Thanks, BlueMeanie and Fendertele. You guys are warming my heart.
You know, the Beatles were all very good. *wonders if I should start a thread about this news flash*
All you've got to do is choose love. That's how I live it now. I learned a long time ago, I can feed the birds in my garden. I can't feed them all. -- Ringo Starr, Rolling Stone magazine, May 2007
For all I know, Ringo might be a yogi disguised as a drummer! - George Harrison
^ Well, the thought was accompanied by an angelic choir singing, but I thought that happened to everyone.
All you've got to do is choose love. That's how I live it now. I learned a long time ago, I can feed the birds in my garden. I can't feed them all. -- Ringo Starr, Rolling Stone magazine, May 2007
For all I know, Ringo might be a yogi disguised as a drummer! - George Harrison
OK, he's not Herman Li, but I don't think that is bad. To me his greatest strength was knowing exactly what to play, and what NOT to play. The ultimate band member IMO - plays a fill in an empty spot, helps with the rhythm, does a beautiful solo where appropriate. I don't think the Beatles would have done nearly as well with another guitarist - I don't know that Clapton, Beck, Hendrix, Richards, etc. knew how to support a song, rather than highlight themselves, well enough. Well, maybe Keith Richards, of all people!
Rockabilly and Slide ... George's signature sounds - great
I love John, I love Paul, And George and Ringo, I love them all!
Of course! Is he the best guitar player there ever was? No. But he was the best guitar player for The Beatles and he did a damn good job. He was a great guitar player
he wasn't terrible, i see better guitar players every week playing in small clubs, the question is would they have fitted into the Beatles as George did.
I think that what George lacked in guitar playing made him a better band member, A dont think the band could have handled another Ego to add to the power struggle.
I don't Guys like Jimi, Clapton, page could have took a back seat as often as George did, they would have had songs they would want to be played.
he wasn't terrible, i see better guitar players every week playing in small clubs, the question is would they have fitted into the Beatles as George did.
I think that what George lacked in guitar playing made him a better band member, A dont think the band could have handled another Ego to add to the power struggle.
I don't Guys like Jimi, Clapton, page could have took a back seat as often as George did, they would have had songs they would want to be played.
^^^ What I said in a previous post, pretty much. So, Fendertele, I think you must be a very wise man
I love John, I love Paul, And George and Ringo, I love them all!
George was a great guitar player, I still haven't heard someone play slide guitar like he has. I think he had the capability to play a lot of different styles, but he stuck true to one and mastered it, but that doesn't mean he was efficent in other areas.
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Sure, he was "technically proficient:" and that slide guitar style of his is one of the most recognizable sounds of the late 60s and early 70s. George wasn't flashy, but he had style and soul, which to my mind is better.
He recorded the solo on "Something" live with an orchestra (no dubs) for crissakes. I think that qualifies as "technically proficient." Not to mention the intro to "Octopus' Garden"--that's a tricky little lick that alot of bar band types would have trouble getting their fingers around.
And then there's the slide playing. George almost never falls into the typical lines--he's brilliant at counterpoint and harmony (Just listen to "I'd Have You Anytime").
George was easily the best guitar player in the Beatles, Paulie included. Paul could come up with nice solo ideas, but his execution ain't always that clean ("Taxman" and "Sgt Pepper"). Remember too how young George was--he was just coming into his own as a player and songwriter near the latter years of the Beatles.
How many memorable Paul guitar solos can you think of (particularly from his solo years?) "Maybe I'm Amazed" is well constructed but Jimmy McCulloch plays it with a lot more soul (and precision) on the live version.
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