In 1973 came "Living in the Material World".  The title came from a book "Be Here Now" (which was lifted by Oasis as their 3rd album title; they also stole the name "Wonderwall" from him, which was a title of a movie soundtrack he composed).  The album dealt with George trying to escape the material world, and transcend.  It had ANOTHER #1 hit, "Give me love, Give me peace on earth".  Here was a man hell bent on making positive music to uplift listeners.  He designed the album to be a sonic temple, with Eric Clapton, his best friend, playing lead on nearly every track.  Harrison stepped out as one of the world's formost slide guitar players, and nearly every song he wrote had religious themes throughout it.  

It was around this time that Harrison organized the Concert For Bangladesh, featuring an all star cast of his musical buddies.  Bangladesh was at war with Pakistan, and had had 3 million people massacred and buried in mass graves, after the war the area was in shambles.  When asked to help raise 25,000 dollars, Harrison responded by putting together the first Rock for charity concert, raising far more than what was originally intended.  

Soon afterwards, Patti Harrison, George's wife, started having an affair with Eric Clapton, george's best friend.  George had neglected his wife, focusing on his meditation, and Eric Soon fell in love with her... he even wrote "Layla" for her; it was his nickname for his newfound girlfriend.  Later, When George found out, he stood by both his friend, AND his wife, realizing his mistake, and eventually Eric even married her.  They still stayed friends.  Unbelievable.  

George's musical tribute to his fallen friend, John Lennon, in 1981 (John died in dec. 80) "All those years ago" is one of the greatest tribute tracks I've ever heard.  It's upbeat, and joyous, but yet still sad at the same time.  Beautiful guitar, as always, with lines like "I remember shouting about love, but man, they treated you like a dog... but, you, were the one, who made it so clear, all those years ago.  You said it all, though not many had ears, all those years ago. You were the one, who imagined it all, when you said all you need is love"  OH MY GOD THATS BEAUTIFUL, LOL.  Nobody is real like this anymore.  Nobody says what they feel, people sing about what they want others to hear now.  

Anyways, flash forward to 1987.  George released his album, "Cloud 9", which had another #1 hit, "I got my mind set on you", again with Eric Clapton helping out on guitar.  Disenchanted with the materialism of the music industry, and the relentless drive to put out meaningless music that he had fought all his life, George retired from music after this release.  

In 95, he got together with the surviving beatles to produce, play, and sing on 2 songs, demos that John had recorded before his death, and they fleshed out yet another #1 song for the beatles, "Free as a Bird".  This was the only music george had released in 8 years.  

In 97, I remember seeing him appear on VH1 with Ravi Shankar, and he played "All things must pass" on acoustic, after saying (in typical George humor) "I hope I still remember how to play one of these".  I thought the interviewer was gonna cry when he put the guitar back down, it was stunning.  

In 99, George was attacked and stabbed in his mansion in England.  Although he was extremely private, reports leaked out from Ringo and from court documents that he had been awakened by an intruder; when he went downstairs, he met up with a beatles stalker, who stabbed him in the chest nearly 50 times! His wife ran down stairs, and was able to knock the intruder out with a lamp; George was hospitalized for days, and afterwards was even more of a recluse.  

In 2000, word came from George that he was working on a new album, which he hoped to have finished by the end of 2001.  He jokingly said it would be titled "Portrait of a Leg-End", and even reissued "All things Must Pass", his first album, with a new track "My Sweet Lord 2000" featuring his son on guitar.  

Sadly, in 2001 word started leaking out that George had contracted cancer, and was in and out of hospitals all over the world.  Paul McCartney, who had remained a close friend with George over the years, when asked about it, responded to one interviewer "I can't talk about that".  When the interviewer insinuated that Paul didn't know what was going on with George, Paul responded "Yeah, it could be that, or maybe George just doesn't want his business on the front page of every paper in the world anymore".  

In November of last year, George Harrison passed away.  His friend Ravi Shankar was at his side, as well as his wife and son, and immediately after death, his body was creamated, according to his religion, so that his soul could be freed.  His ashes were spread at a traditional spot near where two rivers meet in india.

Who are the Beatles? Isnt that them gay lookin Volkswagenz? LOL

Trauma...jus wonderin, how old are u man? Jus wonderin, cuz u listen to tha Beatlez n all. Mah parentz dont even listen tah that shit. lol

damn, u an old fucka    dont trip...im 24 too lol

lol I'm feeling old lately, lol.  

if that WAS u in tha avator, ida tol u...u prolly lookin olda then u feel lol

lol... if trauma's old wtf.. am I.... well still young compared to axle.. and then we all young compared to ruthless_souljah.. she waaaay old  

lol@ Ruthlezz...why u clownin tha homegirl?!  

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