Brother I've listened to a lot and I mean a whole lot of music and it makes me ashamed to say that I've never heard this guy before . His voice is absolutely off the chain ! I'm going down the rabbit hole on this guy .
Otis and Big Albert (who wrote this song) played 'upside down strings' - but Eric is the one playing Albert-style! Otis always tasty and in the pocket.
Rush and Clapton. How cool is that -- some of my favorite jams are these collaborations. Personal Clapton favorite is his collab with B.B. in the Riding with the King recordings. And Albert's In Session with SRV gives me the chills every time. Thanks for posting. I like the way this groove develops -- funky as hell.
Eric, a true student of just about every guitar style there is. It's his life and it shows with how versatile he is when he plays. But, Blues has and will always be his true love.
Stevie Ray Vaughan use a similar riff on So Excited. Its awesome to hear how the greats were influenced by other greats. Also for anyone to says Clapton got school by Otis is fool. Clapton always had and has respect for the veterans that came before him.. there was no need to try and outshine anyone, its a hit your licks and jam session..
Carl Weathersby blues guitarist has a great story about learning "Crosscut Saw" as a teen, goes to show his dad sitting with his friend, who promptly corrects how he was playing it. Hanging out at the Weathersby estate in East Chicago - ALBERT KING, who would certainly know "Crosscut Saw".
WOW!! That solo really is as good as it gets for clapton. This is total Bluebreakers level. Something he very rarely achieved at this stage in his career. It really is quite an incredible solo, I'm still shocked!! 😲
Bapalapa30 I think he is better now.To me i think he picked up that real blues feeling in maybe late 90s early 2000 and got better.Dont get me wrong he was great before.
jeffrey castillo OK he was great then and now ,so maybe its just the type of blues he plays now that i like better.Like Elvis P. early days i liked his Sun and early RCA records better then what he sung in the 70s
@tromboista Your comments are way off, blues is not about color it's about soul and depths of soul and Eric has plenty of it. He can play the blues with the best of them, and is respected by all the black blues players. Check out the clip of Eric and Buddy Guy jammin in a small club back in the 80's and you will see and hear pure raw blues that Buddy can't even believe Eric can dish out. Not mechanical just pure raw unadulterated blues with soul.
Guys, it ain't about color, or having a little Stevie Ray hat, or having picked cotton, or any of that crap, M'Kay? It's about having paid your dues on your instrument, and Clapton has certainly done that over the decades. This clip is over a quarter of a century old. Clapton was great then, and then he sobered up, and he's a greater musician now. Unless you can play the blues better than Clapton, you're not in a position to say he's over rated. Does Buddy Guy sit in at your gigs? Get REAL
It's obvious that you don't even know what the word satire actually means. And you know even less about Albert King's playing, success, and influence on other great players. You probably think SRV was "satirizing" Albert too. Lol
When Otis was out playing the roadhouse circuit and recording records, Eric was in his childhood bedroom learning to play off of the records of many of the American great bluesmen, including Otis Rush. So one could reasonable say that Otis did school Eric.
Yeah Eric is awesome but Rush is the rare biird!!!!!! Rush was the greatest proponent from the West Side Chicago scene......... Rush can play just a few notes and cut ur head off!!!!!!
It isn't Luther Tucker playing the third guitar in this clip, it's Anthony Palmer. He's a fine guitarist in his own right, and it's a shame he didn't get any solos here - check out the unfortunately mis-titled video 'Professor Eddie Lusk & Eddie Palmer professor's boogie' video here on RU-vid. It's Eddie Lusk playing keys in this video too, by the way!
Boy, does Otis ever blow Clapton out of the water on this one (always thought Clapten was a so-so guitar player) best recordings were with John Mayhall
@richsabre It´s not a racist comment. It is a cultural fact. Syncope is proper of black popular music everywhere on the planet. Just listen to it. Eric plays his phrases on time. Same thing happens when white musicians play salsa music or Latin percussion
