Snuff Garrett, 1939-2015

[rn57]

Last Thursday Thomas Lesslie Garrett, known more familiarly as Snuff, died in Arizona. Below, his NY Times obit - which explains how he got that nickname. It's a rare thing to listen to an oldies station for a day or two without hearing at least one of his productions.  RIP

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/24/arts/music/snuff-garrett-record-producer-dies-at-76.html

PS - here's another obit listing his highest-charting records. That's still just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to his work.

http://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2015/12/passings-producer-snuff-garrett-1939.html

[JK]

That's a real shame. The first ten years in that list of Garrett's productions read like a soundtrack of my school days, particularly the Gene McDaniels and Bobby Vee songs. R.I.P., sir.