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
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.
So Sad
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"So Sad" is a song by the English rock musician George Harrison that was released on his 1974 album Dark Horse. Harrison originally recorded the song for his previous album, Living in the Material Wor
Simply Shady
…North American tour. In his pre-tour press conference on 23 October, Harrison fended off questions about his personal life. He cited "Simply Shady" and "So Sad" as examples of how his forthcoming album was like the television soap opera Peyton Place and would reveal "exactly what I've been doing". He also…
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Winter in New York City, where Harrison began writing the song in 1972