简介：byLindaSeida DetroitnativeAmosGarrettbeganworkingasaprofessionalguitaristnorthoftheborderinToronto.ThereheplayedwiththeDirtyShames,afolkjugband,beforemovingontothecountryrockorientedGreatSpeckledBirdattheinvitationofIanandSylviaTyson.MariaMuldaur's"MidnightattheOasis"featureshisguitarplaying,asdoesAnneMurray's"Snowbird."OtherartistswhohaveutilizedhistalentincludeStevieWonder,EmmylouHarris,JesseWinchester,PaulButterfield,HungryChuck,andGeoffMuldaur.HisstudioworkledhimtoCalifornia,andhecontinuedtorecordwithotherartists.Later,withtheEhTeambackinghim,Garrettalsoputouthisownrecordings,morethanhalfadozenonStonyPlainRecords.In1989,hisalbumTheReturnoftheFormerlyBrothers,garneredaJunoAward.ThereleasealsofeaturedGeneTaylor(formerlyofDownchild,theBlasters,andlaterwiththeFabulousThunderbirds)andDougSahmoftheTexasTornados.GarrettandtheEhTeamcontinuetoplaynightspotsinCanada,whereheresidesinAlberta.HetouredJapanin1990,withstopsinKyoto,Osaka,andTokyo.Theconcertstherefoundtheirwayontoalivealbum.