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How George Harrison saved Tom Petty’s ‘I Won’t Back Down’

    How George Harrison saved Tom Petty’s ‘I Won’t Back Down’

During the lengthy and at times, gruelling recording sessions of The Beatles, George Harrison’s fingers would have likely been in bits. Famously, the band recorded eight songs for Please Please

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The song George Harrison waited a quarter century to play

    The song George Harrison waited a quarter century to play

George Harrison never had that many aspirations as a solo artist. Despite needing to get as far away from The Beatles as possible during their breakup, ‘The Quiet One’ loved

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Who did George Harrison say had “the best” Beatles songs?

    Who did George Harrison say had “the best” Beatles songs?

It’s impossible to pit any Beatles song against another. The Fab Four created their own sonic identity on every single record, and while not every one of them could be

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George Harrison picks the “most consistent” musician of all time

    George Harrison picks the “most consistent” musician of all time

Dolly Parton once gave what is probably the most accurate assessment of Bob Dylan known to mankind: “I love his music but he’s a weird buckaroo.”Has there ever been a

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The Interesting Connection Between George Harrison and Marty McFly From ‘Back to the Future’ – American Songwriter

    The Interesting Connection Between George Harrison and Marty McFly From ‘Back to the Future’ – American Songwriter

The musical world is infinitely smaller than one might think from the outside looking in, which would explain why the

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The one regret Tom Petty had about the Traveling Wilburys

    The one regret Tom Petty had about the Traveling Wilburys

Not every band manages to say everything that they want to say before they have to bow out. Time can

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3 Times George Harrison Outshined The Beatles—From Supergroups to Solo No. 1 Albums – American Songwriter

    3 Times George Harrison Outshined The Beatles—From Supergroups to Solo No. 1 Albums – American Songwriter

Each of The Beatles has enjoyed a successful solo career. I wouldn’t say that the band’s beloved late guitarist, George

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The Beatles album George Harrison called a step “backwards”

    The Beatles album George Harrison called a step “backwards”

That much is a given for any music fan, and so renders any pub discussions over whether you think they’re

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Which Beatles never truly healed their relationship?

    Which Beatles never truly healed their relationship?

Some band members aren’t meant to go the distance until the end of time. Everyone loves that ‘band of brothers’

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George Harrison on the Thing That Helped Save Him From the “Depression” of the 1970s – American Songwriter

    George Harrison on the Thing That Helped Save Him From the “Depression” of the 1970s – American Songwriter

The Beatles’ breakup in the tail-end of the 1960s and the earliest part of the 1970s was a shocking blow to the musical community at large, but it was an

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