
In other news, Prince’s ‘lost’ 2010 album Welcome 2 America is finally set to be released this summer, having been first performed live in NYC over a decade ago. In the week after Prince’s death on April 21, 2016, a video of him playing the guitar solo on an all-star version of the Beatles’ While My Guitar Gently Weeps with Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and others was shared repeatedly on social media. Everybody wonders where that guitar went, and I gotta tell you, I was on the stage, and I wonder where it went, too." Tom Petty Performs 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' With Prince OctoIn 2004 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, a team of music legends, including Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, and Prince performed 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' in honor of Beatles ' George Harrison. I just saw it go up, and I was astonished that it didn’t come back down again. And then that whole thing with the guitar going up in the air. "When he fell back into the audience, everybody in the band freaked out. "It was a hell of a guitar solo, and a hell of a show he actually put on for the band," Ferrone said. In 2016, the New York Times published an oral history of the performance, and Heartbreakers drummer Steve Ferrone, who played on stage with Prince, said he never found out what became of the guitar: A live performance of While My Guitar Gently Weeps from the 2004 Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame for the induction of George Harrison. It remains one of the coolest moves in the history of rock and roll. While My Guitar Gently Weeps Lyrics: I look at you all, see the love there thats sleeping / While my guitar gently weeps / I look at the floor and I see it. Lyrics to song Tom Petty, Prince by While My Guitar Gently Weeps: I look at you all see the love there thats sleeping While my guitar gently weeps I look. The legendary solo ends with Prince tossing the guitar into the air, which the instrument never coming back down to earth. Gallen has waited for years to edit a new cut of the performance, and the new version puts more emphasis on Prince’s solo in comparison to the original broadcast.“I got rid of all the dissolves and made them all cuts, and added lots more close-ups of Prince during his solo. I invite you to witness two minutes and 50 seconds of Prince’s life from 2004, when he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.You can see the moment I. When Prince died a few years ago, the original clip was shared all over social media by a new generation of fans who didn’t realize that he was the one of the greatest rock guitarists of all-time.Ī brand new edited version of the performance has surfaced on YouTube from Joel Gallen, who produced the original broadcast. The one that left Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Dhanni Harrison almost speechless in its wake. Watching him make love to his guitar was earth shattering. Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne and others performed While My Guitar Gently Weeps at the 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions.



Prince was inducted in the same class along with the former Beatles legend and used his performance to solidify his reputation as one of the most talented musicians alive. While My Guitar Gently Weeps is a song by Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, Dhani Harrison and Prince. The Beatles' While My Guitar Gently Weeps The Beatles' lead guitarist, George Harrison, wrote the song While My Guitar Gently Weeps in 1968 for their double album The White Album. So what it someone decided to take the original footage and clean it up and offer a fresh new look at his mesmerizing performance in honor of the late-George Harrison. Prince performed with Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynn, and Harrison's son Dhani Harrison.

Do you remember when Prince blew the doors off the 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony with his “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” guitar solo? We’ve never been able to forget it either.
