About Band
Meet the Josh Garrett Band
Band Members
Josh Garrett - Guitar/Vocals
Terry Cheramie - Drums
Clay White - Harp/Vocals
Matthew Chauvin - Bass/Vocals
Hometown - Houma, LA
Josh Garrett Music LLC manages "The Josh Garrett Band", formerly "Josh Garrett and The Bottomline". Please feel free to post here or email thejoshgarrettband@gmail.com for booking, album information or other inquiries.
Josh Garrett is a Blues singer and guitar player from New Roads, LA. He and his family relocated to the bayou town of Houma, LA (Terrebonne Parish) when he was a young child. While growing up in Houma, Josh was exposed to Cajun, Zydeco, and Blues music at the local music festivals. He picked up his father’s guitar when he was 12 years old and started writing songs soon after.
By age 20, he was performing several times a week in downtown Houma, LA. At age 24, Garrett was deployed with the Army to Iraq, and his music interests were put on hold for a while. Early in his 26th year he returned to the United States and civilian life with a handful of songs that were written during his deployment overseas. These songs would become his first album entitled, “Changed Man”.
Garrett then started to travel regionally with his band (then known as the “Bottomline”) to promote his new album. In late 2008, he relocated to Nashville, TN, under contract to perform three nights a week at a club on Historic Printer's Alley. While there he recorded his second album, “Live on Printer’s Alley” - a double live album released November 20, 2009.
In 2010, Garrett returned to Louisiana, and began work on his third album, "String of Problems”. He says about his return, “I was rejuvenated by moving back to Louisiana; I love it here so much. It’s my home. My family is here. My life is here. I think the music on the record reflects that.” The album, “String of Problems” was released by The Josh Garrett Band in August of 2011.
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