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Concert for George

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The Concert for George was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 29 November 2002 as a memorial to George Harrison on the first anniversary of his death. [1]

83 relations: Albert Lee, All Things Must Pass (song), Andy Fairweather Low, Anoushka Shankar, Beware of Darkness (song), Billy Preston, Carl Perkins, Carol Cleveland, Chant, Chris Menges, Chris Stainton, Concert for George (album), Concert for George (film), Culture of London, Dave Bronze, David Leland, Dhani Harrison, Emil Richards, Eric Clapton, Eric Idle, For You Blue, Fred Tomlinson (singer), Gary Brooker, George Harrison, Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth), Gus Kahn, Handle with Care (song), Henry Spinetti, Here Comes the Sun, Honey Don't, Horse to the Water, I Need You (Beatles song), I Want to Tell You, I'll See You in My Dreams (1924 song), If I Needed Someone, Isham Jones, Isn't It a Pity, Jeff Lynne, Jim Capaldi, Jim Horn, Jim Keltner, Joe Brown (singer), Jools Holland, Klaus Voormann, London, Mac and Katie Kissoon, Marc Mann, Material World Charitable Foundation, Michael Kamen, Michael Palin, ..., Monty Python, Music of India, My Sweet Lord, Neil Innes, Old Brown Shoe, Olivia Harrison, Paul McCartney, Pedro Eustache, Photograph (Ringo Starr song), Ravi Shankar, Ray Cooper, Ringo Starr, Royal Albert Hall, Sam Brown (singer), Sanskrit, Sit on My Face, Something (Beatles song), Taxman, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Tessa Niles, That's the Way It Goes (George Harrison song), The Beatles, The Inner Light (song), The Lumberjack Song, Tom Hanks, Tom Petty, Tom Scott (musician), Traveling Wilburys, Tributes to the Beatles, Ukulele, Wah-Wah (song), While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Expand index (33 more) »

Albert Lee

Albert William Lee (born 21 December 1943) is an English guitarist known for his fingerstyle and hybrid picking technique.

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All Things Must Pass (song)

"All Things Must Pass" is a song by English musician George Harrison, issued in November 1970 as the title track to his triple album of the same name.

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Andy Fairweather Low

Andrew Fairweather Low (born 2 August 1948) is a Welsh guitarist, songwriter, producer and vocalist.

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Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar (Bengali: অনুষ্কা শঙ্কর) (born 9 June 1981) is a British Indian sitar player and composer.

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Beware of Darkness (song)

"Beware of Darkness" is a song written by English musician George Harrison and originally released on his 1970 solo album All Things Must Pass.

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Billy Preston

William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) was an American musician whose work included R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel.

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Carl Perkins

Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998)Pareles. was an American singer-songwriter who recorded most notably at the Sun Studio, in Memphis, beginning in 1954.

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Carol Cleveland

Carol Cleveland (born 13 January 1942) is a British-American actress and comedian, most notable for her work with Monty Python.

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Chant

A chant (from French chanter, from Latin cantare, "to sing") is the iterative speaking or singing of words or sounds, often primarily on one or two main pitches called reciting tones.

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Chris Menges

Chris Menges BSC, ASC (born 15 September 1940) is an English cinematographer and film director.

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Chris Stainton

Christopher Robert "Chris" Stainton (born 22 March 1944, Woodseats, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England) is an English session musician, keyboard player, bassist and songwriter, who first gained recognition with Joe Cocker in the late 1960s.

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Concert for George (album)

Concert for George is a live tribute soundtrack album in honour of George Harrison, issued in 2003 in conjunction with the simultaneous DVD release of the same name.

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Concert for George (film)

Concert for George is a 2003 British documentary film directed by David Leland that covers the events of the Concert for George, a tribute concert for George Harrison held at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 29 November 2002.

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Culture of London

The culture of London concerns the engineering, music, museums, festivals and other entertainment in London, the capital city of the United Kingdom.

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Dave Bronze

David Eric "Dave" Bronze (born 2 April 1952 in Billericay, Essex) is an English bass guitarist.

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David Leland

David Leland (born 20 April 1947) is a film director, screenwriter and actor who came to international fame with his directorial debut Wish You Were Here in 1987.

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Dhani Harrison

Dhani Harrison (born 1 August 1978) is a British multi-instrumentalist musician, composer and singer-songwriter who is the only child of George and Olivia Harrison.

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Emil Richards

Emil Richards (born Emilio Joseph Radocchia; September 2, 1932) is an American vibraphonist and percussionist.

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Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton, (born 1945), is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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Eric Idle

Eric Idle (born 29 March 1943) is an English comedian, actor, voice actor, author, singer-songwriter, musician, writer and comedic composer.

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For You Blue

"For You Blue" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1970 album Let It Be.

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Fred Tomlinson (singer)

Frederick Tomlinson (18 December 1927 – 17 July 2016) was a British singer, songwriter and composer.

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Gary Brooker

Gary Brooker, MBE, (born 29 May 1945) is an English singer, songwriter, pianist and founder and lead singer of the rock band Procol Harum.

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George Harrison

George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English guitarist, singer-songwriter, and producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.

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Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)

"Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" is a song by English musician George Harrison, released as the opening track of his 1973 album Living in the Material World.

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Gus Kahn

Gustav Gerson Kahn (November 6, 1886October 8, 1941) was an American lyricist.

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Handle with Care (song)

"Handle with Care" is the first track from the Traveling Wilburys' 1988 album, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, and the group's most successful single.

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Henry Spinetti

Henry Anthony George Spinetti (born 31 March 1951) is a Welsh session drummer whose playing has featured on a large number of prominent rock and pop albums.

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Here Comes the Sun

"Here Comes the Sun" is a song written by George Harrison that was first released on the Beatles' 1969 album Abbey Road.

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Honey Don't

"Honey Don't" is a song written by Carl Perkins, originally released on January 1, 1956 as the B-side of the "Blue Suede Shoes" single, Sun 234.

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Horse to the Water

"Horse to the Water" is a song written by George Harrison and his son Dhani.

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I Need You (Beatles song)

"I Need You" is a song by the Beatles and appears on the album Help!.

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I Want to Tell You

"I Want to Tell You" is a song by the English rock group the Beatles from their 1966 album Revolver.

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I'll See You in My Dreams (1924 song)

"I'll See You in My Dreams" is a popular song.

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If I Needed Someone

"If I Needed Someone" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by George Harrison, the group's lead guitarist.

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Isham Jones

Isham Edgar Jones (January 31, 1894 – October 19, 1956) was an American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter.

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Isn't It a Pity

"Isn't It a Pity" is a song by English musician George Harrison from his 1970 solo album All Things Must Pass.

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Jeff Lynne

Jeffrey Lynne (born 30 December 1947) is an English songwriter, singer, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist who co-founded the rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO).

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Jim Capaldi

Nicola James Capaldi (2 August 1944 – 28 January 2005) was an English drummer, singer and songwriter.

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Jim Horn

James Ronald "Jim" Horn (born November 20, 1940) is an American saxophonist, woodwind player, and session musician.

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Jim Keltner

James Lee Keltner (born April 27, 1942) is an American drummer known primarily for his session work.

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Joe Brown (singer)

Joseph Roger Brown, MBE (born 13 May 1941) is an English entertainer.

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Jools Holland

Julian Miles "Jools" Holland, OBE, DL (born 24 January 1958) is an English pianist, bandleader, singer, composer and television presenter.

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Klaus Voormann

Klaus Voormann (born 29 April 1938) is a German artist, musician, and record producer.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Mac and Katie Kissoon

Mac and Katie Kissoon are a male and female vocal duo, consisting of brother and sister Mac Kissoon (born Gerald Farthing, November 11, 1943, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies) and Katie Kissoon (born Katherine Farthing, March 11, 1951, Port of Spain).

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Marc Mann

Marc Mann is an American keyboardist, guitarist, programmer, arranger and conductor.

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Material World Charitable Foundation

The Material World Charitable Foundation (MWF) is a charitable organisation founded by English musician George Harrison in April 1973.

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Michael Kamen

Michael Arnold Kamen (April 15, 1948 – November 18, 2003) was an American composer (especially of film scores), orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, songwriter, and session musician.

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Michael Palin

Michael Edward Palin (pronounced; born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter.

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Monty Python

Monty Python (also collectively known as The Pythons) were a British surreal comedy group who created their sketch comedy show Monty Python's Flying Circus, which first aired on the BBC in 1969.

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Music of India

The music of India includes multiple varieties of classical music, folk music, filmi, Indian rock and Indian pop.

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My Sweet Lord

"My Sweet Lord" is a song by English musician George Harrison.

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Neil Innes

Neil James Innes (born 9 December 1944) is an English writer, comedian and musician.

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Old Brown Shoe

"Old Brown Shoe" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles.

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Olivia Harrison

Olivia Trinidad Harrison (née Arias; born 18 May 1948) is a Mexican-American author, film producer, and the widow of musician George Harrison of the Beatles.

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Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.

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Pedro Eustache

Pedro Eustache (born August 18, 1959) is a Venezuelan born multidirectional soloist flautist, reed player, world woodwind player, wind synthesist, researcher, composer, lecturer, and instrument maker with extensive academic studies and more than 40 years of professional experience.

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Photograph (Ringo Starr song)

"Photograph" is a song by English musician Ringo Starr that was released as the lead single from his 1973 album Ringo.

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Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar (Bengali: রবি শঙ্কর) (7 April 192011 December 2012), born Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury, his name often preceded by the title Pandit ('Master'), was an Indian musician and a composer of Hindustani classical music.

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Ray Cooper

Raymond "Ray" Cooper (born 19 September 1947) is an English virtuoso percussionist.

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Ringo Starr

Sir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, songwriter, singer, and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles.

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Royal Albert Hall

The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, which has held the Proms concerts annually each summer since 1941.

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Sam Brown (singer)

Samantha Brown (born 7 October 1964) is an English singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and record producer.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism; and a former literary language and lingua franca for the educated of ancient and medieval India.

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Sit on My Face

"Sit on My Face" is a short song by the members of the comedy troupe Monty Python which originally appeared on the album Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album and later appeared on the compilation Monty Python Sings.

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Something (Beatles song)

"Something" is a song by the Beatles, written by George Harrison and released on the band's 1969 album Abbey Road.

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Taxman

"Taxman" is a song written by George Harrison and released as the opening track on the Beatles' 1966 album Revolver.

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Terry Gilliam

Terrence Vance Gilliam (born 22 November 1940) is an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor, comedian and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe.

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Terry Jones

Terence Graham Parry Jones (born 1 February 1942) is a Welsh actor, writer, comedian, screenwriter and film director.

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Tessa Niles

Tessa Margaret Niles (born Tessa Margaret Webb; 1961 in Ilford, Essex) is an English singer, best known as a backing singer for a wide variety of contemporary artists.

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That's the Way It Goes (George Harrison song)

"That's the Way It Goes" is a song by English musician George Harrison from his 1982 album Gone Troppo.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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The Inner Light (song)

"The Inner Light" is a song by the English rock group the Beatles, written by George Harrison.

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The Lumberjack Song

"The Lumberjack Song" is a song by the Monty Python comedy troupe.

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Tom Hanks

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker.

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Tom Petty

Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor.

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Tom Scott (musician)

Thomas Wright “Tom” Scott (born May 19, 1948) is an American saxophonist, composer, and arranger.

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Traveling Wilburys

The Traveling Wilburys (sometimes shortened to the Wilburys) were a British-American supergroup consisting of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty.

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Tributes to the Beatles

The Beatles were originally a quartet, only two of the members remain.

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Ukulele

The ukulele (from ukulele (oo-koo-leh-leh); variant: ukelele) is a member of the lute family of instruments.

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Wah-Wah (song)

"Wah-Wah" is a song by English musician George Harrison, released on his 1970 triple album All Things Must Pass.

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While My Guitar Gently Weeps

"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1968 double album The Beatles (also known as "the White Album").

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert_for_George

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