Andy Summers Favorite Eric Clapton Story 

Eric Clapton is a crashing bore. No. Keep Crapton away.

Is Clapton allowed to talk about his experience yet, on RU-vid? Not sure they let you stay monetized and talk about negative effects of the rhymes-with-sax. They could probably do a spaces thing on “X”.

I believe Slowhand is like a fine wine. He had the energy and the excitement of his youth with the Bluesbreakers and Cream but his songwriting and singing has taken a new meaning after all his life experiences. I agree those two bands were his best period but he is one of the most influential musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries. I adore Slowhand; you have to 🎸🥰

There’s nothing wrong with Clapton’s guitar playing at any stage of his career.

​@@jimmycampbell78you do know after the vax he wasn't able to play popperly for a while?

​@@jimmycampbell78 r u sure? He was a beast in the Dominos era but because he was drunknin the 70s he lost it.he regained his muse in the 80s with Phil Collins.check Juan Les Pines 1986 live

Most certainly! I always enjoyed his tasty playing style in whatever the context was.

Yep, Sting, regardless of his musical pedigree now, would have remained a high school teacher if he never hooked up with those other two. His solo records are mundane compared to the raw material the Police produced. I recall he did redid a Police track, the way he had ''originally wanted to record it.. and the nicest thing I can say about it was that it is vomit inducing.

@@user-kv1lp8ih8g Aye, I always found Andy and Stewart as the engine of the police.

Stewart says Andy is a genius and that he never got credit for most of his playing

@@user-kv1lp8ih8g Sting was the one who provided the material, sang the songs and made them what they were......not decrying Stewart and Copeland - undoubtedly great musicians - but this was Sting's band in all but name, whether you like him or not....

It is strange when you consider that Eric was a legend in the early 60s.

Brother!

Very, very cool!

An amazing experience, as the band was great, and Zoot Money was delightful. To add to the story, I played a solo in one number and Zoot asked me to keep going. After the gig, the sax player said he had never done that before with Andy! One of the highlights of my career!

@@uniqdzign2WOW! Hold your head up high!! Something really BIG and I am sure it was extremely well deserved. Never, ever forget that, kind Sir! Very Cool!

Wow! Great story! Great experience! Great memory!

@@clarkelavelle7303 Thank you so much, yes now at 74, it's those things that count!

Eric Clapton is God ! ( look it up , if you don't know about some graffiti on a wall in England )

No. He stinks. He is the most vanilla player ever. Dude can't write a song to save his life. Couldn't even write a song about his own son without a co-writer. "Forever Man" Are you serious? Wow. What a tour de force of the blues lineage.

I think it's an English thing! As we gather our thoughts!

I love GG!!!

Grant is my favorite jazz guitarist!

One time Joe Bonamassa said it was in a private collection that he knew about, but then he kind of retracted it so who knows?

So did I!!!

I was buying a Gold Top Les Paul De Luxe back in '72 on HP (credit). Price was £240.00. Damn fool that I was, a romantic distraction made me leave his band, and let him take over the payments! How I've kicked myself ever since! It played like a dream!

I believe he said you wouldn't see all four of them walking down the street together.

Fair enough, then again, Andy would probably laugh his balls off when he hears that one 😊

REALLY now ???

Larry Coryell spent a lot of time at Electric Ladyland while Hendrix was there.

@@parallaxcontinuum7898 Yes.He went on to reveal that going out on tour with his American colleague & jazz virtuoso Larry Coryell helped to break his inertia. ” Larry is a very enthusiastic person and actually, he was a catalyst - he brought me back to it. And I’ve, you know, played and toured with Larry, I started playing all the time again, and it’s never gone away again.”

Jack Bruce had Larry as his "new Clapton" in Feb.70. They were STELLAR.The same evening Jack invited Leslie West & Pappalardi ( Mountain ). to join the tour as the opener,replacing The Kinks.Each band was flawless.The rest is history.@@leoosiku

No. Andy's Les Paul was used on "Fresh Cream".

Eric says ‘Fucking hell…it’s great…’

@@dodgydave9651 Thank You!

I've got one too, had it for many years. And once I saw it I can't unsee it!

Actually you are wrong. The Beatles were good, but others have matched or surpassed their popularity, Elvis, Michael Jackson, yes in the early to mid 80s the police really were thst big

@@marcpaola1371 - The Beatles are the #1 selling group.... of ALL.... TIME. So no, no one has matched or surpassed their popularity. Not then, and they damn sure didn't retain popularity through the decades like the Beatles. Beatlemania is STILL a thing. Perhaps you are getting confused because Michael Jackson had the single highest selling ALBUM of all time (thriller) but overall the Beatles have sold hundreds of millions more albums than Jackson. And no, the Police, who I was a fan of in the 80s ever since my camp counselor Dallas turned me onto them in 80 when I was 11 during summer camp, were nowhere near Beatles status. Super popular, yes. But the Beatles were on another level and it's measurable beyond opinion. This, in spite of the fact that there was less people around in the Beatles prime (less potential customers) and a less sophisticated radio / tv network to promote the bands.