George Harrison’s sitar

A sitar owned by Beatles legend George Harrison was auctioned for $62,500 last month. The Indian string instrument was played by Harrison in 1965 to record the song Norwegian Wood. A year later, Harrison travelled to India to learn how to play it under famous sitar master Ravi Shankar. Harrison discovered the instrument on the set of the Fab Four’s second film, Help. At the time, The Beatles were the only Western rock band to use the sitar on a commercial recording.

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