#17: George Harrison Left Disillusioned
George Harrison visited Haight-Ashbury in August 1967 expecting creativity and spiritual exploration. Instead, he encountered crowds, exhausted runaways, heavy drug use, and people treating him like a visiting prophet. The experience reportedly deepened his disillusionment with LSD and the neighborhood’s deteriorating scene. His reaction mattered because the Beatles had helped popularize psychedelic culture. One of its most famous symbols arrived seeking enlightenment and left convinced that imitation, dependency, and confusion had replaced the original ideal.
