George Harrison – Lead Slide Guitar Live – Cheer Down!!

George Harrison showing great tone as he plays live slide guitar in standard tuning.

23 thoughts on “George Harrison – Lead Slide Guitar Live – Cheer Down!!”

yuri richopo
February 22, 2013 -

He played a little slide in the middle of the solo of Baby you can drive my car and Old brown shoe
R77Justin
February 22, 2013 -

What song is this?
deckles100
February 22, 2013 -

Very, very cool, THANKS
leobeat66
February 22, 2013 -

You´re right, precisely , in tune and clean!
MrNankerPhelge
February 22, 2013 -

This is played in standard tuning, BTW.
MrNankerPhelge
February 22, 2013 -

Was that before or after he banged his wife??
Buddy Phelps
February 22, 2013 -

Eric Clapton taught George how to play Slide Guitar. When he took a break from The Beatles, he played with Delaney & Bonnie.
George plays slide in open key tuneing.
erick marbon
February 22, 2013 -

rip john and george even though youve disbanded,beatles forever
bashfulbrother
February 22, 2013 -

Of all four of the band, I think his writing is the best, and Ringo comes in second. They just never got any kind of airplay. Ringo has been able for the last 15 years to write and produce and he is phenomenal.
Robert Spinello
February 23, 2013 -

I wish could have seen more of this….
mege8524
February 23, 2013 -

best guitar player in music rock history..pure love .
tenzel1231
February 23, 2013 -

Actually he did play slide guitar on the end of the solo to drive my car with the Beatles, it was a short part but it was still slide.
fedbos91
February 23, 2013 -

He plays so precisely!
marty james
February 23, 2013 -

well said – totally agree
HypOnlineMedia
February 23, 2013 -

He was actually turned onto slide guitar by Delaney Bramlett, who he did a few gigs with at the very end of his Beatles tenure. So your timeline is right on the mark. He didn’t play slide with the Beatles but had learned the technique by the time he was recording ATMP.
As a side note, it was those gigs with Delaney & Bonnie (Also featuring Eric Clapton, not a bad backup band, eh?) that got George interested in guitar again, He was allowed to just play and jam and wasnt being told WHAT to play.
GoatOnHill237
February 23, 2013 -

He’s a master. RIP George, he was always my favorite 🙂 <3
MyRobert1955
February 23, 2013 -

Great slide player
EpicValleyStudios
February 23, 2013 -

:07 it’s Young George!!
Ka Tsun Chow
February 23, 2013 -

three people will never cheer down.
GuitarSolo1962
February 23, 2013 -

When people talk about the all-time great guitarists it can lead to heated discussions. George was great not perhaps in the same was as Hendrix, Malmsteen, Satriani, Van Halen, or Page, but his greatness was on three critical levels: 1) he always played what the song needed; it was not about stroking his own ego; 2) he wrote more "hummable" guitar lines than anyone else; and 3) he really created a sound all his own. Even if you close your eyes and listen, that guitar sound is George.
Gary Pearson
February 23, 2013 -

Legend….great slide playing
juanv26
February 23, 2013 -

Im not sure, but in the end of "Drive my car" solo, sounds like he uses a slide. (dont know if Paul played that solo)
drutgat2
February 23, 2013 -

No, he first played a touch of slide – as kind of ‘colour’, rather than a solo – on some of the original takes for ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’. It might even be buried in the finished mix, but I cannot hear it.

Apparently he had Mal Evans saw a piece of metal tubing off one of the amplifier stands to use as a slide.

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