{"id":619573,"date":"2023-03-18T07:12:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T12:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/18\/jet-harris-was-britains-first-bass-guitar-player-the-first-to-own-a-fender-precision-and-its-first-rocknroll-hellraiser-too\/"},"modified":"2023-03-18T07:12:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T12:12:00","slug":"jet-harris-was-britains-first-bass-guitar-player-the-first-to-own-a-fender-precision-and-its-first-rocknroll-hellraiser-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/18\/jet-harris-was-britains-first-bass-guitar-player-the-first-to-own-a-fender-precision-and-its-first-rocknroll-hellraiser-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Jet Harris was Britain\u2019s first bass guitar player, the first to own a Fender Precision, and its first rock\u2019n\u2019roll hellraiser too"},"content":{"rendered":"<article aria-label=\"article\" data-id=\"rjLbhPCRWijRGfrs6DxcrT\">\n<header>\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\">\n<ol>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\" aria-label=\"Return to Home\">Home<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/features\" aria-label=\"Return to Features\">Features<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/Bass%20Player\" aria-label=\"Return to Bass Player\">Bass Player<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<div itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div>\n<picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" alt=\"Jet Harris with Fender VI\" onerror=\"if(this.src &#038;&#038; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\"   data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/6VLBhtbCmH3zRbooeo5Ytb.png\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/6VLBhtbCmH3zRbooeo5Ytb.png\"><source type=\"image\/png\" alt=\"Jet Harris with Fender VI\" onerror=\"if(this.src &#038;&#038; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\"   data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/6VLBhtbCmH3zRbooeo5Ytb.png\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/6VLBhtbCmH3zRbooeo5Ytb.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/6VLBhtbCmH3zRbooeo5Ytb-320-80.png\" alt=\"Jet Harris with Fender VI\" onerror=\"if(this.src &#038;&#038; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\"   data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/6VLBhtbCmH3zRbooeo5Ytb.png\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/6VLBhtbCmH3zRbooeo5Ytb.png\"><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<p><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/6VLBhtbCmH3zRbooeo5Ytb.png\"><br \/>\n<meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"600\"><br \/>\n<meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"338\"><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\">\n<span itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Getty)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>\u201cIf it wasn&#8217;t for Jet Harris,&#8221; Paul McCartney once said, &#8220;I would never have picked up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/features\/best-bass-guitars-for-every-budget\">bass guitar<\/a>.\u201d A founder member of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/news\/hank-b-marvin-the-shadows\">The Shadows<\/a>, and a solo star for a short period in the 60s, Jet Harris was the inspiration for an entire generation of British bass players, including McCartney, John Paul Jones and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/features\/lemmy-the-final-interview-i-was-born-to-play-the-bass\">Lemmy<\/a>. \u201cJet Harris was very innovative for his time, given the band he was in,\u201d said Lemmy. \u201cHe gave me the idea that the bass player didn\u2019t have to stand at the back.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Blessed with good looks, a moody persona, a chip on his shoulder and a monkey on his back, he was Britain\u2019s first rock\u2019n\u2019roll bad boy and (if you were standing far enough away) the coolest guy around. Jet was the first pro bass guitarist in the country and certainly one of the finest, first in one of the UK\u2019s most influential bands \u2013\u00a0The Shadows \u2013\u00a0and then as a solo hitmaker who played the first Fender VI Bass to arrive on UK shores. His influence on British bass playing was so great that in 2010 Fender presented him with an award for effectively launching the bass guitar in the early 60s. But alcohol-fuelled bad behaviour, gossip page scandals \u2013 including singer Cliff Richard\u2019s affair with his wife \u2013 and a near-fatal car accident conspired to derail his career.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Born Terence Harris in 1939, and nicknamed \u201cJet\u201d at school because he was a fast runner, Harris dabbled in the clarinet before being inspired by the bass notes hammered out by boogie-woogie pianist Winifred Atwell. \u201cThe bass line,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/obituaries\/culture-obituaries\/music-obituaries\/8391590\/Jet-Harris.html\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/obituaries\/culture-obituaries\/music-obituaries\/8391590\/Jet-Harris.html\"><u>he said<\/u><\/a>, \u201cis what makes a number growl.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jet took to the double bass, making his own upright to begin with, playing in jazz clubs and joining a band called Tony Crombie\u2019s Rockets that had one eye on the rock\u2019n\u2019roll explosion. Music was changing. When the eagle-eyed Crombie bought Jet a hollow-bodied <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/gear\/photo-gallery-10-most-iconic-framus\">Framus<\/a> Star bass guitar, Harris became the first known musician in the UK to play an electric bass.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure data-bordeaux-image-check>\n<div>\n<p><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" alt=\"Jet Harris of The Shadows (then The Drifters) plays a Framus Star bass guitar with Besson hardware during the recording of Cliff Richard's single 'Livin' Doll' at Abbey Road Studios on 28th April 1958 in London.\" onerror=\"if(this.src &#038;&#038; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/guitarworld\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DDSdWszdsG7boTqGkAV76C-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DDSdWszdsG7boTqGkAV76C-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DDSdWszdsG7boTqGkAV76C-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DDSdWszdsG7boTqGkAV76C-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DDSdWszdsG7boTqGkAV76C-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DDSdWszdsG7boTqGkAV76C-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DDSdWszdsG7boTqGkAV76C.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DDSdWszdsG7boTqGkAV76C.jpg\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Jet Harris of The Shadows (then The Drifters) plays a Framus Star bass guitar with Besson hardware during the recording of Cliff Richard's single 'Livin' Doll' at Abbey Road Studios on 28th April 1958 in London.\" onerror=\"if(this.src &#038;&#038; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/guitarworld\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DDSdWszdsG7boTqGkAV76C-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DDSdWszdsG7boTqGkAV76C-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DDSdWszdsG7boTqGkAV76C-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DDSdWszdsG7boTqGkAV76C-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DDSdWszdsG7boTqGkAV76C-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DDSdWszdsG7boTqGkAV76C-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DDSdWszdsG7boTqGkAV76C.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DDSdWszdsG7boTqGkAV76C.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DDSdWszdsG7boTqGkAV76C.jpg\" alt=\"Jet Harris of The Shadows (then The Drifters) plays a Framus Star bass guitar with Besson hardware during the recording of Cliff Richard's single 'Livin' Doll' at Abbey Road Studios on 28th April 1958 in London.\" onerror=\"if(this.src &#038;&#038; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/guitarworld\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DDSdWszdsG7boTqGkAV76C-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DDSdWszdsG7boTqGkAV76C-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DDSdWszdsG7boTqGkAV76C-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DDSdWszdsG7boTqGkAV76C-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DDSdWszdsG7boTqGkAV76C-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DDSdWszdsG7boTqGkAV76C-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DDSdWszdsG7boTqGkAV76C.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/DDSdWszdsG7boTqGkAV76C.jpg\" ><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\"><span>Jet Harris, then of The Drifters, with a Framus Star bass and Besson scratchplate, recording Cliff Richard&#8217;s Livin&#8217; Doll at Abbey Road, 28th April 1958.\u00a0 <\/span><span itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Rick Hardy\/Redferns\/Getty)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He recorded with The Vipers, a skiffle group making the switch to rock\u2019n\u2019roll and played on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VBt05OTPUpM\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VBt05OTPUpM\"><u>their 1958 cover of Eddie Cochran\u2019s Summertime Blues<\/u><\/a>. Jet\u2019s bass is the first noise you hear.<\/p>\n<p>At Soho musicians hangout, the 2i&#8217;s Coffee Bar, he met Brian Rankin, Bruce Cripps and Harry Webb, men who would become better known as Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch and Cliff Richard. Their band, Cliff Richard and the Drifters had already had UK hits under a different line-up. Their debut single, Move It, had gone to no.2 in the UK charts in September 1958 and is considered to be Britain\u2019s first rock\u2019n\u2019roll hit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jet was in and made an immediate impact: The Drifters weren\u2019t just the backing band for Cliff Richard, they had their own career. Their second single, Jet Black, was written by Harris and another great showcase for the bass player.<\/p>\n<div data-nosnippet>\n<p><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"high\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BUlexgnjejk\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>When US band The Drifters slapped an injunction of their debut single Feelin\u2019 Fine, Jet suggested another name: The Shadows. In 1959, his Framus was damaged in a backstage accident and he found himself with another first: a Fender Precision bass, the first one in the country. That same year, The Drifters backed Cliff Richard on record for the first time: the result, Livin\u2019 Doll, was a UK no.1 and started a huge run of chart success. In Jet\u2019s tenure, the band scored 15 top 5 hits in the UK.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Shadows\u2019 career followed in parallel: groundbreaking instrumental Apache went to no.1 in August 1960, knocking their own track with Cliff Richard, Please Don\u2019t tease, off the number 1 spot. Hits like FBI, Man of Mystery, Kon Tiki and Wonderful Land followed, putting electric guitar and bass guitar on the map. Their influence was immense. \u201cIf it wasn&#8217;t for Jet Harris, I would never have picked up a bass guitar,\u201d said Paul McCartney.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div data-nosnippet>\n<p><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EzgbcyfJgfQ\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Not only was he paving the way for a new generation of bassists, behind the scenes, Harris was drawing the blueprint for rock\u2019n\u2019roll excess. His alcohol intake was legendary. He\u2019d started young, to give himself some dutch courage before going onstage, but it did more than that, getting him in fights and causing friction in the band.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJet would have a few brown ales and it would all be over,\u201d drummer Brian Bennett recalled. \u00a0\u201cHe\u2019d get a stream of verbal from Bruce [Welch, guitarist] and go on stage in a really black mood. As soon as Bruce was looking the other way, Jet would look back at me on the drums and mouth, \u2018The effing bastard\u2019\u2026 Dressing-room rows would end with Jet in tears.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His driving was out of control too. In 1959, having not even passed his test, he crashed his car, injuring himself and Hank Marvin. He was fined for dangerous driving, failing to display L-plates and driving unaccompanied by a qualified driver. His friend <a href=\"https:\/\/terrywebster.co.uk\/history\/recording-history-2\/live-music-history\/jet-harris-some-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/terrywebster.co.uk\/history\/recording-history-2\/live-music-history\/jet-harris-some-people\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Terry Webster recalled<\/a><span> (opens in new tab)<\/span> Jet later having \u201ca brick handy near his accelerator \u2013 a sort of cruise control for the long journeys back to London\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure data-bordeaux-image-check>\n<div>\n<p><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" alt=\"L to R: Jet Harris, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Tony Meehan, posed, group shot, backstage, c.1960\/1961\" onerror=\"if(this.src &#038;&#038; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/guitarworld\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/HRMP5jAWVmiCiLpqUa9LJT-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/HRMP5jAWVmiCiLpqUa9LJT-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/HRMP5jAWVmiCiLpqUa9LJT-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/HRMP5jAWVmiCiLpqUa9LJT-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/HRMP5jAWVmiCiLpqUa9LJT-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/HRMP5jAWVmiCiLpqUa9LJT-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/HRMP5jAWVmiCiLpqUa9LJT.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/HRMP5jAWVmiCiLpqUa9LJT.jpg\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"L to R: Jet Harris, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Tony Meehan, posed, group shot, backstage, c.1960\/1961\" onerror=\"if(this.src &#038;&#038; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/guitarworld\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/HRMP5jAWVmiCiLpqUa9LJT-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/HRMP5jAWVmiCiLpqUa9LJT-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/HRMP5jAWVmiCiLpqUa9LJT-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/HRMP5jAWVmiCiLpqUa9LJT-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/HRMP5jAWVmiCiLpqUa9LJT-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/HRMP5jAWVmiCiLpqUa9LJT-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/HRMP5jAWVmiCiLpqUa9LJT.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/HRMP5jAWVmiCiLpqUa9LJT.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/HRMP5jAWVmiCiLpqUa9LJT.jpg\" alt=\"L to R: Jet Harris, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Tony Meehan, posed, group shot, backstage, c.1960\/1961\" onerror=\"if(this.src &#038;&#038; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/guitarworld\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/HRMP5jAWVmiCiLpqUa9LJT-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/HRMP5jAWVmiCiLpqUa9LJT-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/HRMP5jAWVmiCiLpqUa9LJT-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/HRMP5jAWVmiCiLpqUa9LJT-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/HRMP5jAWVmiCiLpqUa9LJT-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/HRMP5jAWVmiCiLpqUa9LJT-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/HRMP5jAWVmiCiLpqUa9LJT.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/HRMP5jAWVmiCiLpqUa9LJT.jpg\" ><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\"><span>\u00a0The Shadows (L-R): Jet Harris with Britain&#8217;s first Fender Precision, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Tony Meehan, c.1960\/1961\u00a0 <\/span><span itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Paul Naylor\/Getty)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At The Cavern in Liverpool, Harris fell off the stage during a performance of <em>Shadoogie<\/em>. \u201cSmashed out of his head,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/meandmyshadows.me\/1962-jet-goes-solo.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/meandmyshadows.me\/1962-jet-goes-solo.html\" rel=\"noopener\">said Bruce Welch<\/a><span> (opens in new tab)<\/span>. \u201cAs Hank helped him up and back onto the stage, I apologised to the audience. \u2018I\u2019m very sorry, Jet\u2019s not very well,\u2019 I said. It didn\u2019t work. Some Scouser in the audience yelled back, \u2018We know, mate \u2013 he\u2019s pissed!\u2019\u201d The incident became so famous in Liverpool that Paul McCartney would copy it, pretending to fall off the stage.<\/p>\n<p>To add to his chaotic personal life, Jet was putting himself about a bit, having multiple affairs. His wife Carol found out and found revenge in an affair with frontman Cliff Richard. In his autobiography, Cliff claimed that Carol seduced him. In 2009 she told her side to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-1214532\/How-I-seduced-curlers-The-woman-Cliff-Richard-love-gives-different-story.html\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-1214532\/How-I-seduced-curlers-The-woman-Cliff-Richard-love-gives-different-story.html\"><u>the Daily Mail<\/u><\/a> in a story headlined: \u201cHow I \u00a0was seduced in my curlers: The only woman Cliff Richard ever made love to gives her own very different side of the story\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m not the seducer of Cliff Richard,\u201d she said. \u201cThe truth is he never left me alone. It&#8217;s all twisted now to make it seem like I was the one who did the running. I can assure you, it was all him.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure data-bordeaux-image-check>\n<div>\n<p><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" alt=\"Cliff Richard performing with The Shadows in 'Expresso Bongo', directed by Val Guest, 1959. Left to right: Bruce Welch, Cliff Richard, Jet Harris (1939 - 2011) and Hank Marvin. The drummer, obscured by Richard, is Tony Meehan.\" onerror=\"if(this.src &#038;&#038; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/guitarworld\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SBzBjed6GgdX8c6okAV3hS-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SBzBjed6GgdX8c6okAV3hS-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SBzBjed6GgdX8c6okAV3hS-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SBzBjed6GgdX8c6okAV3hS-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SBzBjed6GgdX8c6okAV3hS-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SBzBjed6GgdX8c6okAV3hS-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SBzBjed6GgdX8c6okAV3hS.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SBzBjed6GgdX8c6okAV3hS.jpg\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Cliff Richard performing with The Shadows in 'Expresso Bongo', directed by Val Guest, 1959. Left to right: Bruce Welch, Cliff Richard, Jet Harris (1939 - 2011) and Hank Marvin. The drummer, obscured by Richard, is Tony Meehan.\" onerror=\"if(this.src &#038;&#038; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/guitarworld\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SBzBjed6GgdX8c6okAV3hS-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SBzBjed6GgdX8c6okAV3hS-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SBzBjed6GgdX8c6okAV3hS-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SBzBjed6GgdX8c6okAV3hS-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SBzBjed6GgdX8c6okAV3hS-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SBzBjed6GgdX8c6okAV3hS-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SBzBjed6GgdX8c6okAV3hS.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SBzBjed6GgdX8c6okAV3hS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SBzBjed6GgdX8c6okAV3hS.jpg\" alt=\"Cliff Richard performing with The Shadows in 'Expresso Bongo', directed by Val Guest, 1959. Left to right: Bruce Welch, Cliff Richard, Jet Harris (1939 - 2011) and Hank Marvin. The drummer, obscured by Richard, is Tony Meehan.\" onerror=\"if(this.src &#038;&#038; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/guitarworld\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SBzBjed6GgdX8c6okAV3hS-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SBzBjed6GgdX8c6okAV3hS-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SBzBjed6GgdX8c6okAV3hS-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SBzBjed6GgdX8c6okAV3hS-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SBzBjed6GgdX8c6okAV3hS-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SBzBjed6GgdX8c6okAV3hS-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SBzBjed6GgdX8c6okAV3hS.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/SBzBjed6GgdX8c6okAV3hS.jpg\" ><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\"><span>Cliff Richard and The Shadows in &#8216;Expresso Bongo&#8217;, 1959. Left to right: Bruce Welch, Cliff Richard, Jet Harris and Hank Marvin.\u00a0 <\/span><span itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Silver Screen Collection\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jet knew about the affair but continued in the band. Later he claimed that it drove him further to drink. \u201cPut it this way,\u201d he said, \u201cI think what happened helped my alcoholism along the way. There were things that I couldn\u2019t, wouldn\u2019t, think about. I drank to forget.\u201d Why didn\u2019t he do something about it, he was asked. \u201cI wanted my job. Maybe, if I\u2019m honest, I wanted the job more than I wanted her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 1962, Jet got stuck into the free backstage bar at the NME Poll Winners Party, and moments before he went on stage to collect the Best Instrumentalist Award, The Shadows sacked him. They&#8217;d had enough.<\/p>\n<div data-nosnippet>\n<p><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h3NQhHBSsw4\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Down but not out, he wasted no time. There was more new ground to break: Jet got hold of the first Fender VI Bass to arrive in the UK and set off on a solo career, backed by a band he called The Jet Blacks. The sound of the Fender VI twangs all over his first two singles, Besame Mucho and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kwJ7MWJMpeg\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kwJ7MWJMpeg\" rel=\"noopener\">Main Title Theme (The Man With The Golden Arm)<\/a><span> (opens in new tab)<\/span>. In January 1963 he teamed up with former Drifters drummer Tony Meehan for Diamonds. It went to no.1. A young guitarist called Jimmy Page did his first session work on the single, and when they went on the road, they took a young bass player called John Paul Jones with them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We all wanted to look like Jet Harris,\u201d said John Paul Jones. \u201cI got into session playing through Jet Harris and Tony Meehan. I walked up to him on Archer Street and asked him if he needed a bass player. He said, &#8216;No I don&#8217;t, but they do,&#8217; pointing me towards the Jet Blacks. He was leaving them, so I auditioned and joined up. Later he heard about me, swapped his bass player for me, and I went on the road with them.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite everything, Jet seemed unstoppable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div data-nosnippet>\n<p><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vHyTN5DQT6E\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The inevitable crash was literal and almost fatal. In September 1963, his car collided with a bus. Jet and his girlfriend, singer Billie Davis, were both hospitalised and Harris had minor brain damage requiring 34 stitches in his head. Meanwhile, the story of the married pop star with a teenage starlet in his car (Davis was 17, he was 24) was all over the papers. Although he was separated from his wife Carol, her affair with Cliff Richard was not public knowledge, and the scandal ruined both of their careers. &#8220;We were the Posh and Becks of our time,\u201d he said later of himself and Davis. \u201cHonest to God. We couldn\u2019t move without cameras being poked in our faces. It was a scandal, and we never really recovered from it.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure data-bordeaux-image-check>\n<div>\n<p><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" alt=\"Jet Harris and girlfriend, singer Billie Davis,July 1963.\" onerror=\"if(this.src &#038;&#038; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/guitarworld\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPxaEP5KKti3cTbjVZrPtL-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPxaEP5KKti3cTbjVZrPtL-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPxaEP5KKti3cTbjVZrPtL-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPxaEP5KKti3cTbjVZrPtL-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPxaEP5KKti3cTbjVZrPtL-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPxaEP5KKti3cTbjVZrPtL-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPxaEP5KKti3cTbjVZrPtL.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPxaEP5KKti3cTbjVZrPtL.jpg\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Jet Harris and girlfriend, singer Billie Davis,July 1963.\" onerror=\"if(this.src &#038;&#038; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/guitarworld\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPxaEP5KKti3cTbjVZrPtL-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPxaEP5KKti3cTbjVZrPtL-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPxaEP5KKti3cTbjVZrPtL-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPxaEP5KKti3cTbjVZrPtL-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPxaEP5KKti3cTbjVZrPtL-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPxaEP5KKti3cTbjVZrPtL-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPxaEP5KKti3cTbjVZrPtL.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPxaEP5KKti3cTbjVZrPtL.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPxaEP5KKti3cTbjVZrPtL.jpg\" alt=\"Jet Harris and girlfriend, singer Billie Davis,July 1963.\" onerror=\"if(this.src &#038;&#038; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/guitarworld\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPxaEP5KKti3cTbjVZrPtL-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPxaEP5KKti3cTbjVZrPtL-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPxaEP5KKti3cTbjVZrPtL-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPxaEP5KKti3cTbjVZrPtL-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPxaEP5KKti3cTbjVZrPtL-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPxaEP5KKti3cTbjVZrPtL-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPxaEP5KKti3cTbjVZrPtL.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PPxaEP5KKti3cTbjVZrPtL.jpg\" ><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\"><span>Jet Harris and girlfriend, singer Billie Davis, July 1963, two months before their car crash. &#8220;We were the Posh and Becks of our time,&#8221; said Jet. <\/span><span itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: John Drysdale\/Keystone Features\/Hulton Archive\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jet went on a spiral. Arrested in Brighton. Hospitalise in Paddington. Drunk and disorderly in Marble Arch. Banged up for drunk driving. In 1967 an audition for the fledgling Jeff Beck Group offered some redemption. \u201cJeff&#8217;s first idea was to invite Jet Harris, once of the Shadows, to play bass, and Viv Prince, formerly of the Pretty Things, to be the drummer,\u201d Rod Stewart wrote in his autobiography. \u201cThis was an ambitious plan \u2013 or, you might even say, raving mad. Harris looked great \u2013 he had a big peroxide hairdo \u2013 but he was still in recovery from a terrible car accident and was known to be having some struggles with alcohol. Prince&#8217;s drumming style, meanwhile, made Keith Moon look conservative.\u201d Beck got that pillar of sobriety Ronnie Wood instead.<\/p>\n<p>Jet struggled with alcohol and over the next couple of decades worked as a bus conductor, hospital porter, taxi driver, brick layer. Declared bankrupt in 1988, he got sober in 1996 and stayed that way til the end of his life, making a modest return to performing and playing. In 1998, Fender gave him a Lifetime Achievement Award for his role in popularising the bass guitar in Britain. He played regularly, did a theatre show called Me and My Shadows and was joined by a special guest: Billie Davis. UK rock&#8217;n&#8217;roll Marty Wilde took him on the road and the end of tour show featured original Shadows Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Licorice Locking (who had replaced Jet) and Brian Bennett on stage onstage with Jet and the rest of the show&#8217;s company.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010 he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the New Year Honours list and died the following year on 18 March, 2011, after suffering from throat cancer. Britain&#8217;s first bass player \u2013 his basslines reverberate still.<\/p>\n<figure data-bordeaux-image-check>\n<div>\n<p><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" alt=\"Jet Harris, posed, with Fender Bass VI guitar, 1963.\" onerror=\"if(this.src &#038;&#038; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/guitarworld\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/aFHCkvUEmtW4nbPF3DahaT-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/aFHCkvUEmtW4nbPF3DahaT-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/aFHCkvUEmtW4nbPF3DahaT-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/aFHCkvUEmtW4nbPF3DahaT-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/aFHCkvUEmtW4nbPF3DahaT-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/aFHCkvUEmtW4nbPF3DahaT-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/aFHCkvUEmtW4nbPF3DahaT.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/aFHCkvUEmtW4nbPF3DahaT.jpg\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Jet Harris, posed, with Fender Bass VI guitar, 1963.\" onerror=\"if(this.src &#038;&#038; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/guitarworld\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/aFHCkvUEmtW4nbPF3DahaT-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/aFHCkvUEmtW4nbPF3DahaT-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/aFHCkvUEmtW4nbPF3DahaT-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/aFHCkvUEmtW4nbPF3DahaT-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/aFHCkvUEmtW4nbPF3DahaT-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/aFHCkvUEmtW4nbPF3DahaT-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/aFHCkvUEmtW4nbPF3DahaT.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/aFHCkvUEmtW4nbPF3DahaT.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/aFHCkvUEmtW4nbPF3DahaT.jpg\" alt=\"Jet Harris, posed, with Fender Bass VI guitar, 1963.\" onerror=\"if(this.src &#038;&#038; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/guitarworld\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/aFHCkvUEmtW4nbPF3DahaT-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/aFHCkvUEmtW4nbPF3DahaT-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/aFHCkvUEmtW4nbPF3DahaT-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/aFHCkvUEmtW4nbPF3DahaT-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/aFHCkvUEmtW4nbPF3DahaT-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/aFHCkvUEmtW4nbPF3DahaT-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/aFHCkvUEmtW4nbPF3DahaT.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/aFHCkvUEmtW4nbPF3DahaT.jpg\" ><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\"><span>Britain&#8217;s first bass hero. Jet Harris with Fender Bass VI guitar, 1963.\u00a0 <\/span><span itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Photo by Harry Hammond\/V&#038;A Images\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/guitarworld\/media\/img\/GW_logo.svg\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Thank you for reading 5 articles this month*<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Join now for unlimited access<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>US pricing $3.99 per month or $39.00 per year<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>UK pricing \u00a32.99 per month or \u00a329.00 per year\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Europe pricing \u20ac3.49 per month or \u20ac34.00 per year<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>*Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/guitarworld\/media\/img\/GW_logo.svg\">\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Join now for unlimited access<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Prices from \u00a32.99\/$3.99\/\u20ac3.49<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" data-reactroot id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent\">\n<section>\n<p>We\u2019d love to stay in touch, sign up for The Pick team to contact you with great news, content and offers.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div data-reactroot id=\"slice-container-authorBio\">\n<p>Tom Poak has written for the Hull Daily Mail, Esquire, The Big Issue, Total Guitar, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and more.\u00a0In a writing career that has spanned decades, he has interviewed Brian May, Brian Cant, and cadged a light off Brian Molko. 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He has drank with Shane MacGowan, mortally offended Lightning Seed Ian Broudie and been asked if he was homeless by Echo &#038; The Bunnymen\u2019s Ian McCulloch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/features\/jet-harris-was-britains-first-bass-guitar-player-the-first-to-own-a-fender-precision-and-its-first-rocknroll-hellraiser-too\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Arden Center<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home Features Bass Player (Image credit: Getty) \u201cIf it wasn&#8217;t for Jet Harris,&#8221; Paul McCartney once said, &#8220;I would never have picked up a bass guitar.\u201d A founder member of The Shadows, and a solo star for a short period in the 60s, Jet Harris was the inspiration for an entire generation of British bass [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":619574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[534,673,242],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-619573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-financial","category-first","category-harris"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}