In addition to his legendary guitar playing, George played many other stringed intruments - the ukulele being one of his favorites. A comedian known as George Fromby was George Harrison's inspiration to learn the instrument and his son Dhani once said in an interview that George not only almost always traveled with a ukulele, but that he often had one or two extras in case anyone else wanted to join in.
Here is a video featuring one of George's uke songs "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" from the Brainwashed album:
Also, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" may not be the first song you'd think of if someone asked you what would sound great on a ukulele, but it's really quite beautiful. Here is a very talented man playing it:
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