Isaiah Sharkey

Isaiah Sharkey
Isaiah Sharkey performing with Maurice Brown in New York City in 2021
Isaiah Sharkey performing with Maurice Brown in New York City in 2021
Background information
Born (1989-07-14) July 14, 1989 (age 35)[1]
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Guitarist
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • composer
  • producer[2]
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • vocals
Years active2005–present
Websitewww.isaiahsharkey.live

Isaiah Sharkey (born July 14, 1989) is an American guitarist, singer-songwriter, and producer. He played guitar as a member of the Vanguard on D'Angelo's 2014 album Black Messiah, which won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. He is also a prolific sideman and session guitarist, having performed with John Mayer, Patti LaBelle, Chris Martin, Paul Simon, Corinne Bailey Rae, Mike Posner, Keith Urban, Brian McKnight, Boyz II Men, and Lalah Hathaway, among others.[3]

A former child prodigy,[4] Sharkey has been described by Guitar World as "a guitarist's guitarist."[2]

  1. ^ Sharkey, Isaiah (July 16, 2022). "Isaiah Sharkey on Instagram: "Late post: Just wanted to say thank you to everyone for all of the Birthday wishes!! I'm very grateful to see another year & I feel extremely blessed!!! 7/14 Cancer season baby!! Here's to Chapter 33!! and yes I'm sitting on my 1970 Duece & a Quarter 😉 #livinglife #birthday #33years #grateful"". Instagram. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Richter, Alison (June 21, 2021). "Isaiah Sharkey: "I never chased being a celebrity guitarist, because I'm too busy liking what I do"". Guitar World. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
  3. ^ Kluth, Meghan (May 29, 2019). "Grammy award-winning artist returns to Emerson Elementary School to give back". ABC7 Chicago. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference guitar-dot-com was invoked but never defined (see the help page).