JET HARRIS FAN SITE

 About This Website

I have been a Shadows fan since the early 60's and a Jet Harris fan once he left The Shadows, as far as I remember, buying 'Besame Mucho' on it's day of release and all of Jet's subsequent records on their day of release, but I had never met him. So it was on the 29th March 1985, with my close friend Dave Wheatley, I met him for the very first time. In a way it was this first meeting that sowed the seeds for the fan club that was to follow. At that first meeting Dave and I were able to talk with Jet at length and also show him a number of scrap books that I had made, about him.

The next time we met, Jet brought some letters with him from other fans, 'look mates' he said to us, 'you both seem to know more about me than I do, can you answer these letters for me'. The answering of those letters lead to the formation of the fan club which during the late 1980's and throughout the 1990's had a membership of nearly 300, and a monthly newsletter which grew into a monthly magazine.

On the 16th April 2003 sadly Dave Wheatley passed away after a long illness, and although I vowed to continue the fan club, I felt, that with the growth of the internet, information about Jet could be accessed more instantly than in a magazine publication. With Jet's agreement at the time the fan club continued mainly in  name only.

Some time after Dave Wheatley's death I realised that both of us had collected a wealth of material about Jet and so I set about creating this website with the hope of bringing this material to a wider audience.

This site is dedicated to Jet’s solo career after leaving The Shadows, as there are plenty of sites offering a mountain of information about The Shadows and Jet's involvement with them and I have included some links to these sites.

Following Jet's death in March 2011 I have decided to 'revamp' this website slightly, and although I shall retain the Jet Harris Fan Club name, as both the email address and postal address, are well established both on the internet and various other places, I am changing the name of the actual website to more reflect what it has to offer.

It may not grow very quickly, but please visit the site on a regular basis as I will be adding items as often as time will allow, or as soon as I can learn how to add things (music, video etc). Also if you have anything you would like to add, suggest or dispute, please email me, all help welcomed with pleasure.

Thanks for looking

Dave Holbrook