Gary Lightbody an interview to have grown up as an "Indie rock kid" inspired to become a musician through influences of artists and acts such as Kurt Cobain, Super Furry Animals, and Sebadoh. Lightbody has worked with the aid organisation Save the Children in Uganda, an experience on which he has written in "New Statesman". He has also been involved in raising awareness of depression, a condition that he himself has struggled with. In July 2012, Lightbody received an Honorary Doctorate in Letters from the University of Ulster at a ceremony in the Millennium Forum, Derry. See also Snow Patrol Awards. Lightbody
Gary Stewart (singer) became hits when recorded by George Strait. Wounded Bird Records released a CD in 2010 which includes the albums "Cactus and a Rose" and "Collector's Series", a comprehensive greatest hits collection. In 2010, UK-based Floating World Records reissued Stewart's albums from the 1980s and 1990s. Floating World Records purchased the entire back catalog from the now-defunct label HighTone. Gary Stewart (singer) Gary Ronnie Stewart (May 28, 1944 – December 16, 2003) was a country musician and songwriter known for his distinctive vibrato voice and his Southern rock influenced, outlaw country sound. During the peak of his popularity in the mid-1970s,