George Harrison
A letter documenting the break up of 'The Beatles' is displayed before being auctioned during a pop memorabilia show at Christie's in London 29 April 2005. The letter, signed by three Beatles, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr dated 18 April 1969 provides evidence of the disbanding of the pop group. The letter is valued around £40,000-£60,000 and will be auctioned 5 May.
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George Harrison said, ‘The deeper you go, the higher you fly.’ I am back, and I am flying high.
Marty chose the music for the narrative and it drives the story. I think he fit the music perfectly in there, but there's was a point when I realized, 'Oh wow, we're not going to get past 1975
I think it was the dilemma of life, and where you find yourself, that appealed to him mostMore quotes »
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George Harrison's widow rules out hologram revival
George Harrison's widow Olivia has ruled out ever reviving the Beatles legend's image with an onstage hologram, insisting she wouldn't be able to "handle" seeing it.Last month (Apr12) the audience at the Coachella festival in California was left stunned when 11:30 AM from MSN Entertainment Read more »
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Jake Shimabukuro thanks his lucky stars for YouTube
Shimabukuro might forever be known as the ukulele player who performed an innovative cover of George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" on a bench in Central Park. A single-shot video of the performance, posted online in 2005, has created an audience 5:34 AM from Charleston City Paper Read more »
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Beatlemania on Tour hits the Swan City next week
been playing guitar for 10 years and as a teenager, he never imagined he’d end up in a Beatles tribute band, impersonating George Harrison on stage night after night. “It’s a definite plus. I’m 24 now and have been playing Glasgow since I was 14,” he says. 12:35 AM from Daily Herald Tribune Read more »
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On Music: Beatlemania Week – No. 2
consider this George Harrison’s best song, at least of those he wrote as a Beatle. In the late ‘60s, Harrison was deeply into the I Ching and the concept of Relativism, which states that points of view have no absolute truth or validity, having only relative, 5/29/12 from Neatorama Read more »
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Paul McCartney - "Too Many People" and the Re-release of 'Ram' (Mixed Media)
Ram and, if you listen in on headphones, the big treat will be the collage-like cut and paste of the finished soundscape. George Harrison once said he didn’t recognize Beatle George. Newspaper reporters can only nail so much truth, not least for the limited 5/29/12 from PopMatters Read more »
