John Lennon

[skeith]

OK--this is ridiculous to the extent that every live video of YCDT cuts away from Lennon at the guitar solo, but in this one:

YCDT

Which is pretty clearly live, George isn't playing the solo. In this one:

This one:

YCDT

You can actually catch a second of the solo, but it goes by so fast that it's hard to tell if it's George or John (by George's right hand, it looks like he's playing the rhythm part, right down to the psuedo-lead chording right before it cuts to Ringo).

Enough to convince me, but then I always get thrown off of juries...

Not to keep arguing with you, but I can't tell who solos on the first video.

On the second one, I am pretty convinced it is George, because he is playing a 12 string and the solo sounds like it is from a 12 string to me.

[ep1str0phy]

I know--this isn't really good stuff to go off of, but-

Purely watching hands (and as a guitar player who actively plays this stuff), George is definitely not soloing in the first video and Paul is on bass. But--a solo is happening at about 1:30. There are some 16th note figures ([da-ga-da-ga]-[duh] or some permutation of that) at around 1:45 that correspond to the solo, and George's hands are clearly visible--he's not playing them. Since the guitarist that is visible isn't playing that part, the other one (John) is the likely candidate.

On the second video, the guitars are interlocked and for whatever reason George is more forward in the mix--but, the bluesy line (the part with the string bends, the 16th note figure, etc.--clearly the solo on the album version) is being played by John. I think that the 12-string is dominating because of the balance, but it's technically playing the accompanist role that it does on other versions of this tune.

Edited September 21, 2009 by ep1str0phy