The visit led to Harrison writing two songs that would appear on his Dark Horse album later that year: "It Is 'He' (Jai Sri Krishna)" and " Simply Shady". In January and February 1974, he visited India part-way through a period that he describes in his autobiography, I, Me, Mine (1980), as "the naughty years", coinciding with the end of his marriage to Pattie Boyd. This was due to the "craziness" taking place in his life, Harrison continued, which sat at odds with the spiritual goals represented by these friends. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of the Hare Krishna movement, or more formally the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).
In a 1994 interview held at Ravi Shankar's home in California, George Harrison referred to the reluctance he used to feel before visiting Shankar in India or meeting with A.C. it became a fantastic, blissful experience for me. I was a stiff Westerner when we started off, but there was a moment when the atmosphere of got to me, melting all the bullshit away . "It Is 'He'" was the last overtly devotional song released under Harrison's name until the posthumously issued " Brainwashed" in 2002. With his spiritual pronouncements during the tour proving similarly unwelcome to many music critics, Harrison subsequently withdrew from making such public statements of Hindu religiosity until producing Shankar's Chants of India album in 1996. The song failed to gain the favourable reception afforded his earlier productions in that style, however, such as " My Sweet Lord", " Hare Krishna Mantra" and " Give Me Love". "It Is 'He' (Jai Sri Krishna)" continued Harrison's fusion of the Hindu bhajan tradition with Western pop and rock. Besides Harrison, the musicians on the recording include Billy Preston, Tom Scott and Emil Richards, all of whom played in his 1974 tour band and contributed to Shankar's concurrent release, Shankar Family & Friends. Recorded between August and October 1974, the track features an unusual mix of musical styles and instrumentation – including gospel-style keyboards, folk-rock acoustic guitar, Indian string and percussion instruments, and Moog synthesizer. "It Is 'He'" serves as a rare example of an overtly religious song on Dark Horse. The same pilgrimage to India led to Harrison staging Shankar's Music Festival from India in September 1974 and undertaking a joint North American tour with Shankar at the end of that year.ĭespite the devotional nature of the song, Harrison wrote it part-way through a period of divergence from the spiritual goals he had espoused in his previous works, particularly Living in the Material World (1973). The song's choruses were adapted from the Sanskrit chant they sang before visiting Seva Kunj, a park dedicated to Krishna's childhood. The composition originated on a day that Harrison describes in his autobiography as "my most fantastic experience", during which his party and their ascetic guide toured the city's temples. Harrison was inspired to write the song while in the Hindu holy city of Vrindavan, in northern India, with his friend Ravi Shankar. "It Is 'He' (Jai Sri Krishna)" is a song by English musician George Harrison, released as the final track of his 1974 album Dark Horse. 1974 song by George Harrison "It Is 'He' (Jai Sri Krishna)"
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