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Dhani Harrison (; born 1 August 1978) is a British-American musician, composer and singer-songwriter. He is the only child of George and Olivia Harrison. Dhani 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. Harrison formed his own band, thenewno2, in 2002 and has performed at festivals, including Coachella, where Spin magazine dubbed their performance as one of the "best debut performances 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 released his debut solo album In Parallel. The 2019 film In///Paralive, showcases the live version of his debut solo album and was recorded in the round at Henson Studios in Los Angeles. Harrison's 2019 single, "Motorways (Erase It)", was described by Rolling Stone as "a psychedelic track with a robust beat".In 2013, Harrison launched his career as a composer. Alongside his writing partner Paul Hicks, Harrison scored the Warner Bros. movie Beautiful Creatures. Harrison has gone on to score the music for the TV show Good Girls Revolt, AMC's The Divide, Seattle Road, Learning to Drive, and for the Paul Giamatti–produced show Outsiders. In 2018, Harrison and his writing partner Hicks received a nomination for 'Best Music Score' at the International Documentary Association Awards for their work on the Sundance Film Festival Award Winning documentary Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. Most recently, Harrison wrote and recorded the title song for the Netflix original series Dogs and, along with Paul Hicks, scored the four-part HBO documentary series The Case Against Adnan Syed, the Bill Gates Netflix docuseries Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates, and the 2020 RZA movie Cut Throat City. Harrison's music collaborations span a diverse range of genres that have seen him tour with Eric Clapton, appear on the Wu-Tang Clan track "The Heart Gently Weeps", and join Pearl Jam live on stage several times over the years. One of Harrison's notable collaborations was in 2004 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, where he appeared alongside Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Prince on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", which was performed to mark the posthumous induction of his father. Harrison guests on the UNKLE album The Road: Part II/Lost Highway, and also appears on Perry Farrell's solo album, Kind Heaven. 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. Harrison is named after the sixth and seventh notes of the Indian music scale, dha and ni. Dhani is also a raga in North Indian classical music. Early life Harrison was born on 1 August 1978 at HRH Princess Christian’s Hospital in Windsor, Berkshire. He grew up with his parents in Henley-on-Thames, in Friar Park, the estate on which his father had lived since 1970. His mother, Olivia Harrison, is an American of Mexican descent. One of Harrison's earliest memories, from the age of six, is receiving a drumming lesson from his father's friend and bandmate, "Uncle" Ringo Starr. He recalled that before the lesson, he had been an avid drummer. However, when Starr began to play, the loud noise frightened him so much that he ran out of the room screaming.Harrison attended Dolphin School near Twyford, a Montessori method school, followed by Badgemore Primary School, Henley-on-Thames. He later attended Shiplake College, also near Henley, where he enrolled in the Combined Cadet Force, and showed a keen interest in rowing which continued into his later years.Harrison is an alumnus of Brown University, Rhode Island, where he studied industrial design and physics, earning a bachelor's degree. Harrison pursued a career as a car designer at McLaren Automotive before deciding to follow in his father's footsteps as a professional musician. Musical career Harrison assisted his father in home recording sessions which eventually became part of the Brainwashed album project. In this process he gained experience in performing and production techniques. After his father's death in 2001, Harrison, in collaboration with Jeff Lynne, completed his father's final album, Brainwashed, which was released in 2002 and went on to win a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, in "Marwa Blues", at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards in 2004. Harrison participated in the Concert for George on the first anniversary of his father's death. The concert was organized by Eric Clapton and featured some of his father's friends and collaborators, including former Beatles bandmates Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr as well as Clapton, Billy Preston, Ravi Shankar, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Jim Keltner, and Joe Brown. 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", referencing the physical similarities between father and son.In 2004 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. In March 2006, Harrison made a guest appearance on Liam Lynch's Podcast Video Variety Show, Lynchland. 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.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 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. The song "Yomp" was featured as a downloadable song for the Rock Band series, and "Crazy Tuesday" was featured as one of the 20 free songs that were downloadable with the purchase of Rock Band 2. In August 2010, Dhani Harrison, Ben Harper and Joseph Arthur joined to form Fistful of Mercy.In 2013, Harrison was the face of Gap's fall global campaign, entitled "Back To Blue." Harrison's dedication to his father's musical legacy resulted in a week long run of shows on Conan in September 2014, dedicated to George Harrison, which culminated in a sold out George Fest event at The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, which was later released as an alb.... Discover the Harrison Paul popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Harrison Paul books.
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Tune In
Mark LewisohnTune In is the first volume of All These Yearsa highlyanticipated, groundbreaking biographical trilogy by the world's leading Beatles historian. Mark Lewisohn uses his unprecedente...
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Love and Let Die
John HiggsA deepdive into the unique connections between the two titans of the British cultural psychethe Beatles and the Bond filmsand what they tell us about class, sexuality, and our aspi...
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The Beatles
Bob SpitzThe definitive biography of The Beatles, hailed as "irresistible" by the New York Times, "riveting" by the Boston Globe, and "masterful" by Time. As soon as The Beatles became famo...
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Leon Russell
Bill JanovitzNew York Times Bestseller The definitive biography of legendary musician, composer, and performer Leon Russell, a profound influence on countless artists, including George Har...
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Kaybree Versus the Angels
Harrison PaulKaybree has grown up hearing stories of the Angels, mythical beings who used to defend Nordgard from the creatures of the forest. After leaving mankind without guidance for centuri...
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Like Some Forgotten Dream
Daniel RachelThis is the story of the great lost Beatles album.The end of the Beatles wasn't inevitable. It came through miscommunication, misunderstandings and missed opportunities to reconcil...
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A Stranger Here Below
Charles FergusFor fans of C.J. Box's Joe Pickett series, a fabulous historical mystery series set in early America. “Deeply imagined and intricately plotted, A Stranger Here Below mar...
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In My Life
John Lennon & Paul McCartneyWith three generations of one family, we share moments that are meant to be savored in this special book that beautifully illustrates the words of John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s ...
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The Search for John Lennon
Lesley-Ann JonesPulling back the many hidden layers of John Lennon’s life, LesleyAnnJones closely tracks the events and personality traits that led to the rock star living in selfimposed exile in ...
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The Beatles Lyrics
Hunter Davies"Rich with insider authenticity...Gives us a glimpse into genius": the definitive book of Beatles songs, shown as first written by their own hands and put into authoritative contex...
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Withdrawn Traces
Sara Hawys Roberts & Leon NoakesNew discoveries and a fresh perspective, with unprecedented access to Richey's personal archiveOn 1 February 1995, Richey Edwards, guitarist of the Manic Street Preachers, went mis...
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Abbey Road
David Hepworth & Paul McCartneyThe incredible history of how Abbey Road became the most famous recording studio in the world. "There are certain things that are mythical. Abbey Road is mythical."N...
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You Never Give Me Your Money
Peter Doggett“Peter Doggett’s book about the Beatles’ split is a real pageturner.” Annie Lennox “Enthralling… Impossible to put down.” The Independent Acclaimed journalist Peter Doggett recou...
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With a Little Help from My Friends
John Lennon & Paul McCartneyCelebrate friendship with this lyrical picture book that beautifully illustrates John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s worldrenowned words from “With a Little Help from My Friends.”I ge...
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Shockaholic
Carrie FisherThis memoir from the bestselling author of Postcards from the Edge and Wishful Drinking gives you an intimate, gossipfilled look at what it’s like to be the daughter of Hollywood r...
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Meet the Beatles
Steven D. StarkRob Sheffield, the Rolling Stone columnist and bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape, offers an entertaining, unconventional look at the most popular band in history, the Beatle...
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Cheatgrass
Bart PaulThe followup to Under Tower Peak is another taut, fastmoving thriller that builds to an explosive, actionfilled conclusion.Under Tower Peak was acclaimed by the Wall Street Journal...
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Play It Loud
Brad Tolinski & Alan di PernaThe inspiration for the Play It Loud exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art"Every guitar player will want to read this book twice. And even the casual music fan wil...
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Wishful Drinking
Carrie FisherThe bestselling author of Postcards from the Edge comes clean (well, sort of) in her firstever memoir, adapted from her onewoman Broadway hit show. Fisher reveals what it was reall...
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George Harrison
Philip NormanFrom the premiere Beatles biographerauthor of the New York Times bestseller John Lennon: The Life and the millioncopy selling Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generationa rare and reve...
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Imagine This
Julia Baird'Honest and poignant' THE SUNThe honest and revealing story of John Lennon's childhood by his sister Julia. Through her own personal journey, Julia reveals the battle between two s...
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Platte River
Rick BassAvailable again, an acclaimed collection from an American master that USA Today called “Powerful . . . lyrical, vivid, engaging.”Originally published twentyfive years ago, Platte R...
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Lay This Body Down
Charles Fergus"Richly textured historical fiction with the urgency of a mystery novel. Fergus knows certain things, deep in the bone: horses, hunting, the folkways of rural places, and he weaves...
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Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
Eric IdleNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the ingenious comic performer, founding member of Monty Python, and creator of Spamalot (now back on Broadway!), comes an absurdly funny memoir...
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In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works
John LennonAN OMNIBUS EDITION OF JOHN LENNON’ S WHIMSICAL POETRY, PROSE, AND DRAWINGS, REISSUED IN CELEBRATION OF THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH.
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Paul McCartney
Peter Ames CarlinFrom the acclaimed biographer who brought you the rock biography of Bruce Springsteen comes the life of musician Paul McCartneyfrom his groundbreaking years with the Beatles to Win...
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And in the End
Ken McNabKen McNab's indepth look at The Beatles' acrimonious final year is a detailed account of the breakup featuring the perspectives of all four band members and their roles. A must to ...
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Paul Lukaris Et Al. v. Harrison Vending Systems
Supreme Court of New YorkSTALEY, JR., J. Appeal from an order of Supreme Court, Warren County, entered on October 24, 1966, granting plaintiffs' motion to serve an amended and supplemental bill of particul...
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The Lady in the Looking Glass
Virginia Woolf'People should not leave lookingglasses hanging in their rooms any more than they should leave open cheque books or letters confessing some hideous crime.''If she concealed so much...
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The Beatles Book
Hunter DaviesHunter Davies, the only ever authorised biographer of the group, has produced the essential Beatles guide. Divided into four sections – People, Songs, Places and Broadcast and Cin...
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The Beatles from A to Zed
Peter AsherA legendary record producer and performer takes readers on an alphabetical journey of insights into the music of the Beatles and individual reminiscences of John, Paul, George, and...
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In Their Lives
Andrew BlaunerThe perfect gift for any Beatles fan, In Their Lives is an anthology of essays from a chorus of twentynine luminaries singing the praises of their favorite Beatles songs. The Beatl...
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The Affair
Gill PaulLOVE. GLAMOUR. SECRETS.Rome, 1961. As the cameras roll on Cleopatra, the world is transfixed by the love affair emerging between Hollywood’s biggest stars: Richard Burton and Eliza...
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Girl of Fire and Lightning
Harrison PaulWhile Kaybree continues to defend the city against the Angels, she also investigates her mother's secret society. She wants to believe that her mother will use the Witch's power fo...
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My Very Own Witch Hunter
Harrison PaulKaybree is a Witch, a being born once a century with the power to break the worlda power which she wants to use to cure disease, alleviate suffering, and build a better world. But ...
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Wilderness Reform
Matt Query & Harrison QueryThe authors of the “impossible to put down” (The Guardian) thriller Old Country return with a terrifying novel about a wilderness camp for troubled teens that is plagued by mysteri...
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In His Own Write
John LennonAN OMNIBUS EDITION OF JOHN LENNON’ S WHIMSICAL POETRY, PROSE, AND DRAWINGS, REISSUED IN CELEBRATION OF THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH.
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Walk It Off
Ruth MarshallFuriously Happy meets Elaine Lui in this truly originaland surprisingly hilariousmemoir about one woman’s journey to learn how to walk after a debilitating diagnosis turned her lif...
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Being John Lennon
Ray ConnollyWhat was it like to be John Lennon? What was it like to be the castoff child, the clown at school, and the middleclass suburban boy who pretended to be a workingclass hero? How did...
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All The Songs
Philippe Margotin, Jean-Michel Guesdon, Scott Freiman & Patti SmithIn this lively and fullyillustrated work, two music historians break down every album and every song ever released by the Beatles, from "Please Please Me" (U.S. 1963) to "The Long ...
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John
Cynthia LennonThe New York Times bestselling exposé of the real John Lennon, written by his exwife. The time has come when I feel ready to tell the truth about John and me, our years together ...