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George Harrison biography shares Beatles star’s sarcastic response after being stabbed 40 times

Musician still found time for comedy after almost dying in harrowing incident

The Independent UK

Rare Beatles Photo With Autographs Set To Fetch Thousands At Auction

Signed by all four members, the photo is expected to sell for over $7,000 at Chiswick Auctions

Zenger

Withnail and I: How a Beatle-funded comedy about alcoholic actors became a cult classic

The boozy British comedy classic was produced by Beatle George Harrison and made stars out of Richard E Grant and Paul McGann, but its initial cinema release went almost unnoticed. Nick Duerden looks at the film’s chequered road to cult status

The Independent UK

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Gary Wright obituary

Singer and songwriter whose 1976 hit Dream Weaver combined yearning vocals with a haunting and distinctive synthesiser sound

The Guardian - UK

Gary Wright, singer of Dream Weaver and Love is Alive, dies aged 80

Frequent collaborator of George Harrison and synthesiser pioneer was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia

The Guardian - AU

Gary Wright, ‘Dream Weaver’ and ‘Love is Alive’ singer dies at 80

Gary Wright’s 1975 album ‘The Dream Weaver’ became his breakthrough hit. He also played keyboard on Beatle George Harrison’s hit album ‘All Things Must Pass.’

Chicago Sun-Times

Beatles memorabilia worth an estimated £6m goes for auction

Items include an archive from John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 1969 peace protest and a curious birthday card sent by George Harrison

The Guardian - UK

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What links HMS Devastation and a white swan? The Saturday quiz

From Monstera deliciosa to a sleepy marsupial, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

The Guardian - UK

Thrill of fusing John McLaughlin’s jazz with India traditions keeps Shakti together for 50 years

Quintet will bring its cross-cultural sound to Ravinia.

Chicago Sun-Times

“My mum said, ‘What about the drink and drugs and wild women?’ I said, ‘That‘s what I want to do this for!’”: the life and times of Bernie Marsden, British blues-rock‘s secret weapon

In 2020, Classic Rock sat down with late ex-Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden to talk fistfights with UFO, patching things up with David Coverdale and meeting James Bond

Louder

The 20 most underrated Beatles songs

Even The Beatles’ most overlooked songs are better than many other bands’ best numbers

Louder

"Nobody with any sense would pay and queue for a ticket just to stand on a seat and scream and not hear one sound from the stage": it turns out George Harrison's mum had her doubts about The Beatles

Mrs Harrison's thought's about her son's career are revealed in letters to be auctioned later this month

Louder

"The worst track we ever had to record" – why 3/4 of the Beatles hated Maxwell's Silver Hammer

No Paul McCartney song ever incurred the joint wrath of Lennon, Harrison and Starr quite like Maxwell’s Silver Hammer. Here’s why…

MusicRadar

Imran Khan airbrushed from history in Pakistan cricket video

The former prime minister, who captained the 1992 World Cup team, does not appear

Evening Standard

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The Week

Screaming Beatles fans embarrassed George Harrison’s mother

George Harrison’s mother once wrote that screaming Beatles fans made her “really ashamed” she was female, The Times reported. In a letter in 1963, Louise Harrison told a teenager about hysterical scenes she witnessed at a gig in Manchester. “I was really disgusted at the way the so-called fans just screamed…

The Guardian - UK

Letters from George Harrison’s mum reveal her horror at Beatles fans

Louise Harrison wrote of her disgust at screaming fans in letters to be sold at annual Liverpool Beatles Auction

The Independent UK

George Harrison’s mother ‘ashamed I was female’ after watching Beatles fans

Letters from Louise Harrison to teenager Janet Gray in the 1960s are being put up for sale.

The Guardian - UK

Norman ‘Nobby’ Pilcher obituary

Drugs squad detective who arrested many famous rock stars in the 1960s, including John Lennon, Dusty Springfield and Brian Jones

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MusicRadar

John Lennon: "Somebody let off a firecracker onstage and every one of us looked at each other, because each thought it was the other that had been shot. It was that bad.” – Why The Beatles retired from the stage

How death threats, disillusionment and the very real threat of onstage electrocution all fuelled The Fab Four’s decision to stop playing live…

MusicRadar

The 5 George Harrison post-Beatles songs you need to hear: “I write lyrics and I make up songs, but I'm not a great lyricist or songwriter or producer. It's when you put all these things together — that makes me"

Freed from the creative confines of The Beatles, George Harrison set out to realise his true creative potential. Here are five of his finest works…

Guitar World

“I would definitely advise trying classical guitar – it’s really easy to translate classical chord shapes to pop music”: How NY duo The Lemon Twigs are leading the ’70s glam rock guitar revival

Power-pop enthusiast Brian D’Addario on his love of 12-strings, surprising guitar heroes, and how fingerstyle on a nylon-string can be the foundation for all songwriting on guitar

Newcastle Herald

Beatles legend Paul McCartney locks in Newcastle date

Get ready to sing Hey Jude, Newcastle.

MusicRadar

"They stole our ideas" – John Lennon on the Yellow Submarine film and the unexpected Beatles recording of its soundtrack song, Hey Bulldog

"We had nothing to do with that movie"

Guitar World

Conan O’Brien nearly bought Buddy Holly’s amp – here’s what stopped him

During a chat with Billy Corgan on his radio show, the comedian also told an amusing, gear-related anecdote about the time George Harrison stopped by the set of Saturday Night Live

The Guardian - UK

Nina Simone’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

Ahead of an album of previously unreleased 1966 live recordings, we appraise the strident, sexual, socially conscious songcraft of a truly indomitable artist

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