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George Harrison in Tulsa, Nov. 21, 1974 |
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 Webmaster: I drove back to Tulsa from
OU on Thursday, November 21, 1974 to see George Harrison (and maybe Leon
Russell) at the Assembly Center. Ravi Shankar and his orchestra opened the
show.
I shot this home movie without sound (?!) on a heavy, but compact second-hand Wollensak 8mm movie camera given to me by my uncle Walter (Buddy). Play George's "Dark Horse" or "Concert for Bangladesh" (or a bootleg album from the tour) while watching to get an idea of the total experience.
I LOVED the Harrison concert film!! I was there too!! Do you remember after the show when 30 minutes after George left the stage we were still giving a standing ovation and being urged to leave as George was long gone!!! What a great show that was, even if he was "a hoarse horse"!!
George's then-current album was "Dark Horse". His voice was shot even before the tour began. Thus, the LP and the tour came to be dubbed "Dark Hoarse". Ravi Shankar's orchestra was the opening act. George's band featured Billy Preston and Tom Scott.
During the concert George said, "The folks from Oklahoma City have asked me why I don't do a concert there. It is because I don't know anyone in Oklahoma City." Later in the concert, he invited his Tulsa connection on to the stage, Leon Russell, and they closed the concert out together
I, too, was there... Much later in my life (1996-97), I toured with two members of George's band, Jim Horn (sax), and Willie Weeks (bass). Weeks, a rather sullen individual, never offered much in the way of old "war stories". Jim Horn, however, told all of us on the tour bus that George was perhaps THE sweetest person he'd ever worked with...that includes all four Beatles, the Stones, Stevie Wonder, Elton John & many more.
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Here it is!
