Harrison Archive

Watching the Chicken Shop Date episode with Paul McCartney brought to mind this moment from George Harrison’s 1971 Dick Cavett Show interview. 😉

“I was too interested in music. It wasn't fair to my employer, because I kept blowing things up.” - George Harrison, Men Only (1978) George and his teenaged stint as an apprentice electrician — read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8178745....

Footage filmed on May 25, 1964, presumably in Los Angeles, en route to London. Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/7514649....

Happy 85th birthday, Bob Dylan! “[I]f Dylan hadn’t said some of the things he did, nobody else was going to say them. Can you imagine what a world it would be if it didn’t have a Bob Dylan? It would be awful.” - George Harrison Footage from rehearsals for the Concert for Bangladesh (2005 DVD).

Happy 85th birthday to Bob Dylan! “[I]f Dylan hadn’t said some of the things he did, nobody else was going to say them. Can you imagine what a world it would be if it didn’t have a Bob Dylan? It would be awful.” - George Harrison More at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8175111....

“Dominic [Taylor, whose godfather was George] says of George: ‘He was my father’s closest friend. He is a lovely fellow who has been a wonderful and constant figure in my life.’” - article by Tanith Carey, Daily Mirror (March 31, 1998) Read/see more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8172391....

“I had taken other pictures besides The Beatles, some of which I thought were better, but no-one was interested, and I began to feel unsure. Am I really good enough? But George never ever changed, he still believed in me.” - Astrid Kirchherr Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8165143....

Remembering Astrid Kirchherr on the sixth anniversary of her passing. Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8164225.... Photos by Astrid Kirchherr, Max Scheler, and Kai-Uwe Franz.

“My mum did encourage me. Perhaps most of all by never discouraging me from anything I wanted to do. That was the good thing about her and my dad.” - George Harrison, The Beatles: The Authorized Biography (1968) Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8162422.... Clip: BBC’s Omnibus (1968)

“…we liked things to be silly.” - Tom Petty Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8160612.... Clip from The New Music (interview conducted by Denise Donlon).

“‘People already think they’ve got us in a bag, so we decided to change our names,’ Harrison explains.” - Journal and Courier (Nov. 9, 1990) Read more about the Vol. 3 Wilbury names at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8159705.... Clip from the Vol. 3 EPK (feat. an alternate Wilbury name for Spike)

Happy birthday to Michael Palin! Clip from the documentary The Movie Life of George (1989). More at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8157922....

Remembering Roy Orbison (Lefty Wilbury) on his birthday. “You can’t replace Roy Orbison.” - George Harrison, Musician (March 1990) Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8147022.... 📹: Four Wilburys being interviewed by Rona Elliot for The Today Show (1988).

“It’s kind of stupid what we didn’t do more. I used to say, ‘Just flash the big W in the sky like the bat signal, and we’ll all come.’ We just thought we had all the time in the world.” - Tom Petty, Men’s Journal (2014) Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8146118....

Remembering Carl Perkins on his birthday. “[M]y apprenticeship I think was with that kind of music, and I’d met Carl years ago, he’s such a nice, sweet man, very, very genuine person.” - George Harrison, Today Show (April 1986) More at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8134347....

Audio from George’s interview on Radio Luxembourg, early 1965. “After a few beers, [George would] even dare to speak German. Klaus [Voormann] would always have a good laugh then.” - Olivia, SZ (2011) More at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8130715....

In 1966, The Beatles were voted Best Beat Group by the readers of the German teen magazine BRAVO. In March ‘66, the magazine included a flexi disc with audio messages from winners; The Beatles were represented by George. Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8129809...

“My mother, ‘Who’s That Girl’ by the Eurythmics. My dad, ‘Barnacle Bill the Sailor’ by Hoagy Carmichael.” - Dhani on songs he associates with his parents Read more at www.instagram.com/reel/DWb5ibz....

“I think, if I was in the audience, I don’t wanna see me, I wanna see Bob Dylan. So I get real nervous. But I went on and we did a song.” - George, Swedish interview (1987) Read more at www.instagram.com/reel/DWZUsRx.... Clip from October 1987

“Often [George] went unrecognized as he stood at the back of the McLaren garage, soaking up the atmosphere. He expected no special favors, he had no minders or security men; he just enjoyed being there.” - Andrew Marriott Read more at www.instagram.com/p/DWRob4aDSg.... #GeorgeHarrison

At the Australian Grand Prix, in 2000… Footage courtesy of accordionmaniac. Read more at www.instagram.com/reel/DWMdXxX.... #GeorgeHarrison #OliviaHarrison #DieMooskirchner

At the HandMade Films 10th anniversary party, musical entertainment was provided by Carl Perkins… Clip from the documentary The Movie Life of George (including an appearance by @ericidle.bsky.social). Read more at www.instagram.com/reel/DWJ4VAb....

“I went there purely because Carl [Perkins] was in town and I got to hang out with him for the evening. […] I’m not mad about jumping up anywhere when I’m unprepared. I’m not that keen on it, but at least I know Carl’s tunes.” - George, Rockline (1992) More at www.instagram.com/p/DWHTgExjJ8....

“It was like [George] had seen it all, understood how we felt and, most of all, knew that we weren’t just sad, stupid girlies.” - Wendy Sutcliffe (one of the Apple Scruff), MOJO (1996) Read more at www.instagram.com/reel/DWEuuRM.... Clip from Beatles Stories: A Fab Four Fan’s Ultimate Road Trip