Footage filmed at Friar Park on June 23, 1994.
“George Harrison was an excellent ukulele player, and, as Paul explains when he performs his reworked version of Something as a tribute to his dear friend, he would often have two ukuleles with him: one for him to play, and one for whoever he was with to join in on. Also, if Paul was having dinner at George’s house, they would often spend the evening playing ukuleles together. This ukulele, used by Paul on tour since 2002, was a present from George, and is a Gibson Tenor that dates back to the late 1920s.” - Paul McCartney’s Out There tour program “[Olivia] can remember George stringing a left-handed ukulele for Paul on his last visit and tells how ‘profoundly affected’ Paul was when George died: ‘Because you really need those friendships you had before you were famous to keep you straight.’” (The Times, October 12, 2003) “Harrison would visit his friend's family home, and Mr [Ray] Bernard and his wife, Karen Shutt, would stay with the musician at his Friar Park mansion, in Oxfordshire. One Christmas, Mr Bernard said, Harrison's wife, Olivia, called to say a certain instrument in his collection would be the perfect present, and asked if she could buy it from him. Mr Bernard agreed. He said: ‘Some years later, George rang me and said Paul McCartney had visited him over the weekend, had been playing the ukes, and asked if he could have the one I had sold him. ‘He had rang to say he hoped I wouldn't mind terribly, but he hadn't had the heart to say no.’ Paul McCartney went on to play the same ukulele at the memorial concert in 2002.” - Liverpool Daily Post (July 29, 2009)
