It was the mantra that took over the world. George Harrison’s first solo No.1 single stands alone in rock history for going against the secular grain as a full-on love song to the Creator. While there’d been some precedent with both the Beach Boys’ God Only Knows and Norman Greenbaum’s Spirit In The Sky, My Sweet Lord was different. The lyric offers nothing but praise – loaded with 40 ‘Lord’s 16 ‘hallelujah’s and nine ‘Hare Krishna’s.
SLIDE RULES
How is it that George Harrison never once played slide guitar on a Beatles track? He acknowledged that what became the keening sonic trademark of his solo years was influenced by his sitar studies with Ravi Shankar and a love
