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13 Years Ago: George Harrison Attacked at Home

Dave Lifton — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:00:38 +0000

“They used us as an excuse to go mad, the world did," George Harrison said in the Beatles' 1995 'Anthology' documentary. "And then blamed it on us.” But even he could never suspect that, four years later, those words would ring true again when, on Dec. 30, 1999, a mad man attacked Harrison in his own house, nearly killing him.

10 Years Ago: George Harrison's Final Album, 'Brainwashed,' Released

Ryan Reed — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:03:13 +0000

Celebrating its 10th anniversary this week is George Harrison‘s understated and deeply beautiful ‘Brainwashed,’ the famed guitarist and former Beatle‘s eleventh — and, tragically, final — studio album. Though ‘Brainwashed’ is indeed a collection of George Harrison-penned songs, it’s technically a posthumous set, released almost one year after the legendary songwriter’s death, following a lengthy [...]

George Harrison 'Early Takes' Album Announced

Matt Springer — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:50:14 +0000

Although known to fans as “the quiet Beatle,” George Harrison left behind a wealth of legendary albums upon his death in 2001. Fans have also been exposed to a number of unreleased demo tracks over the years through unofficial releases, including solo demos recorded in the waning days of the Beatles as he transitioned to working on his debut album, ‘All Things Must Pass.’

George Harrison's Lost Here Comes the Sun' Solo Found

Jeff Giles — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:12:30 +0000

More than four decades after the sessions for the album, a previously unheard George Harrison guitar solo for the Beatles‘ ‘Abbey Road’ classic ‘Here Comes the Sun’ has been discovered — and not only can you hear it, you can see video of the track being heard for the first time by George’s son Dhani, producer George Martin’s son Giles, and George Martin himself, who admits he’d forgotten the solo even existed.