This is a brand new biography of George Harrison, a man who with his fellow Beatles could fairly claim to have changed the world, but who, in his lifelong modesty and quiet cynicism, would have been about the last to make any sort of claim other than for the quality of one of his characteristic guitar melodies. And now he is gone. And not old either.
Based on new interviews, Marc Shapiro gives a compelling account of the man whose smooth, elegant guitar technique became the centrepiece of classic Beatles' albums.
A lengthy exclusive interview with Delaney Bramlett adds real insight to George's saddest days, when he lost the love of his wife, Patti, to his best friend, Eric Clapton. Sympathetically capturing George's courage in the face of the savage cancers of his last year as well as his calmness in the face of death, Shapiro portrays a life and career which will amaze and excite all rock fans as well as the millions of Beatle devotees.
A fitting tribute to a great artist and a generous human being.
