Our Staff
Meet the crazies who keep the store running.
Larry Garris - Owner, Corner Music and Corner Audio & Video larry@cornermusic.com
- Opened Corner Music in 1976
- A former Aria guitar rep, Larry now sells countless brands from over 200 vendors
- Holds a degree in Zoology from Wingate University, with additional studies in Wildlife Biology at North Carolina State University
Memorable music moment:
“Sitting down for an hour with Leo Fender and chatting at the 1988 NAMM show was certainly a high point.”
Dan Mills - Floor Manager (Adult Supervision) dan@cornermusic.com
- 25 years in vintage guitar business, 9 as manager of Gruhn Guitars
- 5 years with Gibson Guitars Bluegrass and Custom Shop
- Studied mandolin and guitar with Jethro Burns (of country icons Homer and Jethro)
Memorable music moment:
Dan has plenty of stories, but he's too nice to tell them.
Stefan Superti - Guitar Sales/Tech Support stefan@cornermusic.com
- BA in Liberal Arts from Bard College. Majored in Jazz Guitar Performance, Arranging, and Composition
- Learned the basics of audio engineering while interning at Clubhouse recording studio in upstate New York
- Professional guitarist, plays Jazz, Funk, Americana, Rock
- Ardent tinkerer and general factotum
Memorable music moment:
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Nolan Lucas - Acoustic Instrument Specialist nolan@cornermusic.com
- Degrees in Vocal Performance, Sociology and Commercial Music Business
- Guitar/Band Tech for Faith Hill; Patty Loveless; Amy Grant; Switchfoot; Little Big Town; Steven Curtis Chapman; Michael W. Smith; Sixpence None the Richer
- Taught Music at a German boarding school
Memorable music moment:
“Being asked to sit in with Amy Grant’s band (on tour).”
Ronnie Brooks - Online Content Coordinator ronnie@cornermusic.com
- Created and produced music for national commercials (Budweiser, Chevy, Coke)
- Songs recorded by Kid Rock, Joe Perry (Aerosmith), Bob Welch (Fleetwood Mac)
- TV themes and cues include “Oprah,” “Baseball Tonight,” several CMT specials
- Contributes entertainment/guitar-related articles to several online and print magazines
Memorable music moment:
“Hearing myself on Super Bowl commercials was always pretty exciting (one year I was involved in three different Super Bowl ads). But playing bass with Chuck Berry, producing Dolly Parton—and seeing the Beatles live—those may be hard to top.”
Jeff Marple - Guitar Repairs
- Over 20 years in guitar repair and set-up
- Past clients include: U2, John Frusciante, Dimebag Darryl, Dolly Parton, Hank Williams Jr., Alison Krauss, Steve Winwood
- Intensely camera-shy
- You can follow Jeff on Instagram @jeff_marple. He likes to post guitars and projects he's working on.. who knows, your instrument might show up on his page.
Memorable music moment:
“I was repairing a guitar for Mac Davis, when he did a little one-man concert right there, playing “In The Ghetto.” I’ve worked on a lot of famous people’s guitars, but I got all geeky on that one—knowing who’d recorded that song and what it meant.”