Corey Harris

Corey Harris (born February 21, 1969) is an American blues and reggae musician, currently living in Charlottesville, Virginia. In the 1990s, along with Keb' Mo' and Alvin Youngblood Hart, he was a prominent acoustic guitar blues player.

Biography Harris was born and raised near Denver, Colorado. His debut solo album Between Midnight and Day (1995) was produced by Larry Hoffman, who discovered him in 1994 in Helena, Arkansas. The record included covers of Sleepy John Estes, Fred McDowell, Charlie Patton, Muddy Waters, and Bukka White.

In 2003, he was featured on the 2003 PBS television mini-series The Blues, in an episode directed by Martin Scorsese.

In September 2007, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced that Harris was among 24 people named MacArthur Fellows for 2007.

Discography Solo 1995: Between Midnight and Day (Alligator) 1997: Fish Ain't Bitin' (Alligator) 1999: Greens from the Garden (Alligator) 2000: Vu-Du Menz with Henry Butler (Alligator) 2001: Live at Starr Hill 1/27/01 (Njumba) 2002: Downhome Sophisticate (Rounder) 2003: Mississippi to Mali (Rounder) 2005: Daily Bread (Rounder) 2007: Zion Crossroads (Telarc) 2009: blu.black (Telarc) 2011: Father Sun Mother Earth (Njumba) 2012: Motherless Child (with Lutan Fyah) 2013: Fulton Blues 2013: Rasta Blues Experience Live 2014: Fulton Blues (Deluxe Edition) 2015: Live! from Turtle Island 2016 Live in Vienna 2018 Free Water Way 2019 Louisa County Blues 2024 Chicken Man

Contributions to others 1998: Mermaid Avenue 2000: Mermaid Avenue Vol. II 2003: Johnny's Blues: A Tribute To Johnny Cash (Northern Blues) 2005: Come to the Mountain: Old Time Music for Modern Times 2012: Mermaid Avenue Vol. III, issued as part of Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions