“Beware of Darkness” by George Harrison

George Harrison opens the second disc of All Things Must Pass, his 1970 triple album, with "Beware of Darkness", a sermon without the pulpit. He wrote it alone, and it warns against letting illusion knock you off your true purpose in life, the same devotional current that runs through "My Sweet Lord" and flows from his ties to the Radha Krishna Temple. Several critics count it among the best things on the album.

Harrison sings lead and plays guitar, and look at the room: Eric Clapton on electric guitar, Dave Mason on acoustic, Carl Radle on bass, Bobby Whitlock on piano, Gary Wright on organ and Ringo Starr on drums. He produced it with Phil Spector, with Phil McDonald and Ken Scott recording, and he brought it to the Concert for Bangladesh in 1971, singing it with Leon Russell.

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