Steve Ferrone Recalls Prince's Incredible Tribute To George Harrison | Questlove Supreme
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- The drummer for The Average White Band and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers tells Questlove about meeting Prince, and jamming together on "My Guitar Gently Weeps" in tribute of The Beatles' George Harrison.
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Who’s still watching that brilliant performance in 2023???
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8/3/23
I am 8/23/23
I am on 19/09/2023 in New Zealand!
Who ain't!!!
Yes because it hasn’t been topped.
That Prince solo is why I've watched that performance 1000 times at least and will watch it another thousand before I die. I take nothing away from the original though, it's a beautiful track in its own right, God bless George, I'm sure he would approve
Amen
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Could be seen as a bit showboating, but I believe it was Prince paying homage to George the best way he knew how.
@@B0Nnaaay It was showboating in a good way.
I saw it live (TV) . One could see they were all onto their music. They didn't know if he was going to bring it. Their faces....plus it was a different crowd. Different music.
But when he starts playing they start smiling and one can see they all loved it!
Imagine Prince looking you in the eyes while playing your song, insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great story.
I think that was such a cool thing for Prince to do for Ferrone! "Yeah, I know who you are, man!"
So glad I found this discussion of Prince's "My Guitar Gently Weeps" solo. I listen to it every couple of months just to relive that amazing performance. The whole band was great, but Prince made it unforgettable.
I don't know how anyone who had ever listened to even just the Purple Rain album would fail to know just how fucking amazing of a guitarist Prince was. Guy was a maestro, across the board.
Prince nailed that performance. Gives you chills to watch it. Incredible.
i'm still looking for the guitar!
I’m still coming back to this in 2024
One of the best solos ever imo! A true legend paying homage to another legend!
Watching in 2024!🔥🔥🔥🔥
Tom Petty (Heartbreakers, The Traveling Wilburys) - lead vocals, guitar
Jeff Lynne (ELO, The Traveling Wilburys) - co-lead vocals, guitar
Steve Winwood (Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith)- organ
Dhani Harrison - guitar, backing vocals
Jeff Young (Jackson Browne) - piano
Marc Mann (ELO, Oingo Boingo) - lead guitar
Scott Thurston (The Motels, The Heartbreakers) - bass
Steve Ferrone (AWB, Duran Duran, The Heartbreakers) - drums
Jim Capaldi (Traffic) - persussion, tambourine
Prince (aka "that handsome little guy with the red hat") - soul, swagger, heat, sexiness
George Harrison - spiritual guidance
Eric Clapton - blues inspiration
Jimi Hendrix - cosmic influence
So Scott Thurston is the one behind Prince to the right? I always tough he was the lead singer of Dire Straits. Thank you for the info, damn that was truly a super group!!!
🤘!! 👌!! Rest in peace to the legends who've passed away, 🙏 Prince, Tom Petty, George Harrison🙏 and Jimi Hendrix.
@@energyasylum997 Jim Capaldi also -- the very animated percussionist
@@Tarantulisimo I was disappointed to find out that he wrote my favorite Steve Winwood song and I knew nothing about him--after I knew, his name seemed to be everywhere!
NAILED IT
Veni, Vidi, Vici
That is what he did.
He came, he saw, he conquered.
He destroyed all, threw the guitar and walked off like nothing happened! It was brilliant, he goes masterclass at 3:29 and about 30 seconds later he goes god mode! Fuckin amazing!!!
The Romans pronounced "v" as we pronounce "w". It changes the dynamic.
@@johnwattdotca no laugh emoji but if there were
“They know now…”. Absolutely brilliant!!!💜💜💜
Man, I've watched that song a dozen times and always wondered what happened to the guitar. Now I'm going to watch it again.
The guitar went to heaven obviously
He threw it to the same guy that was holding him up when he fell backwards into the crowd.
Watch the "Directors Cut" version of this performance here on TH-cam!! It shows a person catch it. rip Prince
@@energyasylum997🏃😃Thanks!
George and Jimi caught it. They were floating above, In The House. They held on to it for him.
Prince Nailed it to beyond anybody's reach, I think Prince must have enjoyed this song and showed up to show his appreciation (which considering Prince's Talent shows respect to George's art). Prince also did an outstanding acoustic version of "Cream" (I think it was on a steel guitar), which is also one of my favourites. RIP George & Prince
I absolutely agree. RIP Prince, George and Tom Petty
Steve Ferrone is a wonderful drummer. Never overplays. Monster chops.
I already knew that Prince's solo itself wasn't rehearsed. Prince for certain did rehearse his own 15-20 minute set with his band for earlier in the show, & photos show that he showed up for the quick run-through of the jam session just so everyone knew where their places were, but he definitely never rehearsed the actual solo...
The Greatest To Ever Do It!! Rest In Power Messenger!!
I KNEW IT!!!! His performance and the band's reaction tells the tale!!!!❤
Please share where to find that photos. I only knew about a sound check and none "particular rehearsal".
@@oskarobit i don't even know for sure that it was a full blown rehearsal per se, but it was definitely more than a just sound check, since they needed to make sure everyone knew their places & spots -- I've seen a photo of them all onstage at this session, you might be able to search it out
Prince did 4 hour sound checks. He wrote a song a day. If he wasn’t playing music he was sleeping. He didn’t have to practice the solo because he could, and often did, just PLAY like that. That’s what made the Rolling Stone diss so egregious. Prince was the hardest working man in show business.
Just discovered performance of Prince! A hero playing tribute to an earlier hero.
When you hear the reverence when other high caliber artists speak about him.
Dude was truly something else..
Super epic performance by the G.O.A.T. Prince
Actually it was Tom Petty who told Olivia that hey having Prince is a good thing 🙌🎸💜
My introduction to the song they all played that night was at the end of the movie Kubo (great animated film). So, liking it, I watched this tribute many months later. I was blown away by that solo and had to share it with my dad, of equal musical mind. Easy addition to my "best things to ever happen in music" list. Nice to know these details about that event.
One of the best solos out there to watch. I've watched it time & time again.
100% Prince was a MONSTER on guitar.
@mikedavis8008 Ridiculous to say--read what real guitar players say about Prince's guitar skills!
@mikedavis8008
Prince was very underrated! One of my top guitarist! That was one of the best leads I ever ever heard! I watch it over and over again and never get tired of it! Masterpiece!
Awesome interview
With all due respect to the other guitarists, Prince really does make his guitar weep.................a master musician.
💜The first soloist gently wept; Prince loudly wailed 😭🤣🤣🤣💜
Prince killed it!!! ❤
Incredible
With a solo like that how can they not put him in the top 5.
It was one of his finest moments for many reasons.
Look at the energy he brought, watch the Harrison kid reacting to Prince, watch Petty's amazement and bowing down to him/his massive talent.
FU, Rolling Stone, Prince will always be #1.
Btw, he tossed the guitar up to the same dude that caught him. I heard it was then given to Oprah.
I love this story!!!
I have heard of Steve Ferrone and heard him play for decades.. I was today years old when I found out he was British :)
I still get joy from AWB.
"They know now." 😂😂😂
Bring back the DJ set Questo!!
Everyone is making this to complicated prince is a gifted natural performer if you invite one of those to a performance it would be odd to see him not perform also talented performers will always steal the show. I don’t think he knew how to do anything else
What makes it so incredible is not only is showmanship, but its service to the sentiment of the song. Any lesser guitarist would have shred through the solo, but notice how Prince makes room for the vocal phrases and projects sadness through the intensity of his bends, even playing in the microtonal.
The ONLY reason people are even talking about this performance almost 20 years later, is because PRINCE was on that stage and what he did that night. Otherwise, this would have been long forgotten and put in the dustbin of other HOF Induction Tributes no one cares to go back and watch much less listen to it again. RIP Prince, they KNOW now.. RIP Tom, you are missed. The interaction unspoken between the two of them was everything.
Nice! thank you.
Amen!
I miss em, such a great solo
Also , so much for the boo(s) when Prince first opened-up for the Stones .
Do you remember the year? I didn't see the Stones until I was in my 30s--about 1989? Living Colour opened, black band, but hard rock, and so good--but not Prince good and only 1 hit to their name--and the crowd didn't boo. That band breaking up was something I never understood, but band breakups never make sense. (I married a musician 46 years ago and decided they're great people, but usually very emotional but don't think they are, and usually think they're right, so the bands fight a lot for ridiculous reasons...)
@@mollyhall2954 You're spot on . . . I'm a musician . . . Great to be understood and " we don't forget anything " .
@@rjwoodscvi LOL I went to college with guys studying to be lawyers, history professors, etc--I thought that would be a dull life. I married a musician the day after I graduated and expected an interesting, unpredictable life and that's what happened! Some thought I was silly enough to expect that he would be rich and famous--would have been nice to see him get recognition, and to have no financial worries, but success was getting to play and having the respect of his peers, and knowing his children and I were proud, I think.
@@mollyhall2954 Some persue music for fame & fortune ( of which Michael Jackson said is an Illusion , I think he would know ) . And others have a heart overflowing with music ( a musician/artist ) no matter their financial status . Some of the greatest musicians are not well-off or well-known .
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What's funny, it's been a long, we'll known fact amoung guitarists., that Prince was amazing. Not to mention on multiple other instruments. But, on guitar, he very respected
The beat beast play super smooth
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I bought that Rolling Stone Magazine!!! I was sooooo pissed with that list!!!😤 I couldn’t believe where they ranked Prince!!! I believe because he played so many instruments and played them so well to the point he would show off doing so in his live shows, took away from how great of a guitar player he really was!!🤔 the one person Rolling Stone had right on that list was Jimi Hendrix
I agree, I was also disappointed about Ernie Isley not being anywhere on it
Prince was a great guitarist
Saw AWB in Saginaw Mi, my childhood buddy Clyde was playing with them, 🥶
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IM REALLY PROUD OF YOU GUYS FOR ALL OF MANKIND THANKYOU
He smoked em🫠
@mikedavis8008 Where did you ever get the idea that the Wilburys didn't enjoy their star power? That's crazy! They talked about it in interviews and in the songs they wrote about their pasts! What's your motivation for hating another performer on their behalf? Do you think of the great George Harrison as weak somehow? He was not! He had to go up against his bandmates and fight for his own songs when he was in the most popular band in the world, and he did it, in spite of growing up with them, regarded as the "little brother," even while they respected his guitar playing chops! He was so brave as an ordinary man in his own home that he fought an intruder armed with a knife in the middle of the night when another celebrity would have hidden in a panic room. George Harrison doesn't need you to put down Prince playing a solo as a tribute to him, when they were both being honored, because he had enough confidence when he was alive to laugh and congratulate anybody who played like that! He admired excellence, and wasn't shy about his own! I loved that man since I was 8 years old, 60 years ago, and don't feel a need to put down Prince's tribute. You've been the second most irritating on here, but I think you loved George, so think about this--in New Orleans they have a different way of paying tribute and mourning, when they play music and march through the streets for a funeral instead of standing still and solemn at the hole in the ground. George Harrison was the first Beatle to seek out a new religious experience and stick with it--it meant something to him. He honored other people's beliefs and their ways of expressing their feelings. Just think about it for a minute. We did both love George, and he loved the guitar and good rock music. I've said all I can say.
Where did the guitar go?
2:45 Tom Petty told Prince to take the solo??? ❤
The organizers of the show Planned for Prince to play both solos, because Prince was also being inducted that night, but by mistake at rehearsal a white guy played the first solo and Prince Did Not Cause a Scene--he said no problem, I'll just play the last solo! And then that night on tv he played the last solo, just as he should have--as a tribute to George, but doing his best, not holding back, because I think he respected George and the other guys and didn't think they needed him to hold back!
March two thousand twenty four!!!!
I never saw prince as a guitar hero until i saw that video.
I’m still watching … 2024
Prince doing a tribute to Prince
@mikedavis8008 Prince was being inducted and was invited to play Both solos. A real tribute is to give your best.
What Prince played was in tune with the other guitars & what they were singing... It was about his guitar playing, but he didn't make it about him... You can see the other guitarists running up front to see what Prince was doing when he fell into the crowd... He never missed the chords nor went outside of the song & still added his sound...💯💯💯
Yea. Nice.^
2024 still HERE 💟💜🛐. I'm still trying 2 find out who's job was 2 catch the guitar? 💋
I trust my own instincts, when that solo started i stood up and yelled GET EM!!!. I'm a day one fan and I lived the slights and saw that list. I also know their were people in the audience who talked shit. I remember being in High School and the Metal kids starting rumors that he wasn't even playing in the movie! That a metal guy taught him how to look like he could play. It was brutal, white male rock fans were not used to seeing 2 black dudes occupying the top pop/ rock messianic spots usually reserved for Elvis and the Beatles. Without MJ and Prince there would have been none of the Hip Hop Moguls of today or even Obama. Kids just don't know, they just assumed the world just opened up for them but their labels had to fight for full exposure to the key markets.
MJ got nothing to do with this, please go away!
@horrorpowerfilms9481 MJ is relevant, he kicked down the door to MTV and made the black popstar a reality.
@@creditorclass6513 no he did not, MTV had on rotation Musical Youth, Eddie Grant, The Specials, The Selecter, Grace Jones, Donna Summers and Prince BEFORE Michael Jackson. Stop coming to Prince videos to try to make MJ cool.
@horrorpowerfilms9481 All of those acts put together do not outsell nor eclipse the importance of Michael and Prince as a duo. Together they shifted what it means to be the biggest star in music. Just so you know I'm team Prince but I don't live in an alternative reality where MJ didn't sell more albums than everybody.
@@creditorclass6513 WTF! may be the most WTF comment on Prince's videos. Money, sells and MJ got nothing to do with this video. I'm team sanity! 😂
Bringing it back Sexy!
I want to how much race plays apart in overlooking this master musician.. a beast.. Prince❤
I don't think much to be honest, i personally think because unlike most top guitarists he does so much more and all at a top top level he gets overlooked regarding his guitar skills!!
If you haven't noticed colored people are very well represented in the music business.
@@Roger8176 Noticed?! That's where music started.. They get all The credit❤
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@@stephaniewilson7718 The problem is that they Don't get all the credit and they should. I'm sick of seeing young black reactors to rock music seem surprised when they hear and say they like 60s or 70s rock music and, unless they're pretending, they don't know where those old white men got their inspiration or literally stole the songs from! I tell them in the comments, but sometimes I wonder if they knew already...
The guitar is really weeping
Many opposite opinions here -- but, I think I'll go with what Steve Ferrone expressed about the performance. After all -- He was on the stage playing with him. And in retrospect, ALL OF IT brought a smile & to Steve....including minutes before the show of Prince playing a song of Steves off the cuff. Basically, a tribute to Steve on the fly.......and many here are telling us Prince wasn't trying to do his best Tribute to George ? Nah, I don't buy it......Plus -- Tom P likely absolutely knew that Prince wasn't going to play "rhthym " guitar with the rest of them ! Ha !! No way. LOL....Tom knew what was coming and dang, did Prince Deliver !! You could tell Tom & George's son loved it ! So get on board with it. :) Peace
His solo on this, on, the question of you, and live on stage in the rain at the superbowl playing purple rain,
Three prices of guitar heaven from a self taught genius.
No offence to Gary Moore, or zep, santana,
Or a dozen others,
But prince stood head and shoulders above.
For those who don't know, there is another performance of that song where the guitar player did the exact performance Prince did, hence Peince replicated the performance
Sometimes, you're so good at something, that you don't need to be on the top 100 list of it. It's lowering you down some, I think that's the case with prince.
Rolling stone know nothing
lol "well, they know now"
"And then Prince materialized" :D
HOw come Prince was not in the top 15 of the best guitarists. I just dont know
Rolling Stone hasn't used common sense or kindness since the beginning--they let reviewer Dave Marsh review the first Queen album and he said the singer and musicians were "okay" but didn't like that Freddie wrote a song titled "Jesus," calling him a leader of men, even though it was a beautiful song, from a Parsi man whose religion was Zoroastrian (which I doubt Marsh bothered to find out) so he called them creeps! Not a music review! He continued to trash them for every album, while reviews and sales around the world got better and better. He raved about Springsteen, and they let him, even though his wife worked for Springsteen so he had a conflict of interest...
I remember reading that Rolling Stone so many years ago and wondering if Prince would even get an honorable mention. Nope.
@mikedavis8008 Another absurd statement--give it up, and think about why you want to lie about this man.
I'm a Prince fan but... 😂
your mother
Don’t be fooled. He rehearsed that solo by himself the minute he heard about and his guitar didn’t disappear. Good Lord
On Prince and his drug Problem: The Man (like myself) had agonizing back pain and needed strong pain medication to get him through a Concert. The Fetenal OD was a step too far. Sorry Brother, you left us much too young!
Good that your a fan, right? right. 🙄
In trying to solve the problem the government has made it worse and keeps the doctors from helping people in Prince's position. It should have never happened. His doctor should have been able to legally and safely help him so that he wasn't desperate. A death that could have been prevented. (Spine trauma pain here and I hate so much that this happened to him when he was so young.)
Prince is THE ONLY reason anyone watches it.
Rolling Stone Magazine has always sucked when it comes to their best of lists.
It's almost like there's an Elon behind the scenes.
This was a tribute that Prince did for himself, he was showboating!
Isn't that what rock and roll is? I rank that solo with the best ever.
are you a dinosaure like TREX..you can go back...
the irony of this comment about The Rock and Roll hall of fame show, did you ever watch past editions before the Prince induction? Jagger, Springteen, Paul, Aerosmith all fighting for the mic, and I mean all those artists use to do it every year. The event was a showboating masterclass years before Prince.
@@horrorpowerfilms9481 yes i have and enjoyed them all
Best showboat ever
P just does not look like he is playing his guitar, he is his guitar and it seems so natural, that it is not credited because it does not look like work, it is just there.
I too have watched the song and wept many times. But… I’m annoyed at Prince. He enjoyed his solo, made a fuss by dropping into the audience, tossed his guitar then stormed off. This was a tribute to George, not a stage for his own narcissism. I saw prince many years ago in m/c uk and he didn’t engage with the audience, he did his bit then walked off stage. I left the concert disappointed.
I thiought Petty was laughing at Prince….Prince really isn’t that good…the solo is embarrassing bad….
@@mollyhall2954 Yeah…Petty had no credentials….
Prince solo was okay. It was showy and all about him. Very prince. Some licks then run up and down the fret then another lick then fake dive in the audience. The best solo on this was when Clapton played it with McCartney. His solo was so musical and beautiful. Prince’s solo was showy but empty. Then throws the guitar at the end. Which he does a lot and once pulled the worst asshole move by doing it with a vintage guitar someone else gave him and he had to stand there horrified as Prince threw his vintage epiphone up in the air. The guy was a real prick.
but dude you forgot to tell deliberately to us that prince actually paid the damages back and apologised and that member was with him the NPG and actually that guy adores Prince ....everybody can have reasons of being on a freaky tempo but your ignorance is so filled up to your butt that you cant grasp the fact that Prince could rock on a a blues guitar like Steve Vai or SRV or Van Hallen or Hendrix or Santana or Clapton or Moore... my best regards
ps. you can reply his name and end the discussion if you want
@@gfanarakos well. Nice of him. The guitar will never be the same again. The guy was a prick.
@@carlosmcse Clapton said that this guy would either hate him or adore him. Clapton did not. I am OK with this
Nah this is overhyped and you know it. Stop this nonsense. There have been so many better solos and performances but this is the one that gets picked because it’s ‘available’. Prince had to sign away the rights because it was the RRHOF. It’s why it’s floating freely on the internet because Prince couldn’t take it down.
So name another performance/solo.
@@Capgpro1 right?! typed all that bullsh*t for what?
mofos really be in a rush to hate.
@@prodigalsongod 😆
@@Capgpro1 for starters Just My Imagination from Paard van Troje - The Hague SOTT Aftershow
look up a live version of Shhhhh
All intelligent people will watch and listen to IT, today and 10 years from now.
I'm a Prince fan, but come on, he was playing a tribute to himself, just like he always did!
no music is celebration and music is influence and tribute ....if you are the best just do it... Jordan did so why Prince should not or dunking is a game for doctor J only?
@@gfanarakos Prince was talented, and it was his right to do anything he wanted. My point is that his solo (not gentle, not weeping) clearly had NOTHING to do with Harrison, or the song. In a supposed "tribute" to a dead man, he jerked himself off. . . .
@@rigelloar7474 it was time to give the finger to people that underestimated him deliberately...check out Suzan Rogers what she says about his guitar playing since early 80's ..in my opinion he did very well ..music is for evryone and is celebration and everybody has a way to bring music to eternity... Harrison is a legend and is beloved and so is Prince no matter if many like him or not. Well he did...if you listen close enough to his playing its based on Clapton performance totally and took it next incredible level. Thnx from Greece
"I'm a Prince fan, but..." No you aren't.
@@adrian-vu6gt Your vacuous presumptions are asinine, cun+ .
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