Jerry Harrison

Corresponding Wikipedia article: Jerry Harrison

Jerry Harrison
Harrison in 2023
Background information
Birth name	Jeremiah Griffin Harrison
Born	(1949-02-21) February 21, 1949 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Genres	New wave proto-punk post-punk art rock pop rock
Occupation(s)	Musician songwriter record producer
Instrument(s)	Vocals keyboards guitar bass
Years active	1971–present
Labels	EMI, Sire/Warner Bros.
Formerly of	The Modern Lovers, Talking Heads

Jerry Harrison (born February 21, 1949) is an American musician, songwriter, producer, and entrepreneur. He began his professional music career as a member of the band the Modern Lovers, before becoming keyboardist and guitarist for Talking Heads in 1977. In 2002, Harrison was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Talking Heads.

After Talking Heads disbanded in 1991, Harrison focused more on producing other bands, a role he started while still with Talking Heads, first producing the album Milwaukee with Elliott Murphy, and then later working with Violent Femmes on their third album, The Blind Leading the Naked, in 1986.

During the 1990s, he produced a number of hit albums for bands such as Live, The Verve Pipe, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd among others. He has also released three albums of solo music (all while Talking Heads were still active) and has participated in a number of partial reunions of Talking Heads. In 1999, he helped found the online music community GarageBand.com.

Discography

Main article: Jerry Harrison discography

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

Harrison has played on nearly all releases by Talking Heads, with the exception of early recordings in 1975 and 1976.

Further information: Talking Heads discography

He also notably played on The Modern Lovers before joining Talking Heads.