THE concert
of the seventies. This isn't just George. On here we have Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Billy
Preston, Leon Russel, and backed up by Eric Clapton, Jim Keltner, Klaus Voorman, and
Badfinger. The first major concert of the kind. This has brought on things like Band Aid,
Farm Aid, Live Aid etc...
1971
benefit concert at Madison Square Garden, featuring the dual drumming of Ringo Starr and
Jim Keltner (playing with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, and Billy Preston).
Also includes tabla master Alla Rakha accompanying Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan.
The
Rolling Stones Review .......
The Concert for Bangladesh is rock
reaching for its manhood. Under the leadership of George Harrison, a group of rock
musicians recognized, in a deliberate, self-conscious, and professional way, that they
have responsibilities and went about dealing with them seriously: ...Heard at the end
of the album, during the concert's single greatest performance by all concerned, the
simplicity of the lyrics takes on a new and powerful force. For by then they are no longer
an expression of intent but of an accomplished mission help has been given, people have
been reached, an effort has been made and results will be felt. With such names as Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Leon
Russell, and finally, Bob Dylan, involved, the concert would have been an enormous success
no matter how it was planned or run. But part of the record's beauty is that Harrison
staged a concert worthy of his purpose in every respect. With such an array of talent on
hand, he created a program that miraculously avoided comparisons with any previous
super-shows by staging it not as a collection of individual performances or fixed sets,
but as a revue. >> READ MORE
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