http://launch.yahoo.com/read/news.asp?contentID=210365NEWS - George Harrison Tribute Album To Feature Dave Davies, Roger McGuinn,
Julian Lennon & Others 09/06/2002
(9/6/02, 6 p.m. ET) -- A tribute album to the late George Harrison will be
released on February 25, which would have been his 60th birthday. Koch
Records is assembling the record under the banner Songs From The Material
World, and it will feature cover versions of Harrison and Beatles songs by
artists including Kinks lead guitarist Dave Davies, Byrds leader Roger
McGuinn, Mountain singer-guitarist Leslie West, and Fleetwood Mac co-founder
and guitarist Peter Green.
LAUNCH has learned that McGuinn will record the Rubber Soul track "If I
Needed Someone," and that "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" will be an all-star
affair, although no names were available at press time.
Others scheduled to take part in the project include Julian Lennon, Todd
Rundgren, Bonnie Bramlett, Al Kooper, former Black Crowes lead guitarist
Marc Ford, former Thin Lizzy and Ultravox guitarist Midge Ure, the MC5's
Wayne Kramer, Simon Townshend, Donovan, ex-Wilco member Jay Bennett, and the
groups Masters Of Reality, the Smithereens, and They Might Be Giants.
A portion of the album's proceeds will go to the T.J. Martell Foundation,
the music-industry charity that raises money for the fight against cancer,
leukemia, and AIDS.
Harrison died after a long battle with cancer on November 29, 2001.
-- Bruce Simon, New York