George Harrison

[wolvesgirlgonewild]

Nov 14, 2016 20:12:58 GMT skyclad1904 said:

Nov 14, 2016 18:19:06 GMT wolvesgirlgonewild said:

I really could listen to him for hours! So was it through Dave Morgan how George and Jeff met? Ahh is it still there? I'm presuming it is haha

In fact it was not Dave Morgan, but Dave Edmunds who brought Jeff and George together. Here is a link to a short article about that:

somethingelsereviews.com/2013/11/09/it-was-like-a-dream-come-true-elos-jeff-lynne-his-career-changing-introduction-to-george-harrison/

Ah I'm getting my Daves mixed up, thanks for the link!

[queenofthehours]

Speaking of the great Dave Edmunds, it would be a shame not to point out Billy Bremner, the guitarist in the house band who play the pirate song with George at the end of the Rutland Weekend TV clip.

Billy played guitar with Dave in Rockpile which also featured Nick Lowe -

Billy also played on many solo records and well-known singles by both Dave and Nick as well as lead guitar on the Pretenders' 'Back on the Chain Gang'.

 

[queenofthehours]

When you're enjoying a trip to the pictures this weekend, spare a thought for the Regal Cinema, Henley-on-Thames, which George and Joe gamely tried to save from being knocked down to build a supermarket back in 1985.

I especially love how George and Joe are referred to as "local residents", no pop-star nonsense here, just a vox pop with two blokes -

Well done lads for standing up for the local economy!

[Chippa]

Tomorrow is the 15th anniversary of George's death. Here's his final public performance, on a VH-1 special from 1997.

[BSJ]

George was not a favorite, but I did buy some of his albums. Brainwash being the last, of course.

I can only thank Jeff for keeping my interest in George going.  And, some of the members, ("thumbs up to

 queenofthehours   )  not letting us forget him, too! Thank-you.
 

                                     

[queenofthehours]

15 years. It’s a long time but it doesn’t seem very long because George, being part of Jeff's life, is part of our lives too and we talk about him a lot here; He'll always be immortal. This is my little George tribute -

I have to say that I only became a fan of George through Jeff but I've always had a soft spot for him. Being the "quiet one", and the best looking, it was easy for me to choose George as my favourite Beatle but his modesty meant that it was far easier to be drawn to the loudly talented Mr McCartney. As a teen I liked angry John and as a child, fun Ringo. But not until I was old enough did I appreciate George.

After his death and people told their tributes to him, I began to like George even more. There were stories of his kindness which struck me, such as when he paid for one of his cleaners to have an operation. But my favourite story, the one that always stuck in my mind, was the one that my favourite DJ, Mark Radcliffe told -

So if McCartney has managed to live through the whole Beatles thing and emerge as a regular, normal bloke, then that’s a remarkable achievement. Let me be clear on this one. I’m not saying he hasn’t managed it, but I’m saying that it’s impossible for us to know for sure.

And yet, when I met George Harrison, I was really tempted to believe it was a trick he had pulled off. I went to his private office at Handmade Films to talk to him for a programme I was making about Rickenbacker guitars. Shown into an office that felt like a schoolmasters’ study at a British public school, I waited alone for my first meeting with a Beatle. And the role I had chosen to adopt was that of someone who met people as famous as the Beatles every day, as I didn’t want to come across as a gushing imbecile. I saved that persona for my DJ-ing work.

When George arrived, he was dressed in dark clothes you barely noticed, which generally means they cost a fortune, and was friendly and open as if he’d wandered in to chat to an old mate about football or gardening or the weather. He was also absolutely beautiful. I mean, I’m not gay or anything, but I know a good looking chap when I see one, and George Harrison was way beyond handsome. His dark hair was still lustrous, and he peered from beneath it with deep, twinkling eyes and the suggestion of a Merseybeat-era cheeky grin. He was carrying a plain, brown paper bag, which he put on the coffee table. What does George Harrison carry round in a brown paper bag I wondered? Well, that was his business, and I didn’t feel it appropriate to ask.

We conducted the interview and he recalled how difficult it was to get hold of good instruments in the early days, and the joys of finally getting his hands on a decent guitar like a Rickenbacker. After the tapes had been turned off he poured us a cup of tea, picked up the paper bag and said ‘Oh, there’s some flapjacks my wife has made here. Would you like one?’

I don’t know why I remember that moment so vividly, but it just seemed so amazing that in his position, when he could send any one of a number of lackeys out to buy whatever pasty his heart desired, that he would choose to carry round home-baked flapjacks in a brown paper bag. It seemed indicative of a man who’d been able to maintain a degree of normality in spite of having lived one of the most extraordinary lives anyone had lived ever. Look, I’m not claiming to be a mate of George Harrison’s, I’ve no idea what he was really like or what made him tick, but offering people your wife’s home baking has got to be an indication of a person who’s more in touch with really than someone who’s built their own private funfair, hasn’t it?

Ever since I heard that story (told differently on the radio in 2001, this extract is from Mark's later book) I discovered a greater respect for George. It wasn't until Jeff introduced me to Nelson Wilbury that I loved him, but hearing that a person of George's stature enjoyed sharing his wife's baking with visitors made me look at him with even more admiration. I knew we had lost someone special.

[unomusette]

What a lovely snippet, thanks for sharing it queenofthehours

[queenofthehours]

16 years ago today we lost a great man.

[Helmut83]

I'll remember him with my favourite song of his:

[vlogdance]

Went to see the tennis film, Battle Of The Sexes, this week. It's set in the 1970s. 

I was delighted to hear this song of George's on the soundtrack. 

[Helmut83]

Great song, vlogdance . I love "What is life?" too, one of George's most upbeat.

[BSJ]

One of my very favorites. Whatever I'm doing I have to stop and listen.

[unomusette]

Here's one of my favourites, from my favourite Beatle. Can't believe he's been gone 16 years

[Helmut83]

I agree, unomusette, this must be among my top 7 or 8 songs by George. Pretty silly, yet conveys a very happy and pleasant feeling.

[queenofthehours]

Nov 30, 2017 13:04:56 GMT vlogdance said:

Went to see the tennis film, Battle Of The Sexes, this week. It's set in the 1970s. 

I was delighted to hear this song of George's on the soundtrack. 

And of course our favourite Australian knew a good song when she heard it -