While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Acoustic Cover

Hello again, fellow YouTubers!!
Well, this time I uploaded another video not long after the last one...:)
This is George Harrison's famous song, While My Guitar Gently Weeps(White Album 1968). This song has some interesting 'behind the scenes' stuff...George recorded it in various ways. At first unplugged, then with electric guitars ect...The most interesting part is that he even tried some backwards guitar work for this song, a technique he had already used in I'm Only Sleeping, Tomorrow Never Knows ect... According to beatleologists, there were various recordings of this song, each of them was really different from the others. But George wasn't satisfied with any of that, he invited Eric Clapton at the studio and the rest is history...The big big shame of the whole story is that there aren't any tapes of those other versions, although Abbey Road Studios kept every recording the Beatles made(apart from the early ones).

Anyway, that's it for the story around the song. This particular video is a cover of the excellent quality demo George(giutar and vocal) recorded with Paul on harmonium that can be heard on Anthology 3. This particular track is also known from the Love album and features some really splendid instrumentation from -who else?- George Martin.

This was a rather modest recording I made, featuring only 3 tracks:
-1 track acoustic guitar
-1 track organ
-1 track vocals

As for the video, it is again done with green screen. I guess I tried to reproduct the exact situation in which the demo was recorded: Inside a studio(sorry, it couldn't be Abbey Road), with George singing and playing his Ej-200 and Paul in the backround messing with the harmonium...:)

Phew, I think I said way too much:P

Enjoy!! //oo\\

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[BeatnikManfred]

.......without many words......great......exclent job..all my thumbs up..

[crazynicktaxi]

@BeatnikManfred

you're always there for a good word! Thanks, Manni

[ZZJoCa]

Close your eyes and it could almost be George. Like your take at the end. Good to see a face to go with the voice.

[crazynicktaxi]

@ZZJoCa

:D I thank you very much, Phil!!

[CurtisMateer]

Cool video and version of the song. Love George. Interesting to read your info. You are a bit of a beatologist it appears. Pete

[crazynicktaxi]

@CurtisMateer

Pete, I am glad you liked it! Yes, George was so great, I miss him...Oh and it's good to hear you found the info intersting!:)

[rieshow]

It is a perfect performance and is splendid!

[SuperCATeri]

agapi m 8eiko!!! kafo <3

[jjohnson191]

Brilliant!

[dfarmbrough]

You've done a very good job, both with the vocals and the guitar - and your recording technique has improved a lot in the last two years!

[ANNEDORIS18]

Very nice job-love this!

[mongrelhead1]

Great video you did Nick. I love the acoustic version and the extra verse. Good work with the green screen.

[beatlemaniac1966]

nice guitar! and great playing, george would be proud

[myrmyr1983]

you're great my friend! i love it. I miss George too