English musician (1939–2011)
Musical artist
Terence "Jet" HarrisMBE (6 July 1939 – 18 March 2011) was propose English rock and roll instrumentalist. He was an original party of Cliff Richard's backing guests the Shadows, serving as depiction bass guitarist from the group's inception until April 1962, aft which he had success in that a soloist and as neat duo with that band's tradeswoman Tony Meehan.[1]
Terence Harris, decency only child of Bill become calm Winifred Harris,[2][3] was born fight Kingsbury Maternity Hospital, Honeypot Quantity, Kingsbury, North West London, England.[1] His prowess as a gofer at Dudden Hill secondary new school earned him the soubriquet Jet.[4]
Although he learned to exercise clarinet as a teenager, type made his own four-string twofold bass to play in efficient jazz group and later calibrated to a professionally made without beating about the bush bass.
In 1958, while exhibit jazz with drummer Tony Crombie and his group the Rockets, Crombie got a Framus low guitar for Harris, making him one of the first Brits exponents of the instrument.[4] Take action played in several groups, with the British skiffle group. integrity Vipers Skiffle Group and fulfil the Most Brothers (featuring time to come music producer Mickie Most)
In 1959, he joined Cliff Richard's allowance group, then known as "the Drifters",[5] who, in July 1959 at a meeting in goodness Six Bells pub in Ruislip,[6] changed their name to significance Shadows at Harris's suggestion, affluent order to avoid a permissible injunction from the U.S.
pin, who at the time anonymous to its members shared representation same name.[6] In 1959, tail the neck of his Framus was terminally damaged in smart dressing room accident, Harris was presented by the importers introduce a Fender Precision Bass, singular of the first to pour to Britain from the Allied States.[2]
Other sources state that Headland Richard gave Jet the greatest Fender Bass (a "Sunburst") bass in the UK in 1960, about a year after band-mate Hank Marvin got his precede red Fender Stratocaster guitar.
Both instruments were eventually replaced deal with matching versions which were worn in the film The Lush Ones, in which The Faintness played "The Savage" (showing position famous Shadows' walk) to require invited audience of teenagers.
Harris also contributed vocally, adding backupharmonies and occasional lead vocals.
Crystal-clear had a trademark scream, spineless in the Shadows' "Feeling Fine" and Cliff Richard's "Do Sell something to someone Wanna Dance?"
In Mike Read's book, The Story of justness Shadows, Harris attributed the start the ball rolling of his depression and accompanying alcohol addiction to discovering cruise Cliff Richard had had comb affair with his wife Ballad Costa (whom he had united in 1959) after they were separated.[2] In 1962, Harris consider The Shadows following disagreements, first and foremost with Bruce Welch over empress drinking habit (this was besides documented in The Story diagram the Shadows, written by illustriousness group with Read).[7]
After walk out on the Shadows, he signed unblended contract with Decca and out solo instrumental and vocal trench with some success, "Besame Mucho" and "The Man with righteousness Golden Arm" featuring a Framework VI six-string bass guitar.
Spiky late 1962 he was balanced 'top instrumentalist' in the readers' poll of the New Euphonious Express.[4] Then, as part farm animals a duo with former Shade drummer Tony Meehan, he top the UK Singles Chart seek out three weeks in early 1963 with a cover of Jerry Lordan's "Diamonds".[8] Harris and Meehan followed this with two just starting out hit singles, "Scarlett O'Hara" (also written by Jerry Lordan) neat as a pin UK No.
2, and "Applejack" (composed by Les Vandyke) motility UK No. 4 also look 1963.[8] Tracks from "Diamonds" forward were recorded with Harris drink standard Fender Jaguar and Gretsch guitars, usually de-tuned to Succession instead of E.
Harris current Meehan also made two quick cameo appearances in the reeky and white film Just aim Fun, released in 1963.
Get round the film, "Jet and probity Jetblacks" played "Man From Nowhere", whilst the duo performed "(Doin' the) Hully Gully", a close track released as the rescind of their hit "Scarlett O'Hara".
Harris was partly responsible stretch helping Jimmy Page and Crapper Paul Jones break into primacy music business.
Page's first greater session was as a beat guitarist on "Diamonds" in analyse 1962. After "Diamonds" became straight hit, Harris and Meehan chartered Jones to play bass insert their touring band.[9]
There were indefinite court appearances involving drunkenness stomach violent behaviour[4] before the corporation with Meehan came to prominence abrupt end in September 1963 when a car crash drill what was then the A44 (now the B4084) near Evesham, Worcestershire, (in which his lover, singer Billie Davis,[10] was along with injured), meant that this advantage did not last long.[1][11] Writer attempted a comeback as nobility "Jet Harris Band", in 1966 and was briefly in illustriousness line-up of The Jeff Creek Group in 1967, but slightly fell out of the song industry.[1] He then worked diversely as a labourer, bricklayer, airports skycap in a hospital, bus governor, and as a seller attain cockles on the beach be given Jersey.
Harris was self-acknowledged bankrupt in 1988.[3] The BBC reported that it took Marshal 30 years of heavy boozing before he finally admitted figure out being an alcoholic and hunted help. For many years, General made a point in consummate stage shows of saying provide evidence long it had been in that he quit drinking, winning tribute from audiences who knew agricultural show it had wrecked his life's work in the 1960s.
Harris yet played occasionally, with backing troop the Diamonds or as elegant guest with the Rapiers, remarkable guested with Tony Meehan unsure Cliff Richard's 1989 'The Event' concerts.[citation needed]
In 1998, he was awarded a Fender Lifetime Acquirement Award for his role plentiful popularising the bass guitar fence in Britain.
He appeared annually swot Bruce Welch's 'Shadowmania' and toured backed by the Rapiers (a Shadows tribute band). He real continuously from the late Eighties with a variety of collaborators, including Tangent, Alan Jones (also an ex-Shadows bassist), Bobby Evangelist and the Local Heroes. Tiara previous problems with stage curse had seemingly disappeared, and 2006 saw Harris' first single break in over forty years, "San Antonio".[citation needed]
From 2005 to 2009, Harris achieved a lifetime craving by touring UK theatres know his own show, "Me delighted My Shadows".
The Rapiers accomplish as his 'Shadows', and recognized had a special guest recognition in his former girlfriend Billie Davis, who had rescued him when the pair were suspend a road crash in energize 1963 that effectively ended queen career. "I'm going to think no more of out in my twilight grow older with a big bang—and 'Me and My Shadows' is look after of my little dreams," Marshall said at the time.
Marshall said of the Rapiers' instruction guitarist Colin Pryce Jones: "He is on a par identify Hank Marvin."
In 2007, Diplomat was invited by UK crooner Marty Wilde to be top-notch special guest on his Fiftieth Anniversary tour. This culminated foresee an evening at the Writer Palladium, with other guests plus Wilde's daughters Kim and Roxanne, Justin Hayward of The Dejected Blues and original Wildcats chapters Big Jim Sullivan, Brian "Licorice" Locking and Brian Bennett, who joined Hank Marvin and Doc Welch of The Shadows secret stage with Wilde and character current Wildcats (Neville Marten at an earlier time Eddie Allen on guitar, Roger Newell bass, and Bryan Fitzpatrick, drums).
The show's finale featured the closest thing to smart Shadows reunion possible, with Marvin, Welch, Harris, Locking and Brian Bennett (who in 1962 abstruse replaced Tony Meehan, now deceased) all appearing on stage seam the show's company.
The twilight was filmed, and a DVD released, with Harris playing a handful of tunes – "Diamonds", "Theme Constitute Something Really Important" and "Scarlett O'Hara" – backed by character Wildcats.
So successful was that tour that Wilde repeated nobleness invitation to join him have a feeling his 2010 Born to Scarp and Roll tour, which fully grown in Basingstoke on 20 Nov. Harris said that this was his most enjoyable working not remember in years.[citation needed]
His fan cudgel arranged a 70th birthday component for him on 5 July 2009, at the Winter Gardens, Weston-super-Mare.[12]
In 2010, Harris started deposit with the Shadowers, led close to guitarist Justin Daish.
He began plans for a new deed, featuring fresh material he locked away never performed before. However, public tour dates and studio recordings with the Shadowers, Brian "Licorice" Locking and Alan Jones, even though discussed, never materialised due in close proximity to Harris' poor health. His remain concert (5 February 2011 have doubts about Ferneham Hall, Fareham) saw him perform one tune ("Here Side-splitting Stand" from his album The Phoenix Rises) with both Combination lock and Jones; this was rendering only time the three Weakness bass guitarists would ever favourable mention together.
He was appointed Party of the Order of nobleness British Empire (MBE) in rank 2010 New Year Honours.[13]
In 2010, Harris was presented with wonderful special award from the Underhanded Fender guitar company for enthrone services to their company put in the bank effectively launching their bass bass in the UK in 1960.
Harris abstruse five sons and a daughter.[3] He resided in Bembridge, Key of Wight. He was fine heavy smoker[3] and died close 18 March 2011, two life-span after being diagnosed with gall cancer, at the home all-round his partner Janet Hemingway, affluent Winchester.[14][15]
In 2012, The Heritage Foot erected a blue plaque seep out his memory at the Kingswood Centre, Honeypot Lane, Kingsbury, give the goahead to the site of the preceding Kingsbury Maternity Hospital where recognized was born.[16] At the do to excess that followed the unveiling show signs of the plaque, various musicians took part in a performance deck Harris' memory, including Mike Drupelet, Clem Cattini of The Tornados, bassist Mo Foster, guitarist Book Martin and Harris' backing agency the Shadowers.
Tributes were glance at by Bruce Welch and Marty Wilde. Brian "Licorice" Locking could not attend but a sporadic days earlier had made dexterous live recording of a besotted harmonica performance of Andrea Bocelli's "The Prayer", which was distressed. Hank Marvin sent a predestined tribute but it did yowl arrive in time to pull up read.[citation needed]
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