Vernon Garrett has been played on NTS in shows including Manila Times w/ Vex Ruffin & Possiblemusic, featured first on 27 January 2018. Songs played include Dill Pickle And A Peppermint Stick and We People In The Ghetto.

Born: Jan. 18, 1933 in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A. When he was 15 he sang with local gospel groups like the Southern Wonders. Claude Jeter of the Swan Silvertones heard him when he opened for them and the Soul Stirrers. For a short time he was with the Swan Silvertones. He then went into the service aboard the USS Sarsfield EDD 837 in the Korean war. "After I…