Few things in life are as satisfying as playing the slide solo from ''my sweet lord', that's for sure! Huge thanks to all patrons for your continued support! Your TABS for this video are available here: bit.ly/3i1g2JO
George did probably the most economical solo ever on 'Got my Mind Set on You' - only three bent notes. Only rivalled by Dave Gilmore on Your Possible Pasts. It's interesting to count the notes a player uses during a solo. Less is usually more!! Might be an interesting theme for a video. How many notes can you get away with playing. I'm sure BB King will be in that one!
@@timheine5816 No it's not, it all George, Clapton is not on that album. This is how to play it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2JxwIDbBHfU.html
He’s not only underrated side guitarist, he’s an underrated guitarist. I think he was a virtuoso even early on with the Beatles. I mean listen to his classical guitar playing on Till there was you from ‘’With the Beatles’’ album.
Whenever the Beatles went "country" he gave as close a rendering to it as possible, when it was "rock and roll" the same. Ballad? Motown? George was a consummate guitarist. He studied its various styles. You could tell he was a musician first, and that he loved everything guitar.
@@DaleRobertSzyms nope, watch Mike Campbell’s interview with Rick Rubin when he talks about being asked to play slide on Handle With Care and George was very encouraging of his playing.
Harrison always seems to be the most underrated Beatle, in terms of musical/lyrical skill AND personality, whenever mainstream talks about the band. He was a brilliant bloke, though.
George and Ringo both contributed much more than people realize. Ringo was in drumming what George was in guitarmanship w/ the ability to follow, create and perform in any genre that J or P happen to throw at them. It´s very easy to find a groove and play in it all the time and end up sounding the same all the time. Just look at bands like AC/DC, (for example), the best at what they do but they sound the same all the time. The Beatles didn´t just only change rock and roll music but they changed it several times.
George's quick change fretting of extremely difficult chord shapes on super uptempo numbers was god-tier level. And his picking on everything was machine precision. He was better in these two areas at 19 than most people get in a lifetime. And he didn't just do it in his bedroom. He did it with a screaming horde in his face and a billion people watching on live tv.
Can't have a conversation about George Harrison's skills as a slide guitarist without mentioning his amazing slide solo on the Alvin Lee song "The Bluest Blues"
I could spot George's playing anytime when I heard Belinda Carlisle's 'Leave a light On' someone had the radio on as soon as I heard the guitar riff I said 'That's George'. He could play so beautifully I would have tears in my eye's his slow guitar to me none finer. God Bless George ❤️
George understood melody and always relied on his natural ability to use melody in his guitar work , from the beginning. Actually , some of George's best use of melody does come from the early days . He basically was the Beatle sound .. John was a very clever guitarist .. but George helped so many of their songs with his ability to push a song in the direction he knew it needed to go .. And he also had fun on his songs , like "I want to tell you" , the guitar work in the song is relatively easy , but it works in a way that others weren't incorporating in rock music .. his work on all Beatle songs is ingrained in everyone's ears... As it should be
I hate it when people criticise George and regard him not very skilled or talented compared to John or Paul.. He wrote some great songs.. His works with Travelling Wilburies is absolutely beautiful.. and lots of his other stuff.. He was just quiter
George was amazing and I love so many of his solo albums. But when combined with others like jeff lynne, paul, john and george martin, their production and ideas really helped highlight georges genius. Something and here comes the sun are some of the most perfect pieces of songwriting and production in music history.
If George had been the guitarist and songwriter in any other group he would had had the platform to really shine and therefore been appreciated far more. But in the Beatles with two other geniuses like Lennon and McCartney he was often restricted and overshadowed.
His slide playing was a direct result of his study of Indian music and he was able to use a lot of Indian techniques with it, quarter notes for example.
I’ve been on a George Harrison deep dive after watching that early 2000s 8-hour Beatles documentary. There were so many performances in there that I had never seen. There’s a great Beatles Anthology book that pairs with it. With that and a Beatles fakebook, I’ve been excited to grab my guitar everyday.
@@GuitarPilgrim I was a teen there when they hit in America. It was awesome, but I didn't realize then how it was a once in a lifetime event. I kinda feel sorry about the state of popular music today. By the way. Love your channel.
@@snekmeseht Between the Beatles & the 'English Invasion' and the S.F. Fillmore/Winterland scene, that's a rich time in America never to be revisited. Too bad our Counterculture resulted in our kids and grandkids being thoroughly ripped-off..
what Ive noticed in looking at George's playing from early on he never just played the same chord progression as John, he would always revocalize the chords and used triads, that wasn't something you saw a lot of in the early 60s, it would have been cool to see some slide mixed in on the early stuff
"George is one of the greatest slide guitarists of all time",said Eric Clapton.And he was right.His slide playing is amazing, always creative and original.The Beatles used slide on the song Old brown shoes, didn't they?
George played slide on the solo for All You Need Is Love and I always hated it. I thought it was the worst solo of his career, actually the only bad solo of his career.
By far the best slide solo George ever recorded was on the ALvin Lee song "the bluest blues"--Alvin also follows him with one of his greatest ad test solos.
Was going to make that same comment. George always found the essence of whatever song he was playing and served the music better than most any guitarist you could name. The Bluest Blue is one his greatest solos, slide or otherwise.
@@larrypower8659 What he came up with for Alvin shows why george was the right guitarist for the greatest band of all time. He serves the song and that's why Alvin wanted him. That pretty much sums up what Alvin said about it.
George was an awesome guitarist. Love his music. My favorite Beetle. George wrote 5 of the top 10 Beetles songs. He really was held back for the first 5 years of their career.
Beatle. And Your statement that George wrote five of the top ten Beatles songs is only your opinion, not fact. Other people's opinions are equally valid.
George really took slide guitar to a new and different place. His pre-slide work was tasteful, interesting and quirky. But his slide playing was unique and inspirational.
Was waiting for this! It's official... you are my favourite guitar channel on RU-vid! Thanks so much, not just for all your hard work, but your passion and love for the instrument shines through and think we all connect with that! Keep rockin' dude 🎸🤘 Love you man! ❤️
You forgot to mention the tune Cheer Down, written by him and Tom Petty. He was an amazing slide player. I love how in the early stages of The Beatles he was messing around with the slide in the song This Boy, it sounds great!! Cool video!!
I cannot begin to tell you how much I loved this and that tip at the end. I've been playing guitar for 28 years and only now am I getting serious about my slide playing. I throughly enjoyed your video thank you
Another brilliant tutorial. Like all your other videos on RU-vid, clearly explained and played exactly like the original. A real music fan,the best guitar tutor on the net.
Having Jeff Lynn say he was the best slide player period, speaks volumes. Any slide player knows how damn good he was! George did play some slide as a Beatle. One in the 60s and slide on both Anthology songs
I've really come to appreciate George's precision and the lack of wasted notes. Everything he played was just so perfectly conceived. The solo on Something is one of the best ever, not because it's flashy, but for the exact opposite reason. And his style contrasted with John's so incredibly well. Those two were an incredible guitar playing team. Thanks for a video on his slide work.
Excellent repertoire you pulled from. REALLY cool you pulled George's Licks from John's solo work.. I've been diving into Klaus lately myself.. cheers mate
So nice to see someone giving George credit for his awesome slide playing, but he wasn´t just pretty darn good, but I think he was hands down, one of the best. His playing was so much more precise than anyone else´s I´ve ever heard. The only other note-for-note precision close to it I´ve ever heard was done by peddle-steel guitarists. By the way Mr. Pilgrim, your slide playing is pretty damned good as well.
Jeff Lynne stated in no uncertain terms that, "George was the BEST slide player ever because of his subtle approach and the unique tone." A lot of slide players try to sound like Duane or EC or Walsh or Felder or... and many of them really sound a lot like those guys. George wasn't interested in sounding like anyone but himself. His tone and subtle sound is instantly recognizable. Nobody else sounds like that! George was a very skilled guitarist and most certainly the best all-around guitarist in the Beatles.
George had the gift of playing just the right amount of guitar that accents a song...adding to it but not overbearing it. Plucking a chord at the right part of a song/hitting that "disenchanted" chord/ great fills, he was the proverbial sessions guitarist that also sang and wrote great songs.
Thank you for this excellent video! Without a doubt George Harrison was criminally underrated. He played and explored ever style of music; country, R & B, Blues, Rock, Classical etc. Also singlehandedly introduced the electric 12 string Rickenbacker into pop music (Rodger McGuinn said that George changed his life). Nylon string, steel string acoustic if it had strings he played it. I believe Paul McCartney said that if you take a Beatle song and remove George’s solos, fills, licks etc. the songs fall apart. He also played a incredible slide solo on Alvin Lee’s “The Bluest Blues.” Please consider covering the slide for; “Isn’t It a Pity,” “Cheer Down,,” “Beware of Darkness” (personal favorite) “Give me Love.”
The way like George Harrison played slide guitar was unique. It was deep, lovely, romantic. We can heard it on "The Beatles - White Album", but it flows out on "All Thing Must Pass" and "Living a Material World" Albums! George lives! Cheers from Brasil!
Bloody hell Pilgrim! Every time I look through your huge back catalogue of wonder I find something useful. Beautifully explained, you are a master of the slide as well? Chordal tunings (Elmore James video) and the standard tuning, no fret noise or dodging notes - you-are amazing. I got so frustrated with my bottleneck that I threw it away. I better go and get another one… 🤝🙏🏻👏🏼 I did not know that George played slide on “how do you sleep?”. Poor Paul
I know we are talking slide here, and this one isn’t slide, but his solo on Something is stellar. Really melodic, with some very interesting phrasing choices
Great job hearing that "my sweet lord" slide run! I found the bottom harmony...was tough...thanks! will release a cover later this week probably...thanks again
Sure sounds like George. That song and the break in Badge by Cream had many listeners at the time saying - hmm, that part reminds me of the Beatles. lol
Excellent video Thom! Let's never forget that it was George who played all of the solo lead guitar parts on all of those amazing Beatle songs. John would play the rhythm part of the song and George would come up with the solos. Then there are the classics like "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "Here Comes The Sun". Doesn't get much better than that! 👍👍🎸🎸😉😉
@@BeatlesTranscriber Can wrong be expressed as a percentage. 🤔 Anyway, George played the vast majority of those great Beatles solo's. And he was really good at it.
Some fab technique tips explained very well. I see you used a drop D for the 1st string on My Sweet Lord, which makes a lot of sense and enables playing the harmony licks on the one guitar. Neat - wished I knew that when I did my All Things Must Pass 50th Anniversary gig! One thing though, George used open E tuning often, especially early in his solo career, and Gimme Some Truth is one of those (it's actually even easier in open tuning.)
Keep in mind he was only 19 when the Beatles recorded in 1962. He had no RU-vid tutorials either. Also keep in mind he was only 27 when The Beatles ended in 1970. I've always found his solo parts to fit in perfectly with their songs.
