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swiss
Great topic - can't wait to hear what guitarists say.
sidebar: I love "For You Blue" - you can tell the slide is pretty new for him - how he digs playing, and his lovely self-deprecating "Go Johnny go!" and "Elmore James got nothing on this baby!"
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Hare Krishna.
(sorry, feeling Beatle-y today).
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swiss
Great topic - can't wait to hear what guitarists say.
sidebar: I love "For You Blue" - you can tell the slide is pretty new for him - how he digs playing, and his lovely self-deprecating "Go Johnny go!" and "Elmore James got nothing on this baby!"
It wasn't self=deprecating. It was "Johnny" Lennon on lap steel! Haven't you seen "Let It Be"?
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That was on the studio take, but on both the Concerts for Bangladesh and Live in Japan it is only Clapton playing the slide with George on accoustic. Interesting isn't it? Another great slide one is Sue Me Sue You Blues, and of course one of the most famous and controversial is his slide on Lennon's How Do You Sleep. I have a longer bootleg version where Harrison is just evil on the slid, with a much longer intro and solo, and extra verses. Great!
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"Go Johnny Go!" Yeah that is Lennon but it isn't a lap steel, but just his guitar on his lap. Great stuff! Actually, Harrison doesn't really play much slide on Abbey Road as well, he really started it with All Things Must Pass. That came from him hanging out with/and playing with Delaney and Bonnie (He is on the On Tour w/ Eric Clapton disc). Delaney introduced George to slide in '68, but George admitted he wasn't comfortable playing it much yet, but by ATMP he was very sure of himself as a slide player. Actually, his slide "trademark" really was from more his solo years. The most famous being My Sweet Lord, which is actually Clapton and Harrison playing in unison, and on the Concerts for Bangladesh it is only Clapton playing the slide bit.
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swiss
Great topic - can't wait to hear what guitarists say.
sidebar: I love "For You Blue" - you can tell the slide is pretty new for him - how he digs playing, and his lovely self-deprecating "Go Johnny go!" and "Elmore James got nothing on this baby!"
It wasn't self=deprecating. It was "Johnny" Lennon on lap steel! Haven't you seen "Let It Be"?
Yes, I've seen it many times...but as a teenager and not for about 20 years. Mea culpa I forgot! (jeeesh!)
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Well it would be fantastic if it did finally come out, but I am not too confident, This is from Wiki:
An anonymous industry source told the Daily Express in July 2008 that, according to Apple insiders, McCartney and Starr blocked the release of the film on DVD. The two were concerned about the effect on the band's "global brand ... if the public sees the darker side of the story. Neither Paul nor Ringo would feel comfortable publicising a film showing The Beatles getting on each other's nerves ... There’s all sorts of extra footage showing more squabbles but it’s unlikely it will ever see the light of day in Paul and Ringo’s lifetime.”[41]
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Wow! that is good news! I am anxiously awaiting it, especially with the new footage. There was a treasure trove discovered in Amsterdam when a bootlegger was busted and the footage was returned to Apple. Also the original remastered version done in '92 was going to include an extra DVD of bonus material, and was production was overseen by Neil Aspinal, however, the release was scrapped...
Let me know what you find out tele! That is very cool!
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one thing about a guy like harrison - though technically limited - he had a signature that nobody ever quite replicated - you always knew when george was playing....
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one thing about a guy like harrison - though technically limited - he had a signature that nobody ever quite replicated - you always knew when george was playing....
I don't think he was as technically limited as people say. Listen to his part in the "three-guitar battle" in The End. It is melodic and fluid, and quite skilled (even though I am more moved by John's honking horns distorted lead line in that song).
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whitem8
That was on the studio take, but on both the Concerts for Bangladesh and Live in Japan it is only Clapton playing the slide with George on accoustic. Interesting isn't it? Another great slide one is Sue Me Sue You Blues, and of course one of the most famous and controversial is his slide on Lennon's How Do You Sleep. I have a longer bootleg version where Harrison is just evil on the slid, with a much longer intro and solo, and extra verses. Great!
Most parts by Clapton on the Bangladesh concert where overdubbed later on by George and Jesse Ed Davis, as Clapton was too far out at the time.
I always assumed Harrison played slide in standard tuning, not true? His touch and feel are much like Taylor's, and on The Tin Man Was A Dreamer it's sometimes hard to hear who plays what exactly.
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