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{{cquote|...to try to imagine the soul entering the womb of the woman living 12 Arnold Grove, Wavertree, Liverpool 15: there were all the barrage balloons, and the Germans bombing Liverpool.|George Harrison, ''I Me Mine'', p.19-20|1980}} | {{cquote|...to try to imagine the soul entering the womb of the woman living 12 Arnold Grove, Wavertree, Liverpool 15: there were all the barrage balloons, and the Germans bombing Liverpool.|George Harrison, ''I Me Mine'', p.19-20|1980}} |
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George Harrison | |
George Harrison in 1966. |
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Background information | |
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Also known as | Carl Harrison L'Angelo Misterioso Hari Georgeson Nelson/Spike Wilbury George Harrysong George O'Hara-Smith |
Born | 25 February 1943 Liverpool, England, UK |
Died | 29 November 2001 Los Angeles, California, US |
(aged 58)
Genres | Rock, pop, psychedelic rock, experimental, world |
Occupations | Musician, singer-songwriter, actor, record and film producer |
Instruments | Guitar, vocals, bass, keyboards, ukulele, mandolin, sitar, tambura, sarod, swarmandal |
Years active | 1958–2001 |
Labels | Parlophone, Capitol, Swan, Apple, Vee-Jay, EMI, Dark Horse |
Associated acts | The Quarrymen, The Beatles, Traveling Wilburys, Dhani Harrison, Ravi Shankar |
Website | GeorgeHarrison.com |
Notable instruments | |
Gretsch Country Gentleman "Rocky" "Lucy" Rosewood Telecaster |
Check out this lovely slideshow of very rare Harrison photos on RollingStone.com.
“ | ...to try to imagine the soul entering the womb of the woman living 12 Arnold Grove, Wavertree, Liverpool 15: there were all the barrage balloons, and the Germans bombing Liverpool. | „ |
—George Harrison, I Me Mine, p.19-20, 1980 |
“ | I liked music since I can remember. I can remember One Meat Ball, very early, Hong Kong Blues, that's one of the first songs I can remember (I must have been about four) a real bluesy song. Those were happy times. I went out with my parents from when I was a baby and we went out a lot. I remember being at one place or another, dancing at the club or at old Mrs. Such and Such. I remember as a baby standing on a little leather stool, singing "One Meat Ball." | „ |
—George Harrison, I Me Mine, p.28, 1980 |
“ | It took from four o'clock to five to get home in the evening to the outskirts of the Speke estate and it was on that bus journey that I met Paul McCartney, because he, being in the same school, had the same uniform and was going the same way as I was so I started hanging out with him. His mother was a midwife and he had a trumpet. | „ |
—George Harrison, I Me Mine, p.28, 1980 |
“ | Songwriting for me, at the time of Rubber Soul, was a bit frightening because John and Paul had been writing since they were three years old. It was hard to come in suddenly and write songs. They'd had a lot of practice. They'd written most of their bad songs before we'd even got into the recording studio. I had to come from nowhere and start writing, and have something with at least enough quality to put on the record alongside all the wondrous hits. It was very hard. | „ |
—George Harrison, The Beatles Anthology, p.194, 2000 |