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Sterling Harrison

Entertainment is his middle name!

About Me


Tonight, about the time you’re fluffing up your pillow and shutting off the light, there’s a party going on. People are kicking back for a good time in a club across the tracks. They’re dressed up to get down, dancing to the kind of knees-on-the-floor soul music that most of us thought disappeared decades ago.
South Of The Snooty Fox is your invitation to the party, led by Sterling “Mr. Entertainment” Harrison, one of the finest singers to ever strut across a stage. Like many of the singers playing the chitlin circuit, Sterling’s resumé goes back as far as soul music itself. He’s shared the stage with Otis Redding, James Brown, and Millie Jackson. He’s released singles and albums scattered back to the ’60s for labels like Smash, Motown and Atlantic.
Still, he’s never recorded an album that truly did his immense talent justice. Until now.
Produced by Steve Berlin of Los Lobos, Sterling tears through songs from Bobby “Blue” Bland, Bobby Womack, Otis Redding, Johnnie Taylor and O.V. Wright, making each one his own from the start. It’s everything that’s happening on the other side of town, and you’re invited to listen in.
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Member Since: 7/19/2007
Band Website: hacktone.com
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Sounds Like: “He is The Best Soul Singer You Never Heard Of. He’s got a falsetto that Prince would kill for, a low tenor that could melt Arthur Prysock and a growl that would strike terror in Bobby “Blue” Bland. His delivery is masterful. In addition, his band — whose individual re´sume´s boast work with Marvin Gaye and Barry White, among others — is one of L.A.’s best.” -- L.A. Weekly
Record Label: HackTone Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

iTunes Blues Page

iTunes can't get enough of our Sterling - This week, he's back on the front page of the Blues section of iTunes - his second appearance there this year! Check it out: iTunes...
Posted by Sterling Harrison on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:46:00 PST

More more more!

More great words from the past few months:Cleveland Scene: "He originally didn't want to record "The House Where Nobody Lives"; in the end, he reinvents it, raising Snooty Fox from merely ordinary to...
Posted by Sterling Harrison on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:59:00 PST

Excellent PopMatters review-

This just in-PopMatters just posted a great review (9/10) of South of the Snooty Fox. Read it in its entirety on the PopMatters site.Excerpt:"Whether getting down and dirty, belting out chitlin' join...
Posted by Sterling Harrison on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:06:00 PST

Don’t Mess With My USA Today

In his column this week in USA Today, Ken Barnes named Sterling's "Don't Mess With My Money" as one of his playlist picks:"A bluesy Southern-fried and funkified tune on the late soul man's South of th...
Posted by Sterling Harrison on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 04:24:00 PST

Climbin the Charts...

Sterling Harrison's gut-wrenching, get-on-your-knees-and-begggggg version of "I'll Take Care of You" is climbing the iTunes Blues Chart, at the same time as it's hitting those sweet soul-n-rhythm-n-bl...
Posted by Sterling Harrison on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:18:00 PST

Sterling is Download of the Week - FREE SONG!

Sterling Harrison's "Don't You Mess With My Money" is iTunes' "Discovery Download of the Week"!!To download the song for free, head over to iTunesWhat they say:"Sterling Harrison was a blatant slap in...
Posted by Sterling Harrison on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:23:00 PST

No Depression + more

More Sterling press!Media Matters: "...a near-perfect orthodox blues CD...An incredible find..."No Depression: "In a fairer world, South Of The Snooty Fox would have launched a comeback for soul singe...
Posted by Sterling Harrison on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:16:00 PST

Living Blues Loving Sterling

New review from the October issue of Living Blues Magazine:A headline in the L.A. Weekly once dubbed Sterling Harrison "the best soul singer you never heard of." The Richmond, Virginia-born vocalist ...
Posted by Sterling Harrison on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:09:00 PST

The critics rave...

Here are some select early reviews for South of the Snooty Fox; when applicable, a link is included:All Music Guide  (4.5 stars): "South of the Snooty Fox is a revelation, a thrilling set of raw but ...
Posted by Sterling Harrison on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:56:00 PST

Hear ye, hear ye...Sterling on the radio

The Sunrise radio program just featured an amazing podcast on Sterling - in between song snippets, they discuss his style, his history, and the making of South of the Snooty Fox. Check it out - it's ...
Posted by Sterling Harrison on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:15:00 PST