Question: What performer who played guitar on the Beatles While My Guitar Gently Weeps, recorded the album titled after his last name?

full_context: Document 1: Eric Clapton: Clapton was born on 30 March 1945 in Ripley, Surrey, England, to 16-year-old Patricia Molly Clapton (7 January 1929 – March 1999) and Edward Walter Fryer (21 March 1920 – 15 May 1985), a 25-year-old soldier from Montreal, Quebec. Fryer shipped off to war prior to Clapton's birth and then returned to Canada. Clapton grew up believing that his grandmother, Rose, and her second husband, Jack Clapp, Patricia's stepfather, were his parents, and that his mother was actually his older sister. The similarity in surnames gave rise to the erroneous belief that Clapton's real surname is Clapp (Reginald Cecil Clapton was the name of Rose's first husband, Eric Clapton's maternal grandfather). Years later, his mother married another Canadian soldier and moved to Germany, leaving young Eric with his grandparents in Surrey.Clapton received an acoustic Hoyer guitar, made in Germany, for his thirteenth birthday, but the inexpensive steel-stringed instrument was difficult to play and he briefly lost interest. Two years later Clapton picked it up again and started playing consistently. Clapton was influenced by the blues from an early age, and practised long hours to learn the chords of blues music by playing along to the records. He preserved his practice sessions using his portable Grundig reel-to-reel tape recorder, listening to them over and over until he felt he'd got it right.In 1961, after leaving Hollyfield School in Surbiton, Clapton studied at the Kingston College of Art but was dismissed at the end of the academic year because his focus remained on music rather than art. His guitar playing was so advanced that, by the age of 16, he was getting noticed. Around this time, Clapton began busking around Kingston, Richmond, and the West End.
Document 2: While My Guitar Gently Weeps: ``While My Guitar Gently Weeps ''is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1968 double album The Beatles (also known as`` the White Album''). It was written by George Harrison, the band's lead guitarist. The song serves as a comment on the disharmony within the Beatles following their return from studying Transcendental Meditation in India in early 1968. This lack of camaraderie was reflected in the band's initial apathy towards the composition, which Harrison countered by inviting his friend and occasional collaborator, Eric Clapton, to contribute to the recording. Clapton overdubbed a lead guitar part, although he was not formally credited for his contribution.
Document 3: Beat It: Eddie Van Halen, lead guitarist of hard rock band Van Halen, was asked to add a guitar solo. When initially contacted by Jones, Van Halen thought he was receiving a prank call. Having established that the call was genuine, Van Halen borrowed an amplifier from guitarist Allan Holdsworth and recorded his guitar solo free of any charge. ``I did it as a favor '', the musician later said.`` I was a complete fool, according to the rest of the band, our manager and everyone else. I was not used. I knew what I was doing -- I do n't do something unless I want to do it.'' Van Halen recorded his contribution following Jones and Jackson arriving at the guitarist's house with a ``skeleton version ''of the song. Fellow guitarist Steve Lukather recalled,`` Initially, we rocked it out as Eddie had played a good solo -- but Quincy thought it was too tough. So I had to reduce the distorted guitar sound and that is what was released.'' The song was among the last four completed for Thriller; the others were ``Human Nature '',`` P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)'' and ``The Lady in My Life ''.
Document 4: Eric Clapton: Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945), is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is the only three - time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked second in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the ``100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time ''and fourth in Gibson's`` Top 50 Guitarists of All Time''. He was also named number five in Time magazine's list of ``The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players ''in 2009.
Document 5: While My Guitar Gently Weeps: ``While My Guitar Gently Weeps ''is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1968 double album The Beatles (also known as`` the White Album''). It was written by George Harrison, partly as an exercise in randomness after he consulted the Chinese I Ching. The song also serves as a comment on the disharmony within the Beatles at the time. The recording includes a lead guitar part played by Eric Clapton, although he was not formally credited for his contribution.
Document 6: Beat It: Eddie Van Halen, lead guitarist of hard rock band Van Halen, was asked to add a guitar solo. When initially contacted by Jones, Van Halen thought he was receiving a prank call. Having established that the call was genuine, Van Halen borrowed an amp from Allan Holdsworth and recorded his guitar solo free of any charge. ``I did it as a favor '', the musician later said.`` I was a complete fool, according to the rest of the band, our manager and everyone else. I was not used. I knew what I was doing -- I do n't do something unless I want to do it.'' Van Halen recorded his contribution following Jones and Jackson arriving at the guitarist's house with a ``skeleton version ''of the song. Fellow guitarist Steve Lukather recalled,`` Initially, we rocked it out as Eddie had played a good solo -- but Quincy thought it was too tough. So I had to reduce the distorted guitar sound and that is what was released.'' The song was among the last four completed for Thriller; the others were ``Human Nature '',`` P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)'' and ``The Lady in My Life ''.
Document 7: Eric Clapton: On 22 January 2005, Clapton performed in the Tsunami Relief Concert held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, in aid of the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. In May 2005, Clapton, Jack Bruce, and Ginger Baker reunited as Cream for a series of concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Concert recordings were released on CD and DVD. Later, Cream performed in New York at Madison Square Garden. Clapton's first album of new original material in nearly five years, Back Home, was released on Reprise Records on 30 August.
Document 8: From the Cradle: From the Cradle is the twelfth solo studio album by Eric Clapton released on 13 September 1994 by Warner Bros. Records. It is a blues cover album and was Clapton's follow-up to his successful 1992 live album, "Unplugged". It is his only UK number-one album to date.
Document 9: Eric Clapton: After being discharged, it was recommended by doctors of Hazelden that Clapton not partake in any activities that would act as triggers for his alcoholism or stress. A few months after his discharge, Clapton began working on his next album, against doctors' orders. Working with Tom Dowd, he produced what he thought as his "most forced" album to date, Money and Cigarettes. Clapton chose the name of the album "because that's all I saw myself having left" after his first rehabilitation from alcoholism.In 1984 he performed on former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters' solo album, The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, and joined the supporting tour. Since then Waters and Clapton have had a close relationship. In 2005 they performed together for the Tsunami Relief Fund. In 2006 they performed at the Highclere Castle, in aid of the Countryside Alliance, playing two set pieces of "Wish You Were Here" and "Comfortably Numb". Clapton, now a seasoned charity performer, played at the Live Aid concert at John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia on 13 July 1985, playing with Phil Collins, Tim Renwick, Chris Stainton, Jamie Oldaker, Marcy Levy, Shaun Murphy, and Donald 'Duck' Dunn. When offered a slot close to peak viewing hours, he was apparently flattered. As Clapton recovered from his addictions, his album output continued in the 1980s, including two produced with Phil Collins, 1985's Behind the Sun, which produced the hits "Forever Man" and "She's Waiting", and 1986's August.
Document 10: Lucy (guitar): "Lucy" is the name George Harrison of the Beatles gave to the unique red Gibson Les Paul guitar he received from Eric Clapton in August 1968. Previously owned by rock guitarists John Sebastian and Rick Derringer, Lucy is one of the most famous electric guitars in the world.
Document 11: Clapton (2010 album): Clapton is the eighteenth solo studio album by English rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Eric Clapton. It was released on 27 September 2010 in the United Kingdom and the following day in the United States.
Document 12: While My Guitar Gently Weeps: On 6 September, during a ride from Surrey into London, Harrison asked Clapton to play guitar on the track. Clapton, who recognised Harrison's talent as a songwriter, and considered that his abilities had long been held back by Lennon and McCartney, was nevertheless reluctant to participate; he later recalled that his initial response was: ``I ca n't do that. Nobody ever plays on Beatles records. ''Harrison convinced him, and Clapton's lead guitar part, played on Harrison's Gibson Les Paul electric guitar`` Lucy'' (a recent gift from Clapton), was overdubbed that evening. Recalling the session in his 2007 autobiography, Clapton says that, while Lennon and McCartney were ``fairly non-committal '', he thought the track`` sounded fantastic'', adding: ``I knew George was happy, because he listened to it over and over in the control room. ''
Document 13: I Saw Her Standing There: Paul McCartney -- lead vocals, bass, handclaps John Lennon -- rhythm guitar, harmony vocals, handclaps George Harrison -- lead guitar, handclaps Ringo Starr -- drums, handclaps
Document 14: Live in Hyde Park (Eric Clapton album): Live In Hyde Park is concert film recorded by blues-rock guitarist Eric Clapton on 29 June 1996 in London's Hyde Park. The concert was presented by the MasterCard Masters of Music for The Prince's Trust and featured songs from right across his career. The VHS of the footage from the concert was released in 1997, followed by a DVD version in 2001.
Document 15: While My Guitar Gently Weeps: George Harrison -- double - tracked vocals, backing vocal, acoustic guitar, twelve - string guitar, Hammond organ Paul McCartney -- harmony vocal, piano, bass John Lennon -- electric guitar with tremolo Ringo Starr -- drums, tambourine, castanets Eric Clapton -- lead guitar (uncredited)
ground_truth: Eric Clapton
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