Monday Music: Photograph

"But all I've got is a photograph..."

George Harrison died on November 29, 2001. One year later, on November 29, 2002, his friends gathered together at the Royal Albert Hall in London for the Concert for George. It was a wonderful concert and I highly recommend it. I checked it out at our local library a few years ago and liked it so much, I bought my own copy. It is not shown in the clip below, but as Ringo introduced the number, he said, "What a band, what a night! I loved George, George loved me. This song is one George and I wrote together, it's called 'Photograph.' The meaning is changed now, of course."

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Monday Music: Beware of Darkness

Ben Gerson of Rolling Stone claims that "Beware of Darkness" may be the best song on George Harrison's  All Things Must Pass, commenting on its "enigmatic" music and the combination of "warning" and "affirmation" in its lyrics.(from Wikipedia). Here is a stellar performance by Eric Clapton from the Concert for George.

Monday Music: While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Here's a great performance of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" from the Concert for George (held on November 29, 2002, "a year from the day" that George Harrison died). And what a great concert it was! You should get the DVD and watch the whole thing. Doing a little research, I learned that Eric Clapton did the guitar solo for the original recording on the Beatles eponymous double album ("The White Album"). According to biographer Mark Lewisohn, George Harrison later said of that recording session that in addition to providing them with an excellent guitar solo, Clapton also had a positive effect on the band. His presence "made them all try a bit harder, they were all on their best behaviour." (The Beatles Recording Sessions, Harmony Books, 1988).

In addition to Ringo Star and Paul McCartney, watch for George's son, Dhani, playing with the band.