In contrast with the creative equality he enjoyed with Dylan and the Band in Woodstock, Harrison returned to the Beatles fold and found the same discordant atmosphere that had blighted the White Album sessions in 1968. Early on during the "Get Back" rehearsals – and tellingly, music journalist John Harris notes, before the arrival that day of Lennon and his partner Yoko Ono – Harrison enthused with fellow Beatles Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney about the Band's camaraderie and group ethos, saying: "They're just living, and they happen to be a band as well."