Harrison Archive
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“They called him ‘the quiet Beatle,’ but he wasn’t particularly quiet; he simply didn’t demand to be heard.” - Paul Simon, Rolling Stone (2002)
Continuing on from yesterday’s post, another clip from George’s appearance on Saturday Night Live with Paul Simon, Nov. 1976.
Continuing on from yesterday’s post, another clip from George’s appearance on Saturday Night Live with Paul Simon, Nov. 1976.
November 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“They called him ‘the quiet Beatle,’ but he wasn’t particularly quiet; he simply didn’t demand to be heard.” - Paul Simon, Rolling Stone (2002)
Continuing on from yesterday’s post, another clip from George’s appearance on Saturday Night Live with Paul Simon, Nov. 1976.
Continuing on from yesterday’s post, another clip from George’s appearance on Saturday Night Live with Paul Simon, Nov. 1976.
George’s appearance with Paul Simon on Saturday Night Live was taped on November 18, 1976.
“The harmonies are just about perfect.” - Charles M. Young, Rolling Stone (December 30, 1976)
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“The harmonies are just about perfect.” - Charles M. Young, Rolling Stone (December 30, 1976)
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November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
George’s appearance with Paul Simon on Saturday Night Live was taped on November 18, 1976.
“The harmonies are just about perfect.” - Charles M. Young, Rolling Stone (December 30, 1976)
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“The harmonies are just about perfect.” - Charles M. Young, Rolling Stone (December 30, 1976)
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Tom Petty: “I’ve got four ukuleles at my house just for emergencies, you know.”
Ringo Starr: “In case George gets withdrawal.” - Interview Magazine (June 1992)
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Clip from Living In The Material World.
Ringo Starr: “In case George gets withdrawal.” - Interview Magazine (June 1992)
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Clip from Living In The Material World.
November 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Tom Petty: “I’ve got four ukuleles at my house just for emergencies, you know.”
Ringo Starr: “In case George gets withdrawal.” - Interview Magazine (June 1992)
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Clip from Living In The Material World.
Ringo Starr: “In case George gets withdrawal.” - Interview Magazine (June 1992)
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Clip from Living In The Material World.
“I have always said, George to me is like all combined, like a son, like a friend, like a brother, everything. And I loved him so much and I miss him so very much I cannot express.” - Ravi Shankar, BBC Radio (2009)
November 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
“I have always said, George to me is like all combined, like a son, like a friend, like a brother, everything. And I loved him so much and I miss him so very much I cannot express.” - Ravi Shankar, BBC Radio (2009)
“[D]eath wasn’t supposed to happen to Uncle George. Not yet. He was younger than my father, like a son to him. And when he died I realized he was like a father to me.” - Anoushka Shankar in the dedication to George in her book Bapi (2002)
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November 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
“[D]eath wasn’t supposed to happen to Uncle George. Not yet. He was younger than my father, like a son to him. And when he died I realized he was like a father to me.” - Anoushka Shankar in the dedication to George in her book Bapi (2002)
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“I remember as a baby standing on a little leather stool, singing [Josh White’s] ‘One Meatball.’” - George Harrison, I Me Mine (1980)
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📷: George with his brother Peter, in a photo supplied to Mersey Beat by their mother Louise.
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📷: George with his brother Peter, in a photo supplied to Mersey Beat by their mother Louise.
November 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
“I remember as a baby standing on a little leather stool, singing [Josh White’s] ‘One Meatball.’” - George Harrison, I Me Mine (1980)
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📷: George with his brother Peter, in a photo supplied to Mersey Beat by their mother Louise.
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📷: George with his brother Peter, in a photo supplied to Mersey Beat by their mother Louise.
“The world is a sadder and poorer place without George. We need good people, and we just lost a shining light. Thank you for all of your music George.” - Mark Cope, CMJ New Music Report (Dec. 2001)
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November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“The world is a sadder and poorer place without George. We need good people, and we just lost a shining light. Thank you for all of your music George.” - Mark Cope, CMJ New Music Report (Dec. 2001)
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“Harrison was a total sweetheart, everything you would want a former Beatle to be — charming, warm, personable and hilariously funny.” - Creem editors J. Kordosh & Bill Holdship, New Times LA (December 2001)
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November 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“Harrison was a total sweetheart, everything you would want a former Beatle to be — charming, warm, personable and hilariously funny.” - Creem editors J. Kordosh & Bill Holdship, New Times LA (December 2001)
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“Running around atop Popdom's Mount Olympus, I always found George one of the most human, one of the most natural, one of the most unaffected of the superstar gods.” - Al Aronowitz, The Blacklisted Journalist (2001)
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Photo by Stephen Shepherd
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November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“Running around atop Popdom's Mount Olympus, I always found George one of the most human, one of the most natural, one of the most unaffected of the superstar gods.” - Al Aronowitz, The Blacklisted Journalist (2001)
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Photo by Stephen Shepherd
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“Our son, Dhani, and I, like George’s friends, were spoiled by his rich and loving presence: from the morning wake-up call, […] to the day’s final tune, maybe whistled on his way to bed.” - Olivia
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November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“Our son, Dhani, and I, like George’s friends, were spoiled by his rich and loving presence: from the morning wake-up call, […] to the day’s final tune, maybe whistled on his way to bed.” - Olivia
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“You would wake up to ‘Bugle Call Rag’ on the jukebox, that was his way of getting Dhani up for school. You know, loud. [laughs] He probably would have covered ‘Barnacle Bill the Sailor’ by now, you know, because he had a funny version of that.” - Olivia
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November 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
“You would wake up to ‘Bugle Call Rag’ on the jukebox, that was his way of getting Dhani up for school. You know, loud. [laughs] He probably would have covered ‘Barnacle Bill the Sailor’ by now, you know, because he had a funny version of that.” - Olivia
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“[George would] notice things. We’d walk in the grass and he’d bend over and go, ‘Oh, look at that little guy’ and it would be a bug. I’d say, ‘How did you see that?’ He was just really present.” - Olivia Harrison
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November 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
“[George would] notice things. We’d walk in the grass and he’d bend over and go, ‘Oh, look at that little guy’ and it would be a bug. I’d say, ‘How did you see that?’ He was just really present.” - Olivia Harrison
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“Each Beatle differs so much from the other Beatles that it’s odd they get on so well together. […] They derive strength from being collective.” - Maureen Cleave, Evening Chronicle (Oct. 16, 1963)
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November 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
“Each Beatle differs so much from the other Beatles that it’s odd they get on so well together. […] They derive strength from being collective.” - Maureen Cleave, Evening Chronicle (Oct. 16, 1963)
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Clip from The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross, filmed on October 16, 1987.
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The full interview — www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkc8...
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Clip from The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross, filmed on October 16, 1987.
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The full interview — www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkc8...
Clip from Good Morning America, October 1981. Interview conducted by David Hartman.
November 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Clip from Good Morning America, October 1981. Interview conducted by David Hartman.
“My earliest memory of my dad is probably of him somewhere in a garden covered in dirt, […] just continuously planting trees. I think that’s what I thought he did for the first seven years of my life.” - Dhani, Living In The Material World (2011)
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November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“My earliest memory of my dad is probably of him somewhere in a garden covered in dirt, […] just continuously planting trees. I think that’s what I thought he did for the first seven years of my life.” - Dhani, Living In The Material World (2011)
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“[George] really loved flowers, you know? He’d — I remember we were going by some flower, some plant once, and he said, ‘Tom, look at this, ‘cause I have pictures of these in my wallet.’ [laughs]” - Tom Petty, Sound Opinions (2003)
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November 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
“[George] really loved flowers, you know? He’d — I remember we were going by some flower, some plant once, and he said, ‘Tom, look at this, ‘cause I have pictures of these in my wallet.’ [laughs]” - Tom Petty, Sound Opinions (2003)
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“You’re on holiday with [George] and every morning he’d say, ‘Oh, come and see the trees.’ ‘Okay, yeah.’ And then the next day, ‘Oh, come and see the trees.’ ‘Yeah, okay.’ And then, ‘Come and see…’ ‘I’ve seen your bloody trees!’” - Ringo Starr, Concert for George microsite
Photo by Jeff Kravitz
Photo by Jeff Kravitz
November 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“You’re on holiday with [George] and every morning he’d say, ‘Oh, come and see the trees.’ ‘Okay, yeah.’ And then the next day, ‘Oh, come and see the trees.’ ‘Yeah, okay.’ And then, ‘Come and see…’ ‘I’ve seen your bloody trees!’” - Ringo Starr, Concert for George microsite
Photo by Jeff Kravitz
Photo by Jeff Kravitz
“[George] gave me a tree as a present. It’s a big fir tree, and it’s by my gate. So, you know, as I was leaving the house this morning, I get out of the car, close the gate and look up at the tree and say, ‘Hi, George.’ And there he is…” - Paul McCartney
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November 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
“[George] gave me a tree as a present. It’s a big fir tree, and it’s by my gate. So, you know, as I was leaving the house this morning, I get out of the car, close the gate and look up at the tree and say, ‘Hi, George.’ And there he is…” - Paul McCartney
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“George really admired Carl Perkins and really helped that style live on, that beautiful rockabilly style that Carl had.” - Tom Petty, Genesis Publications
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Clip from the Rockabilly Sessions TV special, taped on October 21, 1985
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Clip from the Rockabilly Sessions TV special, taped on October 21, 1985
October 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“George really admired Carl Perkins and really helped that style live on, that beautiful rockabilly style that Carl had.” - Tom Petty, Genesis Publications
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Clip from the Rockabilly Sessions TV special, taped on October 21, 1985
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Clip from the Rockabilly Sessions TV special, taped on October 21, 1985
“George really admired Carl Perkins and really helped that style live on, that beautiful rockabilly style that Carl had.” - Tom Petty, Genesis Publications
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Clip from the Rockabilly Sessions TV special, taped on October 21, 1985
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Clip from the Rockabilly Sessions TV special, taped on October 21, 1985
October 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“George really admired Carl Perkins and really helped that style live on, that beautiful rockabilly style that Carl had.” - Tom Petty, Genesis Publications
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Clip from the Rockabilly Sessions TV special, taped on October 21, 1985
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Clip from the Rockabilly Sessions TV special, taped on October 21, 1985
“It’s kind of stupid what we didn’t do more. I used to say, ‘Just flash the big W in the sky like the bat signal, and we’ll all come.’ We just thought we had all the time in the world.” - Tom Petty, Men’s Journal (August 2014)
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October 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“It’s kind of stupid what we didn’t do more. I used to say, ‘Just flash the big W in the sky like the bat signal, and we’ll all come.’ We just thought we had all the time in the world.” - Tom Petty, Men’s Journal (August 2014)
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“We wanted to keep it light, and we wanted it to be something that warmed the heart. We wanted to make something good in a world that seemed to get uglier and uglier and meaner and meaner." - Tom Petty, Conversations With Tom Petty (2005)
#wilburys35
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“Musically it’s fun — obviously — but also it’s fun to hang out with these guys. It’s like our own little social club. It gives us an excuse to hang out with each other.” - George Harrison, Detroit Free Press (Oct. 28, 1990)
Happy 35th to Vol. 3!
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Happy 35th to Vol. 3!
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October 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
“We wanted to keep it light, and we wanted it to be something that warmed the heart. We wanted to make something good in a world that seemed to get uglier and uglier and meaner and meaner." - Tom Petty, Conversations With Tom Petty (2005)
#wilburys35
#wilburys35
“Musically it’s fun — obviously — but also it’s fun to hang out with these guys. It’s like our own little social club. It gives us an excuse to hang out with each other.” - George Harrison, Detroit Free Press (Oct. 28, 1990)
Happy 35th to Vol. 3!
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Happy 35th to Vol. 3!
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October 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“Musically it’s fun — obviously — but also it’s fun to hang out with these guys. It’s like our own little social club. It gives us an excuse to hang out with each other.” - George Harrison, Detroit Free Press (Oct. 28, 1990)
Happy 35th to Vol. 3!
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Happy 35th to Vol. 3!
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“The first verse was me just trying to make George and Jeff laugh. […] And then, you know, [George] got carried away with that song.” - Tom Petty on “The Wilbury Twist”
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🎥: The New Music, 1990; interview by Denise Donlon.
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🎥: The New Music, 1990; interview by Denise Donlon.
October 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
“The first verse was me just trying to make George and Jeff laugh. […] And then, you know, [George] got carried away with that song.” - Tom Petty on “The Wilbury Twist”
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🎥: The New Music, 1990; interview by Denise Donlon.
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🎥: The New Music, 1990; interview by Denise Donlon.