- Don Harrison Band
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The Don Harrison Band were a 1970s American roots band that featured Don Harrison on vocals, guitar and keyboards, Stu Cook on bass and piano and Doug Clifford on drums and percussion. Stu Cook and Doug "Cosmo" Clifford were both former members of Creedence Clearwater Revival.[1] Rounding out the line-up was Russell DaShiell formerly of Crowfoot on lead and rhythm guitar, piano and vocals. The band merged elements of folk, country, rhythm & blues and rock & roll in a sound reminiscent of CCR.
They released two albums on the Atlantic Records label: The Don Harrison Band (Atlantic SD-18171) in April, 1976 which featured the Memphis Horns and Red Hot (Wounded Bird Records - WOBR 1820) in January 1977.[2] They made the charts in Australia with a remake of Tennessee Ernie Ford's, 1955 hit Sixteen Tons. "Fool For You Baby" remains one of the band's most memorable hits. During the band's heyday, Don Harrison resided in Bell Gardens California leading a modest lifestyle in a lower middle class neighborhood, where he converted a multiplex into a modest looking single family home.
Don Harrison grew up in an integrated Louisville, Kentucky neighbourhood. He first performed as a singer in an otherwise all black acapella group. He relocated to Los Angeles where he performed in bars and as a studio musician. Originally DaShiell, Cook and Clifford intended to produce Harrison, but they then decided to launch the band together with him instead.[3] A highlight for the band was performing as opening act at the 1976 Knebworth Festival headlined by the Rolling Stones.
After the breakup, Harrison recorded a solo album and then seemingly disappeared from the music scene. DaShiell continues to work and record in the Los Angeles area. The ex CCR members, Cook and Clifford, are now back on tour performing with their band, Creedence Clearwater Revisited.
References
- ^ "Creedence Clearwater Revisited". http://www.creedence-revisited.com/band.html.
- ^ "Don Harrison Band at LastFM". http://www.last.fm/music/Don+Harrison+Band.
- ^ "The Tuscaloosa News - June 18, 1976, by Patrick Snyder". http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19760618&id=hF80AAAAIBAJ&sjid=550EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5656,3691215.
External links
- http://www.billboard.com/artist/russell-dashiell/bio/14175#/artist/russell-dashiell/14175
- http://www.spiritguitar.com
Categories:- American rock music groups
- United States rock musical group stubs
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