Concert for Bangladesh Revisited with George Harrison and Friends Page #4

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For me to get on a plane to go to New York

was a very difficult thing for me, especially with my circumstances...

I saw myself as a bit of a squire amongst knights, you know.

But I really made the extra effort,

mainly because of all these people who showed up

and we're gonna do this thing and it was outside of the normal line of duty, really.

And I think, you know, the fact that George took a risk

just assembling the whole thing and making it make sense.

All for this cause - it was a bit move, yeah.

To my mind, it took a lot of humility for George,

at this stage in his life, you know, when, er...

The Beatles had split up, he'd had a huge hit album with All Things Must Pass.

He'd never fronted a big show like that before.

This was the first time ever for him.

'So it took a lot of humility on his part,

'to be able to call around and get people to do him favours.

'With the obvious risk, you know, of, er...being turned down.'

# If not for you

# Winter would hold no spring

# Couldn't hear the robin sing

# I just wouldn't have a clue

# If not for you... #

'My relationship with Bob was...

'You know, I just always tried to be straight with him and, you know, he responded.'

Bob would come in and rehearse with the band what songs he was gonna do,

'and so, it was really a matter of working it out at the last minute.'

# If not for you my sky would fall!

# Rain would gather too

# Without your love I'd be nowhere at all

# I'd be lost if not for you

# If not for you

# Winter would hold no spring... #

'Right up until the moment he stepped on the stage, it was not sure he was coming.

'Cos the night before we went to Madison Square Garden,

'he saw all these cameras and microphones and this huge place,

'and he was saying, "Hey, man, this isn't my scene. I can't make this."

'By that time, I'd had so much on my plate, trying to get it organised.

'And I was saying, "It's not my scene either.

' "I don't do this every day. In fact, this is the first time I've done anything on my own.

' "You at least have been a solo artist for years."

'So, on stage, I had a little list on my guitar

'and I had the point where... where it said

'after Here Comes The Sun, I've got "Bob" with a question mark.

'And it got to that point, and I looked around,

'to see if there was any indication that Bob was gonna come on or out.'

The stage was dark and I looked around,

and here's this guy in a jean jacket walking toward me, and I knew it was him.

'He was there and was so nervous - his harmonica on, his guitar in his hand.

'He was walking on stage, it was like, "Now or never!" And so, I just say...'

I'd like to bring on a friend of us all - Mr Bob Dylan.

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