key, bvoc, *1953 US, Massachusetts
Musician / Songwriter of Rock
Jesse Harms (born 1953/54 in Massachusetts) is a session keyboard player and songwriter who was a member of Sammy Hagar's backing band from 1984 (VOA) to 1987 (I Never Said Goodbye), and from 1997–2003 as a member of Hagar's band, The Waboritas. Jesse also wrote songs for/with Hagar, as well as the 1988 Eddie Money hit "Walk on Water."Jesse Harms also played on three songs on the David Lee Roth album Eat 'Em and Smile and was a short-lived member of REO Speedwagon, writing or co-writing several songs and playing on the band's 1990 album The Earth, a Small Man, His Dog and a Chicken.