GAROLFALO HAS BEEN PLAYING GUITAR SINCE THE YOUNG AGE OF 6 YEARS OLD AND BEGAN PERFORMING PROFESSIONALLY AT 18. HE WENT ON TO STUDY MUSIC AT SAINT LOUIS MUSIC COLLEGE IN ROME, ITALY, EARNING HIS BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN ROCK & BLUES AND A MASTER’S DEGREE IN BRITISH BLUES. FROM THERE HE DEVELOPED HIS OWN UNIQUE STYLE AND ‘BLUES EXPERIENCE’ THAT INTERTWINES ELEMENTS OF BOTH ROCK AND JAZZ.

GAROFALO HAS TOURED IN ITALY, THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND SWITZERLAND, AS WELL AS PLAYED NUMEROUS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS. INCLUDED AMONG THEM ARE SANREMO JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL, EXPO MILANO, STRATOCASTER DAY CORONA CALIFORNIA, DIWINE JAZZ FESTIVAL, PISTOIA BLUES FESTIVAL, CASA SANREMO, AND SOUTH ITALY BLUES FESTIVAL.

HE IS ALSO THE CO-FOUNDER OF A NEW CULTURAL MUSIC EXCHANGE PROGRAM CALLED ‘THE JOURNEY BEGINS PROJECT’ THAT ALLOWS ITALIANS AND AMERICANS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM IN EACH OTHER’S COUNTRIES THROUGH A UNIQUE EXCHANGE OF CULTURE AND MUSIC. HE WILL RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES IN APRIL 2023 WITH HIS BAND TO CONTINUE THE JOUNEY, TOURING IN BOTH TEXAS AND MISSISSIPPI.

IN 2020, GAROFALO MADE WAVES WITH THE RELEASE OF HIS FIRST ORIGINAL SONG & FOOT-STOMPIN’ BLUES ANTHEM TITLED ‘WOMAN’, AND HAS MORE NEW MUSIC ON THE WAY.