Dhani Harrison is a British musician, composer and singer-songwriter.
27 Facts About Dhani Harrison
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Dhani Harrison is the only child of George and Olivia Harrison.
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Alongside his writing partner Paul Hicks, Dhani Harrison scored the Warner Bros.
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Dhani Harrison united with his long-time family friend Jeff Lynne when he opened for Jeff Lynne's ELO on the band's sold out 2019 North American summer tour.
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Dhani Harrison is named after the sixth and seventh notes of the Indian music scale, dha and ni.
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Dhani Harrison was born on 1 August 1978 at HRH Princess Christian's Hospital in Windsor, Berkshire.
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Dhani Harrison grew up with his parents in Henley-on-Thames, in Friar Park, the estate on which his father had lived since 1970.
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Dhani Harrison's mother, Olivia Harrison, is an American of Mexican descent.
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Dhani Harrison recalled that before the lesson, he had been an avid drummer.
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Dhani Harrison attended Dolphin School near Twyford, a Montessori method school, followed by Badgemore Primary School, Henley-on-Thames.
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Dhani Harrison later attended Shiplake College, near Henley, where he enrolled in the Combined Cadet Force, and showed a keen interest in rowing which continued into his later years.
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Dhani Harrison is an alumnus of Brown University, where he studied industrial design and physics, earning a bachelor's degree.
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Dhani Harrison pursued a career as a car designer at McLaren Automotive before deciding to follow in his father's footsteps as a professional musician.
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Dhani Harrison assisted his father in home recording sessions which eventually became part of the Brainwashed album project.
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Dhani Harrison participated in the Concert for George on the first anniversary of his father's death.
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Dhani Harrison played backup acoustic guitar for most of the concert.
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In 2004 Dhani Harrison appeared onstage with Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne, Prince and others for a performance of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" during his father's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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In March 2006, Dhani Harrison made a guest appearance on Liam Lynch's Podcast Video Variety Show, Lynchland.
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Dhani Harrison 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.
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Dhani Harrison 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.
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Dhani Harrison participated in The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to The Beatles the same year.
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Dhani Harrison produced George Fest, a live album and concert DVD package documenting The George Fest tribute concert in honor of his father.
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In 2017 Dhani Harrison played his first-ever solo show at the Panorama Festival in New York City.
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Dhani Harrison released his first solo album, In Parallel, in October 2017.
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Dhani Harrison collaborated in the development of The Beatles: Rock Band, a music video game released on 9 September 2009 on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii gaming platforms.
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Dhani Harrison was instrumental in the creation of the game and urged McCartney and Starr to participate.
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Dhani Harrison told the Chicago Tribune in an interview that he is "working on Rock Band 3 and making the controllers more real so people can actually learn how to play music while playing the game".