… You go from 16 to maybe 21, and then by 21 you’re already having sex … and that changes your whole world. In the teen idol world, the longest a teen idol can last-unless they change and become an adult with their music-is five years. My career ended musically, as far as were concerned, when the five-year contract was over and I was, like, 21 or 22, whereas I was trying to let them in on my vision.

Who knows if they were going through my stuff or whatever.Īs a teenager in the business, I feel like you’d have a lot of pressure from people telling you what to do. It turned out that a couple of girls had bribed the maids to let them in the room and they were waiting there for me when I got there. I was playing in the Houston Astrodome, and we just finished the show and were coming back to the hotel, and my manager happened to notice that under the door … the light was being reflected in an odd way-like someone was in the room pacing or something. What’s the weirdest encounter you’ve had with a fan that you can say on the record? We’ve got $100 meet-and-greets, and we’ve got $50 meet-and-greets. … And then we’re doing some cover songs, so I don’t want to give anything away.ĭo you expect to see some of your faithful followers from the 70s? Some of my old stuff from back in the 70s and doing newer stuff. … I was thinking it was going to be called Hair Band, since everybody’s got so much going on with the beards and hair. … They’re mostly metal-looking guys … but you know, they’ve got the sensitive side too. … And then my friend Billy … put the band together for this gig. We’ve got a local cat named Jeff Willock, and the Chicago-based band, Emperors and Elephants. We’re going to give as much as possible to other charities as well, like the Breast Cancer Society here. Having had gone through cancer in my own family-my mom got level four lung cancer and never smoked a day in her life- expensive … We just want to make sure that they wouldn’t lose everything and that they can have money to take care of all of the reconstructive and aftercare.ĭo all of the proceeds of this concert go to your friend’s family? His and sister-in-law just bought in, like, November/December a nice big farm and a nice big piece of land and everything, and basically found out in January she has level three breast cancer. It all started my friend Billy Lee, who is a native from here … born and raised in Broad Ripple, Indiana. Tell me about Saturday’s show and how it came it about. Here is the Q&A below, edited down for clarity: The Current had a chance to catch up with Garrett at Kingston’s Music Showcase in Carmel, where he and the new band have been practicing. All of the proceeds are going to a local cancer patient, whom Garrett hardly knows.

Though his teen idol days are over, Garrett will be performing at The Vogue in Indianapolis July 25 with a group of local artists.

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