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All of the music on the Streetnote label was recorded live in the streets.
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All of the music on the Streetnote label was recorded live in the streets.
Enjoy!
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Don Garrett
"I go back to the draft and was in the army, from 60 to 62…I’m an old dude. And, while I was in, I came from Texas to California, down in Monterey. Anyways, I got out of the army a little bit early to get back to school, but that was bogus, cause all I wanted to do was bang on my guitar and sing the blues, you know."
"...And so a friend of mine and me, packed a duffle bag and a guitar, and we got in a Cadillac, some kind of ‘drive to California’ deal. Came to California in 63, 64. Actually, I was in Dallas on the day that Kennedy got shot so it had to be probably 64. So I came out to sing and played at lots of bars, coffee houses, clubs…it was the folk era, you know. It was a great time..."
San Francisco was the only place to be. And I kind of lived the life of what was going on, there was a lot going on, a lot of bad stuff going down. All you know about are the big name people, Janis Joplin, (we use to play in the same place) Hendrix, people that died…But the music was great and it was a great time overall. Lots of people paid a heavy price. How and why I got through it, god only knows. But anyway, I sung and played around for several years. I never really pursued a commercial career, I just shrugged it off. Anyway, I kind of got to the end of things, there was nothing left to get out of it. I knew it in my heart. The music was still there but there had to be a change…
In 1971, the Lord called my name and I got gloriously saved. I won’t go into it but that’s what happened to me, on a Saturday in April 1971. I’ve been in church for the last 30 years. Anyways, I just came back to the streets about five years ago, and not to sound too mystical, I felt like I should, spiritually speaking. It’s weird, I wonder why in the hell I’m on the street sometimes and a lot of people ask me what I’m doing out here."
"I go back to the draft and was in the army, from 60 to 62…I’m an old dude. And, while I was in, I came from Texas to California, down in Monterey. Anyways, I got out of the army a little bit early to get back to school, but that was bogus, cause all I wanted to do was bang on my guitar and sing the blues, you know."
"...And so a friend of mine and me, packed a duffle bag and a guitar, and we got in a Cadillac, some kind of ‘drive to California’ deal. Came to California in 63, 64. Actually, I was in Dallas on the day that Kennedy got shot so it had to be probably 64. So I came out to sing and played at lots of bars, coffee houses, clubs…it was the folk era, you know. It was a great time..."
San Francisco was the only place to be. And I kind of lived the life of what was going on, there was a lot going on, a lot of bad stuff going down. All you know about are the big name people, Janis Joplin, (we use to play in the same place) Hendrix, people that died…But the music was great and it was a great time overall. Lots of people paid a heavy price. How and why I got through it, god only knows. But anyway, I sung and played around for several years. I never really pursued a commercial career, I just shrugged it off. Anyway, I kind of got to the end of things, there was nothing left to get out of it. I knew it in my heart. The music was still there but there had to be a change…
In 1971, the Lord called my name and I got gloriously saved. I won’t go into it but that’s what happened to me, on a Saturday in April 1971. I’ve been in church for the last 30 years. Anyways, I just came back to the streets about five years ago, and not to sound too mystical, I felt like I should, spiritually speaking. It’s weird, I wonder why in the hell I’m on the street sometimes and a lot of people ask me what I’m doing out here."
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| Recorded by | tim nutt |
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