Monday, November 29th, 2010 at 8pm at The Bell House in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Tickets $15 in advance or $20 at the door.
Dear Friends,
George Harrison's All Things Must Pass 40th Anniversary Benefit Concert was on November 29th, 2010 at the The Bell House in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Check out the photos and reviews!
Sadly, November 29 is also the day that George Harrison passed away in 2001. Thanks to everyone who joined us in honoring his music and life with this extraordinary event at The Bell House. If you would like to contribute please visit The George Harrison Fund for UNICEF.
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George Harrison's first solo (triple) album, released on November 27, 1970, "ALL THINGS MUST PASS" is much-adored throughout the world. The highest-selling album of any solo Beatle, it was co-produced by Harrison and the legendary Phil Spector. It ranges from deeply spiritual songs such as "My Sweet Lord" to intimate country-inflected ballads such as "Behind That Locked Door" to 'wall-of-sound' pop masterpieces such as "What is Life?"
2010 marked the 40th Anniversary of its release. Out of love for the album, THE UNIVERSAL THUMP*, a Brooklyn-based orchestral pop collective, led by singer-songwriter-pianist, GRETA GERTLER & ADAM D GOLD performed "All Things Must Pass" in 15-piece, expanded 'wall-of-sound' mode including: 2 drummers, 2 bass players, strings, horns, guitarists, keyboardists and more with the guest vocalists.
* THE UNIVERSAL THUMP-of-Sound Line-Up for this Show:
Adam D Gold (drums, percussion, guitar, vocals)
Greta Gertler (piano, vocals)
Jonathan Maron (electric bass)
Byron Isaacs (double bass, guitar, vocals)
Oren Bloedow (guitar, vocals)
Clint Newman (acoustic guitar, harmonica, vocals)
Pete Galub (guitar, vocals)
Robert Di Pietro (drums, percussion)
Barney McAll (organ, keyboards, harmonica)
Gary Langol (pedal steel guitar, Rhodes, piano)
Dayna Kurtz (lapsteel, vocals)
J. Walter Hawkes (trombone/ukelele)
Sean Sonderegger (tenor sax)
Phil Rodriguez (trumpet)
Maria Jeffers (cello)
Corrina Albright (viola)
Zach Brock (violin)
Author and musician, Rick Moody, wrote a short literary piece for the program, which was available only at the show.
The band, who consist mainly of Greta Gertler, a singer-songwriter from Australia, and Adam D. Gold, a mult-instrumentalist who has played with many of Brooklyn’s eminent bands of the moment, were heavily augmented on the night of show by a crack team of players….Not a weak performer there. I was lucky enough to sing lead vocal on one song–a mind-blowing experience for me. I have never sung in public in front of a band so large, nor have I often experienced the kind of ecstatic community spirit in the air that night. It was just really, really fun. We were all there out of love for the Harrison songs, there wasn’t any professional posturing or competition, everyone pulled the oars together…All in all, a very special event.
Carroll Gardens Diary From Carroll Gardens Diary, written by Mike BenignoWhat was the show like? It was like being at the tribute concert of your life, but, somehow, only a couple hundred people were were there alongside you. One performer after another came out, joining and re-joining those on stage, performing each piece with creativity and, more than anything else, reverence for the songs, their complexity, their underlying spirituality, their writer, and their legacy….If you saw it live, you'd beg for a recording or video.
Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn From Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn, written by Louise CrawfordGeorge Harrison: you rock. And so do organizers Greta Gertler and Adam D. Gold, whom, just weeks after the 30th anniversary of John Lennon’s death (and the attending tributes and nostalgia) had the audacity and the common sense to celebrate another ex-Beatles masterpiece from 40 years ago…What Gertler and Gold accomplished was a masterful feat of producing. The matching of singer to song was near perfect and the musical arrangements were mind boggling good.