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Remi Harris on That Pedal Show
paulmcevoy75
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Am I the first person to see this?
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I started watching it the other day, about one third in. Unfortunately, yesterday Remi shared terrible news that his wife died. Just awful. I heard that she was diagnosed with cancer and she went through the therapy and it sounded like things were looking up. That was only about a year ago. Both of them so young. I really hope he's got support around him at this time.
Oh wow, that’s terrible news! I had seen the video the other day and watched about half of it. Very interesting to have an acoustic player on a show called “That Pedal Show”, but I’m guessing they’ll get into pedals and gear in the second half when he talks about the Peter Green stuff.
Yeah. Should have mentioned that.
It must be bizarre to be an entertainer and have to put on a good face to pay the bills while sometihing horrible is going on in the background.
Paul, thanks for posting this. Remi's such a talented player. Love the sound of his Fylde guitar. Would be great to see Remi at one of the US GJ festivals.
That's absolutely tragic about his wife and unsurprisingly, he did look a bit removed during the interview so that sure adds a lot of context...just f*ck cancer.
Dani was a lovely person and basically Remi’s manager, a huge part of his success. A real loss to the gypsy jazz scene in the UK, we are all mourning her.
Great to see this interview. Nice guy and he speaks and explains the genre so well. I'm personally not a fan of the sound of his Fylde guitar - sounds too thin without much sweetness. But it's a personal thing!
Buco had mentioned Remi Harris to me before, but I admit I wasn't really familiar with his playing. Never seen clips or heard songs stream, etc. Definitely comes across as a decent guy. What I'm amazed at is his fluency in 2 completely different styles. It is one thing to hobby play in your practice room, etc, but he's doing professional shows playing Django style and then professional shows playing Peter Green. He even spoke about trying to keep the Django out of his Green playing. That is akin to having professional fluency in two different languages and would almost require him to see the fretboard in 2 completely different ways. That's what I'd like to hear more of in a future interview. What are those different mindmaps? Are there intersections?
I would suspect that the different pick and different picking styles (rest vs. altenate) help codify the 2 in separate sections, but I'd still be interested to hear how he personally experiences it.
The thinness could be due to the pain g string.
Yes Remi puts Ernie Balls on for his top strings which probably explains the thin sound.