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Podcast: The VIBE with Kelly Cardenas
Episode: EP #119 GARY ALEXANDER-MAKE FRIENDS
Description: Gary Alexander cut his teeth in music by listening to his father’s records (Charles Alexander & The Carolina Five) on local jukeboxes around South Carolina. At 11 years old his personal journey in music began on 2 strings on a guitar he bought for 12$. “I couldn’t play chords because I only had 2 strings and well, because I did not know any. So I figured out how to tune the 2 strings to an open chord. I began writing songs straight away”.
At 15 after the death of his mother Gary found himself living alone. He packed a bag and headed to Myrtle Beach SC. Afte...