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| Along with her work with the Jessy Dixon Singers, Elsa Harris also sang backing vocals on Chess sessions for Charles Stepney! |
Here's the scoop from Steven Krakow...
The new Secret History of Chicago Music has gone live! (This installment is not in the monthly/new format print issue.) I was blessed to speak with Gospel diva Elsa Harris (thanks to gentleman/scholar Bob Marovich) about her early days doing session work for Chess/Cadet--thus completing my mission to cover the backing vocalists on Minnie Riperton's stone-cold classic Come Into My Garden LP (listen to the magnificent "Les Fleurs" from that album below).
Harris was MUCH more than a session singer though, she also played phenomenal keys, and was part of the foundation of the famed Jessy Dixon Singers (who you've all heard featured on 70s tracks by Paul Simon).
Harris shared unheard tales of sessions with Phil Upchurch (and his python!) and Charles Stepney, and performing at hairy prison events (and blood puddles).
Get the whole divine scoop in the Chicago Reader right here.
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