While My Guitar Gently Weeps

"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" is a Beatles song from double-disc album The Beatles (also known as The White Album).

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Beatles - The Beatles

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It was written by George Harrison, who originally composed it with a solo acoustic guitar and a mellotron; an early version can be heard on the Beatles Anthology. Eric Clapton played lead guitar on the album version of the song with a Gibson Les Paul guitar.

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George Harrison - Mellotron - Beatles Anthology - Eric Clapton - Gibson Les Paul

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THe song was later covered by Clapton, Jeff Healey, Peter Frampton, Marc Ribot and Spineshank, among others.

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Covered - Jeff Healey - Peter Frampton - Marc Ribot - Spineshank

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