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Alter Ego - Gary LaDon  Doni, who writes, produces, and records music under the stage name Gary LaDon, is also an accomplished musician, poet, songwriter, and singer, and has performed at countless venues nationwide since he was a very young boy. He made his debut television performance at age eight after winning a local talent show, and performed with several of the great gospel music groups of the time including The Happy Goodman Family, and the Florida Boys Quartet.Later in life, Doni became the lead singer for The Cavaliers Quartet, and performed with them until around 1973. Doni recorded five albums with The Cavaliers, one of which included one of his original songs, widely aclaimed as one of their best ever. The Cavaliers Quartet performed concerts with such names as The Oak Ridge Boys, The Masters Quartet, The Kingsmen, The Dixie Echos, The Statesman Quartet, and many other legendary gospel groups. The Cavaliers were regularly featured on the national gospel concert and television circuit. Doni contributes his ability to hear and sing harmonies to the training he received while singing with The Cavaliers Quartet. Doni has worked since the early 80's as a first-call background vocalist for major and minor recording studios on both coasts, and has been fortunate to have worked with some of the finest producers in the recording industry. His latest television appearances were as a three-time winner on the now defunct Nashville Networks "You Can Be A Star". These performances were broadcast worldwide to an audience of over thirty million viewers, and resulted in correspondence, well-wishes, and requests from fans all over the globe. |
The CD Projects  In the early 90s, Doni wrote, produced, and recorded eleven original songs on a CD collection released by Little Tree Records, titled Southland Lady. Two of the songs on this CD claimed the coveted number one spot on the MP3.com country music charts, and received wide-spread air play and critical acclaim from numerous media outlets, as well as record industry chart-makers.Songs from The Gary LaDon CD, Southland Lady have been played around the world on Internet radio stations, as well as small and medium market broadcast stations. Doni has performed all around the greater Atlanta area with a group of friends, formally known as Mid-Life Crisis, and is currently working on his second CD release entitled "Next Time Around". "The Southland Lady CD is a compilation of songs that tell about love lost, love found, and love rediscovered.  The Next Time Around CD will be a new collection of songs written, produced, and performed by Gary LaDon. Doni hopes to have this one done sometime this century. The first single, "The Bed Where Jesse Lay", has already received critical aclaim from music critics nationwide, and was in regular rotation playlists on independent radio stations in small, medium, and select large markets. "The Bed Where Jesse Lay" is being considered for an independent songwriters CD collection release sometime in mid-2009. We'll keep our fingers crossed. You can review several of the "Southland Lady" and "The Next Time Around" tunes below. We hope you enjoy them.
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"Southland Lady" - © Copyright Gary L. Helms, 2010 |
"The Next Time Around" - © Copyright Gary L. Helms, 2010 |
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