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Bobby Whitlock on All Things Must Pass.

If you have any interest in George Harrison’s All Thinks Must Pass album---especially in it’s upcoming 50th Anniversary incarnation---you have GOT to watch Bobby Whitlock’s new YouTube video about the recording of the album! Bobby is the organist/pianist/harmony singer (and player of other assorted instruments) on the album, as well as the same (along with songwriter) in Derek & The Dominos.

Bobby was very recently contacted by George’s estate regarding his recollections of the recording of ATMP, as his memory of that event far surpasses that of any other still-living participant, including Ringo and Eric Clapton. His recounting of the recording of the album is FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC! An utter joy to watch and hear. He and his wife/musical partner Coco Carmel recorded the video in their Texas home, and you may watch it on YouTube.

The video is very easy to find: Once on YouTube, do a search for "Bobby Whitlock", and click on his name. The first video in the queue is entitled "All Things Must Pass 50th/Just The Facts". I CANNOT wait for the newly-mixed version of the recordings (without Phil Spector’s gratuitous, grossly-excessive echo and reverb), to be offered in many different forms.
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wweiss
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Mother- favorite track on the album!
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Ooh @wweiss, too confessional for me. It's the kinda thing you expect more from a girl singer. John, baby, take it like a man, like the rest of us do. You're not that special.

Even more embarrassing was John's drunken behavior at The Troubadour in '74 (I believe it was), when he, wearing a Kotex pad on his head (oh for God's sake), started heckling Tommy Smothers, who was on stage performing (class act, John). When his cocktail waitress asked him to behave himself, John asked her "Do you know who I am?" "Yeah", she replied, "an *sshole with a Kotex on his head." Good one!
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Back to George:

My favorite of his post-Beatles work is, by far, that made as a member of The Traveling Wilburys. I don't think George was a strong enough singer to be a "front man", but well suited to being a member of a group.

I also think his talent on guitar got forgotten after his style became---in the wake of Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Clapton, and the other Blues-based players of the late-60's, the playing of which became "the" style---viewed as old fashioned. He was a fabulous guitar player, very musical. His "solos" weren't "show-off pieces", but rather musical parts, played in service to the song.
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tostadosunidos
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bdp24 I agree about George's solos--short, sweet, to the point and so well-crafted.  None better at what he did. 
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I might add that years after the fact I discovered that a few of my favorite Harrison solos were actually played by McCartney--most notably Taxman and Drive My Car.  Must be nice to have so much guitar talent in one band.  John's few solos aren't so notable although I once read he did the tasty lick on Honey Pie.  And then there's the guitar "battle" at the end of The End (Abbey Road) where the three of them fire away in succession.  Great stuff IMHO.
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