Eight vintage photographs, 1971

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George Harrison and Pattie Boyd

Eight vintage photographs, 1971

Price Realised GBP 1,764

A group of eight vintage gelatin silver photographs of George Harrison, Pattie Boyd and American rock journalist Al Aronowitz in the gardens at Friar Park, 1971, the majority taken by Boyd, three signed and dated by Boyd in black ink to lower margin
each 8 x 10 in. (20.4 x 25.3 cm.)

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Al Aronowitz was an American rock journalist best known for introducing the Beatles to Bob Dylan - and marihuana. In her 2007 autobiography Wonderful Today, Pattie recalls: On the last leg of their marathon America tour, the Beatles had met Bob Dylan in New York. They had been thrilled - Dylan was their hero and mine - and George couldn’t wait to tell us about him and how he had turned them on to marijuana. A mutual friend, Al Aronowitz, who worked for the Saturday Evening Post, had brought Dylan to their hotel. He had apparently misheard a line in their song “I Want to Hold Your Hand”: where they sang, “I can’t hide,” he had heard, “I get high,” and had assumed they were seasoned drug users. “Right, guys,” he said, as he walked into their suite. “I’ve got some really good grass.” So Dylan had rolled a joint, they had opened a few bottles of wine and had a very jolly party. George was full of it; they had laughed all night.