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Corey Harris

Corey Harris (born February 21, 1969, in Denver,


Colorado, United States) is an American blues and Corey Harris
reggae musician,[1] currently residing in
Charlottesville, Virginia. Along with Keb' Mo' and
Alvin Youngblood Hart, he raised the flag of acoustic
guitar blues in the mid-1990s.[2] He was featured on
the 2003 PBS television mini-series The Blues, in an
episode directed by Martin Scorsese.

Biography
Harris was born and raised near Denver, Colorado.[1]
He graduated from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine
with a bachelor's degree in 1991, and was awarded an
honorary doctorate in 2007. Harris received a Thomas
J. Watson Fellowship for language studies in
Cameroon in his early twenties, before taking a
Background information
teaching post in Napoleonville, Louisiana under the
Teach For America program.[2][3] His debut solo album Born February 21, 1969
Between Midnight and Day (1995) was produced by Denver, Colorado, United
Grammy nominee/composer/producer Larry Hoffman, States
who discovered him in 1994 in Helena, Arkansas. The Genres Blues, reggae
record included covers of Sleepy John Estes, Fred Occupation Musician
McDowell, Charlie Patton, Muddy Waters, and Bukka
Instrument(s) Vocals, guitar
White.[2] His second recording with Hoffman, Fish
Ain't Bitin', was the recipient of the 1997 W. C. Handy Years active 1995–present
Award for Best Acoustic Blues Album of the Year. Labels Alligator, Rounder, Telarc
Recorded in New Orleans, it featured Harris' original Members Chris Whitley (keyboards), Paul
songs, vocal, and guitar backed on certain tracks by a Dudley, (drums) Gordon Jones
trio of tuba and two trombones arranged by producer (saxophone), Jayson Morgan
Hoffman. In 2002, Harris collaborated with Ali Farka (bass)
Toure on his album Mississippi to Mali, fusing blues
and Toure's music from northern Mali. In 2003, he Website https://coreyharris.net
contributed to the Northern Blues release Johnny's
Blues: A Tribute To Johnny Cash.

Harris has lived and traveled widely in West Africa, an influence that has permeated much of his work.[1]
Harris has toured extensively throughout Europe, Canada, West Africa, Japan and Australia. He is known
for his solo acoustic work as well as his electric band, formerly known as the '5 x 5', now known as The
Corey Harris Band. He helped Billy Bragg and Wilco to write the music for "Hoodoo Voodoo" on
Mermaid Avenue, an album consisting entirely of songs for which the lyrics were written by Woody
Guthrie. He also appeared as a musician and vocalist on the album and its sequels, Mermaid Avenue Vol.
II and Mermaid Avenue Vol. III.[4]

In September 2007, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced that Harris was
among 24 people named MacArthur Fellows for 2007.[5] The Fellowship, worth $500,000, is payable
over five years.

Discography

Solo
1995: Between Midnight and Day (Alligator)
1997: Fish Ain't Bitin' (Alligator)
1999: Greens from the Garden (Alligator)
2000: Vu-Du Menz with Henry Butler (Alligator)
2001: Live at Starr Hill 1/27/01 (Njumba)
2002: Downhome Sophisticate (Rounder)
2003: Mississippi to Mali (Rounder)
2005: Daily Bread (Rounder)
2007: Zion Crossroads (Telarc)
2009: blu.black (Telarc)
2011: Father Sun Mother Earth (Njumba)
2012: Motherless Child (with Lutan Fyah)
2013: Fulton Blues
2013: Rasta Blues Experience Live
2014: Fulton Blues (Deluxe Edition)
2015: Live! from Turtle Island
2016 Live in Vienna
2018 Free Water Way
2019 Louisa County Blues[6]
2024 Chicken Man

Contributions to others
1998: Mermaid Avenue
2000: Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
2003: Johnny's Blues: A Tribute To Johnny Cash (Northern Blues)[7]
2005: Come to the Mountain: Old Time Music for Modern Times
2012: Mermaid Avenue Vol. III, issued as part of Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions

References
1. Colin Larkin, ed. (2000). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music (First ed.). Virgin Books.
p. 187. ISBN 0-7535-0427-8.
2. Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton
Books Limited. pp. 116–117. ISBN 1-85868-255-X.
3. Burns, Jay (April 26, 2010). "Corey Harris '91 | Commencement | Bates College" (http://ww
w.bates.edu/x157810.xml). Bates.edu. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
4. Thorngate, Steve (May 15, 2013). "Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions, by Billy
Bragg and Wilco" (https://www.christiancentury.org/reviews/2013-04/mermaid-avenue-billy-b
ragg-and-wilco). The Christian Century. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
5. "Corey Harris — MacArthur Foundation" (https://www.macfound.org/fellows/827/).
Macfound.org. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
6. "Corey Harris | Album Discography" (https://www.allmusic.com/artist/corey-harris-mn000009
8691/discography). AllMusic. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
2021 The Insurrection Blues
7. Harris contributed his version of "Redemption", originally found on Cash's American
Recordings.

External links
Official website (https://web.archive.org/web/20170202083801/http://www.coreyharrisband.c
om/)
Corey Harris (https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p169275/discography) at Allmusic
Speech by Corey Harris (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpbwXEaKjg4) at Bates
College

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