Don Harris

Don Francis Bowman "Sugarcane" Harris (June 18, 1938 – November 30, 1999) was an American jazz fusion and blues rock violinist and guitarist. He is considered a pioneer in the amplification of the violin.

Career Harris was born and raised in Pasadena, California, United States.

Harris began performing with a doo-wop group, The Squires, which included his childhood friend, the pianist The Squires recorded for Vita Records. and performed on four of Zappa's solo albums.

In the 1980s, Harris was a member of the Los Angeles–based experimental rock band, Tupelo Chain Sex.

Personal life and death Harris' marriage ended in divorce. He had a daughter and two sons. He was addicted to drugs throughout his career. For most of his later years, he had pulmonary disease. He died on November 27, 1999, at home in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 61.

Discography As leader Keep On Driving (MPS/BASF, 1970) Sugarcane (Epic, 1970) Fiddler On the Rock (MPS, 1971) New Violin Summit with Jean-Luc Ponty, Nipso Brantner, Michal Urbaniak (MPS/BASF, 1971) Sugar Cane's Got the Blues (MPS/BASF, 1972) Cup Full Of Dreams (MPS/BASF, 1973) I'm On Your Case (MPS/BASF, 1974) Keyzop (MPS, 1975) Flashin' Time (MPS, 1976)

Don & Dewey Don and Dewey (1974) Bim Bam! (1985) Jungle Hop (1991)

As sideman With John Lee Hooker Folk Blues (1959) Born in Mississippi (1973) Free Beer and Chicken (1974)

With Little Richard Little Richard Is Back (1964) Well Alright! (1970)

With Harvey Mandel The Snake (1972) Shangrenade (1973)

With John Mayall USA Union (1970) Back To The Roots (1971) Ten Years Are Gone (1973) Notice to Appear (1975) New Year, New Band, New Company (1975) Banquet in Blues (1976) Archives to Eighties (1988) Room to Move (1969–1974) (1992) Cross Country Blues (1994) Rock the Blues Tonight (1999)

With The Mothers of Invention Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1970) Weasels Ripped My Flesh (1970)

With Johnny Otis Cold Shot (1969) Cuttin' Up The Johnny Otis Show (1971)

With Tupelo Chain Sex Ja-Jazz (1983) Spot the Difference (1984)

With Frank Zappa Hot Rats (1969) Chunga's Revenge (1970) Apostrophe (') (1974) The Lost Episodes (1996) Funky Nothingness (2023) With others Billy Bang, Changing Seasons (1980) Pure Food & Drug Act, Choice Cuts (1972) Freddie Roulette, Sweet Funky Steel (1993) Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Sonny & Brownie (1973)