Beatles Fanfic Recommendations

Nice suit Paul 😋😋😋

On January 20, 1988, The Beatles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. “[A]ll of them in there [the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame] and all of the people inducted tonight too, they all had great influence on us, and it was for that reason alone we just wanted to get guitars and get in a band […]. Thank you all very much, especially all the rock and rollers — Little Richard there, it’s all his fault really.” - George Harrison, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame awards ceremony (January 20, 1988) “‘Personally, George seemed very normal — there was none of that Trappist monk thing that the media gave him[,]’ [recalled John Fogerty]. […] Cloud Nine and it’s hit single. ‘Got My Mind Set On You,’ were making their impact, and Harrison was in a gregarious mood. ‘He was seated at a table, and there was a buzz of people around him,’ says Fogerty. ‘He’d had so much success, but it was happening all over again — this time in the MTV age, with videos and everything. It was thrilling. As a fan, you just love to watch your heroes get to tide the shooting star again. I walked up to him and said, ‘How’s it feel to be the hottest guy in showbiz?’ And he said, ‘It’s a bloody nuisance!’” - Rolling Stone (January 2002) “While Olivia prepared dinner, he asked me countless questions about Motown and how we made our records, how we got that sound. It was a very relaxing day. What struck me about George was how happy he seemed. It made me realize how few people I knew, especially performers, who were content and at peace. After this I became a great fan of George’s music, especially its spiritual aspect.” - Mary Wilson on visiting Friar Park, Dreamgirl and Supreme Faith: My Life as a Supreme (updated edition, 1999) In her book, Mary also captioned a photo of herself with George at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on January 20, 1988 with “my buddy George.”

Magical Mystery Tour (1967) Directed by the Beatles

“Walk A Thin Line,” as covered by Mick Fleetwood, features George on guitar… “I redid it this for The Visitor, the album I recorded in Africa, and the reason I did so was because I really loved the song and wished that I’d written it. [laughs] I approached it with a whole ensemble of African musicians, so as a percussion player, during these recordings, I was, as we say in England, ‘like a pig in shit.’ I had the greatest time playing with these musicians on this rendition of this particular song. “The most important thing to me was, I knew I was talking this song to Africa to reinterpret, and what you hear on the whole of The Visitor is an extension of what you hear on Walk A Thin Line.  George Harrison was my ex-brother-in-law, so when I came back to England, he put some beautiful slide guitar on the track for me. I adore him and his music, and he is sorely missed.” - Mick Fleetwood, Music Radar (July 27, 2012) “I had the extraordinary privilege & honor, of producing George Harrison, my favorite Beatle, if but for only one guitar part, in my life. Having spent quite a few quality hours with the man, I am here to tell you first hand, he was magnificent & very special. The man was much larger than life, but not big enough to hold his own huge heart, which he would share with generosity & compassion to those fortunate beings around him. I swear, there was a vibration of celebration, that felt like the very essence of life itself, that surrounded George & the air around him. Like having the Aurora of the great dark northern sky, lighting the room he was in.” - Richard Dashut on his former Tumblr blog

Liverpool casting call, Sam Mendes you’re nothing

“I was very keen on taking pictures of the whole lot of them but it took about another two weeks. I asked Klaus to ask them if they were willing to go with me to the fairground and could I take some pictures. They were absolutely delighted to come with me and pose and do things. I picked them up in my car, it was a little snug, we had the guitars with us so the car was just packed with people and instruments, but we had fun. It was just a lovely day and they were so sweet. We were talking with our hands and feet to make myself understood. […] When I couldn’t pronounce anything I just went over and grabbed their heads to put them the way I wanted them to look. It was actually very funny but they were so serious and they had never done anything like that before. It was absolutely great, the professionalism of them and the trust they had in me my doing that. I mean they had only known me for a couple of weeks and they just trusted me to do the whole thing.” - Astrid Kirchherr, Astrid Kirchherr: A Retrospective “He was then, he still is now: my Georgie boy.” - Astrid Kirchherr, translated from Spiegel (2/1994) “George was always my favorite, his kindness and his wit. He was just a wonderful person and whenever I was in trouble, like with money and things, he was always looking after me and he invited me a couple of times to London and later on to Henley. I just miss him terribly because he was like a little guardian angel for me, I feel like I am in a way lost without him.” - Astrid Kirchherr, Astrid Kirchherr: A Retrospective “[Kirchherr] last saw George Harrison in mid-2001, months before he died, when he invited her to [Friar Park] for a last weekend with his family. ‘I remember we had a little walk in his park, and I was so full of love and joy to be with him that I cried,’ she says. ‘He said, “You must not cry, I will always look after you.” He had no fear. No fear whatsoever. I miss his presence, but I’ve got the feeling he’s still around me.’" - Peter Fetterman Gallery, Artists: Astrid Kirchherr

“The first guitar solo [on Alvin Lee’s ‘The Bluest Blues‘] is George and it’s really beautiful, one of the best slide guitar solos I’ve ever heard. I said, ‘I got this one that needs a bit slide on it George,’ and he said, ‘I’ll be right over.’ And he played this beautiful, melodic solo. George doesn’t jam like me. I’m a jammer, I fire from the hip. But George writes a song when he does a solo, he writes a tune that becomes the solo. So he had this beautiful melody and a really nice touch.” - Alvin Lee, Vintage Rock (2012) “[George] had an extremely melodic approach. He would build solos, and sometimes it would take ages. He certainly wasn’t a jammer. George would play three notes, then stop, and say, ‘No. I don’t care for that note there. Let me think.’ He’d search around, and, after a while, he’d have this solo that was a masterpiece.” - Alvin Lee, Guitar World (2017)

“I knew all of the Beatles in the days before they became famous. I went everywhere they performed, just to see and listen to them. But George was the particular love of my life. I used to beg, borrow and steal pictures of him for my secret collection. […] 
I was fifteen when I first met the Beatles in the Cavern in Liverpool [in 1961]. I used to play hokey from school and go there with my girl friend for the lunchtime sessions. We didn’t dance. We just went to listen to the groups and to stare at the boys as they played. […] For years, I had a gigantic crush on George. My greatest thrill was exchanging a few words with him in the Cavern when he wasn’t playing. […] I was so crazy about him that, when I went to technical school to study millinery, I made him a hat. It was a sort of suede cap, really. He wore it very loyally till it felt apart.” - Pat Hodgett, 16 Magazine, 1967 (x)

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“My dad was constantly reevaluating his thinking. He was always saying, ‘The most important thing is, “Who am I? What am I doing? Where am I going? Why am I going anywhere?’ And to even ask those questions — some people haven’t even begun. So a lot of the music is just posing questions — maybe to himself, yeah. Or maybe’s he’s posing the questions in his music because he’s already found the answer for himself. You know, I read a letter from him to his mother that he wrote when he was 24. He was on tour [with the Beatles], or someplace, when he wrote it. And it basically says, ‘I want to be self-realized. I want to find God. I’m not interested in material things, this world, fame. I’m going for the real goal. And I hope you don’t worry about me, mum!’ [laughs] And he wrote that when he was 24! And that was basically the philosophy that he had up until the day he died. He was just going for it right from an early age — the big goal.” - Dhani Harrison, Guitar World, January 2003

“[At the Fort Worth concert on November 22, 1974, George introduced Billy Preston as] someone I would never have come on the road without, because I love him so much and need him so bad.” - While My Guitar Gently Weeps: The Music of George Harrison (2003) “[George is] a very emotional guy; he’s very spiritual and sensitive. He’s a very kind-hearted person. […] We feel like we’re together all the time, just through spirit.” - Billy Preston, Ticket To Ride: A Celebration Of The Beatles (1989) “[Billy Preston]’s a tremendous inspiration to work with.” - George Harrison, Disc & Music Echo, July 5, 1969 “Billy Preston, man — Billy Preston, I just love him. I never wanna play in another band without Billy. I mean, I hope I don’t ever have to.” - George Harrison, KLOL, November 1974

George Harrison and Billy Preston in Apple Studios during the Beatles’ recording sessions for the Get Back/Let it Be project, circa January 27, 1969 Photo by Ethan A. Russell © Apple Corps Ltd. (http://www.thebeatles.com/)

Because more people need to know who Dimash is.

A really good picture of George.