LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Broadcast TV has had a hard time catching a break this past year.
What was supposed to be a rebound 2007-08 season after the ratings slump of 2006-07 was derailed by the Hollywood writers strike and ended with a whimper in May. And, as if dealing with the 100-day stoppage and viewer erosion was not enough, the networks were hit by a slowing economy.
In the first quarter, when the effect from the strike was the worst, ad spending on network TV was down 3% vs. last year.
But then, in the past few weeks, amid recession fears and worries about a possible actors strike, there finally was some good news: The five broadcast networks bagged a better than expected $9.23 billion in "upfront" commitments for ad slots during the 2008-09 season.
"When times are tough and each marketing dollar has to work as hard as it can, (advertisers) go to what works, and television absolutely benefited from that," ABC ad sales chief Mike Shaw recently said.
Meanwhile, the Conference Board's most recent survey painted a bleak picture of consumers' buying intentions for the next six months. For instance, only 2.1% are planning to purchase a house, the lowest percentage in more than a quarter-century.
In contrast, the share of consumers planning to buy a TV set in the next six months hit an all-time high of 12.2% in May.
For those putting their dreams for a new home and car on hold, a flat-screen TV seems like a comforting alternative. It is also practical, with gas prices hovering above $4 a gallon.
Friday, 27 June 2008
Sunday, 22 June 2008
Barbara Tucker Feat. Darryl D'Bonneau
Artist: Barbara Tucker Feat. Darryl D'Bonneau
Genre(s):
House
Discography:
Stop Playing With My Mind (CD Single)
Year: 2000
Tracks: 3
The Otwz
Monday, 9 June 2008
Sunday's lineup
Howard Patterson, now retired from The Flying Karamazov Brothers, drew quite a bit of inspiration from Jackie Chan's athletic Hong Kong comedies, especially "The Young Master," a 1980 movie that will be screened at 6:30 tonight at the Harvard Exit, as part of the Seattle International Film Festival's "Talking Pictures" series. Patterson, who lives in Portland, will drop by to talk about the film, which he says "changed my life." Chan especially impressed Patterson with the notion that physical comedy "can have at least as much of a role in storytelling as spoken language."
John Hartl, Special to The Seattle Times
Today's schedule
Egyptian
11 a.m. — "2008 Secret Festival"
1:30 p.m. — "Phoebe in Wonderland"
4 p.m. — "When Did You Last See Your Father?"
6:30 p.m. — "Baghead"
9 p.m. — "Empties"
Harvard Exit
11 a.m. — "Máncora"
1:30 p.m. — "Tulia, Texas"
4 p.m. — "Boystown"
6:30 p.m. — "The Young Master"
9:15 p.m. — "The End"
Pacific Place Cinema
11 a.m. — "Saturn in Opposition"
1:30 p.m. — "Bliss"
4 p.m. — "Alone in Four Walls"
6:30 p.m. — "Encarnación"
9 p.m. — "Still Orangutans"
SIFF Cinema
11 a.m. — "Princess of the Sun"
1:30 p.m. — "Saving Luna"
4 p.m. — "Becky Sharp"
6:30 p.m. — "XXY"
9 p.m. — "Stalags — Holocaust and Pornography in Israel"
Uptown
11 a.m. — "The Great Buck Howard"
1:30 p.m. — "A Girl Cut in Two"
4:15 p.m. — "Erik Nietzsche the Early Years"
6:30 p.m. — "Walt & El Grupo"
9:15 p.m. — "A Lost Man"
See Also
Mathias Grassow and Klaus Wiese and Ted DeJong
Artist: Mathias Grassow and Klaus Wiese and Ted DeJong
Genre(s):
Ambient
Discography:
El-Hadra
Year: 1990
Tracks: 2
Rock pioneer Bo Diddley dies at age 79
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Bo Diddley, a founding father of rock ’n’ roll whose distinctive "shave and a haircut, two bits" rhythm and innovative guitar effects inspired legions of other musicians, died today after months of ill health. He was 79.
Diddley died of heart failure at his home in Archer, Fla., spokeswoman Susan Clary said. He had suffered a heart attack in August, three months after suffering a stroke while touring in Iowa. Doctors said the stroke affected his ability to speak, and he had returned to Florida to continue rehabilitation.
The legendary singer and performer, known for his homemade square guitar, dark glasses and black hat, was an inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, had a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, and received a lifetime achievement award in 1999 at the Grammy Awards. In recent years he also played for the elder President Bush and President Clinton.
Diddley appreciated the honors he received, "but it didn’t put no figures in my checkbook."
"If you ain’t got no money, ain’t nobody calls you honey," he quipped.
The name Bo Diddley came from other youngsters when he was growing up in Chicago, he said in a 1999 interview.
"I don’t know where the kids got it, but the kids in grammar school gave me that name," he said, adding that he liked it so it became his stage name. Other times, he gave somewhat differing stories on where he got the name. Some experts believe a possible source for the name is a one-string instrument used in traditional blues music called a diddley bow.
His first single, "Bo Diddley," introduced record buyers in 1955 to his signature rhythm: bomp ba-bomp bomp, bomp bomp, often summarized as "shave and a haircut, two bits." The B side, "I’m a Man," with its slightly humorous take on macho pride, also became a rock standard.
The company that issued his early songs was Chess-Checkers records, the storied Chicago-based labels that also recorded Chuck Berry and other stars.
Howard Kramer, assistant curator of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, said in 2006 that Diddley’s Chess recordings "stand among the best singular recordings of the 20th century."
Diddley’s other major songs included, "Say Man," ”You Can’t Judge a Book by Its Cover," ”Shave and a Haircut," ”Uncle John," ”Who Do You Love?" and "The Mule."
Diddley’s influence was felt on both sides of the Atlantic. Buddy Holly borrowed the bomp ba-bomp bomp, bomp bomp rhythm for his song "Not Fade Away."
The Rolling Stones’ bluesy remake of that Holly song gave them their first chart single in the United States, in 1964. The following year, another British band, the Yardbirds, had a Top 20 hit in the U.S. with their version of "I’m a Man."
Diddley was also one of the pioneers of the electric guitar, adding reverb and tremelo effects. He even rigged some of his guitars himself.
"He treats it like it was a drum, very rhythmic," E. Michael Harrington, professor of music theory and composition at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., said in 2006.
Many other artists, including the Who, Bruce Springsteen and Elvis Costello copied aspects of Diddley’s style.
Diddley died of heart failure at his home in Archer, Fla., spokeswoman Susan Clary said. He had suffered a heart attack in August, three months after suffering a stroke while touring in Iowa. Doctors said the stroke affected his ability to speak, and he had returned to Florida to continue rehabilitation.
The legendary singer and performer, known for his homemade square guitar, dark glasses and black hat, was an inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, had a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, and received a lifetime achievement award in 1999 at the Grammy Awards. In recent years he also played for the elder President Bush and President Clinton.
Diddley appreciated the honors he received, "but it didn’t put no figures in my checkbook."
"If you ain’t got no money, ain’t nobody calls you honey," he quipped.
The name Bo Diddley came from other youngsters when he was growing up in Chicago, he said in a 1999 interview.
"I don’t know where the kids got it, but the kids in grammar school gave me that name," he said, adding that he liked it so it became his stage name. Other times, he gave somewhat differing stories on where he got the name. Some experts believe a possible source for the name is a one-string instrument used in traditional blues music called a diddley bow.
His first single, "Bo Diddley," introduced record buyers in 1955 to his signature rhythm: bomp ba-bomp bomp, bomp bomp, often summarized as "shave and a haircut, two bits." The B side, "I’m a Man," with its slightly humorous take on macho pride, also became a rock standard.
The company that issued his early songs was Chess-Checkers records, the storied Chicago-based labels that also recorded Chuck Berry and other stars.
Howard Kramer, assistant curator of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, said in 2006 that Diddley’s Chess recordings "stand among the best singular recordings of the 20th century."
Diddley’s other major songs included, "Say Man," ”You Can’t Judge a Book by Its Cover," ”Shave and a Haircut," ”Uncle John," ”Who Do You Love?" and "The Mule."
Diddley’s influence was felt on both sides of the Atlantic. Buddy Holly borrowed the bomp ba-bomp bomp, bomp bomp rhythm for his song "Not Fade Away."
The Rolling Stones’ bluesy remake of that Holly song gave them their first chart single in the United States, in 1964. The following year, another British band, the Yardbirds, had a Top 20 hit in the U.S. with their version of "I’m a Man."
Diddley was also one of the pioneers of the electric guitar, adding reverb and tremelo effects. He even rigged some of his guitars himself.
"He treats it like it was a drum, very rhythmic," E. Michael Harrington, professor of music theory and composition at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., said in 2006.
Many other artists, including the Who, Bruce Springsteen and Elvis Costello copied aspects of Diddley’s style.
Cavandish
Artist: Cavandish
Genre(s):
Metal
Discography:
Time Knights
Year: 2005
Tracks: 4
'Star' to be born in new light
Rapper C-murder Preps To Release The Highly-anticipated Disc Screamin' Vengeance Vengeance
Corey "C-Murder" Miller, most known for being a member of the trio TRU (which included his brothers Master P and Silkk The Shocker), as well as his familial and entrepreneurial ties to the No Limit Records empire, will be releasing his first studio album in five years on July 1st on TRU/Asylum Records. A product of the infamous Calliope Projects in New Orleans, C-Murder has dealt with a lot over the past few years however he has always managed to stay focused on his creative talents, a testament of his true strength. Even though his voice rarely goes above a casual speaking tone, when the southern-drawled MC talks, he speaks volumes. Born and raised in a city known for both its good times and crimes, C-Murder adopted his provocative moniker seeing murders, amongst other ruthless activities.
Before becoming one of the most popular solo artists on the label, TRU put themselves and their record company on the national map with their 1995 album True which spurned the worldwide anthem "I'm Bout It, Bout It." Following TRU's groundbreaking 1997 album Tru 2 Da Game, C-Murder embarked on what would become a successful solo career.
His first album, 1998's multi-platinum Life Or Death proved to listeners that C-Murder was able to hold his own weight using a spectrum of influences ranging from Special Ed and Ice-T to 2Pac, showing that while he had a rough exterior to use in his favor, he also had immense artistic skills working for him too. His follow-ups, 1999's platinum-selling Bossalinie, 2000's platinum standout, Trapped In Crime and an appearance later that year on the 504 Boys' smash "Wobble, Wobble" would only broaden his fanbase and cement his place in Southern Rap's hierarchy. C-Murder would go on to follow his brother Master P's mogul-making footsteps by founding TRU Records and releasing two more albums 2001's C-P-3.com and 2002's Tru Dawgs-with controversy following each one.
In 2001 C-Murder was indicted on an attempted murder charge for a shooting incident outside of a Baton Rouge nightclub. While out on bond, C-Murder was charged with second-degree murder over a shooting outside of another Louisiana nightclub. Facing two life-altering allegations simultaneously, C- Murder's recording career came to a screeching halt.
Sentenced to life for the latter charge, C-Murder decided to change his name to C-Miller. He went on to sign with Koch Records to put out some of his previously unreleased material but opted to go back to his original name by the time 2005's Truest Shit I Ever Said hit shelves.
"C-Murder is in my heart, I always knew in the back of my head what it was," says the lyricist about his decision. "It's never crossed my mind to change. Anyone who knows me knows I am who I am. I've been through a lot but I got heart with it too. To let the system take me down, I'll be a failure."
Literally TRU to his word, the system did not take C-Murder down. He wasted no time releasing his 2005 album in the form of The Tru Story: Continued with all new songs and offered fans an even bigger glimmer of hope and change with a guest appearance on Ludacris' Release Therapy album on the song "Do Your Time" when he rapped alongside fellow ex-con emcees Beanie Sigel and Pimp C. Having only served a couple years of his life sentence, C-Murder's second-degree murder conviction was overturned in favor of a retrial.
Now, with that chapter of his life and even a novel, Death Around the Corner, behind him, C-Murder is looking forward to adding more pages to his storied career. The first entry is his TRU/Asylum Records debut Screamin' 4 Vengeance.
"This album is going to be very personal," insists C-Murder. "Its gonna be an open book on my trials and tribulations. Current events, things I've been going through, letting the world get it raw."
He pauses to warn, "Everything ain't gutter about the album though, because at the end of the day its got a message. It ain't about go bang this and that, it's just a raw album about life and what's going on out here. At the end of the day, the end of the beat, you get the message that the streets ain't what's really popping."
Backed by a new team and a new attitude, Screamin' 4 Vengeance is some of C-Murder's best work to date. As a No Limit Soldier the rapper often had to crank out music at an assembly line rate. But now that he's calling his own shots and setting his own schedule, C-Murder is putting out a high-quality product of 5-star General caliber.
"My lyrical content and subject matter on a another level," says the lyrical poet in between mention of his new in-house production team, Deadly Soundz. "You can hear my confidence now, I can flow on any track now. Earlier in my career, it was easy to do two or three songs a day because I was saying the same things. But this time around its more universal, everything ain't gonna be the same. I had time to really work on this album and perfect it."
The perfection can be heard in the diversity of songs on Screamin' For Vengeance. Tracks like "My Set" produced by Baton Rouge underground legend C-Loc will remind hardcore C-Murder fans of what made them make each of his first three albums platinum. "Be Fresh" shows C-Murder in rare form actually appreciating the good things in life after a hard day's work. "Mihita" reunites him with former label mate Mia X while "Gangstafied Lyrics" has C-Murder giving a sermon on street life.
"I'm just trying to bring that 100% street element back to music," says C-Murder. "You're not gonna hear me talking about driving this whip with 22s or anything like that. You're gonna hear real situations. This is my first studio album in a minute so I have to give it my all."
Before becoming one of the most popular solo artists on the label, TRU put themselves and their record company on the national map with their 1995 album True which spurned the worldwide anthem "I'm Bout It, Bout It." Following TRU's groundbreaking 1997 album Tru 2 Da Game, C-Murder embarked on what would become a successful solo career.
His first album, 1998's multi-platinum Life Or Death proved to listeners that C-Murder was able to hold his own weight using a spectrum of influences ranging from Special Ed and Ice-T to 2Pac, showing that while he had a rough exterior to use in his favor, he also had immense artistic skills working for him too. His follow-ups, 1999's platinum-selling Bossalinie, 2000's platinum standout, Trapped In Crime and an appearance later that year on the 504 Boys' smash "Wobble, Wobble" would only broaden his fanbase and cement his place in Southern Rap's hierarchy. C-Murder would go on to follow his brother Master P's mogul-making footsteps by founding TRU Records and releasing two more albums 2001's C-P-3.com and 2002's Tru Dawgs-with controversy following each one.
In 2001 C-Murder was indicted on an attempted murder charge for a shooting incident outside of a Baton Rouge nightclub. While out on bond, C-Murder was charged with second-degree murder over a shooting outside of another Louisiana nightclub. Facing two life-altering allegations simultaneously, C- Murder's recording career came to a screeching halt.
Sentenced to life for the latter charge, C-Murder decided to change his name to C-Miller. He went on to sign with Koch Records to put out some of his previously unreleased material but opted to go back to his original name by the time 2005's Truest Shit I Ever Said hit shelves.
"C-Murder is in my heart, I always knew in the back of my head what it was," says the lyricist about his decision. "It's never crossed my mind to change. Anyone who knows me knows I am who I am. I've been through a lot but I got heart with it too. To let the system take me down, I'll be a failure."
Literally TRU to his word, the system did not take C-Murder down. He wasted no time releasing his 2005 album in the form of The Tru Story: Continued with all new songs and offered fans an even bigger glimmer of hope and change with a guest appearance on Ludacris' Release Therapy album on the song "Do Your Time" when he rapped alongside fellow ex-con emcees Beanie Sigel and Pimp C. Having only served a couple years of his life sentence, C-Murder's second-degree murder conviction was overturned in favor of a retrial.
Now, with that chapter of his life and even a novel, Death Around the Corner, behind him, C-Murder is looking forward to adding more pages to his storied career. The first entry is his TRU/Asylum Records debut Screamin' 4 Vengeance.
"This album is going to be very personal," insists C-Murder. "Its gonna be an open book on my trials and tribulations. Current events, things I've been going through, letting the world get it raw."
He pauses to warn, "Everything ain't gutter about the album though, because at the end of the day its got a message. It ain't about go bang this and that, it's just a raw album about life and what's going on out here. At the end of the day, the end of the beat, you get the message that the streets ain't what's really popping."
Backed by a new team and a new attitude, Screamin' 4 Vengeance is some of C-Murder's best work to date. As a No Limit Soldier the rapper often had to crank out music at an assembly line rate. But now that he's calling his own shots and setting his own schedule, C-Murder is putting out a high-quality product of 5-star General caliber.
"My lyrical content and subject matter on a another level," says the lyrical poet in between mention of his new in-house production team, Deadly Soundz. "You can hear my confidence now, I can flow on any track now. Earlier in my career, it was easy to do two or three songs a day because I was saying the same things. But this time around its more universal, everything ain't gonna be the same. I had time to really work on this album and perfect it."
The perfection can be heard in the diversity of songs on Screamin' For Vengeance. Tracks like "My Set" produced by Baton Rouge underground legend C-Loc will remind hardcore C-Murder fans of what made them make each of his first three albums platinum. "Be Fresh" shows C-Murder in rare form actually appreciating the good things in life after a hard day's work. "Mihita" reunites him with former label mate Mia X while "Gangstafied Lyrics" has C-Murder giving a sermon on street life.
"I'm just trying to bring that 100% street element back to music," says C-Murder. "You're not gonna hear me talking about driving this whip with 22s or anything like that. You're gonna hear real situations. This is my first studio album in a minute so I have to give it my all."
News Corp's Profits Triple
Selling DirecTV to Liberty Media for $1.7 billion and acquiring the Wall Street Journal helped News Corp post third-quarter profits of $2.7 billion, nearly three times as much as those for the same quarter a year ago. The company also benefited from lower content costs for its TV operations as a result of the writers' strike. Operating income at the Fox network soared 53 percent to $419 million, as the TV division also profited from the Super Bowl telecast in February and the continued success of American Idol, all of which offset the costs of launching the new Fox Business Network cable channel. However, the film unit, including 20th Century Fox, reported disappointing results, down 36 percent to $261 million, with only Alvin and the Chipmunks showing solid box-office returns. Nevertheless, despite the strong results, News Corp shares remained in the doldrums. (They're down 10 percent since the first of the year.) In an interview with Bloomberg News, Gamco Investors fund manager Larry Haverty said, "Hopefully, we who invest in [News Corp] will live long enough to see a point when the market recognizes what is going on."
See Also
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Mates of State
Artist: Mates of State
Genre(s):
Indie
Discography:
Team Boo
Year: 2003
Tracks: 12
Kori Gardner (keyboard/vocals) and Jason Hammel (drums/vocals) were both playing guitar and vocalizing in the Kansas music city of Lawrence before forming the Mates of State in 1997. With their treble vocal harmonies and minimal pop invoke, Omnibus Records released Mates of State's number 1 EP as a split with Fighter D in 1999. Upon a relocation to San Francisco, the duo's arcsecond EP, It's the Law/Invitation Inn, and a debut studio apartment feat, My Solo Project, followed in 2000. Tours of the Midwest followed into the side by side year and creative ideas continued to eddy. Hammel and Gardner, wHO were married in early 2001, inked themselves a dole out with Polyvinyl prior to recording a reexamination. Summer years were exhausted playacting shows with Superdrag, the Anniversary, and Beulah patch composition songs on the road. Those roger Huntington Sessions lead to the second record album, Our Constant Concern, in 2002. The side by side give Polyvinyl reissued their debut album, My Solo Project, and later on the full-length Team Boo. After their contract was up with Polyvinyl (termination with the 2004 EP All Day), Mates of State decided to head all over to Barsuk, the label that released their fourth part record, Bring It Back, in 2006.
George Harrison
Artist: George Harrison
Genre(s):
Other
Rock: Pop-Rock
Rock
Rock: Hard-Rock
Rock & Roll
Trance: Psychedelic
Discography:
London Radha-Krishna Temple / Chant And Be Happy
Year: 2004
Tracks: 8
Cloud Nine
Year: 2002
Tracks: 20
Somewhere In England
Year: 2001
Tracks: 10
All Things Must Pass (CD 2) Remaster
Year: 2001
Tracks: 14
All Things Must Pass (CD 1) Remaster
Year: 2001
Tracks: 14
Through Many Years
Year: 2000
Tracks: 16
12 Arnold Grove
Year: 2000
Tracks: 17
A True Legend
Year: 1999
Tracks: 26
Electronic Sound
Year: 1996
Tracks: 2
Pirate Songs
Year: 1995
Tracks: 19
Live In Japan (Remastered 2004)
Year: 1992
Tracks: 2
Live In Japan (CD 2)
Year: 1992
Tracks: 9
Live In Japan (CD 1)
Year: 1992
Tracks: 10
Hari and The Hijack Band (CD 1)
Year: 1992
Tracks: 15
The Rock Legends Tour (CD 2) (& Clapton)
Year: 1991
Tracks: 13
The Rock Legends Tour (CD 1)
Year: 1991
Tracks: 14
When We Was Fab (3'' CD Single)
Year: 1988
Tracks: 4
When we was fab
Year: 1988
Tracks: 4
Traveling Wilburys - Volume 3
Year: 1988
Tracks: 12
Cloud Nine (Remastered 2004)
Year: 1987
Tracks: 13
Cloud 9 - Rough Mixes
Year: 1987
Tracks: 7
Gone Troppo (Remastered 2004)
Year: 1982
Tracks: 11
Gone Troppo
Year: 1982
Tracks: 10
Somewhere In England (Remastered 2004)
Year: 1981
Tracks: 11
George Harrison (remastered 2004)
Year: 1979
Tracks: 11
Thrity Three
Year: 1976
Tracks: 10
Thirty Three and 1/3 (Remaster..
Year: 1976
Tracks: 11
Thirty Three and 1-3
Year: 1976
Tracks: 10
Thirty Three
Year: 1976
Tracks: 10
The Best Of
Year: 1976
Tracks: 13
Extra TextureGone Troppo
Year: 1975
Tracks: 10
Extra Texture - Read All About It
Year: 1975
Tracks: 10
Live Washington '74
Year: 1974
Tracks: 13
Baton Rouge (CD 2)
Year: 1974
Tracks: 7
Baton Rouge (CD 1)
Year: 1974
Tracks: 8
Living In The Material World
Year: 1973
Tracks: 12
Living In A Material World
Year: 1973
Tracks: 11
Concert for Bangla Desh Complete (CD 3)
Year: 1971
Tracks: 11
Concert for Bangla Desh Complete (CD 2)
Year: 1971
Tracks: 9
Concert for Bangla Desh Complete (CD 1)
Year: 1971
Tracks: 15
All Things Must Pass (Remastered 2001)
Year: 1970
Tracks: 28
All Things Must Pass CD1
Year: 1970
Tracks: 18
Wonderwall Music
Year: 1968
Tracks: 19
The Concert For Bangla Desh
Year:
Tracks: 18
George Harrison
Year:
Tracks: 10
Extra Texture
Year:
Tracks: 10
Concert for Bangladesh (CD 2)
Year:
Tracks: 9
Concert for Bangladesh (CD 1)
Year:
Tracks: 9
All Things Must Pass CD1
Year:
Tracks: 9
33 1_3 Music Dialogue
Year:
Tracks: 9
As lead guitar player for the Beatles, George Harrison provided the band with a lyrical style of playing in which every musical note mattered. Harrison was unitary of millions of youth Britons divine to ingest up the guitar by British skiffle king Lonnie Donegan's transcription of "Rock Island Line." But he had more than dedication than most, and with the boost of a slightly old schooling quaker -- Paul McCartney -- he forward-looking quickly in his technique and command of the instrumental role. Harrison highly-developed his style and technique lento and painstakingly over the several years, scholarship everything he could from the records of Carl Perkins, Duane Eddy, Chet Atkins, Buddy Holly, and Eddie Cochran. By eld 15, he was allowed to sit in with the Quarry Men, the Liverpool group founded by John Lennon, of which McCartney was a member; by 16, he was a fully fledged member of the group.
The Beatles in conclusion fused about Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and drummer Ringo Starr in 1962, with Harrison effected on lead guitar. The Beatlemania days, from 1963 through 1966, were a motley blessing for Harrison. The Beatles' studio sound was broadly speaking characterized by identical spectacular musical rhythm guitar parts, and on many of the Beatles' early songs, Harrison's lead guitar was buried below the chiming chords of Lennon's musical instrument. Additionally, he was frustrated as a songster by the presence of Lennon and McCartney; the caliber and proliferation of their end product left very short room on the group's albums for songs by anyone else. Despite these problems, Harrison grew markedly as a musician between 1963 and 1966, writing a handful of ripe songs and unitary classical ("If I Needed Someone"), and also fashioning his showtime acquaintance of the sitar, an Indian musical instrument whose sound spell-bound him.
In 1966, Harrison in conclusion seemed to incur his articulation with deuce of his songs on the Revolver album, "Tax collector" and "Love You Too." In the waken of the group's decision to hitch touring, Harrison's playacting and songwriting grew exponentially. The period from 1968 onward was Harrison's richest with the Beatles. He displayed a suave, elegant slide guitar technique that showed up on their concluding trine albums; and he contributed deuce classical songs, "Piece My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "Here Comes the Sun," along with "Something," which became the first Harrison song on the A-side of a Beatles single.
Although never known as a firm singer, Harrison's vocals were invariably distinctive, especially when placed in the correct setting; for his start solo record next the group's 1970 detachment, All Things Must Pass, Harrison collaborated with producer Phil Spector, whose so-called "Wall of Sound" proficiency altered well to Harrison's voice. All Things Must Pass and the resultant single "My Sweet Lord" had the preeminence of being the showtime solo recordings by any of the Beatles to top the charts following their dissolution. Unfortunately, Harrison was later successfully sued by the publisher of the 1962 Chiffons hit "He's So Fine," which eagre a hitting resemblance to "My Sweet Lord."
Harrison followed All Things Must Pass with rock's low gear major charity event, The Concert for Bangladesh, which was arranged as two shows at New York's Madison Square Garden in 1971 to help raise money for aid to that famine-ravaged country. The minute of the two all-star shows was released as a pic and a resilient triple album. Harrison's next studio album, Living in the Material World, initially sold well, only its leaner, less luxurious production lacked the imperial force-out of All Things Must Pass, and it lacked the in the beginning album's mass appeal. Subsequent Harrison albums from the 1970s into the '80s always had an audience, but -- exclude for Somewhere in England (1981), released in the wake of the polish off of John Lennon with the remembrance song "All Those Years Ago" -- none seemed awful well-crafted or executed. During this same period, Harrison embarked on a successful vocation as a movie producer with the institution of Handmade Films.
In 1987, Harrison made a bring back to the round top of the charts with his album Cloud Nine, which featured his most elysian work in days, most notably a hide of an old Rudy Clark gospel number called "Got My Mind Set on You," which reached phone number one on the charts. In 1988, Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Roy Orbison formed the Traveling Wilburys, world Health Organization released two selfsame successful albums. It was besides about this time that Harrison appeared with his early bandmate Ringo Starr, Dave Edmunds, Rosanne Cash, and the Stray Cats' Lee Rocker (world Health Organization was born the class the Beatles made their first recordings) in a superb Harrison's sometime graven image Carl Perkins; which was subsequently released on video cassette and laser disk. All of this achiever heralded a transitory re-emergence for the musician extinct of private life, resulting in a 1991 tour of Japan that yielded a live album (Live in Japan). Harrison had despised concertizing since the agonising days of the Beatles' external calling, and had done one ailing received concert tour in the mid-'70s; he seemed more than comfortable in 1991, and the album performed middling advantageously, impelled by the comportment of his then-recent hits.
He withdrew into private life subsequently that, devoting himself to his life with his second married woman and their son, and only re-emerged before the public when necessary, such as defending the Beatles' copyrights in court cases.
In 1999, Harrison was assaulted in his family and earnestly injured by a half-crazed winnow, only he recovered and in 2000 he began exploit on remastering and expanding his definitive All Things Must Pass album. The reissue of that album at the first of 2001 heralded an unusually world publicity campaign by Harrison, world Health Organization accompanied its re-release with an interview record that anticipated the eventual reissue of the rest of his catalogue. Harrison had been treated for throat cancer the Crab in the late '90s, just in 2001 it was revealed that he was suffering from an inoperable shape of brainiac cancer. At the time of his destruction on November 29, 2001, The Concert for Bangladesh album had been announced for upgraded reissue in January of 2002, and a DVD of the movie was in acquittance internationally.
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