George Harrison in 1974: Why Did He Decide To Tour?

And Peter Sellers. If I recall, he joined George for a bit on that tour.

 

Unless we're talking about George's contribution to "Basketball Jones."

 

McCartney is stoned on "tea' in this clip

 

Was Norah Jones conceived on this tour ?

 

Norah was born in 1979. So "no".

 

The last time George enjoyed playing live was at the Cavern Club. Seriously. Look at the clips.

 

Really? I think footage shows he had a blast February 64 US concerts.

 

It's good you mention this. I respect George as a musician in The Beatles of course, but back in the mid 90s when The Beatles Anthology full version was released on VHS it became annoying that he moaned and was so cynical about being a Beatle so much. I can imagine being in a band with him and John in the late period would have been a drag.

 

This is fantastic and comes across great in a live setting ! Has this ever been officially released ? Of not, it certainty should .

 

I liked his Anthology interviews. I think his outlook came across as the most measured while still being able to have a sense of humour about it.

I've never understood the tendency to judge John and George so harshly for their complicated feelings about being Beatles. When you read about what they went through it seems a perfectly rational human reaction imo. Paul's enthusiasm is fun when it's just Paul, or Paul and another Beatle, but if all four of them were like him I'd find The Beatles incredibly obnoxious.

 

Anybody knows who played the drums here?

 

Andy Newmark.

 

But that's simple, if all 4 were like Paul there would not have been The Beatles.

 

Right. It just seems like Beatles fans regularly complain about George having a different attitude to Paul without realising that there are many people who prefer his attitude and enjoy the contrast.

 

It seems there's very little video of these shows. I know it was 1974, but even so, why not? This was George! doing the first BIG post-Beatles show! Why was there not more visual coverage of this event?

 

The tour was filmed and recorded professionally but nothing (except segment of Scorcese doc) has seen light of day. Sadly imo.

 

Tom Scott -- passable with Joni Mitchell, horrible with George h.

 

I think George was a bit hypocritical. In the later years, he slagged them off quite a bit yet used “beatles” to make money when needed.

 

I met Tom Scott at the Fest for Beatles Fans several years ago. He 's as big a grump as George was, so it's easy to see why they were close friends.

 

How do you know he wasn't just having a bad day..?? We forget how these famous guys have daily lives with major ups and downs just like little old "us".

 

That's true I guess. Except for the fact that he was hawking a CD that he produced, of his 25 year old girlfriend playing electric jazz on a ukulele. If you wanted to ask him any questions about his solo work or his time with George, he was grumpy as all get out. If you showed any interest in his girlfriend's CD, he was willing to talk with you for ages and instantly became your best friend.

It was a BEATLES convention. If he wasn't willing to talk about that stuff, then there wasn't much point in him being there.

 

I can see your point there...oh well.

 

I would argue in the later years he became more positive. Initially he felt very negatively about the band, hence the rejection during the 1974 tour, but gradually softened.

Anyway, I don't see the issue. He never totally disowned The Beatles. He was just honest about the fact that he didn't view them as the perfect amazing band the media and fans made them out to be.

 

I saw George concert in 74 and was beyond myself as tickets were out of state and somehow sis and I got the phone number to Atlanta radio station selling the tickets. George was the first solo Beatle I saw though had been to many concerts since 68. George was then my favorite Beatle and I certainly don’t want to upset any George fans, but the concert was a disaster for all the reasons noted on the thread. I didn’t enjoy ravi’s part but it was interesting to see and hear him. Ravi’s part would have definitely worked better as the concert opener. Tom Scott is very good and I saw him with several other concert acts. Jazz fusion and sax were very big in the seventies. I have a very large Beatles and solo Beatles collection from the sixties through the eighties and still have my George concert program and ticket stub. Nevertheless, it was the only time he toured the US and I feel very lucky to have seen him. Billy Preston was fantastic.