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Jerry Harrison (born Jeremiah Griffin Harrison, 21 February 1949, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American songwriter, musician and producer. He was the keyboardist and guitarist for the influential New Wave group Talking Heads and an original member of The Modern Lovers.

Contents 1 Career 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 Singles 3 External links

[edit] Career

Harrison played with Jonathan Richman in The Modern Lovers when he was an architectural student at Harvard University. 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 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 out when Harrison left the Modern Lovers to join them.

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

After the 1991 break-up of Talking Heads, Harrison turned to producing and worked on successful albums by such bands as Violent Femmes, The Von Bondies, General Public, Live, Crash Test Dummies, The Verve Pipe, Rusted Root, The Bogmen, Black 47, Of A Revolution, No Doubt and most recently The Black and White Years, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and Bamboo Shoots. He was recently confirmed as the producer of the forthcoming debut album by The Gracious Few.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

• 1981 - The Red and the Black
• 1988 - Casual Gods
• 1990 - Walk on Water

[edit] Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions				Album
		U.S. Hot 100	U.S. Modern Rock	U.S. Mainstream Rock	UK
1984	"Five Minutes"	-	-	-	-
1988	"Rev it Up"	-	#7 [1]	-	-	Casual Gods
1990	"Flying Under Radar"	-	#13	-	-	Walk on Water

[edit] External links

• Jerry Harrison at Allmusic

v • d • e Talking Heads David Byrne · Chris Frantz · Jerry Harrison · Tina Weymouth Studio albums Talking Heads: 77 (1977) · More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978) · Fear of Music (1979) · Remain in Light (1980) · Speaking in Tongues (1983) · Little Creatures (1985) · True Stories (1986) · Naked (1988) The Heads albums No Talking, Just Head (1996) Live albums The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (1982) · Stop Making Sense (1984) Compilations Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites (1992) · Once in a Lifetime (2003) · The Best of Talking Heads (2004) · Talking Heads (2005) · Bonus Rarities and Outtakes (2006) Filmography Stop Making Sense (1984) · True Stories (1986) · Storytelling Giant (1988)