Garry Boulard

Who is Garry Boulard?

Garry Boulard is a reporter and author whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Tribune and Times-Picayune, among other publications.

Boulard's first book was published in 1989: Just a Gigolo: The Life and Times of Louis Prima by the Center for Louisiana Studies. The book was praised in 1990 by musicologist Rhodes Spedale in the journal Louisiana History: "There is much to recommend in this biography...the author's depiction of Prima as a bandleader and businessman is illuminating in a factual, historical manner." The book was re-released in 2002 by the University of Illinois Press as Louis Prima. Said writer Bill Sweeney in the journal Popular Music : "Boulard is at his best in painting the social, ethnic, and family background to Prima's development in the early decades of the twentieth century." Keitth Briggs in the monthly Blues Revue lauded the book, noting "It's quality is attested by its being judged worthy enough to win release under its new title in the University of Illinois Press' prestigious Music in American Life series." 1