#George and the ukulele

[harrisonarchive]

Footage as featured in the special edition of Living In The Material World and the George Harrison Guitar Collection app — George playing Fred Astaire’s “Shine On Your Shoes” on the ukulele.

“The main thing was he was always around the house, playing his ukulele and smiling. I’d come home from school and he’d be standing in the doorway playing his uke.” - Dhani Harrison, Los Angeles Times, November 2002 “If I began to sing a song — any song — he would accompany and encourage me. If I played three chords on the uke (compulsory instrument in our home), he would be my band.” - Olivia Harrison, Harrison (2002) “[George] had a lot of patience and he had time for people. If somebody truly wanted to know something, whether it was a guitar chord or something from the Vedas or how you prune a tree, if you were really curious, he had an endless amount of time. He actually sat with my mother and showed her how to play one chord on a ukulele so she could play along with him. He wanted everybody to have fun and join in. He was a Pisces; I think he liked the whole school going along with him.” - Olivia Harrison, Filter, Fall 2011 (x)

#George Harrison #quote #quotes about George #Dhani Harrison #Olivia Harrison #George and the ukulele #George and Dhani #George and Olivia #fits queue like a glove

[wokedragon]

I feel like Rhaegar’s character would be waaay less hated if it weren’t for his fans. They see him as this perfect Targaryen male who did all he could to save the world and was gravely misunderstood by his time and everyone who thinks differently is wrong. When in reality he kind of sucks and had the biggest known flop in Planetos. Really, his actions directly distabilized the realm and caused the death and rape of Elia Martell, the death of their children, Lyanna’s and a lot of other people’s 😬. But that’s not very heroic is it? That’s why it had to be a great love story between him and Lyanna and Elia had to be in on all of it because if Rhaegar isn’t the perfect misunderstood hero then he’s just some crazy Targaryen blinded by his trauma and self like that caused thousands of deaths like the rest of them. I feel like the actual Rhaegar, you know the one that doesn’t sound like he was directly pulled from a YA authors debut novel, the one who has a complex relationship with his parents, with the crown, with himself….the one who can’t make a mistake, the one who cannot look back or else… is more interesting. Grey characters are in general more interesting and that’s probably why grrm writes a lot of them. He would be less hated if his fans held him accountable for all the awful things he has done and caused but oh well…

#rhaegar targaryen #elia martell #lyanna stark #anti rhaegar kinda #like George doesn’t write characters like that 😭😭 i hate being the media literacy bitch but PLEASE #there’s no need to defend that crusty ukulele man like you’re Arthur Dayne reborn or something

[harrisonstories]

George Harrison + his passions

“George tried to teach himself. but he wasn’t making much headway. ‘I’ll never learn this,’ he used to say. I said, ‘You will, son, you will. Just keep at it.’ He kept till his fingers were bleeding.” - Louise Harrison, The Beatles

“He’d just go into another space. I felt maybe he was unhappy. He meditated for so long, for hours. It seemed to me as if he preferred to be in a meditative state than in a waking, conscious state. He liked the peace and calm.” - Pattie Boyd

“The house and the garden became an obsession with George. He found out everything there was to know about Sir Frank Crisp, how and why he built that extraordinary house and garden, why he wanted to re-create the Blue Grotto of Capri and build a mini Matterhorn in the Oxfordshire countryside. He wanted to get inside Sir Frank’s mind and fit into his old boots, and he seemed to want to do it alone. I can be obsessive, but then I get bored and need a change." - Pattie Boyd, Wonderful Tonight

"He’d garden at night-time until midnight [...] He missed nearly every dinner because he was in the garden. He would be out there from first thing in the morning to the last thing at night." - Dhani Harrison, Living in the Material World

“When she first met George she didn’t know what George was talking about half the time, he was always quoting Python or ‘The Producers’. He used to say to Olivia ‘Ah my little Swedish bombshell’ which she explained she obviously didn’t look Swedish, but it was a line from the movie The Producers.” - Greg, Olivia Harrison in Sydney

“Back at Friar Park, George runs through whole scenes of The Producers word for word - acting the parts out extremely well." - Michael Palin, Halfway to Hollywood: Diaries 1980–1988

"What was always embarrassing with him was that he knew everything backwards and forwards with Python, and he’d throw out a line expecting you to come back with whatever the response should’ve been. I didn’t know what he was talking about half the time." - Terry Gilliam, Concert for George (backstage interview)

"George quoted Bob like people quote Scripture. Bob really adored George, too. George used to hang over the balcony videoing Bob while Bob wasn’t aware of it. Bob would be sitting at the piano playing, and George would tape it and listen to it all night." - Tom Petty, Rolling Stone

"He got very into the uke. Actually, bordering on obsessively into the uke at some points, and uh, you know, he was taking me to George Formby conventions. That was when I started to notice that he was very into the ukulele. [laughs]" - Dhani Harrison, Breakfast with the Beatles

"I made some Rutle merchandise for Can’t Buy Me Lunch, but I gave it all to George who adored all Rutle stuff. I think the most successful present I ever gave him was a Rutle guitar, which Danny Ferrington made for me. It featured the Rutles looking out of the windows of a car, and George was thrilled with it." - Eric Idle, Greedy Bastard Diary

"The last time I saw George was in August, in Switzerland, on the Swiss-Italian border, where he was undergoing treatment for cancer. He played us all these old Hoagy Carmichael records. George had a lot of enthusiasms at various times, whether it was Bulgarian choirs or whatever. Once there was something he was enthusiastic about, he wanted the world to know." - Michael Palin, People

#george harrison #the beatles #monty python #pattie boyd #olivia harrison #dhani harrison #louise harrison #michael palin #eric idle #terry gilliam #the producers #the rutles #gardening #ukulele #hoagy carmichael #quote compilation

[good-to-drive]

I love those pictures of George where he's making the exact same face my dad makes when I say I want to move to Iceland and farm sheep

"I love and tolerate you but it is taking years off of my life."

#that's either his reaction to having his picture taken or someone just said ukuleles were mid #the beatles #george harrison #beatles #shitpost

[stars-inthe-sky]

Tagged by @village-skeptic to "share three random facts about yourself."

My front teeth are mostly fake! There was something up with the fluoride in the Philadelphia water when I was a baby that messed up the surfaces of my natural teeth, so five of the six top-fronts are now porcelain veneers...and the sixth is an entirely fake bridge because I'm just congenitally missing that one (ditto one sister and our maternal grandmother).

I took guitar lessons for a couple of years, mainly because my parents were like "pick an instrument but not drums" (my sisters both tried piano) but was always terrible at it and retained nothing. I cannot read music and am basically tone-deaf.

I've never been big on costumes. I love cosplay in theory, but in practice I have little interest in actually dressing up as anything with real effort—including for Purim or Halloween—and usually just fake something with whatever I already own if I absolutely must. Longtime followers may recall I've done Carmen Sandiego a whole bunch of times since acquiring a red trenchcoat about a decade ago, as you basically just need that and a hat (which I purchased concurrently for this reason) to make it work.

Tagging: @hondagirll + @fulltimeprocrastinator + @ryeloza

#tag meme #about me meme #bébé claims to be able to play the guitar by which she means she likes to sing george harrison songs while plucking at a toy ukulele #we went to a purim carnival over the weekend and suggested she might want to do something costume-y for that #but she selected a dinosaur-patterned shirt and blue jeans and said 'now i'm all dressed up!' so i guess she was a lowkey paleontologist? #or she just got my meh-on-costumes gene and hasn't realized it yet #i DID offer a denim top and a red bandana to go with the blue jeans figuring it'd be an easy rosie the riveter kinda thing #aka 'great great aunt rose' from the delightful book 'rosie revere engineer' but she declined #she did seem to enjoy being corduroy (the bear from the books) for halloween but she has since outgrown the one brown shirt AND the ear hat

[reflectismo]

Paul McCartney performing “Something” at Glastonbury 2022.

Love the pictures being projected onto the screen and Paul turning around to look at George throughout the performance.

#Paul McCartney #George Harrison #The Beatles #Something #Brothers #Glastonbury #2022 #Videos #(I’ve heard the story a million times but I do not care) #(Will always remember George stringing a left-handed ukulele for Paul on his last visit) #[The video wasn’t on YouTube so I figured I’d post here in case anyone would like to watch the performance :) ]

[ringos-sexynose]

George Harrison Photographed by Mark Seliger circa 1992

Everybody should have and play a “UKE” it’s so simple to carry with you and it is one instrument you can’t play and not laugh! It’s so sweet and also very old — some are made of wood – some are made with armadillo’s. I love them – the more the merrier — Everyone I know who is into the ukulele is “crackers”! So get yourself a few and enjoy yourselves. -George Harrison (02/02/1999)

#the Beatles #George Harrison #mark seliger #1990s #90s #ukulele #things Georgie said

[muldoon85]

I present to you all, George and his ukuleles on the move!

#poor Dhani.. lol #Sexy dad walking here.. #george harrison #the beatles #the traveling wilburys #dhani harrison #Tom's story about the many ukuleles in the trunk were true.... #so many ukuleles

[dawidsu-blog]

The Adventures of Beatle George #39

Happy 80th to George! Or was it yesterday? I bet he loved having a two day birthday.

#George Harrison #GeorgeHarrison #The Beatles #TheBeatles #Traveling Wilburys #TravelingWilburys #webcomic #ukulele #BobDylan

[steelycunt]

you know one thing i will say is i could never bring myself to dislike budapest by george ezra. as annoying as theoretically it shouldve been and as im sure many people found it. i dont know just something about it my house in budapest my hidden treasure chest etc but for you..you..id leave it all. like honestly im with you george. youre fine by me.

#i cant help it i wouldnt call myself a fan but i do like george ezra. he just seems like a nice harmless lad. like neutralised ed sheeran #vance joys riptide with none of the war crimes or negative impact on the ukulele industry.

[beatleshalloween]

A hilarious story centered around George.

#the beatles #ao3 fanfic #ao3 beatles #ao3 fanfiction #george harrison #paul mccartney #ringo starr #john lennon #starrison #McLennon #brian epstein #pattie boyd #george and pattie #George and Brian #george and ringo #john and paul #pagan gods #persephone #ukulele #magic item #truth #smokey the cat ⭐ #ao3 kudos #ao3 link #ao3 author #ao3 comments #ao3 George Harrison #read on ao3 #ao3 fic #ao3feed

[harrisonarchive]

June 3, 1999. Photo by Dave Benett/Getty Images.

“[George would pause] intently over one of the two jukeboxes filled with favorites, carefully and deliberately choosing what to play next: a version of ‘The Lumberjack Song,’ Ravi Shankar, endless Dylan, ‘Oh, you must hear this, Eric.’ Early Elvis. ‘Spam.’ EC’s ‘Layla.’ And yet more Dylan. His enthusiasm was contagious. He played the jukebox to inform and instruct. He reveled in sharing his delight in all kinds of music. He would go through periods of furious passions, often lasting for months or even years at a time, when he would insist you shared the joy of Smokey Robinson or the songs of Hoagy Carmichael or the Hawaiian music of Gabby Pahinui or even the ukulele nonsense of George Formby. During this latter stage everyone had to learn the uke; even Liv he taught to strum away. He embraced all forms life. It was to be savored and enjoyed. But music was at the heart of it. It could speak more truly to the soul. And the soul was what George was about.” - Eric Idle, The Greedy Bastard Diary (x)

#George Harrison #Eric Idle #Olivia Harrison #Bob Dylan #Ravi Shankar #Smokey Robinson #George Formby #Hoagy Carmichael #Garry Pahinui #et al. #George's jukebox feature #Friar Park #George and the ukulele #George and Eric Idle #George and Olivia #fits queue like a glove

[imagine-mokey]

A cute George Harrison story, where his new ukulele reveals more than he intended to hear.

#fanfiction #the beatles #fanfic #beatles fan #george harrison #ringo starr #john lennon #paul mccartney #brian epstein #ukulele #magic #magical items #magical instrument #Persephone

[dreamonminecraft]

People who think the dnf song is going to be a troll either don't know their George lore very well or are forgetting it because out of the two of them let's just say dream is not the one who's musically gifted

#yeah he's learned to sing #but george was asked to join the school choir #owned an electric guitar that he can play #plays ukulele #and plays the drums #just from the information that we know

[genderqueerfuri]

im so sorry the ukulele made me do it

#kamen rider #kamen rider revice #juuga vs orteca #george karizaki #pulling out the ukulele to apologize for ur bf's old man bones #and for trying to kill every kamen rider in the city while in a daddy issues induced rage #autistic hethey swagman george karizaki

[uketeecee]

There is a secret society of instrument collectors who would love to keep their identities private, and their ukulele collections even more private. Here’s the deal; George Harrison was an avid vintage Martin Ukulele collector. As a result, a cult community of Martin ukulele collectors took form. At the top of the heap is the Martin 5K uke. It is a work of art built for such collectors, and they praise/hoard these gems when they get their hands on one. A tiny soprano acoustic with more inlay than Pamela Anderson, the 5K uke features a highly flamed Hawaiian Koa body with spruce braces, grained ivoroid-binding and a bone nut.

#ukulele vintage #martin #george harrison #koa #sweet #georgeous #wow #lovely #cf martin #delicious #sexy