Johnny Depp has starred in a string of critically acclaimed blockbusters, but his personal career high was playing slide guitar on the song Fade In-Out Oasis album “Be Here Now.”
Depp even gave Noel Gallagher a guitar during the recording session, which he often plays at concerts. Johnny said,
“The guys are pals of mine, and I was in the studio when they put down Fade In-Out so they let me play lead slide guitar. “We did it in one take, too. I gave Noel Gallagher a white guitar as a gift and he often uses it in gigs. “You’ll know it’s mine because it has the letter ‘P’ on it.”
The guitar Johnny claims to have given to Noel is a Rickenbacker 330.
P was a short-lived American alternative rock band formed in early 1993 by Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes (vocals), actor Johnny Depp (guitar/bass), actor Sal Jenco (percussion), and songwriter Bill Carter (guitar/bass). The band performed their first show at the Austin Music Awards in 1993 and released their eponymous album on November 21, 1995 under Capitol Records.
UPDATE: A feelnumb.com reader Ian said this…
“This is just wrong. Paul Weller gave him that guitar for his 30th birthday. Lazy journalism, false quotes.”
Ian is correct, here is a picture of Paul Weller playing the Rickenbaker with the P sticker in 1982…
Thanks for the heads up Ian, and thanks for calling us journalists…that’s a compliment. Depp must have been joking when he was quoted about giving him that guitar as it is even on Johnny Depp’s IMDB page...
this is just wrong. Paul Weller gave him that guitar for his 30th birthday.
Lazy journalism, false quotes.
Thanks Ian…We updated the story…Check it out…