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Gary Hoey

The rock guitarist Gary Hoey has become embedded in US rock guitar culture with more than 20 successful albums to his credit and five Billboard Top 20 hits. He was born in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1960 and as a child hung around Berklee College picking up playing tips and lessons from some of the students. He eventually dropped out of full time education in order to concentrate on his own career and was a regular performer in Boston's many music venues during the 1980s. After failing an audition for Ozzy Osbourne's band in 1988 Hoey teamed up with drummer Frankie Banali, sin...