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'''Jeremiah Griffin 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 the [[New wave music|new wave]] group [[Talking Heads]]. In 2002, Harrison was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as a member of Talking Heads.

Following [[David Byrne]]'s announcement of Talking Heads' disbanding in 1991, Harrison has focused more on producing other bands, a role he started while still with Talking Heads, first producing the album [[Milwaukee (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 (band)|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]].