GERALD FORD & GEORGE HARRISON!

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Date: December 13, 1974

George Harrison and Gerald Ford

... George, guest of President Ford in 1974. Jack Ford, the president's son, second from right, invited Harrison and Ravi Shankar (right) to the White House for lunch.

[Octafish]

1. Is that Billy Preston?

Great days, indeed.

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2. yes, that's Billy Preston

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[Rick Myers]

9. Wow!!! Looks like Jerry will get GREAT seats at the...

...James Brown New Year's Eve concert!!! I love it... Just think of all those guys together!!!

I served under Gerald Ford (and Jimmy Carter) and it never bothered me that the CiC was a Republican. He was a member of the loyal opposition, and a decent man at the end of the day. He just wanted to be a lowly Congress-critter, but history had other plans for him. I salute him.

[onehandle]

3. Yep.

Better days than the Toby Keith White House.

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7. Ford's kids were pretty cool I hear

I read somewhere they actually smoked pot in the White House. Don't know if that's just a myth. Maybe some of the oldtimers can verify.

[MuseRider]

18. I always thought

of Susan as an awful person. She was here where I live when I was in college. In retrospect it was probably because her Secret Service always threw us out of the bar when she came in. They were pretty rough and we all thought she was a real creep because of that. She may actually have been OK, dunno, none of us were ever allowed close to her. :shrug: Never heard the story about the dope, she did not seem the type but then you know how that goes.

[MsFlorida]

19. Ford's nephew is my dentist,

in general just all in all a nice person. Unless you looked very closely in his office you would not have known he is the president's nephew other than the last name, until you saw the pictures of them together.

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25. Nixon's nephew is my plumber

just kidding

[H2O Man]

6. It is.

I remember these photos (at least the second one) from Nicholas Schaffner's book "The Beatles Forever." Best darned book on the Fab Four.

[SoCalDem]

4. Y'know? George always looked "old", didn't he?

He was always gaunt and old looking. (compared to the other beatles)

[Cooley Hurd]

5. Awesome pics!

K&R!

[tblue]

8. I cannot imagine * meeting with any of them, and vice versa

and I know Paul recently declined to meet with Condoliar.

[Ishoutandscream2]

10. George's disasterous 1974 American tour

Promoting the "Dark Horse" album. George's voice was not well that year, and the critics called the album "Dark Hoarse." Jack Ford was at the DC concert, and invited the band to come over to the White House.

[H2O Man]

14. From "The Beatles Forever" ...

That tour was extensively filmed and recorded, though no "live LP" was ever released. At one point, all four Beatles were seen outside New York's Plaza Hotel, where George was staying. Rumors began to spread that there would be a reunion. Of course, it didn't happen on stage.

"One celebrity who did enjoy the concert was Jack Ford, who invited George to drop by his dad's place when the troupe played Washington. George turned up with Ravi and Billy, declared that he sensed 'good vibes' in the White House, and wound up swapping pleasantries and lapel buttons with President Ford. In exchange for an anti-inflation 'WIN' button, The Beatle presented the President with one bearing the Sanskrit legend 'OM'." (page 178)

[Ishoutandscream2]

11. George's disasterous 1974 American tour

Promoting the "Dark Horse" album. George's voice was not well that year, and the critics called the album "Dark Hoarse." Jack Ford was at the DC concert, and invited the band to come over to the White House.

[partylessinOhio]

12. Look at that wild tie on the President!

Billy Preston was the Fifth Beatle.

[Cooley Hurd]

15. 70's ties were almost pop-art...

...that and the tuxedos - friggin' UGLY by today's standards!

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20. I thought Stuart Sutcliffe was

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[H2O Man]

21. Several people were. n/t

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22. that would mean a sixth, seventh, etc Beatle

Who are the others?

[H2O Man]

23. George Martin.

Murray the K. Many people have been called the 5th Beatle.

[catzies]

13. Thanks for the memories.

These are in one of my Harrison books; wonder what they talked about at lunch? :D

[Bonhomme Richard]

16. Harrison is still loved. My band played to a packed house ...

last night and we play a lot of Harrisons music (Old Brown Shoe,While my guitar weeps, etc.) and everyone ( a lot of young people there) still loves the music.
He was great and his music lives on.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. Maybe You Can Find The Picture With Muhammad Ali

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24. deja vu!!!!

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26. another Beatle with a president

[H2O Man]

27. The Schaffner book

has a nice photo of John & Yoko chatting with Muhammad Ali at President Carter's inaugural gala. I always liked that.

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28. Ali with the Beatles

[H2O Man]

29. That's Cassius Clay!

He would become Muhammad Ali shortly after the fight he was training for when they posed with him.

[MagickMuffin]

30. Here's an updated pic

Someone posted this on another thread last night, so this is my modified version....

Hope you like them!:evilgrin:

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31. wow!!!

what site are those from?

[MagickMuffin]

32. I did them myself

I did the one with George and Billy last night, and the group pic I did just a few moments ago after I saw your post.

George and Billy were and probably still are very colorful people and deserved some trippy colors.:evilgrin:

Thanks for noticing.:hi: