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Music for the Ages: A Beatle, the Stones and Bacharach

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Steve Graziano, Programmer
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Music for the Ages: A Beatle, the Stones and Bacharach 

He was known as the quiet Beatle, but his friends say he was anything but quiet. George Harrison was filled with life and loved sharing it with those around him. Harrison left this world in 2001 and he left behind a treasure of great music. His friends gathered the following year for The Concert for George. Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Jeff Lynne, the Monty Python gang, Tom Petty, Billy Preston and Harrison’s son, Dhani, played some of his biggest hits. There was "Here Comes the Sun," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Something," "All Things Must Pass," and “My Sweet Lord." Hear those and lots more when PBS Western Reserve presents THE CONCERT FOR GEORGE, Saturday at 10 PM. 

Back in the ’60s you were either a Beatles fan or a Stones fan. I was in the Fab Four camp but still admired the energy of the Rolling Stones. They still have plenty of it. See for yourself when we take you to Rio when the band played a live gig in front of 1.5 million people. Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and the late Charlie Watts were in fine form from one song to the next. See for yourself in ROLLING STONES: A BIGGER BANG—LIVE ON COPACABANA BEACH, this Sunday at 9:30 PM. 

OK, after all that, we need to dial it back a little bit and sing the songs that are timeless. "Walk On By," "The Look of Love," “Close to You" and "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head." What do they have in common? Burt Bacharach. He wrote them all—and you’ll hear them performed by the artists who made them famous. Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield, Tom Jones and others this Monday at 8 PM. PBS Western Reserve presents BURT BACHARACH’S BEST, and we know you’ll love it. 

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