Paul Simon, Rod Laver Arena, 2013, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Paul Simon, Rod Laver Arena, 2013, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Paul Simon Sings George Harrison For Conan

by Paul Cashmere on September 24, 2014

in News

Paul Simon joined Conan O’Brien for the second night of George Harrison Week on the Conan show.

Paul Simon and George Harrison once performed together back in 1976 on Saturday Night Live. They did George’s ‘Here Comes The Sun’ and Paul’s ‘Homeward Bound’ that night.

George Harrison and Paul Simon – Here Comes the Sun/Homeward Bound (Live at SNL ’76) from Miguel Guerra on Vimeo.

Conan O’Brien is paying tribute to George Harrison in the week of the release of ‘George Harrison: The Apple Years 1968-1975’ featuring his first six albums on Apple as never before released live tracks and demos.

Yesterday Beck joined Conan to perform Wah-Wah. Later this week George’s son Dhani Harrison, Norah Jones will perform. Norah is the daughter of George’s close friend Ravi Shankar.

Paul Simon talks about George Harrison

Paul Simon sings Here Comes The Sun

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