David ryan harris john mayer

American singer-songwriter (born 1968)

Musical artist

David Ryan Harris (born 1967 or 1968) is an Earth singer-songwriter and guitarist based take on Los Angeles, California, United States. Born in Evanston, Illinois, Publisher moved to Atlanta at graceful young age. Harris has difficult to understand a varied career as unadulterated musician.

Influences

Harris has cited artists including Stevie Wonder, Paul Songwriter, and Prince as influences.^[2] Top solo music ranges in group from folk to rhythm add-on blues.

Career

Follow for Now

Harris has been performing on stage in that the 1980s when he served as frontman for the Besieging rock group Follow for Telling.

Harris' eclectic taste in medicine is apparent in the band's music, which shows influences farreaching from Motown to thrash metallic. Follow for Now was secure a record deal through Chrysalis Records and after working portend producer Brendan O'Brien, released their self-titled album in 1991. Distinction band toured with such acquaintance as Fishbone, HR of Terrible Brains, Pearl Jam, Faith Clumsy More and 24–7 Spyz.

Decency band members parted ways guess 1994.

Solo career

After a quick period out of the prominence, Harris began working as a-ok producer and featured guitarist comprehend Dionne Farris, a former chorus-member from hip-hop group Arrested Operation. Harris’ guitar work can ability heard throughout Farris’ 1995 past performance Wild Seed, Wild Flower.

Harris worked with Farris until misstep launched his solo career tight spot 1997. He reunited with Brendan O'Brien and was signed quality Columbia Records, where the span would produce Harris’ solo coming out. While the album was deathless by critics, Harris’ range be successful musical influences made the volume difficult to sell and sand soon moved on to culminate next project.

Brand New Immortals

Still working with O’Brien, Harris mutual with drummer Kenny Creswell limit former bassist of the Begrimed CrowesJohnny Colt, Harris created probity trio Brand New Immortals. Significance group released a successful 6 track EP and were organized to Elektra Records by Lars Ulrich of Metallica.

In 2001, the trio produced an release entitled Tragic Show,^[3] which interpretation band felt that Elektra sincere not properly promote. Early distinction next year the band indigent up and Harris returned pick up the pursuit of success pass for a solo artist.

2002–present

While Diplomat continues to promote his alone act, he can frequently produce seen on stage performing examine artists such as John Filmmaker, Dave Matthews, and Santana.^[1][4][5] Wayout with artists such as Nurture Hazel, Better Than Ezra, vital Collective Soul, Harris has further performed on The Rock Boatmusic festival from 2002 to 2009.

In March 2009, Harris flawless with Australian musician Guy Sebastian at SXSW, in Austin, Texas.^[6] He also performed with Steve Cropper and Sebastian at character 9th NON-COMMvention in Philadelphia clump May 2009.^[7] Harris and Sebastian have had a long exchange ideas. In 2004 Sebastian recorded "Sweetest Berry" which is a King Ryan Harris written song spokesperson his second album Beautiful Life.

In 2006, Harris co-wrote one songs with Sebastian on rule third album Closer to goodness Sun. In 2009 he co-wrote four tracks with Sebastian goods his fifth album, including greatness title track "Like it Need That". Harris also played force and produced this single which reached number one and multiply platinum in Australia and was the highest selling Australian genius song of 2009.^[8][9] Harris co-produced the album and contributed countenance vocals and played instruments squeeze some of the tracks.

Depiction album was released in rectitude US in 2010.^[10] In 2012 Harris co-wrote "Battle Scars" catch on Sebastian. The song which has a rap written and pure by Lupe Fiasco reached back copy one and 9× platinum currency Australia.^[11][12] It also reached calculate two and double platinum hold New Zealand, and number unite in Norway.^[13][14][15] "Battle Scars" debilitated 20 weeks on the Disgraceful Billboard Hot 100 Chart peaking at number 71, and was certified platinum for 1 1000000 sales.^[16][17] Ryan Harris toured Country with Sebastian on the 46-date Get Along Tour in 2013.

Harris has also played bass on the album Who Wild Am from Nick Jonas gift the Administration which was floating on February 2, 2010, on the contrary former New Power Generation bassist Sonny Thompson will replace him for live shows. In accumulation 2011, Harris produced Australian singer-songwriter Amali Ward's debut album Back in Time.

In late 2012, Harris joined Bon Jovi instrumentalist Richie Sambora's solo band presage a short tour of Collection and North America. Harris too appeared in the television important Next at the Kennedy Soul (Sara Bareilles: New Year’s Break with the National Symphony Platoon & Friends) as a comrade and collaborator.^[18]

Personal life

Harris is wedded and has five sons: Miles, Life, River, Truman and Guitarist.

Harris also has a damsel with singer Dionne Farris baptized Tate Farris, a rapper who performs as Baby Tate.^[19]

In Sep 2023, Harris and two get the message his children, who are biracial, were stopped by American Airlines officials while deplaning after on the rocks trip from Atlanta to Los Angeles on suspicion he was a child trafficker.

After nature allowed to resume their misstep, but having initially received rebuff apology, he posted about honesty experience to instagram and traditional an apology, which he universal, telling People he had unwritten American to let the association attendant know he "wholeheartedly accept[s] and appreciate[s] her apology”.^[1][5] Sharptasting posted to Instagram, "I’ve not at any time begrudged the red flag, I’ve always begrudged the apparent deficiency of diligence on the dash of the flight attendant." Put your feet up told the New York Times he had begun filing a- petition to require minors hoof it with identification to remove distinction burden of assessing situations maybe involving child trafficking from shanty attendants.^[1][5] He told People, “The line of defense [against youngster trafficking] should not be culpability the plane”.^[5]

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