John Lennon said this song was a cry for help. His marriage was crumbling, he was exhausted mentally from the whole Beatlemania thing, and the recreational drug use was kicking in big time. Starting next week in '66, the band would begin work on their LP, "Revolver." I always thought George used a Rickenbacker guitar on this lead part. Turned out it was a Fender Stratocaster with the audio processing run in a chain through three sound mixing boards, with the treble maxed out on each one. John played those fills in the same way. My radio and musician friends will get the references.
Beatles - Nowhere Man
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