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@Swampfox612 Год назад

I've played with some fantastic musicians who were incredibly precise and fast. But I never got into that. I wasn't fast, and I could never be fast, because injured my hands when I was a sailor and just didn't have the speed or dexterity to do that. I adapted by tending towards more emotive playing. Guys like Clapton and Gilmour gave me hope. I still play, and I still love it.

@buckjofiden4804 Год назад

I used to shred pretty well but stuffed my left hand diving. Cut some nerves, so now I just take it easy too mate. I actually enjoy the challenge of playing less notes. I watched Guthrie Govan lately and although he’s amazing to me now it’s just note salad. Gilmour and Clapton were my biggest influences when I was young as well.

@josephkemler4488 Год назад

Remember the old addage.."going nowhere fast"..

@tonymarinelli7304 Год назад

I am 53 and with arthritis and carpal tunnel I’ve slowed down but used to play Yngwie and Petrucci level. What I have noticed is when I play a tasty, melodic Gilmoresque solo at a gig I get faar more positive audience feedback rather than acrobatic speed stuff.

@buckjofiden4804 Год назад

@@tonymarinelli7304 👍💯

@TheSpydersBand Год назад

Although he can play fast, Gary Moore is at his best when he hangs around a note with bending and vibrato.

@jude2235 Год назад

I really hear this in Mark Knopfler’s playing. He doesn’t waste any notes!

@gertlarsson9285 Год назад

Agree totally 👍

@271ossi Год назад

...and the most important thing in Clapton's playing: He always plays the “right amount” of notes. There is never an unnecessary note, never a note too much. He never "overdoes" his playing.

@andyt5559 Год назад

there are 2 guitarist's I don't think I have seen you cover? Peter Green and Mark Knopfler?

@MetaphysicalMusician Год назад

Phrasing

@elaztec.aztecca Год назад

Miles Davis - "It's not the notes you play, it's the notes you don't play."

@bradleybt Год назад

It's very intuitive to EC, he's surgical the way he approaches & delivers his music.

@panan7777 Год назад

@@andyt5559 TWO of the greats !

@kellysooth602 Год назад

3:29 every note has dynamic. There, saved you minutes of waffling

@lomoholga Год назад

I like this guy but yeah he has quickly mastered the art of stringing along to just increase viewer time to obtain the views and therefor $$$. He even does it with the “continuation in the next video!” Method Man we are all just goddamned consumers 🤣

@A_Really_Nice_Guy Год назад

Hendrix taught me that.

@joejohnson8966 Год назад

Thank you so much

@reinotsurugi Год назад

I dig every second.

@christopherguzzi1316 Год назад

If you know he's doing it then he hasn't mastered this art. 🤗🤔😉

@donovanhowardmusic Год назад

A older player told me long ago. It’s not the notes but the space in between them. Lots of value in that statement. I’m a true Clapton fan. Style and tone for days….

@clive3100 Год назад

Yep and along the lines of that old 'blues' adage, that, sometimes, "less is more". ... I thought Peter Green's playing in the early period epitomised that.

@ardaagn1105 Год назад

That is Mozart’s quote.

@caddelworth Год назад

"… space between …" … of which, perhaps Wayne Shorter is the most extreme example (LOL!). 😁

@benloper5727 Год назад

Stanley Hudson said the same thing.

@MrArchonta Год назад

Absolutely.

@tmcche7881 Год назад

I bought the first 3 Cream albums, vinyl, when they were released. Loved Clapton the first time I heard him. Fresh Cream (1966) Disraeli Gears (1967) Wheels of Fire (1968)

@fiddleandfart Год назад

Yes, these albums remain pretty special - not least for Clapton's incredible SOUND on "Fresh Cream," and "Disraeli Gears," particularly - and his particularly appropriate brilliance in what he did in each song. People who deride the later laid-back Clapton should hear how incredibly fiery he was as a young player in his very early twenties - which to so many people's regret, he seems to have lost in the decades since! Even though, in many ways, he's broadened and become more sophisticated as a player, with no need to prove himself in any way!

@mikeg6666 Год назад

I love his playing on those Cream albums , still listen to those songs and his playing still sounds just as amazing as it did back then!

@mikeg6666 Год назад

@@fiddleandfart Especially when you consider he's in his 70's now , so of course his playing style is more mature sounding now. But I absolutely love his early work , people expect him to play the same as he did over 50 years ago. I've always liked his playing!

@joeydupre6153 Год назад

I call Eric's music "Funky Falling Water". His notes flow seamlessly up and down the scale like water flowing over rocks in a stream with no harsh transitions. Every note fits and NEEDS to be there.

@trafyknits9222 Год назад

Pat Metheny's first guitar teacher was a horn player too. He told Pat to phrase things as if it were a horn solo where you had to take a breath. It's also why many good players sing along with their solos. Singing with the solos forces you to play with breathing space.

@bloozedaddy Год назад

True.. Or just as obvious.. Solo like you're singing.

@waynecribb4922 Год назад

I have heard this before. Makes sense too. Thanks for reminding me . Great point.

@trl6913 Год назад

"Call and Response" from the Maestro ..maybe...? EC is AMAZING..in every sense...

@user-ji3yw9sm1d Месяц назад

so true my friend

@mbmillermo Год назад

This is something that most people miss (judging from what I hear from RU-vid). I think the way to get it is to try to play solos *exactly* -- so that they are indistinguishable from the originals, and do that with solos that aren't blazingly fast. A good one to work on would be George Harrison's solo on "Something". This is what classical musicians are doing *all* the time -- the notes are all given to them, so the only thing that distinguishes one performance from another is exactly how each note is played. It's all about the details.

@milqman9705 Год назад

Very nice video! Just want to comment that Clapton did not write Cocaine (JJ Cale did) . Layla I would not call a simple chord progression.

@mikeg6666 Год назад

Wasn't Duane Allman playing on Layla also?

@billjones8542 Год назад

@@mikeg6666 yup

@chucklee347 Год назад

JJ also wrote the breeze. Lynyrd skynyrd made so famous.

@trevorhunton7526 Год назад

Duane Allman played all the guitar parts because Clapton was out of it on drugs.

@mrjasondylan Год назад

@@mikeg6666 Duane was known for the slide part on that song far as I know Eric played the main riff and Duane all the crazy slide which makes it big time.

@PluckinNylon Год назад

Cracking video 👏🏼❤️ Clapton learnt from the best BB King and his philosophy in life was it isn’t how many notes you play it’s how you play them

@pkoven 4 месяца назад

and the silent space between them

@zachshoher1200 Год назад

A GREAT lesson / insight. Congrats to DW! That’s part of why I felt that BB loved Peter Green’s playing. Greenie was talking to us, and each word made a difference. Rock on, Bro.

@livergen 4 месяца назад

Emotional phrasing & touching each note with a soulful expectation brings life and dimension. Once your soul becomes involved your music moves to a much higher level and intensity.

@bobbys4327 Год назад

It is called "soul". Putting one's self into all of a song. Not just a few riffs. The Concert for George was an amazing look at EC playing "While My Guitar Gently weeps" with so much feeling for his friend now gone.

@olderendirt Год назад

As a singer first that makes total sense. It gives it emotion and personality. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

@denissullivan2360 Год назад

Great analysis! I think this note by note approach explains Santana’s playing as well. Think of the great guitarists in history who you can name by hearing only one note.

@pathway777 3 месяца назад

SWEET. EACH NOTE HAS ITS OWN PERSONALITY.

@indigokid24 Год назад

Love your videos man, and hope your daughter gets better safely! ❤

@thelolguy007 10 месяцев назад

Very interesting video. Really enjoyed it. I’ve only seen Clapton live once. He just blew me away. He just plays differently than anyone else. He really has a gift. It’s God given. And he plays notes in places no one does - it just grabs you. Plus, his phrasing. Unreal. Need to see him live again

@Therealjosiah035 Год назад

I like this new style your doing for your lessons now its been great watching you grow

@davebarone506 Год назад

Great presentation David, and I'm just starting to see these concepts after playing guitar for many years, long story short, it comes down to very subtle nuacesand technique variations that'll give any player his or her unique style, not to mention make special

@820hurleyj Год назад

They used to call it soul. Not R&B Soul music. He puts his soul into every note. That's why he's been my favorite guitarist since I first heard him in Disraeli Gears and Tales of Great Ulysses.

@craigbachman5765 Год назад

GREAT ALBUM, GREAT SONG!

@waynecribb4922 Год назад

Those were awesome music pieces. In my opinion Clapton at his best.

@pleasantlindsey33 Год назад

The main explanation, playing each note with meaning, is why I loved Prince’s work so much . Fast or slow, he said something with each note he played.

@flouisbailey Год назад

There are only a set number notes tones but sooooo much feeling

@josuemoreno7479 Год назад

indeed The Artist we all love , forever known as Prince !

@greenfly1264 Год назад

Clapton ain't my man , but I will use this valuable lesson . Without even trying it yet I feel I've already improved by just knowing this. 👌🏼

@thomasmartinscott Год назад

I have always preferred one note from David Gilmour over 50 notes from any so called Prog Player. The difference is in Intent! Am I trying to SAY something to you, or am I just trying to impress you with how many notes I can cram into a measure?

@jelopezandthegrips Год назад

Very nice vid. I'm a huge Clapton fan as well, and for me it's always been his 'touch' and the way the notes seem to 'drip' off his guitar. When I first started playing (before I could understand what was going on technically), his playing always made me visualize water. Still enchanted with it to this day. Thank you for the reminder.

@KRAZEEIZATION Год назад

Clapton didn’t write all his songs but the ones he did are great. I was never really into him until I saw the documentary and Red the book. I have respect for him and by sheer coincidence I ended up being offered a Clapton signature Strat! Cool guitar!

@julaiarnold641 Год назад

"eric clapton's another guitar player that's blown my mind many times..it's because of his ability to create a solo that tells you a story..he never play anything fast,it's always well thought-out and beautifully played",.thats what tommy emmanuel said on eric clapton

@heinzquatember2579 Год назад

Hence he’s is called SLOWHAND

@chrissysnowmusic Год назад

Your explanation of the "character" of the note is very profound and I enjoyed this video.

@JamesDohertyTalks Год назад

Thank you. I first heard clapton when I was 11 years old. There is some kind Of magic that keeps me listening....I love all music and love all guitarsis....I stopped listening to music during covid as I was too depressed....until I heard clapton collaborate with ozzy.

@simply3141592654 11 месяцев назад

He has also really grown as a singer. His tone and tasteful playing is part of the appeal. He likes songs. Nothing wrong with songs being accessible and memorable.

@stevehughes1510 Год назад

His phrasing got me, and it's hard to reproduce, it's inherent in him, a gift. BB, Chris Cain, SRV and EC. That and his vibrato(back in the day).

@descartesproject Год назад

I am very thankful for your insights! Definitely your assessment will impact my playing! CHEERS!!

@eddiejr540 Год назад

What drew me to Clapton was his use of double stops and bends…the growl and dissonance…makes the hairs stand up on your arm!!

@williammills3632 11 месяцев назад

You hit the nail on the head brother. Thank you 🙏 🎸

@buckjofiden4804 Год назад

I saw Clapton on an Australian tour he has Derek Trucks in the band. Clayton’s tone , phrasing and feel were perfect. I went because my father told me as a guitar player it’s my duty lol. I’m really glad I saw him, he’s a genius.

@80Shades-Guitar Год назад

Yeah…that’s how I also ended up seeing Les Paul at Fat Tuesday’s in NYC way back in the early 90’s. Had a nice conversation w him after. Lifetime memory! Nice handle btw 😉

@michaelleary8694 Год назад

@@80Shades-Guitar you lucky bastard!

@perryguitar1 Год назад

Great video! This is exactly what I've told my students for years :-)

@HarveyMyers Год назад

Really enjoyed that analysis.

@rockinvida1960 Год назад

I think the word that best describes Eric’s playing is “elegant.”

@cliff481 Год назад

He listened to Jeff Beck. Yardbirds. Jeff has never played a note with the same volume, attack, intensity and tremolo arm combinations twice in his entire career.

@louisaccardi2268 5 месяцев назад

David I have always been a player in the style and feel of the blues men. Thanks for this great and insightful video.

@ronpapes4413 Год назад

Great interpretation and insightful Thx much!

@biffcorbot8839 Год назад

Wow, I play just like that, thinking about every note. I was playing at a club on sunset with a blues singer and the soundman called me over after our set and I thought he was going to chew me out cause I was playing too loud and he said to me, "I hear about a hundred guitar players every week and you were one of my favorites". I think of the solo as if I was going to sing it in my head and I can sing along with all of my solos and do the George Benson thing. You are spot on about Eric Clapton.

@trl6913 Год назад

"Some of us grew up listening to Eric Clapton.,.........we cool one's still do......"

@junkmonkey9859 Год назад

BB King, Hubert Sumlin, and many others did the same thing. They put it all in every note, every phrase, and even in the "rests" in the intervals. Pure art and soul.

@cherrysunburst1959 Год назад

Jeff Beck

@junkmonkey9859 Год назад

@@cherrysunburst1959 oh, hell yeah. May he RIP. His Rockabilly session was so fulfilling.

@Prossdog 10 месяцев назад

Even Steve Vai said he does the same thing. It might seem crazy because his music is so technically difficult. But he said that something he tries to do is “live within every note I play, no matter how slow or fast”

@StratsRUs 10 месяцев назад

And T Bone Walker , B.B King and Chuck Berry's influence.

@deathwarmedup73 7 месяцев назад

Hendrix too, in even his wildest solos

@krisskross6135 Год назад

All notes that comes from Eric Clapton is pure music. There is no scales that you can hear. Emotions and musicality that matter most.

@winstonsmith8240 Год назад

The intro to 'Sitting on Top of The World ', from Goodbye Cream, still kicks ass.

@ninodivino1088 Год назад

When we naturally the feel music, these different dynamics come out in our playing.

@ozlanden Год назад

On the same vain, gilmour once said he can play a note 100 different ways. It’s the little things, the attention to detail, that have placed both Clapton and gilmour in my Mount Rushmore.

@vlajkomitrovic7419 Год назад

Great video!!!

@leeanucha Год назад

I love unplugged stuff of his so much but I never liked clapton's electric guitar playing (i thought it was nothing unique as you mentioned) until i saw the Cream reunioun concert: clapton can just play pantatonics in the pocket all over the fretboard for very long period of time without sounding cheesy, which is soooo hard to do. Additional to what you mentioned on his note accent, he is always at the right note and at the right time and so natural and soulful.

@blasher4 Год назад

Great job man! I really respect your artistic perspective. This is the type of perspective that can change the way guitarists approach their writing.

@Snakefinger1000 Год назад

Derek and the Dominoes at the Fillmore East is what caught my attention he was all over that neck he was amazing.

@JV-nj1sb Год назад

Yup, DATD Live is one of the best live albums ever.

@MrGemaRoses Год назад

Good information and ideas

@muskykingjoe Год назад

Not surprised you picked out a clip from his live version of My Father's Eyes in which the emotion flows out of him to his guitar. Goosebump invoking guitar for sure.

@Mr11justin11 Год назад

Recently Rick Beto put out a video of shredders and save The Best for last and that was Steve lukather. The amazing thing about Steve shredding is, like Clapton, he put love into every single note even while he was shredding. That is what set clapton, Steve lukather and Gary Moore apart from most other great guitar players.

@AndyDion Год назад

Heard Clapton say before that he approaches leads as a singer. People don’t sing every word/syllable the same either. Clapton used a Sinatra vocal melody on “Sunshine of your love” I think it really can help guitar players to sing a phrase then translate it to guitar. It helped me Rock on David 🤘

@charlesmerfeld2988 Год назад

Paul gilbert does something similar when he does covers of some songs while playing lyrical melody and some if his instrumentals as well.

@TRLgoodvibesdotcom Год назад

Zappa the same. An “argument between a chicken and a spider”

@bobbys4327 Год назад

Yeah, saw an interview and he said he looks at a solo as the meaningful parts of the melody. Not just ripping some unintelligible notes off the guitar.

@chrisgmurray3622 Год назад

Yeah, but "Cocain", after midnight", and travelling light are not Clapton songs but of course (you knew) they are J J Cale songs.

@Wallimann Год назад

Yep!

@HeathWatts 3 месяца назад

Otis Rush and BB King are two examples of Clapton’s influences who played by feeling each tone that they played.

@Barchenhund Год назад

The way I heard it, Eric’s solo patterns were played in a way to emulate someone singing. His intervals, perhaps complemented his playing? I’m not a professional, just my novice bedroom player opinion.

@byromtaylor6482 Год назад

i find it amazing you learned all the technical ability but missed the music ...all this time now you found it well done i bet your playing n enjoyment improved too

@richardsong8 Год назад

Amazing insights. All about listening isn't it? Notes acting out a stage drama... thanks David!

@johniorio7951 Год назад

great guitar lesson, david....i stumbled on this video, and am glad....you know I have known about clappy's signature sound for a long time, but never thought of his notes, individually...yes, i agree, that lick from layla definitely has characters...basically 2 parts.... the first part ACDFDCD...are a bunch of bold conquistadores announcing their presence...the 2nd part could be their handlers, or bodyguards rolling in those inversions....I am trying this approach in re-recordings some of my old material....

@chadwickpainter8212 Год назад

I am just coming into this way of playing. I imagine conversations or storytelling as I play. The notes are the syllables sometimes, sometimes they are the feelings. I play what I hear see and feel now. It's changed everything. I play so much now because of it. So much my calluses are cut through. I put in 10-16 hours a day every day when my fingers aren't all cut up. It becomes addictive when you can play like this.

@gloomsdoom649 Год назад

A lot of times when I watch your videos, I feel like I am learning something. Then, by the time you finish, I feel like I spent a lot of time just watching somebody beat around the bush explaining their opinion but not learning much (kinda like how I felt when my old high school physics teacher would ramble on about how amazing science was and the amazing world we live in, blah blah blah this and that but not get anything out of it and be screwed by the next test). Today though, I felt like I really took something out of it, so thank you. As an art student, the idea of every note and segment of the songs being a character expressing itself really helped me see music different.

@jamesfallman5323 10 месяцев назад

One of the most important music lessons of my life. Huge game changer. Put some style in my playing l.👍

@gertlarsson9285 Год назад

So so true !! 🙏

@josdurkstraful Год назад

Guitar teacher here, the characters idea is actually a great idea. Thanx David.

@olewetdog6254 Год назад

I've always thought Clapton was extremely precise. Way more so than other blues players. His technique is just flawless. The bent note with vibrato at top is so hard to do and he's a master at it.

@ryanholland5582 Год назад

I never found it hard to do it feels quite natural to me

@HashishUno Год назад

@@ryanholland5582 screw u! ryan!

@deathwarmedup73 7 месяцев назад

Well done !!!@@ryanholland5582

@house-ghost Год назад

Great advice.

@gnawbabygnaw Год назад

Word. Thanks. 🤙🤙

@PortofinoArts Год назад

Interesting point. Should describe the Blues 💙.

@MustafaBaabad Год назад

Thanks for sharing yoir observation. I agree some of the song, normally the simpler the chord progression, the easier it is to be memorized and keeps on singing on our minds. Art is not to be treated like competition or race. Thank you David.

@deronholzschu9207 Год назад

Excellent!

@ukulele-covergirl Год назад

I agree with this approach 🌺

@scotttyson8661 Год назад

First time on your channel now .and my first impression of you is You are very sharp.Love your passion for the guitar.Yhe way you described E.C.Man. But hey I just thought of a show you can do.Do one on Jeff Beck. r.i.p.recently

@78tag Год назад

Thanks for th4 insight. I've been thinking that I need to de doing exactly that - on anything that gets played.

@JJRed888 Год назад

This is basically the well-known approach of guitarists from the blues tradition.

@Tom-wm4gy Год назад

Sir, this video opened my eyes! Thank you so much for this deep inside! To be honest...I always found Clapton not so special... This insight is amazing!

@Tom-wm4gy Год назад

P.S. It must be "this deep insight"

@user-bt3tj6we7b Год назад

i understand u my friend veeeeery well ...i listen to eric since 30 years ago

@HunterTiberisBojangles Год назад

I think you changed my playing with that, Thank You

@vecernicek2 Год назад

I don't know who you are or how you ended up in my feed, but boy, what a great analysis. Indeed, Eric has this attention to articulation that is hard to replicate. Kinda like Jim Hall in the jazz world. Not super virtuosic, but greatly intriguing through great phrasing and articulation.

@rudycarrizales885 2 месяца назад

Pretty cool concepts. I like to play "haunting notes when I solo. Those are the ones that follow the listener. After I'm done playing like an afternoon. Greetings from calif.

@jayj6406 Год назад

Your onto something I happened upon at first when I first started playing. And I've been feeling them out so long I never got around to getting into the fast sets. The fast sets never seemed to have any real life. Always seemed more like a party trick or some affectation. But I do realize that there is a place for it now, and I don't have to shun that either, or perhaps I'll miss out on something good in there too. So I'm finally looking at Van Halen types.

@James-jd7ik 2 месяца назад

I agree Clapton is one of the most ‘Soulful’ Lead players of all time. In many interviews Clapton admits he was inspired by the great Delta Blues and Chicago Blues guitarists eg the ‘Three Kings’. Fundamental to Clapton’s Soloing is his foundation of Major and Minor Pentatonics, Blues Boxes, Octave positions, I believe 90 % of his lead playing is this foundation plus his own ‘Phrasing and bending’.

@RonnieMinh Год назад

If you were a teenage guitarist when the Blues Breaker album came out, you knew that Clapton was on a different level from everyone else at the time. It is more than "feel" which of course he has, but it is his mastery of the guitar neck and his ability to move freely around it. Being a musical genus helps too.

@MeinDuff48 Год назад

I personally think that Blues Breaker album was earth shattering...although Mayall said they were just recording what they were then playing in the clubs every week. If you can play half the stuff Clapton did on there, you'd bee a very good blues guitarist !

@tigerosan 10 месяцев назад

He sucked! How can these people idolize such an average pentatonic scale player-He had no feel just vanity! I could learn a Clapton song when I was 14 in one take! DiMeola Stanley Clarke will never be matched. Especially Stanley Clark-he could make that base sound magical, and could match most electric guitarist. He simply in my mind was the best guitarist ever. He could do anything with that base any electric virtuoso could! I’m so sick of these so called shredders. Satriani probably had more feel than any guitarist. Johnson is a showboat, but it’s the blues that will forever ever hold the mantle for heart & soul!

@Dutcharmytent Год назад

I tried this technique and it works.!

@winstonsmith8240 Год назад

Early Clapton had fabulous feel and phrasing. The intro to 'Sitting On Top of the World' from Goodbye Cream still kicks ass. Imo.

@somestupidwithaflaregun7149 Год назад

Good analysis. I think of his playing as being "ultimate tasteful." David Gilmour also does this.

@RiffMasterMike Год назад

Great observation!

@luigiricci6916 25 дней назад

Clapton is a bluesman first and foremost. Like all the greats who preceded him, inside himself he sings the tune that he will then play. With method and many exercises you can succeed. Notes should not be thrown away. Just listen to B.B. King, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, etc

@perkins1439 Год назад

The catchy tunes that sound great are usually the simple ones

@MrArchonta Год назад

I love this video. Guitar-wise, it is full of mature statements and a high degree of realization for subtlety and tone, usually expressed by older players. It is sad that so many present-day guitarists miss the opportunity of distinguishing between pure music and flatly, soulless acrobatics or pyrotechnics, irrespective of the speed or technical difficulty implied in the latter.

@marvinc9994 7 месяцев назад

Fascinating video; even for a mere afficionado, there's always _something_ more to learn about Great Music that can only enhance your appreciation of it.

@JoshuaTanzer Год назад

This is a great point, David, and I don't know that I ever thought of it quite this way. I used to have this conversation all the time. "What do you play?" "I mostly play blues." "I don't like blues. It all sounds the same." "Well, the way I look at it is, most blues songs do have the same structure - but because of that structure, you have infinite ways to express yourself." Your explanation here really gets at that. The one thing I would try to evangelize to my guitar-playing buddies is that there are a lot of ways just to bend a note, and the blues lives partly in your relationship with those infinite spaces between the traditional 12 tones. (Jazz and classical avoid microtones completely; blues thrives on them.) And although I didn't verbalize what you're saying about each note's individuality, bending notes is where I most felt that intuitively. Anyway, this was great!

@sinkler123 Год назад

I used to enjoy learning theory and techniques here, especially the diagrams and explanations. Ever since the channel shifted focus to personal motivation stories and entertainment, learning wise, watching had diminished value per time spent. We talked about it several times in the comments, and i understood why you needed this change. Yet, at this point I feel like It would be more fair to just unsub and be replaced by people who support & enjoy this kind of content, instead of bitching about it every video. 😋 I want to Thank you again for helping spread knowledge across the internet. Good luck in the future! From a 40y old loyal viewer who need to make the most out of what little time he have left xD

@HuddleAdventures Год назад

Clapton’s guitar sings. His guitar is like a vocalist.

@newgunguy4176 Год назад

First time I heard Clapton was when I bought the "The Cream of Clapton" VHS. It showed him from Yardbirds to 90s. Freakin' awesome!

@julaiarnold641 Год назад

i bought that too on vhs tape when i was in wpb,fl working as a waiter on a casino ship..

@newgunguy4176 Год назад

@@julaiarnold641 My favorite surprise was "Worried Life Blues". I also loved the beginning of "White Room" where Clapton is playing in what looked to be a backyard. I wish I could find the entire footage from that "backyard" jam.

@julaiarnold641 Год назад

@@newgunguy4176 worried life blues from "just one night album" was one the best version..

@SRHMusic012 Год назад

Nice work, David. I like to mention - Like any accomplished blues player, Clapton does not just play pentatonic scales. It seems like kind of a myth out there that this is all Clapton, Hendrix, etc. played. But they carefully choose when to play the 6th, major 3rd, etc. Take apart some of his solos in his 'middle period,' like on Just One Night in Worried Life Blues, for example, and these things stand out. B B King's playing is similarly full of some surprises.