George Harrison said he didn’t consider himself a “guitar hero” for several reasons. Many other things sidetracked him on his guitar-playing journey, and he only played his instrument when necessary. However, George couldn’t have been more wrong about his self-assessment. He’s one of the best guitarists in rock ‘n’ roll.
George Harrison playing guitar | Bettmann/Getty Images George Harrison said he wasn’t a ‘guitar hero’ because he was Ok with relinquishing his guitar-playing rights to other guitarists
During a 1989 interview with Mark Rowland (per George Harrison on George Harrison: Interviews and Encounters), George said, in a way, he knew he was supposed to be a guitar player, but he didn’t feel like one.
He only picked up the guitar to write a tune or make a record. Most of the time, George was happy to relinquish his guitar-playing rights to another guitarist if it meant...
George Harrison playing guitar | Bettmann/Getty Images George Harrison said he wasn’t a ‘guitar hero’ because he was Ok with relinquishing his guitar-playing rights to other guitarists
During a 1989 interview with Mark Rowland (per George Harrison on George Harrison: Interviews and Encounters), George said, in a way, he knew he was supposed to be a guitar player, but he didn’t feel like one.
He only picked up the guitar to write a tune or make a record. Most of the time, George was happy to relinquish his guitar-playing rights to another guitarist if it meant...
- 4/9/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
George Harrison claimed he loved his guitar more than the rest of The Beatles. However, that didn’t make him more musical. Later, George claimed he didn’t practice his instrument enough.
George Harrison playing guitar | Max Scheler – K & K/Getty Images George Harrison said he loved his guitar more than the other Beatles
The lead guitarist interviewed himself in a November 1964 issue of The Beatles Book Monthly (per Beatles Interviews). George asked the questions he thought reporters missed, including if he thought he was the most musical out of The Beatles.
George replied that it depended. He said some people claimed he was because he admitted liking Segovia’s guitar playing, “and they think that’s all very highbrow and musical.”
George believed he loved his guitar more than the others loved theirs. For John Lennon and Paul McCartney, songwriting was essential. Guitar playing was “a means to...
George Harrison playing guitar | Max Scheler – K & K/Getty Images George Harrison said he loved his guitar more than the other Beatles
The lead guitarist interviewed himself in a November 1964 issue of The Beatles Book Monthly (per Beatles Interviews). George asked the questions he thought reporters missed, including if he thought he was the most musical out of The Beatles.
George replied that it depended. He said some people claimed he was because he admitted liking Segovia’s guitar playing, “and they think that’s all very highbrow and musical.”
George believed he loved his guitar more than the others loved theirs. For John Lennon and Paul McCartney, songwriting was essential. Guitar playing was “a means to...
- 2/19/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
George Harrison had strong opinions about the movies that came out in the 1980s. He said it was like “paint by numbers.” Here’s what the former Beatle meant.
George Harrison | Bernd Mueller/Getty Images George Harrison said movies in the 1980s became ‘paint by numbers’
During a 1989 interview with Mark Rowland (per George Harrison on George Harrison: Interviews and Encounters), George talked about working with Dick Donner on Lethal Weapon. The former Beatle recorded “Cheer Down” for the action film.
However, reflecting on the film business as a whole, George couldn’t think of any movie that “blew him away.” There were “bits and pieces” of movies that George liked, but he thought they’d all become “arrogant.”
“It’s sort of like painting by numbers—if you have this person or that person. It’s all like that now, all this packaged stuff. And I know you have to do that,...
George Harrison | Bernd Mueller/Getty Images George Harrison said movies in the 1980s became ‘paint by numbers’
During a 1989 interview with Mark Rowland (per George Harrison on George Harrison: Interviews and Encounters), George talked about working with Dick Donner on Lethal Weapon. The former Beatle recorded “Cheer Down” for the action film.
However, reflecting on the film business as a whole, George couldn’t think of any movie that “blew him away.” There were “bits and pieces” of movies that George liked, but he thought they’d all become “arrogant.”
“It’s sort of like painting by numbers—if you have this person or that person. It’s all like that now, all this packaged stuff. And I know you have to do that,...
- 2/11/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
George Harrison said there was something frightening about the music and film industries. Starting in the early 1980s, George was a part of both. He was a famous musician and a film producer at his own HandMade Films.
George Harrison | Sonia Moskowitz/Images/Getty Images George Harrison navigated both the music and film industries
Obviously, George got his start as the guitarist of The Beatles. It was a hectic 10 or so years being a Beatle. The group achieved international success and became one of the most famous rock ‘n’ roll bands in history. However, it all came with a price. Beatlemania took its toll.
When The Beatles split, George released All Things Must Pass as a reaction to leaving the group. He never pursued a solo career and sort of fell into it.
By the late 1970s and early 1980s, George had become disenchanted with the music industry. They wanted...
George Harrison | Sonia Moskowitz/Images/Getty Images George Harrison navigated both the music and film industries
Obviously, George got his start as the guitarist of The Beatles. It was a hectic 10 or so years being a Beatle. The group achieved international success and became one of the most famous rock ‘n’ roll bands in history. However, it all came with a price. Beatlemania took its toll.
When The Beatles split, George released All Things Must Pass as a reaction to leaving the group. He never pursued a solo career and sort of fell into it.
By the late 1970s and early 1980s, George had become disenchanted with the music industry. They wanted...
- 2/6/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
In 1989, George Harrison said he and the BBC had a lot of Beatles bootlegs. However, that was before Live at the BBC, and The Beatles Anthology‘s three-disc compilation came out. Who knows how many more bootlegs are still out there?
George Harrison of The Beatles | Dave Hogan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images George Harrison said The Beatles could release some of their bootlegs after a lawsuit with Capitol and Emi
During an interview with Mark Rowland (per George Harrison on George Harrison: Interviews and Encounters) in 1989, George explained that The Beatles had a few things that were going to come out in terms of bootlegs.
He said he and the band had the real versions of some of their songs that people had been bootlegging for years. The Beatles had plans to put it all out, especially since they’d just come out of a lawsuit with their record label,...
George Harrison of The Beatles | Dave Hogan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images George Harrison said The Beatles could release some of their bootlegs after a lawsuit with Capitol and Emi
During an interview with Mark Rowland (per George Harrison on George Harrison: Interviews and Encounters) in 1989, George explained that The Beatles had a few things that were going to come out in terms of bootlegs.
He said he and the band had the real versions of some of their songs that people had been bootlegging for years. The Beatles had plans to put it all out, especially since they’d just come out of a lawsuit with their record label,...
- 2/5/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Epic Films’ First Day, Ludo Studio’s Content, and More Sauce’s Cancelled are among the Aussie nominees for this year’s prestigious Rose d’Or Awards.
Commissioned by the ABC, First Day will compete in the Children and Youth category, against projects from the UK, Canada, US, and Belgium.
The series, which has sold the BBC and Hulu, stars young transgender actor Evie Macdonald as Hannah Bradford, who is about to start her first year of high school.
As a transgender girl, Hannah not only has to navigate the challenges that come with starting a new school but find the courage to live as her most authentic self.
Created and written by Julie Kalceff and produced by Kirsty Stark and Kate Croser, First Day has already won a slew of awards including the Diversify TV Excellence Award for Kids’ Programming at MIPCOM 2018, the Gender Equity Prize at the Prix...
Commissioned by the ABC, First Day will compete in the Children and Youth category, against projects from the UK, Canada, US, and Belgium.
The series, which has sold the BBC and Hulu, stars young transgender actor Evie Macdonald as Hannah Bradford, who is about to start her first year of high school.
As a transgender girl, Hannah not only has to navigate the challenges that come with starting a new school but find the courage to live as her most authentic self.
Created and written by Julie Kalceff and produced by Kirsty Stark and Kate Croser, First Day has already won a slew of awards including the Diversify TV Excellence Award for Kids’ Programming at MIPCOM 2018, the Gender Equity Prize at the Prix...
- 11/13/2020
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Nashville, Tenn. -- Bobby Womack has been frustrated.
He's relaunching his career after what amounts to a two-decade, self-imposed exile and he can't get his doctor to cooperate. There's so much to do, Womack says in a gravelly voice, which has aged like the most expensive single-malt whiskey. Yet his doctor has ordered him to shut down for nearly two weeks – an eternity for a restless man seeking a rare second act at age 68.
"Can I tell you the honest truth? I've been through a lot, more than I've ever been through in my life, in the last two months," Womack says in a telephone interview from his Los Angeles home. "You know, I had prostate cancer, then they got rid of that and discovered I had colon cancer. Then after that my lungs completely shut down and they had to put me on a machine and I was out in a coma for 10 days.
He's relaunching his career after what amounts to a two-decade, self-imposed exile and he can't get his doctor to cooperate. There's so much to do, Womack says in a gravelly voice, which has aged like the most expensive single-malt whiskey. Yet his doctor has ordered him to shut down for nearly two weeks – an eternity for a restless man seeking a rare second act at age 68.
"Can I tell you the honest truth? I've been through a lot, more than I've ever been through in my life, in the last two months," Womack says in a telephone interview from his Los Angeles home. "You know, I had prostate cancer, then they got rid of that and discovered I had colon cancer. Then after that my lungs completely shut down and they had to put me on a machine and I was out in a coma for 10 days.
- 7/2/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Since its debut in 2008, TV One's hour-long music series, "Unsung," has been one of the network's crown jewels, covering the sometimes tragic careers of an array of celebrated music acts such as Teddy Pendergrass, DeBarge, Teena Marie, Melba Moore, Alexander O'Neal, Minnie Ripperton and Phyllis Hyman. Earlier this year the NAACP Image Award-winning series earned its highest rated, most successful season to date as it started airing in 27 percent more homes via various cable carriers.
Though the African-American targeted network is set to premiere the show's sixth season with Sly and the Family Stone on June 25, one veteran music act who viewers will never see on the series is Stephanie Mills.
The Brooklyn-bred songstress, who catapulted to the top of music charts in the 1980s and rubbed shoulders with the likes of Michael Jackson and Pendergrass after acclaimed stints on Broadway in "The Wiz" and "Maggie Flynn," seems to have...
Though the African-American targeted network is set to premiere the show's sixth season with Sly and the Family Stone on June 25, one veteran music act who viewers will never see on the series is Stephanie Mills.
The Brooklyn-bred songstress, who catapulted to the top of music charts in the 1980s and rubbed shoulders with the likes of Michael Jackson and Pendergrass after acclaimed stints on Broadway in "The Wiz" and "Maggie Flynn," seems to have...
- 5/29/2012
- by Brennan Williams
- Huffington Post
Since its debut in 2008, TV One's hour-long music series, "Unsung," has been one of the network's crown jewels, covering the sometimes tragic careers of an array of celebrated music acts such as Teddy Pendergrass, DeBarge, Teena Marie, Melba Moore, Alexander O'Neal, Minnie Ripperton and Phyllis Hyman. Earlier this year the NAACP Image Award-winning series earned its highest rated, most successful season to date as it started airing in 27 percent more homes via various cable carriers.
Though the African-American targeted network is set to premiere the show's sixth season with Sly and the Family Stone on June 25, one veteran music act who viewers will never see on the series is Stephanie Mills.
The Brooklyn-bred songstress, who catapulted to the top of music charts in the 1980s and rubbed shoulders with the likes of Michael Jackson and Pendergrass after acclaimed stints on Broadway in "The Wiz" and "Maggie Flynn," seems to have...
Though the African-American targeted network is set to premiere the show's sixth season with Sly and the Family Stone on June 25, one veteran music act who viewers will never see on the series is Stephanie Mills.
The Brooklyn-bred songstress, who catapulted to the top of music charts in the 1980s and rubbed shoulders with the likes of Michael Jackson and Pendergrass after acclaimed stints on Broadway in "The Wiz" and "Maggie Flynn," seems to have...
- 5/29/2012
- by Brennan Williams
- Aol TV.
Fox Reality Channel has greenlighted a live viewer-participation unscripted series, Your Instant Reality. Production company Indie TV will produce the weekly two-hour show that will allow viewers to interact through real-time polling, text messaging and submissions of user-generated digital content. Executive producers of Instant are Mark Rowland and Jason George.
LONDON -- Mark Rowland, the man in charge of the successful international rollout of "Robot Wars" and "Paradise Hotel", is the second senior executive in as many weeks to resign from Television Corp., which has been rocked by a poor recent financial performance largely attributed to problems at its postproduction unit. The resignation Tuesday of Rowland as managing director of Television Corp.'s international unit comes only two weeks after a similar move by Tom Gutteridge, who resigned his board seat and his role of creative director at the independent U.K. TV production company. Rowland, a former BBC producer who worked with Gutteridge at Mentorn, the independent producer purchased by Television Corp. three years ago, said the international division is in "very good shape" and that "after a record year -- including a major U.S. hit in 'Paradise Hotel' for Fox and the honor of a Queen's Award for Enterprise for international trade -- it's a good moment to move on and seek new challenges."...
- 12/10/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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