Harrison wasn’t a shredder by any means the magic resides in his note choices, structure, phrasing and emotional delivery-a trait he shared with David Gilmour and, to a lesser extent, B.B. Harrison’s playing can be heard on several Imagine tracks, including “Oh My Love,” “I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier” and “How Do You Sleep?” He even plays a mean resonator on “Crippled Inside.” But there’s just something downright chilling about his slide work on “Gimme Some Truth,” a song the Beatles toyed with briefly during the Let It Be sessions. Lennon’s successful Imagine album marks one of the only times he recorded with Harrison after the breakup of the Fab Four (the pair also backed Ringo Starr on “I’m the Greatest” in 1973). Reprising his intro lick a whole step higher, now in F# and with a brighter, bridge-pickup tone, Harrison outlines his chord progression with a bold, slippery melody based on major, minor and diminished-seven arpeggios, the latter harmonized in thirds below the melody via an overdubbed second lead guitar. And while its gorgeous twin-slide motif and majestic, gripping solo might not be the most technically challenging things Harrison ever recorded, they boldly announced the arrival of “George Harrison: slide guitarist.” They also helped draw a set of blueprints that’s been used by other artists, including America ( “Sister Golden Hair”), Todd Rundgren ( “I Saw the Light”), Eric Carmen ( “All by Myself”) and Teenage Fanclub ( “The Cabbage”).ĭuring the solo (at 2:47), Harrison’s intonation and muting tidiness (very important when playing slide in standard tuning) are impeccable.

Treasures abound at every turn, including “My Sweet Lord,” the album’s lead-off single. The album, considered one of the greatest releases in “solo Beatles” history, is packed with songs the guitarist had been stashing away since 1966, including a few that didn’t make it onto Beatles albums.

Harrison, a junior songwriting partner to John Lennon and Paul McCartney for way too long, emerged from his bandmates’ colossal shadows with a masterpiece. All Things Must Pass caused a sonic boom when it was released in late 1970.

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