Will Galison
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Will Galison

Band Jazz Singer/Songwriter

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Discography

Overjoyed - Verve 1989
Calling You- Polydor 1991
Midnight Sun- 1997
Love Letters- 2000
Got You On My Mind - 2003
Line Open- 2009

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Will Galison is best known as one of the world's preeminent studio harmonica players, having recorded on hundreds of albums, movie and TV scores and commercials. He has recorded and/ or recorded with artists such as Sting, Barbra Streisand, Carly Simon and Ruth Brown and played on movie scores such as "The Untouchables", "Bagdad cafe" and "Prelude to a Kiss". He is especially proud to be featured in the theme of "Sesame Street"!

Will has also recorded several CD's as a featured artist and several other as co-leader. In 2003 William released "Got You On My Mind" the colaboration with singer Madeleine Peyroux.

GYOMM features Galison's harmonica virtuousity, but also reveals that Will is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist (with a distinctive voice on guitars) a fine singer and songwriter, and an outstanding producer as well.

Galison wrote two songs on GYOMM, collaborated with Peyroux on a third, produced the entire album, and played no fewer than seven different instruments.

In recent years, Will has concentrated on his songwriting, and has proven to have a an extraordinary talent in this area. His songs provide fresh, memorable melodies, sophisticated harmonies and a range of lyrics that runs from the sublime to the hilarious.

Will is proud of his campaign song for Barack Obama; "Takin' it Back With Barack Jack", which was called the best campaign song of the 2008 season by the Huffington Post and received over 500,000 views on Youtube.

According to campaign manager David Axelrod, the President saw the video and "got a big kick out of it"!