HAROLD MORRISON
- From High Lonesome, Missouri, near Springfield.
- One of a long line of country performers to combine banjo virtuosity and country humor. He was also a versatile session musician who played banjo, guitar, pedal steel and Dobro™.
- 1953-1954, worked with Jimmy Gately at the WWVA Jamboree.
- 1955-1957, was a regular on Red Foley’s Ozark Jubilee.
- 1957, moved to Nashville to work with Johnny and Jack and Kitty Wells.
- 1965, released Hoss, He’s The Boss
album (Decca) which included his classic novelty song “The Great Bicycle Wreck.”
- He played banjo on Loretta Lynn’s hit single “Blue Kentucky Girl.”
- 1960’s, was a regular on the Wilburn Brothers TV show.
- 1969, worked with George Jones and Tammy Wynette.
- 1973, released “The Harold Morrison Show” album (GKG) with Billy Smith (guitar), Buddy Spicher (fiddle), Buck White (mandolin), Jerry Douglas (Dobro™) and Johnny Rice (bass).
- 1976, formed his own band called Smokin’ Bluegrass with his daughter Karla and Benny Williams.
- 1984, released Blue Grass Classics
(Old Homestead) with his band The Maple Hill Boys.
- 1992, worked with Mac Wiseman in Branson, Missouri.
- Died December 21, 1993.