Pat "the Bone" Gary, a.k.a. the Mambo King of Greenville, is a multi-instrumentalist in a variety of bands from a little bit of everywhere. Depending on his mood, he might just claim Louisiana, South Carolina, or Texas for "home", and spent enough time on the road to not really be able to tell the difference anymore.

He actually started playing music at around 2, and never spent the time to choose just one instrument or style of music. He can't even decide on a single band, gigging with several other groups in Dallas at the moment. When asked about it, he just says something like "I think Duke Ellington said there were only 2 types of music. Good and the other kind. I try and avoid the other kind."

He picked up the nickname "The Mambo King of Greenville" in the late 1990s when he was playing with a ska band named Idiot Box up and down Greenville Avenue in Dallas, TX. It was a way to keep him dancing, if you can call it that. Those who are smarter about such things actually describe it as throwing all 4 limbs in different directions at the same time, and then trying to keep from falling down. His playing is similar in that it's energetic and occasionally even entertaining. Often it's close to being in tune. But don't tell him (or Mama)... it will probably only go to his head and he'll want to chase the pretty girls around at shows, which would probably be a bad thing for everyone involved.