Continuing with my series on who is the “MVB” (Most Valuable Beatle) for each their albums, I have arrived at 1969′s Yellow Submarine which is a pretty unusual album in The Beatles career as it contains only four new Beatles songs because two had already been released on previous albums (“Yellow Submarine” on Revolver & [...]

Here are the rules: I start with “Rubber Soul” and end with “Abbey Road”. “In My Life” is an obvious choice. I hear a slight Buddy Holly influence on this song. A beautiful melancholy melody and pleasantly dreaming lead vocal performance from John Lennon. While the song “Rain” never appeared on any of The Beatles [...]

Jim James of My Morning Jacket has recorded an EP (6 songs) of George Harrison covers titled Tribute To George Harrison which is available for download and for pre-order as a CD (out on August 4th) at his website YimYames.com, the songs are also available for streaming so you can check them out for free. [...]

George Harrison was born on February 25th of 1943 in Liverpool, England. He is best known as the lead guitarist (and also a singer/songwriter) for The Beatles, for his solo career, and for his work with the Traveling Wilburys. While Harrison was overshadowed by John Lennon & Paul McCartney (and even by Ringo Starr sometimes) [...]

On January 2nd of 1971 George Harrison’s debut solo album (not counting his earlier experimental albums Wonderwall & Electric Sound) All Things Must Pass became the first album by a former Beatle to reach #1 on the US album charts. It also reached #1 in the UK, Canada, Norway, Australia, & Italy. The triple album [...]

The Beatles worked on two new George Harrison penned songs in Abbey Road studios on June 16th of 1969. Those two songs would end up on the album Abbey Road released later that year. Those two songs? “Something” & “Here Comes The Sun.” “Something” This video features the girlfriends/wives of each of The Beatles at [...]