Don “Sugarcane” Harris

Beginning his job as your guitar playing half from the 1950s rock and roll duo, Don & Dewey, Don “Sugarcane” Harris, deposit your guitar and found the violin following the insufficient success for Don & Dewey (strangely enough the group’s songs became strikes for other artists like the Righteous Brothers as well as the Premiers). Classically educated being a violinist, Harris’ skill at improvisation started attracting attention in the rock and roll world and shortly he was showing up on information by John Lee Hooker, Frank Zappa and Johnny Otis. In 1970 Harris became a member of forces with United kingdom blues musician John Mayall when the last mentioned was developing his first all American support band. Furthermore to signing up for the backing rings of Mayall, Zappa among others, Harris also documented some albums for brands such as for example Epic and Polydor. After an extended struggle with pulmonary disease, on Dec 1, 1999 he was discovered deceased in his LA apartment at age 61.