AMOS GARRETT

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Revered as one of the top guitar players in Alberta, the reputation Amos Garrett has spent over four decades building spans beyond the geography of the Prairies, reaching into the U.S. and overseas.

Curling up with Garrett’s beloved 14-year-old pointer, Maggie, on his plush sofa, which rests in the living room of his unpretentious country-style home in High River, AB, quickly makes one realize that despite the two-time Juno Award winner’s impressive musical achievements, he leads a quiet home life, centered around his other passions: fly fishing, bird hunting and training bird dogs.

Born in Detroit, but raised in Toronto, Garrett moved through piano and trombone lessons, remarking that neither instrument suited him, before finding the guitar at the age of 14. Within a year, Garrett was gigging.

“I just sort of took to the guitar – it suited me and I guess I had gotten over my awkward years as a teen.
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AMOS GARRETT Go Cat Go album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Go Cat Go
Blues 1980
AMOS GARRETT The Electric Guitar of Amos Garrett album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Electric Guitar of Amos Garrett
Blues 1980
AMOS GARRETT Amosbehavin' album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Amosbehavin'
Blues 1982
AMOS GARRETT The Return of the Formerly Brothers album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
The Return of the Formerly Brothers
Blues 1988
AMOS GARRETT I Make My Home in My Shoes album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
I Make My Home in My Shoes
Blues 1989
AMOS GARRETT Third Man In album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Third Man In
Blues 1992
AMOS GARRETT Buried Alive in the Blues album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Buried Alive in the Blues
Blues 2001
AMOS GARRETT Acoustic Album album cover 5.00 | 1 ratings
Acoustic Album
Blues 2004
AMOS GARRETT Get Way Back (A Tribute to Percy Mayfield) album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
Get Way Back (A Tribute to Percy Mayfield)
Blues 2008
AMOS GARRETT Jazzblues album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Jazzblues
Blues 2013

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AMOS GARRETT Live in Japan album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live in Japan
Blues 1990
AMOS GARRETT Off the Floor Live! album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Off the Floor Live!
Blues 1996

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