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What others are saying:

“Jeff Mamett … , old school, country troubadour … a natural sound… rich, resonant vocals… simple yet sincere… a combination of Waylon Jennings and Roger Miller, rousing fiddles and surefire rhythms.”

- Lee Zimmerman; Gold Mine Magazine, March 2019


Carry Me Back/Jeff Mamett is on Making A Scene Magazine's list of top 40 Americana CD's for 2018

— Viola Krouse- Making a Scene Magazine December 2018

Guy Clark-style songwriting...he paints vivid worlds...and makes them more colourful with flourishes of Western flair and John Prine-level wordplay

— Wide Open Country’s Artists to Watch: Bobby Moore, September 2018

JEFF MAMETT/Carry Me Back: ... hits all the right notes in unfurling it's vast charms, you ain't heard nothing like this since we all went back to Luchenbach with Waylie, Willon and the boys. Hot stuff.

— Chris Spector - MIDWEST RECORD - December 2018

Mamett’s voice has the kind of low country tones that render his vocals instantly classic...Carry Me Back Is A Cattle Drive Down The Plains With A Cowboy Poet

— Mark Joseph Engleson - Americana Highways September 2018

As evident from the opening song from Carry Me Back, Jeff Mamett is the real deal. ...pure country...this album doesn’t rock … ever, but it sure does roll. This is a true Country and Western artist. ”

— Viola Krouse- Making a Scene Magazine September 2018

Jeff Mamett is an Americana singer/songwriter who sounds like Ernest Tubb meets Alan Jackson and George Strait.

He is a storyteller, influenced by writers such as Guy Clark, John Prine and Mark Twain.

Jeff’s songs have an authentic, earthy quality, sprinkled with wry humour. They unfold like 3 1/2 minute movies with soundtracks that merge elements of American Roots music into what some have called a ‘modern western’ sound.

Jeff began performing at 13, working with older musicians, playing dances, bars and fraternity parties. After high school, he honed his skills hitting the road with club bands, grinding out 6 sets a night 6 nights a week before ending up in L.A. and then Nashville. There, he gained experience recording and touring with various artists.

Once he and his wife began to have children, Jeff made the decision to leave the road and the music industry to be a dad. The next 25 years would be spent in the cattle business.

In 2013, like Rip Van Winkle waking from his long sleep, Jeff began feeling the compulsion to begin playing again and songs began flowing from his imagination mingled with life experiences.

His first album Here’s Your Hat…, with 10 original and 2 cover songs, was released in 2015.

Jeff's new album, containing 12 original songs, is entitled “Carry Me Back”. It was produced by lifelong friend and Trace Adkins steel player, Wayne Addleman. Brian Wooten, Brent Wilson and John Richardson from that band also poured their creative energy into the project.