McCartney Times

In 1971, George Harrison helped organize the Concert for Bangladesh to collect funds for Bangladesh’s humanitarian crisis. The star-studded benefit concert’s purpose was to support relief efforts. Harrison also hoped that the shows would bring about more modest changes. Eric Clapton, a concert performer, was heavily addicted to heroin at the time. Harrison hoped that by drawing attention to Clapton’s drug use, the concert would help get him treatment.A black and white picture of George Harrison and Eric Clapton holding guitars and standing near a microphone.Despite some unusual circumstances, George Harrison and Eric Clapton were friends.Harrison and Clapton got to know one another and became friends in the 1960s. They worked together on music and respected each other’s creativity. However, their friendship ran into trouble in the 1970s when Clapton fell in love with Harrison’s wife Mr. Pattie Boyd While she was still dating Harrison, Clapton wrote songs about Boyd and even told him he loved his wife.

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Source: George Harrison hoped that Eric Clapton would benefit from the concert for Bangladesh as well. – Techno Trenz