Streaming Music

In this article we’re going to briefly review one of the the majority touching concert that was ever held for another individual, The Concert For George.

There are remarkably few individuals in history who you might mention their 1st name, say the word concert and know exactly who that concert was for. The Concert For George was one of those concert s. George of course being the late George Harrison of the Beatles.

George Harrison died of brain cancer on November 29, 2001. One year later the memorial performance for this exceptional musician was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. It is only fitting that this was the place as Harrison was 100 % English from the top of his head to the pointers of his magical guitar fingers.  Many feel he was the overlooked Beatle. Everything was about John and Paul. But most critics feel that George Harrison was the heart and soul of the Beatle’s guitar sound which has since be copied by so a lot of musicians.

The idea for the performance has been George’s wonderful friend Eric Clapton’s. Clapton and Harrison had actually been friends for a long time and 1st played together on the White Album. The song, of course, has been “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” Clapton put together a memorial that Harrison himself would have smiled at.

The performance began with the daughter of one of Harrison’s wonderful friends, Ravi Shankar, singing “Your Eyes.” After this song the daughter, who’s name is Anoushka, teamed with another one of Harrison’s friends, Jeff Lynne of ELO fame, to sing “The Inner Light” which has been one of George Harrison’s own tunes.

The performance itself has been a mixture of music and comedy, which is very unusual for a performance. The comedy has been handled mostly by the ensemble of Monty Python who, along with Tom Hanks, performed “Sit On My Face” and “The Lumberjack Song” which has been one of Monty Python’s funniest and the majority famous tunes.

The rest of the concert featured more of George’s companions and the remaining members of the Beatles, Paul and Ringo. furthermore there were Tom Petty, Billy Preston, and Gary Brooker from Procal Harem. George’s son Dhani was furthermore on hand. If you watch the video of the concert you would swear that Dhani was George Harrison if you didn’t know better.

The remainder of the concert featured mostly tunes that were either done by The Beatles or tunes that George had done solo or with other performers such as when he was with Tom Petty during his stint with The Traveling Willburys.

The tunes are a who’s who of some of the most important tunes these people ever did together or separately. They included such classics as George’s signature song “Something,” the Beatles’ prefer “Isn’t It A Pity,” “Here Comes The Sun,” a Ringo tune that George played on, “Photograph,” “All Things Must Pass,” “My Sweet Lord,” and finishing with “I’llSee You In My Dreams,” which was an appropriate ending for the performance.