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💕  R.I.P Tom Petty 💕

“Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I’m concerned, that’s success.”

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The Beatles rehearsing, and larking about, inside the studio at the Granville Theatre, a former Victorian music hall on Fulham Broadway, London (demolished in 1971) for an all British version of the American music show, Shindig! on 2nd October 1964 (ahead of the recording on the 3rd Oct). 

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“We became very good friends, really, for decades. I don’t like to bring it up that much, because The Beatles are so special that people might see it as boasting or something. But he actually became my friend, past being a Beatle to me. It was like having an older brother that had a lot of experience in the music business, someone who I could go to with my troubles and questions.

“I think [spirituality], probably, was the greatest gift he gave me. He gave me a way of understanding a higher power without it being stupid, or having tons of rules and books to read. But the best thing I can say to people that are curious about that is George was probably everything that you thought he was, and then some more. Very funny man; he could just kill me with his humor. He was a great guy and I miss him terribly.

“Strangely enough, we got along very well right away. He was the kind of person that, when he came across a good thing or the potential for a friend, he really was aggressive about it. And he had a way of knocking out anything that was extracurricular, or in the way of what was really going on. He could get you comfortable with him very quickly. I was always asking Beatle questions, and probably annoyed him. But, you know, he liked The Beatles, too. He liked talking about it and remembering it.”

[Tom Petty, NPR Music, 4th August 2014]

Tom Petty talking about George in 2014, accompanied by some of the ‘polaroids’ from the Traveling Wilburys sessions. 

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George Harrison

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in honour of the fact that its just about october, its my favourite time of year and i love the Beatles, here is a cute lil thing i made.

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An accurate representation of my life

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Candid, 1966.

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that smile cures thousands of sad hearts, like mine

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Q: “Which artist or musical group do you think has most influenced your music?”

JOHN: (jokingly) “Nicki Cuff.”

PAUL: “Nicki Cuff, I’d say. No, uhh… American colored groups, mainly. And early Elvis Presley.”

GEORGE: “In fact, The Detroit Sound.”

JOHN: “In fact, yes.”

GEORGE: “In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miricles.”

JOHN: “We like Marvin Gaye.”

GEORGE: “The Impressions, Marvin Gaye.”

PAUL & GEORGE: “Mary Wells.”

GEORGE: “The Exciters.”

JOHN: “To name but eighty.”

RINGO: “Chuck Jackson.”

[Excert from the Beatles press conference, Detroit on 6th September 1964. x]

The Beatles press conference backstage at Olympia Stadium, Detroit on 6th September 1964. 

Pics: Curt Gunther (?)

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The Beatles playing the Paramount Theatre in New York City on 20th September 1964. They performed on this date for no fee, it was a charity concert in aid of the United Cerebral Palsy of New York City and Retarded Infants Services, and the last date of their 1964 US tour. 

Pics: Art Zelin

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George during a recording session for The Fool On The Hill. photographed on the 25th September, 1967, at EMI studios, Abbey Road.

Pics: by Koh Hasebe / Shinko Music