Gary Davis:  

Life I spent over 25 years as a professional musician, starting out in a band from Watsonville that was originally called "The Coachmen", then "Gary and the Coachmen" and finally in 1966 we became "English Leather". We played many dances at Watsonville High, the Santa Cruz County Fair, Monterey and Carmel but our favorite place was always the "Coconut Grove", opening for bands like "The Tikis", who became "Harpers Bizarre", "People" who had the hit song "I Love You", "The E-Types", "Syndicate of Sound", and "Stained Glass" as well as headlining ourselves. I continued playing after moving to El Dorado County in 1980 and was in the top booked band (Back Street Blvd.) two years in a row at the CA. State Fair. I quit playing, except when called upon by my old band, in 1990. I was a Realtor for 18 years and have spent the past 25 years working as a mortgage banker doing home loans. I've been married for 48 years to my beautiful wife, the former Gayle Giggy. Gayle is an award winning floral designer, (lots of first place awards at the El Dorado County Fair and some third place wins at the State Fair) who now spends all her time just taking care of me and our home. We have two wonderful grandsons, Travis (27) and Dawayne (30), both are musicians also. The oldest one, Dawayne, spent three and a half years in the ARMY, one in Iraq, and now...Expand for more