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Zac Harmon
12+ albums
bluesguitarunder 2000 listenersblues rockBlues artist
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Zac Harmon (born William Zach Harmon in Jackson, Mississippi, is an American blues musician. Harmon was signed to Toronto's NorthernBlues Music until 2015, when he announced his signing to San Francisco–based Blind Pig Records. Born and raised in the heart of Jackson, Mississippi, 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 then pursued his longtime dream to return to his roots and recorded 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, with his then band, the Mid South Blues Revue, 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 an
