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A Concert For George was held at a Royal Albert Hall in London on November 29, 2002 as a memorial to George Harrison on the first day of remembrance of his dying. A event was organised by Harrison's widow woman, Olivia, and intended under a musical theater counsel of Eric Clapton, with a lot successfully from either a event running to the Material World Charitable Foundation.
A concert opened by using Indian music while Anoushka Shankar, daughter of Ravi Shankar, played "Your Eyes". Next, Anoushka Shankar and Jeff Lynne performed "The Inner Light", followed by a Ravi Shankar composition "Arpan" (pronounced Arpa, meaning 'to give'), specially written for the occasion.
So there was the comedy interlude by having members of the Monty Python troupe (Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam) along with Neil Innes, Carol Cleveland and special guest Tom Hanks performing "Sit On My Face" & "The Lumberjack Song".
A remainder of the concert featured "George's Band" and involved musicians Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Billy Preston, Jools Holland, Sam Brown, Gary Brooker, Joe Brown, Ray Cooper, Harrison's son Dhani and several more musicians world health organizatiin appeared on Harrison's recordings across a years.
Between the babies it played the choice of mostly Harrison's songs, from either each Beatles and post-Beatles eras, generally staying close to Harrison's original arrangements. Highlights involved Claptin & Preston on "Isn't It A Pity"; Starr in "Photograph"; McCartney on "Something" (opening with the solo uke accompaniment); & McCartney, Clapton & Starr reuniting for "While My Guitar Gently Weeps".
A event was streaming video-recorded & was shown within theatres, so freed in DVD & CD on 17 November 2003.
Set list
"Sarve Shaam"
*Traditional prayer - including the dedication by Ravi Shankar
"Your Eyes" (Ravi Shankar) - 3:18
*Anoushka Shankar: sitar
"The Inner Light" (Harrison) - 8:22
*Anoushka Shankar: sitar / Jeff Lynne: lead vocal, acoustic guitar
"Arpan" (Ravi Shankar) - 23:01
*Anoushka Shankar: sitar, conductor / Sukanya Shankar: vocal-shloka / M. Balanchandar: mridangam / Vishwa Mohan Bhatt: slide guitar / Tanmoy Bose: tabla, dholak / Chandrasekhar, Balu Raghuraman: fiddle / Eric Clapton: guitar / Pedro Eustache: wind instruments / Sunil Gupta: flute / Anuradha Krishamurthi, O.S. Arun: singer / Jane Lister: harp / Gaurav Mazumdar: sitar / Snehashish Mzumdar: mandolin / Ramesh Mishra: sarangi / Pirshanna Thevarajah: percussion / Kenji Ota: tanpura / Barry Phillips: violoncello / Rajendara Prasanna: shahnai / Emil Richards: xylophone / Partho Sarathy: sarod / Hari Sivanesan, Sivaskti Sivanesan: veena
Comic Interlude including quatern members of Monty Python: Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle and Terry Gilliam
*"Liberty Belle"
*"Sit On My Face"
*"Game Show Titles"
*"The Spam Song"
*"The Lumberjack Song"
"I Want to Tell You" (Harrison) - 2:52
*Jeff Lynne: lead vocal, guitar
"If I Needed Someone" (Harrison) - 2:28
*Eric Clapton: lead vocal, guitar
"Old Brown Shoe" (Harrison) - 3:48
*Gary Brooker: lead vocal, keyboards
"Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" (Harrison) - 3:29
*Jeff Lynne: lead vocal, guitar
"Beware Of Darkness" (Harrison) - 4:00
*Eric Clapton: lead vocal, guitar
"Here Comes the Sun" (Harrison) - 3:09
*Joe Dark brown: lead vocal / Neil Gauntlett: guitar / Dave 'Rico' Nilo: bass / Phil Capaldi: drums
"That's The Way It Goes" (Harrison) - 3:39
*Joe Red: lead vocal / Neil Gauntlett: guitar / Dave 'Rico' Nilo: bass / Phil Capaldi: drums
"Horse to the Water" (George Harrison/Dhani Harrison)
*Sam Dark brown: lead vocal
"Taxman" (Harrison) - 3:10
*Tom Petty: lead vocal, guitar / Mike Campbell: lead guitar / Benmont Tench: keyboards / Ron Blair: bass / Steve Ferrone: drums / Scott Thurston: extra guitar, background vocals
"I Need You" (Harrison) - 3:00
*Tom Petty: lead vocal, guitar / Mike Campbell: lead guitar / Benmont Tench: keyboards / Ron Blair: bass / Steve Ferrone: drums / Scott Thurston: extra guitar, background vocals
"Handle With Care" (George Harrison/Jeff Lynne/Roy Orbison/Tom Petty/Bob Dylan) - 3:27
*Tom Petty: lead vocal, guitar / Jeff Lynne: lead vocal / Dhani Harrison: guitar / Scott Thurston: background vocal, harp / Mike Campbell: lead guitar / Benmont Tench: keyboards / Ron Blair: bass / Steve Ferrone: drums
"Isn't It A Pity" (Harrison) - 6:58
*Billy Preston: lead vocal, organ / Eric Clapton: lead vocal, lead guitar
"Photograph" (Starkey/Harrison) - 3:56
*Ringo Starr: lead vocal
"Honey Don't" (Carl Perkins) - 3:03
*Ringo Starr: lead vocal
"For You Blue" (Harrison) - 3:04
*Paul McCartney: lead vocal, acoustic guitar
"Something" (Harrison) - 4:25
*Paul McCartney: lead vocal, uke / Eric Clapton: lead vocal, lead guitar
"All Things Must Pass" (Harrison) - 3:33
*Paul McCartney: lead vocal, acoustic guitar
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Harrison) - 5:57
*Eric Clapton: lead vocal, lead guitar / Paul McCartney: background vocals / Ringo Starr: drums
"My Sweet Lord" (Harrison) - 5:02
*Billy Preston: lead vocal, keyboards
"Wah-Wah" (Harrison) - 6:06
*Eric Clapton: lead vocal, guitar / Supergroup of Guest Musicians: totally more instruments
"I'll See You In My Dreams" (Isham Jones/Gus Kahn) - 4:01
*Joe Red: lead vocal, uke / Neil Gauntlett: acoustic guitar / Dave 'Rico' Nilo: bass / Phil Capaldi: drums
Supporting Musicians
Eric Clapton - guitars, musical director
Dave Bronze, Klaus Voormann - bass
Gary Brooker, Jools Holland, Chris Stainton - keyboards
Dhani Harrison, Albert Lee, Andy Fairweather Sale - guitars
Jim Capaldi, Ringo Starr, Jim Keltner, Henry Spinetti - drums
Ray Cooper - percussion
Jim Horn - alto saxophone
Tom Scott - tenor saxophone
Marc Mann - electric guitar
Katie Kissoon, Tessa Niles - background vocals
Michael Kamen - string conductor, string arranement
Boys & Girls Choir courtesy of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
English Chamber Choir
London Metropolitan Orchestra
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