George Harrison said his first guitar teacher had a profound effect on him. His father arranged for his lessons when he was a kid. by Hannah Wigandt. Published on August 2, 2022.

George Harrison wasn’t impressed with much music, including his own sometimes, but he truly didn’t like “headbanging” guitar players. He thought their type of music was just a bunch of noise.

The first person who really got George Harrison interested in guitar wasn’t a rock musician. After hearing their music, George begged his mother, Louise, for a beginner’s guitar.

George Harrison played 26 instruments. But in his early days of being a musician, the guitar was all he thought about. When he was just becoming proficient in the instrument, he dreamed of the day ...

However, George couldn’t really identify what influenced his slide guitar playing. He guessed it had something to do with playing with Delaney and Bonnie and, of course, Indian music.

George Harrison was proud of his slide guitar work on “This Is Love” from his 1987 album, Cloud Nine.The former Beatle often turned to his long-time friend and collaborator, Eric Clapton, to ...

When George Harrison’s "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Les Paul was kidnapped in 1973, he called on his former sitar mentor Ravi Shankar to issue an appeal for its safe return, such was their ...

George Harrison said he loved his guitar more than the other Beatles The lead guitarist interviewed himself in a November 1964 issue of The Beatles Book Monthly (per Beatles Interviews).

A guitar owned by George Harrison just sold for an eye-popping $1.27 million at auction. It’s the highest-ever auction price for a guitar owned by the former Beatle.

George Harrison Played This Futurama Guitar in the Early Days of the Beatles. Now It Can Be Yours. The Brit used the instrument for multiple Beatles songs and over 324 of the band’s performances.

George Harrison said his ego was fine with Eric Clapton playing on ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ The Beatle and Clapton briefly crossed paths several times throughout the first half of the 1960s.

LIVERPOOL - An electric guitar played by the late guitarist George Harrison in the early days of the Beatles will go up for sale at an auction next month where it could be sold for more than $800,000.