George Harrison "I was playing the wrong key and everything, but it didn't seem to matter": Watch George Harrison play a Little Richard classic with Deep Purple in 1984 “I really enjoyed the show,” Harrison said of the rest of Purple's performance that evening. “I sat on the stage for part of the show behind the loudspeakers, and then I walked down and sat right in the center of the hall, and it wasn't too loud. It was really funny" "I wanted Eric Clapton on My Guitar Gently Weeps for a bit of moral support and to make the others behave..." Jamming with Eric Clapton, recording with the Beatles: A long-lost interview with George Harrison “I've always been embarrassed at the idea of being in Guitar Player magazine. I'm just a skiffler. I do ‘posh skiffle’, that's all it is…” In 1987, George Harrison sat down with us for a classic interview, looking back across his career… Five of George Harrison's Most Iconic Beatles-Era Guitars From the Grestch Duo Jet used in the Beatles’ earliest recordings to the late '60s prototype Fender Rosewood Telecaster, here are five of George Harrison's most celebrated guitars Latest George Harrison Go Inside the Creation of the Fender Custom Shop's George Harrison "Rocky" Stratocaster By Jackson Maxwell published 29 September 20 A terrific new video documents the build of this far-out, exacting replica of one of the Beatle's all-time favorite, most oft-used guitars. How The Beatles Pioneered Recorded Guitar Feedback - and Scored a #1 Hit By Jackson Maxwell published 13 July 20 Though the Fab Four certainly weren't known for dissonance, dabbling in it helped power one of their most dazzling and influential early hits. Watch George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Ringo Starr Reunite to Play "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" in 1987 By Damian Fanelli published 7 July 20 Though the Beatles never got back together, this is one of the greatest "near misses." The Revolutionary Genius of the Beatles' White Album By Jim Campilongo published 25 June 20 From its guitar tones to John Lennon’s songs, the White Album rocks like no other. Watch George Harrison Show Off His Beatles Guitars in 1974 Music Video By Damian Fanelli published 17 June 20 This video is overflowing with cameo appearances by some of Harrison's most iconic Beatles-era guitars. Dark Horse: The Top 10 George Harrison Albums By Damian Fanelli published 16 April 20 Despite the diversity of George Harrison's many pursuits during his 58 years on earth — racing, gardening, Indian religion and culture, film making and anything remotely associated with ukeleles, Mel Brooks or Monty Python — he'll go down in history as one fourth of the Beatles. 1234567Archives Get The Pick NewsletterAll the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors MOST READ1“A lot of times when someone says, ‘They have good technique, but there’s something missing,’ what’s actually missing is part of the technique”: Paul Gilbert on the essentials of great guitar playing2“Sometimes things like that just come together, like a piece of magic. I wrote that song in just five minutes”: Dickey Betts on dueling with Duane Allman, composing Allman Brothers' biggest hit, and the oddball Les Paul/SG hybrid he “personally designed”3“When I heard Lindley play that, I went, ‘That’s the most incredible thing I’ve ever heard in my entire life’”: All-star tribute show in honor of David Lindley, one of the greatest sidemen of all time, announced4“We all knew it was really good… The guitar playing is just amazing”: How Dickey Betts made “Ramblin’ Man”, triumphed over tragedy and led the Allman Brothers to their greatest success5“The chord progression in the Highway Star solo – Bm, to a Db, C, and then G – is a Bach progression”: Ritchie Blackmore on Steve Howe, Jimi Hendrix, classical influences and more
Go Inside the Creation of the Fender Custom Shop's George Harrison "Rocky" Stratocaster By Jackson Maxwell published 29 September 20 A terrific new video documents the build of this far-out, exacting replica of one of the Beatle's all-time favorite, most oft-used guitars.
How The Beatles Pioneered Recorded Guitar Feedback - and Scored a #1 Hit By Jackson Maxwell published 13 July 20 Though the Fab Four certainly weren't known for dissonance, dabbling in it helped power one of their most dazzling and influential early hits.
Watch George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Ringo Starr Reunite to Play "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" in 1987 By Damian Fanelli published 7 July 20 Though the Beatles never got back together, this is one of the greatest "near misses."
The Revolutionary Genius of the Beatles' White Album By Jim Campilongo published 25 June 20 From its guitar tones to John Lennon’s songs, the White Album rocks like no other.
Watch George Harrison Show Off His Beatles Guitars in 1974 Music Video By Damian Fanelli published 17 June 20 This video is overflowing with cameo appearances by some of Harrison's most iconic Beatles-era guitars.
Dark Horse: The Top 10 George Harrison Albums By Damian Fanelli published 16 April 20 Despite the diversity of George Harrison's many pursuits during his 58 years on earth — racing, gardening, Indian religion and culture, film making and anything remotely associated with ukeleles, Mel Brooks or Monty Python — he'll go down in history as one fourth of the Beatles.