Besides the solo's George was a master at putting in little "fills" that, while not especially noticeable, enhanced the overall rhythm of the songs. RIP my friend...
Oh, yeah, absolutely!!! Like the fill for Ticket to Ride. Harrissohn was a true master. That's why that fill had to be recorded by Paul. One can clearly understand why you call him your friend.
Paul played some very nice lead guitar breaks and fills, but that doesn't mean that George didn't do it too. He never claimed to be as technically accomplished as Clapton or Hendrix for example, but he always played the part and anyone humming, whistling or singing a Beatle tune will find themselves doing also George's lead bits, because they've come to be part of the songs. That tuneful they were.
George rules! Always my favorite Beatles being a guitar player myself, because of George actually, and that beautiful Gretsch guitar he played! George was such an innovator, with George's use of feedback on the intr to I Feel Fine, his being the first to use a volume pedal on I Need You. His introducing the world to Indian music mixed with Beatles music! It goes without saying that the Beatles would not have been the Beatles without George, but then you could make the same argument about each one of the Beatles! I'm just glad that I was here for the ride from the Ed Sullivan Show on!!✌💙🎸
@@wesleygabriel8378 You agree? Shame on you. Be honest. Tell stupid Harrissohn lovers that they are stupid and misinformed. Harrissohn was an inept. Don't devaluate yourself.
Well the feedback was accidental and I think it happened on John's Gibson J-160E, but George played the instrumental break and mostly the riff, although sometimes it's him and John together.
@@noname.___ The yardbirds, hendrix, etc were doing that kinda stuff, I agree, but the Beatles weren't all "poppy" or "holding hands" kinda stuff. They were for real. A lot of their stuff was quite heavy for the time.
My sister and I managed to persuade ours that no, we didn't need him to accompany us, thank you Daddy - we would have been SO embarrassed if he'd been sitting there next to us, while we screamed our heads off! Eventually he agreed to just drop us off at the theatre and pick us up afterwards - Phew! He'd have absolutely hated it, anyway... LOL
@@papercup2517 that's pretty awesome. I guess youu saw them in 1964 or 65? The 1966 tour was all stadiums. I bet there's less than like 50k people that can say they saw the beatles play live in a theater or club.
@@nastyhardcore7641 Yes, it would have been their second visit to Ipswich (Suffolk, England), in Oct 64 I think. The Gaumont Theatre where they played doubled as a cinema and theatre/live performance venue. Pretty small place and we were quite near the front so yes it was quite intimate and I swear George looked straight at me for about 1/16th of a second at one point...not a big deal as romance goes but enough for a 12 year old girl to build a dream on... :-D
Man, I thought Ringo’s drum kit was gonna fall over on some of these clips, 😂. He certainly has an energetic way of playing. You gotta love it. And it was great to hear George’s solos too. ❤️❤️❤️ RIP my favorite Beatle. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I think Carl Perkins is one of George's major influences, either way, George was the perfect guitarist for the fab 4 as they all were, how many Beatles'does it take to change a light bulb 4 of course
@@philhunter3941 Great point. There is plenty of Carl Perkins in George's guitar sound. Perkins and Berry similar except Berry a bit more blusey and syncopated than Perkins. Both great. No doubt Perkins and Berry influenced the style and writting of maca and John too.
@@rman52 while Chuck Berry arguably invented rock and roll, he really was a lousy guitar player, live. Carl Perkins could tear that thing up in the studio or live!
@@Jakal-pw8yq You must be a guitarist and hear things I don't. I used to listen to his Bio album repeatedly. I loved his singing and blusey guitar licks. While not quite as good, I enjoy Keith Richards playing for that same elements.
During Roll Over Beethoven has Ringo acting a fool on the drums complimenting that quick solo George does in the middle of the solo!!! Bad-ass!!! Also, watch his hands during "well if you feel like it" part...his right hand steadily taps the snare while the left hand provides the back beat at tha same time!!
Yeah, that also annoys me about those old Beatles videos. George was not the star, it was Lennon and McCarntey who the camera people thought the people want to see...
@@sierenzer I would like to see you top him.. You sound like the kind of douchebag that picked up a guitar, tryed to play and gave up miserably.. It’s okay to be envious of George Harrison, also bro you look like a dumbass talking shit on a George Harrison SOLO video.
FYI, the guitar solo in "You Can't Do That" 2:16 is NOT played by George, but by John instead. If you don't believe me, you can look it up. The solo in "You Can't Do That" was not only played by John, but it was John's first guitar solo in The Beatles.
I would say george and John were both playing solos at the same time as your can hear John going ham on the solo and you can also hear george playing a solo
Hadn't concentrated after all these years of viewing them on stage the special connection between George & Ringo on how they watched ea other for their timing on George's lead solos as Paul & John's vocals together for even though they were all close as they grew in musical expertise they would move about each other as a group and @ same time emphasizing ea other's contribution to each song they played as if "they were as one" which came across as a truly magical, special experience to their audiences which only grew over the passage of time as we as "neophytes" grew to understand more their unique musical genius as they were always experimenting "new ways to make sound" in the most original & unexpected manner based on mastering their instruments of choice and expanding/sharing with the world which to this day & forever has withstood the test of time.♡
@@Atomic1710 ,who'd told you that Hendrix was good musician ? Playing an acustic guitar was a challenge for him and performed in a mediocrity level. He was only good in a electric one because all the distorsion ,tremoloes,etc. That can be achieved with A good electric guitar. That's all . Many better guitar players haven't got the privilege of being considered as legends only because they were not well known for the anglosaxon monopoly of music and mass media Media and propaganda made a fundamental rol in getting hendrix at gods level playing a guitar . Just Overrated....
Harrison and Ringo were the water McCartney and Lennon floated on.Then Harrison got his own boat. All things must pass. BOOOOOOM!!! Like a soup they all played their parts. Bless.
Some additional information here, Paul played that incredible solo on Taxman. I read the book by Geoff Emerick who mixed many of their albums and he said George was really struggling to get the solo on Taxman and Paul finally did it and boy did he do it!! Also of note, John played the solo on Get Back and he also played the slide solo on a lap steel on For You Blue. And let's not forget George's breathtaking solo on Old Brown Shoe!! Rest in peace my beautiful and inspirational friends George and John!✌💖😊
i dont know if i know of any other band where they had special equipment made specifically for the fact that they couldn't hear themselves over the screaming crowd... and the amps STILL couldn't break through the wall of screaming.... one of,if not THE greatest to ever do it
Harrison admitted, 'I was quite responsible for stirring things up against Pete Best. I conspired to get Ringo in for good.but he was a good guitarist.
@@counterfeit1148 No, Lennon played the first solo in Long Tall Sally both live and on the recorded version. Harrison plays the second solo in Long Tall Sally, but not the first. If you watch closely, you can actually see Lennon change his hand position to back to the 3rd fret to continue soloing in that position after his initial flurry higher on the neck that begins the solo.
While learning to play the sitar after visiting India, Harrison appeared to lag behind other amazing lead guitarists, such as Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton. Harrison's style of playing lead guitar became markedly outdated by 1969, a setback to which he would never fully recover. Notably, the solos in Harrison's most popular Beatles songs were performed by Eric Clapton (Something and While My Guitar Gently Weeps). By 1978, Eddie Van Halen emerged with a much higher standard for playing lead guitar and left Harrison's lead guitar skills in the dust. I love George Harrison and his spiritual views but the sitar negatively impacted the development and maintenance of his lead guitar skills.
An interesting take on George’s playing. However the solo on Something was George. And he played it “live” because they had no tracks left. In the Get Back show, he contrasts his playing with Eric’s. George said that Eric was able to take a long solo, then bring tot back and resolve it. George said “I’m not good at that”. On the”Apple Jam volume from All things Must Pass, he and Eric shred it Up on Thanks For the Pepperoni. It is an interesting contrast of styles.
"Long Tall Sally" does have a solo by George- but this video shows the one by John. Also, the "You Can't Do That" solo is by John, not George. I love George's guitar solos but they're often hard to make out in these live recordings.
2:06 is Lennon. John always played the first solo in Long Tall Sally and George played the last one. Don't know why, but that's how they did it, including this one.
My three all-time favorite guitar players in no particular order are George Harrison, Jimi and Django Reinhardt! And let's not forget the fact that George was the first guitarist to actually record feedback on "I feel fine!" That predates Jimi by 2 years and I don't know if Django ever used feedback but I kind of doubt it. George was the complete innovator and that often gets overlooked but he did introduce feedback, and he also introduced the use of Indian music in pop music or rock music if you will. George also introduced the use of the volume pedal during the recordings of the Help album, on the cut "I Need You". 1965, 1966 also saw the charge George make the change from his beloved Gretsch guitars and Vox AC30's to his new Sonic Blue Strat and Fender Deluxe Reverb's. He can also be seen playing a Gibson ES-345 as well. The change in tone was nothing short of phenomenal and was instrumental, pun intended in this new sound that started with Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sergeant Pepper's on to the end. George Will and always did rule! Rest in peace my dear friend!
