I've made no secret of my love of George Harrison over the years. I was introduced to his music and then (paradoxically) the music of the Beatles at the right time in my life. He made a big impression on me and I was deeply saddened when I heard that he had died (and I still can't believe it was ten years ago). I remember that I was out of town at my cousin Matthew Wemple's wedding when I heard. I spent the time that I wasn't doing usher/wedding things feeling rather blue and numb.
A year later, The Concert For George happened. Eric Clapton and most of Harrison's closest musical friends put on one hell of a show, playing George's music. It's truly an uplifting concert and I enjoyed watching it immensely.
Today George Harrison's website is going to stream the whole concert for free in honor of the man's birthday. If you haven't ever seen it, do yourself a favor.
Back at it
A quick note to say we're back at The Naked Bean on Friday @ 8 pm. I've been preoccupied with prepping for recording and getting us ready to play in the Krewe of Centaur parade. The wintery weather we've had this year makes me worry about the prospect of playing outside in the afternoon/evening in late February. We shall see.
I'm really looking forward to hitting the new material. I'd like to write a couple new songs, but the crop I have is really strong. And I'm inspired to take some new approaches on this batch that I've never taken. More on that later.
I had an interesting conversation with my old friend Jim Lyles about the album as an art form. Essentially we talked about how people view collections of songs less and less a necessity in the world of online sales of individual songs. I agree this makes the "album" less important, but I still think of songs in the context of albums. I guess I'm old school. Surprise, surprise...
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