Dhani Harrison
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| Birth name | Dhani Harrison |
| Also known as | Ayrton Wilbury |
| Born | 1 August 1978 Windsor, Berkshire, England |
| Genre(s) | Alternative rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Songwriter, Writer |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, Vocals, Piano, Synthesizer |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Label(s) | Dark Horse/EMI |
| Associated acts | George Harrison thenewno2 Traveling Wilburys |
Dhani Harrison (born 1 August 1978) is an English musician and the son of George Harrison of The Beatles. Harrison debuted as a professional musician when completing his father's final album Brainwashed after George Harrison's death in November 2001.[1] Harrison formed his own band, thenewno2, in 2006.
Harrison's first name is pronounced similarly to the name Danny but with an aspirated 'd'. He is named after two notes of the Indian music scale, 'dha' and 'ni'.
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[edit] Early life
Harrison's mother is Olivia Trinidad Arias. His parents married on 2 September 1978. He grew up with his parents in Henley-on-Thames, in Friar Park, the estate on which George Harrison had lived since 1970.
One of Harrison's earliest memories, from the age of six, is receiving a drumming lesson from his father's friend, "Uncle" Ringo. He recalled that before the lesson, he had been an avid drummer and had shown an immense amount of skill for a child his age. However, when Ringo began to play, the loud noise frightened him so terribly that he never used his drum kit again.[2]
Like his father, Dhani showed a keen interest in Formula One auto racing. He accompanied George to Grand Prix races around the world.
[edit] Education
Harrison attended Badgemore Primary school in Henley-on-Thames, then Dolphin School near Twyford, a Montessori school. He later attended Shiplake College, also near Henley, where he showed a keen interest in rowing. Harrison is an alumnus of Brown University, where he studied physics and industrial design.
After graduating from university, Harrison pursued a career as an aerodynamicist. However, this career turned out not to suit him as well as he had hoped, and he is following in his father's footsteps as a professional musician.[citation needed]
[edit] Musical career
After George's death 29 November 2001, Harrison, in collaboration with Jeff Lynne, completed George's final album, Brainwashed, which was released in 2002.[3] He participated in a concert in George's memory organized by Eric Clapton, called Concert for George. The concert, which took place on the first anniversary of George's death, featured some of George's friends: Billy Preston, Ravi Shankar, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Ringo Starr, Jim Keltner, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Albert Lee, Joe Brown, and members of Monty Python. Harrison played backup acoustic guitar for most of the concert. Before the finale, Paul McCartney relayed to the audience, "Olivia said that with Dhani up on stage, it looks like George stayed young and we all got old".[4]
In March 2006, Harrison made a guest appearance on Liam Lynch's Podcast Video Variety Show, Lynchland.[5] They performed a duet that will appear on a Lynch album. He collaborated with Jakob Dylan on the John Lennon song "Gimme Some Truth" for the Lennon tribute album "Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur", which was released on 12 June 2007.[6] Dhani is credited on two unreleased Traveling Wilburys tracks under the pseudonym Ayrton Wilbury, a tribute to Ayrton Senna.[citation needed]
In April 2006, it was announced that Harrison's band, thenewno2 had begun recording. The band released a music video, "Choose What You're Watching", on its website. thenewno2 features Harrison on lead guitar, synthesiser and vocals and Oli Hecks on drums and synths. He also contributed to the 2007 EP by Heartstring Symphony, Rooney's 2007 CD Calling the World. He was involved in a re-working of the Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" entitled "The Heart Gently Weeps", which was the first single on the Wu-Tang Clan's album, 8 Diagrams, released in December 2007.
thenewno2's debut album, You Are Here was released online on 11 August 2008 and in stores on 31 March 2009.[7] Their song "Crazy Tuesday" was a downloadable bonus track in Rock Band 2.
On 4 April 2009, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced that his father George Harrison would be posthumously awarded a star on the Walk of Fame, in front of the Capitol Records Building, on Tuesday 14 April 2009 at 11:30 am local time. Musicians and good friends Petty, Jeff Lynne and Paul McCartney were in attendance. His mother Olivia Harrison gave a short speech about her late husband, while standing next to her, Dhani Harrison uttered the mantra "Hare Krishna". [8]
[edit] Video Games
It was announced in 2009 that Dhani was collaborating in the development of The Beatles: Rock Band, a music game to be released on 9 September 2009 on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Wii gaming platforms.
[edit] References
- ^ Will Hodgkinson (9 May 2003), A family affair, The Guardian, http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2003/may/09/homeentertainment.features
- ^ Ringo Starr/Dhani Harrison. (18 November 2003). Concert for George. [DVD]. Los Angeles, CA, USA: Rhino Records.
- ^ New George Harrison Tracks Previewed Online
- ^ Simon Briggs (2 December 2002), Celebrating the quiet Beatle, Telegraph, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/3586561/Celebrating-the-quiet-Beatle.html
- ^ Lynchland Episode 03
- ^ Amnesty International USA Artists Unite in Donating Tracks to Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur, to be Released by Warner Bros. Records June 12 Retrieved on 2009-03-07.
- ^ Gary Graff (13 March 2009), Beatle progeny Dhani Harrison a reluctant musician, Reuters, http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE52B7LK20090313
- ^ Solvej, Schou. "Beatle George Harrison gets Hollywood star - The Daily Breeze". Associated Press. http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_12141260. Retrieved on 2009-04-18.
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