Gary Chester

Happy Birthday honey. Still think about you after all these years-yes, everyday.Who would have thought we'd be married for 30 years and if you had lived, we'd be celebrating our 50th now. It's such a "typical story"....the stripper hooks up with the new drummer, they fall in love, live together, get married, buy a house in the country and have 4 kids. When you recorded "Little Egypt" with the Coasters, it was our story-who wrote that anyway? Now we have 4 grandchildren and none of them know you, but we sure talk about you all the time! If there is a heaven (you were sure, I wasn't), then be happy there and maybe our spirits will meet again.

I wish I could have met you Gary. I appreciate your contributions to music, drumming and philosphy. And thank you for your youngest...Katrina. Your spirit touches me through her.

Happy Birthday Dear Gar', happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Gary, we all still love you!!! ...thinking of you, missing you, will always celebrate you and your incredible life! Have a grand day in heaven! love, Chrissy

Just wanted you to know Im thinking of you on this day, as everyday and remembering all the years and all the presents of socks and old spice that you stocked away with a smile from all your daughters. I miss your face and your words and as I get older, somehow, I need them even more. Im kissing the sky today.... I love you The Bean ps. I dyed my hair to my natural color, you'd be proud, I look like the ginnie's we are now!

Just wanted to let you know that, upon hearing and reading 'New Breed' i feel like my eyes have been opened. His philosophy, systems and almost childlike logic especially with kit set-up resonated with me straight away (sorry for the pun). I wish I could have met him, just once, thank you.

i love this page. it looks really nice and good. keep it up and i will stopby next time.

Please enter your message here.To you daddy who left me 20 years ago today. On that day, my life was changed in so many way's. I can't believe it's been so long and yet you live on. I hope your playing music and being free, because I know when I do down here, I alway's think of you. You are alway's with me and I miss you so much. Love You Jena - Mia

And 20 years and 1 day since i hugged him goodbye on our fishing trip. I still think about him everyday and continue to miss him terribly. His presence continues among many and for that I am grateful. Hi Gary i love and miss you! Corey

How can we begin a write in campaign to get Gary in the R n R Hall of Fame? Hal Blaine is there as a sideman why not Gary.

Hi, i like to say that i come back to work give lessons and offcourse, using the NB for help me and my students. I write becouse now i dont give nothing to make hehe... :-) Weel, i go to my drums now, bye and don?t forget me!

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Greeting's to all! I had the wonderful opportunity to study with Gary in 84-86. His inspirational words and direction gave me the wisdom to become the Drummer I want to hear. Gary's philosophy is being taught to all my student's in the NYC area with great success. A big hello to Katrina, Tony Cruz, Bob Sambella, Frank Dickensen, and Cory Roberts. Ciao

Check out MD Jan 07 for two mentions , pic and q & a for the NEW New Breed 1 book!!!! sorry about the date messups on some of these posts!! working the kinks out....

Since the site is new we had to transfer all the e-mail names into new accounts for the information emails. In the process some of your email address's came back with fatel errors and had to be deleated. If you want to be sure your on the email list, I suggest you send an email from the link marked "Newsletter" on this website so we can make sure your in! Thanks so much!! Katrina

I never met Gary Chester, but the first son I ever wrote with Katrina was about his death. So much of her life came out of his passing. So much of her drive came out of his heart. I see that now, after reading the quotations outlining his philosophy about drumming. But as I peruse through them I couldn't help but feel I was hearing wisdom about how to live one's life, how to focus, how to pace one's self...how to feel the spaces, the rests...even the silences that underscore the brilliant 'voices' of our lives. I'm glad I took the time to reach every line. And I'd like to thank everyone who put this site together. It touched me tonight in a profound manner. He may have passed on years ago, but Gary Chester blessed my life tonight with his words. Thanks, Gary.

Very cool, i like the new site and i go write more for the systems with braziliam ritms for all. Tchau...

Hello everyone! I've been missing Chris, in fact there's a lot of time since our last contact, but I'm seeing that things is going better! congratulations for your great work! Gary Chester is a kind of Force that leads me to a higher level as drummer and as a better person too. His words echoes in my mind every time I sit in a throne behind drums and cymbals, I have no words to express my grateful to Gary and Chriss, except to continue work hard to get better day after day. Thanks a lot, love you all!

Please enter your message here.Youre always with me....and I like it that way.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!!! Timmy

just read "gary's philosophy" - though i'm not a drummer i found so many of these quotations useful. how fortunate to have this as part of his legacy! i printed them out to share -

an old friend of katrina's - and naomi's twin - here to say right on right on