Beatles fans have their minds set on George
Beatles fans flooded social media on Thursday with tributes to George Harrison on what would have been his 73rd birthday.
One of the Facebook tributes gave details about the George Harrison Birthday Celebration in Hollywood Thursday night with the event theme of "Love One Another" and 73 red velvet cupcakes arranged in the shape of a heart at George's Hollywood Walk of Fame star in front of the Capitol Records Tower.
Another kind of tribute came Friday with the release of "George Fest" in a variety of audio and video formats. George Fest is the name of a 2014 concert of Harrison songs covered by such artists as Brian Wilson, Ann Wilson, Ben Harper and Norah Jones. Dhani Harrison, George's son, also performed at the benefit in Los Angeles and is one of the producers. You can listen to "George Fest" for free if you have Amazon Prime and you can watch it Saturday night on MTV Live and VH1 Classic.
The youngest Beatle was born on Feb. 25, 1943 and he was 58 when he died on Nov. 29, 2001. The tributes to the guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer have me thinking about my favorite George songs with and without the Beatles. One of my favorite George songs is the first one I ever heard: "Don't Bother Me," the first George song to appear on a Beatles album. It's on "Meet The Beatles!," the Fab Four's first U.S. album on the Capitol label. The album was released in January 1964. I played the album all the time at home in Gulfport in the summer of 1964. I was 12 years old. My brother, Mike, was 10 and like me grew up to be a longtime Beatles fan.
By: John Bialas
Source: The Sun Herald
