George Harrison is the eighth studio album by the English rock musician George Harrison, released in February 1979. It was written and recorded through much of 1978, a period of domestic contentment for Harrison, during which he married Olivia Arias and became a father for the first time, to son Dhani. Harrison wrote several of the songs in Hawaii, while the track "Faster" reflected his year away from music-making, when he and Arias attended many of the races in the 1977 Formula 1 World Championship. The album also includes the hit single "Blow Away" and "Not Guilty", a song that Harrison originally recorded with the Beatles in 1968.
George Harrison (album)
Harrison's friendship with Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda and other drivers inspired some of the album's songs.
The Hawaiian island of Maui inspired further songs and the mood of George Harrison.
Harrison reacting to questions about a possible Beatles reunion, at his Los Angeles press conference; photo: Brich/The Associated Press
Olivia Trinidad Harrison is an American author and film producer, and the widow of English musician George Harrison of the Beatles. She first worked in the music industry in Los Angeles, for A&M Records, where she met Harrison and then helped run his Dark Horse record label. In 1990, she launched the Romanian Angel Appeal to raise funds for the thousands of orphans left abandoned in Romania after the fall of Communism there.
Harrison in 2009
Love Theatre, at the Mirage hotel in Las Vegas. Cirque du Soleil's Love is among the projects overseen by Harrison in her role as co-controller of the Beatles' commercial rights.
Ravi Shankar in 2009