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Within You Without You: Listening to George Harrison is a highly personal exploration of George Harrison's essential contributions to the Beatles and his solo work. Interviews with contemporary rock musicians, Beatles experts, musicologists, and filmmaker Michael Lindsay-Hogg will enhance readers' appreciation for Harrison's musical accomplishments and monumental influence as a cultural figure.
List of contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. I Saw Her Standing There
- 2. The Sheik of Araby's Three Cool Cats
- 3. The Reluctant Beatle
- 4. Leave Me Alone
- 5. Do You Promise Not to Tell?
- 6. The Chord
- 7. Eight Arms to Hold You
- 8. On One Condition
- 9. The Black Album
- 10. I Know What It's Like to Be Dead
- 11. The Space Between Us All
- 12. Gone for Baroque
- 13. The Waiting Is the Hardest Part
- 14. The Love There That's Sleeping
- 15. Take a Piece, But Not Too Much
- 16. When George 'Quit' the Beatles
- 17. Standard Time
- 18. That Ice Is Slowly Melting
- 19. The Declaration of Independence
- 20. Hare Krishna, Yeah Yeah Yeah
- 21. What I Feel I Can't Say
- 22. My Friend Came to Me
- 23. The Constitution
- 24. Running on a Dark Racecourse
- 25. The Ghost of Ronnie Spector
- 26. Could Be 'Sugar Pie Honey Bunch'
- 27. George Goes to the Movies
- 28. Why Peggy Lee Matters
- 29. In the Eyes of the Lonely One
- 30. You've Got to Leave to Come Back
- 31. Everybody's Got Somebody to Lean On
- 32. Brothers in Arms
- 33. The Great Depression
- 34. The Art of Dying
- Endnotes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
About the author
Seth Rogovoy is the author of Bob Dylan: Prophet Mystic Poet and The Essential Klezmer: A Music Lover's Guide to Jewish Roots and Soul Music and contributing editor for The Forward.
Summary
Within You Without You: Listening to George Harrison is a highly personal exploration of George Harrison's essential contributions to the Beatles and his solo work. Interviews with contemporary rock musicians, Beatles experts, musicologists, and filmmaker Michael Lindsay-Hogg will enhance readers' appreciation for Harrison's musical accomplishments and monumental influence as a cultural figure.
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[An] astute analysis of Harrison's musical evolution.
