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 Created
just six years ago, the Grasshoppers are an unusually
close-knit group, consisting of lifelong friends and a father-son
team. The band traces its origins to a 1978 encounter between
Glenn and rhythm guitarist Glen Garrett, then a recent transplant
from California, at Weiser, Idaho’s National Old-Time Fiddler’s
Contest And Festival. Though the two hit it off immediately,
it was more than a decade before they were able to join forces
in the same band. In the meantime, Glen’s son Jeremy, who plays
fiddle and shares lead vocals, had befriended Honi Glenn, a
Texas native who had grown up singing gospel music with her
mother before moving to Idaho as a teenager. When Glen heard
Honi sing at a talent show contest Jeremy was also entered in,
he was struck by her rich talent, and before long, Randy, Glen
and Honi were entertaining visitors at a nearby ski resort.
When Jeremy returned from college, he joined them, and the Grasshoppers
were born.
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