Hello everyone! I’m always so happy to release a new song by my son, Jamie M. Harrison, and I wanted to share his new track with you. All of the Love Songs just dropped Friday, April 22, 2022 at midnight Eastern Time on all streaming Read More …

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Hello everyone! I’m always so happy to release a new song by my son, Jamie M. Harrison, and I wanted to share his new track with you. All of the Love Songs just dropped Friday, April 22, 2022 at midnight Eastern Time on all streaming Read More …
Hello to everyone, For some time now, I have been working behind the scenes on the goal of being able to eventually reissue my 2nd album, Conversation. A few months after my debut album was successfully released on vinyl for its 40th anniversary on Read More …
Hello everyone, A lot of people have been excited about the news that I am reissuing the Conversation album and including the tracks that no one was originally allowed to hear due to the censorship of I.R.S. Records back in the day. I am hard Read More …
Hello everyone! I am so excited to share the news that my son Jamie M. Harrison’s new single, a cover of the timeless classic, Poor Wayfaring Stranger, was just released. Recorded during the pandemic lockdown, this track showcases Jamie’s rich and deep throated vocal, accompanied Read More …
Hello everyone, Mastering engineer Trevor Sadler, who has mastered records for such artists as Madonna, Nine Inch Nails, David Byrne, Ramsey Lewis and others, now has all the materials necessary to embark on mastering and remastering my 2nd album reissue. And, I am thrilled to Read More …
Hello everyone, I am thrilled to share the news with all of you here about a bonus track that will be included for the Conversation reissue. It was never submitted to IRS Records, even though it was part of the second album recording sessions – Read More …
I am so excited to be able share two brand new Official Lyric Videos from my label 829 Records. No Liberation Here was just posted to my Patreon page yesterday, and I thought you would like to be able to see it before it went Read More …
Hello to everyone, I would love for you to join Kyle Long and me on the PBS-NPR podcast, Cultural Manifesto, tonight (9-23-2020) at 8 pm EST. Tonight’s show is part 1 of Kyle’s two-part interview with me. Among many other things, Kyle and I discuss Read More …
Here is your look at the new vinyl cover! I am so pleased to announce that the pre-order is now live. You can pre-order the 40th anniversary hand-numbered limited edition collectible vinyl reissue of my debut album on Bandcamp! Click on this link to pre-order Read More …
I am pleased to announce that the worldwide vinyl reissue of my remastered debut album (with Sink or Swim) will be on May 7th, 2020. This is exactly 40 years to the day of its original release date back in 1980. I am certainly sensitive Read More …