Concert For George 4LP Boxset
Merchant: Townsend Music
Merchant's Category: music
Allstar lineup, including the likes of Eric Clapton, Jools Holland, Jeff Lynne, Paul McCartney, Monty Python, Tom Petty, Billy Preston, Ravi and Anoushka Shankar, Ringo Starr, Dhani Harrison and many more.Concert For George has been certified 8 times platinum by the RIAA since its initial release as a 2DVD set in November 2003 and earned a 2004 GrammyregnbspAward for Best Long Form Music Video.On November 29, 2002, one year after the passing of George Harrison, Olivia Harrison and longtime friend Eric Clapton organized a performance tribute in his honour. Held at Londons Royal Albert Hall, the momentous evening featured Georges songs, and music he loved, performed by a lineup that included Clapton, Jools Holland, Jeff Lynne, Paul McCartney, Monty Python, Tom Petty, Billy Preston, Ravi and Anoushka Shankar, Ringo Starr, Dhani Harrison and many more.Directed by David Leland whose credits include the feature Wish You Were Here, HBOrsquos Band Of Brothers and the Traveling Wilburys video ldquoHandle With Carerdquo,nbspConcert For Georgenbspcaptures stunning renditions of some of the most significant music of the 20th century, including ldquoWhile My Guitar Gently Weepsrdquo featuring Clapton on guitar, McCartney on piano and Starr on drums, ldquoTaxmanrdquo performed by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and ldquoThe Inner Lightrdquo covered by Jeff Lynne and Anoushka Shankar. Lynne, Harrisonrsquos longtime friend and collaborator, produced the audio elements of the concert, while Clapton oversaw the entire proceedings as Musical Director.
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