Steve Gatlin

. He's a GRAMMY award winning country singer, as part of the record breaking trio, The Gatlin Brothers, whose signature song All the Gold in California demonstrates harmonies that only families can produce. Steve also received a Dove award nomination for his solo Christian-Country CD, Love Can Carry. His long list of television and stage appearances is nothing short of impressive. So it seems unlikely someone with so much success would spend years wallowing in depression. Steve's message is a universal one: no matter how great or small our station in life, we all must deal with very human problems. Steve believes its okay to tell the world you're "not okay." But it's up to us to seek healing and to get better.

Now, a highly sought after speaker, Steve drives that message home as only someone who's literally walked through the valley of the shadow of death can. He talks candidly about how he and his brothers were snared by the grand illusion that drugs and alcohol are part of the show business lifestyle. And about the challenges of getting clean and letting God put his life back together.

But it was his bout with depression that threatened to shut down Steve's career. When the Gatlin Brothers decided to stop touring as a country music act in 1998, Steve's life was instantly and dramatically changed. It was a mutual decision for them to go their separate ways and pursue other projects. But that one decision cost Steve his celebrity status, his income and his identity. An overwhelming sense of hopelessness and despair soon set in, and he was eventually diagnosed with clinical depression.

You'll be captivated by Steve's candor and honesty as he shares the details of the darkest hours of his depression; how something as simple as choosing which shirt to wear caused him to fall to the floor in the closet and cry for hours. And how he found renewed hope, healing and happiness through his strengthened relationship with God.

Music has been a part of Steve's life since he was a young boy, singing in church. He incorporates his gift of song into his presentation. His musical repertoire includes everything from gospel to country to big band.

Steve is a choice speaker for both corporate and church related events. His message is a timely one and he's incredibly versatile in sharing it, in speech and in song.

If you want a speaker who brings an audience to its knees; an entertainer who brings the house down, book Steve Gatlin