2006-11-09 11:37:29 · 18 answers · asked by Zack Stewart 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
because, as a Beatle, he never had a chance to shine and, as a solo artist, he never got the level of airplay he deserved
2006-11-09 11:38:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 12⤊ 1⤋
Wow. This is so subjective and depends so much on your music genre preference. There are so many great ones out there that it's tough to say who should or shouldn't be considered among the very best.
Of course Harrison has to be mentioned, but other obvious greats include Hendrix, Carlos Santana, Andres Segovia, Chet Atkins, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Clapton, Jimmy Page, Les Paul, B.B. King and Duane Allman. Who's the best? Who belongs and who doesn't? Like tastes in music, it depends on the listener. All of the guys I just mentioned belong at or near the top in my estimation.
I'm sure that I've missed some too, but to answer your question, I've always considered George Harrison to be the equal or near-equal of his old friend Eric Clapton. When you look at each artist's body of work, they are pretty similar, even though George was overshadowed by Lennon/McCartney during his Beatle years.
2006-11-09 12:01:12 · answer #2 · answered by blorgo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-28 23:40:14 · answer #3 · answered by anuj 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the all-time greats....right up there with Clapton, but he gets overlooked because he was a Beatle and was always in the shadow of the John, Paul and even Ringo. And, so much of his solo work was religiously-oriented to his somewhat goofy Indian religion, Hare Krishnaism or whatever he was following.
2006-11-09 12:01:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have no idea because George Harrison is just AWESOME!!! He does a totally awesome job on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "Something".
2006-11-09 11:40:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because he was not that good.
You compare him the Mark K, Stevie V, Joe S and even Chet Atkins, and he is nowhere close.
Sorry to break this to you dude. To see what I mean, Listern to the first track on "Surfing with an alien" By Joe Satriani. You will soon see what Im getting at.
2006-11-09 11:40:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Because he wasn't a great guitarist- if you hear anything on his albums that sounds like great guitar playing it's probably Eric Clapton.
2006-11-09 11:42:04 · answer #7 · answered by answermann 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
because he didnt cram 200 notes into 1 second
like "look how fast I can play" "watch this tacky solo I can do"
that is sadly how great guitarists are judged
2006-11-09 11:46:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Harrisson was not that good of a guitar player compared with Hendrix and Santana or Zappa...The Beatles were known for their musical composition and harmonies; not for their skills as musicians...
2006-11-09 11:41:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
because of that no playing Paul got all the attention George was much better
2006-11-09 11:42:04 · answer #10 · answered by SmoothCharacter 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋