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Gary West is a county music entertainer and performs a road show called "For the Love of Cash" that pays homage to Johnny Cash and the legends of country music with a show that is like no other. Gary West is NOT a Johnny Cash impersonator; he is an ENTERTAINER - as well as an impressionist, musician, songwriter, and music producer and race car driver. The band is made up of legendary Nashville musicians that have played for dozens of country music legends and Grand Ole Opry stars.
Gary has also played with many country music legends to include, Little Jimmy Dickens, Del Reeves, Tommy Cash, The Legendary Drifters, Hank Williams original band, the Drifting Cowboys and backed up many other country music legends. Gary played drums almost 15 years on the Grand Ole Opry.

“For the Love of Cash" is one of the top billing tribute shows today and Gary West is lighting up stages with his own renditions of iconic songs plus, his fresh original music that is performed in the classic style.
Gary has released 3 albums to date and one on the way.
The latest album, Heroes, Friends & Legends, dropped on May 10, 2019. An exciting video was released on September 13, 2019, for the single "One Piece at a Time", an iconic Johnny Cash song which was The Man in Black's last #1 hit.
The majority of the video for "One Piece at a Time" was filmed at Johnny Cash's farm, which is now Storytellers Hideaway Farm and Museum.

On Feb 23, 2019 Gary West released a duet with country music legend Leona Williams. The release of the Cash/Carter classic "Jackson" earned them 8 months on the NDX singles chart and two months at the #1 spot!
They also released a video for the song that has gained international attention.

On October 23, 2020 Gary's much anticipated original, "I don't do it for the money" (I do it for the love of Cash), was released and available world-wide. This went to #1 on the Independent charts for the month of February 2021. This is the second #1 song for Gary off of his latest album.

On the racing side of things, he actually came home off the road in 1992, sold all of his equipment and bought his first racing go kart. He raced several years until a bad crash left him with his collar bone severed in 2 places, 3 broken ribs and a concussion. This was during the time he was playing with Jett Williams (Hank Williams daughter) and the Drifting Cowboys (Hank Williams Sr.'s band) He was unable to play for over 13 weeks. The following year he began racing Champ Karts and did very well that first season but sadly, his race trailer was stolen with all his racing equipment that including the new Champ Kart. Gary's passion for racing continued as he was able to race a few off-road races in a single seat 1600 cc race buggy. Gary refocused on his recording career but continued to have a strong passion for racing. He later helped his son Kyle race Quarter Midgets in Nashville, TN for 2 seasons. In 2019 he raced an OWM for his good friend Dink McKeehan near Atlanta, GA. Gary was to race several races with that team but unfortunately COVID came along and traveling to GA from MN was too difficult.

Gary has always had a passion for the Legend cars and raced two seasons at Hawkeye Downs in the #27 Legend car. The 2021 season at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Nashville, TN. In 2022 he continued to race the legends class.
Currently in 2023 Gary is racing a Mid Am Sportsman car with the same #27 on the side.. keep up with him at www.garywestmusic.com/racing

Honored to sing the National anthem twice at Hawkeye Downs Speedway and also received the Joan Fellows Racer of the week award!