Background information
Born	May 1955 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)	Singer-Songwriter
Instruments	Guitar, fiddle, vocals
Labels	Snow Goose
Website	garnetrogers.com

Garnet Rogers (born May 1955) is a Canadian folk musician, singer, songwriter and composer. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario with roots in Nova Scotia.^[1] He began his professional career working with his brother, folk musician Stan Rogers,^[2] and arranging Stan's music.

Garnet Rogers (born May 1955) is a Canadian folk musician, singer, songwriter and composer. He began his professional career working with his brother, folk musician Stan Rogers, and arranging Stan's music.Since Stan Rogers' death in 1983, Garnet Rogers has pursued his own career. Since then, Garnet Rogers has established himself as ‘One of the major talents of our time”. Hailed by the Boston Globe as a “charismatic performer and singer”, Garnet is a man with a powerful physical presence – close to six and a half feet tall – with a voice to match. Shop jack rogers shoes at Bloomingdales.com. Free Shipping and Free Returns for Loyallists or Any Order Over $150! New Year’s Buy More, Save More: Take 20-30% off items labeled with promo code NEWYEARS. Jack Rogers Boots. Jack Rogers Kids. Jack Rogers Sale. Jack by BB DAKOTA.

Career[edit]

Despite and ever since Stan Rogers' death on June 2, 1983 (just a few weeks before Stan, Garnet and bass player Jim Morison were to tour America), Garnet Rogers has pursued his own career.^[3]

At first, Garnet had difficulty getting a permit from the U.S. Immigration Service, which only granted one after a campaign on his behalf was launched by Odetta, The Boston Globe, and a PBS TV station in New York.^{[citation needed]}

Garnet Rogers Songs

While his brother's style of writing was more traditional and often based on Canadian Maritime styles, Garnet's style is more modern, utilizing influences from blues, rock, country/bluegrass, and classical.^[4]

Rogers' instruments include the guitar, mandolin, violin, and flute. In live performances, he usually sits beside a guitar rack that includes three vintage Gibson acoustic guitars, a National guitar, a Fender Stratocaster, and sometimes a Hammertone Octave 12 (half-scale electric 12-string guitar).^[5]

His songs include The Outside Track, All That Is, Sleeping Buffalo, Night Drive, Under The Summer Moonlight, Summer Lightning, Small Victory, and Frankie and Johnny. They range from slices of life to mild social commentary and humour. His humour is also seen in his on-stage banter between songs,^[2] mostly unrecorded, except for a couple of interludes on his brother's posthumous album, 'Home in Halifax'. In addition, Garnet has covered other folk artists' work, including Roy Forbes' (Bim's) Woh Me, and Archie Fisher's The Final Trawl. His collaborators include Doug McArthur and Doug Long.^[6]

Garnet has also written 'Night Drive' a memoir of his travels with his brother Stan Rogers, who died in a fire aboard an Air Canada Flight in 1983.^[7]

Personal life[edit]

Garnet lives on a farm in Brantford, Ontario,^[2] where his wife Gail raises champion thoroughbreds. They also own a house in Nova Scotia.

Garnet Rogers Wife

Solo albums[edit]

Garnet Rogers (1984)
The Outside Track (1985)
Speaking Softly in the Dark (1988)
Small Victories (1990)
At A High Window (1992)
Summer Lightning [Live] (1994)
Night Drive (1996)
Sparrow's Wing (1999)
Firefly (2001)
Shining Thing (2004)
Get a Witness [Live] (2007)
Summer's End (2014)

Other albums[edit]

Off the Map with Archie Fisher (1986)
Doug McArthur with Garnet Rogers (1989)
All That Is (The Songs of Garnet Rogers) (2002) [Red House Records]
Live at the Black Sheep (2003)
The Best Times After All [Live] with Archie Fisher (2019)

References[edit]

^'Garnet Rogers'. Fleming Artists. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
^ ^a^b^c'Garnet Rogers bringing solo act and seven or eight guitars'. Peterborough Examiner. March 17, 2010. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
^'Folk legend sings in support of Go Go Grannies'. Orangeville Banner. March 17, 2010. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
^'Garnet Rogers electrifying'. CANOE. July 27, 2007. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
^'Garnet Rogers delivers superb concert'. Waterloo Region Record. March 1, 2009. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
^'Album One of Finest from Fred Eaglesmith'. Guelph Mercury. May 29, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
^'Stan Rogers bio'. Borealis Records. Retrieved June 27, 2018.

External links[edit]

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