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BACKPACKER
TROUBADOUR
Gerry Gessie, a professional jazz guitarist from Columbia, NJ,
is breaking out of the mold with his Backpacker guitar. Gerry's been
experimenting with the strolling minstrel concept, and has had an
incredible response. He's got a Thinline pickup onboard and plays
through his own PA system with special effects. It's a sound which certainly rivals
those big unwieldly models with F-holes!
Gerry's been playing some pretty large venues
with his Backpacker at resorts like Caesar's Palace in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. He's also been
headlining
his own concerts at summer festivals, state fairs, and local raceways while
maintaining an aggressive schedule of performances at an assortment of
Atlantic City casinos.
Gerry will go down in history as the most
enthusiastic Backpacker player of this era. If you don't find him, he will find you!
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The Gessies also make
time
to get involved with many worthwhile
causes, especially youth related.
Each year you'll find them enthusiastically volunteering to utilize their talents and resources
for various Scholarship Foundations and Fundraisers such as Pennsylvania Special
Olympics Fall Games held
at Villanova University.
In his commitment to keep Music alive in the hearts of
youth, after his concert for the Special Olympians at their 2000 Summer Games at Penn State University, Gerry presented a Martin Backpacker to a
lucky Olympian - Stacey from Lancaster, PA." A Happy Gal!"
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Ambassador
of the
Martin Backpacker