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Gary Green
T H E B I O
Gary Green is an author, keynote speaker, folk musician,
and gaming industry executive whose career has run in
parallel across five decades rather than in sequence. A
recording artist with three albums in the Smithsonian
permanent Folkways collection, a California Music Hall
of Fame inductee, and the author of more than twenty
books, he has also served as a senior executive at Trump
Hotels and Casino Resorts and developed regulatory
frameworks for tribal nation gaming. He speaks, performs,
writes, and consults actively.
C L E A R E D F O R P R E S S U S E
S H O R T F O R M
Gary Green is one of those rare public figures whose career
resists a single description because it has never operated on
a single track. For more than fifty years he has worked
simultaneously as an investigative journalist, folk musician,
casino and gaming executive, author, labor organizer, and
stage producer, building credentials in each field that
would constitute a complete career on their own. His three
albums in the Smithsonian Folkways permanent collection
place him alongside the defining voices of the American
folk tradition. His induction into the California Music Hall
of Fame and recognition in the Congressional Record mark
a public life that has crossed the boundaries between art,
commerce, and civic engagement. As a gaming industry
executive he has generated documented revenue increases
and developed nation-to-nation licensing frameworks for
tribal nation gaming at the international regulatory level.
His more than twenty published books span investigative
nonfiction, business strategy, and fiction, with active film
and television development underway across multiple
titles. He continues to speak, perform, write, and consult
across all of his fields.
L O N G F O R M
S T O R Y A N G L E S
Three angles, any of which works as a starting point
The Man Who Did Everything
— At The Same Time
Two different podcast hosts booked
Gary Green for a single episode and
ended up extending into multiple
conversations of equal length
because the story kept going. A
Smithsonian Folkways recording
artist. A California Music Hall of
Fame inductee. A casino executive.
An investigative journalist. An
author of more than twenty books.
A labor organizer. A stage producer.
Not in sequence. Simultaneously,
across five decades, at a high level
in each field. One host compared
him to the most interesting man in
the world. Audiences keep asking
for more. The complete story has
never fit into a single sitting.
The Folksinger Who Lived the
Story Before He Wrote It
The Legend Dies On opens with a
loaded revolver pressed against
Gary Green's skull inside a mayor's
office. What followed was a decade
living underground as a fugitive, an
eventual arrest, and exoneration.
The book documents how Green's
songs made him a target of FBI
surveillance, drew a lawsuit from
CBS Inc. and Bob Dylan, and put
him inside one of the most
turbulent chapters of American
cultural history alongside Johnny
Cash, Phil Ochs, and Tupac Shakur.
His three albums in the
Smithsonian Folkways permanent
collection are the documented
record of a life that was genuinely
dangerous to live.
A Lifelong Advocate for
Tribal Sovereignty
Gary Green's relationship with
Native American communities
predates casino gaming, beginning
in the early 1970s when, as a young
folksinger and activist, he raised
funds for the American Indian
Movement's fight for tribal
sovereignty at Wounded Knee. That
advocacy evolved over five decades
into direct operational work on
behalf of tribal nations, reforming
exploitative contracts and helping
bring professional gaming
management to tribes across
Oklahoma, Montana, and
California. His book Osceola's
Revenge documents that history
from the inside.
W H A T O T H E R S H A V E S A I D
“Class act. Gary Green has
brought Las Vegas flamboyance
and big profits”
Indian Gaming Business
"Hell, there should be a 'Ballad
of Gary Green.'"
Pete Seeger
"A Magic Man... with Barnum-like
vigor. It is hard to argue with a
strategy that has increased
revenue by 59.1%."
Casino Journal
"Gary Green's influence cannot be overstated. When he
steps into our trade show booth, everyone gets quiet to
hear what he is going to say."
Monica Maciel
CEO, Talent Concepts Inc.
"Every casino marketer should read it. Green's book is
different. Everyone in the industry should read it."
Buddy Frank
CDC Gaming
S P O N S O R S H I P & P A R T N E R S H I P
Gary Green's combined audience reaches 5,470,000 people, drawn from 4.3 million online followers, fans, and group members
across social media and email, and 1.17 million in-person attendees at events where he is scheduled to appear in the next twelve
months. More than half of that audience earns $100,000 or more annually. Sponsorship arrangements are structured around the
specific goals of each partner. Inquiries are welcome through the contact below.
P R E S S & M E D I A C O N T A C T
Tim Troke
Frogwater Media / Creative Management Partners
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