Dallas, Texas

Born and raised in the heart of Jackson, Mississippi, Zac Harmon is a true disciple of the music that emanated from the city’s historic Farish Street district, universally recognized as the home of such great blues legends like the late, great Elmore James.

While in high school and college, Harmon gigged as a guitarist for the likes of Z.Z. Hill, Dorothy Moore and Sam Myers.  Relocating to L.A. in the early eighties, he worked as a studio musician and then established himself as a writer and producer, crafting songs for the likes of the O’Jays, Whispers, Karyn White, Alexander O'Neal, and Black Uhuru. 

Composing and performing music for a movie score, Harmon was compelled to pursue his longtime dream to return to his roots and record his first Blues project.   The result was 2002’s Live at Babe & Ricky's Inn, an electrifying testimony to Mississippi Blues, which showcased the sound at its best and introduced Harmon as a true torchbearer for the “next generation of the Blues”.  In 2004, he won the Blues Foundation’s prestigious International Blues Challenge (IBC) title of “Best Unsigned Band". 

That release was followed by The Blues According To Zacariah, which garnered major national airplay, including XM, Sirius and the American Blues Network.  XM listeners voted Harmon “Best New Blues Artist” in the inauguralXM Nation Awards in 2005.  In 2006, Harmon won the Blues Music Awardfor “Best New Artist Debut”, and later that year, he was featured in Blues Revue magazine, as one of the 10 artists that “…represent the future of the blues”. 

In 2008, he released Shot in the Kill Zone in Europe, recorded liveat the Lionel Hampton Room in Paris.  He then signed with the Northern Blues label for his third and much-anticipated U.S. album, From the Root, released April 2009. Harmon also marked his acting debut with a major role in the independent feature film Black and Blue, which is to be released in 2010. Other recent honors include the “Little Milton” Guitar Award for “Outstanding Guitar Player”.

Zac Harmon continues to tour internationally as an ambassador for the Blues and he was recently chosen to entertain U.S. troops in Iraq, Kuwait and Sicily as one the stars of Bluzapalooza. 

His current band is scorching the stage on the festival circuit and we are proud to celebrate the return of the Zac Harmon Band featuring: Zac Harmon, on guitar and vocals; Mr. Buthel, smackin’ the bass; Cedric Goodman, pounding the drums; and Cory Lacey, working the keys. 

www.zacharmon.com

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