Gary Ferguson

Color His Songs Red, White, And Blue And Emerald Green “Around 1990, [Rebel Records owner] Dave Freeman asked if I had any songs I’d like to send to Larry Sparks,” Ferguson recalls. “I sent ten songs. One day I received a letter from Larry Sparks. He said he liked about eight of those songs, and asked if I could send lyrics. He recorded ‘Last Day at Gettysburg’ and ‘Don’t Know Why’ on his 2005 CD, Blue Mountain Memories. Two more Ferguson compositions, “I’m Really Leaving” and a second Civil War ballad, “Henry Hill,” are featured on Sparks’ 2019 release, “New Moon Over My Shoulder.”  Originally from Maryland, Gary and his wife Taffy “Taf” have lived 37 years in the same 1840 farm house in Littlestown, some 10 miles from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Lieutenant Colonel Joshua Chamberlain marched his Union troops past the house on the way to battle on Little Big Top in 1863. Living amidst Civil War history, inspired by frequent hikes around th