US soul music artist, founding member of The Casuals in 1965.
Harrison Hoaney grew up in the rough Southwestern quadrant of the District of Columbia known as Ladroit Park.
Populated with unsavory, if not criminal, characters, Harrison’s neighborhood reminded him of the film serial The Bowery Boys. Leo Gorcey portrayed the titular ne’er-do-wells’ leader “Slip” Mahoney, and noting the similarity in their last names “Skip” Mahoaney stuck as his nickname.
Harrison died in March 2020