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In a darkened bedroom, lit only be the amber
glow from an old floor model radio, two young brothers aged
6 and 12 lay in their beds, listening to the country music
broadcasts from the Grand Ol' Opry, and practiced their harmonies.
Two years later, the youngest one was playing the definitive
8-year-old's version of "Desolation Row" on his
ukulele. He soon abandoned that instrument to teach himself
the flute, violin and guitar.
Within ten years, and barely out of high
school, Garnet Rogers was on the road as a full- time working
musician with his older brother Stan. Together they formed
what has come to be accepted as one of the most influential
acts in North American folk music.
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Since then, Garnet Rogers has established himself
as 'One of the major talents of our time". Hailed by the Boston
Globe as a "charismatic performer and singer", Garnet
is a man with a powerful physical presence - close to six and a
half feet tall - with a voice to match. With his "smooth, dark
baritone" (Washington Post) his incredible range, and thoughtful,
dramatic phrasing, Garnet is widely considered by fans and critics
alike to be one of the finest singers anywhere. His music, like
the man himself, is literate, passionate, highly sensitive, and
deeply purposeful. Cinematic in detail, his songs "give expression
to the unspoken vocabulary of the heart" (Kitchener Waterloo
Record). An optimist at heart, Garnet sings extraordinary songs
about people who are not obvious heroes and of the small victories
of the everyday. As memorable as his songs, his over-the-top humour
and lightning-quick wit moves his audience from tears to laughter
and back again.
"Garnet Rogers is capable of awe-inspiring
and unpredictable stuff - and that includes more than just music"
Resolutely independent, Garnet Rogers has turned
down offers from major labels to do his music his own way.
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