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  • John As A Guitarist

    From nyarlathotep1@nyarlathotep1@hotmail.com (Norbert) to rec.music.beatles on Tue Aug 20 12:38:05 2024
    From Newsgroup: rec.music.beatles

    I perused some Youtube videos that address the question of how good
    Lennon was as a guitarist.

    The handful of Youtubers I saw all tried to answer the question
    positively. And they supported the conclusion that John was a great
    guitarist (and songwriter) by demonstrating John's parts on songs like "Norweigian Wood," "All My Loving," "Ticket To Ride" and other songs
    from this period.

    Oh -- one person played "I Am the Walrus," but included the orchestral
    stuff, which was actually written by George Martin.

    I agree that the earlier parts were great guitar parts and songs. The
    problem is, John didn't maintain his abilities as a rhythm guitarist and songwriter. I'd add that his post-"eating LSD like candy" guitar parts
    were often feeble. The exceptions are some of the White Album songs,
    where he used a version of the picking technique he had learned from
    Donovan Leitch in India.
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