Music of the Mountains: Jeremy Garrett and His Band

For many, music is a way of coping with difficult feelings. The joy and comfort that music brings is generational, and Jeremy Garrett knows that intimately. That’s mainly thanks to his father, Glen, the first president of the Idaho Bluegrass Association.Around the age of 12, Glen’s parents bought him a guitar after their dog passed away. He found solace in this guitar, embracing bluegrass music and establishing a reputation on his block for his guitar playing.Later, Glen received an instrument from another grieving neighbor: an older man who lost his wife to cancer. Having played in the local symphony, she owned a violin made in 1914, and her husband simply couldn’t get rid of it when she passed.However, as time passed, the older man found it harder to look at the violin without experiencing feelings of grief. He decided to give the fiddle to Glen, telling him that he would know what to do with it.Glen stuck with the guitar and never learned to play fiddle. When he passed it on to his son, Jeremy embraced it.That is the instrument he has played for his entire life.Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record Better off Dead here. Support the showThank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below.If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact:Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chief, at [email protected] Hickman, multimedia producer, at [email protected] Lammers, podcast host, at [email protected] inquiries: [email protected] to our website for all of the latest news. Subscribe to The Mountain-Ear in print and online.Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website.Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.earListen and watch on YouTube today.Share this podcast by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout.Thank you for listening!