CHET HARRISON

when i set up this blog i set it up for those artists i believed were not getting the credit they deserved.

chet is definately one of these.

he is a master musician and a serious scholar of music and has been all of his life

I met chet in the 80's. he owned a swapa tape used record store.

me and my hoodlum friends used to go in there and sell used tapes and records that we had "aquired."

some of the best musicians in town would float in there and we would all hang out in the back room.

he educated me to music.

he has forgotten more music than most of the pros even know.

the picture does him justice, because he is a sage no question.

i had not seen chet for many years, when i stumbled on him in balboa park in san diego busking.

i would say most buskers no matter what artform will use theatrics and street tactics to get peoples attention.

this is a must, because the attention span of the passer bye is that of a gnat.

it has always been said that talent doesn't make a busker a living.

but, chet breaks all the rules here.

his technique is simple, he plays mind blowing music and people stop.

when you hear him play you know his music is on a skill level not heard on the radio.

he stops people because they know he is a virtuoso.

i have always looked up to chet, so seeing him working the street confirmed that i was in the right place in my life.

chet i want you to know that you have inspired alot of people in your love for music.

i'm magician not a musician, but i know you influenced my life and how i approach art.

and now it has influenced my son's life.

he turned to music and one day he and his friends came home thrilled,

telling me they met a guy named chet who was an increadable musician.

i just laughed because i felt the same way when i met you all those years ago.

i let them know i knew you and that they should watch you if they wanted to learn from a master.

thanks for your life's work chet.

your pal jimmy

here he is on his pitch in balboa;



here he is on stage doing a mini concert;



i would urge the reader to find chet if your ever in balboa park, he is well known in the magic world here in san diego as a master at what he does.

here he is on his pitch in balboa park.