Far East Man
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"Far East Man" is a song written by George Harrison
George Harrison
George Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other...

 and Ronnie Wood. Wood recorded the song for his 1974 release I've Got My Own Album to Do
I've Got My Own Album to Do
I've Got My Own Album to Do is the first solo album of Ronnie Wood. It reached #27 on UK's New Musical Express chart. The title was a dig at Rod Stewart as he was more focused with his solo albums than with The Faces.-Track listing:...

; Harrison recorded the song later that year for his album Dark Horse. On his recording of the song, Harrison recites a dedication to Frank Sinatra over the first few bars, stating that "this is for Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...

 - we love you, Frank, and we hope you include this one at Caesars Palace
Caesars Palace
Caesars Palace is a luxury hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, an unincorporated township in Clark County, Nevada, United States in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. Caesars Palace is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment Corp....

, on your next live album". The dedication was likely brought on by Sinatra's frequent live performance of Harrison's "Something
Something
"Something" is a song by The Beatles, written by lead guitarist George Harrison in 1969. It was featured on the album Abbey Road, and was also the first song written by Harrison to appear on the A-side of a Beatles' single...

"; it was not uncommon for Sinatra to introduce the song as "the greatest love song ever written," though he would often mistakenly credit its authorship to Lennon/McCartney
Lennon/McCartney
The Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership is one of the best-known and most successful musical collaborations in history...

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Far East Man is also the title of a DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

 released in 2002 of The Ronnie Wood Band
The Ronnie Wood Band
The Ronnie Wood Band toured England and Ireland during 2001 and 2002. The band featured Ronnie Wood, Slash, Andrea Corr, Jesse Wood, Martin Wright, Tramper Price, Mark Wells, Leah Wood, and Frankie Gavin. A concert from the tour is available on DVD as FAR EAST MAN, a song co-written by Ronnie Wood...

performing live the previous year.
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