Carey Bell Harrington was a hard playing Chicago blues harpist from Macon, MS. His early blues influences were Big Walter Horton, Little Walter Jacobs, Sonny Boy Williamson I and Sonny Boy Williamson II. He played in Muddy Waters' and Willie Dixon's bands in the late 1960s and early 1970s before embarking on his solo career. In 1990 he recorded "Harp Attack," a collaboration with harmonica greats James Cotton, Junior Wells and Billy Branch.
1936-2007
Birthplace - Macon, MS
Carey Bell, Cleveland, OH. 1999