Gary and Sherry Edwards

In the early 1960's Gary was performing throughout the Louisville area at clubs such as The Rathskellar at the Seelbach Hotel, Jim Porters, Flagherty's, The Toy Tiger and the Patio Lounge.  He was also very much in demand throughout the region!

Gary and Sherry - 1998 Gig

"Gene Snyder, owner of The Joni Agency in Louisville signed me to a contract in 1965 and that's when I met Sherry Chenault, who was singing with another group called The Chateaus in Louisville"
Sherry began her musical career as a teenager performing around the Louisville area and on U.S.O. shows. When she joined the "Chateaus", a local Louisville Rock 'n' Roll band, it opened the door to a long and well deserved professional career. From the very beginning, Sherry possessed a strong sultry voice and a stage presence to captivate an audience, not only with her incredible stage performance but with her powerful, soulful voice.  Her musical career has included The Chateaus, Gary and Sherry Edwards (S.A.G.E.), Jerry Kirk and the Heavyweights, Sheer Magic and The Wulfe Pack. 

"It was love at first sight,  we dated for about a year and were married in July 1966 and she started performing with my group, we did mostly sock hops, fraternities, sororities and private  functions all over Kentucky, Indiana  and Ohio.

 In 1968 the song, "I've Got a Lot of Love" which was recorded in Cincinnati on The Fraternity label and had soared to the top five on the radio station charts in Louisville and all over Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio.  Gary thought he was on the way to national stardom, success, and recognition, with a great band, a new wife, a song on the charts and bookings every night......but, as luck would have it, later in the year, he was drafted into the US Army.  Basic training was in Fort Knox, KY, and Fort Benjamin, IN then he was sent to Vietnam.  While in Vietnam, they tried to keep their marriage together, Sherry kept the band together and performing, he called every chance he got and letters were written nearly every day, but as happens too many times, they drifted more and more apart!  Both of them became different people during these trying times.  Returning home from Vietnam in 1970, Gary and Sherry realized that things were not the same with their marriage!  

They tried to put their life and music back on track for more than a year but, too much time and life had moved on, they separated in 1971 and were divorced in 1972 however, they remained friends and are still friends today.  Both Gary and Sherry went on to have successful entertainment careers and from time to time perform together in later years. In fact, Gary and Sherry got together in early '88 and did several shows up and down the east coast, Hilton Head and some locally around Louisville.