Elaine Garland Mitchell and her brother, Gene Garland, learned to appreciate music from their father—a longtime musician—when the family lived in New Orleans, she said.
Mitchell and Garland lived on the eighth block of Canal Street during the 1940s and 1950s, when Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Ella Fitzgerald were big names in the industry. Their father served as namesake for the band Johnny Garland and the Louisiana Playboys.
“Music became a great part of our life,” Mitchell said. “We started singing and playing as little kids, not only in church.”
Mitchell and Garland now help others discover their passion for music in their Lake Houston-area store, Humble Music Center. The siblings own Humble Music Center along with Chet Garland and Rodney Robert.
