Post Tagged with: "George Harrison"

by / on June 17, 2011 at 9:41 am / in Rock Music, Something Else! Interviews

Gary Wright – Connected (2011)

Gary Wright‘s life around the Beatles continues, as he helps kick off the UK leg of Ringo’s ongoing All-Starr Band tour today at Hampton Court. Wright’s newest album Connected also includes a turn from Starr — as well as a continuation of his decades-long collaborations with George Harrison.

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by / on April 28, 2011 at 7:21 am / in One Track Mind

One Track Mind: Bobby Whitlock on "Layla," "Beware of Darkness," "Thorn in the Garden"

On this special edition of Something Else! Reviews’ One Track Mind, we hand the reins over to keyboardist Bobby Whitlock, who rose to fame as a composer and sideman alongside Eric Clapton and George Harrison.

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by / on April 27, 2011 at 8:27 am / in Rock Music, Something Else! Interviews, Uncategorized

Something Else! Interview: Bobby Whitlock, of Derek and the Dominoes

Keyboardist Bobby Whitlock reflects on Derek and the Dominoes’ Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, given a deluxe reissue Tuesday on its 40th anniversary

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by / on October 9, 2010 at 5:00 am / in One Track Mind, Uncategorized

One Track Mind: John Lennon, "Instant Karma!" (1970)

Note: To commemorate the 70th birthday of John Lennon, we’re revisiting this single from early in his post-Beatles career. One of the things I find most fascinating about the man was how he was able to impart blunt, timeless wisdom about our lives while struggling to make sense of his. “Karma” was one of those ‘message’ songs that he so [...]

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by / on September 1, 2010 at 5:49 am / in Rock Music, Uncategorized

Deep Cuts: George Harrison, "Rising Sun" (2002)

by Nick DeRiso 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 Lynne had decided to finish the project [...]

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by / on June 16, 2009 at 5:30 am / in Pop Music, Uncategorized

George Harrison – Let It Roll: Songs By George Harrison (2009)

by Nick DeRiso More musical journey than greatest hits, per se, “Let It Roll” is a primer on George Harrison for those who never got past his time with Beatles — and yet a still-intriguing way to reexperience some of his best solo cuts for those who followed along after the Fabs went pphhft. It didn’t have to meet that [...]

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by / on November 4, 2008 at 6:21 am / in Rock Music, The Sucks Series, Uncategorized

Gimme Five: Songs where Ringo Starr, well, sucked

When Ringo Starr recently announced that he wouldn’t be responding to any more fan mail, it occurred to me that he must be completely unaware of the disastrous foibles he’s unleashed on a loving but ultimately unwitting fanbase. Certainly likeable (at one time, anyway), Starr was and is a drive-by celeb, someone so lightning-strike lucky to have replaced Pete Best [...]

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by / on August 20, 2008 at 5:34 am / in Pop Music, Uncategorized

Something Else! Playlists: The Beatles … Live (again)!

The Beatles, just as their creativity went supernova, quit the road in 1966 — frustrated over the inability of that period’s sound systems to amplify the increasingly complex work spinning around on your turntables and in their heads. Later, of course, each of the individual members revisited the band’s seminal works. But never again did they take the stage together [...]

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by / on February 25, 2008 at 6:00 am / in Featured Artist, Pop Music, Uncategorized

Something Else! Featured Artist: George Harrison

George Harrison remains the Beatles’ great unresolved mystery — the guy who might have actually done more had he been in any another band after 1965. Or not. His solo records are a frustrating mix of the sublime, the blatant and the unremarkable. Sometimes within a three-song sweep. Sometimes within the same song. Thus, the unresolved part. George seemed as [...]

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by / on July 7, 2007 at 5:00 am / in Pop Music, Uncategorized

Something Else! Playlists: Beatles LIVE!

NICK DERISO: The Beatles have seldom recorded live performances of the 1960s songs that made them most famous. First, they stopped touring 40 years ago at the height of their popularity, and long before such studio triumphs as “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band,” “The White Album” and “Abbey Road.” Even after their breakup, the Beatles’ individual members rarely have [...]

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