fablad
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Post by fablad on Oct 31, 2007 1:04:04 GMT
Does anyone know what Crackerbox Palace was written about?
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BlueMeanie
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Post by BlueMeanie on Oct 31, 2007 9:45:48 GMT
From Wiki:
"Crackerbox Palace" is the ninth track on George Harrison's 1976 album, Thirty Three & 1/3. The song was released as the second single from the album and reached #19 on the American pop charts. It remains one of the most popular his post-Beatle songs. The song itself was inspired by Harrison's meeting with a man named George Greif. At the 1975 Midem Music Festival, Harrison met the man and remarked to him that he resembled the legendary comedian Lord Buckley (Harrison had admired Buckley for many years). As chance would have it, Greif was Buckley's former manager, and he invited Harrison to come see Buckley's old Los Angeles home, which he called "Crackerbox Palace". Thinking that it had the making of a song, Harrison jotted the words "Crackerbox Palace" down on a cigarette pack, and later, wrote the song, which he appropriately titled "Crackerbox Palace". The song includes references to Greif ("I met a Mr. Greif") and to Lord Buckley ("know that the Lord is well and inside of you").
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