| Propelled into fame as one of the Beatles, along with | | | | their 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" of | | | | of the Beatles, he had a hit single, "My Sweet Lord." |
| the group, and also as the "spiritual one." He was the | | | | He produced films with the comedy group Monty |
| lead guitarist.He happened to meet Ravi Shankar at a | | | | Python's Flying Circus. Later he produced a very |
| dinner in the sixties, and Shankar offered to teach | | | | popular album called "Cloud Nine."George Harrison died |
| him the basics of playing the sitar. This began a | | | | in November 2001 at age 58, after having cancer for |
| lifelong friendship, and Harrison's fascination with the | | | | some time. His family issued a moving statement: "He |
| sitar affected the Beatles' work after that. He | | | | left this world as he lived in it, conscious of God, |
| immersed himself in Indian music, playing the sitar for | | | | fearless of death, and at peace, surrounded by family |
| years, only picking up the guitar when recordings | | | | and friends... He often said, 'Everything else can wait |
| required it.His spiritual life grew out of that time. He | | | | but the search for God cannot wait, and love one |
| said, "Having all these material things, I wanted | | | | another.'"The film "Concert for George" was based |
| something more. And it happened that at just the | | | | on a concert a year to the day after he died. It |
| time I wanted it, it came to me in the form of Ravi | | | | featured many of his old friends and associates and |
| Shankar, Indian music, and the whole Indian | | | | his son Dhani, himself an accomplished musician.While |
| philosophy." He introduced the other Beatles to | | | | his music is his greatest legacy, George Harrison |
| Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and transcendental | | | | posters also offer a way to remember him.Rosana |
| meditation.Though Paul McCartney and John Lennon | | | | Hart writes about many popular poster categories at |
| wrote most of the Beatles' songs in their earlier | | | | her website and a selection of George Harrison |
| years together, George Harrison later wrote some of | | | | posters can be seen there. |