Oct 15, 2022
HARRISON KENNEDY was awarded the 2016 “Blues Album of the Year” JUNO for his album “This Is From Here”. This was the 6th nomination for the Hamilton, ON. based artist.
Now comes his latest album Thanks for Tomorrow
Harrison Kennedy was born and raised
in Hamilton,
Ontario. His family had roots in New
Orleans and Tennessee,[ Kennedy
sang in the Stewart Memorial Church Choir as a boy, when childhood
trips took him over the border to visit relations in Arkansas, Rogersville,
Tennessee,[9] and
Detroit, Illinois, United States, and all these experiences
expanded his love of music., The other border his family
crossed was the Canadian border. They decided to stay and live
there.
Harrison grew up in a house filled with music and famous visitors
such as Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, and Lonnie Johnson. In 1969
he took a hiatus from college to become a founding member of the
million-selling Detroit Soul Super Group “The Chairmen of the
Board” with whom he toured the world, as well as appearing on Soul
Train, American Bandstand, and the Tonight Show with Johnny
Carson.
Harrison Kennedy has released almost a dozen internationally acclaimed albums and developed into one of the 21st century’s most insightful and original Blues singer/songwriters.
To quote my friend Tom Coxworth
For anyone not familiar with
Harrison Kennedy, he has been nominated for
12 Maple Blues awards and 4 Junos and was touted by BB King as
Canada's
premier Blues performer
We're going to talk to Harrison about his family, his spirituality and his music!!