Gary was raised and taught as a drummer by his father who was a sought after percussionist in the Catskills for forty years. Once Gary became an accomplished drummer by age 10 he was inspired to pick up a guitar by a friend. Gary took two years of guitar lessons and then began to teach himself "by ear", learning songs right off the record by age 13. He quickly taught himself bass guitar and piano and started to dabble in singing, writing and multi-track production.

After high school Gary attended the prestigious Berklee College of Music and continued to study guitar and songwriting. Gary's guitar playing was recognized and written about in 2 national magazines in 1993, Guitar Player and Guitar For The Practicing Musician magazines.

Gary toured the world as Jeff Scott Soto's bassist from 2002 till 2008 throughout the US, Australia, Brazil, England, Ireland, Whales, Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Holland and France.

During his musical journey, Gary has performed with Neal Schon, Robin Zander, Eric Martin, Dave Meniketti, Joe Lyn Turner, Doug Aldrich and many other less known notables.

Gary was one of the long lasting members of Tampa's Disco Inferno before branching off to The Untouchables and starting his own cover band Category Three in 2008.

Gary's guitar style has been compared to Eddie Van Halen and Joe Satriani by many online rock webzines. He continues to write original music in his spare time and released his 8th solo album in December of 2010. Gary was also voted "Best Intrumentalist - Runner-Up" in the 2010 Creative Loafing Magazine's readers poll.

You can also find Gary performing around the area doin a solo acoustic show or his energetic Gary-Oke act! Gary is also an endorsing artist with such worldwide companies at Peavey, Seymour Duncan, Behringer< Bugera, Atomic Guitars and Dunlop/MXR.

Dan Martin grew up in Lakeland, FL and began playing drums at age 11. From the start, Dan had a passion for drums and benefited from top notch private instruction as well as an influential junior high school band director. Some of his biggest influences include drummers Buddy Rich, Dave Weckl and Neil Peart.

Over the years, he has had the opportunity to play with artists such as Bo Diddley and Percy Sledge, among others. Whether playing 80's pop hits, hard rock, or jazz standards Dan displays his ability to be comfortable playing in any situation. Dan joined the Gary Schutt Band in late 2010. "Sharing the stage with Gary and Tracy continues to be an awesome experience. The level of musicianship and energy they bring to each performance is top notch!" When not playing drums, Dan enjoys working out and playing disc at the beach.

Known in the music world by friends, colleagues and band mates as an articulate, solid and melodic bassist, Tracy is in demand in the clubs, studios and concert halls due to the versatility and respect he has gained as a bassist and musician.
His style, command and knowledge of both the bass and the music bursts forth through fiery, very intense, high energy performances that demand your attention, and creative arrangements with deep, rich, powerful grooves in the studio.
He has performed extensively throughout the Midwest, East Coast and South Eastern United States performing in countless major Rock venues for more than ten years now.

Tracy credits the styles of Rudy Sarzo, Steve Harris, Geezer Butler, David Ellefson, Cliff Burton and Stanley Clarke as the biggest influences in his development as well as having the opportunity to work directly with the likes of Gary Schutt (Gary Schutt Band), Matthias Lange (Metalium/X-Thirtien), Mike Catone (Bobby Cutshaw/Gary Schutt Band) David Gandia (Personal Friend/Burn Ritual) and many others.

Always entertaining, captivating, and ambitious, Tracy is focusing this year on the next level of success and is looking forward to progressive moves to obtain the accomplishments to come....

Tracy uses and endorses, Ampeg Amps and Cabinets, Ibanez 4&5 String Electric Basses, DR Lo Rider and Hi Beam Electric Bass Strings, Shure Digital Wireless Devices, Tech 21 SansAmp Bass Driver DI, Monster Cables and Korg tuners.....