1949 Born in Fresno California, Raised on ranch in western Fresno County, Grandfather worked for Miller & Lux, Father had diversified farm & cattle ranch
1955 -1963 Attended Tranquillity Elementary School
1963-1967 Attended Tranqullity High School
1967–1972 Attended Cal Poly – Ag Business Management major Rodeo – team roped
1973-1974 Worked @ Harris Feedlot - Worked for Kaiser-Etna Cattle Ranch - Started Cattle Operation
1974-1986 Managed Shasta Springs Cattle Co. - Operated Siskiyou Stockyards - Movie part in Standing Tall – Chuck Connors & Linda Evans
1986-1993 Managed Victor Gragnani & Sons – Farming Operation - Attended Western College of Auctioneering – Billings, Montana
1994 -2008 President River Cross, Inc – Almonds, Wine Grapes & Cattle - Conducted Horse Sales, Antique & Western Collectible Sales - Farm Equipment Sales, Heavy Equipment Sales, etc. - Started Gary Gragnani Sales Management.
2004-2008 Purchased and ran Spanish Springs Ranch – Guest Ranch - conducted rodeos, concerts, weddings, reunions, conferences, etc.
1967-2008 Played Guitar and sang in several bands in California for rodeos, weddings, parties, fairs etc. Opened for Travis Tritt in Indio, California. Music for the Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale. Put on concerts featuring Don Edwards, Tom Russel & Dave Stamey. Played music in Reno, Nevada – Hearst Castle – Petaluma Cowboy Poetry Show – Sonora – King City – Los Banos – Jamestown – Yreka – Woody – Coalinga – Visalia – Kerman – Klamath Falls – Anahim Lake, British Columbia – Paris, France - Redding – Yosemite – Kennedy Meadows – Raymond – Parkfield – San Luis Obispo – Santa Margarita – Weed – Wickenburg, Ariz. –