While My Guitar Gently Weeps Lyrics

Lyric discussion by thisboy 

Cover art for While My Guitar Gently Weeps lyrics by Beatles, The

song4julia is right, on The White Album Eric Clapton became the first non-beatle to play on a beatle track (other than orchestra stuff) Towards the end the "fifth Beatle" Billy Preston played on a lot of their songs, but Eric was the first.

er.... it depends how you define "other than orchestra stuff" - according to the notes on Anthology 2 - the recorder (flute?) on "Hide Your Love" was the first, George Martin played piano on a track Rubber Soul, the Indian musicians on Within you and Without You et al.........