About Gil Edwards Gil Edwards is a lifelong musician, storyteller, and seeker of truth. With over 55 years on stage, from smoky barrooms to international tours, his guitar has been both compass and companion. Gil’s writing is grounded in those same hard-won miles, drawing from a life of rhythm, reflection, and raw experience. For him, music wasn’t just a career, it was a way of understanding people, emotion, and the quiet wisdom that only shows up when the crowd goes home. His books, like his songs, carry that spirit: honest, heartfelt, and unafraid to speak plainly. Whether on stage or on the page, Gil plays it like it matters, because it always has.