The Formerly Brothers

Often called the Previously Brothers, Amos Garrett (Ian & Sylvia, Maria Muldaur, Paul Butterfield’s Better Days), Doug Sahm (Sir Douglas Quintet) and Gene Taylor (the Blasters, Big Joe Turner, Rick Nelson, Canned Heat) formed on the 1986 Edmonton Folk Festival, playing roots-rock, country, R&B, folk and blues. Therefore well-known was the functionality and following tour of Canada which the group documented The Return from the Previously Brothers in 1988; it had been released in the us by Rykodisc. The record also features drummer Bohdan Hluszko and bassist Package Johnson.