Beyond “Gently Weeps”: Exploring Eric Clapton’s Guitar Work With John, Paul, George And Ringo

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In the late Sixties, the Beatles and Eric Clapton kicked off a nearly five-decade-long tradition of recorded collaborations.

Sure, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”—the only official EMI Beatles recording Clapton ever played on—is an undisputed highlight, but Slowhand’s fretwork also graces recordings by all four solo Beatles. In fact, the former Yardbird and Domino is the only guitarist—ever—whose fretwork appears on a Beatles album and on official studio recordings by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

For more killer details on Clapton’s collaborations with The Beatles, click here.

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