George Harrison Live Concert In Bangladesh Circulating On Music Streaming Platform

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JAKARTA - The recording of George Harrison's concert for Bangladesh has finally been heard on various music streaming platforms. This rare recording is finally officially available from the account of the guitarist of The Beatles.

The concert is known to take place at Madison Square Garden on August 1, 1971. He and his fellow musician and spiritual teacher Ravi waryan initiated this event as a form of concern for Bangladesh, which was then hit by genocide and fought for independence.

George also invited several well-known musicians to participate in concerts for two days. They include Bob Dylan, Eric total, Ringo Starr, Leon Russell, and Billy Preston.

Due to time and schedule constraints, the musicians involved in this humanitarian concert did not have time to practice properly.

"We only have a little time to practice. In fact, we only practice once with everyone involved present. We prepare for it with shortages here and there," George Harrison wrote in his autobiographic book, I Me Mine.

The charity concert managed to raise an initial fund of around 250 thousand dollars from 2 days of sold-out performances. This move continues to the release of albums and boxsets, to films that are collected by millions of dollars. The funds were then channeled to ease the burden on victims in Bangladesh.

A number of old songs were among the popular ones performed by George Harrison at the concert, such as Bangla Desh, Something, Here Come's the Sun to While My Guitar Gently Weeps.