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VACAVILLE — Gary Anthony grew up in the music business. His father was a bigband director.

He remembers being memorized by the music, performers, singers and bands of the Golden Era. “It was so intense for me that I literally missed the Beatle era of my generation,” he wrote in press materials.

Anthony began singing with his dad’s band when he was 7. As a teen, he would listen to “Sinatra at the Sand,” saying he felt it as Sinatra’s best live performance.

In the 1970s, Anthony was part of The Allens, which recorded the song “High Tide” penned by the Osmonds. The family band appeared on Johnny Carson and “American Bandstand” as well

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A Salute to Sinatra starring Gary Anthony 3 p.m. April 16 Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre, 1010 Ulatis Drive. www.vpat.net www.sinatratrib.com as numerous teen magazines in that era.

He continued in show business, behind the scenes, before deciding he had to sing Sinatra.

In the early 1990s, he packed up his bags and headed to Las Vegas. “I didn’t want to be 80 years old and miss this passion that has been haunting me for