Corey Harris
| Corey Harris | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 21, 1969 Denver, Colorado, United States |
| Genres | Blues, delta blues, reggae |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | Alligator, Rounder, Telarc |
| Website | Official website |
Corey Harris (born February 21, 1969; Denver, Colorado) is an American blues and reggae musician, currently residing in Charlottesville, Virginia. Along with Keb' Mo' and Alvin Youngblood Hart, he raised the flag of acoustic guitar blues in the mid-1990s. He was featured on the 2003 PBS television mini-series, The Blues, in an episode directed by Martin Scorsese.
Harris was born and raised near Denver, Colorado. He graduated from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine with a bachelor's degree in 1991, and was awarded an honorary doctorate in 2007. Harris received a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for language studies in Cameroon in his early twenties, before taking a teaching post in Napoleonville, Louisiana under the Teach For America program. His debut solo album Between Midnight and Day (1995) included covers of Sleepy John Estes, Fred McDowell, Charlie Patton, Muddy Waters, and Booker White.
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