Good things are in Gary Floyd’s immediate future
Gary Floyd and Julie Bonk
RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer
lopez@dallasvoice.com
Local actor and musician Gary Floyd knows how to keep his dance card filled. At least he does for this particular weekend. While he’s in rehearsals for Uptown Players’ Next to Normal, he also has two big shows this weekend. Oh, and Monday could be big for him too.
“Oh I’m still excited,” he says. “I don’t think I ever lost my excitement about it.”
He’s talking about Monday’s OutMusic Awards, which he received three nominations for. Floyd was nominated for album of the year for Behold the Gospel of Zen, spiritual song for “Behold,” and the Biello-Martin Love Song of the Year for “Love of My Life.” Not too shabby. He’s glad to just get noticed.
“It seems so cliché to say but it really was awesome to be nominated,” he says. “After all these years, it’s nice to get this sort of recognition I just wish that I could have gone to go back up. I hate not to be there to support them.”
The OutMusic awards celebrate LGBT music releases in several categories akin to the Grammys. They were originally scheduled for last fall but due to an unforeseen situation, they were postponed. A major sponsor pulled out and the show literally couldn’t go on. Floyd made the trip to New York before finding out the show was canceled. Yes, it was that sudden.
“Nobody could have foreseen that situation coming up,” he says. “I knew it would get put back together. “
The awards will be handed out Monday. While he won’t be in New York, he won’t even be able to keep tabs on if he won or not.
“I’m in rehearsals that night!”
Before then, he has a show tonight at the Center for Spiritual Living where he performs with fellow musician Julie Bonk. Far be it for him to just offer an easy show on such a weekend.
“Well, that night we are recording a live CD and DVD,” he says. “We booked the show to be part of the Center’s concert series and decided to do a live recording. We’ve wanted to for a long time so we’re gonna put it together, put it out there and sell it.”
On Saturday, Floyd and Bonk team with Cornell Kinderknecht for Joy-Fest. The concert is an Open Door Production at the Heart and Soul Coffeehouse in Fort Worth featuring a night of jazz and pop music with Floyd on vocals, Kinderknecht on flute and Bonk on piano.
“They had talked to Julie about an evening of music and we had been working together so it just came together,” he says. “This is my first time playing for Open Door.”
While he’ll be clearly distracted from award anxiety, he does have hopes — as probably anyone would.
“How awesome would it be to get one in the mail?” he ponders. “I’m not sure what I’ll do. Maybe have a glass of champagne.”
