George Harrison
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George Harrison Too Humble To Front The HeartbreakersBut I don't think any of us really tried to make it happen... It wasn't meant to be. It didn't go that way.' Petty and Harrison did become bandmates, however, in supergroup the Traveling Wilburys, opposite Dylan, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison. In this article: George Harrison, Mike Campbell, Bob Dylan, Traveling Wilburys, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and Ry Cooder |
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boston.com - Latest music news | 1 day ago
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...love for inductee Harrison with his guitar on an annihilating version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps'' with Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Harrison's son Dhani. Extras include full versions of some of the great induction speeches through the...
In this article: Bruce Springsteen, DVD, Transcendence, I Saw Her Standing There, Ringo Starr, Bob Marley, Mick Jagger, Jeff Lynne, and Bob Dylan
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Wikipedia | November 05, 2009
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
On 29 November 2002 Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Dhani Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Eric Clapton performed "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" at the Concert for George in memory of Harrison , who died a year earlier after a long battle with cancer.
In this article: Eric Clapton, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, The Beatles, The White Album, Dhani Harrison, Phish, Paul McCartney, Jeff Lynne, and Love
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San Francisco Chronicle | October 18, 2009
Monsters of Folk take it nice and easy
...Rossdale, among others. Although it might be easy to make a comparison to the Traveling Wilburys, the late '80s collaboration among George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Roy Orbison, don't bother. When asked if they thought...
In this article: Jim James, Mike Mogis, M. Ward, Bob Dylan, Bright Eyes, Mountain View, Shoreline Amphitheatre, She & Him, and Fleet Foxes
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Daily Express | June 16, 2009
George's songs to be released
...as part of the group s anthology project He also co-produced George s last studio album Brainwashed, working on the recording with Harrison s son Dhani following George s death from cancer. News of Lynne s potential involvement comes...
In this article: Jeff Lynne, Olivia, Cancer, My Sweet Lord, Got My Mind Set on You, Free as a Bird, Traveling Wilburys, The Beatles, and Brainwashed
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Cloud Nine (George Harrison album)
...substantial break - Harrison felt the desire to make music again. He asked former Electric Light Orchestra leader and fellow musician Jeff Lynne to co-produce the album with him. After having composed a round of new songs, Harrison entered his...
In this article: Cloud Nine, Jeff Lynne, When We Was Fab, Got My Mind Set on You, Ringo Starr, Shanghai Surprise, The Beatles, All Things Must Pass, and UK
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Daily Mail | April 15, 2009
Beatlemania as Paul McCartney dedicates a star to George Harrison in Hollywood
...and friends to unveil a star in his memory. All the gang: Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Sir Paul McCartney joined George Harrison's widow Olivia and son Dhani to honour the former Beatle Beatlemania: The fans were out in force for a...
In this article: Paul McCartney, Olivia, Hollywood, Ringo Starr, Eric Idle, Monty Python, Jeff Lynne, and Capitol Records
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The Hindu - News | June 18, 2009
Harrison's unheard song set to release
...the late star. Harrison, who died in 2001, left behind a huge collection of incomplete songs and Electric Light Orchestra leader, Lynne, has reportedly agreed to work on the tracks at the request of Harrison's widow Olivia. Lynne, a close...
In this article: Jeff Lynne, Olivia, Daily Express, Travelling Wilburys, Beatles, Brainwashed, Electric Light Orchestra, and London
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New Kerala | June 17, 2009
Late George Harrison's unheard songs set for release
...songs are finally set for release. According to insiders, George''s musician pal Jeff Lynne will be working on the unheard ditties composed by Harrison during the last 15 years of his life. "George half-finished loads of songs and...
In this article: Jeff Lynne, Olivia, Daily Express, My Sweet Lord, Got My Mind Set on You, Traveling Wilburys, Electric Light Orchestra, Punjab, and West Bengal
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Jeff Lynne
Lynne was also heavily involved in the memorial ''Concert for George, held at London's Royal Albert Hall in November 2002, and subsequently produced the Surround Sound audio mix for the Concert For George DVD released in November 2003. The...
In this article: Jeff Lynne, Electric Light Orchestra, Richard Tandy, Xanadu, Roy Orbison, The Beatles, and Grammy Award
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George Harrison MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and film producer. He achieved international fame as lead guitarist in The Beatles, and is listed #21 in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of "The 100 Best Guitarists of All Time." Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian mysticism, and helped broaden the horizons of the other Beatles as well as their Western audience. Following the band's breakup, he had a successful career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys, and also as a film and record producer.
Although the majority of The Beatles' songs were written by Lennon and McCartney, Harrison generally wrote one song per side from the Help! album onwards. His later compositions with The Beatles include "Here Comes the Sun," "Something" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." After the band's breakup, Harrison continued writing, releasing the acclaimed and successful triple album, All Things Must Pass, in 1970, from which came the #1 single "My Sweet Lord". In addition to his solo work, Harrison co-wrote two hits for Ringo Starr, another ex-Beatle, as well as songs for the Traveling Wilburys — the supergroup he formed in 1988 with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison.
Harrison embraced Indian culture and Hinduism in the 1960s, and helped expand Western awareness of sitar music and of the Hare Krishna movement. With Ravi Shankar he organised a major charity concert with the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh, and is the only Beatle to have published an autobiography, with I Me Mine in 1980.
- Name At Birth:
- George Harrison
- Also Known As:
- L'Angelo Misterioso
- Hari Georgeson
- Nelson/Spike Wilbury
- George O'Hara-Smith
- George Harrysong
- Carl Harrison
- Birth Date:
- February 25, 1943
- Birthplace:
- Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
- Death Date:
- November 29, 2001
- Place of Death:
- Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Occupation:
- Musician, songwriter, record producer
- Instrument Played:
- Rickenbacker 360/12
- Rosewood Telecaster
- Gibson Les Paul - "Lucy"
- Guitar, vocals, bass, ukulele, mandolin, sitar, sarod, keyboards
- Fender Stratocaster - "Rocky"
- Gretsch Country Gentleman
- Record Label:
- Vee-Jay, EMI, Dark Horse Records
- Parlophone, Capitol, Swan, Apple
- Years Active:
- 1958–2001
- Associated With:
- The Beatles, Traveling Wilburys, The Quarrymen, Plastic Ono Band, Cream, Delaney, Bonnie & Friends, Carl Perkins
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