In 1969, Paul McCartney got married, and his bandmate George Harrison was not present for the ceremony. Though the two men didn’t always get along, Harrison’s failure to show up had nothing to do with animosity between the two men. Instead, Harrison was in a bit of legal trouble. On the same day as the wedding, the police raided Harrison’s home for drugs and arrested both him and his wife. Paul McCartney and George Harrison | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Paul McCartney married Linda Eastman in 1969 McCartney married photographer Linda Eastman in 1969, but the wedding nearly didn’t happen. The couple got into an explosive argument the night before the ceremony. “We were crazy,” McCartney said in the book Paul McCartney: Many … [Read More...]

Long before John Lennon’s murder and a violent home invasion at George Harrison’s house, Harrison began to worry about some of the events happening around The Beatles. He explained that he wanted to stop touring in 1965, roughly a year before the band’s final tour. Harrison believed that their level of celebrity was almost dangerous. He felt distinctly unsafe sometimes.  George Harrison of The Beatles | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images The musician grew tired of fame after taking LSD Harrison enjoyed his rise to success but grew weary of fame after taking LSD for the first time. He felt that he had changed his perspective on life and understood that a different way of living was possible. Before The Beatles crossed Abbey Road, 1969. pic…. [Read More...]