<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar Player in George-harrison ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/tag/george-harrison Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:35:39 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “Great to hear ‘Layla’ and ‘Wonderful Tonight’ live again.” Pattie Boyd, muse to George Harrison and Eric Clapton, just saw Clapton play “Layla” live 37 years after their breakup ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/great-to-hear-layla-and-wonderful-tonight-live-again-pattie-boyd-muse-to-george-harrison-and-eric-clapton-just-saw-clapton-play-layla-live-37-years-after-their-breakup SkGBN7qK795DECtWLgxKpE Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:35:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He didn’t like being a solo guy.” Jeff Lynne reveals the truth about George Harrison after the Beatles ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jeff-lynne-on-george-harrison-after-the-beatles vQYpoc5j9w4mZ8a9iLa9x4 Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:25:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I talked about the very first thing I learned on guitar, and he said, ‘That's exactly what I learned first!’” Roger McGuinn on jamming with George Harrison, teaching Mike Bloomfield and confusing Bob Dylan ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/roger-mcguinn-on-jamming-with-george-harrison-teaching-mike-bloomfield-and-confusing-bob-dylan vQPdZiXzZRW7PRWirgXBn6 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:39:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Wiped the whole hand out. The end of this thumb was off. The fingers were just danglin’, hangin’ off.” The King of Rockabilly on the gruesome onstage accident that nearly ended his career —and his life ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/carl-perkins-on-the-gruesome-onstage-accident-that-nearly-ended-his-career B56Sx4aW2hDTWXUkBm7A6L Sun, 15 Feb 2026 16:13:13 +0000 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 16:32:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I wanted Eric for a bit of moral support. I think it was the same reason he asked me to play on that session.” George Harrison on the time Eric Clapton asked for a little help from his friend ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/i-wanted-eric-for-a-bit-of-moral-support-i-think-it-was-the-same-reason-he-asked-me-to-play-on-that-session-george-harrison-on-the-time-eric-clapton-asked-for-a-little-help-from-his-friend BdmL2P2rKpZRMGeedt8Fzm Mon, 02 Feb 2026 18:26:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I had this funny feeling I knew what this was going to be.” How Peter Frampton discovered his signature effect while recording with George Harrison ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/how-peter-frampton-discovered-this-oddball-effect-and-overshadowed-the-man-who-pioneered-it bbqGA8QbQ4ZGSkKwMvNp55 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 20:34:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He said, ‘I’ll come. I was wondering what I’d do tomorrow.’” How George Harrison, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne spontaneously created the 1980s’ biggest supergroup ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/george-harrison-on-the-spontaneous-garage-rock-origins-of-the-traveling-wilburys nk8MAMGDnDZWNyXxMumkob Fri, 23 Jan 2026 20:00:00 +0000 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:22:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They were asking, ‘Can we go home now?’ We said, ‘No. Have a cup of tea.‘” George Harrison on the night the Beatles got George Martin and his crew high ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/the-time-the-beatles-spiked-george-martin-s-tea WtwZcZJbewPnWMQHH8iYqS Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:01:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I had to find out how they were getting that sound.” How George Harrison, banjo and a studio accident inspired Roger McGuinn’s invention of folk rock ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/how-george-harrison-inspired-roger-mcguinn-s-invention-of-folk-rock vuRGsMHXGoU2i8Ph8nTsoY Fri, 09 Jan 2026 20:59:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I'm not sure how he does it.” Don Was says this modern-day guitar hero “might be better than George Harrison” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/why-producer-don-was-likens-this-modern-day-guitar-hero-to-george-harrison i4CJjXGNqdx86gnpmeGHRJ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:10:43 +0000 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:21:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We didn’t have enough songs for one album, let alone a double.” What Eric Clapton learned from George Harrison that made Derek & the Dominos’ ‘Layla’ possible ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/what-eric-clapton-learned-from-george-harrison-that-made-derek-and-the-dominos-layla-possible QV7jgYCbDtcAXZ9DtqptBa Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:41:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He said, ‘The problem with you guys is that you never do ballads.’ I said, ‘I’ll give him a ballad.’” Jimmy Page on the Beatle who inspired Led Zeppelin’s most beautiful song — and why it owes a debt to James Taylor ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/the-beatle-who-inspired-jimmy-page-to-write-led-zeppelins-most-beautiful-song-and-why-it-owes-a-debt-to-james-taylor DHD4cQjZ8DK32UhxJfNEHF Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:18:19 +0000 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:28:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He’s a bit overpowering at times.” John Lennon, Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr? George Harrison said he would have formed a new group with just one Beatle ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/george-harrison-would-have-formed-a-group-with-one-beatle X3gg6vdJYZJnuaC23Df9iV Wed, 26 Nov 2025 20:51:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There were no theatrics involved.” The mystery behind Eric Clapton’s guitar session on the Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/the-bizarre-side-effect-of-recording-eric-claptons-infamous-while-my-guitar-gently-weeps-solo PunJ8k2Xr5WGMDykYKA5uB Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:14:26 +0000 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:15:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It was a bit of a macho song.” John Lennon said it was the worst. George Harrison called it one of his favorites. How a “throwaway” Beatles song made it onto 'Rubber Soul' ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/john-lennon-hated-this-beatles-song PnfsqeQXsJcoCcCsqEDiY4 Mon, 24 Nov 2025 20:06:10 +0000 Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:01:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The band was the Beatles, and he was talking about me and Creedence. Those words have just stuck with me.” John Fogerty on the compliment he received from George Harrison when they both performed with Bob Dylan ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/john-fogerty-on-the-compliment-he-got-from-george-harrison-bob-dylan UFHhJ4okd6D6LENdDE89s7 Mon, 24 Nov 2025 16:02:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He was opening up new worlds there.” George Harrison said this was the “greatest guitar solo” of all time —and told us the player who left a lasting impression on him ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/george-harrison-on-the-greatest-guitar-solo-of-all-time mzawsuRivMRXmYBWW2Xt4C Sun, 23 Nov 2025 18:38:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We’re going to do this because Bob Dylan asked me to.” John Fogerty says one word from the folk icon convinced him to do something he’d avoided for 15 years ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/albums-singles/how-bob-dylan-got-john-fogerty-to-finally-play-proud-mary 5pZkTZAzSoRVy52MKRPxkV Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:03:30 +0000 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:04:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I never liked all those Les Paul guitars screaming and distorting.” George Harrison on the guitarist who changed music's landscape in the 1960s — and why he wasn't a fan of what followed ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/george-harrison-on-eric-clapton-and-cream-copyists hEKmfwFTAm9JiVP6jUHWq Wed, 15 Oct 2025 21:13:22 +0000 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 21:14:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We we’re playing basketball, and he said, ‘I want to do something different — like a circus.’”Roger McGuinn on Bob Dylan’s big breakthrough, meeting the Beatles...and his question after hearing Tom Petty for the first time ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/roger-mcguinn-on-bob-dylan-the-beatles-tom-petty-and-more 4kYbSkTUjWzpiYmsWN8mbi Fri, 10 Oct 2025 20:42:33 +0000 Fri, 10 Oct 2025 23:15:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The last thing I wanted to be was a stand-in for Eric Clapton.” Peter Frampton says George Harrison failed to tell him one crucial detail about playing at this groundbreaking 1971 concert ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/peter-frampton-almost-filled-in-for-eric-clapton-at-george-harrison-s-concert-for-bangladesh St4TQKNkeeTr8tqs8RPdqQ Tue, 07 Oct 2025 15:36:28 +0000 Tue, 07 Oct 2025 15:40:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We got the guitars out, and then things loosened up.” George Harrison on the 1968 visit with Bob Dylan that changed his future in the Beatles ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/how-bob-dylan-changed-george-harrison-s-fortunes-in-the-beatles KreFbvphJcmJVnUkKxebSe Mon, 06 Oct 2025 19:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Even when he was drunk, his guitar playing was unbeatable.” How Eric Clapton trounced George Harrison in a guitar duel. The prize was like no other ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/eric-clapton-and-george-harrisons-guitar-duel-over-patti-boyd m2YBgXo2NcWdEzrDfApgh Fri, 03 Oct 2025 12:45:04 +0000 Fri, 03 Oct 2025 17:51:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said, ‘Why’d you buy my cottage?’ He said ‘You wrote all those bloody songs there!’” Donovan says David Gilmour bought his former home to channel his songwriting magic ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/donovan-on-being-a-catalyst-for-george-harrison-and-david-gilmour ydAFJYa2zBkEnEcdxRVesd Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:03:35 +0000 Thu, 02 Oct 2025 03:05:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “John said to me, ‘Have you seen this? We should go down, just you and me.’” Paul McCartney on the time he and John Lennon nearly accepted an offer for the Beatles to appear on Saturday Night Live ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/paul-mccartney-and-john-lennon-almost-reunited shykDm7CrgHr9sZhx2K78Y Sat, 27 Sep 2025 12:52:10 +0000 Sat, 27 Sep 2025 18:29:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was like a scene from a horror film.” Eric Idle recalls the violent attack on George Harrison that left him hospitalized and contributed to the former Beatles’ death two years later ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/eric-idle-remembers-geroge-harrison-attack-in-1999 pjKWvNGqDZ6mUfsGoqsoZV Thu, 25 Sep 2025 21:24:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I heard about this kid who had a guitar. That was a lot of money in those days.” George Harrison said a loan from his mom helped him buy his first guitar, setting him on the path to the Beatles ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/george-harrisons-first-guitar nF5iR8sTLMAD6oCZdmPxdZ Wed, 17 Sep 2025 16:02:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Someone said, ‘Guitar groups are on the way out, Mr. Epstein.’ That was probably the biggest error in music history.” George Harrison reveals the Beatles' early struggles in a newly discovered interview ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/george-harrison-1995-interview-emerges-online WzCdCWWViEFZJRSv9qo6Zd Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:56:38 +0000 Tue, 09 Sep 2025 18:09:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I'd sooner have the John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, George's album, and Ringo's movies than 'Let It Be' or 'Abbey Road.'” John Lennon said the Beatles wrote better music after the band broke up. Here's why ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/john-lennon-says-the-beatles-flowered-after-they-broke-up CmjMexB7oSv8wcUEGdNCNS Thu, 04 Sep 2025 16:07:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There was just an overall feeling that John was around.” Paul McCartney on the ghost of John Lennon and “strange goings-on” that marked the recording of the Beatles’ ‘Anthology’ hits ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/paul-mccartney-on-the-strange-goings-on-when-recorded--the-beatles-1995-anthology oVZBm2FwArYH4YrC9Efnt9 Tue, 26 Aug 2025 16:04:25 +0000 Tue, 26 Aug 2025 16:12:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That would be great for you, Ringo!” How an unreleased John Lennon demo saw three-quarters of the Beatles write a song together, 40 years after Lennon's death ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/how-ringo-starr-got-the-beatles-back-together-on-grow-old-with-me 6pKcizGLqB9pCxfsJhPPsh Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:06:39 +0000 Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:06:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He was always the noisy one; we gained strength from each other.” Watch George Harrison talk about the power of comedy and why the Beatles clicked with the public in a resurfaced 1981 interview ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/rare-1981-george-harrison-interview-resurfaces qFHoFX2ecVfXAgLgXQiaq3 Mon, 11 Aug 2025 12:55:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People are always telling me, ‘That song helped me through the worst time of my life.’” Tom Petty on how he almost didn’t record his first solo hit — and how George Harrison helped save the day ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/albums-singles/people-are-always-telling-me-that-song-helped-me-through-the-worst-time-of-my-life-tom-petty-on-how-he-almost-didnt-record-his-first-solo-hit-and-how-george-harrison-helped-saved-the-day VzV6y4kAhRGoGo7eNWhsGU Mon, 04 Aug 2025 12:35:09 +0000 Mon, 04 Aug 2025 12:46:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I really enjoyed playing ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps.’ But our styles were so different.” Robben Ford on what went wrong with George Harrison's first tour after the Beatles’ breakup ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/robben-ford-on-george-harrisons-1974-dark-horse-tour yf5NwXv3pP3sZ6WedrzJrR Fri, 18 Jul 2025 15:34:54 +0000 Fri, 18 Jul 2025 15:38:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ "John sounded like Django Reinhardt. It was one of them where you just close your eyes and happen to hit all the right notes.” George Harrison on the John Lennon guitar solo he called his best on the Beatles’ recordings ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/john-lennon-beatles-solo-george-harrison-called-his-best NpmojeQcFZf9mCsMqMJXuG Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:52:20 +0000 Fri, 18 Jul 2025 10:43:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He was the first person to instill in me a sense of purpose." Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Duane Allman, George Harrison and John Lennon performed with him. Today he’s virtually unknown ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/delaney-bramlett-the-man-behind-eric-clapton-george-harrison-solo-careers kt2rY77oEWJ2wUDyGYPKYT Sat, 28 Jun 2025 17:10:21 +0000 Sat, 28 Jun 2025 17:40:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was like, What am I doing here? This is painful!” In honor of Global Beatles Day, here's why there are four George Harrison guitar solos on “Let It Be” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/why-the-beatles-let-it-be-has-four-george-harrison-guitar-solos bkKxRFUcU3y9MEzagEe536 Wed, 25 Jun 2025 20:36:54 +0000 Wed, 25 Jun 2025 20:52:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We had a barney and I said, ‘Oh, eff you!’ I think George played bass.” When Paul McCartney stormed out of a Beatles session, George Harrison was the glue that held it all together ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/when-paul-mcccartney-stormed-out-of-a-beatles-recording-session Jq43rjrMiLNsEDshTaM4EJ Sat, 21 Jun 2025 12:53:43 +0000 Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:35:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Some things you are never supposed to touch." Josh Homme was stunned into silence playing the Telecaster George Harrison called "the worst guitar I have ever owned" ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/josh-homme-plays-george-harrisons-rosewoo-tele 6Lwy5hyj438MYTjggB6yJm Wed, 21 May 2025 14:40:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “John Lennon would use my name every now and then for clout, as if I was the fastest gun.” Eric Clapton on his friendship with George Harrison and the shocking time he was nearly asked to join the Beatles ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/how-george-harrison-and-eric-clapton-helped-each-other CZwRZHQ8hFSdP6RAXt5huk Sat, 17 May 2025 14:11:59 +0000 Sat, 17 May 2025 14:21:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ An acoustic guitar owned by George Harrison and Eric Clapton — with a Beatles and Cream connection — is being sold for $1 million ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitars/an-acoustic-guitar-owned-by-george-harrison-and-eric-clapton-with-a-beatles-and-cream-connection-is-being-sold-for-usd1-million RKkaGxkAUet2c6zLaYMTan Fri, 16 May 2025 10:54:05 +0000 Sat, 17 May 2025 13:45:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I had to unravel the mystery of what George intended.” Robin Nolan talks collaborating with George Harrison, playing his 12-string Rickenbacker and completing a song the former Beatle started but never finished ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/robin-nolan-for-the-love-of-george exsRCAiTkucztKHDuqNsUR Tue, 13 May 2025 15:08:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “George started freaking out. He said, ‘I feel like I’m dying.’ And then, Peter Fonda said, ‘Oh, I know what it’s like to be dead.’” Byrds founder Roger McGuinn on the origins of John Lennon’s trippiest track ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/roger-mcguinn-behind-the-beatles-she-said-she-said 8HYMWfamXdkuB8xD7UoFSK Thu, 08 May 2025 13:46:58 +0000 Fri, 09 May 2025 00:34:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I had just been turned on to Ravi Shankar, and I had an album in my suitcase. I gave it to George.” How David Crosby's casual recommendation changed George Harrison’s guitar playing forever ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/david-crosby-on-introducing-george-harrison-to-ravi-shankar Rw8PjTiSaT7AWZEx5mKCYX Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:41:33 +0000 Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:45:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I wrote it in five minutes the night before.” How a candid moment caught on camera became the final Beatles song the band recorded together ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/the-final-song-the-beatles-recorded Hr4ke6tjSwTooiFCLvhyqK Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:27:21 +0000 Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:31:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Eric never asked for the guitar back. He was happy that I was enjoying it and using it onstage.” When Albert Lee received a Les Paul Custom from Eric Clapton, he had no idea how much history it held ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/albert-lee-and-eric-claptons-1958-les-paul-custom Zm3nQjqNpEUcoWRb6wwht9 Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:20:44 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I just handed him the guitar, I had handed him a slide. The amp was already set up." Mike Campbell on why he asked George Harrison to replace his "Handle With Care" solo for the Traveling Wilburys ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/mike-campbell-on-george-harrison-and-handle-with-care JUUGY97h6DSJ6E6Dwdnqj Fri, 21 Mar 2025 17:17:58 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 17:27:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Wanna try a Beatles tune? A Bob Dylan tune?" They thought she was carrying George Harrison's guitar. How a case of mistaken identity led to the former Beatle's last public performance ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/george-harrison-last-public-performance FzM4QutrPXs3KBPhH394fb Sun, 09 Mar 2025 13:23:11 +0000 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 10:46:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It's 1969, I'm in New York, and I get a phone call: 'Jimi's in the studio. Would you come down?'” Andy Fairweather Low on 3 a.m. jams with Jimi Hendrix and sleepless nights with George Harrison ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/andy-fairweather-low-on-jamming-with-jimi-hendrix-and-being-in-george-harrisons-band mVVitA8ZSBzqy5a3YhqRHW Sat, 08 Mar 2025 22:23:07 +0000 Sat, 08 Mar 2025 23:17:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The guy jumped in a car, drove to Guadalajara and kidnapped my guitar!” George Harrison recounted how his "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Les Paul was stolen in 1973 —and the extremes he went through to get it back ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitars/electric-guitars/george-harrisons-lucy-les-paul-kidnapped YdzfhnNanYQ7gosPfcP5PK Sat, 08 Mar 2025 09:00:00 +0000 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 16:28:32 +0000