The Grand Imagineer

I am so saddened by this news. Gary was one of my closest storyteller friends. We appeared together on Nelle Reagan’s Talk of the Town many times. He and Debby Brown first talked with me about trying to establish a storytelling festival in Rome when we shared a storytelling gig about 2010 or so. He was a winner of the Big Fibbers Contest in its very first year and appeared in every contest since then. He was a key part of the Ridge & Valley Storytelling Guild and the Big Fibbers Storytelling Festival from their inception. He invited me to join him for storytelling at Etowah Mounds and allowed me to stand in for him when illness kept him away from the Mounds storytelling events. How I will miss Gary Greene, the Grand Imagineer.

Gary's obituary.

On stage at Rome City Auditorium during the 2019 festival.

That's Gary on the front row at Andy and Bil's storytelling workshop at Rome City Auditorium during the 2019 festival.

Probably at WRGA for Talk of the Town with Nelle Reagan.

At the 2017 Big Fibbers Festival, with ASL interpreter Michael Burton.

Gary had a spotlight performance at the 2017 Big Fibbers Festival held at Trinity United Methodist Church. I specifically asked him to perform his wonderful song, "Cherokee Names". Click this picture to hear the song. 

Gary was a contestant in the Big Fibbers Contest year after year. Here is an article in the Rome News about the 2019 contest.

This photo of Gary is by Tony Pope. I think it was taken at Etowah Mounds on one of the Torchlight Tours storytelling nights there.
Click this link to hear Gary talking about the Cherokees.