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Donovan was the late Beatle George Harrison’s songwriting mentor.The Scottish musician – whose real name is Donovan Phillips Leitch – used to hang out with The Beatles and pulled guitarist George to one side to teach him “a few tricks” so he could pen his own tunes after being “in the shadow” of John Lennon and Sir Paul McCartney.Speaking to Record Collector magazine, he said: “I became George’s mentor for songwriting. He was in the shadow of John and Paul for so many years and I said, “Look, I’ll show you a few tricks, how to encourage the songs.” There’s a way to encourage the song to come.You can tease it, like fishing. I told him how to play a chord then put your ear on the guitar, listen to the open chord and try a tempo.

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