Garry Wayne Tallent was born on October 27th, 1949 in Detroit (Michigan/ USA). He is a Scorpio. Garry has six brothers and sisters (four brothers: Steve, Roger, Thomas and Charles; two sisters: Elaine and Brenda). His family moved around in the eastern States of the US until they moved to Neptune City (New Jersey/ USA), where Garry grew up. He went to the same school as the actor Jack Nicholson.

Garry Tallent loves the music of the 50s and 60s. When he heard Roy Orbinson's "Running Scared" the first time he started to cry, Garry once confessed. Garry is known to have a huge collection of old records. It's said he has more than 3000 oldie-records.
The first thing he did when the E Street Band started to earn good money, was to to buy a genuine 1948 Rock-Ola jukebox and singles to fill it with.

Soon he started playing the guitar. But when he heard Jimi Hendrix playing he thought/ knew he was a hopeless case.

So he bought his first bass and tought himself how to play. He played the lines of the likes Paul McCartney, James Jamerson and Duck Dunn. In an interview for the "Bass Player" magazine he said: "I stole from everyone." Later in the 70s he took some lessons from Jerry Jemmont who played on many Atlantic R&B recordings.
It's said Garry hates 5-string basses. That's why you just can find pictures of Garry on which he plays 4-string basses.

After jaming with some local bands Garry joined Bruce's band "Dr. Zoom & the Sonic Boom" in 1971. He was also in all the following bands which Bruce has founded. When you see a show of Bruce and the E Street Band you'll see Garry in the background the most time. It's said that he's something like the calming influence in the band. He once said: "Nobody notices I'm there - until I'm not."

After the E Street breakup in 1989 Tallent moved back to Nashville (Tennesse/ USA). There he established himself as a producer and as studio bassist. He worked at the MoonDog Studios in West Nashville.

In 1995 Garry and the rest of the E Street Band got back together to record several songs for the "Greatest Hits" record. In 1999 they went back on the road for the worldtour and in 2001/ 02 they recorded the new album - "The Rising", which is followed by a large worldtour.

Photos of Garry