Clapton

[Twerpzilla]

Ya, he has technical skills, but his playing is generally very cold. He lacks pizzaz and feeling, like SRV or Jimmie. Blues with no emotion=not very blue

 

[hdeck]

Originally posted by: Twerpzilla
Ya, he has technical skills, but his playing is generally very cold. He lacks pizzaz and feeling, like SRV or Jimmie. Blues with no emotion=not very blue

 

[bockchow]

Originally posted by: JetBlack69
is God.

cream was great stuff, also a big fan of BB King so i liked the album that they did a little while back. not great stuff just kinda cool.

 

[JackHomer]

Originally posted by: Twerpzilla
Ya, he has technical skills, but his playing is generally very cold. He lacks pizzaz and feeling, like SRV or Jimmie. Blues with no emotion=not very blue

Uh, i think some of clapton's solos are great, just listen to the solos in Crossroads, awesome awesome stuff, and his stuff with Cream and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers is very bluesy.

 

[Lithium381]

yeah, heres a fan and one that's going to see him in concert in a week

 

[thatsright]

Some things in my life I just don't get. Clapton is one of them.

 

[imported_smilingcrow]

I was slow to dig Clapton. Probably because I was already enamoured of Hendrix and my first exposure to EC was a live Cream album, which I found rambling and 2nd rate compared to the JHE.
Much later on I started to appreciate what a soulful player he is. I like his songwriting and singing and the whole package.

My favourite music video was a live show that I recorded from TV, of Clapton playing a straight blues show at the Albert Hall, with Robert Cray & Buddy Guy. God that was a good tape. Earlier this year I read an interview with EC, where he stated that the idea for Cream was heavily influenced by the Buddy Guy trio approach. And he felt that he was in over his head with Cream from the beginning, which was a very candid thing to say.

I'd love to hear him play live in a blues setting. The BBC showed the John Mayall 70th birthday anniversary concert earlier this year, with Clapton guesting on a number of tracks. Walter Trout was the main guitarist and he impressed me. Trout was playing pretty full-on intense guitar and it was interesting to watch the guest guitarists and how they fitted in alongside Trout. Mick Taylor started real slow and let it build, very laid back. Same with EC. Let's just say, these guys have nothing left to prove
There was a moment where Clapton repeated a riff over and over, that grabbed the audience. Sometimes the simple things....

All this talk of blues makes me wanna go and hear some live blues music tonight. Yeah.

SC

 

[KarenMarie]

Originally posted by: JackHomer

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
Clapton is the guitar God.

Although clapton is good, i think Jimi Hendrix would be the Guitar God.

Have to disagree there.
To each his own.