31 Facts About Harper Simon

Harper James Simon was born on September 7,1972 and is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer.

Harper Simon is the son of Paul Simon and Peggy Harper.

In 2010, Harper Simon released his self-titled solo album, followed by his second album Division Street released in 2013.

Harper Simon is a journalist, and has conducted interviews with cultural and political figures.

Harper Simon has contributed to several publications, including LA Review of Books, Purple, Issue, and Hesperios Journal.

Harper Simon is a producer of film, music and charity events, and sits on the board of Waterkeeper Alliance.

Harper James Simon grew up in New York City as the eldest son of musician Paul Simon and his first wife, Peggy Harper.

Harper Simon's stepmother was the late actress and writer Carrie Fisher.

Harper Simon made appearances in film and television shows growing up, including Sesame Street where he sang "Bingo" with his father in a segment that demonstrated how a record is made, as well as Lorne Michaels' The New Show and Saturday Night Live in the 1980s.

Harper Simon made cameo appearances in New Rose Hotel, as well as in Martin Scorsese's Bringing Out The Dead.

Harper Simon has performed as a guitarist in Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band on many occasions, including headlining festivals such as ArthurFest in Los Angeles and All Tomorrow's Parties in the UK, both in 2005.

Harper Simon played guitar on Sean Lennon's album Friendly Fire, appeared in the film by the same name, and accompanied Lennon on the road opening for Regina Spektor and the Strokes.

Harper Simon performed as part of Blackout Sabbath, a concert curated by Rufus Wainwright, alongside Beth Orton, Martha Wainwright, and Joan As Police Woman.

Harper Simon performed as part of a Joe Boyd-produced tribute to Nick Drake that was broadcast on the BBC in 2013.

Harper Simon played many festivals to support the release of his solo album, including Bonnaroo, SXSW, Port Elliot, Cambridge Folk Festival, and Festival au Desert in Mali, and opened for acts such as Kris Kristofferson, Marianne Faithfull, Fleet Foxes, and Brian Wilson.

Harper Simon performed on The Tonight Show in support of Division Street.

Harper Simon performed in the band Lavender Diamond for two shows at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles in 2013.

Harper Simon has regularly performed at the Los Angeles venue Largo, including two residencies at the venue, and has performed frequently with Largo regulars Jon Brion, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, and Benmont Tench.

Harper Simon has performed several times with various members of the Grateful Dead.

In 2012, Harper Simon performed at the Jerry Garcia 70th birthday tribute along with Bob Weir, Cass McCombs, and members of Vampire Weekend.

Harper Simon shared the bill with the Grateful Dead's Phil Lesh at a benefit for Rainforest Action Network in 2013, and performed along with Weir, Lesh and others at the memorial for Grateful Dead lyricist John Barlow at the Fillmore Auditorium in 2018.

Harper Simon has worked in collaboration with producer Hal Willner on two occasions.

Harper Simon performed for a two-week run in 2016 at the Adelaide Festival in Eric Mingus' re-imagining of The Who's Tommy, which was produced by Willner, and performed in The Bells, a tribute to Lou Reed at the Lincoln Center in 2018, which was produced by Willner and Laurie Anderson.

Harper Simon produced the 30th Anniversary of Repo Man along with Steve Hanft at The Regency Theater in Los Angeles in 2016.

The event consisted of a film screening, and a concert musically directed by Harper Simon featuring Fear's Lee Ving, Luna's Dean Wareham, and Harry Dean Stanton.

Harper Simon produced a benefit concert for the film non-profit Vidiots honoring Stanton the following year.

Harper Simon presented the unreleased cult film Nothing Lasts Forever and interviewed the director, original SNL writer Tom Schiller, at Cinefamily in 2014, and interviewed Buck Henry following the presentation of Milos Forman's Taking Off in 2016.

Harper Simon was the panel moderator at the screenings of Jimi Hendrix and Monterey Pop presented by Cinespia at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in 2015.

Harper Simon presented John Waters' Female Trouble with Fred Armisen for American Cinematheque, and appeared in conversation with Armisen following the screening.

In 2017, Harper Simon played guitar on Lady Gaga's title track for her album Joanne, produced by Mark Ronson.

Harper Simon has conducted many interviews for publications, as well as for Lip TV's Talk Show, which ran from 2016 to 2017.