‘Anyone in any doubt who the coolest Beatle was, read this George Harrison story …’

Poke Staff. Updated November 29th, 2023

People love this story about George Harrison, Phil Collins, and the case of the missing congas on the former Beatle’s debut solo album, All Things Must Pass.

It was shared by Calvin Betton – @Calvbetton on Twitter – and went viral, wildly viral.

Anyone in any doubt about who the coolest Beatle was, I heard this story about George Harrison from Phil Collins years ago, and was reminded of it on a podcast recently. It’s brilliant. Enjoy. pic.twitter.com/FNOnNEKDWF

— Calvin Betton (@Calvbetton) February 8, 2021

And here it is in full.

Brilliant.

That wasn’t just any band he hired, he got the legendary percussionist-to- the-stars, Ray Cooper to deliberately play badly. Class.

— Neil John Thompson (@Squonk47) February 8, 2021

Here’s what it’s from.

From the brilliant @WIYElondon pod. The story is also apparently on Collins’ autobiography. I also heard him tell it in an interview about 15 years ago just after George passed away.

— Calvin Betton (@Calvbetton) February 9, 2021

And just a few of the things people said about it.

This is devious and I love it https://t.co/DgcFasiLds

— Bitter Script Reader (@BittrScrptReadr) February 9, 2021

https://twitter.com/FriendLemon/status/1358987304996642817?s=20

statues of George Harrison needed asap https://t.co/nHSJqOtOk8

— james richardson (@acjimbo) February 9, 2021

There’s lots more of this sort of thing here, courtesy of @Calvbetton.

For anyone interested, I’ve got a whole thread of similar stories from the world of rock n roll: https://t.co/Gnr2TiWXzM

— Calvin Betton (@Calvbetton) February 9, 2021

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