Jerry Harrison










































Jerry Harrison

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Harrison in 2010

Background information
Birth name Jeremiah Griffin Harrison
Born
(1949-02-21) February 21, 1949 (age 70)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Genres
New wave, indie pop, rock and roll, art rock
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter, record producer
Instruments Vocals, keyboards, guitar
Years active 1971–present
Labels
EMI, Sire/Warner Bros. Records
Associated acts
Talking Heads
The Modern Lovers

Jeremiah Griffin Harrison (born February 21, 1949) is an American songwriter, musician, producer, and entrepreneur. He achieved fame as the keyboardist and guitarist for the New Wave band Talking Heads and as an original member of The Modern Lovers.[1] In 2002, Harrison was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Talking Heads.[2]




Contents






  • 1 Career


  • 2 Film work


  • 3 Discography


    • 3.1 Talking Heads


    • 3.2 Solo albums


    • 3.3 Singles




  • 4 Production


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Career


Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Harrison played with Jonathan Richman in The Modern Lovers when he was an architecture student at Harvard University.[3] Harrison was introduced to Richman by mutual friend and journalist Danny Fields and the pair bonded over their shared love of the Velvet Underground. He joined The Modern Lovers in early 1971, playing on their debut album in 1972 (not released until 1976), and left in February 1974 when Richman wished to perform his songs more quietly.


Harrison joined Talking Heads in 1977, after the release of their debut single "Love → Building on Fire".


Harrison's solo albums include The Red and the Black, Casual Gods, and Walk on Water.


After the 1991 breakup of Talking Heads, Harrison turned to producing and worked on successful albums by bands including Hockey, Violent Femmes, The BoDeans, The Von Bondies, General Public, Live, Crash Test Dummies, The Verve Pipe, Rusted Root, Stroke 9, The Bogmen, Black 47, The Mayfield Four, Of A Revolution, No Doubt, Josh Joplin, The Black and White Years, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Bamboo Shoots, the String Cheese Incident and The Gracious Few. He also is Chairman of the Board for Garageband.com ("an internet music resource he co-founded in 1999").[4]



Film work


Harrison, as a member of Talking Heads, is featured throughout the 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense, directed by Jonathan Demme. Also during the Talking Heads era, Harrison made cameo appearances as Billy Idol and Prince look-alike lip-synchers in David Byrne's 1986 film True Stories. Harrison also had a small part in the 2006 film The Darwin Awards as "Guy in Bar No. 1" alongside John Doe of the band X.[citation needed]



Discography



Talking Heads


Main article: Talking Heads discography


Solo albums











































Year
 Title
 US
 AUS
 NZ
 AUT
 GER
 SUI
1981
The Red and the Black
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 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
1988
Casual Gods
 78
 18
 4
 17
 31
 10
1990
Walk on Water
 188
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


Singles































































Year
 Title
 US Main.
 US Modern
 AUS
 NZ
 GER
 UK
1984
Five Minutes
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
1987
 Rev It Up
 7
 -
 3
 6
 45
 90
1987
Man with a Gun
 -
 -
 17
 15
 -
 -
1988
 Cherokee Chief
 -
 -
 92
 -
 -
 -
1990
 Flying Under Radar
 -
 13
 98
 -
 -
 -


Production









































































































































































































Year
 Album
 Artist
1986
The Blind Leading the Naked
Violent Femmes
1987
Outside Looking In
BoDeans
1991
Mental Jewelry
Live
1992
Volo Volo
Poi Dog Pondering

Pureafunalia
Pure

Bush Roaming Mammals
Billy Goat
1993
God Shuffled His Feet
Crash Test Dummies
1994
Throwing Copper
Live

Home of the Brave
Black 47
1995
Rub It Better
General Public

Lost in the Former West
The Fatima Mansions

Life Begins at 40 Million
The Bogmen
1996
Villains
The Verve Pipe

Remember
Rusted Root

No Talking, Just Head
 The Heads

Neurotic Outsiders
Neurotic Outsiders
1997
Trouble Is...
Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Beautiful World
Big Head Todd and the Monsters
1998
Fallout
The Mayfield Four

Useful Music
Josh Joplin Group
1999
The Distance to Here
Live

Nasty Little Thoughts
Stroke 9

Live On
Kenny Wayne Shepherd

I’d Rather Eat Glass
Bijou Phillips
2000
Watering Ghost Garden
Creeper Lagoon

Shine
Pat McGee Band

Return of Saturn
No Doubt
2001
Take Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday
Creeper Lagoon

Stroke 9
Stroke 9
2002
Rip It Off
Stroke 9
2003
Love
The Juliana Theory
2004
Pawn Shoppe Heart
The Von Bondies
2005
Stories of a Stranger
O.A.R.
2007
10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
2008
The Black and White Years
The Black and White Years
2011
How I Go
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
2013
Can’t Get Enough
The Rides
2014
The Turn
Live

A Song In My Head
The String Cheese Incident
2017
Believe
The String Cheese Incident
2018
TBA
Le Butcherettes
2019
Wonder Park: Music from the Motion Picture
 Various Artists


References









  1. ^ Bush, John. "Biography – Jerry Harrison". Allmusic. Retrieved March 21, 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Talking Heads". Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Retrieved 16 April 2018.


  3. ^ Malcolm Jack (journalist) (21 September 2016). "The Guardian - Talking Heads – 10 of the best". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 14 November 2018.


  4. ^ Jerry Harrison bio




External links




  • Jerry Harrison at AllMusic

  • Jerry Harrison Interview for the NAMM Oral History Program (2016)










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