ArtistInfo

Hi Tide Harris

Band,
Singer / Musician of
A.k.a. Tommy Harris

Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter - Blues Name also appears as HiTide Harris, Hi-Tide Harris and Hightide Harris on various recordings b. 26 March 1946, San Francisco, California, USA. His real name was reportedly Willie Boyd or Willie Gitry. He was brought up in Richmond, California, and sang in vocal groups as a youngster; he also learned to play guitar in the early '60s, going on to play with Big Mama Thornton, Jimmy McCracklin, and others (he also recorded with McCracklin). Following a spell in Los Angeles (1969-71), he formed his own band around 1972. In 1973 he joined Charlie Musselwhite's band, and the following year he toured and recorded with John Mayall. Harris was also involved in film work: he wrote the theme song for Mandingo (sung by Muddy Waters) and sang on the soundtrack of Leadbelly Harris was ‘an excellent guitarist in both the slide and regular fingerstyles’ (Blues Unlimited).

Members

	Yasuharu Nakanishi key
	Shuichi Chino key, p
	Junichi Kanezaki tr, fh
	Junji Yamagishi eg, g
	Tatsuro Kondo key, org
	Osamu Ishida g, voc, eg
	Yu Fujii b, voc
	Shinji Shiotsugu eg, g
	Charles Shimizu key
	Teruo Matsumoto dr
	Tadashi Kobori b, eb
	Tetsu Nakamura tr
	Ichiro Arai tb