On a day like today George Harrison was born
George Harrison in the Oval Office during the Ford administration
David Hume Kennerly
George Harrison (Liverpool, February 25, 1943 - Los Angeles, November 29, 2001) was a British multi-instrumentalist musician, composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, film producer, actor, philanthropist, peace activist, environmentalist, guitarist and singer from rock band The Beatles. Although John Lennon and Paul McCartney were the main songwriters within the group, Harrison also included his own compositions on The Beatles albums, such as "I Need You", "Taxman", "I Me Mine", "Within You Without You" , "Old Brown Shoe", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun".
Harrison's earliest musical influences included such musicians as Big Bill Broonzy, Chet Atkins, Chuck Berry, Ry Cooder, and Buddy Holly. In 1965, he pioneered the introduction of Hindu music to the West through instruments like the sitar, which he played on songs such as "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" and "Within You Without You." Harrison also had a special interest in Hindu culture and religion through the Hare Krishna movement and introduced his fellow Beatles to Eastern philosophy through the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a determining factor in the group's musical evolution since the recording of The White. Album (1968).
