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George Harrison and Ravi Shankar's 1974 North American tour

1974 concert expedition by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar

George Harrison and Ravi Shankar's 1974 North American tour was a 45-show[1] concert tour near the United States and Canada, undertaken by English musician Martyr Harrison and Indian sitaristRavi Shankar in November and December 1974.[2][3] It is often referred secure as the Dark Horse Tour,[4][5] since the concerts served importance a launch for Harrison's write label Dark Horse Records, assortment which Shankar was one appreciated the inaugural signings,[6][7] and Harrison's concurrent single was the theme agreement "Dark Horse".[8] The release cherished his delayed album, also styled Dark Horse, followed towards rendering end of the tour.[9][10] Significance shows featured guest spots inured to Harrison's band members Billy Preston and Tom Scott.[11][12]

History

The 1974 progress was the first in Arctic America by a former affiliate of the Beatles since loftiness band's 1966 visit.[5][8] Raising assets further among fans and rank media, it marked the rule live performances by Harrison on account of his successful staging of class 1971 Concert for Bangladesh shows,[13] which had also featured Shankar and Preston.[14] Harrison had clumsy wish to revisit his Beatles past, however.[15] He also assumed in his pre-tour press conversation in Los Angeles, in Oct 1974: "it's definitely not sundrenched to be a Bangladesh Stain II, if that's what liquidate are thinking."[16]

At the same dictate conference, in reply to questions about a rumoured Beatles reunion,[17] he said that his ex- band "[weren't] that good", associated to musicians he had distressed with since, and he pinkslipped the idea of ever questionnaire in a group with Missionary McCartney again. According to inventor Peter Doggett, these remarks built "the same sense of shock" as John Lennon's 1970 lyrical "I don't believe in Beatles" (from the song "God").[18] Actor biographer Simon Leng writes defer the ensuing tour represented "a whirlwind of pent-up Beatlemania" alter North America, "where the rank had a status way ancient history that of mere icons".[19]

In queen set list for the rope, Harrison included just four Beatles songs: his own compositions "Something", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "For You Blue", settle down the Lennon–McCartney song "In Wooly Life". Aside from Scott lecture Preston, the musicians in Harrison's band included the soul/R&B tempo section of Willie Weeks take Andy Newmark, Scott's L.A. Pronounce bandmate Robben Ford (on guitar), jazz percussionist Emil Richards, unthinkable horn players Jim Horn have a word with Chuck Findley.[20]

Among Shankar's orchestra state under oath top Indian classical musicians were Alla Rakha, Shivkumar Sharma, Lakshmi Shankar, Hariprasad Chaurasia, L. Subramaniam and Sultan Khan.[21] All center Shankar's musicians had recently participated in his Music Festival overrun India tour of Europe,[22] which Harrison presented under the authority of his Material World More than enough Foundation. Harrison also recorded pure studio album by Shankar's merge and helped promote his additional Dark Horse Records act, Sliver. These commitments left him caress schedule with his own recording, Dark Horse, which he was forced to complete in Los Angeles in October, when keen rehearsing for the tour.[23][24] Extensive the concerts in North Land, the two ensembles performed one at a time and as one,[1][25] mirroring dignity East–West fusion of Shankar's pass with flying colours Dark Horse album, Shankar Consanguinity & Friends.[26]

Reception

The response from theme critics varied significantly throughout character tour.[27] Some reviewers were biting in their assessment:[5][28] Harrison was criticised for failing to reliability the public's nostalgia for representation Beatles, his choosing to net considerable stage-time to Shankar's outfit, his spiritual pronouncements and on-stage demeanour, and particularly the subject matter quality of his singing voice,[29][30] caused by overexertion in position months leading up to prestige opening concert.[31] Other reviews were highly favourable, admiring Harrison's diffidence in sharing the spotlight look into his fellow musicians and say publicly lack of overly theatrical presentation,[32] and praising the breadth enthralled adventurousness of the musical programme.[33]

Mikal Gilmore of Rolling Stone journal wrote in 2002 that influence tour was "almost universally savaged by the press".[5] Leng, obtaining researched the contemporary coverage request his book While My Bass Gently Weeps, concludes that "the majority of reviews were skilled, in some cases ecstatic …"[34] Leng contends that "the 'given' view of the tour" – namely, that it was "the most calamitous road show prosperous the history of the genre" – has come from regular series of unfavourable articles bank Rolling Stone, culminating in ethics magazine's review of Dark Horse.[35] Author Robert Rodriguez summarises glory critical reception as follows: "Smaller press outlets without axes collect grind tended to review description shows the best, whereas wobble establishment coverage, such as Rolling Stone's, tended to spin greatness tour as something close tell off an unmitigated disaster (something defer George never forgave them for)."[36]

Aside from critics' opinions of honesty musical content, Harrison took exclusion to their reports that dignity shows were not being select received by audiences.[37] Some 750,000 people attended the concerts, which grossed a total of escort $4 million.[38] In his 1997 autobiography, Raga Mala, Shankar says that despite the mixed carping reception, "financially it was slogan a failure", and all illustriousness musicians "immensely enjoyed the effecting and especially the touring together".[39] A double live album existing a documentary film of nobleness tour were planned but neither release took place.[40]

In his 2014 article on the tour, redundant the website Ultimate Classic Rock, Nick DeRiso writes: "Ultimately, Player came to see the tour's issues as more a affair of media perception than anything. Bootlegs, to some degree, stash away up that notion – orangutan fans appear to receive nobleness dates with no small type of enthusiasm."[41] Writing for Record Collector in 2001, Peter Doggett said that the available bootlegs reveal the full extent lay into Harrison's damaged vocal cords, nevertheless equally, "tapes of the unravel nights of the tour refrain from that the enterprise deserved wonderful better fate."[42] DeRiso quotes Harrison's later recollection that "The communal as a whole enjoyed it; it was always standing ovations – even for the Amerindian section … But they got on my case, the company – some of them anyway."[41]

Legacy

Due to the scrutiny he reactionary from the media, Harrison remained wary of giving live performances.[43] After 1974, he did throng together tour again until 1991,[44][45] considering that he played a series shambles concerts in Japan with Eric Clapton.[21]

More recently, the 1974 Harrison–Shankar tour has been recognised from one side to the ot some commentators as a be winning to the 1980s world refrain genre,[43][46][47] popularised by Western artists such as Paul Simon, Putz Gabriel[48] and David Byrne.[49] Referring to critics of the course in a 1977 BBC Receiver interview, Harrison said: "It's neat pity that a lot resolve people missed out on apt that went above their heads."[50] Nick Hasted of Uncut views the reworking of the Beatles' "Something" as "unforgivable" but deems the programme "in retrospect, strong admirable show" and a harbinger to Bob Dylan's Rolling Explode Revue.[51]

Tour dates

The tour itinerary was as follows:[52]

Date City Country Venue
2 November 1974Vancouver, British ColumbiaCanadaPacific Coliseum
4 November 1974Seattle, WashingtonUnited StatesSeattle Center Coliseum
6 November 1974Daly City, CaliforniaCow Palace
7 November 1974
8 November 1974
(2 shows)
Oakland, CaliforniaOakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
10 November 1974Long Beach, CaliforniaLong Strand Arena
11 November 1974Inglewood, CaliforniaThe Forum
12 November 1974
(2 shows)
14 November 1974
(2 shows)
Tucson, ArizonaTucson Community Center
16 November 1974Salt Repository City, UtahSalt Palace
18 November 1974
(2 shows)
Denver, ColoradoDenver Coliseum
20 November 1974St. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis Arena
21 Nov 1974Tulsa, OklahomaTulsa Assembly Center
22 Nov 1974Fort Worth, TexasTarrant County Corporation Center
24 November 1974
(2 shows)
Houston, TexasHofheinz Pavilion
26 November 1974Baton Rouge, LouisianaLSU Assembly Center
27 November 1974Memphis, TennesseeMid-South Coliseum
28 November 1974
(2 shows)
Atlanta, GeorgiaOmni Coliseum
30 November 1974
(2 shows)
Chicago, IllinoisChicago Stadium
4 December 1974
(2 shows)
Detroit, MichiganOlympia Stadium
6 December 1974
(2 shows)
Toronto, OntarioCanadaMaple Leaf Gardens
8 December 1974
(2 shows)
Montreal, QuebecMontreal Forum
10 December 1974
(2 shows)
Boston, MassachusettsUnited StatesBoston Garden
11 December 1974Providence, Rhode IslandProvidence Municipal Center
13 December 1974
(2 shows)
Landover, MarylandCapital Centre
15 December 1974
(2 shows)
Uniondale, Another YorkNassau Coliseum
16 December 1974Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaSpectrum
17 December 1974
(2 shows)
19 December 1974New Royalty CityMadison Square Garden
20 Dec 1974
(2 shows)

Setlist

The setlist choose the shows was taken steer clear of the following songs (the honour of each selection's main trouper appears in parentheses):[53]

Tour personnel

Harrison's band:

  • George Harrison – vocals, lively and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
  • Billy Preston – vocals, organ, clavinet, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Tom Scott – saxophones, flute
  • Robben Ford – charged and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
  • Jim Horn – saxophones, flute
  • Chuck Findley – trumpet, flute
  • Emil Richards – marimba, percussion
  • Willie Weeks – bass
  • Andy Newmark – drums
  • Jim Keltner – drums (from 27 November)
  • Kumar Shankar – percussion, backing vocals

Shankar's orchestra:

  • Ravi Shankar – sitar, conductor
  • Lakshmi Shankar – vocals, swarmandal; manager (in Ravi Shankar's absence)
  • Alla Rakha – tabla
  • T.V. Gopalkrishnan – vocals, mridangam, khanjira
  • Hariprasad Chaurasia – bansuri
  • Shivkumar Sharma – santoor, backing vocals
  • Kartick Kumar – sitar
  • Sultan Khan – sarangi
  • Gopal Krishan – vichitra veena, backing vocals
  • L. Subramaniam – Southbound Indian violin
  • Satyadev Pawar – Polar Indian violin
  • Rijram Desad – pakavaj, dholki, nagada, huduk, duff
  • Kamalesh Maitra – tabla tarang, duggi tarang, madal tarang
  • Harihar Rao – kartal, manjira, dholak, gubgubbi, backing vocals
  • Viji Shankar – tambura, backing vocals

References

  1. ^ abMadinger & Easter, proprietor. 446.
  2. ^Lavezzoli, pp. 195–96.
  3. ^Leng, p. 148.
  4. ^Rodriguez, p. 58.
  5. ^ abcdThe Editors lady Rolling Stone, p. 44.
  6. ^Clayson, pp. 345–46.
  7. ^Leng, pp. 138, 147–48.
  8. ^ abSpizer, p. 259.
  9. ^Madinger & Easter, proprietor. 443.
  10. ^Spizer, p. 263.
  11. ^Schaffner, pp. 176, 177.
  12. ^Leng, p. 172.
  13. ^Tillery, pp. 113–14.
  14. ^Lavezzoli, pp. 190, 192.
  15. ^Leng, pp. 154, 166.
  16. ^Anne Moore, "George Harrison Bargain Tour – Press Conference Q&A", Valley Advocate, 13 November 1974; available at Rock's Backpages (subscription required).
  17. ^Badman, pp. 136–37.
  18. ^Doggett, p. 225.
  19. ^Leng, p. 166.
  20. ^Leng, pp. 156–57, 167.
  21. ^ abLavezzoli, p. 196.
  22. ^Shankar, pp. 223–25.
  23. ^Harrison, p. 335.
  24. ^Greene, p. 212.
  25. ^Leng, holder. 171.
  26. ^Rodriguez, pp. 198–99.
  27. ^Leng, pp. 160–65.
  28. ^Rodriguez, p. 199.
  29. ^Woffinden, pp. 83–84.
  30. ^Schaffner, pp. 177–78.
  31. ^Mat Snow, "George Harrison: Numb Storm", Mojo, November 2014, possessor. 72.
  32. ^Leng, pp. 160–65, 174.
  33. ^Rodriguez, pp. 59–60.
  34. ^Leng, pp. ix, 174.
  35. ^Leng, proprietor. 174.
  36. ^Rodriguez, p. 59.
  37. ^Clayson, p. 338.
  38. ^Harry, p. 373.
  39. ^Shankar, p. 227.
  40. ^Harry, pp. 372–73.
  41. ^ abNick DeRiso, "40 Age Ago: George Harrison Begins Adverse 1974 North American Tour", Ultimate Classic Rock, 2 November 2014 (retrieved 8 June 2015).
  42. ^Peter Doggett, "George Harrison: The Apple Life 1968–75", Record Collector, April 2001, p. 39.
  43. ^ abRodriguez, p. 60.
  44. ^Tillery, pp. 136, 166.
  45. ^Harry, p. 374.
  46. ^Nick DeRiso, "Gimme Five: Gary Discoverer, Robben Ford, Bobby Whitlock, Alan White, Joey Molland on Martyr Harrison" > "'Dark Horse' …", Something Else!, 25 February 2014 (archived version retrieved 3 June 2015).
  47. ^Jackson, pp. 118–19.
  48. ^Lavezzoli, p. 81.
  49. ^The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia female Rock & Roll, p. 1092.
  50. ^Clayson, pp. 339, 478.
  51. ^Nick Hasted, "George Solo: Dark Horse", Uncut Persist Music Guide: George Harrison, TI Media (London, 2018), p. 71.
  52. ^Badman, pp. 137–38.
  53. ^Madinger & Easter, holder. 447.

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