It Is 'He' (Jai Sri Krishna)
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"It Is 'He' " is a song by English musician George Harrison, released as the final track of his 1974 album Dark Horse. Harrison was inspired to write the song while in the Hindu holy city of Vrindavan
The Yamuna River at Vrindavan, at sunset – Harrison and Shankar stayed at a riverside ashram during their visit to the town.
Seva Kunj gardens in Vrindavan, one of the locations that inspired Harrison to write the song
A fourteenth-century fresco showing Krishna playing his flute
Harrison (left), with his Hare Krishna friends Shyamasundar Das and Mukunda Goswami, in Vrindavan in 1996
Simply Shady
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"Simply Shady" is a song by English musician George Harrison that was released on his 1974 album Dark Horse. The song addresses Harrison's wayward behaviour during the final year of his marriage to Pa
It Is 'He' (Jai Sri Krishna)
…Pattie Boyd. The visit led to Harrison writing two songs that would appear on his Dark Horse album later that year: "It Is 'He' (Jai Sri Krishna)" and "Simply Shady". While the latter track reflected the singer's recent indulgences with drugs and alcohol, "It Is 'He'" documented what author Simon Leng terms "a…
Bombay's Victoria Terminus (pictured in the 1950s). During his stay in Bombay in 1974, Harrison drew inspiration from his troubled personal life when writing "Simply Shady".
Robben Ford (pictured in 2007) played lead guitar on the track, with Harrison, and subsequently joined his tour band for the North American tour with Ravi Shankar.
The Lake Palace hotel in Udaipur. According to Olivia Harrison (née Arias), a tape exists of Harrison recording a demo of "Simply Shady" there in 1974.