Bio
- The Early Years
- A native of Splunge, Mississippi, Harold taught himself how to play banjo when he was only 11 years old. At the age of 13, he and his brother Freddie began playing in a band called the Bluegrass Ramblers (pictured right). Harold continued to play banjo with local bluegrass groups throughout the Mississippi/Alabama area for the next several years.
- USO World Tours
- After honing his talents on acoustic and electric guitars, Harold headed for Memphis, Tennessee. It was there he began his world travels for the USO, Department of Defense, and Tennessee Bureau of Tourism, visiting 12 countries from the colder Nether regions of Iceland and Greenland to the warmer climes of the Mediterranean. In between these tours, he worked as a backup musician for a long list of reunion acts including Fabian, Del Shannon, The Coasters, The Drifters, Peter Noone, and The Shirelles.
