Gary Davenport is a songwriter and composer who has been recording and performing since 1976 and was the founding member of the local progressive folk/post punk group Mannequin and later a founding member of world music group Himmel and later rock group Red Square. He created the recording label Closet Records in 1978 along with Mark Champion which featured recordings from Mannequin and other local artists, Mike Escamilla and punk band the Rejects. An album from Red Square was released in 1987. Gary later created the label, MuseMyth Recordings. He has released 3 albums through the label; Vita Nova, Wonder Slips Away, and The Door Into Summer which was voted second best album of 2015 at the San Antonio Music Awards. He signed with the Numero Group in 2019 who released a compilation LP of his early works with Mannequin and other solo & collaborative works entitled, Scattered Thoughts--Num197. He is currently a member of the experimental art group DMT. An album of their music will be released in early November 2023 and is entitled, The Ghost of Memory.