1. Brett Edward Garsed was born on 20 April 1963 and is an Australian guitarist, best known for his work as a guitarist with John Farnham and T J Helmerich, as well as being a former member of the rock band Nelson.
11 Facts About Brett Garsed
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Brett Garsed was featured on Derek Sherinian's solo records Planet X and Planet X's Quantum, and more recently Sherinian's Molecular Heinosity.
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In July 1985, Brett Garsed was featured in Guitar Player magazine's "Spotlight" column, which was devoted to exposing new talent to the rest of the world.
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Brett Garsed continued to tour and record with Farnham until early 1989, when he was invited to the US to audition for Nelson, a band led by Gunnar and Matthew, sons of the late Ricky Nelson.
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In early 1990, Brett Garsed recorded Centrifugal Funk for Mark Varney's label Legato Records, an intense guitar album featuring Frank Gambale and Shawn Lane.
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For most of 1991 Brett Garsed toured the US with Nelson, and spent '92 recording Quid Pro Quo with Chicago-born guitarist T J Helmerich after the duo decided to sign to Varney's label.
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Brett Garsed returned to Australia after 14 years in Los Angeles and completed the seven-month-long "Last Time" tour with John Farnham.
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In 2007, Brett Garsed toured with Paul Stanley on his Live to Win tour.
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In 2011, Brett Garsed took part in the John Farnham "Whispering Jack - 25th Anniversary" tour around Australia, revisiting the parts he created on Australia's highest selling locally made album.
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Brett Garsed is mainly an improviser guitarist, renowned for his legato and hybrid picking technique, a combination that provides him with an extremely fluid sound to his playing.
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Brett Garsed has mastered a distinctive slide guitar sound, specially noticeable in his latest releases.