Harrison Kennedy

Harrison Kennedy (born March 9, 1942) is a Black Canadian electric blues, R&B, and soul blues, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known for being the lead vocalist on the Chairmen of the Board song, "Chairman of the Board", but has had a varied solo career since the mid-1970s. It was Kennedy's sixth nomination for that Award. and multiple Maple Blues Award nominee.

Life and career Harrison Kennedy was born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Kennedy sang in the Stewart Memorial Church Choir as a boy, when childhood trips took him over the border to visit relations in Arkansas, Rogersville, Tennessee, Following a string of hit records with Chairmen of the Board, which included "Give Me Just a Little More Time", "(You've Got Me) Dangling on a String", and "Everything's Tuesday", Kennedy left in 1974 and set out on a solo career. Kennedy spent almost 30 years outside of the music industry, before returning as a blues singer and guitarist with 2003's Sweet Taste. In 2007, Kennedy signed a new recording contract with Electro-Fi Records and has since released a number of internationally acclaimed albums. He separately achieved second place against 83 others in the solo/duo category at the 2011 International Blues Challenge. In 2013 he also overcame a spell of prostate cancer.

In 2013 he released Soulscape, which was followed by the Juno winning album, This Is From Here. It featured Colin Linden on several tracks, The album has also won the Grand Prix du Disque for Blues award from the Académie Charles Cros in France, as the 2015 Blues Album of the Year. Harrison toured in late 2014 with Ruthie Foster, Eric Bibb and Jerome Michael Brown. He also appeared as a guest performer on Bibb's 2014 album, Blues People. He participated in 2018 with Jean-Jacques Milteau and Vincent Segal on the recording of Crossborder Blues, published by Naïve. In 2017, this group commenced a tour.

Discography Albums Year Title Record label 1972 Hypnotic Music Invictus Records 1989 Live in the Eye The Independent Label 2003 Sweet Taste N/K 2005 Voice + Story Black & Tan Records 2007 High Country Blues Electro-Fi Records 2009 One Dog Barkin' Electro-Fi Records 2011 Shame the Devil Electro-Fi Records 2013 Soulscape Electro-Fi Records 2014 This Is From Here Electro-Fi Records 2018 CrossBorder Blues Electro-Fi Records 2022 Thanks for Tomorrow Electro-Fi Records