George Harrison random trivia

Got a job as an apprentice electrician at sixteen but did not have the interest to continue it. With one brother a mechanic and another a landscaper, father Harry (Harold) Harrison hoped his sons would go into business together when George finished his apprenticeship. He let him quit to become a working musician, though, when the Beatles began to get weekly bookings, figuring he was young and could still "start over". (George's early plan was to play in clubs for a few years, then try to go to Art school.) Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Beatles January 20, 1988. In the early 1970s, Eric Clapton fell madly in love with Pattie Boyd (now Harrison) and wrote 'Layla' about her; when she refused to leave George for him, he became so distraught and depressed he turned to heroin and developed a severe addiction. By 1974, feeling abandoned by George's obession with the Indian culture, Pattie left George to be with Eric and the Harrisons' divorce was finalized in 1977. Two years later, Pattie and Eric were married - until 1988. Through it all, George, Eric, and Pattie remained best of friends - George attended the Claptons' wedding reception and George commented "I rather she was with him than some dope".