Dale Harris

Career

Dale Harris commenced his semi-professional musical career playing both acoustic and electric guitar under producers Ian Grant (BBC) and Pat Collier (freelance) whilst simultaneously studying the classical guitar. Throughout his career, Dale has entertained audiences with classical and Spanish standards, virtuoso showpieces and he often includes folk, country, jazz, blues and popular music in his concerts. He often includes items written for a specially modified steel-string acoustic guitar by Adrian Legg. It was Ian Grant who introduced Dale to a legend in British country music, the singer Lorne Gibson. Dale was immediately asked to join the Lorne Gibson Trio (in a role formerly occupied by Adrian Legg), and they performed numerous concerts and British Isles tours together. Amongst the specially invited performances that Dale has contributed to have been to the 28th I.C.H.P.E.R. World Congress attended by His Royal Highness Prince Phillip The Duke Of Edinburgh (London, 1985) and the Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey (Canterbury Cathedral, 1998) and once gave a private recital to a Zulu King and Prince whilst visiting the Amaslubi tribe in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. During 1999, Dale performed a series of concerts featuring late 20th Century classical guitar music featuring the epic Princes Toys Suite by Nikita Koshkin.

Dale's solo concerts are an event to behold. Audiences are spellbound by his uncanny ability to create magic from just about any genre you care to mention. Dale is not only fully-trained classical musician who can reel-off any number of classical repertoire pieces both popular and obscure without pretense, but he can play anything from jazz to rock to ragtime or flamenco, country to blue-grass acoustic, delta-blues slide electric, Indian classical raga and all with an authentic flair for the style executed with a twinkle-in-the-eye sense of humour and a death-defying level technique. He'll imitate drums, trumpets, the Nashville steel-guitar, play pieces entirely on the tuning pegs, lay down live loops, trigger synths or bass pedals for self-accompaniment.

Other Interests

When not touring or recording, Dale enjoys cross-country walking, snooker & billiards, chess, F1 Grand Prix racing and keenly supports Brentford Football Club.