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Some artists want a producer to be a kind of svengali - someone who actually creates a sound for them.

Jerry Harrison

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Jerry Harrison
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: February 21
Guitarist
Record Producer
Songwriter
Milwaukee City
Wisconsin
Jeremiah Griffin Harrison
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