Garret T. Willie
Downtown Jazz
“Canada’s next big thing in down-and-dirty blues guitardom” (Toronto Star), Garret T. Willie gives rock ‘n’ roll a formidable 21st-century kick in the ass with heartbreaking, hilarious stories and hard-stomping hardscrabble blues. Hailing from Kingcome Inlet, off the coast of BC, the uncommonly wise, witty and weathered 24-year-old’s backstory gives him more right than most to sing the blues, but there’s a helluva lot of raunchy fun going on alongside the exorcisms of tragedy and trauma.
Schooled in all the right stuff, from Howlin’ Wolf, Albert King, and Muddy Waters, to Chuck Berry, the Stones, and AC/DC, with a little outlaw country flavour on the side, Garret T. Willie absolutely rips it up with the gut-busting honesty of someone who knows that if you ain’t lived it, you shouldn’t sing it.
With Garret T. Willie guitar/vox, Adam Baines bass/vox, Bradley Lambert guitar/vox, and Michael Wilford drums.
Presented in association with Talking Stick Festival.
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