Amos Garrett - wikipedia Amos Garrett This article is about the musician. For the first mayor of Annapolis, see List of mayors of Annapolis, Maryland. Amos Garrett ( 1941 - 11 - 26 ) November 26, 1941 ( age 76 ) Detroit, Michigan, United States Origin Toronto, Ontario, Canada Genres Blues, jazz, R&B, blues rock, country rock Occupation ( s ) Musician, singer, session musician, guitarist, composer Instruments Guitar, vocals, trombone, bass guitar, mandolin, piano Years active 1963 -- present Labels Stony Plain, Bearsville Associated acts Great Speckled Bird, the Cold Club, Hungry Chuck, the Dirty Shames, Better Days, Maria Muldaur, Doug Sahm, Gene Taylor, Geoff Muldaur, Edmonton Folk Music Festival House Band, the ' Eh Team, the Amos Garrett Jazz Trio Website melmusic.com/amos_garrett/index.html Amos Garrett ( born November 26, 1941, in Detroit, Michigan, United States ) is an American - Canadian blues and blues - rock musician, guitarist, singer, composer, and musical arranger. He has written instructional books about music and guitar. Garrett holds dual citizenship and was raised in Toronto and Montreal. He is best known for his guitar solo on Maria Muldaur 's recording `` Midnight at the Oasis ''. He has written books about music, such as `` Amos Garrett -- Stringbending : A Master Class ''. Over the course of his career, Garrett has recorded with more than 150 artists, ranging from Stevie Wonder, Todd Rundgren and Pearls Before Swine to Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt and Martin Mull. He can be heard on Anne Murray 's chart - topping rendition of `` Snowbird ''. The guitarist Jimmy Page, of Led Zeppelin, stated Garrett was one of his favorite American guitar players in a 1975 Rolling Stone interview. Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early years 1.2 Career : 1960s to 1970s 1.3 Frontman 2 Other works 3 Discography 3.1 Selected long - plays 3.2 Compilation inclusions 4 Bibliography 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Biography Early years Garrett was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States, on November 26, 1941. When he was five, he was moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He studied piano and trombone at the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto. At twelve, Garrett relocated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he began playing guitar at fourteen. There, at the Esquire Club, he would learn while watching performers such as Ben E. King, T - Bone Walker, Fats Domino and B.B. King. After an attempt to study English literature at a university in the United States, he chose a career in music and moved back to Toronto in 1962. Career : 1960s to 1970s Garrett 's first professional gig was accompanying Mike Settle at Carnegie Hall in the winter of 1963. Settle was the opening act for the comedian Vaughn Meader. From 1964 to 1967, Garrett played in the Toronto jug / string band, the Dirty Shames, which included Chick Roberts, Jim McCarthy and Carol Robinson. It was during this period that Garrett and Roberts took John Hammond, Jr., to see Levon and the Hawks for the first time. The Hawks would later be recommended by Hammond to Bob Dylan. In 1968, Garrett began a two - year stint of touring and recording with the Canadian duo Ian & Sylvia, which led to becoming a founding member of Great Speckled Bird. This band is featured in the film Festival Express, playing the song `` C.C. Rider '' with members of the Grateful Dead and Delaney Bramlett in 1970. As a special feature on the DVD release of the film, Great Speckled Bird is shown playing the Dylan - Manuel song `` Tears of Rage ''. Garrett moved to Woodstock, New York, in 1970 to play in Maria and Geoff Muldaur 's band. Based there, he performed and recorded with artists that were part of Albert Grossman 's Bearsville stable, such as Bobby Charles, Todd Rundgren and Jesse Winchester, and as a member of Paul Butterfield 's Better Days. Garrett was also a member of Hungry Chuck, another Bearsville act, which was formed of ex -- Great Speckled Bird members. They released an eponymous album in 1972. Garrett also played trombone on two songs for Jerry Garcia 's second solo album, Compliments, released in 1974. He played the guitar solo on Maria Muldaur 's hit single `` Midnight at the Oasis '', which reached number 6 on the Billboard chart in June 1974. After living in Boston for two years, Garrett moved to San Francisco in 1976 to pursue session work. There, he continued as member and bandleader of Maria Muldaur 's group until 1978, toured the R&B circuits of North America, and recorded with more than 150 artists. Frontman `` I wanted to sing. I loved to sing, but there was no way I could do so being a hired gun for bands. '' -- Amos Garrett In 1978, Garrett decided to pursue fronting his own project, left Muldaur 's group, and began releasing material through Stony Plain Records, a label based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. His first solo album was 1980 's Go Cat Go, which was followed by Amosbehavin in 1982. He formed his backup band, the Eh Team, around this time. Garrett shared performing and recording duties and co-wrote two songs for the 1988 album The Return of the Formerly Brothers with the late Doug Sahm and the pianist Gene Taylor. Queen Ida sat in on accordion. The album was awarded the inaugural 1989, Juno Award for Best Roots & Traditional Album. A follow - up live album, Live in Japan, was recorded in 1990 from performances by Garrett, Sahm and Taylor in clubs and concert halls in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto. In 1989, Garrett relocated to Turner Valley, Alberta. That year also brought the album I Make My Home in My Shoes, which paid tribute to his boyhood days, especially on `` Stanley Street '', a song written in recollection of the Esquire Club. Garrett began his intermittent role as bandleader and member of the Edmonton Folk Music Festival 's Festival House Band in 1990, reprising it from 1994 to 2000, from 2002 to 2006, and from 2008 to 2012. With Garrett, the band has backed such acts as Richard Thompson, Solomon Burke, Ruth Brown, Rick Danko, Jay McShann, Johnnie Johnson and Rosco Gordon. Third Man In, released in 1992, was a collection of covers and originals. Garrett 's covers were written by the likes of Bobby Charles and Percy Mayfield. Off the Floor Live followed in 1996. It was recorded live with the Eh Team at the Sidetrack Club in Edmonton. The Cold Club was a collaboration with Oscar Lopez, David Wilkie, Karl Roth and Ron Casat. They released an eponymous record in 1996. Maria Muldaur, Mike Lent and Teddy Borowiecki guested on the album. Garrett released Amos Garrett 's Acoustic Album in 2004. It features tracks written by Lead Belly and Hoagy Carmichael, among others. It was nominated for a 2005 Juno Award. This was followed by the 2008 release Get Way Back : A Tribute to Percy Mayfield, which was also nominated for a Juno Award for Blues Album of the year. Garrett was living in High River, Alberta, in 2008. On November 6, 2011, Garrett conducted a clinic and then performed as part of the Sleepwalk Guitar Festival in Toronto. The festival was presented by Six Shooter Records and curated by Luke Doucet. Other works Garrett has authored instructional books about music and guitar. He has also released instructional albums and videos. Garrett is known as `` The Fishin ' Musician ''. He enjoys fishing and hopes to one day catch an Atlantic Salmon of twenty pounds or more. Discography Selected long - plays Year Album Album Artist Label 1969 This Way Is My Way Anne Murray Capitol 1970 Great Speckled Bird Great Speckled Bird Ampex 1972 Hungry Chuck Hungry Chuck Bearsville 1973 Maria Muldaur Maria Muldaur Reprise Paul Butterfield 's Better Days Paul Butterfield 's Better Days Bearsville It All Comes Back 1978 Geoff Muldaur & Amos Garrett Geoff Muldaur & Amos Garrett Stony Plain 1980 Go Cat Go Amos Garrett 1981 Amosbehavin ' The Return of the Formerly Brothers Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm, Gene Taylor Band 1989 I Make My Home in My Shoes Amos Garrett Live in Japan Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm, Gene Taylor Band Third Man In Amos Garrett Off the Floor Live ! The Cold Club The Cold Club Cold Club 2005 Acoustic Album Amos Garrett Stony Plain 2008 Get Way Back : A Tribute to Percy Mayfield Compilation inclusions Year Song Album Label Note 1991 `` Bert 's Boogie '' Saturday Night Blues Stony Plain / CBC Composed by Amos Garrett `` Home in My Shoes '' 15 Years of Stony Plain Stony Plain `` Sure Is a Good Thing '' With Doug Sahm and Gene Taylor `` Talk to Me '' With Doug Sahm and Gene Taylor `` Long, Long Time to Get Old '' 20 Years of Stony Plain With Great Speckled Bird Composed by Ian Tyson `` Small Town Talk '' With Maria Muldaur Composed by Bobby Charles `` Wrong Lake to Catch a Fish '' Composed by Chuck Willis `` Walkin ' Blues '' Absolute Blues Vol. 1 `` Sure Is a Good Thing '' Absolute Blues Vol. 2 With Doug Sahm and Gene Taylor `` Bert 's Boogie '' 25 Years of Stony Plain Composed by Amos Garrett 2006 `` Sam 's Song ( The Happy Tune ) '' 30 Years of Stony Plain Composed by Jack Elliott and Lew Quadling `` Poor Fool Like Me '' Video performance 2007 `` Some Kind of Fool '' The Gift : A Tribute to Ian Tyson Composed by Ian Tyson 2011 `` Get Way Back '' 35 Years of Stony Plain Composed by Percy Mayfield `` Teardrops on Your Letter '' With Doug Sahm and Gene Taylor Bibliography Garrett, Amos ( 2008 ). Stringbending : A Master Class. See also Music of Canada portal Blues Jazz Music of Canada Great Speckled Bird Guitar References ^ Jump up to : `` Amos Garrett : Biography '', StonyPlainRecords official.com. Accessed 30 March 2010 Jump up ^ `` The Durable Led Zeppelin ''. Rolling Stone. 1975 - 03 - 13. Retrieved 2014 - 07 - 11. ^ Jump up to : `` Garrett, Amos '' Archived June 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine... Canadian Encyclopedia. Accessed 30 March 2010. ^ Jump up to : Wilson, L. ( 2009 ) `` Amos Garrett, BeatRoutes A Player of the Month ''. Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine... BeatRoute magazine, Calgary, Alberta. Accessed 30 March 2010. Jump up ^ Bidini, D. ( 1998 ) ). On a Cold Road. p. 17. Jump up ^ Valenteyn, J., Review of Chick Roberts ' Blue Turning Gray, `` John 's Blues Picks, November 2004 '' Archived February 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine., Toronto Blues Society official website. Accessed 23 March 2010. Jump up ^ `` Great Speckled Bird ''. The Cool Groove. Accessed 30 March 2010. Jump up ^ `` Hungry Chuck : History '', The Cool Groove. Accessed 30 March 2010. Jump up ^ `` Past Performers ''. EdmontonFolkFest.org. Accessed 26 September 2011. Jump up ^ `` Performers ''. EdmontonFolkFest.org. Accessed 26 September 2011. Jump up ^ `` The Cold Club '' Archived January 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine., The Cold Club official website, accessed 30 March 2010 Jump up ^ `` The Nominees for the 2009 JUNO Awards Are... ''. National Post. 03 February 2009. Accessed 30 March 2010. Jump up ^ `` Amos Garrett '' Archived April 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine., Sleepwalk Guitar Festival website, accessed 26 September 2011 Jump up ^ Homespun Music Instruction : Amos Garrett. Archived December 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine... Homespun Music Instruction website. Accessed 30 March 2010. Jump up ^ Learn Roots Music : Amos Garrett. Archived February 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Official site of Learn Roots Music. Accessed 30 March 2010. External links Official Amos Garrett Home Page Biography at Allmusic BeatRoute Magazine article on Amos Garrett, 2009 Great Speckled Bird Ian Tyson Sylvia Tyson Amos Garrett Ken Kalmusky Bill Keith Ricky Marcus Buddy Cage N.D. 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Question: who played the guitar solo on midnight at the oasis
Answer: Amos Garrett