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CLIFF RICHARD - HARRIS UPSET HE'S NOT PART OF SHADOWS FINAL SHOWS
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HARRIS UPSET HE'S NOT PART OF SHADOWS FINAL SHOWS
Bassist JET HARRIS has spoken out about the snub which will prevent him from performing with CLIFF RICHARD and THE SHADOWS when his old bandmates come together for 50th anniversary dates this autumn (09).
Harris has been left out of the shows, which will be the last for The Shadows, because of ongoing tensions between him and his bandmates.
He'll be replaced by The Shadows' long-serving bass player Mark Griffiths.
Harris tells Britain's Mojo magazine, "I automatically thought they'd have me - maybe for the first six or so numbers, the ones I played on. But the powers that be have decided.
"It doesn't seem right that I won't be playing (Shadows hit) Apache, but there's absolutely no malice - I'm not losing sleep over it."
Harris quit the British instrumental group in the early 1960s after falling out with bandmate Bruce Welch.
02 February 2009 21:55
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Chris Gordon 
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posted on 02/10/2009 01:01
Jet Harris`s reunion with the rest of the Shadows and Cliff Richard was never
going to happen even if they all lived to be a 100 years old! they have never
forgiven him for the comments he made when he left the first time in 1962 and
they never will plus the fact his downward spiral in the late 60s and 70`s and
all the bad publicity he suffered about his personal life back then hasn`t
helped in the long run, it does seem a shame though when he was one of the
original members along with Bruce and Hank (Brian Bennet replaced Tony Mehan
before Jet quit)
