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"GET WAY BACK" (A Tribute to Percy Mayfield)
Available for shipping on April 8/08
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What they are saying about "GET WAY BACK"

"Garrett might have met his perfect match on this tribute to singer-songwriter Percy Mayfield. Amos Garrett's guitar work is a soulful blend of elegant rhythmic attack and scintillating lead lines. He has a way of turning the normal into the improbable, kind of like changing the rules of algebra, but they still work.Performing Mayfield's music, he sneaks up on the emotions of the song's with a weathered voice that feels like it's coming from a favorite friend.Get Way Back is one of those albums that just had to be made, but still is a swinging suprise."

-- Sun Newspapers -- Los Angeles, Ca. May 16/08.

"Besides booming, forceful baritone and teeming guitar solos and riffs,Garrett's adaptations are fortified by excellent horn section arrangements from Dave Babcock, and some stirring keyboard and organ contributions from Ken Whiteley and Ron Casat.Garrett's versions never lose either the flavor or the impact that their creator envisioned."

-- Nashville City Paper -- May 2/08

"Garrett's smooth baritone voice, his sublime guitar playing and superb band arrangements are a perfect fit for the masterful songs of Percy Mayfield, "the poet laureate of the blues."

-- Montreal Gazette -- May 15/08

"Garrett,an Alberta transplant from Detroit via T.O. and Montreal, has arguably made the best record of a damn good (and long) career,paying homage to Percy Mayfield with suitably understated delivery and big time blues chops."

-- Calgary Herald -- May 9/08

"Get Way Back is such a masterpiece and powerful musical statement that it leads listeners to think the marriage of Garrett's multiple gifts and Mayfield's wondrous songbook was determined by some otherworldly force."

Edmonton Journal -- May 3/08

" Amos Garrett has completed a stirring tribute to one of the best loved and most prolific writers in all of blues.Get Way Back may well be the masterpiece in Amos' long and storied career!" Until next time...

Don and Sheryl Crow.-- Music City Blues, Nashville,Tenn. May 22/08

Amos has a new instructional DVD out!

In this master class for the intermediate/advanced guitar player, Amos generously shares the knowledge he has acquired over the years. He takes his version of the Santo and Johnny classic, Sleepwalk, and teaches the bends and licks he uses for that song in a clear, concise manner. Then, he takes each bend and teaches how to incorporate them into your playing and how they work over various chords. This is the ultimate Amos Garrett lesson!

To order or view a sample visit www.learnrootsmusic.com