I play EVERY Beatles guitar solo!

(vv TIME STAMPS IN DESCRIPTION BELOW! vv) One of the more ambitious projects I've ever attempted - The Beatles were a formative musical influence on me, and I believe there is much that can be learned from their music. I wanted to see what I might discover by recreating every main guitar solo section from each of their songs and arranging them in chronological order. Turns out quite a bit!

*All music in this video was performed and created from scratch - no original Beatles recordings were used.*

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All parts were performed by me except for drums/percussion, which were performed by Evan Chisholm and Rich Degnars (whom this project would not have been possible without!) Evan plays on everything up through Revolver, as well as Hey Bulldog, All You Need Is Love, and most of Let It Be. Rich plays on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The White Album, and Abbey Road, as well as For You Blue off Let It Be.

Also a huge shoutout to Brendan Sheehan and his dad for letting me borrow that amazing Rickenbacker 12 String, as well as Matt Casarino for his acoustic 12 string.

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*Thumbnail photo by MJ Mac Productions*

**TIME STAMPS:**
00:00 - Intro

Please Please Me
0:12 - I Saw Her Standing There
0:41 - Boys
1:09 - Baby It’s You
1:33 - Twist and Shout

With The Beatles
2:00 - All My Loving
2:13 - Don’t Bother Me
2:31 - Till There Was You
2:54 - Roll Over Beethoven
3:20 - I Wanna Be Your Man

A Hard Day’s Night (+Singles)
3:40 - Long Tall Sally
4:06 - I Call Your Name
4:26 - Slow Down
5:07 - Matchbox
5:32 - A Hard Day’s Night
5:52 - I Should Have Known Better
6:15 - And I Love Her
6:45 - Can’t Buy Me Love
7:08 - You Can’t Do That

Beatles For Sale (+Singles)
7:38 - I Feel Fine
7:53 - She’s A Woman
8:16 - I’m A Loser
8:36 - Baby’s In Black
8:53 - I’ll Follow The Sun
9:07 - Kansas City
9:29 - Words Of Love
10:11 - Honey Don’t
10:50 - Every Little Thing
11:09 - I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party
11:33 - What You’re Doing
11:54 - Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby

Help (+Singles)
12:18 - Bad Boy
12:44 - I’m Down
13:03 - The Night Before
13:21 - You’re Gonna Lose That Girl
13:43 - Act Naturally
14:01 - You Like Me Too Much
14:26 - I’ve Just Seen A Face

Rubber Soul
14:44 - Drive My Car
15:09 - Nowhere Man
15:32 - Michelle
15:52 - What Goes On
16:25 - Girl
16:51 - If I Needed Someone
17:15 - Run For Your Life

Revolver (+Singles)
17:38 - Day Tripper
18:09 - Taxman
18:30 - I’m Only Sleeping
18:50 - And Your Bird Can Sing
19:11 - Tomorrow Never Knows

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
19:37 - Fixing A Hole
20:03 - Good Morning Good Morning

Magical Mystery Tour
20:34 - All You Need Is Love

Yellow Submarine
20:50 - Hey Bulldog

The Beatles (The White Album)
21:24 - Back In The USSR
21:46 - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
22:29 - Happiness Is A Warm Gun
22:52 - Birthday
23:06 - Yer Blues
24:10 - Helter Skelter
24:40 - Honey Pie
24:57 - Savoy Truffle

Abbey Road (+Singles)
25:30 - Old Brown Shoe
25:49 - Come Together
26:08 - Something
26:48 - Octopus’s Garden
27:16 - I Want You
28:05 - You Never Give Me Your Money
28:52 - Polythene Pam
29:34 - Carry That Weight
29:51 - The End

Let It Be
30:40 - Dig A Pony
31:05 - Let It Be (single version)
31:44 - I’ve Got A Feeling
32:07 - One After 909
32:34 - For You Blue
33:03 - Get Back

[amvs]

Please Please Me
0:13 - I Saw Her Standing There - George Harrison
0:42 - Boys - George Harrison
1:12 - Baby It's You - George Harrison
1:35 - Twist And Shout - George Harrison

With The Beatles
2:00 - All My Loving - George Harrison
2:13 - Don’t Bother Me - George Harrison
2:31 - Till There Was You - George Harrison
2:54 - Roll Over Beethoven - George Harrison
3:20 - I Wanna Be Your Man - George Harrison

A Hard Day’s Night (+Singles)
3:40 - Long Tall Sally - John Lennon First Solo, George Harrison Second Solo
4:06 - I Call Your Name - George Harrison
4:26 - Slow Down - John Lennon
5:07 - Matchbox - George Harrison
5:32 - A Hard Day’s Night - George Harrison
5:52 - I Should Have Known Better - George Harrison
6:15 - And I Love Her - George Harrison
6:45 - Can’t Buy Me Love - George Harrison
7:08 - You Can’t Do That - John Lennon

Beatles For Sale (+Singles)
7:38 - I Feel Fine - George Harrison
7:53 - She’s A Woman - George Harrison
8:16 - I’m A Loser - George Harrison
8:36 - Baby’s In Black - George Harrison
8:53 - I’ll Follow The Sun - George Harrison
9:07 - Kansas City - George Harrison
9:29 - Words Of Love - George Harrison
10:11 - Honey Don’t - George Harrison
10:50 - Every Little Thing - George Harrison
11:09 - I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party - George Harrison
11:33 - What You’re Doing - George Harrison
11:54 - Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby - George Harrison

Help (+Singles)
12:18 - Bad Boy - George Harrison
12:44 - I’m Down - George Harrison
13:03 - The Night Before - George Harrison and Paul McCartney
13:21 - You’re Gonna Lose That Girl - George Harrison
13:43 - Act Naturally - George Harrison
14:01 - You Like Me Too Much - George Harrison
14:26 - I’ve Just Seen A Face - George Harison

Rubber Soul
14:44 - Drive My Car - Paul McCartney ( George makes intro solo )
15:09 - Nowhere Man - John Lennon and George Harrison
15:32 - Michelle - George Harrison
15:52 - What Goes On - George Harrison
16:25 - Girl - George Harrison
16:51 - If I Needed Someone - George Harrison
17:15 - Run For Your Life - George Harrison

Revolver (+Singles)
17:38 - Day Tripper - George Harrison and John Lennon
18:09 - Taxman - Paul McCartney
18:30 - I’m Only Sleeping - George Harrison
18:50 - And Your Bird Can Sing - George Harrison and Paul McCartney
19:11 - Tomorrow Never Knows - George Harrison

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
19:37 - Fixing A Hole - George Harrison
20:03 - Good Morning Good Morning - Paul McCartney

Magical Mystery Tour
20:34 - All You Need Is Love - George Harrison

Yellow Submarine
20:50 - Hey Bulldog - George Harrison

The Beatles (The White Album)
21:24 - Back In The USSR - Paul McCartney
21:46 - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Eric Clapton
22:29 - Happiness Is A Warm Gun - George Harrison
22:52 - Birthday - Paul McCartney and John Lennon
23:06 - Yer Blues - John Lennon 1st solo, George Harrison 2st solo
24:10 - Helter Skelter - Paul McCartney
24:40 - Honey Pie - John Lennon
24:57 - Savoy Truffle - George Harrison

Abbey Road (+Singles)
25:30 - Old Brown Shoe - George Harrison
25:49 - Come Together - George Harrison
26:08 - Something - George Harrison
26:48 - Octopus’s Garden - George Harrison
27:16 - I Want You - George Harrison and John Lennon
28:05 - You Never Give Me Your Money - George Harrison
28:52 - Polythene Pam - George Harrison
29:34 - Carry That Weight - George Harrison
29:51 - The End - 1st Paul McCartney, 2st George Harrison, 3st John Lennon


Let It Be
30:40 - Dig A Pony - John Lennon
31:05 - Let It Be (single version) - George Harrison
31:44 - I’ve Got A Feeling - George Harrison
32:07 - One After 909 - George Harrison
32:34 - For You Blue - John Lennon
33:03 - Get Back - John Lennon

[RestyConcepcionJr]

George was the Ringo of Lead Guitars. He created solos as needed in the song. And that's why he's one of the GOAT!

[Agarnk]

Attention to detail important - flipping to reverse mode for Tomorrow Never Knows is an impressive level that shows true care and respect to the material.

[adolfobonillarivera]

Wow you blew my mind out!
You've really studied the Beatles' Discography. You are more than a fan. You are carrying all of this in your heart. The Beatle's complete songs were 211 songs, including their covers, and here you did 75 solos. You really rock!

[TheJayson]

I love George's solos. They're so memorable and catchy. Short and sweet.

[andrewpappas]

This is why I still credit George Harrison as the first guitarist that really made me want to pick up the instrument and is still one of my biggest influences, everything he played was absolutely perfect for the song. He definitely was all about serving the music and I absolutely love it, truly a great player from a young age and definitely one of the greats

[tjrmakhetha]

That re-enactment of The End with the 3 of them taking turns with solo is gold👌

[joemiller]

nothing better than the Nowhere Man solo, the note at the end is genious

[disneyscott]

George definitely improved a ton. Early solos are good, but the solo on Something will always be one of my favorites.

[davidschecter]

Melodies win over "shredding" any day of the year. George was brilliant, learning in no small part from Hank Marvin of The Shadows, who came before him.

[SurfsideRick]

Been a Beatles fan for 60 years and never gets old. I play a lot of their songs on guitar but this is a great compilation and thanks for taking the time.
Oh, and the "reverse" guitar on I'm Only Sleeping and Tomorrow Never Knows was funny! Nice touch. 😅

[Scotttyist]

Well done. After watching this in its entirety I'm struck by a couple of things. One is that George was so proficient in so many styles right from their early days. Be it Rhythm and Blues, Country, Rockabilly, or even Classical guitar, he tried his hand at it all and did a fantastic job. It shows how much he must've practiced as a teenager.
The other thing is that the only slide used on here is by John in For You Blue. I find this interesting because George really made slide his thing only after The Beatles broke up. It's like he was rejecting his past. Great video.

[danmcmahon]

Wow. Thank you. I enjoyed all of it. I play the guitar and love The Beatles. Loved hearing all of George's incredible solos.

[rednaxelahcitorfaznebo]

Many of us started playing guitar because of the Beatles' beautiful music spruce up by George Harrison's unique lead guitar playing.

[alessandrosale]

A memory to George.... A mix of sad and beautiful sensations.... God save his memory!!

[danstraussmusic]

Quite possibly the coolest thing I've ever seen in my life (I've loved them all)! On top of everything else that makes the Beatles so wonderful is that their guitar solos are so unique, interesting, melodic and beautiful as opposed to just showing off. This is truly epic. Great job! Where is "It's All Too Much" though? Love that song and the guitar work is wild!

[onesavedvoice]

This was an impressive project, wow. We’ll done. Beatles’ guitar work is so musical. Shredders, virtuosos and improvers are good. But what the Beatles did with guitar solos is so musical and unique. They were organic parts of the song. The solo in I Want You is one of my favorite guitar solos of all time. Thanks for doing this!

[folkchick]

Wow! This is fantastic! I can't imagine how hard this was to put together, let alone, learning all the leads!

[Goldhunter]

George played a lot of notes out of cord positions. Very classy.

[kobcritic]

Hope the algorithm randomly picks this video and makes it blow up cause this deserves way more views its fantastic