SITAR USED BY GEORGE HARRISON IN 1965 SELLS FOR £54,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sitar used by George Harrison in 1965 has sold for over £53,000.
George bought the 4ft long sitar from a small Oxford Street shop named Indiacraft between August and October 1965.

He later used the instrument to record the song, Norwegian Wood, in October 1965, launching 'the Great Sitar Explosion' in rock music.
George took the sitar to Barbados on his and Pattie Boyd's January 1966 honeymoon and then gifted it as a thank you to his friend, George de Vere Drummond, after he let them stay at his house on the island.
Mr Drummond kept hold of the sitar for 58 years before deciding to sell it at auctioneers Nate D Sanders, in Los Angeles California.

It had been expected to sell for £20,000 but that it sold for £53,600.

The sitar, which has a few cracks in it, was made by Kanai Lal & Brother of Calcutta in the late 1940s or 50s. It has elaborate wood carvings and is in the shape of a swan's neck and head.
Harrison later recalled of the purchase: 'I went and bought a sitar from a little shop at the top of Oxford Street called Indiacraft - it stocked little carvings, and incense.
'It was a real crummy-quality one, actually, but I bought it and mucked about with it a bit.
'Anyway, we were at the point where we'd recorded the Norwegian Wood backing track and it needed something.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'We would usually start looking through the cupboard to see if we could come up with something, a new sound, and I picked the sitar up - it was just lying around.

'I hadn't really figured out what to do with it. It was quite spontaneous: I found the notes that played the lick. It fitted and it worked.'

After gifting this sitar to Drummond, Harrison got himself a more 'sophisticated style' one for future recordings.

A Nate D Sanders spokesperson said: 'We are delighted with the result which was over double the pre-sale estimate.

More than any guitar that George used during his career with the Beatles and as a solo artist, the sitar is perhaps the instrument most closely associated with him. It is more than an instrument; it's a bridge between cultures and melodies.From the moment he acquired it in 1965, this unassuming piece of craftsmanship ignited a revolution.'

In 1966, Harrison became the first Beatle to journey to India.

His pilgrimage led him to Mumbai, where he studied the sitar under the tutelage of the legendary Ravi Shankar.

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THE DOORS ONCE CONSIDERED REPLACING JIM MORRISON WITH PAUL McCARTNEY

 

After the sudden death of Jim Morrison in 1971, the surviving members of The Doors found themselves felt rudderless without him.
The band forged their ideas for the 1971 album Other Voices while Morrison was living in Paris with  Pamela Courson his girlfriend, hoping that he’d return to the US to finish the album. Tragically though, he never made it back.

When Jim was gone, we had kept going,” Robby Kreiger later reflected. “The three of us were practising all the time, writing new stuff. When Jim passed, we said, ‘Jeez, what’re we going to do?’ We could just give it up, or, you know, we have all these songs. Let’s go in and record and see what happens. The record company, Elektra, they were wanting us to continue. It wasn’t that hard of a decision.”

Krieger and Manzarek stepped up on vocals, but in the end, they did consider replacing the singer, and one of the names they contemplated was Paul McCartney.

In a 2014 interview with Louder Sound, Ray Manzarek confirmed there was truth to the rumour, stating: “Yes. Paul was going to play bass. That would have worked out great. Who knows what direction we would have gone off into had that actually happened.”

Paul had only just getting started "Wings" at this time. Paul had to choose between "Wings" and "The Doors". Time gave us the answer.

 

 

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JOHN LENNON's GUITAR UP FOR AUCTION AFTER DISCOVERY IN ATTIC AFTER 50 YEARS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Julien’s Auctions announced Tuesday, April 23 that Lennon’s Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic guitar, which he played on classics like “Help!,” “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away,” “It’s Only Love,” “I’ve Just Seen a Face” and “Norwegian Wood,” will be up for auction during a two-day event in New York City next month.

John Lennon’s Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic guitar and case

 

 

A release dubbed the instrument the “most important Beatles guitar to ever come to market,” and noted that it’s expected to go for more than $800,000, and will likely set a new world record for highest-selling Beatles guitar.

“The discovery of John Lennon’s Help! guitar that was believed to be lost is considered the greatest find of a Beatles guitar since Paul McCartney’s lost 1961 Höfner bass guitar,” Darren Julien, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Julien’s Auctions, said in a statement. “Finding this remarkable instrument is like finding a lost Rembrandt or Picasso, and it still looks and plays like a dream after having been preserved in an attic for more than 50 years. To awaken this sleeping beauty is a sacred honor and is a great moment for Music, Julien’s, Beatles and Auction history.” 

The guitar was famously played by Lennon in the movie Help! in the scene where the Beatles perform “You've Got to Hide Your Love Away” and more.

Its location became unknown in the later half of the 1960s after it made its way to Gordon Waller of the British duo Peter and Gordon, and he later gave it to his road managers.

“It was recently discovered in an attic in the rural British countryside where it had lain forgotten and unplayed for over 50 years,” the release said. “The homeowners found the guitar in the midst of their move and contacted Julien’s Auctions.” 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

George Harrison plays John Lennon’s Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic guitar

 

While at the house, executives from Julien’s also found the guitar’s original case in the trash and rescued it. The Maton case was made in Australia and can be seen in photos of the Beatles taken in 1965. 

The instrument will headline the Music Icons two-day auction event on May 29 and 30 at the Hard Rock Café in New York City and online at juliensaucstions.com. The auction house has previously broken records with Beatles memorabilia sales, including another acoustic guitar of Lennon’s that sold for a record $2.4 million.

 

 

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