Dale Harris

Dale Harris: Concert Pictures

Dale Harris in concert, Surrey UK, November 2006	Dale Harris in La Herradura, Spain 2010
Dale Harris and The Guitars Show, Surrey UK 2011	Dale Harris, FreyaBeya concert, Wiltshire UK 2006

During the summer of 2006, Dale Harris played at the special musical event in aid of the 'FreyaBeya' charity which was held on Saturday, June 10 at Shrivenham's Memorial Hall, Wiltshire, UK. The event was arranged by Freya's family - mother Sarah-Jayne Dawes, along with husband Steve. The Dawes family featured in a BBC documentary aired in March 2007.

Freya Dawes died at the age of five she left gaping hole in the lives of her family. She was born in 1999 with Sturge Weber Syndrome a disorder which causes abnormalities in the body.

Dale waved his usual fee, instead sold CD's and donated a portion of the profits to the FreyaBeya charity. The event raised in excess of £2500.00.

Dale Harris: Some Very Special Images

Dale Harris with some guitars crammed into shot!	Dale Harris, Madrid Central Station, 2005
Dale Harris in 1989 with his Steve Vai signed guitar!	Manuel Contreras (Jnr) and Dale Harris, 2005

After playing his guitars for some years, Dale Harris met the Madrid Luther Manuel Contreras Jnr in the summer of 2005. Manuel kindly arranged to have some work done on Dale's guitar free of charge (and happily accepted some Spanish wine and strong cheese in exchange!).

Dale Harris And Friends

Dale Harris And Albert Nuijten	Dale Harris and Stephen Hill
Dale Harris and Lorne Gibson	Jez Henderson and Dale Harris

The image Dale Harris with Lorne Gibson (above) was probably taken at the Wembley Country Club, London UK circa 1996. The picture Jez Henderson and Dale Harris (above) was taken during the Dark Tales sessions and this image was considered as one of the possible artwork covers for the project!

Dale Harris's concerts often include items written for a specially modified steel-string acoustic guitar by Adrian Legg. It was the producer 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.

At their concerts, Lorne would often insist that Dale played a solo spot. He asked Dale if he knew Asturias by Albeniz to which the reply was yes (it was a work that Dale often performed whilst at music college circa 1983-5). The first few times he played with Lorne, Dale was pleasantly surprised by the reaction of the audience. They usually played country and folk music venues (and fairly often in noisy public houses) the crowd would quickly hush, realising that something special was taking place. Dale always thinks of these magical times when performing Asturias.