Traveling Wilburys photo: 2009

понедельник, 28 декабря 2009 г.

пятница, 25 декабря 2009 г.

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пятница, 11 декабря 2009 г.

среда, 9 декабря 2009 г.

понедельник, 30 ноября 2009 г.

Klaus Voormann, left, and George Harrison are shown painting George's house

Klaus Voormann, left, and George Harrison are shown painting George's house

Kinfauns in 1967.

The photo was taken by Eileen D'Angelo, who allowed us to use it here.

I was reading John Winn's "That Magic Feeling" last night and came across the "Speech" entry from July 12, 1967 (p. 114, page 125 in the first edition): it's actually two fans, Leslie Samuels and Donna Stark, who approach George outside his home at Kinfauns and tape their conversation with him. They had done the same earlier in the day with Paul outside of his home.
What struck me was this passage: "In turn, [Leslie and Donna] show [George] a snapshot of George and Klaus painting the exterior of Kinfauns with psychedelic scribbles, which one of their friends had taken a few months earlier."
That friend is a friend of mine named Eileen, and, after confirming with her today, it turns out that this is that very photo.
We got in touch with Eileen, actually Eileen D'Angelo, to ask her if we could use the photo and give us the background on how it came about.
Not much of a story, really. It was 1967, I went to England on my own and met up with a British fan who knew where they all lived, and one day we did the pilgrimage to all their homes. Today we'd be considered stalkers, but back then, there was no security around any of their homes.

We'd been to George's house earlier in the day, rang the bell, and his housekeeper answered, told us George and Patti were still asleep, we should come back later.

So that's what we did. We came to the driveway and there were George and Klaus, painting the house. That's when I took the photo. We slowly approached, George saw us, said a word or two to Klaus and graciously came to greet us. I have no recollection of the conversation other than when I asked if I could shake his hand. He let us take a few photos of him, excused himself to return to his work and we left.

We'd done a lot of walking that day, miles and miles, and our feet were killing us. After we met George, my friend said to me, "Do your feet still hurt?" I wasn't feeling a thing, other than my heart beating so hard I thought it would burst out of my chest.

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пятница, 27 ноября 2009 г.

Olivia & Ravi oct 2009

Legendary Indian musician and peace advocate, Ravi Shankar has been honored with the first-ever George Harrison Humanitarian Award. The award was presented by the U.S. Fund for UNICEF and The George Harrison Fund for UNICEF following Shankar's concert at Carnegie Hall in New York.Shankar was recognized for his unprecedented efforts in saving the lives of children, and his involvement with the Concert for Bangladesh - organized by George Harrison and inspired by Ravi Shankar, the Concert marked the first time rock musicians collaborated for a common humanitarian cause.

"George Harrison and Ravi Shankar have been stalwart advocates on behalf of the world's children their entire careers," said Caryl Stern, President and CEO, U.S. Fund for UNICEF. "Every day 24,000 children die of preventable causes. We are pleased to honor Ravi Shankar with the George Harrison Humanitarian Award for his commitment to reducing that number and believing in zero."In 1971, George Harrison staged two concerts at New York's Madison Square Garden that brought together a star-studded cast of musicians including: Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Leon Russell and Billy Preston-to alert the world to the plight of the Bangladeshi people. At that time, the country was ravaged by floods, famine and civil war, which left 10 million people-mostly women and children-displaced and vulnerable.George and Ravi"The Concert for Bangladesh was one of the most ambitious humanitarian efforts in rock music history," said Olivia Harrison, Founder of The George Harrison Fund for UNICEF. "The concert focused global attention on the crisis in Bangladesh and raised the consciousness of other musicians and millions of their young fans to a new awareness of UNICEF and its mission in doing whatever it takes to save a child."

The 1971 concert pioneered the all-star rock benefit concert model, which has since been widely emulated for various causes worldwide. It produced an extraordinary contribution for UNICEF, exceeding $15 million to support programs providing lifesaving assistance to children caught in humanitarian emergencies. The George Harrison Fund for UNICEF continues to support UNICEF programs in Bangladesh while expanding its influence to include other countries in crisis where children are at risk.

вторник, 24 ноября 2009 г.

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Дани - 16 ноября 2009

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Tom & Mike

среда, 11 ноября 2009 г.

Harry Harrison & Pattie

вторник, 10 ноября 2009 г.

Stella McCartney will be honored tonight as one of Glamour magazine’s Women of the Year

Stella McCartney will be honored tonight as one of Glamour magazine’s Women of the Year, along with Michelle Obama, Maya Angelou and others, and WWD has the scoop on McCartney’s surprise presenters, arranged by her communications director Stephane Jasper. Introducing her will be Yoko Ono, Olivia Harrison and Barbara Starkey — otherwise known as Ms. John Lennon, Ms. George Harrison and Ms. Ringo Starr.