Snuff Garrett

Snuff Garrett or Tommy Garrett was an American record producer whose most famous work was during the 1960s and 1970s At seventeen Garrett was a disc jockey in Lubbock Texas where he met Buddy Holly In 1959 Garrett became a staff producer at Liberty Records in Hollywood at the age of 19 after having joined the label to work in the promotions department Although not a musician Garrett showed he had a knack for finding hit songs going on to produce a string of hits and becoming the labels head of AR until he left Liberty in 1966