Secret History of Chicago Music - Jo Ann Garrett

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Very interesting, thanks for the link. There was a good article on Andre Williams there too.

That's really interesting. There's a lot of other stuff on there that looks equally so. Thank you for posting.

Excellent. Only know/have one of her 45s so will definitely be checking out the others.

The author didn't do much research.  Jo Ann Garrett has lived in the same house in Chicago for decades.  She played at least one show per year 1972-1975.  In 1996 a Chicago newspaper had a preview story about Andre Williams' first Chicago show in 35 years; it stated that Andre's "former protege and ex-wife, singer Jo Ann Garrett," would perform.  And in 2008 she performed at a Chicago club.  There may have been other performances that were not included in club listings of Chicago papers.  The author of this should have done more than ask a few mates about her.