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Three Beatles Get Plastered While Harrison Walks: The Day The Fab Four Nearly Died

Three Beatles Get Plastered While Harrison Walks: The Day The Fab Four Nearly Died

The untold story of how the remaining Beatles responded to George Harrison's dramatic exit with drunken singing - and why their apparent nonchalance masked a deeper crisis

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Oct 31, 2024
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  • George Harrison stormed out of rehearsals on January 10, 1969, leaving the other Beatles to carry on with drunken renditions of Conway Twitty songs

  • Behind-the-scenes powerbrokers George Martin and Neil Aspinall revealed the true tensions between Harrison and the Lennon-McCartney songwriting partnership

  • The incident exposed the facade of unity that the Beatles' inner circle had carefully maintained for years

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