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The similarities between George Harrison and Keith Richards are clear as day. Both guitar heroes cultivated an unmistakable style that gave their respective band’s the edge they needed to go on to become world-beaters, all while being genius songwriters. If were you to take Richards out of The Stones, they basically wouldn’t have existed, and the same for Harrison and The Beatles. Vital cogs in their respective machine, it’s no coincidence they’re two of the most influential guitar players of all time.

After Harrison passed away in 2001, Richards discussed his relationship with the ex-Beatle in a special edition of Rolling Stone entitled ‘Remembering George’. Richards explained that the two were kindred spirits and felt that they shared a unique “bond”.

“George and I kind of formed-without talking too much about it, although we did have a laugh here and there-a bond, in that we felt we were kind of fulfilling the same role within our respective bands,” Richards expressed. “It was a nod and a wink to say, ‘Well, they’d be nowhere without us.’”

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