Harry Brus

Harry Brus
Background information
Origin	Sydney, Australia
Genres	Soul, funk, blues, rock, progressive rock
Occupation(s)	musician, composer
Instruments	bass guitar, guitar, vocals
Years active	1964–present
Website	Harry Brus' official website

Harry Brus (born April 1949, in Graz, Austria) is an Australian bass player and guitarist, best known for his work with Matt Finish,Kevin Borich,Renée Geyer,Australian Crawl,Leo Sayer,Marcia Hines,Jimmy Barnes,Ross Wilson and Billy Thorpe.

Thredbo Blues Festival describes Harry Brus as "a unique stylist" and he is widely recognized as "a powerful and sensitive player" with "tons of credibility".

Harry "The Doctor" Brus arrived in Australia at the age of seven from Graz, Austria where his music career started in 1964, inspired by James Jamerson, Hank Marvin and The Beatles.

In 1965, Brus' band The Amazons signed a record deal with Festival subsidiary Leedon Records and since then he has continued to work as a professional musician. Another band member of The Amazons also included John Cave.

In 1967, he played lead guitar with pop idol Johnny Young and later joined Tony Gaha and The in People, featuring Ron Barry and Janice Slater. During this period he was recruited for the original lineup of The Dave Miller Set but left the band soon after it formed.

In the late sixties, Brus teamed up with Geoff Oakes playing soul music.

Brus also performed bass guitar in the stage musical Hair, before forming the band Birth with jazz pianist Roger Frampton and English drummer Tony Hicks from Backdoor.

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