Mike Harrison (musician)

Mike Harrison
Mike Harrison with Hamburg Blues Band in 2004
Background information
Born	3 September 1945
Origin	Carlisle, Cumbria, England
Years active	1960s - present
Associated acts	The V.I.P.'s, Art, Spooky Tooth, Hamburg Blues Band

Mike Harrison (born 3 September 1945 in Carlisle, Cumbria, England)^[1] is an English musician, most notable as a principal lead singer of Spooky Tooth^[2] and as a solo artist. He has also been the lead singer in The V.I.P.'s, Art and the Hamburg Blues Band, among others.

Discography

Solo

• 1971 Mike Harrison (Island)
• 1972 Smokestack Lightning (Island)
• 1975 Rainbow Rider (Island)
• 2006 Late Starter (Halo)

With The V.I.P.'s

With Art

• 1967 Supernatural Fairy Tales

With Spooky Tooth

• 1968 It's All About
• 1969 Spooky Two
• 1970 Ceremony (with Pierre Henry)
• 1970 The Last Puff
• 1973 You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw
• 1973 Witness
• 1999 Cross Purpose
• 1999 The Best of Spooky Tooth: That Was Only Yesterday
• 2000 Comic Violence
• 2001 BBC Sessions
• 2007 Nomad Poets (DVD)

With the Hamburg Blues Band

• 2002 Mike Harrison Meets The Hamburg Blues Band - Touch

References

1. Overview of Mike Harrison; www.allmusic.com. There appears to be some differences as to whether his year of birth is 1942 or 1945. While the allmusic.com profile references 1945, most biographies reference 1942. See, for example, Uncredited Profile of Mike Harrison and Spooky Tooth; www.halo-uk.net.
2. The other being Gary Wright, for much of the band's career.

External links

• Spooky Tooth Official Website