Who played lead guitar ?

[Moogmodule]

Georges best solo - Something
Georges worst soslo - I'll Follow The Sun

(IMO) 

No argument on best. Something is gorgeous. One of the great guitar solos ever as far as I'm concerned.

And I'll follow the sun solo is pretty lame. A feeble restating of the melody. I'll have to see if I can find a weaker George solo.

Another great solo is in Til There Was You.  Like all the best of George. Not technically overly demanding. But every note working beautifully.

[nimrod]

No argument on best. Something is gorgeous. One of the great guitar solos ever as far as I'm concerned.

And I'll follow the sun solo is pretty lame. A feeble restating of the melody. I'll have to see if I can find a weaker George solo.

Another great solo is in Til There Was You.  Like all the best of George. Not technically overly demanding. But every note working beautifully.

8 lousy notes

wrong guitar tone

Till There Was You, did George create that or did somebody else ?

[Moogmodule]

8 lousy notes

wrong guitar tone

Till There Was You, did George create that or did somebody else ?

I can't be sure but I think he worked out the solo. It wasn't part of the original.  Someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

[nimrod]

I can't be sure but I think he worked out the solo. It wasn't part of the original.  Someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

Its one of those solo's guitarists like to learn

its great

[BLEEN]

John also plays the first solo on Long Tall Sally.

[KelMar]

John also plays the first solo on Long Tall Sally.

Welcome back BLEEN!

I'm learning all kinds of things in this interesting subject! It's a good reference so I stuck a pushpin in it.

[BLEEN]

Thanks Kelley!

I also have a strong suspicion that John plays the solo on Hey Bulldog, definitely sounds like his rhythmically oriented style and strong attack.

[Dcazz]

I think John does the sqwauckey part. reminds me of the rhythm part in What Goes On. Main lead sounds a bit like the one in I, Me Mine a couple of years later that we know John didn't play on.

[nimrod]

Thanks Kelley!

I also have a strong suspicion that John plays the solo on Hey Bulldog, definitely sounds like his rhythmically oriented style and strong attack.

I actually think it sounds more like Paul

[BLEEN]

You guys have some good points! I agree with Kev that it sounds more like Paul than George.

In the Hey Bulldog video, John is shown with the Gibson SG guitar, but George is shown playing rhythm I think? That may be a tip-off. One other thing that makes me think it's John is that he often used little partial chord forms and double notes in his solos, like in You Can't Do That. Paul tended to be more single-notey, but who knows?

[nimrod]

You guys have some good points! I agree with Kev that it sounds more like Paul than George.

One other thing that makes me think it's John is that he often used little partial chord forms and double notes in his solos, like in You Can't Do That. Paul tended to be more single-notey, but who knows?

Hi Bleen
The reason I think it sounds more like Paul is it reminds me of his solo in Taxman

Wonderful bass lines in this song as well

[BLEEN]

Hi Kev,

Yeah it reminds me of Taxman too. The mystery continues! I haven't read the Lewisohn Recording Sessions book in years, I wonder if he mentions anything about who played the solo?

[nimrod]

Hi Kev,

Yeah it reminds me of Taxman too. The mystery continues! I haven't read the Lewisohn Recording Sessions book in years, I wonder if he mentions anything about who played the solo?

According to The Beatles Bible, and Geoff Emerick, it was George  ha2ha

[BLEEN]

 ha2ha ha2ha ha2ha

[Moogmodule]

Hi Bleen
The reason I think it sounds more like Paul is it reminds me of his solo in Taxman

Wonderful bass lines in this song as well

According to my reference it was George. John played piano. It recounts an anecdote that the people in the studio revved George to turn his amp up.

But I agree it sounds like a Paul solo to me. More busy than melodic

Apparently this was the last recording session before Yoko made herself a fixture in the studio. It was by all accounts a happy session that went better than anyone expected.

John also tried to get this released as a single instead of lady Madonna.