This is Harrison Kennedy
HARRISON KENNEDY in 1968 joined the Detroit POP GROUP “The Chairmen of the Board.” and played all the top venues including JOHNNY CARSON'S TONIGHT SHOW, SOUL TRAIN , AMERICAN BANDSTAND and ENGLAND'S "TOP-OF-THE-POPS', doing their hit, “Gimme Me Just A Little More Time.” C.O.T.B. had performances with B.B. KING, JAMES BROWN, SMOKEY ROBINSON, STEVIE WONDER, FUNKADELICS and more. C.O.T.B. also performed many times at New York's Famous HARLEM'S APOLLO THEATRE.
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- The Reverend John C. Holland Arts and Culture Award in 1998.
- FIRST JUNO: Award Nomination for best original blues album “SWEET TASTE”.. 2004.
- SECOND JUNO Nomination for “VOICE & STORY”.. 2006.
- THIRD JUNO Nomination for "HIGH COUNTRY BLUES".. 2008
- FORTH JUNO Nomination for "SHAME THE DEVIL"..2012
- 15 MAPLE BLUES Award Nominations for Best Acoustic act, Male Vocalist,producer,and writer of the year..2006-2008-2009-2010-2012
- Won for BLUES Album of the Year at the HAMILTON MUSIC AWARDS, "Sweet Taste", "Voice/Story and "High Country Blues".
- 1ST Runner up at the 2011 International BLUES CHALLENGE IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
- Released on Electro-Fi Records "ONE DOG BARKIN" has recieved great reviews in Boston's DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE, LIVING BLUES, The UK's MOJO, FRANCE'S SOUL BAG... and Italy's IL BLUES magazines.
- The Reverend John C. Holland Arts and Culture Award in 1998.
Blues Music Awards-Cook Convention Centre-Memphis Tennesse
Nomination for acoustic Artist 2013
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Blues & Rhythm - Shame the Devil
Blues & Rhythm - Britian's Top Blues Mag!
HARRISON KENNEDY: Shame The Devil
Electro-Fi Records 3428 (52:24)
Cats In The Window/ Trouble/ Hound And Rabbit/ Shame The Devil/ That's Just Stupid/ How Long/ Musta Bin The Devil/ Hard Time Blues/ Snakes Lie/ Music To My Ears/ Fo' Day Train/ Stay/ Shake Em Free/ You Don't Know Me
A couple of earlier solo projects by Harrison Kennedy which I have, marked him out as a decent vocalist and player with good writing skills. With blues as a base those songs nibbled away at the strict definition in interesting and entertaining ways. They are part of a career that started in Chairmen of the Board and progressed chameleon-like with ease through a number of genres: blues, soul, funk, folk and jazz.
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