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== Early life and education == | == Early life and education == | ||
Harrison graduated from Harvard in 1972 with a degree in Visual and Environmental Sciences.<ref name=":0">Seaman, Barrett. “Talking Heads Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew Bring “Remain in Light” Retrospective to Music Hall.” ''The Hudson Indy Westchester’s Rivertowns News -'', 17 July 2024, thehudsonindependent.com/talkingheadsjerryharrisonandadrianbelewbringremaininlightretrospectivetomusichall/. Accessed 23 July 2024.</ref> | |||
== Career == | == Career == | ||
== | === Modern Lovers Era === | ||
In 1971, Harrison was living an apartment with [[Ernie Brooks]] while both were attending [[Harvard]]. The two were both performing as part of an iteration of [[The Modern Lovers]] after members [[Rolfe Anderson]] and [[John Felice]] had left the project.<ref>Moss, Charles. “50 Years Ago, New York City’s Punk Scene Was Born.” ''SPIN'', 8 July 2024, www.spin.com/2024/07/50-years-ago-new-york-citys-punk-scene-was-born/. Accessed 11 July 2024.</ref> The band was fronted by musician [[Jonathan Richman]], who directly inspired Harrison to pursue a career in music. According to an interview from 2024, Harrison "''didn’t actually think [he'd] be a professional musician. It wasn’t until [he] met Jonathan Richman, [that he] went, 'Wow! I can do this.'"''<ref>Malkin, John. “Love of Music | Good Times.” ''Good Times'', 14 Aug. 2024, www.goodtimes.sc/interview-harrison-belew-remain-in-light-tour/. Accessed 20 Aug. 2024.</ref> | |||
=== Beginnings with Talking Heads 1975-1977 === | |||
Harrison was approached to audition for Talking Heads as a keyboardist, although he came to his first audition with a guitar instead. While the band was looking at a few different people, they chose Harrison because, as Harrison says, "they’d all tried to show off. I think the other members of the band were going, ‘Yeah, that guy was really great but I don’t get the feeling he was appreciating what we did."<ref name=":0" /> | |||
=== Post Talking Heads 1989-Present === | |||
Harrison would begin again work with guitarist Adrian Belew in 2022 on the [[Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew: Remain in Light]] tour. | |||
== Discography == | == Discography == | ||
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Harrison has played on nearly all releases by [[Talking Heads]], with the exception of early recordings in 1975 and 1976. | Harrison has played on nearly all releases by [[Talking Heads]], with the exception of early recordings in 1975 and 1976. | ||
{{See|Talking Heads discography}} | {{See|Talking Heads discography}} | ||
He also notably played on ''[[The Modern Lovers ( | He also notably played on ''[[The Modern Lovers (album)|The Modern Lovers]]'' before joining Talking Heads. | ||
== Sources == | |||
[[Category:People]] | [[Category:People]] | ||
[[Category:Musicians]] | [[Category:Musicians]] | ||
[[Category:Guitarists]] | [[Category:Guitarists]] | ||
[[Category:Keyboardists]] | [[Category:Keyboardists]] | ||