Keith gattis biography

In a town where authenticity is often mentioned without consideration for the credibility of the person making the statement, Johnson City, Texas-native guitarist performer, producer and songwriter Keith Gattis' authentic credibility as a country music artist seemingly always added immeasurable value to the genre when, where and how the genre wanted to receive it.

The musician died on Sunday, April 23, 2023, at 52, after a tractor accident at his Nashville home.

For four decades, Gattis stood out not just as the RCA Records-signed artist whose 1996 single "Little Drops of My Heart" had minor sales chart success.

Instead, it's the work taken to achieve that success -- founded in years of playing between Austin and San Antonio, Texas, plus time spent in Los Angeles, plus Nashville, too -- that defined his hard-earned, comprehensive knowledge of the art of country music.

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