George invented the role of a lead guitarist in a band.Before the Beatles,it didn't exist.Sure there were guitarists decades before the Beatles but none of them were as colourful like the riffs of the great George Harrison.
Four years ago,I had a very strange dream during my sleep.I was in a hall and there I met George who was happy to see me.I knew right then and there that he was already dead,but in that dream I met him like I wasn't meeting a dead celebrity,as if he is alive and well.I was so star-strucked to see him that I couldn't describe the joy of meeting my idol.I tried to hug him but he told me not to coz he still has the cancer.We chatted about different things-music,about him not going back ever to the Philippines because of Marcos and some other stuff.Suddenly,I find myself giving to him all my Beatles CDs and he happily signed them all.Then I said goodbye to him and as I walk out of the building I saw Luther Vandross being mobbed by his fans on the corner of the sidewalk--then I woke up.
What a strange dream indeed,I just saw two dead celebrities-George Harrison and Luther Vandross.It felt so real that I eventually looked at my CDs to see If George had an autograph on it--there was none,the album sleeves were clean.It was strange, it was really strange,I never had a dream like that before in my life.Then I realized it was November 29,2007--I dreamed of him on his 6th death anniversary--a sign? nobody knows.Perhaps as a Beatles fan,I might have had a hard time accepting that George is gone.Well,a psychologist may have had difficulty figuring it all out.
Or perhaps George's spirit really came to me in a dream and he took Luther Vandross with him,who knows?
George Harrison as I've said defined the role of a lead guitarist in a rock band,as the Beatles introduced modern rock music and saved us all from boredom.The uniqueness of his guitar playing really seperates him from the rest.Fellow guitar god Jimmy Page praised George on one of his interviews "His[George] solos were so immaculate and impeccably performed."
I can still remember what he wrote on my CDs as he signed them in my dream,he wrote: "To Keith my biggest fan,with love,George Harrison".Whether he came to me in a dream or it was just all in my mind,I dont know.But I feel so priviledged to meet him even only in a dream.
This is my personal tribute to the man,my most beautiful tribute ever....
Thank you George
