Re: RIP Jet Harris

Larry Shaw <larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I see Jet died on the 18th March - throat Cancer at 71..

Not many youngsters will be aware of his place in history, but believe me;
he was an originator on the Precision and started a lot of us old gits off.

He claimed to be the first person in Britain to own a bass guitar.

You can't get much more ground breaking than that.

--- Derek


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