Joly replaces Galster as head of stores: Guitar Center.(RETAILER UPDATE)

Music Trades, October, 2008

GENE JOLY HAS RETURNED to Guitar Center retail as the executive vice president of stores. The industry veteran will be leading the GC retail sales organization and bringing with him a wealth of industry experience. Joly started his m.i. career in 1975 at E.U. Wurlitzer Music & Sound in Boston, where he eventually rose to the position of president & COO.

In 1996 he left to become director of business development at Thoroughbred Music in Clearwater, and after two years became TASCAM division manager. He joined Guitar Center in 2002 as ...