Irregardless of everything, this man can play a guitar, be he stoned or drunk, the man has overcome his deamons and survived, and man he is still old "Slowhand", if only I could have 1/3 of his talent...may he bring us 50 more great songs.....he is the best.
I'm living in September 2020, and you posted this 12 years ago... and I'd forgotten about Bell Bottom Blues... and White Room! I've got to hear them now...
Eric Clapton changed the way guitar was played with his undeniable style and incredible sound.. His sound and phrasing has been copied and unparalelled till this very day! Eric was telling a story to us when he played. Thank you for this post! ;0)
Most guitarists, that so many consider great, are generally just showing us the amazing things they can do on the guitar. Clapton speaks to us through his. Another level entirely. He plays what he feels in the moment, according to bandmates, recording engineers, and himself. You'll never find two performances of one of his songs the same.
As usual the experts keep on debating who is number one and the music is left unheard and unfelt. Shut up for once, stop typing and enjoy the music, from whoever is playing at the moment. Here is to all guitarists, music and that great instrument that is the guitar.
The studio version had me thinking it was George Harrison singing this when I heard it during a Cubs game on WGN Sunday because he sounds so young when singing it. Shows how much I know about Clapton.
Thank You Muddyjenkins for taking the time to upload all these wonderful old concerts-I've always been a huge Clapton fan & now that I see him playing with the great Nathan East & Greg Phillinganes makes it even more special--They are so in sync (no pun intended) and smooth--Absolutely fabulous--plus 5 ---thanks again
Hell yeah...In this extreme heat and drought conditions...PLEASE LORD...'LET IT RAIN! I pray for all the people who have lost their homes in the wildfires out west...LET IT RAIN DOWN ON THEM!
@JASONCALEDONIA "Let It Rain" is not a Cream song, it's from Clapton's first solo album titled "Eric Clapton that was released in 1970. Jim Gordon is the drummer on that album, Gordon was also the drummer on the Layla album.
wow I just notice that in the first 0:01 sec of the video that Mr. Clapton sighs, like saying to me," Guys, It's just a show ... we gonna keep this crowd happy til it's over.." just an observation. It reminds me, because I have a few friends in the public eye, that we see a concert, but to the performer it can be a job. You wonder how much can a person possibly love to play a guitar. He does it so well.
I urge everyone to listen to Pat Martino in the seventies, especially joints like The Great Stream. Awesome techique, speed, voicing. Lenny Breaux-like knowledge of the fretboad, inverted voicing of chords and how to craft scale intervals of profound beauty and color, encouraging intospection, all at often blazing speed!
OMG. You mean someone thought Eric Clapton had anything to do with his son's accident! Connor was living with his Mum. Connor was running in the apartment and ran into a window and fell out. What an awful tragedy to lose one's own child. Tears In Heaven was written about his precious son.
As a professional freelance musician who's checked out many guitarists across different genres - from Allan Holdsworth to Tomatito; Phelps 'Catfish' Collins, Bill Frisell to Cornell Dupree - I get the feeling that many who proclaim Clapton as God haven't really strayed too far from their musical comfort zone. Well, it's a just a thought. Point being that if you listened to some of the world's great guitarists then maybe Clapton would take his place somewhere in the middle of the hierarchy...
SkeletalGuitar--I had no idea either that Phil Collins played drums with Clapton until seeing some of these videos--I always just associated him with Genesis-It amazing what I'm learning on here-L
😢il primato chitarristico di Eric Clapton risiede nella sua musicalità quando fa gli assoli lì è il più musicale tra i chitarristi è lì che Eric Clapton è il miglior chitarrista per la sua musicalità quando fa gli assoli
i just turned sixteen, and my friends are all like heavy metal and techno.. if you can even call that misuc.. when i say like Clapton, Gimour or even BB king, they're looking at me as an alien.. one of my faves' gotta be "hideaway" performed with the bluesbreakers! or, "crossroads" performed by cream.
Ah, that famed ear bending, back kinking, finger fluttering solo at the end which makes such good song into a trully great song.....and alas either Eric doesn't do it live or I just can't find it on any of the video versions on RU-vid. Damn.
Slowhand is a survivor, he has gotten through many crappy things. But worse than booze, or heroin, or coke was the fact that Phil Collins became his drummer and producer in the eighties. Probably one of the biggest tragedies in his carreer. Fortunately, nowadays he´s sober and, most importantly, Collins-free.
There was a video of this song on RU-vid that included Badge as the song that this leads into. The video apparently has been taken down. It’s too bad because the two songs together are excellent.
It's just a light chorus. He loved that shit in the 80's. Now he plays with virtually none, except on a few songs like Badge, or Holy Mother. But I who needs effects when you have a Leslie, I guess. lol I miss his Wah. :( He really knew how to rip it up on one of those.
I watch this video Way too Much. They are all in the same 'Groove' and very, very strong...Phil's killing the drum kit though..Ouch! ERIC is fanatical on the guitar. Great Book;his biography...:)
Anyway, to finish the earlier comment. I don't hate or even dislike Clapton. I like a few things he's done. And I even think that he's a pretty good guitarist. I'm just not comfortable with the 'best guitarist ever' tag or with the God-like status he's enjoyed pretty much since the late 60's...
eric Clapton,mark knopler,george Harrison,jimi,stevie ray, guitar,song writting gods ya cant pick just one,,, im just turned 61 and this stuff never,never gets old
Seems worth adding garcia to your list!!!! He did after all play more live shows and sold more tickets than all others!!! He must have bin doing something right as it seems unlikely this is a coincidence!!!
