George+Harrison

=George Harrison=

Overview
When you think of The Beatles, John, Paul, and Ringo may come to your mind. But George Harrison should be considered one of the greats rock minds of all time. George was born on February 25, 1943 in Liverpool, England. He was the lead guitarist of The Beatles, but was also considered "The Quiet Beatle." He liked to explore different instruments like the bass, twelve-string, sitar, and the slide guitar and used them in many of the Beatles songs. When the Beatles took a trip to India to study meditation, Harrison was the one who took it to heart. He used Indian style influences to create music for movies, Beatle albums, and his solo career.

Central Issue
When George first met the members of The Beatles, he was considered to young to be in the band. Eventually, after fallowing the band around, he was invited into the band and became the lead guitarist. When the band started to get gigs in Hamburg, George was deported back to Liverpool because it was illegal for a person under the age of 18 to be at the nightclub they were playing at. The band then decided to go back to Liverpool with Harrison and launched their musical career. When the writing of the Beatles first album, //A Hard Days Night//, George was overlooked by many people because of his talented band mates, John Lennon and Paul McCartney. In 1965, George became interested in Indian music and culture. He used that inspiration to help write albums like //Don't Bother Me//, //I Need You, and// //If I Needed Someone// and he finally received some of the credit he deserved as a songwriter. The band took a trip to India to study sitar, Yoga, Indian philosophy and culture with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and Harrison was the Beatle who took many trips back to India and used this influence in his music career. In the late 60s, tension among the Beatles was thickening and the band decided to call it quits in 1970.

Conclusion
ed at the break up of The Beatles as a chance to launch his solo career. He started recording songs he had held on to for the years with The Beatles and the result was his first album, //All Things Must Pass.// The albums was a huge success due in part to Bob Dylan helped write, record, and promote songs. His most popular song as a soloist was //My Sweet Lord//, which topped charts all over the world. When John Lennon was killed in 1981, John wrote the song //All Those Years Ago// in honor of John. In 1988 he became a member of the Travelling Wilburys with Bob Dylan and others. He also spent time working with his long time Eric Clapton on songs and he also dipped into the movie career with Handmade Films. George's music career came to a screeching halt when in 1998, George was diagnosed with throat cancer. And to make matters worse, trying to stop a bungler in his home, George was repeatedly stabbed which weakened the fragile singer even more. When he finally decided to make a new album, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. when he was getting it surgically removed the doctor found another tumor which proved to be too much for the great musician. George Harrison died on November 29, 2001.

Obituary
@http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2001/nov/30/guardianobituaries1