Hi, I'm Kit Garoutte. Welcome to my official website!
I am a professional fingerstyle guitarist and singer-songwriter, and an abstract painter based in the Portland/Vancouver/Columbia Gorge region of the Pacific Northwest United States.
Above images...(image 1) Myself playing solo at Maryhill Winery. In a duo with the talented in-demand bassist and singer Ted Swenson in venues like those shown here, (image 2) at Beachcrest Brewing in the Salishan Market in Gleneden Beach, OR and (image 3) at MoCo in Mosier, OR. The great jazz guitar master John Stowell and myself are shown in a couple of the slides playing (image 4 & 5) a concert at the Winthrop Library in Winthrop, WA this past summer. I've played many a time with my old friend, jazz bassist extraordinaire David Captein, shown here playing with me (image 6) at Maryhill Winery on the beautiful Vancouver WA Waterfront. Moe Dixon and myself did many a show together. Here you see us at (image 7) a live show at The Pines 1852 Winery in Hood River, OR and during a (image 8) live radio broadcast hosted by Dan Ross in The Dalles, OR. House concerts (image 9) in White Salmon with the incredible keyboardist Matt Cooper and (image 10) in Hood River with the extraordinary singer/songwriter Nancy Cook were a blast. The piano trio shown with a couple of former groovin' bandmates, keyboardist/vocalist/songwriter Tim Mayer and drummer Mike Grodner in Seattle was one of many fun performances the three of us did together as ThreeForm in the Columbia Gorge. The final image was from a studio session recording some tracks when I was with Tim Schneider & One Mile South (PDX version).
To see my schedule of live performances, check out the schedule in SHOWS.
To hear some samples of my music see MUSIC SAMPLES/LINKS.
To find all of my recordings done as a solo artist, official member of a duo, group, or leader see my DISCOGRAPHY.
To receive emails about my upcoming shows, contact me at kitgaroutte@gmail.com.
Time to make some more music my friends!