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John Harris

Midwestern Americana Rock

About Me

May I write this in 1st person, & not pretend like I copied
a review from a publication?
Ok, thanks, because honestly, its me (John) writing my
own bio. And honesty is what my music is all about. I write
about living & dying, victory & defeat, happiness & grief.
I write about the things we all go through, & things we only
think we go thru.
Im not trying to make a life changing or even a political
statement with my music. But once in a while I hope to take
you to a place where you have been before. I hope to put a
smile on your face, or a tear in your eye with a memory that
you hold within yourself, maybe even one you have forgot about.
Many thanks to the musicians that contributed to the album
and the ones I've had the pleasure to play with over the
last few years, & even a few I remmeber from the old days.
***Introducing some of the finest musicians in the Midwest***
Jim Mayer
Roger Breshears
Jim Whelan
James Weisner
Chris Phillips
Martial Hylton
Randy Beach
Bill Bannier
George Wykert
Scott Sunderman
Chance Linck
Christine Pugh
Harry Huston
John Nevin
Jeff Covault
Vince Ramirez
and the many others

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/14/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/jharrisconnection
Band Members:

Tears, Roads, & Years Credits

John Harris- Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Organ, Harmonica, Mandolin

Jim Mayer-Vocals, Guitar, Slide Guitar, Bass, Hand Drum

Roger Breshears- Drums

Jim Whelan- Drums

James Weisner- Drums

Christopher Phillips- Piano

Brenda Harris- Backing Vocals

Leigh Liles- Backing Vocals

Martial Hylton- Violin

** Produced by Jim Mayer

Influences: Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson.

Basically all the way from drug addicts to religious fanatics.

It is rock & roll isnt it?..


Sounds Like:
Type of Label: None

My Blog

interesting weekend

I got a call from some old band mates on sat the 11th of aug. seems like somebody cancelled doin a gig for a "dream factory" benifit for an ill child. We threw together a little combo & played for...
Posted by John Harris on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:34:00 PST

happy anniversary

happy anniversary to some of my guitars, july 23rd, 2007on this date in 1981, i bought my first gibson, a walnut "the paul" model les paul. it is a 1978 model, they made them in '78 & '79. when i ...
Posted by John Harris on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:40:00 PST

HATS!! i found my hats

so i have a hat fetish going on.......my wife hid my hats once......i found a box of them today.......took some pics.....enjoyed the moment...BEFORE SHE HIDES THEM AGAIN i posted 4 new hat pics, lemme...
Posted by John Harris on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 03:48:00 PST

album done

Hey Folks, the cd is done & in circulation. It's avail thru cdbaby.com, & local at the pumpernickel cafe in atchison. Of course if you stopped by cell one in atchsion, i imagine my daughter wo...
Posted by John Harris on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:00:00 PST

didnt make the cut

Blog, sounds depressing. Im not depressed, but certainly dissapointed. One of my songs, Sixty Miles, was tentatively scheduled to be released on a national album where the proceeds (or at least profi...
Posted by John Harris on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 03:17:00 PST

the graphite session

been busy in the studio, forgot to take my dr scholls when i went in to cut donny's road. hands started sweating as they always do, especially thinking about what donny might have seen down that road....
Posted by John Harris on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:03:00 PST

eureka springs blues fest

long time no blog.   just got back from playing the blues fest in eureka springs ark. wild place, good time. i played backup for randy beach, of horton kansas, promoting his new cd "long road" we...
Posted by John Harris on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 04:57:00 PST

my tunes...

a little explanation on what i put on myspace......... some things may be cd ready "as good as its gonna get" most things though will be in working stages..i.e., if you hear 3 or 4 measures of drums b...
Posted by John Harris on Mon, 06 Mar 2006 09:56:00 PST

Walk the Line (Johnny Cash Movie)

not a bad movie, not as good as "Ray" as far as the overall storyline   was a lil disapointed that the movie ended shortly after Johnny proposed to June, on stage in Canada (Feb 1968) You see, Jo...
Posted by John Harris on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 09:52:00 PST

LUCKY CHARMS

stopped at a lil pub in leavenworth last night(marfields) & saw the lucky charms had a great time, you can check em out from my friends list, but you really need to be there to enjoy the moment, t...
Posted by John Harris on Sat, 25 Feb 2006 07:51:00 PST