Gary is one of the founders of Lo Down Brown, one of the most sought after bands in Aiken, SC. They play a wide variety of styles of music, featuring Classic and Current Rock, Beach, Dance, R&B, Pop, Jazz, and Country Classics. Locally, you've seen them hit the stages of Hotel Aiken, City Billiards, Pat's Martini Bar, Aiken Brewing Company, Aiken Playhouse, and The Etherredge Center for the annual Aiken Women's Heart Board Musical, where the band provides a solid foundation for the many talented singers and actors that Aiken has to offer to sold-out audiences every year.
Lo Down Brown (www.lodownbrown.com) also plays special events such as, weddings, private social functions, the annual Lobster Races, and parties. To book the band, contact Gary below.
Lo Down Brown was the backbone of the musical "Always... Patsy Cline" in 2004, starring Brooke Lundy, one of the greatest shows ever to hit Aiken. (click on "Songs" page to hear tracks from this soundtrack CD). We just completed our 2008 run of this show to rave reviews once again!
Please click on the link below to view one of the great video highlights from the 2008 Heart Show, Hotel California:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVrQYf8yTUM or go to You Tube and search for: Lo Down Brown
Lo Down Brown is:
Mark Ferriter drums, vocals (mferrite@bellsouth.net)
Sherry Iles bass, vocals (sherry_iles@hotmail.com)
Darrell Rains lead guitar, vocals (rains@bellsouth.net)
Gary Shepard lead guitar, keyboards, vocals (iseefine2@bellsouth.net)
Darrell, Sherry & Mark
Gary getting into it
And Mark, visible at last.
All together in DC 
Lo Down Brown plays an interesting and widely popular mix of mostly classic rock, including arrangements many other bands wouldn't even try. LDB plays many weddings, nightclubs, receptions and parties from Washington DC to Hilton Head. Other musical styles we play include R & B, beach music, easy listening pop and jazz, dance favorites, and country classics.
* For all the latest on the band, go to our new website: www.lodownbrown.com
We will be happy to customize any event, wedding, party, corporate outing - to suit your needs and we promise to keep your guests smiling and dancing all night long!!
Please contact Gary at (803) 640-0116 or click the link on the left if you would like to contact or hire the band for your engagement!!
Lo Down Brown's demo CD is now available!! Click the links below to hear "the band" doing a sampling of different popular songs from our vast list. We will be adding to this list so please come back often and hear what's new! CDs are available for $15 including postage. Just contact Gary.
Check out the band's constantly evolving song list below.
Lo Down Brown's Master Song List:
Song Title Artist A Whiter Shade of Pale Procol Harum Ain't No Sunshine Bill Withers Ain't Too Proud to Beg Temptations All Our Dreams Are Sold Gary Shepard At Last Etta James Baby I Love Your Way Peter Frampton Back in the USSR Beatles Bad Bad Leroy Brown Jim Croce Bad Love Eric Clapton Be Young Be Foolish Tams Big Girls Don't Cry Fergie Black Horse & the Cherry Tree KT Tunstall Blueberry Hill Fats Domino Brass in Pocket Pretenders Brick House Commodores Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison Can't Buy Me Love Beatles Carolina Girls Chairman of the Board China Grove Doobie Brothers Clocks Coldplay Closing Time Semisonics Crash Dave Matthews Band Crazy Patsy Cline Crossfire Stevie Ray Vaughn Crossroads Cream Cupid Johnny Nash Day Tripper Beatles Desperado Eagles Dock of the Bay Otis Redding Every Day Paul McCartney Evil Ways Santana Femme Fatale Gary Shepard Fire Hendrix Fire Pointer Sisters Fire and Rain James Taylor Fly Me To The Moon Frank Sinatra Freebird Lynrd Skynrd From the Beginning Emerson Lake & Palmer Gimme Some Lovin' Spencer Davis Group Good Lovin' Rascals Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? Rod Stewart Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman Bryan Adams Higher Ground Stevie Wonder Hot Hot Hot Buster Poindexter Hotel California Eagles How Long Has This Been Going On? Ace How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You James Taylor Hush Deep Purple I Feel Good James Brown I Heard It Through the Grapevine Gladys Knight & Pips I Love Beach Music Catalinas I Saw Her Standing There Beatles I Saw The Light Todd Rundgren I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2 If Not For You George Harrison I'll Always Be Right There Bryan Adams I'm Just a Girl No Doubt In My Life Beatles It Don't Come Easy Ringo Starr I've Just Seen a Face Beatles Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley Johnnie B Goode Chuck Berry Josie Steely Dan Joy To The World 3 Dog Night Jumpin Jack Flash Rolling Stones Knock on Wood Eddie Floyd Ladies Night Kool & the Gang Landslide Fleetwood Mac Layla - original Derek & the Dominos Layla - unplugged Eric Clapton Leather & Lace Stevie Nicks Let It Rain Eric Clapton Let's Stay Together Al Green Listen to the Music Doobie Brothers Long Train Running Doobie Brothers Love Will Keep Us Alive Eagles Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds Beatles Magic Carpet Ride Steppenwolf Margaritaville Jimmy Buffet Melissa Allman Brothers Midnight Hour Wilson Pickett Minute by Minute Doobie Brothers Mission of Mercy Motels Mustang Sally Wilson Pickett My Favorite Mistake Sheryl Crow My Girl Temptations My Love Paul McCartney New York, New York Frank Sinatra No Matter What Badfinger No Time Robin Trower Norweigian Wood Beatles Old Time Rock and Roll Bob Seger On Broadway George Benson One 3 Dog Night Only The Lonely Motels Peaceful Easy Feeling Eagles Pinball Wizard Who Play that Funky Music White Boy Wild Cherry Pride (In The Name of Love) U2 Proud Mary Tina Turner Rikki Don’t Lose That Number Steely Dan Road House Doors September Earth, Wind & Fire Shout Isley Brothers Show Me the Way Peter Frampton Soak Up The Sun Sheryl Crow So Into You Atlanta Rhythm Section Somebody to Love Jefferson Airplane Some Kind of Wonderful Grand Funk Railroad Something to Talk About Bonnie Raitt Soul Man Blues Brothers Soulshine Allman Brothers Spooky Atlanta Rhythm Section Stand By Me Ben E. King Steve McQueen Sheryl Crow Stop Draggin' My Heart Around Stevie Nicks Stormy Monday Allman Brothers Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond Sweet Home Alabama Lynrd Skynrd Sweet Home Chicago Blues Brothers Take It Easy Eagles Take Me To The River Annie Lennox Taxman Beatles Tell It Like It Is Heart The Boys are Back in Town Busboys The Boys are Back in Town Thin Lizzy The Last Waltz Englebert Humperdink The Thrill is Gone BB King The Twist Chubby Checkers Try A Little Tenderness 3 Dog Night Under the Boardwalk Drifters Unforgettable Nat King Cole Up On The Roof Drifters Waving at the Sun Gary Shepard What a Wonderful World Louis Armstrong What'd I Say Ray Charles What You Need INXS When September Ends Green Day Whipping Post Allman Brothers Who Knew Pink With or Without You U2 With This Ring Platters Wonderful Tonight Eric Clapton YMCA Village People You Are So Beautiful Joe Cocker You Are The Sunshine of My Life Stevie Wonder You Don't Know Me Eddie Arnold You May Be Right Billy Joel Your Momma Don't Dance Loggins & Messina Your Song Elton John You've Got A Friend James Taylor 39-21-40 shape Chairman of the Board 60 Minute Man Embers Country Crazy Patsy Cline Tennessee Waltz Traditional You Belong to Me Patsy Cline You Don't Know Me Eddie Arnold