Harry Belafonte

Daniel Dickie · Post by **Daniel Dickie** » 25 Apr 2023 3:30 pm

What a tremendous legacy Harry Belafonte has left behind.
I was very impressed with his efforts in the civil rights movement.
He bailed out of jail many protesters in the 1960s.
RIP Harry Belafonte.

Mike Weirauch · Post by **Mike Weirauch** » 3 May 2023 10:30 am

Did he play a single neck or a double neck? Emmons or Sho-Bud?

David Ball · Post by **David Ball** » 4 May 2023 2:22 am

Years ago, our band was hired to play a private gathering--a friend of ours was arranging to have music for an individual who did not want to be named. Our friend just said, "you want to play this job." So we did.

Turns out it was an annual get together that Harry Belafonte organized for a group of friends (most of whom were quite famous--the reason they kept the event under wraps) to discuss the state of the world.

Harry was very much a gentleman, though I can't necessarily say the same for all of his famous friends. But Harry was great. We got to play Day-O with Harry singing. Still one of the more memorable jobs I've played. RIP.

Dave

Larry Jamieson · Post by **Larry Jamieson** » 7 May 2023 1:38 pm

Harry Belafonte didn't play pedal steel. However, He was the
first singer to sell more than a million albums by a single artist in less than one year. He earmed three Grammy awards, an Oscar and a Tony. In 1989 he received the Kennedy Center Honors. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1994, and in 1992 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Early Influence Category. At one time, he was selling more records than either Elvis or Frank Sinatra. May he rest in peace...

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 24 May 2023 5:44 pm

another legend gone