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  • Genre: Crunk / Experimental / Jazz

    Location MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, US

    Profile Views: 306014

    Last Login: 7/5/2011

    Member Since 5/22/2006

    Website www.happyapplemusic.net

    Record Label sunnyside

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Click ..HERE.. to read the review in The New York Times from the show at Joe's Pub in New York Tuesday. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. HAPPY APPLE. Jazz group. Saxophones, bass, drums. Formed in 1996 in Minneapolis, MN. Named after a Fisher-Price toy from the '60s. Have released six studio albums to date, as well as a limited-edition 3-disc live set. Have appeared in bars, theaters, jazz clubs, rock clubs, school auditoriums, cafeterias, bakeries, museums, mini-marts, hockey venues, airport lounges and correctional facilities. ........ ..You should create your own ..MySpace Layouts.. like me by using ..nUCLEArcENTURy...COM's ..MySpace Profile Editor..!.. ........
  • Members

    david king - drums, cymbals, toys, composer...michael lewis - saxophones, keyboards, upright bass, composer...erik fratzke - fender bass, guitar, composer.
  • Influences

    ted knight.
  • Sounds Like

    a tree falling on the forest moon of endor.

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  • Richard Harris


    You Change Your LIFE By Changing Your HEART Happy!
     

    "JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" -  MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT INSPIRATION ...

    "Let me ASPIRE

    to INSPIRE

    before I EXPIRE."

    CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOU

    CHANGE YOUR WORLD!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    8 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    OPTIMISM is the FAITH that leads to ACHIEVEMENT Happy!
     

    I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT OPTIMISM ...

    “One of the things I learned the hard way was

    that it DOESN'T PAY to get DISCOURAGED.

    Keeping busy and making OPTIMISM a way of life

    can RESTORE YOUR FAITH in yourself.”

    IF YOU REALIZED HOW POWERFUL YOUR

    THOUGHTS ARE ~ YOU WOULD NEVER THINK

    ANOTHER NEGATIVE THOUGHT!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    9 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    Be THANKFUL for all your BLESSINGS Happy!
     
          Giving Thanks

    I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT GRATITUDE ...

    "I would maintain that THANKS are the HIGHEST FORM

    of THOUGHT, and that GRATITUDE is HAPPINESS

    DOUBLED BY WONDER."

    "If a fellow ISN'T THANKFUL for WHAT HE'S GOT,

    he isn't likely to be THANKFUL for what he's

    GOING TO GET."

    ~ Frank Clark

    WE ALL HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com






    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com"

    9 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    Sending you some SUNDAY LOVE Happy!
     

    I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT THE OLYMPIC GAMES ... 

    “Never underestimate the POWER OF DREAMS and the influence of the HUMAN SPIRIT. We are all the same in this notion: The POTENTIAL FOR GREATNESS lives within each of us.”

     ~ Wilma Rudolph - Olympic Champion

    Wilma Rudolph was born prematurely at 4.5 lbs., the 20th of 22 siblings;  Rudolph contracted infantile paralysis (caused by the polio virus) at age 4.  She recovered, but wore a brace on her left leg and foot (which had become twisted as a result) until she was 9.

    Wilma Rudolph was considered the FASTEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD in the 1960s and competed in two Olympic Games, in 1956 and in 1960.

    In the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome Rudolph became the first American woman to win 3 GOLD MEDALS in track and field during a single Olympic Games.

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com"

    9 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    Have a Heart Happy!
     

    I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT THE HEART ...

    “The HUMAN HEART FEELS THINGS the eyes cannot

     see, and KNOWS what the mind cannot understand.”

    ~ Robert Valett

    ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK A HEART ~

    ONLY LOVE CAN MEND IT AGAIN!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    11 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    Happy ~ Make It a GREAT DAY my friend!
     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF LOVE  ...

    "You will find as you look back upon your LIFE

    that the MOMENTS when you have REALLY LIVED

    are the MOMENTS when you have DONE THINGS

    in the SPIRIT OF LOVE."

    ~ Henry Drummond

    THERE ARE FOUR QUESTIONS OF VALUE IN LIFE.

    WHAT IS SACRED?  OF WHAT IS THE SPIRIT MADE?

    WHAT IS WORTH LIVING FOR, AND WHAT IS WORTH

    DYING FOR?  THE ANSWER TO EACH IS THE SAME.

    ONLY LOVE.

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    1 year ago
  • Richard Harris


    Be THANKFUL for all your BLESSINGS Happy!
     
     
    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT GRATITUDE ...

    "I would maintain that THANKS are the HIGHEST FORM

    of THOUGHT, and that GRATITUDE is HAPPINESS

    DOUBLED BY WONDER."

    "If a fellow ISN'T THANKFUL for WHAT HE'S GOT,

    he isn't likely to be THANKFUL for what he's

    GOING TO GET."

    ~ Frank Clark

    WE ALL HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com


     

    1 year ago
  • Richard Harris


    My Dear Friend Happy!
     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT FRIENDSHIP ...

    "A FRIEND is what the HEART NEEDS all the time.

    Anyone can tell you IT WON'T HURT TOMORROW.

    But I'm here to LISTEN WHILE IT HURTS TODAY."

    A FRIEND IS SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS YOUR

    PAST, BELIEVES IN YOUR FUTURE, AND ACCEPTS

    YOU JUST THE WAY YOU ARE TODAY!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    1 year ago
  • Richard Harris



    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com


    May you FIND PEACE Happy!

     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT PEACE AND LOVE ...

    “To be AT ONE WITH GOD is to be AT PEACE ...

    PEACE is to be found only within, and unless one finds it

    there he will NEVER FIND IT AT ALL.  PEACE lies not in the

    external world. It lies WITHIN ONE'S OWN SOUL.”

    ~ Ralph Waldo Trine

    ALL WE ARE SAYING ~ IS GIVE PEACE A CHANCE!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please give my music a listen!

    Cool Jazz CD's @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    OR

    CDBaby.com / ITunes

    1 year ago
  • Richard Harris



    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Happy Valentine's Day Happy!

     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT LOVE ...

    “When you SMILED you had my UNDIVIDED ATTENTION.

    When you LAUGHED you had my urge to LAUGH WITH YOU.

    When you CRIED you had my urge to HOLD YOU.

    When YOU SAID YOU LOVED ME ...

    you HAD MY HEART FOREVER.”

    LIFE'S GREATEST HAPPINESS IS TO BE CONVINCED

    WE ARE LOVED!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please give my music a listen!

    Cool Jazz CD's @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    OR

    CDBaby.com / ITunes

    1 year ago
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Bio:

Click HERE to read the review in The New York Times from the show at Joe's Pub in New York Tuesday. HAPPY APPLE. Jazz group. Saxophones, bass, drums. Formed in 1996 in Minneapolis, MN. Named after a Fisher-Price toy from the '60s. Have released six studio albums to date, as well as a limited-edition 3-disc live set. Have appeared in bars, theaters, jazz clubs, rock clubs, school auditoriums, cafeterias, bakeries, museums, mini-marts, hockey venues, airport lounges and correctional facilities. ..You should create your own MySpace Layouts like me by using nUCLEArcENTURy.COM's MySpace Profile Editor!..

Member Since:

May 22, 2006

Members:

david king - drums, cymbals, toys, composer.
michael lewis - saxophones, keyboards, upright bass, composer.
erik fratzke - fender bass, guitar, composer.

Influences:

ted knight.

Sounds Like:

a tree falling on the forest moon of endor.

Record Label:

sunnyside

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