After meeting John Lennon, what song did George Harrison play to demonstrate his ability?

maninmidohio

Lennon asked Harrison to play "Raunchy." Only after hearing him play that did Lennon accept Harrison into their group. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/george-harrison-729550.html Feb 28 08, 8:51 AM

gtho4

There are many stories about the formation of The Beatles, e.g. The Beatles Anthology (and a few other books stored outside in the garage) make no reference to any "audition" or "demonstration" by George Harrison. Another example: Although George met the group early in the year he was not immediately made a member of the group. In fact, he was never "officially" asked to join but became a member through perseverance. He would sit in at rehearsals and perform with the group when one or another of the group's guitarists didn't show up. He eventually replaced Eric Griffiths when it was decided that the group had too many guitarists. Colin Hanton, who was a good friend of Eric's, was asked by Nigel Whalley to go along with the group and Eric was "frozen out" of the Quarry Men, by the simple method of not informing him of the time and location of rehearsals. http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/namec.htm Nonetheless,this may be the answer (whether it is a verificable fact is another question): George Harrison paying Raunchy by Bill Justis. Source: The Rough Guide to The Beatles by Chris Ingham http://books.google.com.au/books?id=htl2U1fPq8QC&pg=PA6&dq=harrison+1958+raunchy&sig=cmD5e93c4G4G7nUDkMVAoRQ9jb0 Feb 28 08, 9:02 AM