Jerry Harrison










































Jerry Harrison

Jerry-Harrison.jpg
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




Solo albums











































Year
Title
US
AUS
NZ
AUT
GER
SUI
1981

The Red and the Black
-
-
-
-
-
-
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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