beatlebugsandbowieknives

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computer fixed!! i had to get in through safe mode?? either way yay AND i didnt lose my george ringo and paul tabs!!

I know there is a Paul drought over here.....just know that it's NOT because I dont intend on paulposting!! Instead I simplyyy have so many posts open to paulpost that I'm not sure it didnt crash my computer 😀

hi! would you share the fic where they sign and it's post julia's death?

hi! yes! The part about them signing post Julia's death is in the first chapter! I do recommend reading the full fic though as it is interesting seeing how Paul and the band navigate moving up/through the music world with Paul being deaf!

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George and Olivia with Bob Marley backstage at the Roxy, 13 July 1975. Photo 1 published in Cash Box magazine; photos by Kim Gottlieb-Walker, and Peter Borsari.

“When Bob heard that George was coming, he got really excited. He said, ‘Ras Beatle!’ I had a flash on my camera and the batteries were dying — they were only together for two minutes and you had to wait 30 seconds to get a charge. It was agonizing. But I got the picture in the end and that’s all that matters.” - Kim Gottlieb-Walker, Hempstead Highgate Express, 16 April 2011

“[George had] not long returned from LA where he’d seen Bob Marley & The Wailers three times at the Roxy — ‘best thing I’ve seen in ten years. Marley reminds me so much of Dylan in the early days, playing guitar as if he’s new to it. And his rhythm, you know, it’s so simple, yet so beautiful. I could watch The Wailers all night.’” - Melody Maker, 6 September 1975

“Cover one of the Beatle songs [‘And I Love Her’]. The thing was we meet and shake hand and say great — them dude they nice. I really like meet them all and sit down and chat with them. They’re bredrens… just love roots. Them guys are roots. Them guys are all right, ya know. There is like a king and queen, ya know — those guys are roots.” - Bob Marley, Rock Lives (1998) (x)

George Harrison, his father Harold, Olivia, Billy Preston, Ravi Shankar, and the whole Dark Horse Tour band visiting the White House, 13 December 1974. Photos: screenshot © Harrison Family; David Hume Kennerly; Bettmann/Corbis.

They’d been invited when George met Jack Ford backstage in Salt Lake City on 16 November 1974.

Olivia Harrison: “This is in the Oval Office with Billy Preston. President Ford’s son Jack had come to some shows and said: Why don’t you meet my dad? I was in the room, and George was telling Gerry Ford how Muhammad Ali had lifted up ‪the Beatles‬; I think he got two of them under each arm! Somehow they’d got straight into that conversation, then Ford asked him what all the badges he was wearing were and George explained that they were Krishna, Babagi [sic], and the Om sign. Then Ford went to his desk and pulled out a badge that said WIN, which meant Whip Inflation Now. So funny! I remember George wore red handmade Tibetan boots, probably the first hint of any protest about Tibet. A sly political statement.” - Olivia Harrison, Observer Monthly Magazine, June 2009

“We were taken up to into the private apartments, had lunch up there, came down and went into the Oval Office. […] There’s a photo of ‪Billy Preston‬ playing the piano in the White House. He was playing ‘God Bless America’ on the 200th or 2000th Steinway.” - George Harrison, Raga Mala

“According to the briefing paper for this visit, it was the first Presidential meeting with a member of ‪the Beatles‬. President Ford recognized not only ‪George Harrison‬’s musical ability but also his efforts to raise funds for UNICEF and various hospitals throughout the United States. (A2426-17 / National Archives Identifier ‪7839929‬)” (x)

Dark Horse Tour (1974)

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George Harrison, Dark Horse Tour, 1974. Photo: John Gellman

“This happened in Philadelphia, so long ago: December the 16th, 1974. […] I asked the bartender for a piece of paper to write a note. On the paper, I wrote: ‘George: Do a favour for me. Make some mention of the fact that today is Beethoven’s birthday. Do it for me. I am Eric Hall, formerly of Porchester Road, Norris Green, Liverpool 11.’ Then I walked all round the stadium to where one could see steps that led down into the darkness of backstage. Reaching the bottom of the steps, I beckoned to a giant security guard […]. I proffered the folded little note and said politely, ‘Would you see that George Harrison gets this, please?’ He took the note and ambled away from me… I thought, ‘Well, that’s the last I’ll hear of that…’ […] December 16th was a Monday that year. On the Wednesday, I was sitting in my office and the phone rang. It was Jim, a photographer friend. He said, ‘Eric! Were you at the Spectrum last night?!’ I said, 'For George Harrison? No, I was there Monday night.’ Jim said, 'Wow, man! You wouldn’t believe what happened! 'George Harrison came out and halfway through the show and he said, “My friend, Eric Hall from Norris Green back in my hometown is here tonight. He tells me it’s Beethoven’s birthday today. Here’s something for Eric,” and then he played the Ode to Joy from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony! In the coolest rock style, dude!’ Jim yelled into the phone, 'I couldn’t believe my ears, ma-an!’ Whoa, neither could I. The amazing thing was that there was someone there that knew me. I would never have known of George’s generosity – or his pride in doing something for a Scouser so far from home! Some karma, huh? But then, you know, sometimes good karma is just being a Scouser. Eric Hall copyright 1998” - People’s Stories: Liverpool Lives, 7 Jun 2011 (x)

George Harrison during the filming of Help! | 1965 © Henry Grossman

"One morning during the filming of Help!, George came into the group's rented digs looking as if he'd just gotten up. It's one of my favorites - he looks so vulnerable." ~ Henry Grossman

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George Harrison in Apple Studios during the recording sessions for the Get Back/Let It Be projects, January 26, 1969. Photo by Linda McCartney / Linda Enterprises Ltd. © Paul McCartney (https://www.lindamccartney.com/)

1971 vs 1974

1974: George Harrison promoting John Lennon's album "Walls and Bridges" during his Dark Horse tour.

What's the New Mary Jane (x)

Q: “Were you going down fast [prior to meeting Olivia in 1974]?” George Harrison: “Well, I wasn’t ready to join Alcoholics Anonymous or anything — I don’t think I was that far gone — but I could put back a bottle of brandy occasionally, plus all the other naughty things that fly around. I just went on a binge, went on the road… all that sort of thing, until it got to the point where I had no voice and almost no body at times. Then I met Olivia and it all worked out fine. There’s a song on the new album, ‘Dark Sweet Lady’: ‘You came and helped me through/When I’d let go/You came from out the blue/Never have known what I’d done without you.’ That sums it up.” - Rolling Stone, April 19, 1979

A polaroid of GEORGE HARRISON and OLIVIA ARIAS. Taken in Vancouver on the 3 November 1974. From Olivia’s new book, Came the Lightening: Twenty Poems for George.

ONE THING ABOUT GEORGE HARRISON IS HES GONNA DANCE WHILE PLAYING HIS GUITAR !!!

“Paul and George always ganged up on people. Like Stuart. They could get pretty bitchy.”

-John Lennon

Neil Aspinall, John Lennon and George Harrison during The Beatles' North American tour | Summer 1964

John Lennon & George Harrison at the Futurist Theatre in Scarborough, England | 11 December 1963 © John Varley

Every time I watch Get Back I just love the contrast of George’s banger fits, showing up every day in

✨slay✨

After ✨slay✨

After ✨slay✨

Vs John’s greasy, unwashed depression fit like same babe, we’ve all been there 😂

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I mean this picture pretty much sums it up perfectly:

John vs. Geo’s reactions to the breakup of the Beatles really be like:

GEORGE HARRISON ’s best fashion moments

in THE BEATLES: GET BACK (2021)

paul patting george on the shoulder paul patting george on the shoulder paul patting george on the shoulder

Paul McCartney & George Harrison at the Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach, FL | 16 February 1964 © Jane Sollogub

Paul McCartney and George Harrison photographed in Germany, circa 1961, by Astrid Kircherr.

Now And Then: The Last Beatles Song (Short Film), 2023

Paul and George

George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011) | Nowhere Boy (2009)          George was just too young. He looked even younger than Paul, and Paul looked about ten, with his baby face. – John Lennon, The Beatles Anthology 

“When we were kids, George [George Harrison] and I used to hang out and we had, we had one little party piece which was to show that we weren't stupid, so we used to do this thing by Bach that was our own little version of it, and we got it wrong”

- Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney and George Harrison messing around backstage before their gig at the ABC Cinema in Manchester. The footage is from The Beatles Come To Town. (20 Nov. 1963)

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