GARY HOEY - “AVALANCHE” 2025
Rock & blues guitar legend Gary Hoey Releases his first album in
6 years. “Avalanche” on Wazoo Music Group (Hoey’s own label)
“Avalanche” features special guest Lita Ford on vocals on “You
Know I Would” and Gary’s son, Ian Hoey, is featured on “Dear
Mama” a tribute to Gary’s mother and “Summer’s Here”. Gary
says, “Avalanche is a return to my rock roots. It feels great to turn
up the volume and have some fun. This album was a therapeutic
album for me. I named the album Avalanche because sometimes
life feels like one thing after another.
Hoey called on his old friends to help him record, Matt Scurfiled
on drums, AJ Pappas on bass, Ian Hoey on guitar, his niece
Taylor on background vocals. Hoey can’t wait to hit the road on
his Avalanche Tour 2024. “Playing live is the best feeling, I love to
travel and see the fans after the show. And having my son Ian
playing guitar by my side is a dream come true. We will be playing
the new and the old classics “Hocus Pocus”, Low Rider”and more.
Hoey’s first break came in 1987 when Ozzy Osbourne showed up
in Boston looking for a guitarist. Osborne liked Hoey’s tape
enough to fly him to LA for an audition. Ozzy suggested that Gary
move to LA. He took Ozzy’s advice and with $17,000 he saved
from teaching Hoey loaded the U-Haul and drove across country
to LA. In 1992 Hoey released “Heavy Bones” on Waner Bros. A
short lived band.
1993 Hoey released “Animal Instinct” which included a cover of
the Focus hit, “Hocus Pocus”. It rocketed into the Billboard Top 5,
outpacing all other singles as the most frequently played rock
song of the year, it’s no wonder Gary Hoey is listed as one of the
top 100 guitarists of all time.
Join us on Oct. 16th and get a full-on rock show courtesy of a rock n' roll legend!
