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Gary Van Miert

Born: July 27, 1954

"I saw The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show when I was five years old.  My love for music actually goes back further…my mother told me that when I was a small child, I took 45 rpm records to bed with me instead of a teddy bear. 

After embracing the Beatles, I started tracing the music backwards.  I noticed that the Beatles recorded three Carl Perkins tunes, so I figured this guy must be good if the Beatles covered so many of his songs.  After becoming a Carl Perkins fan, I learned that he was influenced by Hank Williams, so I started listening to Hank.  The Rolling Stones named their band after a Muddy Water’s song, so I knew I should check him out as well. And on and on….

Music Sounds Better When You're Stoned

By The Sensational Country Blues Wonders!

Label: Sensational Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Music Sounds Better When You're Stoned; Come Out and Play; A Mad Tea Party; Across the Milky Way; Changing of the Guard; My Doppelgänger; Harsh Toke; Stoners Circus; Time Isn't Real; Star Child.

Take Five with Gary Van Miert AKA The Psychedelic Cowboy

by AAJ Staff
June 5, 2026

Meet Gary Van Miert AKA The Psychedelic Cowboy Gary Van Miert is a New Jersey-based musician and performer best known as the frontman of The Sensational Country Blues Wonders!, a band that blends classic American musical styles like country, gospel, and blues with a distinct vintage flair and theatrical presentation. The Sensational Country Blues Wonders! were ...

If I Stop Moving, I'll Fall From the Sky

By Gary Van Miert

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: We Are Made of Stardust; Why Did I Eat the Whole Bag of Mushrooms?; If I Stop Moving, I'll Fall From the Sky; Golden Teacher; Head in the Clouds; I Rode the Bus With Joey Ramone; One More Cup of Mushroom Tea; Magic Glasses; Gravity; Sky Songs.

The Sensational Country Blues Wonders!