George Harrison was a talented guitar player whose contributions to The Beatles often went underappreciated. Like most musicians, he had to learn the instrument from scratch and had a few different ...

Harrison proved in his solo career that he could write fantastic songs, but his songwriting talents were neutered in The Beatles. He did write a few hits, such as “Something” and “Here Comes the Sun,” ...

George Harrison’s expertise on guitar was far more subdued than other players. He isn’t considered a flashy soloist like Jimi Hendrix or Jimmy Page. Instead he dealt in timeless riffs. He is ...

A resolute fan of 1950s rock and roll, he never got along with hard rock — despite his love for the guitarist who paved the way for it ...

We often think of the Beatles in terms of the subsequent music they helped inspire, but before they were the Fab Four, they were being blown away and inspired by music themselves—like the American ...

When George Harrison’s "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Les Paul was kidnapped in 1973, he called on his former sitar mentor Ravi Shankar to issue an appeal for its safe return, such was their ...

The paradoxes of George Harrison’s career can perplex even the most casual Beatles fans. Taken together the contradictions are as much a part of the band’s legend as John Lennon’s solipsism or Paul ...

The electric guitar that helped George Harrison ascend to stardom is ready for another musician. The vintage Futurama, which the late Beatle favored during his band’s formative days, will go under the ...