R. J. Garn

I grew up in rural Utah in the 1950s, and started writing and performing music when I was 12 years old. I learned music from my grandfather, who played the banjo and loved Hank Williams. I left home at 14 with my guitar. I traveled the United States doing what work i could get to support my music habit. Spent time in the military, drove tractor trailer, guided desert trips, all the while playing whenever I could. I tried the big music scene in San Francisco and LA in the 70s, but I’m not cut out for that world. I’m A desert rat, so I went back to the desert. In 1983, I moved to a remote ranch near Capitol Reef National Park in Utah. I bought a 4 track Fostex recorder. I could drag it out into the desert and run it from my truck battery. I recorded 3 albums this way, DESERT MAGIC, DESERT RAT, and LIVE FROM MOONFLOWER MESA. I have a spinal cord disease which ground me down so I couldn’t record or perform from about mid 1990’s - 2013. I finally got the pain under control and I’ve just finished a new ten album collection. It Includes the albums Desert Magic, Desert Rat, Live From Moonflower Mesa, recordings from Ed Abbeys Moab house, a double Live album recorded at Star Hall in Moab, 1994, stuff from the sixties and more. Its titled Retrospective. Release date was April 2019. For info email me at desertmagic505@gmail.com ENJOY!