George Harrison

John Lennon and George Harrison electric guitar to be auctioned

2013-03-22 10:30:00

A Vox electric guitar said to have been played by John Lennon and George Harrison, jewelry given by Elvis Presley to associates and an autographed pillow Michael Jackson threw to a fan from a Paris hotel window are among a bevy of rock ‘n’...

Beatles debut album released 50 years ago

2013-03-22 12:25:00

It was 50 years ago today….a Beatles album came out in the U.K. That would be the Fab Four’s debut album, “Please Please Me,” released March 22, 1963. To mark the occasion, the Beatles official website is posting the five-minute...

Alvin Lee dies at 68; guitar virtuoso with Ten Years After

2013-03-06 19:14:00

At the Woodstock music festival in 1969, the British blues-rock band Ten Years After burst onto the U.S. music scene with a searing rendition of "I'm Going Home" featuring the fleet-fingered Alvin Lee whaling away on guitar. When the "Woodstock"...

Henry Grossman's fab moments with the Beatles

2013-03-02 07:00:00

It began in 1964 as a Time magazine photo assignment for Henry Grossman to cover the Beatles' debut appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show." It developed over the years into a deep friendship between Grossman and the group, one that allowed him rare access...

Tony Sheridan dies; singer backed by Beatles on 'My Bonnie' was 72

2013-02-18 18:39:00

The first song the broader world heard from the Beatles wasn't one of the pop-music gems that seemed to flow so effortlessly from the pens of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, nor was it any of their versions of American R&B and blues songs that were a...

PASSINGS: Roland Moritz, David A. Braun, Laurie Gottlieb

2013-02-02 00:00:00

Roland Moritz Longtime L.A. Philharmonic flutist Roland Moritz, 86, who played flute for the Los Angeles Philharmonic for more than 40 years and for a time shared the concert stage with his father, Frederick Moritz, the Philharmonic's longtime...

'Beautiful Creatures' score leads Dhani Harrison to Abbey Road

2013-02-15 10:42:00

Working on Richard LaGravenese's latest movie, "Beautiful Creatures,” gave a couple of the musicians who created the film's music a chance to follow in their fathers' footsteps. "It was epic,” George Harrison’s son Dhani Harrison...

Pop Art: Astrid Kirchherr and the Beatles

2013-02-02 06:00:00

Astrid Kirchherr met the Beatles in 1960 when they were five lads from Liverpool pounding out marathon shows at a club in a seedy part of her native Hamburg, Germany. She fell for the bass player, Stuart Sutcliffe, and found the others — John...

'Backbeat' creators go beyond the standard musical theater fare

2013-01-26 10:11:00

Searching for his way into the new musical "Backbeat," which examines the Beatles' early days (and nights) in Hamburg, Germany, David Leveaux asked himself what he called "the Jerome Robbins question." It's a tactic he picked up in 2004 while overseeing...

Ravi Shankar dies at 92; sitar master

2012-12-11 22:22:00

Ravi Shankar was already revered as a master of the sitar in 1966 when he met George Harrison, the Beatle who became his most famous disciple and gave the Indian musician-composer unexpected pop-culture cachet. Suddenly the classically trained Shankar...

Review: Beatles flop 'Magical Mystery Tour' is put in context

2012-12-14 07:00:00

Roll up, America; step right this way. Here comes the Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," getting a big night on domestic television, 45 Christmastimes after it first aired in the United Kingdom, on Boxing Day, Dec. 26, 1967. Newly restored and...

Stream the 12-12-12 concert for Sandy relief here

2012-12-12 14:34:00

On Wednesday night a heavyweight lineup of marquee acts will cram New York’s Madison Square Garden for a relief concert to benefit areas devastated by October's Superstorm Sandy. Billed as "12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief," the event will...

The Vox electric guitar being played by George Harrison, left, is coming to auction on May 18. The guitar can also been seen in a scene from the Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour" film, right.

2013-03-22 09:33:11

November 20, 1976 Beatle George Harrison appeared alongside Simon as co-musical guest.

2013-02-06 17:38:00

David A. Braun was a longtime entertainment attorney whose high-profile clients included musicians Bob Dylan, George Harrison and Neil Diamond.

2013-02-01 21:09:23