The Life and Music of Beatle George Harrison

Propelled into fame as one of the Beatles, along withtheir most famous songs, including "While My Guitar
Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and Ringo Starr,Gently Weeps" and "Something." After the breakup
George Harrison was known as the "quiet one" ofof the Beatles, he had a hit single, "My Sweet Lord."
the group, and also as the "spiritual one." He was theHe produced films with the comedy group Monty
lead guitarist.He happened to meet Ravi Shankar at aPython's Flying Circus. Later he produced a very
dinner in the sixties, and Shankar offered to teachpopular album called "Cloud Nine."George Harrison died
him the basics of playing the sitar. This began ain November 2001 at age 58, after having cancer for
lifelong friendship, and Harrison's fascination with thesome time. His family issued a moving statement: "He
sitar affected the Beatles' work after that. Heleft this world as he lived in it, conscious of God,
immersed himself in Indian music, playing the sitar forfearless of death, and at peace, surrounded by family
years, only picking up the guitar when recordingsand friends... He often said, 'Everything else can wait
required it.His spiritual life grew out of that time. Hebut the search for God cannot wait, and love one
said, "Having all these material things, I wantedanother.'"The film "Concert for George" was based
something more. And it happened that at just theon a concert a year to the day after he died. It
time I wanted it, it came to me in the form of Ravifeatured many of his old friends and associates and
Shankar, Indian music, and the whole Indianhis son Dhani, himself an accomplished musician.While
philosophy." He introduced the other Beatles tohis music is his greatest legacy, George Harrison
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and transcendentalposters also offer a way to remember him.Rosana
meditation.Though Paul McCartney and John LennonHart writes about many popular poster categories at
wrote most of the Beatles' songs in their earlierher website and a selection of George Harrison
years together, George Harrison later wrote some ofposters can be seen there.