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I raided every music store in the country looking for old Gibson SGs.” Pete Townshend on his desperate search for the guitar behind the Who’s status as rock legends ...
FOLSOM — Harris Center for the Arts presents ukulele marvel Jake Shimabukuro, who has mesmerized audiences with his ...
George Harrison wrote While My Guitar Gently Weeps after his return from India. Maybe, like me, he visited Indian homes where guitars bought with passion ended up as decorative showpieces. He’s ...
To emphasise his point, Prince was making it on a stage that also contained the likes of Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne and Dhani Harrison (son of George Harrison, While My Guitar Gently ...
To preview her first jukebox collection in nearly four years, Williams has released the record’s first single, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” on streaming platforms.
The story goes that, at a rehearsal the night before the ceremony, Prince kept his powder dry, leaving Jeff Lynne’s guitarist to play both the original While My Guitar Gently Weeps solo ...
This may be a Beatles countdown, but for that piercing guitar solo you anticipate from the first clanging of Paul’s piano – you can thank Eric Clapton. “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” is a ...
Artists Guitarists Eric Clapton's While My Guitar Gently Weeps solo was laid down on this day in 1968 because, says George Harrison, "I worked on that song with John, Paul and Ringo, and they were not ...
Jul. 5—A potential musician got a "hands up" through the partnership of a local business and a local organization. Robert Prince with the Laurel-London Optimist Club organizes the annual Pickin ...
George Harrison learned jazz and blues chords inspired The Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” He learned it from a rock star who also inspired “Julia” from The White Album ...