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About G Luedecke

Gary Luedecke is a 48-year veteran of the audio engineering and music business as well as a photographer. His career has taken him all over the world mixing sound and touring with bands including Mickey Gilley, The SOS Band, The Joe Ely Band, The Flatlanders, Del Castillo, Alejandro Escovedo and Bob Schneider among many others. He has recently retired as the City of Austin's Chief Audio Engineer where he provided high-quality AV production and video conferencing for the city. Other interests include remote desert camping, hiking, backpacking, flight sim pilot, surfing, scuba diving and snorkeling, cooking, antique hunting, building stuff and watching old classic movies. Born and raised in Galveston, TX. Gary was influenced by the music of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Considering himself as a frustrated musician after trying to learn a number of instruments and mastering none he concluded it was because of all the time he spent at the beach surfing instead of sitting alone in his room practicing his guitar (or piano, or trumpet, or bass guitar). His most valuable education in music came from singing in the church choir at an early age. Life works out for the best. At age 19 he got an opportunity to be the sound engineer for a friend’s band (Danny Kristensen - Circus). That started it all. Things took off from there and over the years Gary perfected his craft. Along with being in the right place at the right time and really pursuing the passion of his life Gary ended up traveling the world and working with some of the biggest names in the music business. His career move provided the opportunity to work with people he never would have been able to as a musician. Gary has retired from touring but still does audio gigs from time to time. 40 something years after a career ending bass amplifier failure he picked up a bass guitar again (with a new amplifier) and played with the Elgin based band The Gypsy Drifters. They were the house band at The Owl Wine Bar and Home Goods store in Elgin, TX. owned by Gary and his partner Molly Alexander. They also own and operate another store in Elgin called G&M Drygoods.