{"id":2495,"date":"2026-06-04T19:41:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T23:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=2495"},"modified":"2026-06-04T20:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T00:37:39","slug":"the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\/","title":{"rendered":"The Epic Beatles Guitar Solo That George Harrison Didn\u2019t Play"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you were asked to name an epic Beatles guitar solo that George Harrison didn\u2019t play, your first response would likely be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/the-beatles\/while-my-guitar-gently-weeps\">\u201cWhile My Guitar Gently Weeps\u201d<\/a>. The \u201cWhite Album\u201d track features Harrison\u2019s friend, Eric Clapton, who masked the solo behind swirling effects to avoid the sound of his signature blues. But that\u2019s not the one I\u2019m writing about here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cTaxman\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Beatles - Taxman\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gMdcE8jdz70?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The opening track on <em>Revolver<\/em> finds Harrison raging against Britain\u2019s tax system. He plays a stabbing riff echoing the stinging reality of high levies following The Beatles\u2019 success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Should five percent appear too small,<br>Be thankful I don\u2019t take it all.<br>\u2019Cause I\u2019m the taxman,<br>Yeah, I\u2019m the taxman<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn those days we paid 19 shillings and sixpence out of every pound, and with supertax and surtax and tax-tax it was ridiculous\u2014a heavy penalty to pay for making money. That was a big turn-off for Britain. Anybody who ever made any money moved to America or somewhere else,\u201d Harrison <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatlesbible.com\/songs\/taxman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> in <em>Anthology<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Now my advice for those who die (taxman),<br>Declare the pennies on your eyes (taxman).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Punk <strong>Guitar Solo<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Though Harrison wrote the tune, Paul McCartney instead played the guitar solo. It feels like an intrusion, which also fits the vibe of Harrison\u2019s grievance. As an homage to his bandmate, McCartney inserted an Eastern-inspired melody into the guitar break to reflect Harrison\u2019s admiration for Indian classical music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continuing what they started on <em>Rubber Soul<\/em>, The Beatles\u2019 studio experiments on <em>Revolver<\/em> broke recording norms and established what became industry standards in record-making. On \u201cTaxman\u201d, engineer Geoff Emerick pushed the instrumentation with distortion and compression, creating an aggressive and groundbreaking mix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It foreshadows the underground musical movements that followed. And \u201cTaxman\u201d, along with McCartney\u2019s brash guitar solo, stands as a blueprint for the sneering, anti-authority spirit of punk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, The Beatles had become producers, working with George Martin as sonic architects. The studio was now as crucial to the composition as a guitar or piano, and the world\u2019s biggest band finally freed itself from the constraints of rock and pop music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harrison crafted a protest anthem, and McCartney ripped the guitar solo in what sounded like the key of revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo by REPORTERS ASSOCIES\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you were asked to name an epic Beatles guitar solo that George Harrison didn\u2019t play, your first response would likely be \u201cWhile My Guitar Gently Weeps\u201d. The \u201cWhite Album\u201d track features Harrison\u2019s friend, Eric Clapton, who masked the solo behind swirling effects to avoid the sound of his signature blues. But that\u2019s not the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":973477,"featured_media":2498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"byline":{"profiles":[{"type":"byline_id","atts":{"term_id":316,"post_id":2139}}]},"savage_platform_role_ideator":[],"savage_platform_role_editor":[],"savage_platform_role_senior_editor":[],"savage_platform_role_photographer":[],"savage_platform_role_illustrator":[],"savage_platform_role_translator":[],"savage_platform_role_as-told-to":[],"savage_platform_role_reviewed-by":[],"savage_platform_disable_recirculation":false,"savage_platform_article_type":"news","savage_platform_vice_article_type":"article","savage_platform_article_intent":"","savage_platform_show_affiliate_disclaimer":false,"wp_curate_deduplication":false,"wp_curate_unique_pinned_posts":false,"savage_platform_featured_image_caption":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","savage_platform_subheadline":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[261,18,35],"byline":[316],"class_list":["post-2495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-george-harrison","tag-rock-music","tag-the-beatles"],"savage_platform_primary_term":{"category":{"term_name":"Features","term_id":12,"term_link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/category\/features\/"},"post_tag":{"term_name":"george harrison","term_id":261,"term_link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/tag\/george-harrison\/"}},"hide_from_homepage":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Epic Beatles Guitar Solo That George Harrison Didn\u2019t Play - Songfacts Articles<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you were asked to name an epic Beatles guitar solo that George Harrison didn\u2019t play, your first response would likely be \u201cWhile My Guitar Gently Weeps\u201d.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Epic Beatles Guitar Solo That George Harrison Didn\u2019t Play - Songfacts Articles\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you were asked to name an epic Beatles guitar solo that George Harrison didn\u2019t play, your first response would likely be \u201cWhile My Guitar Gently Weeps\u201d.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Songfacts Articles\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-04T23:41:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-05T00:37:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/George-Harrison-1200-x-675.jpg?w=1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Thom Donovan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Thom Donovan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\\\/\"},\"author\":[{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=2139\"}],\"headline\":\"The Epic Beatles Guitar Solo That George Harrison Didn\u2019t Play\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-04T23:41:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-05T00:37:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":399,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/George-Harrison-1200-x-675.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"george harrison\",\"Rock Music\",\"The Beatles\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Features\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Epic Beatles Guitar Solo That George Harrison Didn\u2019t Play - Songfacts Articles\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/George-Harrison-1200-x-675.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-04T23:41:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-05T00:37:39+00:00\",\"description\":\"If you were asked to name an epic Beatles guitar solo that George Harrison didn\u2019t play, your first response would likely be \u201cWhile My Guitar Gently Weeps\u201d.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/George-Harrison-1200-x-675.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/George-Harrison-1200-x-675.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675,\"caption\":\"Photo by REPORTERS ASSOCIES\\\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Epic Beatles Guitar Solo That George Harrison Didn\u2019t Play\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/\",\"name\":\"Songfacts Articles\",\"description\":\"Better understand and enjoy the songs you love\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Songfacts Articles\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/songfacts-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/songfacts-logo.png\",\"width\":575,\"height\":180,\"caption\":\"Songfacts Articles\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=2139\",\"name\":\"Thom Donovan\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/author\\\/thom-donovan\\\/\",\"description\":\"Thom Donovan is a contributor to SongFacts as well as a recording artist and published songwriter. His songwriting work has been associated with Kobalt and Nettwerk, and he has performed globally alongside artists such as Brandi Carlile, John Prine, Robert Plant, and Social Distortion. Donovan is also the author of The Twin Affair, his debut [&hellip;]\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/T010M2RB9SP-U0B6063CX96-ea45c7fbc0b8-512.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.songfacts.com\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/T010M2RB9SP-U0B6063CX96-ea45c7fbc0b8-512.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Thom Donovan\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Epic Beatles Guitar Solo That George Harrison Didn\u2019t Play - Songfacts Articles","description":"If you were asked to name an epic Beatles guitar solo that George Harrison didn\u2019t play, your first response would likely be \u201cWhile My Guitar Gently Weeps\u201d.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Epic Beatles Guitar Solo That George Harrison Didn\u2019t Play - Songfacts Articles","og_description":"If you were asked to name an epic Beatles guitar solo that George Harrison didn\u2019t play, your first response would likely be \u201cWhile My Guitar Gently Weeps\u201d.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\/","og_site_name":"Songfacts Articles","article_published_time":"2026-06-04T23:41:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-06-05T00:37:39+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/George-Harrison-1200-x-675.jpg?w=1200","width":1200,"height":675,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Thom Donovan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Thom Donovan","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\/"},"author":[{"@id":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=2139"}],"headline":"The Epic Beatles Guitar Solo That George Harrison Didn\u2019t Play","datePublished":"2026-06-04T23:41:20+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-05T00:37:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\/"},"wordCount":399,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/George-Harrison-1200-x-675.jpg","keywords":["george harrison","Rock Music","The Beatles"],"articleSection":["Features"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\/","url":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\/","name":"The Epic Beatles Guitar Solo That George Harrison Didn\u2019t Play - Songfacts Articles","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/George-Harrison-1200-x-675.jpg","datePublished":"2026-06-04T23:41:20+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-05T00:37:39+00:00","description":"If you were asked to name an epic Beatles guitar solo that George Harrison didn\u2019t play, your first response would likely be \u201cWhile My Guitar Gently Weeps\u201d.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/George-Harrison-1200-x-675.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/George-Harrison-1200-x-675.jpg","width":1200,"height":675,"caption":"Photo by REPORTERS ASSOCIES\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Epic Beatles Guitar Solo That George Harrison Didn\u2019t Play"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/","name":"Songfacts Articles","description":"Better understand and enjoy the songs you love","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/#organization","name":"Songfacts Articles","url":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/12\/songfacts-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/12\/songfacts-logo.png","width":575,"height":180,"caption":"Songfacts Articles"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=2139","name":"Thom Donovan","url":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/author\/thom-donovan\/","description":"Thom Donovan is a contributor to SongFacts as well as a recording artist and published songwriter. His songwriting work has been associated with Kobalt and Nettwerk, and he has performed globally alongside artists such as Brandi Carlile, John Prine, Robert Plant, and Social Distortion. Donovan is also the author of The Twin Affair, his debut [&hellip;]","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/T010M2RB9SP-U0B6063CX96-ea45c7fbc0b8-512.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/T010M2RB9SP-U0B6063CX96-ea45c7fbc0b8-512.jpg","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Thom Donovan"}}]}},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"The Epic Beatles Guitar Solo That George Harrison Didn\u2019t Play","url":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/George-Harrison-1200-x-675.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/George-Harrison-1200-x-675.jpg"},"articleSection":"Features","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Thom Donovan"}],"creator":["Thom Donovan"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Songfacts Articles","logo":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/12\/songfacts-logo.png"},"keywords":["george harrison","rock music","the beatles"],"dateCreated":"2026-06-04T23:41:20Z","datePublished":"2026-06-04T23:41:20Z","dateModified":"2026-06-05T00:37:39Z","custom_metadata":{"ideator":[],"editor":[],"senior_editor":[],"photographer":[],"illustrator":[],"translator":[],"as-told-to":[],"reviewed-by":[]},"section":"Features"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"The Epic Beatles Guitar Solo That George Harrison Didn\u2019t Play\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-epic-beatles-guitar-solo-that-george-harrison-didnt-play\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/George-Harrison-1200-x-675.jpg?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2026-06-04T23:41:20Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"Features\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"george harrison,rock music,the beatles\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"Thom Donovan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-metadata\" content=\"Array\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/articles.songfacts.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/George-Harrison-1200-x-675.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/973477"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2502,"href":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495\/revisions\/2502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2495"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}