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Dr. Gerald D. Murray was
born in Louisville, Kentucky and grew up in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. There he developed a love for country
music while growing up with his uncle, who today is still a walking
encyclopedia of country music.
In the 70's, Gerald became
one of Hank Williams, Jr.'s rowdy friends touring the countryside together.
All the while, Gerald was an astute student learning all he could from
Hank's manager at the time, J.R. Smith.
Although Gerald never managed Hank
Williams, Jr., an agreement was reached between Gerald, Hank, Jr., and his
manager, J.R. Smith for Gerald to take over management of Hank within a
sixty day period. Fate played its role during this sixty days and Hank
had his first number one hit in five years since, "Pride's Not Hard To
Swallow." This caused J.R. to keep Hank another nine years.
This did, however, open another door and
at the recommendation of J.R. Smith, Gerald took the reins of George Jones' career, whom he managed
from 1981 - 1983.
For the next several
years, Gerald spent time with his friend who had worked on the road with the
George Jones show. That friend's name being Vern Gosdin. During
this time, Gerald continued his education graduating from the University of
North Alabama (Florence, AL) in 1993 and 1996. In 2000, Gerald
graduated from NSU University (Ft. Lauderdale, FL), earning a Doctorate in
Business Administration and graduating near the top of his class.
Later that year, Gerald
returned to the national spotlight when he signed a management agreement
with his friend, the legendary, Vern Gosdin.
Since then he has taken the Vern Gosdin show coast to coast. Most
recently, seeing Vern inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame.
Dr. Murray has the
background and the roster -- that has and will continue to make waves in the
country music industry. |
