Hamburgo.- Tras su película sobre los Rolling Stones “Shine a light”, el director estadounidense Martin Scorsese prepara un nuevo documental musical, esta vez un homenaje a l Beatle George Harrison, adelanta hoy la revista alemana “Hörzu”.

El documental tendrá por fin “explorar sus múltiples caras, su espíritu y su música”, explicó Scorsese sobre su proyecto en una carta en la que invita a dos antiguos amigos alemanes de Harrison a participar en el rodaje del documental en septiembre en Londres.

Según la edición de la revista que sale el viernes a la venta, Scorsese  invitó a la fotógrafa Astrid Kirchherr y al bajista e ilustrador Klaus Voormann, que conocieron de cerca al Beatle.

Voormann fue el autor de la cubierta del legendario álbum “Revolver” y Kirchherr hizo una serie de fotografías en blanco y negro de los cuatro de Liverpool cuando tocaban en Hamburgo.

“No dudé un segundo en aceptar la propuesta de Scorsese. George y yo éramos como hermanos”, dijo la fotógrafa Kirchherr, quien mantuvo contacto estrecho con Harrison hasta la muerte de éste de cáncer en 2001.

Según informaciones de la revista, la viuda de Harrison, Olivia, y su hijo Dhani han accedido a abrir su archivo privado a Scorsese.

John Lennon’s former girlfriend, May Pang, is publishing a book next March of photos she took of the former Beatle.

“Instamatic Karma” contains 150 pictures, Pang says, which she took of Lennon in 1973 and 1974. Among the shots are John with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr and of Lennon at work recording his “Walls and Bridges” album.

May has just put up a Web site, too. It has accompanying music, but don’t worry, none by Lennon.

One thing that’s guaranteed: May’s relationship with Lennon will never be acknowledged by Yoko Ono. And that’s ironic, since May was Yoko’s assistant, and it was Yoko who sent Lennon off with her in 1973.

In case you don’t know: Instamatic was the name of the most popular Kodak camera of that era. It was a name as big as iPod is today.

You say it’s no more? Hmmm, you’re catching on. The iPod will be like the gramophone one day, trust me.

A crowd of around two hundred enthusiastic people enjoyed reminiscing from the sixties and seventies with the Let it be Beatles Show at the Stawell Entertainment Centre.Let it be Beatles entertained the crowd on Saturday, July 28.The band members, Mick Rajan on drums, Troy Johncock guitar, Mick Cooper bass guitar, Paul Clutterham guitar and keyboard player Alan Jones, had the majority of the crowd on the dance floor for much of the night as they presented their tribute to the Fab Four.Songs like Let It Be, Eight Days A Week, Can’t Buy Me Love, All My Loving, A Hard Days Night, Please Please Me, Lucy In The Sky, Lady Madonna and Hey Jude had the crowd on their feet and in full voice.Mick Rajan, who also manages the Let it be Beatles, said he was thrilled with the crowd participation in the show and indicated the group would dearly love to come back either in December this year or May next year for another gig.Let it be Beatles was started in January 1999 under tragic circumstances following the loss of a great friend of the band members, Tony Symonds. Tony was a well respected member of the music industry and the Port Adelaide community where he lived.A tribute show was organised by a group of Tony’s friends in his memory. It was during the early meetings for this show that the idea to perform a set of Beatles tunes at the end of the night was discussed. Tony was an avid fan of The Beatles and it was decided that this would be a fun and fitting way to conclude the evening.It was only ever to be a once-off performance, but the success of the band created a demand for more appearances – thus giving birth to the band now known as Let it be Beatles.Let it be Beatles is not a look-a-like tribute act and quite simply, their focus has always been on recreating the quality of the music.This was certainly captured at the Stawell Entertainment Centre on Saturday, July 28 as the Let it be Beatles rocked Stawell

There are a few places in the world that I really have to go.  I have yet to make the jump across the pond and visit the UK, but it has always been at the top of my list, along with Alaska.  Third on the list, though, would be Hamburg Germany.  The city fascinates me.  Beatle history aside, it is intriguing.  Thinking about the city makes me think about being a spy.  I know it sounds stupid it’s true.

It seems though that festival and city officials are starting now to hit the Beatle cottage tourist industry.  They have put together a city tour focused on all-things Beatles.  You can’t get more iconic (OK other than Abbey Road studios and the Cavern) than the Beatle haunts of Germany.  

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