History: While George was writing songs as soon as during post production of Cloud Nine, various circumstances kept him from recording a full album. When he was attacked in his home in 1999 he spoke with his son Dhani about his eventual plans for an album, and in 2001 when it began to become clear […]
History: While work was happening on the Beatles Anthology documentary and associated album releases, there was debate on whether the surviving Beatles should record new music. With a strong desire to not do anything called The Beatles without John, they reached out to Yoko for any unreleased recordings, and she provided them with some demos. […]
History: George, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan, and Tom Petty all gathered together again in 1990 to make another album, this time without the late Roy Orbison. It was once again a project of collaboration with all of them sharing writing credits and George and Jeff producing. It was George’s idea to title it volume 3 […]
History: While recording Cloud Nine George and Jeff Lynne kicked around the idea of forming a band together. George initially chose Bob Dylan as someone he would want to work with, and Lynne chose Roy Orbison who was his musical idol. Tom Petty also ended up joining because he was touring with Dylan around that […]
History: After taking the time off to work with his film production company, George was ready to make music again in 1987. He asked his friend Jeff Lynne to help him with production. Jeff also performs on the album, adding both instrumentation and backing vocals. Ringo, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Jim Keltner and Gary Wright […]
History: By 1982, George had become far more interested in his film production company than he was in the state of modern music. He did however have one more album required for his contract with Warner Brothers, so Gone Troppo was recorded and released, though not heavily promoted by either Harrison or the record label. […]
History: George originally put together a version of this album in 1980, but it was rejected by Warner Brothers, who didn’t think there was a single on it. Around the same time George had also done a few songs with Ringo, including an unfinished version of “All Those Years Ago.” After John Lennon was murdered, […]
History: George decided to take some time away from music after Thirty Three and 1/3, spending his time falling in love with Olivia Arias, helping Eric Idle make The Rutles film, and also starting up his film production company to help the Pythons make Life of Brian. He also spent a good amount of time […]
History: While George was now free of his EMI contract and had created his own record label, the copyright infringement case for “My Sweet Lord” prevented him from getting started on his new record as quickly as he wanted to. To make matters worse, he also suffered from hepatitis in the middle of recording. But […]
History: After the disastrous release of Dark Horse and the American tour that followed it, George once again focused on getting Dark Horse Records off the ground. But when one of the bands was unavailable for studio time that had already been booked, George jumped on the chance to make his final album commitment to […]
After The End 