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How a case of mistaken identity led to George Harrison's last public performance
The legend stopped by the VH1 studios with Ravi Shankar to chat about their new collaboration, leading to his impromptu solo ...
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The Hollywood-like “kidnapping” and ransom story of one of George Harrison's most famous guitars
Clandestine meetings, dramatic TV pleas, ransom demands, hurried getaway drives across the Mexican border... it sounds like a thriller, but it all revolved around a very special Les Paul ...
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3 Iconic Rock Songs That Feature a Sitar
When Ravi Shankar introduced Western musicians in the 1960s to Indian classical music, he couldn’t have imagined he’d change rock music history forever. Shankar inspired George Harrison, and ...
When George Harrison’s “Lucy” Les Paul was “kidnapped” in 1973, he went to extreme measures to get it back
The cherry-finished Les Paul —dubbed Lucy — had been owned by several famous guitarists, including Eric Clapton, who gifted it to Harrison in 1968 ...
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How a case of mistaken identity led to George Harrison's last public performance
George Harrison plays a guitar at the preview part ... the groundbreaking Concert for Bangladesh in 1971 after the sitar master alerted him to that country's humanitarian disaster.
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The Hollywood-like “kidnapping” and ransom story of one of George Harrison's most famous guitars
Minus the action movie heroes and firearms (at least as far as we know), this was the exact scenario that no less than George ... already, Harrison's close friend Ravi Shankar, the sitar master ...