As our readers know, if you want to watch talented guitarists wail over the shred-friendly "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" chord progression, you've come to the right place.
And now there's this: a live 2003 version of the tune by Yellow Matter Custard, featuring Paul Gilbert on some pretty astounding lead guitar.
Yellow Matter Custard was (still is?) a Beatles-tribute supergroup featuring Gilbert, Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, the Winery Dogs), Neal Morse (Transatlantic, Spock's Beard) and Matt Bissonette (David Lee Roth, Joe Satriani, Electric Light Orchestra). Kasim Sulton (Utopia) played bass with the band in 2011, replacing Bissonette.
They took their name from another Beatles song, "I Am the Walrus," which features the line "Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye."
Either way, be sure to check it out. The top video features the entire song, which was shot at New York City's B.B. King Blues Club & Grill on May 18, 2003. The bottom video cuts to the chase and goes directly to Gilbert's second guitar solo.
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Damian is Editor-in-Chief of Guitar World magazine. In past lives, he was GW’s managing editor and online managing editor. He's written liner notes for major-label releases, including Stevie Ray Vaughan's 'The Complete Epic Recordings Collection' (Sony Legacy) and has interviewed everyone from Yngwie Malmsteen to Kevin Bacon (with a few memorable Eric Clapton chats thrown into the mix). Damian, a former member of Brooklyn's The Gas House Gorillas, was the sole guitarist in Mister Neutron, a trio that toured the U.S. and released three albums. He now plays in two NYC-area bands.
