David Ryan Harris

Singer/songwriter David Ryan Harris, whose eponymously titled solo debut album was released in 1997, has been challenging mainstream notions of black performers since fronting the Atlanta-based rock group Follow for Now in the late '80s. Once tabbed as the next Living Colour, the band actually drew from an even wider stylistic palette -- everything from Stevie Wonder-style soul to Bad Brains thrash to bluebeat bounce -- but didn't enjoy similar success and broke up after releasing one self-titled album on Chrysalis in 1991. Harris then played a huge role in the success of anot...