George and Keith Richards were born a few months apart, when Keith was learning chuck berry's repertoire George was playing eight hours a night on the reeperbahn. He was good alright.
I saw George Harrison play in Los Angeles in 1974. I bought four tickets but no one wanted to go with me so I sold three of them and went by myself. It was a great show.
My wife often sits in the bedroom reading, with a little radio playing oldies softly for mood. I can't make out one tune from another from the other room, but I hear a faint beat in the distance. Occasionally I'll hear this chunky funky guitar that cuts through the hum quite clearly. It's pretty impressive. Nine times out of ten when I get up to check. it's bloody George Harrison! One of the most under-rated musicians of the entire British Invasion period and I love him dearly.
My favourite GH moment was in 1987, Silverstone UK F1 Grand Prix. I was providing coffee in the main marquee, and all of a sudden there is a chap sitting like for a moment of pause. It was Him; when I was younger in Italy I had a band and I introduced in my little region near Turin, The Beatles and I sang mostly GH songs. I've asked him for an autograph and he was corteous but somewhat surprised and he obliged. I still have it (2023), and it's the ONLY ever autograph I got.
George Harrison doing the tribute show for Carl Perkins is my favorite show I ever saw him do.He always seemed to know just what the song needed.Great stuff👍
You should watch the concert he held in 1992 at the Royal Albert Hall in London to support the Natural Party before the General Election. As it was planned justr to support this parti it was not properly filmetto but the sound is excellent and the video is excellent!!! As it was organized very qickly by George he has no friends to accompany him as usual But this is good because you can see him playing ou can watch him play guitar solos and sing his songs with an incredible strong voice. Well, this concert is just INCREDIBLE, UNIQUE MARVELLOUS!!! A friend of mine was there and she told me the audience went crazy about his music. You can watch it on You Tube right now just writingGEORGE HARRISON CONCERT 1992 London. Please do it. It's worth while seeing it!!!
George was my guitarist hero and inspiration since I first bought all the early Beatle 45's, right from the start when they wore natty black suits, winkle-pickers and skinny ties. On the credits of the Twist and Shout EP sleeve were the words, G Harrison (lead guitar). I wanted to be like him. I still play guitar as I near 70 years old, barely a day goes past when I don't, it's all due to George Harrison and the Beatles.
The Peter Frampton thing was the best. 🤣He got so flustered by meeting George, it was so cute. I probably would have been rendered completely mute personally. I'm definitely a George girl, and sure do miss him.
I like what Bob Dylan said - George got stuck behine Lennon & McCartney. But in a way we were lucky because we got All Things Must Pass, which is a genius album.
My brother Mike greatly admired George Harrison and still does to this day. My brother is a free lance guitarist who played full time professionally in the eighties and nineties, and he often emulated, and still does emulate George's style of play. George Harrison is simply one of the finest guitarists of all time, and a great singer/ songwriter as well.
George Harrison was an excellent guitarist. He was a great guy and I liked him very much. I saw the Beatles in 1965 at Shea Stadium. I was and still am a tremendous Beatle fan. I am simply taking issue with the statement "He created some of the greatest Rock albums ever". This statement is wildly inaccurate. That's all. George Harrison's solo albums were OK. Nothing close to great. This is my opinion. No one else has to have the same opinion as I do. I don't have to have the same opinion as others.
I remember him once saying that he always liked to play the chord that no one expected. And this is what made him great. I've recently listened to a relatively unknown song (This guitar will never stop crying, that he nonchalantly said he composed just to follow "the gently weeps") At one point there is a chord that was not at all necessary, but it made that passage just beautiful. He just inserted a chord that no one would expect.
One of the georgisms was mixing a major chord where the scale called for a major...any songwriters after him would use that also d from following Beatles music like Joe Walsh, Paul Simon and Jimmy Buffett...and therefore I've done the same...im proud o learned it from George...
When I first saw the "Concert for George" I was stunned to see Dhani Harrison. He was so much like his dad at that age. Glad to see George's musical heritage has rubbed off on Dhani.
The first time I saw the film when it was released to theaters, I couldn't hold back the tears. George was a hero/mentor to me. His spirituality is everpresent in his recordings.
This clip has nothing to do with "famous guitarists" critiquing Harrison on his guitar playing. It was friends of Harrison telling personal anecdotes about him.
George was a true innovator. His early work often was a fusion of jazz and carl perkins that no one was really doing at the time. He was also incredibly good at playing just about every kind of style of music that the Beatles would have in their repertoire.
Nicely done! Never saw him in person. If Not for You was written by Bob Dylan. Each musician had nuggets of their own that were REALLY interesting! Thoroughly enjoyed this! Thank you!
I consider George Harrison the greatest guitarist that ever played music, he was absolutely perfect because he was so natural and on. He didn't have to impress, but everything he did was impressive.
George Harrison was an avid gardener and when someone said that he liked George’s flowers, he said “They’re not mine” meaning he just helped them grow and that the plants were not his property. His role was to help them live, they weren’t *his.* As a gardener that outlook has always been an inspiration for me. I really love that. I like watching his interviews and hearing his wisdom.
Nice montage of George memories, some I hadn’t seen before. I would like to see some more clips from guitarists talking about George’s beautiful guitar playing. Jeff Lynne said and I agree that George’s slide was soulful. Ty !
IDuring those early days George would have just a few seconds to play something that would complement the song, yet no two sound the same. As time passes his star shines ever brighter.
I all so saw George at the Bob Dylan tribute show been to a lot off shows and especially at the Garden. It was the only time I saw him perform and I will never forget it. I can't believe it's been I guess 30 years ago, his voice was just O.K. but did not care and I wish he did more then one song if I remember right. So the only Beatle I did not see play live was John and probably would have because I think he might have toured after Double Fantasy. I miss them both.
Oh my god! I have the entire show on Bootleg-DVD (broadcasted and unbroadcasted) and I played that show so many times I literally lost count! That was the same show Sinead O'Connor wasn't allowed to sing, because of her (rightfully so) tearing up the picture of the Pope a few days before on MTV. There were so many highlights that night! The O'Jays were awesome, Pearl Jam was intense, Tom Petty was amazing, Ron Wood had a blast, but the absolute highlight was Eric "Slowhand" Clapton doing "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" if you watch carefully it was the only time that evening the entire backing band was applauding. Also I realised how much Chrissie Hynde is the female Tom Petty, in her movements, her singing, her She could have taken over The Heartbreakers as her backing band and it would have been wonderful.
@@mauricedorreboom5388 Besides getting to see George for the first and only time, it would have been great to see a whole show, Neil Young brought down the house with his version of All Along the Watch Tower. When he was done with the feverish solo he had about 3 strings left on his guitar, Neil is not a great lead guitar player but he puts his heart and when he plays a solo, he was tearing up the stage.
Favorite George harrison song, and in fact one of my favorite songs of all time is: Give Me Love - which also contains easily one of THE best and most beautiful slide guitar parts of all time.
To Paul's story...spiders eat other unwanted insects. That's why I protect them and keep them around. They seem to leave me alone. Fair trade, I suppose.
Yes George did write taxman and it was a hit Great George Harrison's early songs up the irons maiden yes Dylan did write if not for you great song it's one of the best songs on the all things must pass album wonderful classic album!! Hats off to the late great George Harrison you where the best love you forevermore.my you shine on forever mate🇬🇧🇬🇧🌟🌟up the irons!!;maiden manic⚡🇬🇧✨✨🎵🎵🎼🎼⭐⭐🎶🎶🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
I'm a Beatle nut so George is obviously one of my great heroes. I saw Eric Clapton at what was the NEC in Birmingham. To this day it's the only concert I've ever been to where everyone stayed seated. His playing was mesmerising. Great days and we've still got the fantastic music from all of these wonderful artists.
My wife Verity and I saw George on the Dark Horse tour at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island in 1974 . He lost his voice early , but still did the whole show.
Thanks for correcting the fact that Harrison did not write “If Not For You”. That’s the problem with the internet. Too many folks posting comments and presenting incorrect info. Also, Harrison had one great album, “All Things Must Pass”, but the rest of his albums were just okay. He was a competent guitarist, but not one of the twenty greatest in rock. Maybe one of the best 100. Let’s not forget the fact that in Harrison's song,"Taxman”, the lead guitar solos were actually played by Paul McCartney after the boys and George Martin decided that Harrison’s solos were just not up to par. McCartney never got the recognition he deserved for his guitar playing as he reluctantly took on the job as bass player for the Beatles, the unfortunate misconception being that bass players aren’t as proficient guitarists as treble players, he remained the most underrated guitarist of his generation. Anybody who thinks that bass players are not as good as their six string counterparts should just listen to the bass licks from the likes of McCartney, Les Claypool, Geddy Lee and others. Apologies for my drifting from the subject at hand.
I met George in February 1979 when he came to Brazil for the Formula One Grand Prix. I had spoken with him on the telephone the evening before I met him at the foyer of the Hilton Hotel in Sao Paulo. He was amazingly nice and signed 3 of his albums for me.. I took pictures with him, too. As for the other guitarists, I saw most of them in concerts. I went to 32 Paul McCartney concerts and I know it´s not a record.. I saw Brian May, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Steve Lukather, Keith Richards. I think I haven´t missed any one. That was In concerts in the U.S., England and Brazil. I am a lucky bloke, I guess. I am a guitar player myself albeit miles and miles from these guitar heroes.
Bob wrote "if not for you", it was first song on his album "new morning". they coverd it together at a charity gig which is what you see in the first bit of your video and then George coverd it on his album "all things must pass"
Georges Mother would listen to a India radio music station. While she was pregnant with him to calm her baby. Believe that was how George was born to love Indian classical music. He was so talented but in a band with two other geniuses.RIP Sir!
McCartney on the spiders. Coming from more rural environment and time at a private boarding school, I was always surprised how 'feeble' city housing estate kids were about muck, insects, arachnids, physical labouring, etc. Glorious story that I had read about but still sounded fresh
Spider stories have nothing to do with musicianship. In all their 11 years together, doesn't Paul have anything more specific to say? He's the guy who brought George into the band, after all...c'mon, Macca, you can do better!
Peter Frampton was Excellent here . Did the Accent faultlessly . A Humble Man himself , in the presence of one of his Gods . And George Harrison is indeed one of the Guitar Gods . Easily recognised style and ENDLESS musicality .
The volume of the clips in this are all over the map. (Compare loud 0:00 with soft 1:59.... then loud 2:09... then soft 9:20... then loud 9:29) Can you not normalize the volumes before you upload? I can't even finish listening to this.
Thanks, a pleasure. Favorite George legend via Paul, on one early day when George's father noticed bruises on his son. George told him that his teacher had laid on for some school or behavior issue. So George's father went straight down to the school, confirmed with the teacher that he'd struck George---and Dad clocked the guy, telling him to never again lift a finger George's way. Might be connected to George as a Dad saying "Fuck you" to the police who were giving son Dani some trouble.
It's probably an unpopular opinion, but 'Beware of Darkness' is more than equal of many of the great Beatles songs. The specifics of the chord changes are so peculiar, and so very George, and the lyrics are rich with meaning - surprisingly so given that George wasn't all that old when he wrote the track.
I saw George Harrison in 1975, Hari's on Tour. He was hoarse, and not to mention the Rolling Stone magazine article that talked bad about him, sorta made his tour seem sour. I wished he would have continued the tour, from Japan onto the USA. One of my favorite songs from him is That's the way it goes, from the Gone Troppo album. His slide work on it is so magical...
Take the recording OCTOPUSSES GARDEN - which George helped Ringo to compose and he arranged it - George's guitar parts are great, because it was not a Paul song George had the freedom to do what he wanted on guitar. Same with HERE COMES THE SUN the acoustic guitar parts are brilliant all played and created by George. Watch him during the Get Back roof top concert his guitar parts are inventive and work perfectly blending into and enhancing the songs.
I saw him play at the Nassau Coliseum (1974) on the Dark Horse tour. Billy Preston was on keyboards. I think Jim Keltner was on the drums (if not, it may have been Andy Newmark) and Willie Weekes on bass. Fabulous. His tone was unbelievable live. So rich.
George had the ability to switch styles of music, either playing or writing. Clearly his greatest surprise, and example of this, is the Beautiful, ''Something'' so good, that top crooner Frank Sinatra said it was the best Love song , he'd heard.
It seemed like Harrison was friends with everyone. Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, etc. Harrison's friendship with the founder of the Cirque du Soleil was also instrumental in getting the Beatles: Love acrobatics show started in Las Vegas. 17 years later it's still the number one rated Las Vegas show on Trip Advisor (out of 259 shows).
I was living at MIU and bought the Dark Horse album. It was then that I realized George was my favorite Beatle. Something about being around all the other Transcendental Meditators and seeing Maharishi I felt I had a deeper understanding of George and also Mike Love who I was able to shake hands with there at the University.
Fave song has to be Something with the Beatles and of his solo career I loved The Art of Dying. His spiritual connection with India was a great connecting point for me as I've been 13 times and even went inside a Temple in Vrindabin that he funded. Never saw him or any of the Beatles play sadly.
Always loved the Beatles. Perhaps my favorite song of all times is ' Here comes the sun'. Georges chords or at least some of them always fascinated me, many are not used by any other artist I don't think. How he learned them in the first place I just don't know.
George had a peculiar style. A lot of guitarists had their style rooted in blues riffs, and cliches. George seemed to be thrust onto the scene, without having that pre development period, most go through. I don't see him sitying on the bed copying Chuck Berry, like a lot of us did. He didn't have time! He was already on stage, learning as he went. I think that is why his style is so unique. One can always tell a George riff. I seem to recall Paul did not like his style. Others are far more dynamic guitarists, the Who, Hendrix, Page, Clapton, but George held his own.
It always makes me smile to read the usual comment: "he was not Beck, Clapton Hendrix etc.". He just wasn't supposed to be, he was George Harrison. Jimi Hendrix was not George Harrison, Jeff Beck was not George Harrison. And so? All greats in their own way, very different styles and that's just what makes them unique. The greatness of George Harrison as a guitar player was in his mindblowing craftsmanship, no matter how long or how little it could take. The man had innate taste. There's just not two songs in which he plays the same lick, and that's not a thing that can be said of many other musicians. As Steve Vai once said in an interview for "Vintage Guitar" magazine in december 2016: "To try and quantify Harrison's contribution to popular music would be like saying 'the sun is hot'. His instincts for creating the most appropriate guitar part for a song were brilliantly inspired. His choice of guitar, tone, orchestration, and intuitive constuction of the best riff always honored the song first. He was perfection personified on six strings. He was exceptional and we are grateful". Anyway, if you wanna listen to what While My Guitar Gently Weeps would have sounded like with Harrison on lead guitar, I suggest you to listen to his solo here at around the 5:00 minute mark. One of his best live. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IqEkQkwlXCA.html
George in NOT underrated. Let’s knock this crap off right now! He was great, but he was in a band with two of the greatest songwriters of the twentieth century. Of all time, really. George got his due, but he was a whiny crybaby who bitched about how John and Paul ‘held him back.’ If not for John and Paul, I don’t believe George would have achieved what he did. He had a song on the first American Beatles album. They encouraged him to sing by giving him “I’m Happy Just To Dance With You” on their first movie soundtrack album “A Hard Day’s Night.” John and Paul were so prolific and their songs so good, it’s no wonder George only got one or two songs per album. He had three on Revolver! What’s to complain about?!? AND “All Things Must Pass” is not a triple album, as everyone claims, but a double album. Two full sides are just jam sessions, not properly composed songs. Many of the songs on “ATMP” are a tad lugubrious, to be honest.
The song "too much" seems to pop into my head more than any other of his songs. Love the line '...and all the world is birthday cake. Take a piece but, not too much."
Why do You Tubers love to talk about highly celebrated musicians as "underrated" .... Good God, George Harrison was never ever underrated. Not by the Beatles, their fans, their critics, the record companies.
My fav Harrison song. Was one he wrote about Eric Clapton. From the white album. Can you guess it? Hint. Cream tangerine pineapple heart... C'mon , you know it. You have to have them all out out...c',mon
If you can find it, watch George's solo on "Til there was you." Totally competent, precise, and done with such finesse it looks easy. He was a very young man playing these songs. Always my favorite Beatle. He was like magic on the guitar. Ah, here's one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JN36SzacyTI.html
I always loved George's here comes the sun what a fantastic song it was and George's guitar playing was fantastic and you knew who it was a.super.songwriter he was as fantastic as John Lennon and Paul McCartney when George made all things must pass he wowed everyone and he had the biggest album of 1970 George is my favorite Beatles yes and George loved car racing as well and he seemed like a very nice guy as well so sad that he is no longer here but he is here in spirit rip beautiful George we love you you will ever be forgotten!!! Up the irons maiden manic🎸🎸✨✨✨⭐⭐⭐🎵🎵🎵🎼🎼⚡⚡⚡🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🎸🎸
George must have had a collection of old 78 rpm records from his parents or grandparents. The Beatles' demo record had him singing "The Sheik of Araby" and he also did a wonderful video with him singing "Between The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea." Having the same name as mine., he was naturally my favorite Beatle, with Ringo being a close second favorite. I also saw the Beatles at Shea Stadium in 1965 and was disappointed that George didn't do any vocal solos.
Great compilation. Keith got so serious when he talked about George's passing, "Only the good die young." He looked like he wanted to kick Death's ass.
I liked the Tom Petty story about the ukulele and the trip to Harlech story by Paul. George was just a cool guy and these connections with other musicians run back further than you realise.
