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"Songwriting for me, at the time of Rubber Soul, was a bit frightening because John and Paul had been writing since they were three years old": How The Beatles raised their game in 1965 to create a masterpiece that "broke everything open"

By Neil Crossley published 8 April 24

The Beatles' sixth album Rubber Soul was a colossal creative leap and marked the point at which albums began to be viewed as works of real artistic merit

"There’s plenty of material for us guitarists to learn from – and ‘less is more’ is the overriding lesson": how to play like George Harrison on The Beatles' Abbey Road

By Total Guitar published 13 March 24

Learn the guitar style of the most expressive and accomplished playing The Beatle would ever commit to tape

Four fab Beatles biopics are on the way: Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr will each get a full Sam Mendes movie

By Will Groves published 20 February 24

Oscar-nominated Bond and American Beauty director aiming to "challenge the notion of what constitutes a trip to the movies"

English singer-songwriter, guitarist and former Beatle, George Harrison (1943 - 2001), Cannes, France, 30th January 1976

The 5 George Harrison post-Beatles songs you need to hear: “I write lyrics and I make up songs, but I'm not a great lyricist or songwriter or producer. It's when you put all these things together — that makes me"

By Neil Crossley published 31 December 23

Best of 2023: Freed from the creative confines of The Beatles, George Harrison set out to realise his true creative potential. Here are five of his finest works…

Eric Clapton's While My Guitar Gently Weeps solo was laid down on this day in 1968 because, says George Harrison, "I worked on that song with John, Paul and Ringo, and they were not interested in it at all"

By Will Groves published 6 September 23

Check out the story behind the session, and Clapton's isolated guitar part

Synth pioneer Gary Wright, The Dream Weaver, has died at the age of 80

By Ben Rogerson published 5 September 23

Accomplished keyboard player and composer worked with both George Harrison and Ringo Starr

Former Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden has died, aged 72

By Jonathan Horsley published 25 August 23

Marsden was a giant of blues and rock guitar, with a formidable guitar collection and an even more formidable style

Ringo Starr playing Ludwig drum kit in Paris, 2018

Ringo Starr confirms George Harrison features on new Beatles song, adds that they would “never” recreate John Lennon’s voice using AI

By Stuart Williams published 5 July 23

The Fab Four drummer weighs in on the AI confusion surrounding The Beatles’ un-named, forthcoming new song

From left, George Harrison (playing a Gretsch 6119 Tennessean guitar with Bigsby vibrato) and John Lennon (playing a Rickenbacker 325 guitar) of English rock and pop group The Beatles perform together on stage for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) music television show 'Shindig!' at Granville Studios in Fulham, London on 3rd October 1964. The band would go on to play three songs on the show, Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey!, I'm a Loser and Boys

John Lennon and George Harrison: 10 guitar lessons you can learn from their Beatles era

By Total Guitar published 15 June 23

Songwriting tricks, chord progressions and the guitar genius of the Beatles' early years

Session drummer Jim Keltner recalls John Lennon and George Harrison telling him not to bad-mouth Paul McCartney

By Stuart Williams published 25 April 23

Best of 2023: “We can say that but you shouldn’t”, the drummer was told by the former Beatles