George Harrison
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Remembering when Josh Homme played George Harrison’s Rosewood Tele – and lost the ability to speak
By Jonathan Horsley published
We've all been there, one of the most legendary techs in guitar history hands you a Beatle's guitar and it is all too much

A 1913 Gibson acoustic – played and owned by George Harrison and Eric Clapton – has been listed on Reverb
By Phil Weller published
The historically significant guitar was featured on the final albums by the Beatles and Cream and helped launch the guitarists' solo careers

How Robin Nolan went from busking in Amsterdam to collaborating with George Harrison
By Phil Weller published
The gypsy jazz virtuoso would later go on to complete a long-lost Harrison song that had been scribbled on an envelope

The Byrds needed a hit or they’d be dropped. Releasing a cover of Bob Dylan's Mr. Tambourine Man as their first single was a gamble that paid off
By Janelle Borg published
Byrds guitarist Roger McGuinn was the third person to ever own a Rickenbacker 12-string, following George Harrison – and his timely purchase would completely transform the Dylan song, and the band's entire trajectory
![[L-R] George Harrison, Aashish Khan and John Barham collaborate in the studio](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VANJajEM56nLiJATg4P5Po-320-80.jpg)
John Barham on orchestral manoeuvres with George Harrison, Indian music and the spectre of Spector
By Bill DeMain published
Barham's arrangements sweetened everything from 1968’s Wonderwall Music to 1973’s Living in the Material World and beyond, and in this rare interview he talks Harrison the songwriter, producer and collaborator

Albert Lee reveals the history of his ’58 Les Paul Custom
By Jenna Scaramanga published
Gibson calls its replica the Eric Clapton 1958 Les Paul Custom, but Clapton is only one of the stars to have owned and played this storied guitar

Dhani Harrison on the making of Living in the Material World – and George’s slide style
By Bill DeMain published
If All Things Must Pass was Harrison in minor key, Material World is the sound of him turning towards the light. His son, Dhani, tells us about its creation, and its stunning (and essential) reissue

The time Mike Campbell asked George Harrison to take over his own guitar solo
By Janelle Borg published
Campbell recalls rejecting his own solo on the Traveling Wilburys' debut single – and why Harrison's playing style was a better fit

Beyond Beatlemania: The definitive guitar history of George Harrison's greatest recorded works
By Damian Fanelli published
Guitar World's Beatlemaniacs assemble for the deepest of deep dives into the recorded output of a pop-cultural icon and genius player to find that there was no one quite like George Harrison

George Harrison typically sketched out his solos in advance – his lead break on this classic Beatles track was an exception
By Jackson Maxwell published
Harrison told GW that while he was happy to improvise when needed, when it came to laying something down in the studio, he was far more comfortable charting out a path in advance
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