While In///Parallel may be the debut solo album from Dhani Harrison, it's far from his first major recording.
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As part of Thenewno2, Harrison has released threeWhile In///Parallel may be the debut solo album from Dhani Harrison, it's far from his first major recording.
As part of Thenewno2, Harrison has released three full-length studio efforts. In addition, as a member of the supergroup Fistful Of Mercy—alongside Ben Harper, Joseph Arthur and legendary session drummer Jim Keltner—Harrison was part of 2010’s As I Call You Down.
If that wasn't enough, Harrison has also scored numerous television and film projects, and was even a part of the Wu-Tang Clan's 2007 album, 8 Diagrams.
We recently sat down with Harrison to discuss In///Parallel, his extensive gear collection and his earliest influences.
What made you want to play guitar in the first place? Was it a particular album or artist?
Seeing Mark Knopfler in the "Money For Nothing" video, that definitely was one of those things where I was like, "Whoa, that's cool." All those kind of films like Back To The Future, it couldn't be cooler than a skateboarding, guitar-playing kid. It didn't get any cooler than that.
I think seeing Angus Young, dressed like a schoolboy, all these things made me want to play guitar. Eric Clapton, seeing 24 Nights, that tour as well. That was all around the same time as Lethal Weapon, Lethal Weapon 2, all those guitar-y soundtracks. Go and listen to those soundtracks, they had some great guitar in there. Things like that definitely had an impact on me.
Did you have a hard rock past? I ask because some of those influences had a hard rock persuasion, which I don't necessarily hear in your music.
I grew up listening to Iron Maiden and Jimi Hendrix. I was a huge Jimi Hendrix fan. Cream and Hendrix later