Noel Gallagher On Meeting George Harrison And More

Noel Gallagher has been speaking about the time he got to meet former Beatle George Harrison at a bonfire party.

Speaking to the Rolling Stone he said "I was invited to a bonfire party, and it happened to be on the property that backed up into George's house. So I'm sitting on a log and this guy with a beard and a denim jacket comes up to me and says, "Hey, you want a Heineken?” I was like, “F*cking hell!” We talked about Carl Perkins, and I told him he was my favorite guitar player".

During the same interview he was asked if he flattered when George Martin called him the finest songwriter of his generation.

He replied "I was fucking flattered - but you can’t take that too seriously, or what are you going to do next? I think he’s wrong, by the way".

Noel Gallagher Met George Harrison At Country Bonfire

Noel Gallagher got the chance to tell Beatles star George Harrison just what he meant to him as the two stars chatted about guitar great Carl Perkins at a mutual friend's bonfire.

The former Oasis star is a huge fan of the Fab Four and fondly recalls sitting on a log next to Harrison at a country party.

He tells Rolling Stone magazine, "It happened to be on the property that backed onto George's house. So I'm sitting on a log and this guy with a beard and a denim jacket comes up to me and says, 'Hey, you want a Heineken?'

"I was like, 'F**king hell!' We talked about Carl Perkins and I told him he was my favourite guitar player."

Harrison died shortly after the meeting in 2001.

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