While my guitar gently weeps?!


Question: While my guitar gently weeps!?
even though ive asked this before i didnt get any answers so i will ask again!. if you didnt already know eric clapton played the guitar in while my guitar gently weeps and i was just wondering why they didnt let george do it!. he was capable of it i think!. my history teacher says he thinks eric begged to and since they were friends they allowed it!. but i just wanna know if anyone knows the truth for sure or has a different opinion!?Www@Enter-QA@Com


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George Harrison wrote While My Guitar Gently Weeps for the beatles and originally performed the song!.

The composition was met with little to no interest by the other Beatles!. The band recorded it several times, at first in the aforementioned acoustic style, and later in an electric version featuring a backward guitar solo (as Harrison had done in "I'm Only Sleeping" on Revolver), but no version seemed to work!. Let down but undaunted, Harrison invited his friend Eric Clapton to join him during a day's recording session!. Despite Clapton's doubts ("Nobody ever plays on the Beatles' records"), Harrison convinced him otherwise!. The inclusion of Clapton allowed a moment's relief from the band's inner turmoil, as well as a chance for Harrison to free himself of lead guitar, playing only rhythm and vocal!.

Some have wondered whether the famous solo in "Gently Weeps" is actually played by Clapton; it has been rumoured that the solo was re-recorded and that Clapton's solo was not the one that was pressed!. Indeed, the style is reminiscent of Harrison's later lead guitar style, as demonstrated throughout Abbey Road and in his solo work!. However, Harrison has said of the solo:
"So Eric played that, and I thought it was really good!. Then we listened to it back, and he said, "Ah, there's a problem though; it's not Beatley enough!." So we put it through the ADT [automatic double-track] to wobble it up a bit!."Www@Enter-QA@Com

Eric and George were best friends!. George invited Eric to perform the solo, which was 'tweeked' slightly in the studio to make it sound more 'Beatley'!. In return, George co-wrote and performed guitar on Cream's song 'Badge'!.


A little extra music connection :~
George's first wife Patti Boyd, who left him for Eric, was the sister of Jenny Boyd, wife of Mick Fleetwood, and she was the subject of Donovan's song 'Jennifer Juniper'!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

George tryed to do lead parts himself but was never happy!. Eric is a good friend of his and was invited to play for the song!. That is 'supposedly' what happened!.!.!.but who really knows!.!.!.I don't really think Eric would 'beg' to do it but I'm sure he jumped at the chance!!Www@Enter-QA@Com

It's not uncommon for bands to bring in some of their friends for the recording of certain songs!. It helps ease the tension in the studio and sometimes gets the creative juices flowing!. Mr!. Clapton later returned the favor to George by stealing his wife!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

George DID play on it, Eric was the guest soloist!. One of only two "guests" the Beatles ever allowed in the studio with them - the other being Billy Preston during the Get Back, later named the Let It Be sessions!. I don't count Yoko the clinger!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Did you know that George's wife Patti Harrison married Eric Clapton!? Eric was a friend of all the Beatles and they just decided to let him play the lead!.Www@Enter-QA@Com



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