![]() ![]() TORRENT GEORGE HARRISON GREATEST HITS FULL"He was a great guy, full of love for humanity but he didn't suffer fools gladly. Harrison commented wryly on The Beatles' acrimonious breakup in his song, "Sue Me, Sue You Blues" from his post-Beatles solo album, "Living in the Material World."īut old grudges faded with time, and McCartney and Starr joined in recording "All Those Years Ago," Harrison's 1981 tribute to the slain Lennon. He kept them together probably because of the calming effect he had," Williams said. "I would say he was the major cog in The Beatles at that time. "He was always acting as peacemaker between John and Paul."Īlan Williams, The Beatles' first manager, said Harrison was an essential part of the band's chemistry. ![]() "George was always the quiet Beatle," Marsden said. He was a very talented lad and he was too young to die," said Gerry Marsden, leader of the Liverpool band Gerry and the Pacemakers, part of the 1960s rock explosion in the city. Gerry Scott, Liverpool's mayor, said Harrison was "a warm, peace-loving man who was more than just a talented musician." Harrison, 58, died Thursday in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer. McCartney introduced Harrison to John Lennon, and their friendship was the nucleus of the band that was finally completed with the addition of drummer Starr.Īt Liverpool's town hall, the flag was lowered to half-staff Friday morning in tribute. Harrison was 13 when he befriended McCartney at their school in Liverpool, England, in 1956. I loved him very much and I will miss him greatly," he said in a statement from his home in Vancouver, British Columbia. Ringo Starr said he would miss the band's lead guitarist "for his sense of love, his sense of music and his sense of laughter." "He was a lovely guy and a very brave man and had a wonderful sense of humor," Paul McCartney told reporters outside his London home. ![]() The two surviving Beatles mourned George Harrison Friday as "a best friend" and a "baby brother," and flags were lowered in Liverpool where the band was born. ![]()
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