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"Hari's on Tour (Express)" is an instrumental by English musician George Harrison, released as the opening track of his 1974 album ''Dark Horse''. It was also the B-side of the album's second single – which was "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" in North America and most other territories, and "Dark Horse" in Britain and some European countries. Among Harrison's post-Beatles solo releases, the track is the first of only two genuine instrumentals he released from 1970 onwards – the other being the Grammy Award-winning "Marwa Blues", from his 2002 album ''Brainwashed''. Harrison recorded "Hari's on Tour" in April 1974 at a spontaneous session held at his home, Friar Park. A slide guitar-based composition, the track also features saxophonist Tom Scott and the latter's jazz-rock band L.A. Express, who were touring as Joni Mitchell's backing group at the time. It was the first Harrison song to feature Scott, who became a regular collaborator and served as band leader during Harrison's only series of concerts in North America, the highly publicised "Dark Horse Tour" with Ravi Shankar. "Hari's on Tour (Express)" was played as the opening number throughout this tour, over November and December 1974. Although music critics and Harrison biographers have generally viewed the album track in an unfavourable light, several concert reviewers identified it as an effective opener for the shows. "Hari's on Tour" is one of only two songs from the 1974 tour to have been released officially, after a live version was included on the limited-edition ''Songs by George Harrison 2'' EP in 1992. This live recording was taken from the Washington, DC stop on the tour, during which Harrison met with President Gerald Ford at the White House. ==Background== George Harrison first worked with jazz saxophonist, flautist and arranger Tom Scott in April 1973,〔Badman, p. 94.〕 during the Los Angeles sessions for Ravi Shankar's ''Shankar Family & Friends'' album.〔Leng, p. 138.〕〔Rodriguez, p. 237.〕 The two musicians also contributed to Ringo Starr's album ''Ringo'' around that time, as well as Cheech & Chong's ''Los Cochinos''.〔Castleman & Podrazik, pp. 199–200, 211–12.〕〔Rodriguez, pp. 228, 266.〕 Outside of his session work, Scott's main activities were leading his band, L.A. Express,〔Clayson, p. 335.〕 and backing Joni Mitchell, both live and in the studio.〔David Rensin, "Tom Scott: Joni's Spark", ''Rolling Stone'', 1 August 1974; available at (Rock's Backpages ) (subscription required).〕〔''The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll'', p. 877.〕 Just as Harrison had long combined elements of Hindustani classical music with Western rock and gospel, and was now moving towards the funk and soul genres,〔Leng, pp. 83–85, 96, 153, 156–57.〕 Scott's solo work fused jazz, funk, pop and Middle Eastern influences.〔Alex Henderson, ("Tom Scott ''Tom Scott & the L.A. Express''" ), AllMusic (retrieved 19 December 2012).〕 His collaborations with Mitchell also coincided with her move from confessional folk songwriting towards pop and jazz,〔("Joni Mitchell biography" ), rollingstone.com (retrieved 22 May 2015).〕 and eventually avant garde.〔''The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll'', p. 672.〕〔Jason Ankeny, ("Joni Mitchell" ), AllMusic (retrieved 19 December 2012).〕 Harrison, Scott and Mitchell soon developed a mutual rapport, according to L.A. Express bassist Max Bennett.〔Leng, p. 149.〕 In addition to carrying out further sessions for ''Shankar Family & Friends'' in Los Angeles, in March 1974,〔Doggett, p. 217.〕 Harrison had begun spending time there trying to set up his own record label,〔The Editors of ''Rolling Stone'', p. 223.〕 with the winding down of the Beatles' Apple Records from mid 1973 onwards.〔Madinger & Easter, pp. 441, 442.〕〔Clayson, pp. 320–21.〕 In August 1973, rumours in the music industry claimed that Harrison, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Paul Simon were forming a label together;〔Badman, p. 106.〕 in fact, Harrison founded Dark Horse Records, one of the first releases of which was the Shankar album,〔〔Madinger & Easter, p. 442.〕 and Dylan temporarily signed with David Geffen's Asylum Records, which was Mitchell's label.〔Sounes, pp. 273, 276.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hari's on Tour (Express)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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