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Scorsese to profile the 'Quiet Beatle'

Submitted by Jorge Sosa on September 28, 2007 - 10:10am.
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George HarrisonGeorge HarrisonMartin Scorsese is known for directing some of the finest gangster flicks of our time, but he's also racking up quite a resume as a musical documentarian.

The Associated Press today reported Scorsese will tackle a documentary on George Harrison, the Beatles' lead guitarist and the guy some nicknamed "The Quiet Beatle."

Harrison didn't get as much of the limelight as his fellow songwriters, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, but once he found his voice, he wrote some of the group's greatest numbers.

Scorsese prominently featured Harrison's solo hit, "What is Life," in the 1990 Mafia epic, "Goodfellas."

Harrison died in November 2001 from a brain tumor, after battling cancer for several years.

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Scorsese's musical documentaries include 1978's The Band concert film "The Last Waltz," the Bob Dylan biography "No Direction Home" and "Shine a Light," a forthcoming film about the Rolling Stones.

(Jorge Sosa is a staff writer for the Hutchinson Leader. He can be reached at sosa@hutchinsonleader.com)


On a personal note, I used...

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On a personal note, I used to live in St. Paul before I moved out to this area, about five years ago.

My wife, Beth, and I lived in an apartment near University and Fairview. A few blocks away was a guitar shop called Pete's Guitars. It was only open by appointment.

In 1998, Harrison paid a visit to Pete's Guitars. I think the story was, Harrison had long been a mail-order customer of Pete's. He had never been to the store, though, so he dropped in and later had a bite to eat at the Wendy's fast food restaurant next door.

This made the local paper — a celebrity sighting at Wendy's and an ex-Beatle, no less! I thought it was great that a guy who could afford to eat anywhere was cool with eating at Wendy's.

(Jorge Sosa is a staff writer for the Hutchinson Leader. He can be reached at sosa@hutchinsonleader.com)


Submitted by Jorge Sosa on September 28, 2007 - 11:28am.

Jorge, My dad was high...

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Jorge,

My dad was high school friends with Pete Manski. Indeed, many guitarists when in town would pay visits to meet Manski. He had guitars all of the wall signed personally from his fans of his work.

Unfortunately, Manski died, I believe in 1999 or 2000, in a car accident and the little guitar store with a lot of cool history closed.


Submitted by Eric Kraushar on September 29, 2007 - 8:38am.

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