| James Hondros
started learning to play George
at the inception of Revolver in
the summer of 1998. Although new
to the Beatle role, Jim had been
playing guitar in rock bands
since the early 1980s, most
notably, original bands such as
The Van Goghs, The Innocent, and
Feast of Fools, all of which
featured his dynamic songwriting
ability. Since then he played
with many area Beatles tribute
Bands as a self-proclaimed
"Rent-A-George", until
being invited to play with Meet
The Beetles full time. Jim says;
"it was upon discovering
Cousin Liz's Beatles collection
that I became a musician in the
first place." He is featured
in Meet The Beetles repertoire
singing lead on over a dozen
Harrison songs as well as
contributing his lead guitar
talents and vocal harmonies.
Today, in addition to playing
the George role in Meet The
Beetles, Jim Is founding member
of the Rutles Tribute Band (a
Beatles satire) The Yellow
SubMorons.
"I enjoy learning and
performing George's parts.
However subtle some of them are.
His contributions to
Lennon/McCartney compositions
were nothing less than
incredible. As a songwriter,
George was overshadowed by the
sheer volume of Lennon/McCartney
masterpieces, which when all is
said, does not diminish his
ability to write some real gems.
Some of my personal favorites
are, While My Guitar Gently
Weeps, For You Blue, Don't Bother
Me, and, of course, Frank
Sinatra's all-time favorite Love
song -- Something."
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