Evelyn Maria Harris
Evelyn Maria Harris | |
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| Born | Evelyn Mariah Harris September 26, 1950 |
| Died | December 16, 2025 (aged 75) |
| Years active | 1974–2025 |
| Formerly of | Sweet Honey in the Rock (1974–1992) |
Evelyn Maria Harris (September 26, 1950 – December 16, 2025) is an American singer, composter, producer born in Fort Lee Army Hospital in Richmond, Virginia.[1] Harris became the 6th member of Sweet Honey in the Rock and was in the group from 1974 to 1992, and became a member of Stomp Box Trio.
Harris joined Sweet Honey in the Rock in October 1974,[2] and in 1983 she produced Sweet Honey in the Rock's 10th anniversary album We All... Everyone Of Us, which has 13 songs, including Harris' song Battle For My Life.[3] In 1989 (and into 1990) Harris had being partly substituted by Carol Lynn Maillard after not being able to perform with Sweet Honey in the Rock multiple times, Harris came back in 1991 until she decided in 1992 that she couldn't perform with Sweet Honey in the Rock anymore, due to drug addict and an alcoholic, and after recovery she said "I am going on with my life...for real."[4]
At some point in the early 2020s, Harris joined a group called Stomp Box Trio.[5]
References
- ^ "Evelyn Maria Harris". Discogs. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
- ^ Page: #174 of Sweet honey in the rock's 1993 book "We Who Believe In Freedom"
- ^ "Sweet Honey In The Rock - We All...Everyone Of Us". Discogs. December 17, 1983. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
- ^ Page: #176 of Sweet Honey in the Rock's 1993 book "We Who Believe In Freedom"
- ^ "StompBoxTrio - StompBoxTrio". Discogs. December 17, 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2025.