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Dhani Harrison Biography

Dhani Harrison [d̪ʱ əni] (born 1 August 1978) is a British multi-instrumentalist musician, composer and singer-songwriter who is the only child of George and Olivia Harrison. Harrison debuted as a professional musician assisting in recording his father's final album, Brainwashed, and completing it with the assistance of Jeff Lynne after his father's death in November 2001. (George Harrison went on to win Best Pop Instrumental Performance for the track, "Marwa Blues", at the 2004 Grammy Awards.) Harrison formed his own band, thenewno2, in 2002 and has performed at some of the world's most prestigious festivals including Coachella where Spin magazine dubbed their performance as one of the "best debut performance of the festival." The band also played Lollapalooza three times with Harrison joining the festival's founder Perry Farrell on a cover of The Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane" at 2010's event. In 2017 Harrison announced he would be playing his first-ever solo shows at the Panorama Festival in New York City.

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I think guitar-wise, Eric Clapton was a big influence on me. I got to spend time around him. He's kind of strange, mysterious, serious and he always has played such hot guitar.

Guitar, Hot, Kind, Strange, Thinking, Wise

The music I want to hear in my head sounds somewhere between Jimi Hendrix and Massive Attack. It's not really like my dad, but there will always be similarities because we have the same vocal cords, and I learnt the guitar the way he taught me.

Dad, Guitar, Like, Similarities, Sound, Way

You don't have to burn books, you don't have to rebel against teachers to rebel; to rebel is to truly own your own self.

Against, Book, Burn, Self, Teacher, Teachers

I've grown up around cinema. Michael Kamen was a very, very close friend of mine, sort of my godfather. So I know how much work goes into it. You have to know what you're doing.

Cinema, Close, Close Friends, Friend, Godfather, Know How

It's funny, because music is one of those things it is natural to go into. You hear it so much growing up, it kind of permeates you and eventually you spew out some music of your own.

Growing, Growing Up, Kind, Natural, Spew, Things

Thenewno2 is sort of my little prototype band, really.

Band, Littles, Prototype, Sort

When my dad toured in '91, I think my first gig properly was the Tokyo Dome, 50,000 people indoors. That was pretty scary. I was 12, or 13.

Dad, Gig, People, Properly, Thinking

I love getting into a studio with a bunch of friends. When the day's done, we've made something. We recognize that we're from different walks of the music industry, and there's no reason we shouldn't be collaborating. That's what I'm trying to create with thenewno2 - a sense of community.

Community, Different, Sense, Trying, Walks

Websites are kind of useless. There's so much great web content and design out there, but the ways in which they are being experienced are not being maximized.

Web Content, Design, Useless, Web, Experienced

It was a relief to be able to do my own band, because I was very responsible for all this amazing music I didn't want to mess up before.

Amazing, Band, Mess, Relief, Responsible, Want

I did rebel. I was the rebel in my family, because my dad wanted me to go and just travel with him.

Dad, Family, My Family, Rebel, Travel

One interviewer asked me: 'How do you feel that you've betrayed your father?' That wasn't really very cool.

Asked, Betrayed, Father, Feels, Interviewer

I can't even begin to describe how I miss him. He always supported me in everything I did. He was a very wise man and I realised at an early age I could learn a lot from him. He always gave me the right answer. But above all he was a very easy-going guy and all he wanted was to be my best friend. I'm an only child and so he shared everything with me. Of course he was very young to die and I was very young to lose a father. But there was nothing left unsaid between us.

Child, Children, Course, Father, Supported, Wise

My job description is. . . being enthusiastic.

Description, Enthusiastic, Job, Jobs

I was recording stuff with my dad when I was like five, six years old. I played with him on tour. I'd gone with him to Japan in '91, played some gigs, did a couple shows at the Albert Hall.

Albert, Couple, Dad, Japan, Like, Stuff

Keep your head down at school. ' Those are sage words from my dad. They kept me in check for years.

Dad, School, Years

I was very empty after my father passed away. It was an emotional time, as it would be for anyone, but to be in the studio every day was kind of cathartic and healing and it just seemed very natural to continue.

Away, Day, Emotional, Father, Healing, Passed

My dad was my hero, my best friend.

Dad, Friend, Hero, My Best Friend

I did the first backwards guitar solo on ‘I’m Only Sleeping’

Firsts, Guitar, Sleep, Sleeping, Solo

I did Albert Hall, I got to play the Hall of Fame with Prince. So I've done that kind of stuff for ages. It wasn't until after we finished working on Brainwash, my dad's album after he died, then it was like 'That phase is over in my life now, now we can get on with our music, with our band.

Age, Album, Band, Dad, Done, Play

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