Saturday Night at Eighth & Rail ~If you could harness the power in Gareth Asher’s music you’d have enough hi-octane passion to fuel a Ferrari. Born and raised in the small town of Bowdon, GA, Gareth was exposed at an early age to the music of iconic artists like Jackson Browne, Don Henley and The Eagles, groups he now counts as some of his biggest influences. But everything changed one day in 1987, when, at the age of seven, Gareth woke up one morning to the sweet sounds of Otis Redding flowing through the rooms of his childhood home. Since then, Gareth has been addicted to the sweet grooves of the late 60s and early 70s, especially those emanating from Motown, and has made it his undertaking to channel many of those sounds in his music today. ” I just want to make people feel something, the way I do” says Asher.

As a singer, songwriter, and guitarist raised on a steady diet of old school funk, rock, and soul, Gareth also attributes many of his musical sensibilities to monumentally influential artists like Stevie Wonder, Phil Collins, and groups like Chicago and Earth Wind & Fire. On the rock side of things, his primary influences are more contemporary – Toad the Wet Sproket, Aqualung, and Amos Lee among them.