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Jerry Harrison (born Jeremiah Griffin Harrison, 21 February 1949, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin and List of United States cities by population in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan....
) is an American songwriter, musician and producer. He was the keyboardist
Keyboardist

A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either piano or organ ....
 and guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
 for the influential New Wave
New Wave music

New Wave is a genre of rock music which originated from the late 1970s. It emerged from punk rock as a reaction against the popular music of the 1970s....
 group, Talking Heads
Talking Heads

Talking Heads was an American rock music rock band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison....
. He was also an original member of The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers

The Modern Lovers were an American rock band led by Jonathan Richman in the 1970s and 1980s.The original band, billed simply as "The Modern Lovers", existed from 1970?74 but their recordings were not released until 1976 or later....
.

ison played with Jonathan Richman
Jonathan Richman

Jonathan Richman is an United States singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970 he founded The Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band, but since the mid-1970s has worked either solo or with low-key, generally acoustic backing....
 in The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers

The Modern Lovers were an American rock band led by Jonathan Richman in the 1970s and 1980s.The original band, billed simply as "The Modern Lovers", existed from 1970?74 but their recordings were not released until 1976 or later....
 when he was an architectural
Architecture

The term architecture can refer to a process, a profession or documentation.As a process, architecture is the activity of designing and construction buildings and other physical structures by a person or a computer, primarily to provide shelter....
 student at Harvard University
Harvard University

Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature, Harvard is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher learning in the United States....
. Harrison was introduced to Richman by mutual friend and journalist Danny Fields
Danny Fields

Danny Fields is an United States journalist and record executive. He was an influential figure on the New York underground punk rock music scenes during the 1960s and 1970s....
, and the pair bonded over their shared love of the Velvet Underground.






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Jerry Harrison (born Jeremiah Griffin Harrison, 21 February 1949, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin and List of United States cities by population in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan....
) is an American songwriter, musician and producer. He was the keyboardist
Keyboardist

A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either piano or organ ....
 and guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
 for the influential New Wave
New Wave music

New Wave is a genre of rock music which originated from the late 1970s. It emerged from punk rock as a reaction against the popular music of the 1970s....
 group, Talking Heads
Talking Heads

Talking Heads was an American rock music rock band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison....
. He was also an original member of The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers

The Modern Lovers were an American rock band led by Jonathan Richman in the 1970s and 1980s.The original band, billed simply as "The Modern Lovers", existed from 1970?74 but their recordings were not released until 1976 or later....
.

Career

Harrison played with Jonathan Richman
Jonathan Richman

Jonathan Richman is an United States singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970 he founded The Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band, but since the mid-1970s has worked either solo or with low-key, generally acoustic backing....
 in The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers

The Modern Lovers were an American rock band led by Jonathan Richman in the 1970s and 1980s.The original band, billed simply as "The Modern Lovers", existed from 1970?74 but their recordings were not released until 1976 or later....
 when he was an architectural
Architecture

The term architecture can refer to a process, a profession or documentation.As a process, architecture is the activity of designing and construction buildings and other physical structures by a person or a computer, primarily to provide shelter....
 student at Harvard University
Harvard University

Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature, Harvard is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher learning in the United States....
. Harrison was introduced to Richman by mutual friend and journalist Danny Fields
Danny Fields

Danny Fields is an United States journalist and record executive. He was an influential figure on the New York underground punk rock music scenes during the 1960s and 1970s....
, 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
The Modern Lovers (album)

The Modern Lovers is the first album recorded by the Boston-based band The Modern Lovers. It was released on Beserkley Records in 1976, although the original nine tracks had been recorded in 1972 ....
 in 1972 (not released until 1976), and leaving in February 1974 when Richman wished to perform his songs more quietly.

Subsequent to his work with The Modern Lovers, Harrison joined Talking Heads; the latter band already had a single
Love ? Building on Fire

"Love ? Building on Fire" is a Talking Heads song released as a single in 1977. The single preceded the band?s first full album, and was later included on their compilation album Sand in the Vaseline....
 out when Harrison left the Modern Lovers to join them. While at Harvard University
Harvard University

Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature, Harvard is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher learning in the United States....
 Graduate School of Design
Harvard Graduate School of Design

The Harvard Graduate School of Design is a graduate school at Harvard University offering degrees in Architecture, Landscape architecture, and urban planning....
, Harrison dated Elisabeth Post (now Elisabeth Post-Marner). Harrison confided in Post as to whether or not stay with the Talking Heads or become an architect at Harvard. Post advised that he stay with Talking Heads and that he could always get involved with architecture later on in life.

Harrison's solo albums include The Red and the Black
The Red and the Black (album)

The Red and the Black was the first solo album by Jerry Harrison, formerly of Talking Heads.It has been remastered and is available via download over ITunes....
, Casual Gods
Casual Gods

Casual Gods was the second solo album by Jerry Harrison.The instrumental track to "Man with A Gun" was featured in the Jonathan Demme film Something Wild ....
, and Walk on Water
Walk on Water (Jerry Harrison album)

Walk on Water was the third and last solo album by Talking Heads keyboardist/guitarist Jerry Harrison....
.

After the 1991 break-up of Talking Heads, Harrison turned to producing
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
 and has helmed numerous successful albums by such bands as Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes

The Violent Femmes, formed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1980, are an American alternative rock band, noted for laying the groundwork for folk punk....
, Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters is an American Rock music band formed by singer/guitarist/drummer Dave Grohl in 1995. Grohl formed the group as a one-man project after the dissolution of his previous band Nirvana in 1994....
, The Von Bondies
The Von Bondies

The Von Bondies are an United States alternative rock musical ensemble. The current members are Jason Stollsteimer on vocals and lead guitar, Christy Hunt on rhythm guitar, Leann Banks on bass guitar and Don Blum on drums....
, General Public
General Public

General Public was a Pop band, formed by former The Beat vocalists Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger....
, Live
Live (band)

Live is an United States alternative rock/post-grunge band from York, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, comprising Edward Kowalczyk , Chad Taylor , Patrick Dahlheimer and Chad Gracey ....
, Crash Test Dummies
Crash Test Dummies

The Crash Test Dummies are a Canada folk-rock group from Winnipeg, Manitoba, popular in the early 1990s....
, The Verve Pipe
The Verve Pipe

The Verve Pipe is an American rock music band from Michigan. It was formed in 1991 by Brian Vander Ark and Brad Vander Ark, Brian Stout and Donny Brown....
, Rusted Root
Rusted Root

Rusted Root is a Band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania known for their fusion of Grateful Dead style Bluegrass music rock music with a strong Percussion instrument section that draws from African, Latin American music, Native Americans in the United States, and Middle Eastern influences....
, The Bogmen
The Bogmen

The Bogmen were an indie rock band from Huntington, New York, Long Island, New York. The band was formed in 1993 by Billy Campion, Bill Ryan, Brendan Ryan, Mark Wike, P.J....
, Black 47
Black 47

Based in New York City, Black 47 is a Celtic rock band made up of Irish ethnicity expatriates, formed in the Bronx by Larry Kirwan and Chris Byrne in 1989....
, Of A Revolution
Of a Revolution

Of a Revolution, better known as O.A.R., United States rock band consisting of Marc Roberge , Chris Culos , Richard On , Benj Gershman , Jerry DePizzo ....
, No Doubt
No Doubt

No Doubt is an American Rock music band from Anaheim, California, founded in 1986. The ska-pop music sound of their first album, No Doubt , failed to make waves due to the popularity of the Grunge music movement at the time....
 and most recently The Black and White Years
The Black and White Years

The Black and White Years are an independent music electro-rock band based in Austin, Texas. Formed in 2006, the band consists of Scott Butler, Landon Thompson and John Aldridge....
, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Kenny Wayne Shepherd is an United States blues guitarist, singer and songwriter....
, and Bamboo Shoots
Bamboo Shoots

Bamboo Shoots is an alternative dance-rock band from New York City. Selected as mtvU's Artist of the Year for Best Music on Campus, the quintet signed with Epic Records and performed on Late Night With Conan O'Brien in May 2007....
.

Discography


Albums

  • 1981 - The Red and the Black
    The Red and the Black (album)

    The Red and the Black was the first solo album by Jerry Harrison, formerly of Talking Heads.It has been remastered and is available via download over ITunes....
  • 1987 - Casual Gods
    Casual Gods

    Casual Gods was the second solo album by Jerry Harrison.The instrumental track to "Man with A Gun" was featured in the Jonathan Demme film Something Wild ....
  • 1990 - Walk on Water
    Walk on Water (Jerry Harrison album)

    Walk on Water was the third and last solo album by Talking Heads keyboardist/guitarist Jerry Harrison....


Singles

Year Title Chart positions Album
U.S. Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
U.S. Modern RockU.S. Mainstream RockUK
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
1984 "Five Minutes"
Five minutes speech

On August 11, 1984, United States President of the United States Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, was preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio....
 - - - -
1988 "Rev it Up" - #7 - - Casual Gods
Casual Gods

Casual Gods was the second solo album by Jerry Harrison.The instrumental track to "Man with A Gun" was featured in the Jonathan Demme film Something Wild ....
1990 "Flying Under Radar" - #13 - - Walk on Water
Walk on Water (Jerry Harrison album)

Walk on Water was the third and last solo album by Talking Heads keyboardist/guitarist Jerry Harrison....


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