‘Only A Northern Song’: The first sign George Harrison wanted to leave The Beatles
George Harrison was never meant to stay in The Beatles by the end of the 1960s. He had developed into a far greater songwriter to just be known as second […]
A look back at George Harrison’s game-changing gig ‘Concert For Bangladesh’
Back in 1971, George Harrison was behind one of the largest gestures of goodwill that a rock star is ever likely to give, and with it, he set the tone […]
What was the first guitar solo George Harrison played on a Beatles song?
At about 9am on February 11th, 1963, The Beatles arrived at Abbey Road Studio Two to record ten songs in a single day for their debut album Please Please Me. […]
The Beatles masterpiece that George Harrison dismissed as “boring”
For more than 50 years, The Beatles’ album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band has been regarded as the pinnacle of popular music, a benchmark for all other albums to […]
The “fruity” Paul McCartney song that George Harrison despised
It’s no secret that one of the most strained relationships within The Beatles was between Paul McCartney and George Harrison. Compared to the rest of the group, McCartney and Harrison […]
The one song John Lennon always struggled with: “I couldn’t get the hang of it”
Any artist is going to have a bit of a love-hate relationship with their voice at some point. Regardless of how many times people talk someone up as being the […]
The song John Lennon wrote to improve George Harrison’s singing: “He could do it”
The Beatles were always meant to be a united front. While people like to think that Ringo Starr lucked into the role of a lifetime in more ways than one, […]
Why did George Harrison hate Neil Young’s music?
With The Beatles, George Harrison was viewed as the quiet member among the pack. While this was true when compared with the opinionated crowd that he kept for company, Harrison […]
Who is “Mother Superior” in The Beatles song ‘Happiness Is a Warm Gun’?
Out of all the brilliant experiments and affectionate homages on The Beatles, the LP generally known as The White Album, John Lennon’s seven-part doo-wop metal opera ‘Happiness Is a Warm […]
Every song by The Beatles featuring John Lennon on bass guitar
Out of the three Beatles guitarists, John Lennon was by far the most reluctant to try his hand at the bass version of the instrument. While he could certainly hold […]