Prince’s redemptive solo, however, was anything but. The preceding verses – sung by Petty with Lynne – had been quietly reverent. Well, it didn’t start that way, actually. Mostly associated with funk, he smashed expectations on Mawith Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne, both collaborators with Harrison in the Traveling Wilburys, as well as Steve Winwood (who’d been part of the sessions for 1979’s George Harrison) and George’s son Dhani Harrison during a thunderous rendition of While My Guitar Gently Weeps. "George Harrison‘s posthumous induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame brought out some expected friends and collaborators – but it was fellow inductee Prince who stole the show.
but where the hell does it go? I mean, that did just happen, right?" But be sure to watch till the very end of the clip. Prince doesn’t enter the video until 3:28, but when he does, it brings the intensity up a few notches (no offense to Petty and Lynne, Harrison's former Traveling Wilburies bandmates). The interesting thing about this clip, which also features Harrison's son Dhani and a few members of Petty's Heartbreakers, is how Prince makes his guitar disappear. The occasion? Harrison's posthumous induction into the Hall. "Back in 2004, Prince joined longtime George Harrison cohorts Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty and Steve Winwood for a performance of the Beatles' While My Guitar Gently Weeps at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Where was he for the Hendrix tribute back in '92?!" He shreds so hard that he nearly falls off the stage - and he still looks cool. Then Prince steps in with a soaring solo and changes everything. "No offense to Petty, Lynne and Winwood, but the first few minutes of performance feel like a slightly stale retread of the star-studded version at 2002's Concert for George. But obviously it's always tinged with sadness when it's for someone who's no longer with us." Well yeah, I was thinking it sounded pretty good, actually! It was great, I enjoyed that. I don't know how it happened, but it must've been somebody in the Hall of Fame I would suspect. The next thing I knew, we were playing together, rehearsing one of them. Tom Petty (NovemConversations With Tom Petty) You see, those things are so much fun to me. We got to meet him, and we really had a great time playing together. And I never would have known that he's a fan. I never would have played with Prince in my life. Dhani played acoustic too, and Jim Capaldi played percussion.
And then we had Steve Winwood on the organ. Yeah, played drums and we had Scott Thurston, who actually played bass, which he usually doesn't do, and harmonica, which is an odd thing to do. Yeah, we practiced a lot on those harmonies. And I think he was really happy that he did it. So it took a little coaxing to convince him. Took a little coaxing to get him to do While My Guitar Gently Weeps. They pretty much always tell you what they would like you to play. "No, since they televise the whole thing they have this habit of choosing the songs. Unknown (March 2004 - Reuters newswire story on the 2004 Rock 'n' Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony) "Harrison's look-alike son, Dhani, joined Petty and Lynne for the Harrison's While My GuitarGently Weeps, in which Prince joined in." Prince joins in on the song's finale and plays some wild rock 'n' roll guitar. Jeff is singing mainly the falsetto bits, so perhaps Tom couldn't hit those notes. This version has Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne sharing lead vocals. Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, Dhani Harrison and Prince - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
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