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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>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> | 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 == | ||
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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> | 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> | ||
=== Post Talking Heads === | === 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. | Harrison would begin again work with guitarist Adrian Belew in 2022 on the [[Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew: Remain in Light]] tour. | ||