772 The Beatles “Michelle” 1965

“At a certain moment in each session Martin would leave John and Paul and cross the cable-strewn floor to George Harrison, waiting apart from the others, unsmiling with his Gretsch rehearsal guitar. George would then play to Martin whatever solo he had worked out for the song. If Martin did not like it he would lead George to the piano, tinkle a little phrase, and tell him to play that for his solo. Such was the origin of the guitar in ‘Michelle.’ ‘I was,’ Martin admits, ‘always rather beastly to George.’…As for Ringo, he sat patiently in a corner of the studio, waiting to be called to sing his song or drum as directed, whiling away hours when he was not needed in card games” (Philip Norman, Shout!: The Beatles In Their Generation, 2005). 

The Beatles “Michelle”