Harry O

The average audience member will experience a performace by a professional entertainer with over 40 years of experience in a variety of entertainment situations.

From backyard parties to the stages of music festivals and state fairs, local bars and clubs to restaurants and hotels, from the chicken wire protected stages of the rural south to the coolest Blues bars in Chicago, Milwaukee and Indianapolis, upscale Country Club weddings to backyard divorce parties, "Blues in the Schools" at an elementary school to "Happy Hour" at an assisted Living facility and from Christenings to a Blues Funeral service.
I've played every imaginable kind of gig and always left the clients satisfied that they hired the right man for the job.

Harry “O”, as he is known, was born in New York City in 1950 and was raised in Harlem. At the age of 13, he taught himself how to play guitar. By the 1970's, Harry “O” was a regular at the East Village blues jams being held at Broadway Charlie’s and Dan Lynch’s; sitting in with some of New York’s better known blues guitarists such as, Jonathan Kalb and Jon Paris. In 1978, he joined The New York Sound Exchange, one of many show/dance bands in which he played over the years, working various hotel lounges 6 nights/week/48 weeks a year, all over the country. In 1994 after a 2 year stint with Sun recording artist Eddie Snow, he formed Oysters Rockefeller, a hard working Blues and R&B based Band. The year 2000 marked the beginning of a two year stay in Chicago, where Harry “O” had the opportunity to share the stage and play guitar with such blues notables as: Chico Banks, The Bel-Aires, Billy Branch, Phil Guy and the Machine, Michael Hill’s Blues Mob, Willie Kent and the Gents, Johnnie Marshall, John Primer, and Sonny Rhodes.

Harry Has been an S.I.T. String endorsing Artist for over 20 years!

Not much to say here. I can go with just an acoustic guitar and no equipment to a small PA with computerized backing tracks and wireless mic and electric guitar.

I can also add musicians to suit your needs. How about a duo, trio or a band consisting of Guitar, Bass, Drums and a Sax?