Zac Harmon

Zac Harmon was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, near the Farish Street district. His mother played piano. His father, a pharmacist who played harmonica, looked after visiting artists including Muddy Waters, B.B. King and Little Milton.

He began playing professionally at 16 as guitarist for Sam Myers, then toured the region with Dorothy Moore and Z.Z. Hill. At 21 he moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a studio musician and then as a songwriter and producer for film, TV and commercials. He wrote for The Whispers, K-Ci & JoJo, Karyn White, Evelyn "Champagne" King and The O'Jays, and he wrote and produced for Black Uhuru's Grammy-nominated Mystical Truth.

Back in the blues, he won the 2004 International Blues Challenge in Memphis (Best Unsigned Band, with the Mid South Blues Revue). The Blues According to Zacariah won the 2006 Blues Music Award for Best New Artist Debut. Albums followed on Blind Pig Records (Right Man, Right Now, 2015) and Catfood Records: Mississippi BarBQ (2019, produced by Jim Gaines), Long As I Got My Guitar (2021, 2022 Blues Music Award for Soul Blues Album of the Year) and Floreada's Boy (2024). Living Blues named Floreada's Boy a top album of 2024, and it reached No. 1 on the Roots Music Report soul blues chart. Other honors include the 2009 Jus' Blues "Little Milton" Guitar Award.

He played for U.S. troops in Iraq and Kuwait in 2008 and at the Great Pyramid in Egypt in 2009. Recent dates include Jazz à Vienne (2022) and a November 2026 tour of France and Belgium. His track I Still Got The Blues is on the 2025 Jacktown USA compilation.