Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States (2/21/1949)
BIO
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.
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Parklife DC (USA)
June 27, 2023
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Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew famously toured together with Jerry’s band the Talking Heads in 1980-1981 when the band expanded past its four core members for an ambitious album, Remain in Light.
Talking Heads’ 1980 tour promoting its then-new album “Remain in Light” enjoys a kind of legendary status in music annals. The band’s Jerry Harrison and widely credentialed guitarist Adrian Belew, who was an adjunct member during the trek, showed why that is on Sunday night, JUne 4, at Detroit’s Majestic Theatre.
When Talking Heads’ fourth album, Remain In Light, was released in 1980, it signaled not only a dramatic shift in sound for the band, but also for popular music as a whole.
Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads and the band’s veteran sideman Adrian Belew brought a tour celebrating their work on 1980’s influential; album to Chicago’s Vic Theatre on Saturday.
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