Biography
George Harrison is part of the legendary Liverpool fourth "Beatles", but some are somewhat strange. The holder of the 13 grammy premiums, the cavalier of the Order of the British Empire was not interesting were attributes of popularity, it was occupied by their own internal experiences and near-disconnecting experiments. Guitarist became famous for more creations outside the "Bitles".Childhood and youth
George, his sister Louise and the Brothers Harry and Peter were born in Liverpool in the family of a bus driver and shop saleswomen. From the very beginning, the details of the biography of Harrison were so that in the end or later, a guy would have led to Bitles.
In the elementary school of Dovdale, where the little George went, John Lennon studied two grades. In the middle classes The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts met and made friends with Paul McCartney. Then the object of interests of the future star was determined - guitar.
Mom supported the passion for the younger son with music. Despite the fact that wealth in the family was modest, the parents have found the opportunity to buy George the long-awaited tool - an acoustic guitar. In the style of Harrison's game, the influence of American Duin Eddie, whose creativity then remained unknown then in England.
Young musician with friends and brother gathered a team called The Rebels, began to execute Skiffl. Soon Paul introduced Lennon with 15-year-old George. The guy impressed the new buddy by the ability to execute the composition "Raunchy". By virtue of young age, Lennon and McCartney created by that time created by that time, firmly young Harrison joined only a year later.
Music
For the period The Beatles in George left ten years of life. In the Arsenal of the Liverpool Four - 210 compositions. Of these, they are officially recorded for the musician 22. But the guitarist belonged to the unofficial title of favorite of the beautiful half of the army of fans. And such fierce fans, like "Beatles", still search.
The item to turn into world star in Harrison was not facilitated. The young man wanted to work as a musician a couple of years and enroll in the art school. However, by 1963, when the first album "Beatles" Please Please Me, the world recognized such a phenomenon as Bitleania.
Unlike colleagues, Harrison did not font the number of ideas and songs. The first song of the authorship of George "Don't Bother" was published on the second album "Bitles". The Rubber Soul plate includes the compositions "IF I Needed Someone", "Norwegian Wood" and "Think for Yourself".
According to the musician, friends with difficulty agreed to record the songs of the songs. The hits were unless "While My Guitar Gently WEEEPS" and "Something". But from under the feather Harrison, "I Need You", "Here Comes The Sun", "Blue Jay Way", "I, Me, Mine" and performed by George himself and performed.
As part of The Beatles guitar player released two solo instrumental albums - Electronic Sound and Wonderwall Music. In the first, the unknown tool was sounded in the first - synthesizer Robert Muga. The writings of the musician understood and appreciated not all. There were opinions that it is possible to disassemble the sounds of sounds only under the kayf. And someone considered that the record is a joke from the author. In the creation of the second, Eric Clapton took part.
On the set of the film "Help!" Harrison watched the game on the sutyr - an Indian pinch tool. Fascination with Indian music followed. The musician wrote in this style of the song "Taxman", "Love You To" and "I Want to Tell You", which became part of the Bitlovsky Album "Revolver".
After leaving Beatles, Harrison published the Triple Album All Things Must Pass. Plate six times won the status of platinum. The album splashed unrealized as part of the ambition musician ensemble.
For recording George collected the Star Store: Ex-Bitle Ringo Starr, owners of Grammy Jim Gordon and Claus Foreman, founder Procol Harum Gary Bruker.
For producing the album, Phil Spector took. The "My Sweet Lord", dedicated to Krishna, and What Is Life "are published separate singles. The songs headed the Charts of America and the UK. The updated version of the record, released already in 2001, safely rose to 4 places in the Billboard 200 list.
In 1973, Solnik saw the light - living in the material world. Single from it called "Give Me Love (Give Me Peaceon Earth)" came to the first places in American and British charts. Success and the record did not go around: for five weeks, the album was on the first line of the US Chase Parade, was leading in Canadian, British and Australian charts. Potted even album Paul McCartney.
A year later, George presented the next collection of writings - "Dark Horse". In support of the album, the author traveled with concerts in the United States, but the tour did not cause delight of the admirers of the talent of the guitarist and the writer. Although the plate included in the top five from Billboard-200, the listeners did not like the presence of Ravi Shankara, the Indian composer and a friend. In addition to this, George has threw a voice.
In addition to personal creativity, fans love George Harrison for successful cover versions of the compositions of other performers. Discography "Beatles" was replenished with "Chains" groups of The Cookies, "Roll Over Betehoven" Chuck Berry, "Got My Mind Seton You" James Ray.
"My thoughts only about you" turned out to be a final solo single who contributed to the conquest of the US hit parade. At the homeland of the guitarist hit four weeks held in the leaders of the charts. The singer was produced along with the legendary Jeffrey Lynn, leader vocalist, founder of the ELECTRIC Light Orchestra group. Two clips to Singla shot American director Gary Wass.
Subsequently, the former member of the Liverpool Four released Albums Cloud Nine, ExtRa Texture, George Harrison, Thirty Three & 1/3. From the point of view of some critics, the best plate - live in the material world. These words were part of the names of the documentary film Martin Scorsese "George Harrison: life in the material world," telling the life and spiritual quest for the musician.
Among other things, Harrison is the first rock musician, who organized a charitable concert. The event in support of the residents of Bangladesh took place in the early 70s in American Madison Square-Garden.
Personal life
In 1966, George went under the crown. Wife - Brilliant London model of Patty Ann Boyd, with which fate brought in 1964 at the filming of the film "Hard Day's Night". Beauty left her husband for his friend Eric Clapton. On disassembly on this occasion, no matter how terribly it sounded, two comrades arranged a duel guitar parties. Despite the ambiguity of the situation, the musicians retained friendly relations, but in communication the name of the girl did not mention. The press, having robbed hands from the piquancy of the situation, tirelessly published the photo of all three.
Family happiness Harrison found with Mexican Olivia Trinidad Arias. The woman cared for George when he fell ill hepatitis. Later Olivia saved her husband from a mentally unhealthy fan that attacked the musician with a knife. In August 1978, the only heir to Dhani appeared in the pair. From Father Harrison Jr. adopted interest in music and auto racing Formula 1.
Next to friends from Liverpool George Harrison was in the shadow of eminent colleagues, rarely gave an interview. But the guitarist had a commercial vein: in 1964, founded his own publishing company. Harrisongs Music Ltd quickly raised the copyrights of the owner's songs.
In 1974 in America, by the time, the producer was conducted by a record company Dark Horse Records. Four years later, a movie got into the scope of business interests, as a result of which the Hand Made Films film company was founded.
It is no secret that the life and work of the ex-Bitla greatly influenced the passion for the culture of India and the movement of Hare Krishna. Even the name of the Son is the name of the notes of the speaker in the Indian tradition.
Death
Cancer throat, which caused the death of a famous British, was diagnosed to the musician in 1997. Harrison left his life in November 2001 in Beverly Hills, surrounded by loved ones. The body is cremated, the dust on the will dispelled over the waters of Ganges.Discography
- 1970 "MY SWEET LORD"
- 1973 "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)"
- 1975 "Dark Horse"
- 1976 "This Song"
- 1981 "ALL THOSE YEARS AGO"
- 1981 "Teardrops"
- 1982 "Wake Up My Love"
- 1982 "I Really Love You"
- 1987 "GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU"
- 1988 "Handle WITH CARE"
- 1990 "SHE'S MY BABY"
- 2003 "Any Road"