Within You Without You
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"Within You Without You" is a song by the English rock band The Beatles from their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Written by lead guitarist George Harrison, it was his second compos
Dal Lake in Kashmir – part of the "pure essence of India" that Harrison said he experienced in 1966 and inspired the song.
Harrison (pictured in the Hindu holy city of Vrindavan in 1996) drew from Vedanta philosophy for the first time in his lyrics to "Within You Without You".
The bow-played dilruba features prominently throughout the song.
Aided by the Beatles' song, the sitar, and Indian classical music generally, reached its peak in popularity in the West in 1967.
The Inner Light (song)
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"The Inner Light" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by George Harrison. It was released on a non-album single in March 1968, as the B-side to "Lady Madonna". The song was the fir
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The lute-like sarod is featured throughout the song.
Hariprasad Chaurasia, shown playing the North Indian bamboo flute, known as the bansuri
Sitarist Anoushka Shankar (pictured in 2007) performed the song with Jeff Lynne at the Concert for George in November 2002.