He wrote "Taxman" when he was 23 "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" "All Things Must Pass" and "I Me Mine" aged 25 and "Here Comes the Sun" aged 26. He organised The Concert for Bangladesh which raised close to US$250,000 in 1971. He helped Monty Python by raising £2 million to finish their film Life of Brian after EMI pulled out in 1979. Harrison is listed at number 11 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" He was a genius. A great human being. And a Beatle!
Never forget my late wife Donna and what she said one day. We were in the car waiting for a red light to change. On the radio was “ My Guitar Gently Weeps”. Donna turned to me and said, “ I love George”. Never forget how sweetly and sincerely she said those words. One of the many reasons why I loved her. Because she understood the gift and power of music. Miss you honey
And I love how he mentions losing out on the first strat to the guy from Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, and how he "was soooo disappointed...it scarred me for life!" LOL!
That's because it's not 'legendary' to him. It may be to us who worship bands and music from afar and invent mythical status for everything in our heads for entertainment - but to the actual people who did all this stuff it was just what went on around them then, that was just their everyday life. It's other people and business and hype that shove these things on imaginary pedestals and dress them all up and create a culture around it all etc.
George Harrison is one of the most well known but overlooked guitarists in Rock and Roll. His incredible slide tone was heart and soul inspired, simply sublime.
Well, you couldn't say he was "forgotten" but with Lennon/McCartney right next to him it can seem like a moth circling a spotlight sometimes. I'd say "music fans" and "Beatles fans" don't hold him in high enough regard, but "musician fans" do.
I've never been able to duplicate that wonderful, fluid tone that George had on his slide rig, but Ry Cooder's higher action and wider strings is a great clue.
I think the song 'Something' could have rivaled any other song on Abbey Road, even Sinatra I believe called it the best love song. It is a very cathartic song.
The deepest thinking of the four Beatles. How I wish he was still alive. I remember choking at the news of his passing. I had been listening to him my entire life and felt I knew him personally.
I got to interview George before a concert In NYC once for 5 minutes. He did all the talking and asked me to tell everyone to please give to the Bangladesh effort. I was so nervous I couldn't speak back and he started giggling asking me if I was OK. I managed a "Yeah" before another reporter took over. Wasn't my sharpest moment but he was my hero.
Not that I am an expert in any way but the picture I get from watching various interviews and discussions is that even Liverpudlians think he has a peculiar way of speaking.
@@ChildinTime67 all these comments are what I always thought of George. A passive gentle, very humble genius. It's hard to imagine that when he and his wife were attacked in their sleep he kicked ass! George's sound asleep stabbed by a knife wielding intruder and fights him off! George Harrison is a bad ass!
GEORGE HARRISON WAS ONE OF A KIND. HE IS THE REASON MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WANTED TO LEARN GUITAR. HIS TONES WERE CRYSTALLINE AND HE EMBELLISHED EVERY SONG WITH HIS PLAYING JUST AS RINGO EMBELLISHED EVERY SONG WITH HIS DRUMMING. HE SINGLE- HANDEDLY INVENTED THE BENEFIT CONCERT AND WAS BY FAR THE MOST GENEROUS BEATLE WITH THE LARGEST HEART.MAGNIFICENT SENSE OF HUMOR.THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER LIKE HIM AND HE IS UNIVERSALLY LOVED AND MISSED. GOD BLESS HIS SOUL IN HEAVEN.❤️🙏
All of us love the Gretsch thru Vox sound. Funny, they were contractually obligated to use vox amps on stage but after the Duo Jet he could have afforded a different guitar but he got a Country Gentleman and then a Tennessean. If he didn't like Gretsch that is a funny way to show it. I guess by 66 he had the Casino and the SG so....
I don't know about underrated. In my mind George has always been right up there with the best of them. He put his own unique stamp on everything he did. Superb guitarist with a wonderful voice too.
I don't think anyone believes George was an underrated guitar player. He did licks in the early Beatle days that nobody else was doing. It's impossible to say who the greatest guitar player is or was but one thing for sure - nobody would kick George out of their band were he in it. Guitar players wanted to play with George, not the other way around.
+Johnny Botts His early playing was very stiff and almost awkward. ..then in 1967 his playing just took off... he got really good really fast. 1967 was also when he first dropped acid...........coincidence?
inkey2 - No, acid had nothing to do with his playing. Early in their career, George was too busy trying to please John & Paul with his playing since both them were so damn good. By Sgt. Pepper, i don't think he cared one way or the other if they liked his playing or not. George was not getting his songs on Beatle albums, he had an incredible backlog by 1967. It was just a matter of time before George was going to split anyway....
+Johnny Botts by the way...today released by Rolling Stone Magazine was their list of the top 100 guitarists. George came in at number 11. Not a bad showing. Only 10 slots away from Hendrix who was rated number 1
@inkey2- Not bad. I think George was a much more comfortable player once he got away from Lennon/McCartney. He must have felt like a caged animal trying to compete with those two giants.....
+Johnny Botts John lennon was listed some place well below Harrison but what surprised me is that Paul McCartney was not listed (unless I missed something). I think Paul's solo/lead on Taxman alone should have at least put him somewhere in that top 100 even if only number 99
@DiamondHead AmIEvil Way to miss the point sparky, it's well balanced because no one is showing off, doesn't matter who WROTE the songs each musician is there to SERVE the song not there own musical prowess GET IT? It seems you're the stupid and pretentious one here. You utter tool.
George Harrison is one of the most well known but overlooked guitarists in Rock and Roll. His incredible slide tone was heart and soul inspired, simply sublime. RIP George, your music remains a treasured gift to the world.
HE's NOT overlooked. People who know talent KNOW that George was a great guitarist. What the average person does or doesn't know is not interesting or important.
I love George Harrison’s guitar playing. I love all his solos, they were all so different and unique. Real musicians understand how good he was. If you ever hear anyone say he wasn’t any good, then they usually aren’t very good musicians, or they have some personal issues with the Beatles etc.
@@glenlee9537 i think the point is alot of people dont think of george as much as they would clapton and other people when thinking of awesome guitar players.
Still,so hard to think that george is gone. Sad for me. Regarding his guitars : he could make any guitar sound as thought it was the finest guitar in the world
An amazing guitar player. Never was Fancy, but very very sensitive ! Came up with the best guitar parts to serve the song and had his own unique sound ! Influenced guitar playing in Rock music more than a lot of people give him credit for.
i don't know who is responsible, but in a lot of those early beatles records he got some pretty mind blowing sounds out of his guitar. That solo on "I dont want to spoil the party" is just such a kick ass country sound and on "Every little thing" I don't how the hell he got that. It sounds like a guitar playing in reverse and forward at the same time.
You are correct. And one of the most creative and inventive ever. Just listen to the creative descending runs after each line of the verse in 'Dont Let Me Down' as just one example. Very few guitarists do that, they would simply play the chords. There are hundreds more examples of how inventive he was.
The saddest thing is he's been gone and we don't have him around. There's just no way of imagining what he would be doing now. But we would surely be listening.
Eric never puts down fellow musicians when questioned that way, ask him directly who the best slide in his opinion were. Harrison "s slide is sweet to my ears, but it acquired, it's not that raunchy blues style, rather its.....elegant??for a word I guess, all the boys were classy, truth
@@steveburchfield5576 agree, Clapton, God,that fellow is misguided, doesn't sit well with me as well,but my friend, dont torment urself,let Jesus carry that load, so many things can hurt,let ur burden go to Him
"So its kind of quite historical as well," -George. Well if THAT isn't an understatement, I don't know what is! You just have to love George and The Beatles and all he stood for.
These two matching Fender Stratocasters in Sonic Blue (John got the other one) are what we are hearing so wonderfully on "Nowhere Man." George plays the guitar solo on his Strat. My soul just comes alive when I hear those two Strats together!
When he said theres a patch where Patty painted it with her nail varnish it all became so much more real and like it had a story. You could just imagine him remembering something from 30 years earlier when he and she were probaly in his house sitting around bored and she decided to pain her initials or whatever on his guitar. soo cool!
There's nothing "underrated" about one of the most famous and storied musicians in the history of humankind -- a veritable household name -- who amassed a tremendous fortune and countless awards. I mean "underrated" compared to whom? The "U" word has stuck to George for reasons that make no sense and certainly no basis in anything resembling objective fact by any metric.
You hate the word, but you use it anyway. It's the term that people use when they want to sound knowledgable. He's NOT underrated. People who know what's good rate him highly. Plus, his talent is OBVIOUS to anyone who pays attention.
RB Brown That's true... I did hear a funny story about it once, where a fan met George and mentioned his unique early Beatles tone. George simply replied... "Yeah, shit wasn't it?"
He used the Gretsch Duo Jet in '62 and '63. The Country Gentleman in '64 and part of '65. By '66 he had switched to the Strat, Epiphone Casino, and Gibson 335.
Everything he played with the Beatles was exactly what was needed. Same with the other three. Their personalities, which included their musicianship but was so much more, melded and became something better, like a new single person. They brought out the best in each other. Never surpassed or even equaled by any other pop group.
Shame those magic hands are now silent. They have made me laugh cry and ponder life and a better person in some ways. Tks George hope to see you on the other side. Bless.
Saw him walking out of Air Studios once.. I couldn't move or speak. It was like my feet were rooted to the floor and I lost the ability to even move my mouth to say hello as he breezed past. I've met some famous people in my time and not had any problems with it but this was on another level. It was like a near death experience where everything slows down and in a split second it was over. Very strange indeed.
From the 40th anniversary doc of the Strat, which I have on VHS and it's great! That being said, I could've watched three and a half HOURS of just George, let alone three and a half minutes...
Can you imagine how different history could have been if George had used a Strat during those early years instead of his Gretsch Country Gentleman? Hard to fathom.
In my corral I currently have Esther (ES 339), Cece (Casino Coupe), Frances (Frankencaster tele), Renata (Resonator), Clarissa (C1 Classic), Aretha (AF 75)...I could go on about all of my girls, but you get the idea...
If the only thing Ry Cooder ever did was get a shout out from George Harrison, he would be considered an accomplished musician. Check out Ry Cooder. I love George.
Humbleness couldn't mask his greatness as much as he tried to erode that by being humble. George man, you were all those things and much more you were trying to understate about yourself! Inspiration
Even though George Harrison really liked both of his Fender guitars. the rocky Strat and the rosewood Tele. if you look back though the Beatles career he always gravitated back to his Gretsch guitars.
Always wanted that Tele, but had several Strats, .. Even had a rare Fender double neck 6 string / 12 string..... but no Tele... I played with The Bravados oldies group from around 1966 to around 1974.. Don Rodgers, Master of small talk !!
Look up interviews during the Traveling Wilbury days. I remember him going into great detail about getting bitchy not only having to tune and care for his own guitars, but John's as well because he was so hard on them.
Fender made two Solid Rosewood Strats...one meant for Jimi Hendrix and another for George Harrison...George also had a Rosewood Tele and it's seen in the Rooftop performance......What a sound it must have had on its own.
sound?wonderful tonewoods have much to do with tone,not so much pu, any microphone with a magnet can pick up string vibration but what is it's platform to give voice to the instrument ,the wood dumdum
American guitars were scarce in England and Europe til maybe 1965, John's original 1958 Rick 325 was one of only a handful in Europe at that time, it's a miracle he even found it in a store there.
I never thought of George as a "Guitar God" but it was always his songs that I liked during the Beatles run. I know Beatles fanatics that hate the sitar thing on the Sgt Pepper album but I loved it, also share his love of the Strat, I bought a 54 in the 1970's that I still own and play regularly. RIP
Shredding is useless, it's trash, all it is is showing off, it is unmusical, music isn't a competition, shredding is soulless, I'd rather play 3 sloppy notes with feeling than 3,000 notes in 3 seconds.
George was all about rock and roll. Even when he grew older, on stage he was still that young Teddy Boy from Liverpool with a guitar, bouncing, rocking, plucking his guitar. Anyone who has any idea about composing music knows that George tried and experimented with different chord progressions to make his songs his own. That's why sometimes when you listen to his composition you might think "well that's a bit odd change he did here". He wasn't great at playing long blues solos but you can't say he wasn't creative. I mean, you can, if you are ignorant.
George created intros, embellishments, hooks, and solos to complete John and Paul's songs. They made a wonderful cake, but George gave them the frosting and the little plastic animals.
He wrote "Taxman" when he was 23 "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" "All Things Must Pass" and "I Me Mine" aged 25 and "Here Comes the Sun" aged 26.
He organised The Concert for Bangladesh which raised close to US$250,000 in 1971.
He helped Monty Python by raising £2 million to finish their film Life of Brian after EMI pulled out in 1979.
Harrison is listed at number 11 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"
He was a genius. A great human being. And a Beatle!
Wow
Great tribute to a beautiful man. 1:20 Rocky!
Jonny Fong he is number 1 I’d say
To be fair Rolling Stone isn't even suitable for toilet paper but yeah, George was a God
Jonny Fong to me, he was the Cute Beatle! Mahavishnu!
Never forget my late wife Donna and what she said one day. We were in the car waiting for a red light to change. On the radio was “ My Guitar Gently Weeps”. Donna turned to me and said, “ I love George”. Never forget how sweetly and sincerely she said those words. One of the many reasons why I loved her. Because she understood the gift and power of music. Miss you honey
Yes, you can love somebody when you're with someone you love. And you're big enough to know that. Wish I could shake your hand,
I could never love a woman that didn’t have a good appreciation of music. Doesn’t have to be the same taste but it does have to be some kind of taste
Beautiful
)': (':
That’s lovely. A great story. Believe me in heaven it’s very possible George and your wife are together again perhaps.
George Harrison talks about legendary events as casually as I would discuss ordering a taco back in the summer of '04.
I noticed that too. Very nonchalant.
Well he's talking about his life
Thanks for the laugh! Laughed my ass off.
And I love how he mentions losing out on the first strat to the guy from Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, and how he "was soooo disappointed...it scarred me for life!" LOL!
That's because it's not 'legendary' to him. It may be to us who worship bands and music from afar and invent mythical status for everything in our heads for entertainment - but to the actual people who did all this stuff it was just what went on around them then, that was just their everyday life. It's other people and business and hype that shove these things on imaginary pedestals and dress them all up and create a culture around it all etc.
George Harrison is one of the most well known but overlooked guitarists in Rock and Roll.
His incredible slide tone was heart and soul inspired, simply sublime.
Overlooked? You serious?
+Androzani Critic yes he was
Well, you couldn't say he was "forgotten" but with Lennon/McCartney right next to him it can seem like a moth circling a spotlight sometimes.
I'd say "music fans" and "Beatles fans" don't hold him in high enough regard, but "musician fans" do.
I've never been able to duplicate that wonderful, fluid tone that George had on his slide rig, but Ry Cooder's higher action and wider strings is a great clue.
I think the song 'Something' could have rivaled any other song on Abbey Road, even Sinatra I believe called it the best love song. It is a very cathartic song.
God bless you George. We miss you...
Beware of Darkness...
@MichaelKingsfordGray George Harrisons last words were "Be kind to each other". You should take that to heart.
@@SoftTangerineDreams - You were at his deathbed? Cool.
The deepest thinking of the four Beatles. How I wish he was still alive. I remember choking at the news of his passing. I had been listening to him my entire life and felt I knew him personally.
I got to interview George before a concert In NYC once for 5 minutes. He did all the talking and asked me to tell everyone to please give to the Bangladesh effort. I was so nervous I couldn't speak back and he started giggling asking me if I was OK. I managed a "Yeah" before another reporter took over. Wasn't my sharpest moment but he was my hero.
Probably the kindest lie you ever told. 😎
@DiamondHead AmIEvil lol dude calm down. The guy was saying "Yeah you obviously were nervous weren't you?"
@Samí Warrior I think they meant that the lie was that they were okay when george asked, even though they were as nervous as one gets:)
@Samí Warrior ok:)
Samí Warrior pussy bitch stfu
George has such a nice speaking voice... just kind of relaxes me hearing him chat.
Not that I am an expert in any way but the picture I get from watching various interviews and discussions is that even Liverpudlians think he has a peculiar way of speaking.
He sounds like the guy to sit in a pub on a Sunday afternoon and have a beer and a conversation. Then go home early....
@@ChildinTime67 all these comments are what I always thought of George. A passive gentle, very humble genius. It's hard to imagine that when he and his wife were attacked in their sleep he kicked ass! George's sound asleep stabbed by a knife wielding intruder and fights him off! George Harrison is a bad ass!
@@brianwells4507 Actually it was his wife Olivia who attacked him back with a lamp and fought him off. George was too injured...
Mellifluous
GEORGE HARRISON WAS ONE OF A KIND. HE IS THE REASON MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WANTED TO LEARN GUITAR. HIS TONES WERE CRYSTALLINE AND HE EMBELLISHED EVERY SONG WITH HIS PLAYING JUST AS RINGO EMBELLISHED EVERY SONG WITH HIS DRUMMING. HE SINGLE- HANDEDLY INVENTED THE BENEFIT CONCERT AND WAS BY FAR THE MOST GENEROUS BEATLE WITH THE LARGEST HEART.MAGNIFICENT SENSE OF HUMOR.THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER LIKE HIM AND HE IS UNIVERSALLY LOVED AND MISSED. GOD BLESS HIS SOUL IN HEAVEN.❤️🙏
Music world sure needs a guy like George.
Alex Turner
@@ratnarajendran3348 yeah, I think that Alex Turner would also agree that the music world needs a guy like George.
An unbelievable human being. I look up to George so much, as a musician and a person.
How can you not love the genuineness of this man?
He hated the sound of a Gretsch through a Vox amp but I love that sound. It's so Beatles
yeah that is weird he said that, old Gretsch (and some new) are so good & cool
Just suppose Jack Bruce hated the sound of his flatulent EB-3 thru Marshall bass stacks?
He wanted something new and different. The Beatles were all about bringing new ideas.
Me too, love Gretsch most because of him. Maybe he was a bit tired of the sound and wanted to change
All of us love the Gretsch thru Vox sound. Funny, they were contractually obligated to use vox amps on stage but after the Duo Jet he could have afforded a different guitar but he got a Country Gentleman and then a Tennessean. If he didn't like Gretsch that is a funny way to show it. I guess by 66 he had the Casino and the SG so....
I don't know about underrated. In my mind George has always been right up there with the best of them. He put his own unique stamp on everything he did. Superb guitarist with a wonderful voice too.
Steven Starr he was underrated by his own band mates
He is so humble and kind.
Most Pisces are.
George was such a wonderful, gentle person. His guitar playing inspired me to get back into music after years of slacking. Hero!
a lot of guitarist sound like other guitarists but George had his own wholly unique sound..
can't be pigeon-holed....many thanx George and rock on.
George blazed the trail for lead guitar players. His solo on "I Saw Her Standing There" still puts a big smile on me face.
One of my favorite guitars and my slide hero. His spirituality guides me on how to be a better man and soul. rip George..my favorite Beatle.
Loved George......How could you not !
joe shmoe it's a shame we all have to go :-( so many greats gone
I don't think anyone believes George was an underrated guitar player. He did licks in the early Beatle days that nobody else was doing. It's impossible to say who the greatest guitar player is or was but one thing for sure - nobody would kick George out of their band were he in it. Guitar players wanted to play with George, not the other way around.
+Johnny Botts His early playing was very stiff and almost awkward. ..then in 1967 his playing just took off... he got really good really fast. 1967 was also when he first dropped acid...........coincidence?
inkey2 - No, acid had nothing to do with his playing. Early in their career, George was too busy trying to please John & Paul with his playing since both them were so damn good. By Sgt. Pepper, i don't think he cared one way or the other if they liked his playing or not. George was not getting his songs on Beatle albums, he had an incredible backlog by 1967. It was just a matter of time before George was going to split anyway....
+Johnny Botts by the way...today released by Rolling Stone Magazine was their list of the top 100 guitarists. George came in at number 11. Not a bad showing. Only 10 slots away from Hendrix who was rated number 1
@inkey2- Not bad. I think George was a much more comfortable player once he got away from Lennon/McCartney. He must have felt like a caged animal trying to compete with those two giants.....
+Johnny Botts John lennon was listed some place well below Harrison but what surprised me is that Paul McCartney was not listed (unless I missed something). I think Paul's solo/lead on Taxman alone should have at least put him somewhere in that top 100 even if only number 99
His playing was all to serve the song -not for ego.
Well said!
As did everyone else in the Beatles. Playing the song, not the instrument. That’s why it’s so well balanced.
DiamondHead AmIEvil of course the singer is most prominent. Whatever dude, not gonna start arguing with you.
Everybody has an ego, including The Beatles. I wish people would quit worshiping famous artists like they are some kind of super-humans.
@DiamondHead AmIEvil Way to miss the point sparky, it's well balanced because no one is showing off, doesn't matter who WROTE the songs each musician is there to SERVE the song not there own musical prowess GET IT? It seems you're the stupid and pretentious one here. You utter tool.
George was so underrated and it's because he never showed off. I wish everyone was like George. He really was a real talent.
2:15 Pattie Boyd eyeshadow over here and the nailpolish actually 😍😢😭
@keefie80 pattis void?
John C ha!
When his guitar gently weeps does the mascara run ? 😕
George Harrison is one of the most well known but overlooked guitarists in Rock and Roll. His incredible slide tone was heart and soul inspired, simply sublime.
RIP George, your music remains a treasured gift to the world.
"Overlooked" ?!? What a fucking idiot
The general public had no clue how good a player he was. So yes, he was overlooked. Musicians knew, but the average listener did not.
HE's NOT overlooked. People who know talent KNOW that George was a great guitarist. What the average person does or doesn't know is not interesting or important.
@@excidedous Easy oop mate.....as George would say ;-)
I'll never forget him ~ Happy heavenly 75th George!
We lost you 17 yrs ago today, and it's a day I'll always remember. You are sorely missed, George.
I love George Harrison’s guitar playing. I love all his solos, they were all so different and unique. Real musicians understand how good he was. If you ever hear anyone say he wasn’t any good, then they usually aren’t very good musicians, or they have some personal issues with the Beatles etc.
Dear George. He was so gentle.
George was awesome...end of story!
George is one of the most under rated guitarist out there
I see this same stupid comment in every music related youtube video. NO ONE ever said George was underrated in anything he did
@@glenlee9537 i think the point is alot of people dont think of george as much as they would clapton and other people when thinking of awesome guitar players.
what a soft spoken unassuming superstar he was. RIP.
dahni Harrison
Still,so hard to think that george is gone. Sad for me. Regarding his guitars : he could make any guitar sound as thought it was the finest guitar in the world
Such s modest guy. Loved his music.
... EXCEPT when he is standing in front of that PALACE (with servants) on that album cover? Yeah, totally modest.
An amazing guitar player.
Never was Fancy, but very very sensitive ! Came up with the best guitar parts to serve the song and had his own unique sound !
Influenced guitar playing in Rock music more than a lot of people give him credit for.
i don't know who is responsible, but in a lot of those early beatles records he got some pretty mind blowing sounds out of his guitar. That solo on "I dont want to spoil the party" is just such a kick ass country sound and on "Every little thing" I don't how the hell he got that. It sounds like a guitar playing in reverse and forward at the same time.
You are correct. And one of the most creative and inventive ever. Just listen to the creative descending runs after each line of the verse in 'Dont Let Me Down' as just one example. Very few guitarists do that, they would simply play the chords. There are hundreds more examples of how inventive he was.
Patti Boyd's makeup on the headstock of the guitar. Just awesomE!!!!!!
The saddest thing is he's been gone and we don't have him around. There's just no way of imagining what he would be doing now. But we would surely be listening.
Yes we certainly would ❤
"Heh, Mal, pop out and get us a couple of Strats, will you." Like ordering coffee and sandwiches!
Yeah that's what I thought listing to this. Unreal isn't it?
oh, yes...i'd love to have a Mal in my life....everybody should have one....
Love his slide playing.
eric "god" clapton said george was one of the greatest slide guitar players he has known. that's enough!
George showed Eric how to layer guitar tracks in the recording studio. And George was all over the Cream song "Badge".
Bearing in mind that EC played with Duane Allman, that's quite a compliment!
Eric never puts down fellow musicians when questioned that way, ask him directly who the best slide in his opinion were. Harrison "s slide is sweet to my ears, but it acquired, it's not that raunchy blues style, rather its.....elegant??for a word I guess, all the boys were classy, truth
BLASPHEME IS QUITE EVIL!!! BUT THEY WILL SEE ON JUDGE GOD ALMIGHTYS FINAL JUDGEMENT!!!
@@steveburchfield5576 agree, Clapton, God,that fellow is misguided, doesn't sit well with me as well,but my friend, dont torment urself,let Jesus carry that load, so many things can hurt,let ur burden go to Him
George Harrison was very underrated Guitarist in the Beatles and he was very underrated Songwriter.
I miss George , this world could use a lot more like him..my favorite Beatle by far.
"So its kind of quite historical as well," -George. Well if THAT isn't an understatement, I don't know what is! You just have to love George and The Beatles and all he stood for.
i just love listening to him talk........straight up
These two matching Fender Stratocasters in Sonic Blue (John got the other one) are what we are hearing so wonderfully on "Nowhere Man." George plays the guitar solo on his Strat. My soul just comes alive when I hear those two Strats together!
"just sat up late one night and did it."
i love that.
frank grimes my thoughts exactly.
When he said theres a patch where Patty painted it with her nail varnish it all became so much more real and like it had a story. You could just imagine him remembering something from 30 years earlier when he and she were probaly in his house sitting around bored and she decided to pain her initials or whatever on his guitar. soo cool!
Love to George and Olivia and Dhani. Always
One of the best slide guitarists ever instantly recognisable my favourite Beatle too RIP xx.
And what a beautiful slide player he was ,tone, intonation, i hate the word, but he was an " underrated" slide player.
There's nothing "underrated" about one of the most famous and storied musicians in the history of humankind -- a veritable household name -- who amassed a tremendous fortune and countless awards. I mean "underrated" compared to whom? The "U" word has stuck to George for reasons that make no sense and certainly no basis in anything resembling objective fact by any metric.
You hate the word, but you use it anyway. It's the term that people use when they want to sound knowledgable. He's NOT underrated. People who know what's good rate him highly. Plus, his talent is OBVIOUS to anyone who pays attention.
His solo on Leave a light On For Me by Belinda Carlyle is so beautiful 😍
Harrison and Ringo are my favorite Beatles.
I bought a sunburst Fender Strat new in 1964 and I still have it in 2021
There's no doubt he was and will always be my favorite of that group. 🌺🌺🌺🌞🌞🌞😇❤️😇❤️😇❤️😇❤️🎸🎸🎸🎤🎤🎤
The Beatles wouldn't have had the same sound if George played a Strat. I always loved the sound of his Gretsch and Epiphone.
RB Brown That's true... I did hear a funny story about it once, where a fan met George and mentioned his unique early Beatles tone. George simply replied... "Yeah, shit wasn't it?"
Are guitars that different that the sound would be different?
Matiaso yes
george played a strat all over mystery tour
He used the Gretsch Duo Jet in '62 and '63. The Country Gentleman in '64 and part of '65. By '66 he had switched to the Strat, Epiphone Casino, and Gibson 335.
A very soothing voice. Like a trusted friend, speaking honestly.
One of George's most informative clips ever...
Georgie love you tons ❤️ the world is missing a big chunk
Everything he played with the Beatles was exactly what was needed. Same with the other three. Their personalities, which included their musicianship but was so much more, melded and became something better, like a new single person. They brought out the best in each other. Never surpassed or even equaled by any other pop group.
Shame those magic hands are now silent. They have made me laugh cry and ponder life and a better person in some ways. Tks George hope to see you on the other side. Bless.
Saw him walking out of Air Studios once.. I couldn't move or speak. It was like my feet were rooted to the floor and I lost the ability to even move my mouth to say hello as he breezed past. I've met some famous people in my time and not had any problems with it but this was on another level. It was like a near death experience where everything slows down and in a split second it was over. Very strange indeed.
His Strat slide work on "How Do You Sleep?" is FANTASTIC!
From the 40th anniversary doc of the Strat, which I have on VHS and it's great!
That being said, I could've watched three and a half HOURS of just George, let alone three and a half minutes...
Can you imagine how different history could have been if George had used a Strat during those early years instead of his Gretsch Country Gentleman? Hard to fathom.
0:10 "The early bird gets the worm. But the second mouse gets the cheese."
George made such a great sound he didn't need a strat !
Interestingly George has a name for all his guitars. His Strat is called Rocky.
@Etienne I have a bass called bill because the long neck is like a billiard cue
MichaelKingsfordGray yeah because he’s dead right, you fucking dick.
Yes, and it was a real "knockout" :)
In my corral I currently have Esther (ES 339), Cece (Casino Coupe), Frances (Frankencaster tele), Renata (Resonator), Clarissa (C1 Classic), Aretha (AF 75)...I could go on about all of my girls, but you get the idea...
Rocky racoon
I LOVE the sound of a Gretsch Guitar through a VOX amplifier!
Same here, but the Strat sound for Rubber Soul, Revolver and Sgt. Pepper are my favourites :-)
The transition when george say the dissapointment then fire on background.. what a perfect cut loll..
Thanks for the songs, peace
What a great man. I regret I never met him.
From the beginning George was always IT for me. I don’t know why. Something came across.
My favorite Fab. Gone 19 years now.
I constantly today hear modern guitar players with a George harrison slide guitar tone. It shows the impact of his work.
If the only thing Ry Cooder ever did was get a shout out from George Harrison, he would be considered an accomplished musician. Check out Ry Cooder. I love George.
Humbleness couldn't mask his greatness as much as he tried to erode that by being humble. George man, you were all those things and much more you were trying to understate about yourself! Inspiration
George was a Great Person in all respects.
You take my Strat, I'll take your drummer!
Hahahahahaha
That’ll teach em
Even though George Harrison really liked both of his Fender guitars. the rocky Strat and the rosewood Tele. if you look back though the Beatles career he always gravitated back to his Gretsch guitars.
Always wanted that Tele, but had several Strats, .. Even had a rare Fender double neck 6 string / 12 string..... but no Tele... I played with The Bravados oldies group from around 1966 to around 1974.. Don Rodgers, Master of small talk !!
He was the Ultimate Guitarist
♥️🌟💟🎸
Wish there were films where George talks about his other guitars. The Rickenbacker 360/12 for instance.
Look up interviews during the Traveling Wilbury days. I remember him going into great detail about getting bitchy not only having to tune and care for his own guitars, but John's as well because he was so hard on them.
Fender made two Solid Rosewood Strats...one meant for Jimi Hendrix and another for George Harrison...George also had a Rosewood Tele and it's seen in the Rooftop performance......What a sound it must have had on its own.
They have reissued them for the public now.
I have to find one....thanks T Scott
bright,rosewood painfully so along with the bridge pu
sound?wonderful tonewoods have much to do with tone,not so much pu, any microphone with a magnet can pick up string vibration but what is it's platform to give voice to the instrument ,the wood dumdum
+jerry jah, Are you on drugs?
American guitars were scarce in England and Europe til maybe 1965, John's original 1958 Rick 325 was one of only a handful in Europe at that time, it's a miracle he even found it in a store there.
Hank Marvin got what was almost certainly the first Fender Stratocaster in the UK in 1958-1959.
I never thought of George as a "Guitar God" but it was always his songs that I liked during the Beatles run. I know Beatles fanatics that hate the sitar thing on the Sgt Pepper album but I loved it, also share his love of the Strat, I bought a 54 in the 1970's that I still own and play regularly. RIP
George Harrison is the most underrated guitar player of all time.
Amazing that he didn't even like his tone and still made do with incredible performances in the studio and on stage.
He could be Eric Idle's twin brother except Eric was born in South Shields.
Shredding is to guitar music like auctioneering is to conversation.
Say no more!!
Shredding is useless, it's trash, all it is is showing off, it is unmusical, music isn't a competition, shredding is soulless, I'd rather play 3 sloppy notes with feeling than 3,000 notes in 3 seconds.
I love too much the Fender "ROCKY" Stratocaster!!
George was all about rock and roll. Even when he grew older, on stage he was still that young Teddy Boy from Liverpool with a guitar, bouncing, rocking, plucking his guitar. Anyone who has any idea about composing music knows that George tried and experimented with different chord progressions to make his songs his own. That's why sometimes when you listen to his composition you might think "well that's a bit odd change he did here". He wasn't great at playing long blues solos but you can't say he wasn't creative. I mean, you can, if you are ignorant.
that guitar gotta be worth a million by now
I hope that guitar is never for sale. It's for Dhani to enjoy.
@@ESmithStringSlinger totally agree! Dhani seems to be taking good care of it
George created intros, embellishments, hooks, and solos to complete John and Paul's songs. They made a wonderful cake, but George gave them the frosting and the little plastic animals.
I thought the little plastic animals on top were Ringo hanging out with Keith Moon and his other mad drummer mates ,
1:03 wow... I've never seen George playing in that way!! Perfect cover of Carl!!
The show wasn't called "All You Need is Love" it was called "One World." Great video.
George Harrison is one of the greatest artists of my lifetime. #11 on greatest guitarists and #1 of my favorite Beatles. I will see you soon George.
What a Gent. Bless.
The same as a faceless coward?
I miss George.
stand in awe my friends, that is THE George Harrison !