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My new CD is now available on I Tunes, click on album cover to view or purchase on I Tues.:0)
I am always interested in new and creative projects or performance situations (schedule permitting) so please feel free to contact me here or at: [email protected]. Thanks :0)
Hi, my name is Darrell Craig Harris and I perform here in Las Vegas as the bassist and backup Taiko drum soloist with Cirque Du Soleil's "Mystere" at Treasure Island Casino. I have been performing for many years, first touring when I was fifteen I have pretty much never stopped playing and traveling the world. I started out in music on guitar and vocals, then bass and on to drums and percussion. I marched with the Velvet Knights drum corps from 1980-83, and had exposure to some of the best players and instructors in drumming. I played in various positions with VK (bass dr, quads, snare) and also instructed with the corps and local college and high schools in the So. Cal area for a period of time. I have had endorsements through the years with groups that I have performed in, these include Paiste, ProMark, Slingerland, Ludwig, Remo, LP (Latin Percussion), Soul Tone Cymbals, DC California drums..
My most recent drumming/percussion projects have included ethinc hand drum performance on recordings for the upcoming Coachella festival appearance of the Vaudville Cirque group Lucent Dossier, and writng and performing on the score for the upcoming independent film Ablution with my good friend violinist and composer Martin StPierre (Ghost Rider, Spiderman 3, The Grudge 1-2, winner of the Sundance composers award this past year, see him at www.MartinStPierre.com).
I am currently focusing on African/world music style drumming, and keeping my marching chops available too :) I am available for recording and live performances (schedule permitting) so please contact me here on MySpace with any questions.
Alsoooo, you can see me along with my other "Mystere" cast mates in the upcoming Universal film "Knocked Up" coming out this June :0)
I have had a very fortunate and wild musical journey, and it's mostly been the best experience I could have ever hoped for. In my years of performing, I have toured around the world with many different kinds of artists including:
Billy Preston (Rolling Stones, The Beatles)
Bassist and road manager with-Gary Puckett and The Union Gap (Lady Willpower, Young Girl)
Stage manager and bassist with-Frankie Avalon (Grease)
Bobby Rydell
Fabian
Sonny Turner (Platters lead vocalist)
The Champs (Tequila)
Cirque Du Soleil (Mystere)
The Young Americans (Hawaii tour, Boine Highlands summer theatre)
American Academy of The Dramatic Arts (rehearsal band)
Martha Reeves
Mary Wells
MGM Productions (Audio A1, prodution manager, stage manager)
Helsinki Records (house musician, Sunami Relief concerts)
Geir Ronning (Eurovision artist representing Finland, bass Sunami concert Helsinki)
Little Richard
Phyllis Hyman (Dreamgirls-Broadway, Blues bar cast)
Lou Christie
Disneyworld (Flowerpower concert series)
Legends In Concert (Japan, Iceland, Mexico)
Sitmar Cruise lines (house orchestra)
Jackson Caine (Sony Records)
Billy Ray Charles (blues artist-Malaco records)Roger E. Mosley (Magnum P.I.)
Clarence Paul (co founder Jobet music-Motown, Stevie Wonder Conductor)
Rosanne (Talk show)Manny Kellog (Billy Preston, Graham Central Station, Quincy Jones)
Entertainment Tonight
Wolfman JackDel Shannon
The Platters, The Drifters, The CoastersThe Golden Boys (Frankie Avalon, Fabian, Bobby Rydell)
Little Anthony and The Imperials Lenny Welch (Since I Fell For You) PBS Television concert special (bass wih Frankie Avalon, Conductor/bass with Gary Puckett)
Tony Tillman (Bill Cosby opener, Helsinki 89-92)
Curly Muskgrave (Western music association top performer, bass on the award winning album "The Heritage")
Numerous Broadway Musicals (various venues)
Toured with the Velvet Knights Drum and Bugle Corps from 1980-83 on various percussion instruments (Snare/quads/instructor)
Royal Carribean Cruise lines (Frankie Avalon, Gary Puckett)
Mike Zerbe (Air Supply drummer)
attended the Musicians Institute in Hollywood CA in 1984-85
Drumming endorsements________________________________
I very much enjoy traveling for work and pleasure, in recent years I have been to:
Paris, London, Amsterdam, Tallinn Estonia, Riga Latvia, Helsinki, Turku, Lapland- Finland, Stockholm Sweden, Tokyo, Nagoya, Yokahama, Carribean, Puerto Villarta, Cozumel, St. Martin, Aruba, Grand Cayman, Paradise Island Bahamas, Curacau, Panama, Puerto Rico, Key West, Alaska, Hawaii, and Montreal. I also enjoy writing music, and finding new and challenging projects to be involved with.
THANKS for visiting my music page :0)
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