BIO

"Music is what happens between the Notes..."

Welcome to g-man's world. "Gman Blues" is Gary Wesselhoff, a solo acoustic rocker with a genuine love for entertaining people and showing them a good time!

He is a native Chicagoan, and began his musical career in the seventies during rock music's classic era. The genera that gman loved and performed back then was acoustic rock--Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Dylan, Paul Simon and many others.

In college G-man and his rocking band Woodlind recorded a album of songs at Chicagolands famous "Pumpkin Recording Studio" (under the direction and guidance of renown producer Gary Loizzo known for his production of several Styx albums). Woodlind's album had the tonal colors and flavors of The Moody Blues. gman learned the art of multi-tracking his music by watching Loizzo do his magic.

Woodlind performed all over the Chi-town metropolitan area treating patrons to country rock and original material. They were local favorites at many South-Side clubs. As it unfortunately sometimes happens the band members developed new interests and drifted different directions. The great thing is though almost all of them are still performing and delighting audiences these days.

In the interim, g-man migrated to SIU at Carbondale Ill.

PARTY Capitol of the Midwest.

'nuff said.

Oddly enough, it wasn't in Chicago--the blues capitol of the world, but Carbondale that gman fell in love with the blues. There were many great artists in town including the legendary Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows.

gman tells a story about the time Twist ducked out the back door of a local joint called The Club and dropped in to play a "set" with gman at one of his roof rocking house parties. The set lasted the rest of the night and eight kegs of beer were consumed in the process with hundreds of college kids out on the lawn waiting to chance to get into the house. "We shouda sold tickets!" Twist said.

gman returned to Chicago in 1976 to raise a family. During that time he reconnected with Woodlind's sound technician Jerry Musica. Jerry had purchased a recording studio in Evergreen Park, Illinois (now called ARS studios). Jerry hired gman as 2nd engineer. It was at this time that gman not only signal routing and how to mike instruments, but in time he learned how to produce music; taking bands that had a good song and packaging it into a polished format.

In 2003 g-man sat in with some friends and immediately decided to return to music.

Quotes g-man:

"When I returned to performing, I discovered something forceful about myself; I found that I had new abilities that were not present when I was a kid—it’s much more than the synergy of practice and focus.

I discovered that I could sing more dynamically, play more powerfully, and write better than ever". He began to haunt the clubs, and worked a blues harp into his act.

In 2005 he launched his Website: http://www.gmanblues.com . gmanblues.com is a successful Website with hits from over seventy countries around the world. It’s at this site that you can sample some of g-man’s music offerings, and see photos of him in action.

In 2006 and 2007 g-man was a top qualifier in the Acoustic Solo category of Suburban Nitelife’s Readers Poll finishing third in the extremely competitive Chicago Suburban Club scene. g-man currently is traveling to Chicagoland venues, playing for audiences large and small at music festivals, folk clubs, and concert halls building his fan base and his brand identity. .

g-man Blues is hard to categorize. He is a link between the traditional Chicagoland Blues and Adult Contemporary Rock – a singer-songwriter living down the reputation of a rocker. g-man isn't concerned about how everyone labels his style, he would he would rather just play. That is what he does.

When asked what was his favorite moment performing a smile quickly breaks on gman's face. "It has to be back in the early '70's. I was doing a CSN&Y kinda thing with two other guys. We were playing at a College Bar down in Normal IL. I didn't realize it at the time that my stool was creeping closer and closer to the edge of the stage. Suddenly the world dropped out from under me! On the way down I crossed the Microphone lines and sucked six mikes on boom stands down with me... Talk about embarassing! I was laying on the floor in front of the stage all tangled up in wires with stands randomly strewn over me.

Well the audience roared and couldn't settle down so I took a break to let everything chill. When I got back the place was packed! Everyone came in to try and catch me falling again! It's all part of the show I told them--I do it every time."

As for his old band members in Woodlind, he bumps into them on the road from time to time. Ken Zemanek plays American English; Scott Bonshire plays with the legenday Heartsfield, Jim Williams plays with a country band called Crossfyre. and Joey Drada currently plays with contemporary Chicago Blues Royalty--a band called The Jaywalkers.

"Music is what happens between the Notes..."

posted November 9th at 12:00am

"Music is what happens between the Notes..." Welcome to g-man's world. "Gman Blues" is Gary Wesselhoff, a solo acoustic rocker with a genuine love for entertaining people and showing them a good time! He is a native Chicagoan, and began his musical career in the seventies during rock music's classic era. The genera that gman loved and performed back then was acoustic rock--Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Dylan, Paul Simon and many others. In college G-man and his rocking band Woodlind recorded a album of songs at Chicagolands famous "Pumpkin Recording Studio" (under the direction and guidance of renown producer Gary Loizzo known for his production of several Styx albums). Woodlind's album had the tonal colors and flavors of The Moody Blues. gman learned the art of multi-tracking his music by watching Loizzo do his magic. Woodlind performed all over the Chi-town metropolitan area treating patrons to country rock and original material. They were local favorites at many South-Side clubs. As it unfortunately sometimes happens the band members developed new interests and drifted different directions. The great thing is though almost all of them are still performing and delighting audiences these days. In the interim, g-man migrated to SIU at Carbondale Ill. PARTY Capitol of the Midwest. 'nuff said. Oddly enough, it wasn't in Chicago--the blues capitol of the world, but Carbondale that gman fell in love with the blues. There were many great artists in town including the legendary Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows. gman tells a story about the time Twist ducked out the back door of a local joint called The Club and dropped in to play a "set" with gman at one of his roof rocking house parties. The set lasted the rest of the night and eight kegs of beer were consumed in the process with hundreds of college kids out on the lawn waiting to chance to get into the house. "We shouda sold tickets!" Twist said. gman returned to Chicago in 1976 to raise a family. During that time he reconnected with Woodlind's sound technician Jerry Musica. Jerry had purchased a recording studio in Evergreen Park, Illinois (now called ARS studios). Jerry hired gman as 2nd engineer. It was at this time that gman not only signal routing and how to mike instruments, but in time he learned how to produce music; taking bands that had a good song and packaging it into a polished format. In 2003 g-man sat in with some friends and immediately decided to return to music. Quotes g-man: "When I returned to performing, I discovered something forceful about myself; I found that I had new abilities that were not present when I was a kid—it’s much more than the synergy of practice and focus. I discovered that I could sing more dynamically, play more powerfully, and write better than ever". He began to haunt the clubs, and worked a blues harp into his act. In 2005 he launched his Website: http://www.gmanblues.com . gmanblues.com is a successful Website with hits from over seventy countries around the world. It’s at this site that you can sample some of g-man’s music offerings, and see photos of him in action. In 2006 and 2007 g-man was a top qualifier in the Acoustic Solo category of Suburban Nitelife’s Readers Poll finishing third in the extremely competitive Chicago Suburban Club scene. g-man currently is traveling to Chicagoland venues, playing for audiences large and small at music festivals, folk clubs, and concert halls building his fan base and his brand identity. . g-man Blues is hard to categorize. He is a link between the traditional Chicagoland Blues and Adult Contemporary Rock – a singer-songwriter living down the reputation of a rocker. g-man isn't concerned about how everyone labels his style, he would he would rather just play. That is what he does. When asked what was his favorite moment performing a smile quickly breaks on gman's face. "It has to be back in the early '70's. I was doing a CSN&Y kinda thing with two other guys. We were playing at a College Bar down in Normal IL. I didn't realize it at the time that my stool was creeping closer and closer to the edge of the stage. Suddenly the world dropped out from under me! On the way down I crossed the Microphone lines and sucked six mikes on boom stands down with me... Talk about embarassing! I was laying on the floor in front of the stage all tangled up in wires with stands randomly strewn over me. Well the audience roared and couldn't settle down so I took a break to let everything chill. When I got back the place was packed! Everyone came in to try and catch me falling again! It's all part of the show I told them--I do it every time." As for his old band members in Woodlind, he bumps into them on the road from time to time. Ken Zemanek plays American English; Scott Bonshire plays with the legenday Heartsfield, Jim Williams plays with a country band called Crossfyre. and Joey Drada currently plays with contemporary Chicago Blues Royalty--a band called The Jaywalkers.