George Harrison's sitar sells at auction in Los Angeles
George Harrison's sitar has been sold at auction for $66,993. The Beatles icon - who died in November 2001, aged 58 - bought the instrument on Oxford Street in London in 1965, and he used it during the recording sessions for 'Norwegian Wood', which featured on the band's 'Rubber Soul' album. The instrument - which was invented in medieval India - ignited Harrison's lifelong passion for Indian music, culture, and Hindu spirituality, while it also sparked a broader interest in sitars among other Western musicians. Harrison visited India for the first time in 1966, where he studied the sitar unde...