Martin Scorsese will direct a documentary on the life of George Harrison, Variety is reporting. Scorsese's recent foray into rock and roll documentaries include the Rolling Stones' forthcoming Shine A Light and the Bob Dylan doc No Direction Home.The Harrison documentary will be released in theaters and will include extensive materials from the Harrison family archive. "George Harrison's music ...
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Terry Gilliam, of Monty Python and Baron Munchausen fame, reveals an interesting perspective in an upcoming TMC documentary about his work. He credits George Harrison, of Beatles fame, with rescuing "Monty Python's The Life of Brian" during filmmaking in 1979. Uncut news reported Terry Gilliam's commentary:"We had pop stars who were our friends, rich pop stars like George Harrison and record ...
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MUSIC NEWS - Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison is the first release that will span Harrison's entire solo recording career. It releases on CD and digitally on June 16 via Capitol/EMI and will include the #1 Pop singles “My Sweet Lord,” “Isn’t It A Pity,” “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth),” and “Got My Mind Set On You." The new album will also feature live r
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MUSIC NEWS- UK singer/songwriter/composer, Dean Johnson used some "misplaced" lyrics written by BEATLE George Harrison to create a new song. The lyrics were written by Harrison in the late sixties, but never used by Harrison or the Beatles, but instead were given to the band's biographer Hunter Davies who filed and lost track of them. Davies came across the lyrcis recenlty and mentioned them i
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George HarrisonFebruary 25, 1942 - November 29, 2001It is not lost on me that I lead a charmed life.Most people never realize their dreams, no matter how small some of them are... I have realized several of them - big ones, little ones, silly ones, and ones most serious.When I was a child, I was asked, like everyone is, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" and without hesitating, I repli...
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George Harrison scribbled a number of lines on a piece of scrap paper way back in the 1960’s. It’s the first 10 lines of a forgotten Beatles song called Silence ( Is it’s own reply ) and now, 40 years later, the song has been finished.The piece of paper was discarded on the floor [...]
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An autographed picture of the Beatles was auctioned off in England early this month. No big deal. But what was discovered afterward is interesting - especially if you're a George fan. The Daily Mail reports one Harry Bartlett donated the...
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The track list for the new George Harrison collection, Let It Roll: The Songs of George Harrison, has been released and will probably be the subject of a lot of discussion.Three Beatles-era songs are included (While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Something, Here Comes the Sun), all recorded live at the Concert For Bangladesh. Missing are such songs as Bangla-Desh, Dark Horse, Ding Dong Ding Dong, You...
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Recently, Olivia Harrison said that she would like to do something with a number of unfinished tracks left behind by her husband George when he passed away in 2001. She even went as far as to say "There are lots of tracks. Some are closer to completion than others and with those I'd ask for help."Jeff Lynne may be coming to the rescue. A source says that Harrison's Traveling Wilburys partner ...
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Olivia Harrison, widow of George Harrison, spoke with Britain's Sun on the eve of the release of George's career compilation, Let It Roll. When asked if Harrison would have participated in a Beatles reunion, she said "I think so, yes, I do, because he had great love for the others. He really did. As you get older, you value and treasure your friends so much more."I don't even want to think ab...
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A new collection of some of George Harrison's best-loved songs is to be released this June.'Let It Roll: Songs By George Harrison' will feature music from throughout Harrison's solo recording career, with tracks including 'My Sweet Lord', 'Isn't It A Pity', 'Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)' and 'Got My Mind Set On You'.Three Harrison-penned Beatle tracks, recorded live at his 1971 Concert...
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Capitol/EMI is releasing Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison on June 16. The album will span his entire solo career with remastered tracks and a booklet with rare photos. Also included will be three Harrison-penned Beatles songs from the Concert for Bangladesh. The full track list will be announced soon.Prince is releasing an exlcusive $2,100 purple iPod touch preloaded with a 15-song vide...
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