George Harrison died of cancer November 29, 2001 at the age of 58. He had not released a studio album since 1987’s Cloud Nine. His participation with the Traveling Wilburys, a tour with Eric Clapton and its resultant live album (Live in Japan), plus his work on The Beatles Anthology project had kept him out […]

That George Harrison kept recording until just two months before his death at age 58 in November of 2001 was its own blessing. After all, he hadn’t put out a new album of solo material since 1987.But you wondered what would become of Harrison’s final works, since producer Jeff Lynnehad decided to finish the project in George’s absence. […]

Get ready to break out the incense.
On October 19, Dark Horse Records will release Collaborations, a limited-edition 3 CD/1 DVD set of music by George Harrison and his mentor, Indian master musician Ravi Shankar, recorded over a period of twenty years.READ MORE

by Denise Sullivan
 

From its humble beginning (“Isn’t it a pity? / Now, isn’t it a shame?”), to its bitter end (“What a pity, what a pity”), “Isn’t It a Pity”, by notorious spiritual seeker and light-bringer George Harrison, offers no hope or relief from bleak truths its narrator comes to speak. The song’s dark matter came to […]

Where is George Harrison’s place in the history of the Beatles — as a front-line player or in the shadow of John Lennon and Paul McCartney?
That’s the topic on the latest Fab Fourum as co-hosts Ken Michaels, Rob Leonard, Mitch Axelrod and Tony Traguardo talk about his career both as a Beatle and as a […]

GEORGE HARRISON’s widow OLIVIA has slammed British actor RODNEY BEWES for protesting about a security fence her late husband erected after he was attacked in his home.
Harrison, who passed away in 2001, had surrounded his property with the wire fencing as a precaution after an intruder broke in and stabbed him in 1999.
Olivia Harrison […]

For years, we’ve heard the infamous “Paul is dead” hoax — how Paul McCartney was killed in a car accident and replaced by a double. There have been countless “clues” on album covers and in songs. And amazingly, some people actually believe this stuff.
Well, here’s another addition to the “Paul Is Dead” library. A new […]

There must be something about being a great artist that requires you to hide material to keep people satisfied for years after your death. Which is remarkable, considering how much money they could get for this hidden material while they are alive. Well, the biggest rock band of all time somehow still has material out […]

CANNES — Martin Scorsese swept into the Cap d’Antibes Beach Hotel down the coast from Cannes on Saturday afternoon with George Harrison’s widow, Olivia. The two have been collaborating on a documentary about the famous songwriter for the past three years and are finally nearing the end of a long and winding road.
Titled “Living in […]

Director Martin Scorsese was in Cannes to announce his latest project , Living In The Material World: George Harrison, a music documentary about the late Beatles star.The film, which is currently in post, is being produced by Harrison’s widow Olivia, together with Nigel Sinclair, who produced Scorsese’s 2005 Bob Dylan doc No Direction Home. It will […]