ringo starr played the piano and bass guitar in the song "while my guitar gently weeps".
ringo starr played the piano and bass guitar in the song "while my guitar gently weeps".
who played the piano and bass guitar in the song "while my guitar gently weeps"?
ringo starr
on release, the song received praise from several music critics, and it has since been recognised as an example of harrison's continuing maturation as a songwriter beside his beatles bandmates john lennon and paul mccartney. "rolling stone" ranked "while my guitar gently weeps" 136th on its list of "the 500 greatest songs of all time", seventh on the "100 greatest guitar songs of all time", and at number 10 on its list of "the beatles 100 greatest songs". clapton's performance was ranked 42nd in "guitar world"s 2008 list of the "100 greatest guitar solos". harrison and clapton often performed the song together live, during which they shared the lead guitar role over the closing section. live versions featuring the pair were included on the "concert for bangladesh" album in 1971 and "live in japan" in 1992. backed by a band that included mccartney and ringo starr, clapton performed the song at the concert for george in november 2002, a year after harrison's death.
while my guitar gently weeps
"rolling stone" ranked "while my guitar gently weeps" 136th on its list of "the 500 greatest songs of all time", seventh on the "100 greatest guitar songs of all time", and at number 10 on its list of "the beatles 100 greatest songs". clapton's performance was ranked 42nd in "guitar world"s 2008 list of the "100 greatest guitar solos". among other critics' lists of the best beatles songs, "paste" magazine and "ultimate classic rock" each ranked it at number 4, while "mojo" placed it at number 17. in his commentary for the "mojo" selection, english songwriter chris difford said that he had only come to fully appreciate the lyrics following harrison's death in 2001; describing them as a "riposte" to harrison's bandmates, particularly lennon and mccartney, difford added: "george was the one who came back from india with the spiritual awakening and carried it through to the rest of his life, whereas the others came back with the postcards." in 2018, the music staff of "time out london" ranked "while my guitar gently weeps" 20th on their list of the best beatles songs. coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the white album's release, jacob stolworthy of "the independent" listed it at number 1 on his ranking of the album's 30 tracks. he said the song was "hands down one of the beatles' greatest" and, having being conceived through "disharmony – in the world, as well as in the band he'd grown up with", "testament to harrison's genius".
while my guitar gently weeps