     

Real love don’t make you bleed           


Love don’t make you give up and surrender 

Don’t tear you up and wear you down            

Bring a big smile on your face                         

Even when no one’s around                                     

They say that no man is an island                            

I know that goes for me too                              

Don’t need someone whose gonna run away        

I just need a love that is true