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January 5, 2006

           Fort Bend Performing Arts Series Presents

       Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers

Fort Bend Performing Arts Series is pleased to present Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers in concert on Saturday, January 27, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.  Over 50 years ago, Larry, Steve, and Rudy Gatlin started singing in their little hometown of Abilene, Texas, and from there went on to make music history.  Over the course of a four-decade career that has taken the Gatlin Brothers from dusty Texas stages to White House performances, from Broadway to Grammy Awards to the top of the country charts, there has been one unifying element, music. There's no harmony quite as pure as family harmony.

Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers have forged a new musical standard for vocal harmony, raw talent and showmanship while topping the music charts with hit-after-hit.  One of the first-class acts in Country Music, the Gatlin’s have 15 Top-Five hits including their #1 hits All The Gold In California, Houston (Means I’m One Day Closer To You) and I Just Wish You Were Someone I Loved plus Broken Lady, Night Time Magic, I Don’t Wanna Cry and more.

Throughout the 70's and 80's, the Gatlin Brothers lit up major marquees and packed concert halls across America. Then, in 1992 after much soul searching and prayer, the brothers made a decision to stop touring. They ended with "The Adios Tour" along with an accompanying album release of the same name, and it gave the boys a chance to say goodbye to their fans and for the fans to say goodbye to the Gatlin Brothers.  Explains Larry, "We just thought our time in the spotlight was probably over. We had a great run and are thankful for it.  We felt it was someone else's turn in the spot light."  

As Larry says, "You know what Bob Dylan said. things they are a changin'," According to Larry, a promoter in Dover, Delaware "made us an offer we couldn't understand".so we took it! Since then a popular ground swell, maybe not a large popular ground swell, but a ground sell nonetheless, has arisen that has persuaded us to do some selected dates that we are calling "The Gatlin Brothers Never Ending Reunion Tour. Since then, the Gatlin Brothers have been singing to sold-out houses everywhere they perform.

At this stage, The Gatlins' have the best of both worlds, families and fans, plenty of work both as individuals and together. "A long time ago we decided to make music for our fans and people who came to our shows." Says Larry, And I know that Steve, Rudy, and Larry are going to stand up and sing in tune every night.

Fort Bend Performing Arts Series is pleased to present Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers in concert on January 27, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. The concert is in the auditorium of Williams Trace Baptist Church located at 16755 Southwest Freeway, Sugar Land, Texas.  Tickets are $30 and all seats are reserved.  Tickets can be purchased online at www.fbpas.org or by calling Suzan Dortch at 281-275-6527.