Roy Harper

His son Nick, a successful singer/songwriter in his own right, occasionally tours and records with him. Country Music Association. A recording of the concert was released as a double CD shortly afterwards. Academy of Country Music. In June 2001, he celebrated his 60th birthday with a concert at London's Royal Festival Hall, featuring many guest artists. ASCAP. The 2000 album, The Green Man was an entirely solo effort with Harper on acoustic guitar with no accompaniment. His sense of humour comes through on the satirical description of the wannabees who cynically jumped on the country music bandwagon in the 1990s, "Everybody's gone country/Yeah we've gone country/The whole world's gone country." ("Gone Country").

Jethro Tull's singer Ian Anderson also sessioned, contributing flute to the song, "These Fifty Years". He has sung with George Jones on the award winning "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair". His son, Nick Harper, is also a songwriter- guitarist and contributed tracks to the 1998 album, The Dream Society. Although Jackson has been characterised as a "hat act", his influences go deep into the roots of country music and his songs have been recorded by some of the greats like Charley Pride, who recorded "Here In The Real World". Harper's spoken words can be heard on The Tea Party's 1995 album Edges of Twilight and he sings on the track "Time" from their 1996 album Alhambra. After a few more hit albums, Jackson again rocketed to fame with "Where Were You", a song about the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks, which became a hit single despite much criticism for jingoism and hollow patriotism; including an unflattering portrayal in an episode of South Park. After the end of his marriage, Harper composed the melancholy Death or Glory in 1992. His 1992 release, A Lot About Livin' (And a Little About Love) was a smash success, spawning five major singles with "Chattahoochee" being the most enduring and successful.

Since 1986, Harper has had a relatively low public profile, although 1990's Once was a tour-de-force, again featuring David Gilmour and Kate Bush. His first album, 1990's Here in the Real World, was a major hit, as was his second (1991) album, Don't Rock the Jukebox. They released an album called Whatever Happened to Jugula? under Harper's name but co-credited to Jimmy Page. Tony Franklin, the bass player in Harper's group would later join Page in The Firm. Jackson's wife, Denise, got him connected to Glen Campbell, who helped him jumpstart his career. Throughout 1984, Harper toured the United Kingdom with Jimmy Page, performing a predominantly acoustic set at folk festivals under various guises such as The MacGregors, and Themselves. He has become one of the best-selling country musicians of the 1990s, in spite of almost-universal critical panning in the latter, and most successful, half of his career. The Work of Heart album released in 1982 marked the formation of his own record label with Mark Thompson, entitled Public Records. Alan Jackson (born October 17, 1958) is an American country music singer, and songwriter, originally from Newnan, Georgia.

In 1980, Harper sang backing vocals on the Kate Bush song "Breathing". Alan Jackson wearing his hat
. For much of the seventies, Harper was managed, and had records produced, by Peter Jenner. Get "ALAN JACKSON" Lyrics (http://lyrics.activelyrics.com/A/alan%20jackson/index.html). In April 1978, Harper began writing lyrics for the next Led Zeppelin album, with Jimmy Page, but the project was shelved when Robert Plant returned from his self-imposed sabbatical after the death of his son Karac. AlanJackson.com (http://www.alanjackson.com/home/index.htm) Offical site. Bullinamingvase also featured "One of Those Days in England", with backing vocals by Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney, which became a Top 40 hit. Entertainer of the Year 1995.

Harper was forced under duress to drop it from future copies of the album, though it reappeared on a later CD reissue. Album of the Year, Common Threads: The Songs of the Eagles 1994. Controversy soon followed with the release of 1977's Bullinamingvase, with a motorway service station objecting to the lyrics in the song "Watford Gap" which criticised their food. Song of the Year, "Chattahoochee" 1994. The single "When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease", taken from the album, is Harper's biggest selling and best known solo record to date. Vocal Event of the Year, "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" (with George Jones) 1993. Pink Floyd's David Gilmour returned the favour by appearing on Harper's next album, HQ, with his occasional backing band called Trigger (Chris Spedding on guitar, Dave Cochran on bass guitar, and Bill Bruford on drums) and Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones. Music Video of the Year, "Chattahoochee" 1993.

Pink Floyd's 1975 release Wish You Were Here saw Harper as lead vocalist on the song "Have a Cigar". Single of the Year, "Chattahoochee" 1993. Between 1975 and 1978, Harper spent considerable time in the United States. Music Video of the Year, Midnight In Montgomery (about Hank Williams 1992. The live album Flashes from the Archives of Oblivion soon followed. Triple Play Award 1990, 1991, 1992. A concert to mark its release was held at London's Rainbow Theatre with Page, Bedford, and Keith Moon on drums. Male Vocalist of the Year 1994 and 1995.

His next album Valentine, was released on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1974 and featured contributions from guitarist Jimmy Page. Album of the Year, A Lot About Livin' (And A Little 'Bout Love) 1993. The soundtrack for this film appeared in the following year with the title Lifemask. Single Record of the Year, "Chattahoochee" 1993. In 1972, Harper made his acting debut playing Mike Preston in the John Mackenzie film Made. Album of the Year, Don't Rock The Jukebox 1991. Harper's 1971 critically acclaimed album was the four song epic, Stormcock, featuring Jimmy Page on guitar and David Bedford's orchestral arrangements, who would collaborate on future releases. Single Record of the Year, "Don't Rock The Jukebox" 1991.

In a mutual appreciation of their work, Harper would often attend live performances by Led Zeppelin over the subsequent decade as well as contribute sleeve photography to the album Physical Graffiti and appear, uncredited, in the 1976 film, The Song Remains the Same. Top New Male Vocalist 1990. According to Jimmy Page, the band admired the way Harper stood by his principles and did not sell out to commercial pressures. Country Songwriter of the Year 1993. After the Bath Festival of 1970, Led Zeppelin wrote a song titled "Hats Off to (Roy) Harper", which appeared on the album Led Zeppelin III. Country Song of the Year, "Don't Rock The Jukebox" 1992. Flat Baroque and Beserk also marked Harper's long yet confrontational association with Harvest Records.

Its ethereal sound was achieved by a wah wah pedal attached to an acoustic guitar. Harper's first tour of the United States followed the release of the album Flat Baroque and Beserk in 1970 which featured The Nice on one track called "Hell's Angels". Starting since May, 1968, Harper was making regular appearances at free concerts in London's Hyde Park attracting a cult following of fans from the underground music scene. 1969's Folkjokeopus virtually mirrored the previous album, with a 15 minute version of "McGooghan's Blues".

Its cover was controversial at the time, depicting a new born baby, complete with umbilical cord. CBS Records saw his potential and hired producer Shel Talmy to arrange Come out Fighting Genghis Smith, with the 11 minute blues track "Circles", marking a widening of Harper's audience away from pure folk. It consisted of his sung poetry backed by acoustic guitar with a revox tape machine. His first album, The Sophisticated Beggar, was recorded in 1966 after Harper was spotted at the Les Cousins club and signed to Peter Richard's Strike Records.

Harper then busked around Europe until 1964 when he returned to England and gained residency at London's famous Les Cousins folk club in Soho. Leaving school when he was 15, he joined the Royal Air Force only to reject its rigid discipline, and then managed to feign madness—and receive ECT—in order to get a discharge. At the age of 10, he began playing skiffle music with his older brother, David Harper, as well as being influenced by blues music. Harper's anti-religious views would later become a familiar theme in his music.

After the death of his mother during childbirth, he was raised by his father and his step-mother, whom he did not get along with because of her Jehovah's Witness beliefs. Harper was born in the Manchester suburb of Rusholme, England. Roy Harper, (born June 12, 1941), is a British singer-songwriter who specialises in uncompromising introspective lyrics and folk influenced compositions. The Song Remains the Same (1976).

Made (1972). Today Is Yesterday (archive recordings from 1964/5). Royal Festival Hall Live 2001 (2001). The Green Man (2001).

The Dream Society (1998). East Of The Sun (compilation of love songs). The BBC Tapes (1997) (six volumes, on CD, not tape). Live at Les Cousins (1996) (live).

Unhinged (1995) (compilation). An Introduction to Roy Harper (1994) (compilation). Commercial Breaks (1994) (previously unreleased material from 1977). Born in Captivity II (1992) (live).

Death or Glory (1992). Burn the World (1990). Once (1990). Loony on the Bus (1988).

Descendants of Smith (1988). In Between Every Line (1986) (live). Whatever Happened to Jugula? (1985), with Jimmy Page. Born in Captivity (1984).

Work of Heart (1982). The Unknown Soldier (1980). Roy Harper 1970-75 (1978) (compilation). Bullinamingvase (1977).

HQ (1975) (US title: When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease). Flashes from the Archives of Oblivion (1974) (live). Valentine (1974). Lifemask (1973) (soundtrack).

Stormcock (1971). Flat Baroque and Berserk (1970). Folkjokeopus (1969). Come out Fighting Ghengis Smith (1968).

The Sophisticated Beggar (1966).