Rob Garrett’s Tribute to Neil Diamond at The Cannery 1/22/11

Like his legendary counterpart, Rob was born and raised in New York City. His main musical influences while growing up were Elvis, the Beatles, and quite naturally Neil Diamond. In 1974 he moved to Las Vegas along with his parents and younger brother. In 1980 he formed the group 'Rock 'n' Roll Heaven' and for 15 years achieved prominence as the leader and front man of that city’s premiere 'oldies' and classic rock group Rob first saw Neil Diamond in his first Las Vegas concert engagement when he made his Las Vegas debut opening the 'Theater for the Performing Arts' at the Aladdin Hotel/Casino in 1976. "He held the audience including myself spellbound, and broke all existing Las Vegas concert records at that time. I had been a fan since 1969 and I'd always thought that he had written some of the most poignant lyrics I'd ever heard and I knew he had a way of expressing his lyrics and music in a way that no other singer/songwriter had done so before or since". In 1995 Garrett was personally hired by John Stuart and Paul Revere (of 'The Raiders') to portray Neil Diamond in the 'Legends In Concert' show in Honolulu, Hawaii, that city's biggest theatrical show and most popular 'impersonation' type show in the world. What was to be a two-month 'trial' engagement for Rob had ended up being 3 years. "Neil's a phenomenon as witnessed by any of his recent sold out concerts. Anytime he decides to hit the tour circuit he breaks attendance records and always ends up as one of the top 5 ...

Channel: YouTube Video Length: 5m 30s Date Found: Sun, Jan 23 2011 2:34 PM Category: Entertainment Date Produced: Sun, Jan 23 2011 2:03 PM View Count: 0