James Andrew Harrah is an American guitar player and songwriter. He began his career in the early 1980s as the guitar player for Rickie Lee Jones on her tour following the album “The Magazine. Shortly after that he signed on to Madonna’s “Virgin Tour” and then the “Who’s that girl” tour two years later. Harrah became the new rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist of pop rock band Huey Lewis and the News, replacing Bill Hinds.