By George's cover of GH's Awaiting On You All

Awaiting On You All

By George's cover of Got My Mind Set On You

Got My Mind Set On You

By George! covering an early Beatles instrumental track

Cry For A Shadow

By George's version of George Harrison's song All Things Must Pass featuring Tommy Monaghan singing the lead vocal and Billy Karcher playing slide guitar.  We hope you enjoy it!

All Things Must Pass

Originally recorded by The Cookies in 1962, here's By George's version of Chains which was the first Beatles' release featuring George singing (1963)

Chains

George Harrison's 1st single after the Beatles, My Sweet Lord, was also the 1st number 1 hit for an ex-Beatle.  Here's By George's version with Scotty Cumming singing the lead vocal.                                           
By George!:
Billy Karcher - Guitars & Vocals
Jack Bashwiner - Guitar & Vocals
Gerry Griffin - Bass & Vocals
Scotty Cumming - Lead Vocal & Guitar
Tommy Monaghan - Drums & Vocals

Recorded and mixed by Gerry Griffin at the Temple of Tuneage, Verona NJ
BOOKINGS:   thebygeorgeband@gmail.com

My Sweet Lord

Any Road is the opening track on George Harrison's final album Brainwashed.  Here's By George!'s version featuring Jack Bashwiner singing the lead vocal and playing the ukulele, enjoy!

photo courtesy of Spy Black

Any Road

Taxman, written by George Harrison, is the opening track to the Beatles' album Revolver.  Here's a cover from By George! featuring Gerry Griffin singing the lead vocal, Jack Bashwiner playing the bass, Scotty Cumming playing the first guitar solo and Billy Karcher playing the second solo.  Enjoy!

Taxman

I Want To Tell You was George Harrison's 3rd song on the Beatles' Revolver album. Here's By George! playing I Want To Tell You featuring Jack Bashwiner singing the lead vocal and Bob Cannon playing the piano.   Hope you like it, cheers!
Scotty Cumming - guitar & vocals
Billy Karcher - guitar & vocals
Bob Cannon - piano
Gerry Griffin - bass
Tommy Monaghan - drums & percussion         

Recorded & mixed by Gerry Griffin at the Temple of Tuneage, Verona, NJ

I Want To Tell You

Do You Want To Know A Secret? was written by John Lennon but George Harrison sang it.  It was the first top ten song to feature George singing the lead vocal.  As a single, it reached number 2 on the Billboard chart in 1964.  Here's the By George! version featuring Gerry Griffin singing the lead vocal and Jack Bashwiner playing the bass

Do You Want To Know A Secret?

Recorded live at Tierneys Tavern, Montclair NJ, on 6-18-22 with:
Jack Bashwiner - vocals & ukulele
Billy Karcher - guitar
Tommy Monaghan - drums
Gerry Griffin - bass
Steve Runyon - keys
Tony Orback - sax
Tony Fernandez - shaker
Recording & FOH - Miguel Rodriguez
Recording mixed by Gerry Griffin at the Temple of Tuneage, Verona NJ

Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea (Live)

By George! is a musical tribute to the music of George Harrison, performed by a group of dedicated players located just outside NYC in northern NJ.  Ranging from the Quarrymen to the early Beatles days to his final solo record (Brainwashed), By George! covers many great songs from George's career.  We hope that you enjoy our versions and we look forward to seeing you at one of our live performances too, Cheers!

By George! is
Billy Karcher - Guitar & Vocals
Jack Bashwiner - Guitar & Vocals
Gerry Griffin - Bass & Vocals
Scotty Cumming -  Guitar & Vocals 
Tommy Monaghan - Drums & Vocals
Bob Cannon - Keys, Guitar & Vocals
Steve Runyon - Keyboards

Recorded and mixed by Gerry Griffin at the Temple of Tuneage, Verona NJ
BOOKINGS:      thebygeorgeband@gmail.com

By George!

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