LUCKIE STREET: Nick Longo (alto sax), Dan Coy (guitar), Sean O'Rourke (drums), Dave Webb (bass), Count M'Butu (percussion)
THE TRACKSIDE HORNS: Nick Longo, Phillip Raines (tenor sax), Mico Bowles (trumpet).
The following have joined me on stage for at least a full set: Ammed Solomon, Steve Hill, Matt Voth, Kristin Markiton, Amy Lee, Daniel Brown, Brandon Bush, Jody Worrell, Tommy Talton, John Mayer, Kristian Bush, Brendan O'Brien, Gerry Wasson, Doug Landsberg, Christie Roland Vaughan, Hughie Vaughan, Barry Richman, Beverly Blouin, Julie Adams, J. Johnny Johnson, Randall Bramlett, Luis Stefanell, Clark Sullivan, John Kessler, Deni Bonet, Tom Wolf, George Bishop, Russ Rogers, Edd Miller, Mark Osiecki, Grady Dorn, Matt Utterback, Chaunkee Venable, Sonya Vetra, Earl Ford and more.
The following have performed on my recordings: Emily Saliers, Min Xiao-Fen, Caroline Aiken, Marty Kerns, Andrew Hyra, Valery Barbin, Ron Soul, John Longo, Ken Gregory, along with all of those above, except for Hughie Vaughan, Doug Landsberg, Randall Bramlett, J. Johnny Johnson, Earl Ford and John Mayer.
Influences
The Rolling Stones, Otis Redding, The Allman Brothers, Neil Young, Tom Waits, Van Morrison, Ricki Lee Jones, Joni Mitchell, Jerry Jeff Walker, Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen, Howlin' Wolf, The Clash, Lou Reed, Lucinda Williams, Sonny Rollins, John Steinbeck, Carmac McCarthy, Patricia Smith, William Faulkner, Fyodor Dostoyesvsky, Henry Miller, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Others I have appriecated: Willie Nelson, Rodney Mills, Eric Taylor, Bob Schneider, Malcolm Holcombe, Patty Griffin, Dana Kurtz, John Prine, Patti Smith, Laura Nyro, The Water Boys, Steve Earl, Emmylou Harris, John Haitt, Elvis Costello, Richard Thomson, Miles Davis, Dr. John, Jimmy Carter, and of course Bob Dylan, not to mention the fact that I am in love with Emmylou Harris.
Kodac Harrison is originally from Jackson, Ga. He traveled to California and started a career as a musician. He has lived in New Orleans, Texas, California, New York City and West Virginia. He currently lives in Atlanta, Ga. Kodac is a singer-songwriter/spoken word artist, who plays acoustic guitar. He calls his music beatnik blues. He performs solo and with a band that ranges from 3 to 10 pieces. He has released 14 recordings on three different independent labels, with his last three studio recordings containing spoken word. Kodac has made 7 tours of Europe and has performed for President Jimmy Carter and for Andrew Young. In the fall of 2004, he performed at the Prague International Jazz Festival. Kodac has done voice-overs for Turner South and Turner Classic Movies. He has had songs on the sound track of two movies. Kodac has introduced and sang with Patti Smith. He has been on the bill with Maya Angelou, Saul Williams, Patricia Smith, Bob Holman, Pearl Cleage, Thomas Lux, Greg Allman, The Indigo Girls, Jon Mayer, Shawn Mullins, Alejandro Escavado, Delbert McClinton, Joe Ely, NRBQ, most of the members of Sugarland, and was once produced by Brendan O'Brien. In 2002, 2003, and 2004, Kodac was named Atlanta's Best Spoken Word Artist in Atlanta's "Creative Loafing". He is chairman of Poetry Atlanta, and host of the award winning Java Monkey Speaks. Kodac has co-edited three anthologies of poetry. The 2nd volume won a "Best Of 2006" in Atlanta's "Creative Loafing" and a Pushcart Prize. Kodac Harrison's new CD of music and spoken word, "Dreams and Nightmares", was released in September of 2007. Kodac was named "Best Local Poet" in Creative Loafing's "Best of 2008".
“Imagine a Southern Tom Waits or a rural Leonard Cohen. That’s as close as we can come to a nut-shell description of the music of Kodac Harrison, a genuinely gifted artist and one of the southeast’s musical treasures.”
Creative Loafing, Savannah, Ga.
“Kodac Harrison works poetry and spoken word in with his folk-soul to produce music of rare intelligence and passion. An unforgettable performer…”
Hal Horowitz, Creative Loafing, Atlanta, Ga.
“Kodac Harrisons Songtexte sind Literatur, sind Gedichte.”
“Kodac Harrison’s lyrics are literature, are poetry.”
Udo Hinz, Goettinger Tageblatt, Germany
www.kodacharrison.com
Stoppin' by cuz I saw you put "Dreams Become Real" up again. Was hoping it was the acoustic version but it's you & the rockstars... Oh well, glad I visited anyway!
Poetstock 2009!
Never before has this been done, and hopefully it will be successfully repeated after this all over the world, again and again….
Our aim is to bring together poets from all over, who produce all
genres of poetry for a night of mingling, poetry, shameless self
promotion…. Each poet will have the poetry to read their work on
stage, sell their work to those who would like to buy, and mingle with
the best poets of our generation.
It will be held on Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 9 PM at STUDIO PARK; 1519 Carroll Dr
Atlanta, GA 30318-3605
And the owner of STUDIO PARK in Atlanta has been gracious enough to open his doors to us without charging us ANYTHING!!!
Guys, you seriously CAN’T miss this~you HAVE to be there! It is the
chance of the lifetime, and the bigger we make it, the more attention
we poets will get.
Poetry is NOT dead~let’s show the world that it is living and breathing~
Don’t forget to bring your Books, CDs and/or original artwork to sell!
***BTW~we are looking for a talented DJ to spin between reads~so if you
have what it takes or know someone who does, please email me.
****ALL are welcome! Whether you are a poet, or love poetry, we hope
you will all come, tell your friends about it, and your friends’
friends-blog it, bulletin it, email it, scream about it from the
rooftops~Whatever it takes!!!
You may need to get you eye prescription checked or someone found a way to clone me. I have not been to Candler Park in a very long while, next time you should come over and say Hi to make sure it really is me. Enjoyed our outing the other night, always nice to run into a friend and catch up. Not currently arm in arm with anyone but do have a smile on my face. :)
You sounded terrific as well!!!!!!!!! Your spoken word and your songs make the world a better place......... Thank you so much for sharing your gift with me and the rest of the world!!!!!!!! (smile)
Love,
Lex
Hey! I hope this finds you well. There's lots of exciting stuff going on right now! I just wanted to let you know we've got some new songs, and pictures up on my page. Also we're starting to get some air play all across the United States. Stop by my blog section to find the request lines to the stations in your area. Do you think you could help us out by calling the request line and demanding one of our tunes?!? Let me know how things are going with you. I hope all is well! Talk to ya soon! -Jeff"
Hi Kodac! You should come out to see us at Smith's/Atlanta Room on 2/22. Stevie and Ricky are doing an acoustic set! Hope to see you there! Smiles, jilli~
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