It is difficult to imagine George Harrison without his guitar work. George was playing guitar before The Beatles broke up. He never stopped playing it because of the style. He would black out sometimes when the melody he made hypnotized him.
George realized he was out of touch with the instrument when he picked it up again. George couldn’t make anything sound good on the guitar.
He learned how to play the guitar. George told Crawdaddy that all the young kids coming up were playing so good that he hadn’t been involved with it for a long time. One of the reasons I had all the instruments was because I was behind.
Eric gave me the Les Paul which really got me back into it, because it sounded so funky. I started playing slide because I was behind in playing hot licks. I just got a slide and began playing.
George started playing the guitar again. It is difficult to pick a song with George’s best work. There are many, many more, like “Cheer Down,” “Cloud Nine,” and “This Is Love”.
George told Timothy White that he sometimes blacked out when playing slide guitar solo.
George said that he was trying to be a slide guitar player but he always blacked out. I didn’t know what was happening and my mind went blank.
George said that John’s “How Do You Sleep?” sounded like a solo after he hit a few good notes.
George was influenced by a number of people when he first started playing guitar. He was one of the best rock guitarists of all time.
His peers inspired him to experiment as well. George’s guitar playing changed after he received his first sitar lesson.
George could not identify what made him play his slide guitar. He thought it had something to do with playing with the two girls.
George was unsure of the influences. I played slide for the first time in 1969 I think I stuck one of those things on my finger, but Eric was a member of the band at that time.
He wanted to be in the band at the first show. He joined after they invited him. George was asked to play the guitar on “Comin’ Home” by Delaney.
George said that he thinks his slide guitar playing came from that. One of the slide songs I wrote on the tour came out on the album. I suppose I was always pretending to be a blues player when I played that way at home.
I used to play the sitar and get into Indian music during the 1960s. Some quality that you can’t quite put your finger on is in there somewhere and comes out. I only played the sitar for a couple of years.
George was inspired by all kinds of music. He wasn’t sure where it all led him during solo. We have most of it.
There is a line in George Harrison’sBadge that came from a drunk.