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Gary Hoey Tickets

Gary Hoey

New Age music encompasses a number of different styles, from ambient music, to spiritual music, to Celtic-based music. It is most often associated with the New Age spiritual movement and the genre arose at the same time as the movement, in late 1960s Europe. Among other forms, New Age music takes its influences from classical music, ethnic music, and world music, and there is often significant overlap between New Age and all of these styles. New Age music often features a repetitive melody that calms the listener. Gary Hoey is just one example of a New Age music artist.

The first New Age album was produced by Tony Scott in 1965. Since then, the genre has spread across the world. Popular New Age groups and artists include Celtic Woman, Manheim Steamroller, and George Winston. New Age music deals with themes such as space, nature, dreams, and the physical and spiritual well-being of one self. Find out what has made New Age music so popular among listeners looking to relax by getting your Gary Hoey tickets from TicketRoom today!

Gary Hoey Concerts

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19.11.2024 08:00

St. Augustine

USA

Cafe 11

19.11.2024 08:00

$52.00-$378.75

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22.11.2024 07:00

Stuart

USA

Lyric Theatre - Stuart

22.11.2024 07:00

$71.50-$89.00

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29.11.2024 08:00

Sellersville

USA

Sellersville Theater 1894

29.11.2024 08:00

$73.00-$91.00

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01.12.2024 08:30

New York

USA

Iridium Jazz Club

01.12.2024 08:30

$65.00-$159.00

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05.12.2024 07:30

Old Saybrook

USA

The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center

05.12.2024 07:30

$58.00-$120.00

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07.12.2024 08:30

Pawtucket

USA

The Met - RI

07.12.2024 08:30

$50.00-$104.00

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22.12.2024 07:00

San Juan Capistrano

USA

Coach House - Capistrano

22.12.2024 07:00

$47.08-$164.40

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Artist Info

Just as alternative rock was signaling the death knell for many of the guitar shredders of the late '80s, a few instrumentalists were able to sneak in under the radar, such as Gary Hoey -- who attracted some attention via his 1993 debut, Animal Instinct. Hailing from Boston, Massachusetts Hoey was first a music fan before picking up the guitar -- following such renowned rock bands that hailed from the area (Aerosmith, J. Geils Band, Boston, etc.). It wasn't long afterward that Hoey decided to give the guitar a try, initially inspired by the usual guitar greats (especially Jimi Hendrix, whom he dug initially because of his "cool clothes"). Hoey was not entirely self-taught, however, as he would often hang around outside of Boston's renowned Berklee School of Music, make friends, and then offer to pay them for lessons. Sensing that he should devote all of his time to music, Hoey dropped out of high school and began playing Boston's local clubs, making ends meet by teaching guitar to others.
Hoey's big break appeared to come his way in 1982, when Ozzy Osbourne began looking for a replacement for his recently deceased guitarist, Randy Rhoads. Despite a series of auditions (including Hoey being asked to fly out to Los Angeles), he failed to land the gig, but in the process, he decided to relocate permanently to the West Coast. Packing up all his belongings in a U-Haul, Hoey arrived with $17,000 in his pocket (saved from his playing and teaching gigs). Years later, Hoey eventually came to the attention of manager Dave Kaplan, who helped get the guitarist's career moving forward. Although it wasn't the best of times to launch a career for a "guitar hero" in 1993 (with Nirvana and Pearl Jam being all the rage), Hoey did just that and, surprisingly, scored a sizeable MTV/radio hit with his cover of the early-'70s prog rock gem "Hocus Pocus" by the Netherlands-based group Focus. The album it was taken from, Animal Instinct, also featured contributions from a few notable names of '80s hard rock -- bassist Tony Franklin (ex-Firm), keyboardist Claude Schnell (ex-Dio), and drummer Frankie Banali (ex-Quiet Riot).
Hoey never managed to scale the same heights again commercially, but it didn't prevent him from carving a niche for himself, as his albums got progressively more surf-based and rootsy. A friendship with surf guitar great Dick Dale soon blossomed, with Dale going as far as declaring Hoey as one of his all-time favorite players, alongside the likes of Eric Clapton, B.B. King, and Andrés Segovia (in Guitar Player magazine), which led to the two working together. The two talented guitarists went toe to toe on a remake of "Miserlou" (titled "Miserlou '97") for the 1997 benefit album M.O.M., Vol. 2: Music for Our Mother Ocean, which also saw Hoey produce and play on another track for the collection, "V-12 Cadillac," by a then still unknown Jewel.
Hoey continued to issue solo albums on a regular basis (including a series of Christmas-themed releases), regular guested on several nationally syndicated radio shows (Mancow, Mark & Brian, etc.). He's worked with various musical instrument and electronics companies creating his own signature gear for retail. In 2006, Hoey released American Made on Surfdog Records. Over the next decade, he worked constantly, touring regularly -- including seasonal sorties under his Ho! Ho! Hoey umbrella -- contributing music to film and TV, and recording steadily. Beginning with 2013's Boxcar Blues, he started to move toward blues music, a route he continued to pursue on 2016's Dust & Bones.

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