Gary Pihl

Who is Gary Pihl?

Gary O. Pihl is a guitarist best known for playing with Sammy Hagar and his membership in the band Boston.

At his home recording studio, Pihl worked with the founding members of a band that would eventually be called "Night Ranger." They recorded demos for their first and second albums at his home studio. Night Ranger was initially called "Ranger," but the band found that the name was already being used by another band and changed it prior to the first album release.

He also played with several other bands including Day Blindness, Crossfire, Stark Raving Mad, and Alliance.

Crossfire featured an ARP Odyssey and ARP String Ensemble played by Mitchell Froom. Crossfire's seminal moment was their performance at the Stop the Dam Concert held at Sonoma State College,. The concert was to raise awareness and funds to stop the Army Corps of Engineers construction of the Lake Sonoma Dam project in Geyserville's Dry Creek Valley.