Person · 1943–2001 · Liverpool [53.41, -2.99]
George Harrison
George Harrison was the Beatles' lead guitarist, the youngest of the founding members and a Liverpudlian schoolmate of McCartney. His ringing guitar lines and economical solos defined the instrumental signature of the band's Merseybeat-era recordings. He would later expand the group's palette with the sitar and Indian music, but his roots were in the city's beat clubs.
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- Wikidata: George HarrisonWikidata
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influenced by → Carl Perkins
Carl Perkins's rockabilly picking shaped George Harrison so deeply that the teenage guitarist briefly billed himself 'Carl Harrison.' Perkins's Sun-era country-rock feel runs through Harrison's lead lines and the Beatles' early covers of his songs.