Gayla Drake (born December 3, 1964, in Iowa) is an American guitarist and singer/songwriter.
Biography Drake was born in Iowa on December 3, 1964. She began playing the guitar at the age of 4 and performed Old-time music, Bluegrass music, and Celtic music throughout her formative years, finally recording her first CD of original music in 1994. She has released 14 additional recordings since that time, along with music for public television and independent films. She was interim managing editor of Premier Guitar Magazine for several months in 2009.
Discography 1995 – Gayla Drake Paul 1995 – Waiting for the Spark 1997 – How Can I Keep From Singing? 1999 – A Woman’s Touch 2005 – The Time Between Times 2000 – The Next Hill 2002 – Retrospective 2005 – Restless 2005 – I Know This Road 2005 – Broken Blues 2005 – The Joy Tree 2006 – Here in the Center of the World with Eric Douglas 2006 – Ethik: Blues and Mud Flowers 2007 – The Wheel 2008 – Pour Me
References
https://littlevillagemag.com/nonprofit-choir-family-folk-machine-unites-singers-aged-5-to-75-to-perform-original-and-classic-songs/ https://littlevillagemag.com/album-review-gayla-drake-aunt-g-and-the-stone-city-nephews/ https://www.proquest.com/docview/1206692/CA584A508A2945C4PQ/1?sourcetype=Magazines https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/community.28036390.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3A70138996df871e0b00ac0d9d3ac32817&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_phrase_search%2Fcontrol&origin=search-results&acceptTC=1*https://www.thegazette.com/community/tuning-up-family-folk-machine-iowa-city-ensemble-rounds-out-pandemic-concert-series-online/
External links Gayla Drake website