Brian Gary’s Blog

From the first time I heard that voice, that twang and that rocking guitar, I was hooked on Dwight Yoakam. It was back in 1986 when my ears were treated to the sound of a song called "Honky Tonk Man" and they have been tuned into Dwight ever since. He is one of those artists whose music I will buy whenever he releases it

I was the music director here at K99 for about 30 and during that time I made a lot of right decisions and I made a lot of wrong ones. I like to think that I was pretty good at figuring out what was going to be popular and what might go down in flames. One mistake I would like to own up to right now is being wrong about Kane Brown.

This is going to be a beautiful weekend. We are coming off a big Bronco win and the weather will be perfect to get out and take in the gorgeous Colorado scenery. It's a great time to clear your mind and breathe that Rocky Mountain air. There is purifying magic in that air.

Halloween is just around the corner. The night for kids to dress up and get sacks full of candy. Adults will dress up in costumes and go to bars for costume contests and drinks with eyeballs in them and so on. There is a way for people of all ages to celebrate the day.

There are few things that are better for you than laughing and there is nothing that can make you laugh like a child. My wife is out of town watching our other two grandchildren so I have been in charge of the boys when my daughter is working. I pick them up from school and we play all day until their mother gets home later in the evening.

I remember sitting here in this building in 1989 when a new record by a big tall blond dude from Newnan, Georgia came across my desk. It was a song called 'Here in the Real World" by a guy named Alan Jackson. You knew the minute you heard his voice that this guy was destined to be a superstar.

Okay this is a rather weird thing to write about but that is the way I roll. I know that Halloween is coming up very soon and many will be looking for a good and creative last minute costume idea. If you really want to frighten someone, go as Ray Liotta from the Chantix commercials.

Today is National Pharmacy Technician Day. There are many of us who count on them every day. I sure appreciate the job you do. I have to take several medications daily and it is so nice to go in and see a friendly and helpful face there to assist me. Medicine can be confusing and unpleasant and you make it as easy and painless as can be

Today is National Pug Day! I love pugs and have since the first time one snorted it's way by me. I have had 3 of them in my lifetime. I started with a gorgeous little girl named Wynonna who gifted us with one baby that we could not part with. We kept that little one and named her Mini-Pug.

I was going through some boxes of old things over the weekend when I found an old "K99 Country Recipes" cookbook. It was back in the 90's at some point that we put out a cookbook featuring recipes from the K99 staff, listeners and some country stars. I had forgotten all about this book.

It's election time and everyone is in a fever pitch hoping their candidate wins. While we wait on the gubernatorial race and all the others, we do have the results in for the election all of us were talking about...what name won the k99 name the truck poll?

We did it! We made it through another week and I hope you were able to move forward towards your goals. My goal is always happiness, spreading it and injecting a positive shot to the negativity in the world. Try to improve the mood of the world one encounter at a time is my daily mission.