Born into a Missouri Pacific Railroad family in Prescott, Harry Blanton began singing and playing the guitar at 12 years old. He entertained locally throughout his school years playing dances, social events and churches. In 1964, he moved to Dallas, Texas, to record for a small independent label, performing with local bands. In 1969, he served a tour of duty in Vietnam, returned, married and had two daughters. In 1974, he began performing on the Louisiana Hayride touring with Don Gibson. He performed alongside David Houston, Jim Ed Brown, Moe Bandy, Tammy Wynette, Tanya Tucker, Freddie Fender and John Conley. Eventually, he ended up in Nashville, Tennessee, made two videos shown on the Country Music Network and recorded the most requested song on the network, “Bury Me Close to a Tavern.” Harry subsequently performed on the Nashville Network alongside Randy Travis, Alan Jackson, among others. In September 1988, his original song “You Sure Know How To Do Wrong So Right” was awarded second place in the “Marlboro Country Song Roundup Contest in Arkansas.” Harry lives in Benton with his wife Ellen.