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===Collaborations=== {{See also|Apple Records#Artists|George Harrison discography#Collaborations and other appearances}} From 1968 onwards, Harrison collaborated with other musicians; he brought in [[Eric Clapton]] to play lead guitar on "[[While My Guitar Gently Weeps]]" for the 1968 Beatles' [[The Beatles (album)|White Album]],{{sfn|Zolten|2009|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=vW75rdouJD0C&pg=PA55 55]}} and collaborated with [[John Barham]] on his 1968 debut solo album, ''[[Wonderwall Music]]'', which included contributions from Clapton again, as well as [[Peter Tork]] from [[the Monkees]].{{sfn|Leng|2006|pp=49β50}} He played on tracks by [[Dave Mason]], [[Nicky Hopkins]], [[Alvin Lee]], [[Ronnie Wood]], Billy Preston and [[Tom Scott (saxophonist)|Tom Scott]].{{sfn|Inglis|2010|p=55}} Harrison co-wrote songs and music with Dylan, Clapton, Preston, Doris Troy, David Bromberg, Gary Wright, Wood, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty, among others.{{sfn|Harry|2003|pp=162β163: Dylan, 121β125: Eric Clapton, 303β304: Billy Preston, 381β382: Doris Troy, 41: David Bromberg, 171: Ronnie Wood, 395: Gary Wright, 257β258: Jeff Lynne, 295β296: Tom Petty}} Harrison's music projects during the final years of the Beatles included producing Apple Records artists [[Doris Troy]], [[Jackie Lomax]] and Billy Preston.{{sfn|Leng|2006|p=55: Lomax; 59: Preston; 60β62: Troy}} Harrison co-wrote the song "[[Badge (song)|Badge]]" with Clapton, which was included on [[Cream (band)|Cream]]'s 1969 album, ''[[Goodbye (Cream album)|Goodbye]]''.{{sfn|Leng|2006|p=53}} Harrison played rhythm guitar on the track, using the pseudonym "L'Angelo Misterioso" for contractual reasons.{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=229}} In May 1970, he played guitar on several songs during a recording session for Dylan's album ''[[New Morning]]''.{{sfn|Harry|2003|p=283}} Between 1971 and 1973, he co-wrote or produced three top ten hits for Starr: "[[It Don't Come Easy]]", "[[Back Off Boogaloo]]" and "[[Photograph (Ringo Starr song)|Photograph]]".{{sfn|Schaffner|1980|p=164}} Aside from "How Do You Sleep?", his contributions to Lennon's 1971 album ''[[Imagine (John Lennon album)|Imagine]]'' included a slide guitar solo on "[[Gimme Some Truth]]" and [[dobro]] on "[[Crippled Inside]]".{{sfn|Leng|2006|pp=108β109}} Also that year, he produced and played slide guitar on Badfinger's top ten hit "[[Day After Day (Badfinger song)|Day After Day]]", and a dobro on Preston's "[[I Wrote a Simple Song (song)|I Wrote a Simple Song]]".<ref>{{harvnb|Leng|2006|p=108}}: "I Wrote a Simple Song"; {{harvnb|Matovina|2000|p=136}}.</ref>{{refn|group=nb|Musician [[David Bromberg]] introduced Harrison to the dobro, an instrument that soon became one of his favourites.{{sfn|Leng|2006|pp=73, 108}}}} He worked with [[Harry Nilsson]] on "[[You're Breakin' My Heart]]" (1972) and with [[Cheech & Chong]] on "[[Basketball Jones featuring Tyrone Shoelaces|Basketball Jones]]" (1973).{{sfn|Leng|2006|p=140}} In 1974, Harrison founded [[Dark Horse Records]] as an avenue for collaboration with other musicians.{{sfn|Harry|2003|p=147}} He wanted Dark Horse to serve as a creative outlet for artists, as Apple Records had for the Beatles.<ref>{{harvnb|Doggett|2009|p=224}}; {{harvnb|Inglis|2010|p=59}}.</ref> Eric Idle commented: "He's extremely generous, and he backs and supports all sorts of people that you'll never, ever hear of."{{sfn|Doggett|2009|p=262}} The first acts signed to the new label were Ravi Shankar and the duo [[Splinter (band)|Splinter]]. Harrison produced and made multiple musical contributions to Splinter's debut album, ''[[The Place I Love]]'', which provided Dark Horse with its first hit, "Costafine Town".<ref>{{harvnb|Harry|2003|p=147}}; {{harvnb|Huntley|2006|p=106}}.</ref> He also produced and played guitar and [[autoharp]] on Shankar's ''[[Shankar Family & Friends]]'', the label's other inaugural release.{{sfn|Leng|2006|pp=138, 148, 169, 171, 328}} Other artists signed by Dark Horse include [[Attitudes (band)|Attitudes]], [[Henry McCullough]], Jiva and [[Five Stairsteps|Stairsteps]].{{sfn|Harry|2003|pp=146, 149}} Harrison collaborated with Tom Scott on Scott's 1975 album ''[[New York Connection]]'', and in 1981 he played guitar on "[[Walk a Thin Line]]", from [[Mick Fleetwood]]'s ''[[The Visitor (Mick Fleetwood album)|The Visitor]]''.<ref>{{harvnb|Kot|2002|p=194}}: "Walk a Thin Line"; {{harvnb|Leng|2006|p=187}}: ''New York Connection''.</ref> His contributions to Starr's solo career continued with "[[Wrack My Brain]]", a 1981 US top 40 hit written and produced by Harrison,{{sfn|Huntley|2006|pp=172β73}} and guitar overdubs to two tracks on ''[[Vertical Man]]'' (1998).{{sfn|Badman|2001|pp=581β82}} In 1996, Harrison recorded "Distance Makes No Difference With Love" with Carl Perkins for the latter's album ''[[Go Cat Go!]]'', and, in 1990, he played slide guitar on the title track of Dylan's ''[[Under the Red Sky]]'' album.{{sfn|Harry|2003|pp=109: "Distance Makes No Difference With Love" 384: ''Under the Red Sky'' }} In 2001, he performed as a guest musician on Jeff Lynne and Electric Light Orchestra's comeback album ''[[Zoom (Electric Light Orchestra album)|Zoom]]'', and on the song "Love Letters" for [[Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings]].{{sfn|Huntley|2006|pp=303β304}} He also co-wrote a new song with his son Dhani, "[[Horse to the Water]]", which was recorded on 2 October, eight weeks before his death. It appeared on [[Jools Holland]]'s album ''Small World, Big Band''.{{sfn|Harry|2003|p=119}}
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