Join us at The Mansion Theatre as we welcome Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers for a series of special performances. These shows are Sept. 18-20 and Oct. 2-4, 16-18, 23-25, 2012.
More than 50 years ago, Larry, Steve, and Rudy Gatlin started singing in their little hometown of Abilene, Texas, and from there went on to make music history. Over the course of a four-decade career that has taken the Gatlin Brothers from dusty Texas stages to White House performances, from Broadway to Grammy Awards to the top of the country charts, there has been one unifying element, music. There's no harmony quite as pure as family harmony.
While Steve and Rudy were in college, Larry moved to Nashville to write songs that would be recorded by names such as Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Barbara Streisand, Tom Jones, and yes, Elvis Presley. In 1972, Larry landed a solo deal with Monument Records through Kristofferson and invited his siblings up to Nashville to sing backup on his first two albums—1974's The Pilgrim and 1975's Rain Rainbow. The release of The Pilgrim landed Gatlin his first hit with "Sweet Becky Walker," and he then found himself at No. 1 on the charts the next year with "Broken Lady," a song that captured him a Grammy in 1976. The same year all three brothers were inducted into the Grand Ole Opry.
The Brothers scored more than a dozen Top 40 hits, including "Denver," "Houston (Mean That I'm One Day Closer To You)," Midnight Choir (Mogen David)," and "She Used To Be Somebody's Baby," "I Don't Want To Cry," "Statues Without Hearts," "What Are We Doing Lonesome," I've Done Enough Dyin' Today," "Take Me To Your Lovin' Place," "Night Time Magic," "Love Is Just A Game," "The Lady Takes The Cowboy Every Time," and "Talkin' To The Moon."