George was interest in music at a very early age. His mother bought him his first guitar at age 13 and he formed a group of his own called "The Rebels" with his brother Peter and best friend Arthur Kelly but it was short lived. When George left the Institute he was sent to the Youth Employment Center to send out applications for a job. He managed to get a job as a trainee electrician. His music, however, interested him more than becoming an electrician. He auditioned and failed to join "Rory Storm & The Hurricanes" (who at that time were "Alan Caldwell's Texans"). George was able to get a spot in the "Les Stewart Quartet".

Around this time George became friends with Paul McCartney who George use to ride with on the No. 86 bus to the Liverpool Institute. Paul was a member of a group called "The Quarry Men"and he invited George to attended a few of the gigs. In early 1959, The Quarry Men almost didn't exist. When Ken Brown, a fellow member of the Les Stewart Quartet, had an argument with Stewart, George walked out with him and suggested he contact Paul and John about becoming members of the group. In August of that year, The Quarry Men had re-formed with John, Paul, George and Ken. A different argument in October ended with Ken leaving the group.

In 1960 the group had a new name and a new drummer...The Beatles and Pete Best. The Beatles set off for Germany in August and work at the Indra Club. The Beatles then appeared at a rival club called the Top Ten Club and the owner of the Indra Club was furious. He revealed that George was only 17 and didn't have a work permit. George was forced to go back to England.

 Over the next few years of the Beatles' success, the main focus of attention was John and Paul, in particular because of their song writing. George felt frustrated because he believed his work wasn't being taken seriously by the others. However, he quickly showed how talented a songwriter he was. Some of his compositions were: "I Need You" and "You Like Me Too Much", on the HELP! album; "Think For Yourself" and "If I Needed Someone" on the Rubber Soul album and"Taxman", "Love You Too", and "I Want To Tell You" on the Revolver album.

Now George was really establishing himself as a songwriter. George had met model Pattie Boyd and the two were married on January 21, 1966. The next two years would be very important in his life. Apart from his marriage, he developed a friendship with guitarist Eric Clapton and he met two men who were to alter the direction of his life. The first was Ravi Shankar and the other was Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The two "Men from the East" were to have a profound effect on both George's musical and spiritual life. From Shankar, George developed his love of Indian music and he learn how to play the sitar. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi taught him transcendental mediation which was beneficial to him and he received inspiration from Indian philosophy. He traveled to Bombay in January 1968 to record tracks for the album "Wonderwall" with Indian musicians.

Now George was filled with confidence and was no longer willing to take the back seat in The Beatles activities. His later Beatles works include: "Within You, Without You" on the Sgt. Pepper album; "Blue Jay Way" on the Magical Mystery Tour album; "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Piggies" (one of my favourites), "Long, Long, Long", and "Savoy Truffle" off The Beatles White Album; "Only A Northern Song" on Yellow Submarine; and "Something" and "Here Comes The Sun" on Abbey Road.

Following a dispute with Paul he walked off the set of the "Let It Be" film in January 1969. When George returned, he was determined never to appear on stage with The Beatles again. Paul was able to convince him to appear in their last public appearance on the roof of the Apple building. Soon The Beatles would be non-existent and George recorded a solo tripled album called "All Things Must Past".

George appeared at "The Concert For Bangladesh" in August 1971 at Madison Square Garden. He was surrounded by a host of stars, including Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Badfinger and Ravi Shankar. In 1974, he went on the road and performed 50 concerts in North America. In the mean time George's marriage was failing. His wife began a love affair with George's best friend Eric Clapton. The couple were divorced on June 9, 1977.

By this time George was in love with Olivia Arias and the couple were living together at George's palatial mansion, Friar Park in Henley. Olivia gave birth to their son Dhani on August 1, 1978 and the two were married the following month. In the 1980's, George made several stage and television appearances and became part of "The Traveling Wilburys". The band consisted off Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison and George. Their debut album was released in 1988 and they became an instant success.