Mr. Henry Harrison

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  Published on: 8/8/2009    Last Visited: 8/8/2009  

  Henry Harrison, director of the International Rock-A-Billy Hall of Fame Inc. and the festival, said the festival has more to do, but is doing well.
  
  "We have good, enthusiastic crowds," Harrison said. "We're pleased with many things, but we still have a long way to go."
  
  Harrison said rockabilly fans from Jackson, Canada, Chicago, New Zealand, Australia and other countries are continuing to come to the festival every year.

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  Published on: 4/29/2008    Last Visited: 4/30/2008  

  Shirley Buford with AT&T and Henry Harrison unveil the new cover of The Real Yellow Pages, which showcases images from the International Rock-A-Billy Hall of Fame, on Monday at the museum in Jackson. KATIE MORGAN /The Jackson Sun | More
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  "This is a mass advertising program that will take place over the next five years," said Henry Harrison, International Rock-A-Billy Hall of Fame president.
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  "We bill it as the world's largest gathering of rockabilly history makers," Harrison said.
  
  Besides concerts, the festival will have a classic car show, a party for people to meet with the artists and a golf tournament.
  
  Musicians, especially during the 50s, had a passion for cars, Harrison said.
  
  "The artists loved cars in the 50s," Harrison said.
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  Shirley Buford with AT&T and Henry Harrison unveil the new cover of The Real Yellow Pages, which showcases images from the International Rock-A-Billy Hall of Fame, on Monday at the museum in Jackson.
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  Shirley Buford with AT&T and Henry Harrison unveil the new cover of The Real Yellow Pages, which showcases images from the International Rock-A-Billy Hall of Fame, on Monday at the museum in Jackson. (KATIE MORGAN /The Jackson Sun)

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  "It's great to be back in Jackson once a year for the festival that Mr. (Henry) Harrison started, to still be involved in the music and trying to make it bigger and better," Holland said after shooting the commercial.
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  "This year you've got the heavy hitters honored at the kick-off, and that's just the start," said Henry Harrison, president of the International Rock-A-Billy Hall of Fame.

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  Published on: 8/15/2007    Last Visited: 6/7/2009  

  However, the biggest welcome came from Rock-A-Billy Hall of Fame founder, Henry Harrison who proudly revealed the new, outdoor stage and mural. The weekend was filled with music and dancing regardless of the temperatures. A big thank you to all the volunteers and the Rock-A-Billy Hall of Fame for helping downtown Jackson shine!

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  Published on: 6/16/2007    Last Visited: 6/16/2007  

  The money will pay for the stage and for sound and lights, Hall of Fame President Henry Harrison said Friday.At a Friday press conference, Harrison also announced that Beatles singer Paul McCartney had agreed to allow hall officials to add his image to a mural on the side of the building.
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  Fans of the music from London and Canada have already booked rooms for the August music festival, Harrison said.Others are planning to come from Berlin and Switzerland, he added.
  
  "And around the world, people are now coming to Jackson, Tennessee, for the music that was born and went around the world from right here," Harrison said.
  
  The stage will be 26 feet deep and 60 feet long and feature two dressing rooms on either side, Harrison said.
  
  The grounds on which the Hall of Fame is located will then be known as the Rock-A-Billy complex.The complex will include the Hall of Fame, the Rock-A-Billy Alley and the Rock-A-Billy Park.
  
  "It is modest in size, but it will, with the street blocked off, hold 3,000 to 3,500 people," Harrison said."We're very, very pleased that we will have a venue where blues and gospel and rock-a-billy and symphonies can perform in a very, very pleasant environment."
  
  He said some of the events of this year's Rock-A-Billy Festival will be held on the stage.Other events will be held at the Veterans of Foreign War Post, located off Airways Boulevard, Harrison said.
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  The Beatles recorded three of Perkins' songs, "Matchbox," "Honey Don't," and "Everybody's Trying to be My Baby," Harrison said.They also incorporated 10 songs he wrote into their stage performances, Harrison added.

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  Published on: 10/14/2007    Last Visited: 10/14/2007  

  The complex is made up of the Rock-a-Billy Hall of Fame, Rock-a-Billy Alley and Rockabilly Park, said the hall's president, Henry Harrison.
  
  "We think it's a nice turnout for this type of event," Harrison said.
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  Harrison said the Rock-a-Billy complex contributes to the local economy.It gets visits from 20 to 40 people a week.Some of those have been from as far away as Germany and have eaten at Jackson restaurants and spent the night there.
  
  "It builds our local economy in an honorable way," Harrison said.
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  The complex is made up of the Rock-a-Billy Hall of Fame, Rock-a-Billy Alley and Rockabilly Park, said the hall's president, Henry Harrison.

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  I was asked by Henry Harrison,the owner of the Rockabilly hall of Fame in Jackson, to play at the Festival, of wich I am very proud to be English!

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  Published on: 3/27/2008    Last Visited: 3/28/2008  

  Rockabilly music dates back to the 1950s and played a role in the birth of rock and roll and then later soft and hard rock, said Henry Harrison, president and founder of the International Rock-A-Billy Hall of Fame Museum in Jackson.
  
  The highway designation will continue to promote the history of the music and bring visitors to the area and to the museum, he said.
  
  The museum gets visitors from all over the world, including Ireland, which has a group of 104 people planning to visit in April.
  
  "They come to Jackson because it's where the music was born and originated at," Harrison said.
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  For Harrison, it's fitting that the highway intersects the Music City Highway because its roots come from blues and country.
  
  "You can learn all the genres of the state of Tennessee if you follow Music City Highway, and everything from here on will have Jackson, Tennessee, as a part of it," Harrison said.
  
  State Sen.Lowe Finney, D-Jackson, introduced the bill in the Senate and said that he supported the measure because it is a fitting tribute to rockabilly.

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  Published on: 3/26/2008    Last Visited: 3/26/2008  

  Henry Harrison of the International Rockabilly Hall of Fame said the book "has a lot of nice stories in it."
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  "I told him he did a good job," Harrison said.

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  Published on: 12/11/2007    Last Visited: 12/11/2007  

  "One of the purposes of the International Rock-A-Billy Hall of Fame was designed to bring tourist to Jackson," said Henry Harrison, hall of fame president.

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