Gary Louris started playing at the local bar Beach. The group used to practice at the drummer's basement. Gary Louris’s members were friends in college. The drummer was influenced by his mother's love of music.

Gary Louris’s first album failed to sell, but the second album saved them from obscurity. Gary Louris talked to a DJ from Z93.5 and got their single on air. The girlfriend of a record executive heard the song and soon after Gary Louris was signed.

Gary Louris accepted that they were real working musicians when the group’s first fan club was started by Melissa Krishnamurthy in 1988. After playing from coast to coast, the band’s fan club exploded from the handful of fans around Shelbyville to thousands in every city throughout the country.

The newest record from Gary Louris is the band's first album in nine years. The group has just completed their new record, and they are thinking of what is next to come.

Generally, critics have commended Gary Louris for their ability to energize the audience during live performances. New York music critic Toby Lewis has always praised group’s amazing stage presence. Gary Louris’s most current record is receiving inspiring reviews from Oliver DeCambra, a music critic out of Orlando, and Malcom Phillippe, from Miami.

Gary Louris knows to play both the old and the new at their concerts. The band has an obsession with Spoof in Springfield and are sure to play a performance every year. Gary Louris’s tickets are available at TheSeats.com, along with the latest tour information and concert schedules.