For Clapton it was just another day at the office- I can only imagine what was going on in Bonamassa’s head as he was finally getting to share the stage with his idol!
Eric was looking at Joe during the trade-off...and smiling! Yeaa..Ok! two greats just having so much fun and in the "moment"! Doesn't get any better than this!
It’s actually really fucking impressive for two guitarists to improvise a blues “guitar-off” like those two did toward the end of the song and have it sound that good/natural. It’s a testament to both of their talent.
@@berkayerturrk Here is the title to the video where he explains it as well as the link. I'm providing both because sometimes you cannot post a link in the comments, this way you'll still have the title so you can search and find it! Check it out, its pretty cool. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m7L-VoOQf24.html Joe Bonamassa : "The Best Gig I Ever Played" PLUS Performing w/ Eric Clapton (FYI, I couldn't find "Part 1")
I must have been freeze dried until three days ago. Life-long Clapton fanatic and just discovered Bonamassa. WOW!!!! I'm hooked! Coolest story behind this performance and loved it!
One of the best performances ever , Was big moment for Joe , like he said , its all over his face and body language , Clapton having fun as well , simply awesome
One of my favorite performances of these two greats. I see can how much they enjoy, love and respect each other. Both guitar solos were perfectly so beautiful. We are so blessed we still have Eric Clapton with us. And thank you so very much Joe Bonamassa for sharing your great talent with us to enjoy! Take care guys, we love you. 🙏❤️🙏
Seeing Eric Clapton so thoroughly enjoying this with a big smile is fantastic. He obviously enjoyed playing with Bonamassa. That must be a helluva experience for Joe. I’d be thrilled to trade licks with Clapton. And with Joe for that matter.
The connection when you click as a musician is a weird bond that goes beyond anything physical or emotional and really the mind becomes like a hive. What a great example of this 😊👍
Ok......now.....Imagine having the opportunity to play on the same stage with your music idol. What an honor. Now, imagine having the opportunity to play on the same stage with your idol and KILLING IT! That's Joe Bonamassa, folks.
If it wasn't for Clapton, allot of musicians would probably play differently or not even tried. These 2 mixed with Stevie Ray would have been amazing !!
Eric : And back to what I was doing, this stuff brings tears to my eyes , it’s emotionally to me for some stupid reason . Seen Eric back in the 80s 2 hr show 3 encores
Commander Clapton has, IMHO, the perfect and greatest vibrato technique 👌 of all time... Damn if I couldn't find a way to pull the note both up and down with only a light anchor on the neck. Oh well, my sound is my sound, and pulling the notes mainly down has proven to be comfortable and effective... Okay, I'm a stickler, but I love to just watch techniques ... (like the time I scored 5th row seats to see the master, Itzhak Perlman, not knowing classical performances people sit in the back... so there i was, all alone, up close and personal, probably looking like a little kid.) Anyways, I digress..
You know you made it when you turn around and see that you are standing next to Eric Clapton on stage! You made it Joe and you definitely earn that privilege. 👏👏👏
What a BLAST! What a great GREAT song together for these guys to see what the other's lead was ...and masterful answers all around! Horns and drums and bass...all TOP NOTCH! Thank you whoever made this video! The audio is superb!
@Kurt My friend the difference exists.... The tone of Eric Clapton's guitar is a brand that is possibile to recognize after 3 notes. The difference between a Legend and another good guitarist as many others (the same differenze between the first and the second or the third ... You remember who win the gold medal or the fourth arrived?).
@Kurt You want perfection & tecnique? Listen Steve Vai or another like this ... I know an incredibile number of great guitar players but they came after E.C. ... They didn't invented nothing (a special guitar tone, legendary songs, etc...) ... Don't forget that in late sixties in the London's walls somebody wrote:"Eric Clapton is God" ... Somebody did the same for the 3 guys is Austin?
@Kurt It seems that you refuse to understand that the world is full of people able to sound other's music lick by lick but it's a copy from the original and, most of the times, without personality. Probably to achieve guitar's culture needs to be old ... but not obsolete (cit. Terminator movie).
@Kurt First of All my name is not Jack but Andrea and I come from a country with century of story not coming from the Pilgrim Fathers arrival. If you have problems to understand this there are 2 options: 1) In your country you have difficulties with the concept of good education. 2) If you paid a lot of money in a private school for your musical education and now you're a perfect unknown musician, listen, chance job ... Music is not your attitude!! Please stop to waste my time ... I have better things to do than to discuss about music with a Texas ranger!!
5:10 the video director switches to a moving camera shot behind the bandstand, while all the musical action is happening out front between the guitarists, trading licks. Apparently the video director didn't know that the camera should always be on the musical focus of a lead singer or lead instrumentalists when soloing.
@@SeaLifeCro hes not wrong, john mayer, bb king, stevie vay, hendrix, srv, frusciante in addition to that. i problably forgot the one or another, but these are quite as good as it gets
@@dorianvoka5591 Clapton is one of the greatest but even he is not in top 2 of the greatest ever. Bonamassa is fantastic but you can hear on this video that Clapton is on another level. Hendrix and Srv are in their own league
Buongiorno Mario. Non esageriamo ... Il mondo é pieno di bravi chitarristi come lui, da qui a scrivere "J.B. is God" ne deve passare di acqua sotto i ponti. Bonamassa dice di ispirarsi a Eric Clapton e a Gary Moore ma é ben lontano dalla classe e dal sacro fuoco che pervade/va i sopracitati. Il blues é passione, cuore, rabbia, sentimento ... Joe é una abilissimo esecutore oltre ad una "freddezza" di fondo ma non ha inventato nulla (uno stile, un tono della Fender che sembra un ruggito, canzoni che rimarranno per secoli). La leggenda non é un abito da tutti i giorni ...
@@andreamenegazzi897hai ragione il mio era un discorso generale, a cominciare da Robert jonhson,passando per Muddy Waters BBKing, il mondo del blues passando Clapton si svalutera' vedi concerto in Svizzera 2018. Amico la crema del blues bianco e nero e'passata ,Bonamassa sarebbe unbuon proseguitore, in attesa di altri talenti.....se arriveranno ma ho i miei dubbi.Un saluto
@@mariosantini5152 E ma allora provochi ... Vogliamo parlare del Live al Madison Square Garden con Steve Winwood? Anno 2009 credo ... Oppure se proprio vogliamo uccidere i soloni della chitarra blues ... Gary Moore, Blues Alive anno 1993 ....
@@andreamenegazzi897 rispetto tutte le persone del mondo blues e tutti i concerti,hendrix band of gypsys 31 dic. 1 gen.1970 ti pare poco? Io rispetto tutti amico
saw them separately when both were in their 20s Clap Clap Clap smother with the Cream. Bon Bons one of the greatest of his age group. Blues don't discriminate but honestly these boys never slept in the swamp or worked all day pulling and stuffn an 11 foot cotton sack. That's in the blood not the wallet. these boys got the heart the rest is God's blessings. we're blessed to hear them together
It was a nice gesture for #EricClapton to let #JoeBonamassa walk onto the stage at Royal Albert Hall , a stage that Mr Clapton, Commander of the British Empire. has owned for around a half century, when he first set foot upon it, the days when fans were spray painting "CLAPTON IS GOD " on the walls of London's back streets... Joe definitely picked the best of the best for his early influences. Clapton, Page. Beck... the men who etched something in a whole generation of guitar players... Ah, think I'll go plug in and crank it out
Twelve year old Joe Bonamassa toured with and played with BB King. He's no slouch. Clapton may have done it longer. He has a defined blues pedigree. But Joe can trade punches with anyone.
I believe it has to do with the impact musicians like Clapton has on the audience or listener and the space on stage they demand or get by just entering. If Joe would be a comet in the size of a football, Clapton has more the size and effect of The Globe (in Stockholm that is) 😎😁
Compared to ‘The Last Waltz’ (1976) this was less combat and more collaboration. I could go back and forth which was better. Even though these two performances were three decades apart both were definitely very good in very different ways.
