Here’s some audio from the Let It Be tapes of Harrison not being very interested in listening to the first Zeppelin album: Audio of George Harrison Hearing About Led Zeppelin John Lennon on Led Zeppelin Q: “Do you think in terms of feelings? Do you think of music, popular music, in terms of …
Read More »Last Hours, Moments and Words of George Harrison
Last Days , Hours and Moments of George Harrison George, 58, had been told on or about November 14 that it was unlikely he could survive another month. After being treated for lung and throat cancer, he had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour. On Saturday, November 17, it …
Read More »NOVEMBER 9, 1961 Brian Epstein saw The Beatles at The Cavern Club in Liverpool
NOVEMBER 9, 1961 – Future band manager Brian Epstein saw The Beatles playing live for the first time during a lunchtime session at The Cavern Club in Liverpool. Having seeing their name several times in Mersey Beat magazine, and on posters around Liverpool, Brian Epstein had become curious about The …
Read More »NOVEMBER 6, 1983 – The TV miniseries “Princess Daisy” – featuring Ringo Starr
NOVEMBER 6, 1983 – The TV miniseries “Princess Daisy” debuted on ABC, featuring Ringo Starr (as a gay fashion designer in one of his last acting roles) and his wife Barbara Bach. Based on the 1980 novel of the same name by Judith Krantz, “Princess Daisy” tells the story of …
Read More »NOVEMBER 1, 1968 – George Harrison released his first solo album, ‘Wonderwall Music”
NOVEMBER 1, 1968 – George Harrison released his first solo album, ‘Wonderwall Music” on the Apple label in the UK (released on December 2nd in the US). The songs which were mostly Harrison instrumentals featured Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and an unaccredited banjo contribution by Peter Tork of The Monkees. …
Read More »Beatles and Jelly Beans
The remainder of the Beatles’ tour of America was more of the same. In Washington, to which the Beatles traveled aboard a private railroad car called the “King George,” 2,000 teenage fans mobbed the locked metal gates of Union Station. At their concert in the Coliseum that night the …
Read More »When Johnny Cash met The Beatles
Recently on TV interview in which Ringo was asked about the famous Candlestick Park last ever concert show in 1966 and he said that: “…what was also great, beside we played really well, was that we met Johnny Cash. He came to the gig.” According to Larry Kane, the …
Read More »What John is saying at the end of Strawberry Fields Forever?
Cranberry Sauce or I buried Paul? Listen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7G5NNYCPKY John says “I Buried Paul” on Strawberry Fields Forever A common belief is that John says “I Buried Paul” at the end of Strawberry Fields Forever on the Magical Mystery Tour album. In fact, he actually says “Cranberry Sauce”, not once, but twice. On the ending of Strawberry …
Read More »When The Beatles Meet the Rolling Stones (April 14 1963)
Mick tells the tale of seeing us there with long suede coats that we’d picked up in Hamburg, coats that no one could get in England. He thought, ‘Right – I want to be in the music business; I want one of those coats.’ Paul McCartney Anthology I remember …
Read More »George Harrison Tells : When Beatles Met With Elvis
George: ” I met him later at Madison Square Garden—it must have been in 1972, something like that. And at that time, I had my uniform; the worn-out denim jacket and jeans—looked like a rag-man—and I had a big beard and moustache, and long hair down to my waist. …
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