Eric Clapton - Ain't Gone 'N' Give Up On Love

[ArrantVideo]

Eric ain't gave up on love!

[PAT3978]

Clapton is taking what Stevie made awesome, but putting in his own blue note fills, which Clapton is famous for. Neither artist is "better" than the other..musicians like artists express themselves through their craft, not wanting or expecting to beat out another artist with the same love of music.

[brokertothestars]

Hendrix admired Chicago's Terry Kath also.....so underrated and unappreciated. Rolling Stone didn't even list him in their top 100 rock guitarists list. Turns out Rolling Stone knows as much about music as they do about politics!

[jakepepsi1]

used to have the cd, first time seein this, awesome

[TheSteveStrat]

Maybe he doesn't have a strong hand like Stevie ...but he played this song with lot of soul....just like Stevie himself. I woud rather said Eric Clapton the Bluesman.....then Eric Clapton the Guitar Virtuoso....

[BluesHeavy]

I think when you open your ears to vast amounts of music across many sound scapes you begin to lose the need to name the greatest guitarist as that title doesn't mean much. To me any guitarist who has been able to come up with their own sound that is instantley reconizable as their's makes me marvel. You know a santana riff , a B.B Vibrato, or a Hendrix Chord. You realize how difficult that is and special at the sametime. Just listen & then make something yours feel inspired to do your thang.

[annabatarowicz]

@BluesHeavy no it dont mean much saying the best that makes it sound like a competition. but saying somone is the greatest is a fine complement. hendrix was the greatest & cant be touched not just cause of the depth of his expression but how his music was tied in to the struggle, zeitgeist & magic of the time like no other. then there is the comin to england & takin it back sorta thing from the middle class kids that were playing the blues. it was destiny. plus he came from poverty as well

[BluesHeavy]

All Classic Guitarist and it seems that Tweed Fenders are the Choice.

[MsKoKo151]

This song is so awesome!

[SlickSmooth22]

I agree that the whose the best argument is completely pointless. Eric is my FAVORITE but I like Eric take from A LOT of people. Eric, Knopfler, Chet Atkins, Bert Jansch, Albert Collins the list goes on for me. When you say someone is the best all you're really saying and all you really can say is "I like them the best" one day hopefully some of these young guitar players will grow up and realize that every guitar player has something to offer, or they wont and just trash talk to feel better

[chooseyourblues]

does anyone know what amp EC is plugged into here?

[KTYSNMZ]

@chooseyourblues i guess it's fender '57 twin reissue

[lucasgomersall]

@chooseyourblues He used a Fender Bassman for the SRV concert.

[igypsy]

This amp will be an old fender tweed twin EC used for the majority of the 1990's

[chooseyourblues]

@igypsy

Yes, the most realistic of all the replies here. As we know the re-issue Twin didn't come out to 2000 when he was in the studio with BB doing Riding with the king.

I am agreeing with you; it is in fact perhaps an old original Twin from the late 50's.

[AwakeLoner]

I have to ask, is that the Double Trouble with slowhand?

[goingford]

Go Clapton, this is choice

[MSklivas]

Anyone know what guitar he's playing, like which model of strat... more specificaly, which pickups do you think he has in there... thats a crazy sound

[DantheDem]

@MSklivas :

A Fender 1990's signature EC strat w/Gold Lace Sensor pickups. Now they have Vintage Noisless pickups but LS pups work way better. Put them in my EC strat.

[juq08]

His solos are so creative

[lespauldc]

I never compare who is best. I see something I like in them all. I play blues only and would love to be as good as Eric or SRV but would not want to sound just like either. Their music is so great the way they do it that each player needs to quit trying to imitate and find their own little style and perfect it. great video and thanks for posting it.

[permur67]

That`s the easiest thing what guitarrrr... can do

Rest of it is art.....

[gallardoabel]

Silence!... Let me listen to the music... Wow!... One of the best white bluesbreakers!.... Nobody mentioned to John Mayall?.... A school boys!... A school!...

[JimmJacob]

Weird ass ending

[1966spartan1]

A truly great man is known by his humility. Most musicians are fans, too. Who does Clapton listen to? An old Chet Atkins said he has more to learn. Hendrix was asked how it felt to be the best. He said, "You need to ask him." It was Phil Keaggy. Was Keaggy the best? To Hendrix he was. That's humility, man! They all have a God given talent that they are in the process of perfecting and WOW....... we have the priviledge to listen in on the process. How cool is that? Enjoy & be glad!

[HotRockinJohnny]

1966spartan1, that was a great comment.

Very cool.

Thanks for that.

[MrGroove73]

@1966spartan1 Hey heard that sam story about what Jimi said except it was Roy Buchanan

[JilaX]

@1966spartan1 The only issue with this story (which has been retold and reformed about a dozen times, even with regards to different guitar players) is that Hendrix talking about anyone but Buddy Guy would make him a hypocrite and a liar.

Considering how much he sounded like him in the same period.

[scoured62]

@1966spartan1 Hendrix answered Rory Gallagher, See the famous quotes from NYPOST and I think Clapton is

great but with SRV no need to be humble he simply said the truth, SRV was untouchable !!

[rokedetbamidbar]

@1966spartan1 Actually, Jimi Hendrix was referring to Rory Gallagher, when asked how it feels to be the greatest guitarist. Clapton listened to and still does, old Black blues artists from the American south. That's where he got his blues inspiration.

[MrLino]

@1966spartan1 heheh actually hendrix said that they needed to ask Rory Gallagher. XD

[annabatarowicz]

@1966spartan1 fukin too right mate ive said this for years about humility and modesty hendrix of course comes to mind about modesty. ive met not a lot but a few arrogant musicians but they always realise in the end the beuty in modesty. (fuk MaN) even the sex pistols were modest musicaly kiddin on the couldnt play and were musical retarded which wasnt true. they just knew that modesty highfanates your talent. were braggin just puts people off. a lot of visual artists are arrogant ive noticed

[MrBluesman14]

where is this?

[TheLespaul56]

What year is this?

[anthonythirteen]

To all those idiots comparing SRV & EC, listen to the humility of the latter at the end of this clip. Seems these competitions exist in the minds of those who 'can't and never will'.

[bluelibra65]

'apples & oranges '

[anthonythirteen]

Is it possible to block these idiots who insist on making pointless comparisons?

[HotRockinJohnny]

Even idiots have freedom of speech...lol

[anthonythirteen]

But when I am King, they will be the first up against the wall...ha,ha,ha,ha (strokes white pussy cat)

[anthonythirteen]

@HotRockinJohnny Not when I become King of the World Mwahahahahahaha!!!!!

[Ericclapton325]

@HotRockinJohnny Unfortunatly

[grga888]

@anthonythirteen Grow up and get a life.

[anthonythirteen]

@grga888 Who rattled your cage? What was sooo offensive then?

[Heroinclown]

i dont get it... why do the most of you give such a huge crap about who is/was or will forever be best? That takes away the joy of just listening to some great blues.. Every single one of those mentioned was truly great and could carry the blues.. its pointless arguing who was "best", as if such a term could apply to some of the greatest blues players.. they know what to to.. just kick out some licks, enjoy the blues, appreciate each other and have fun.. really... who gives a crap who was "best"

[HotRockinJohnny]

I agree, who gives a crap who was "best"?!!!

[booifojoe]

@HotRockinJohnny  I think your comment was the best!

[jerichomyles]

@Heroinclown Yes!...Blues is how it feels...Its how you play it and how it feels...there is no best...just awesome teachers...B.B. King, Buddy Guy....way back to Robert Johnson, SonHouse...Feel what you play:)

[annabatarowicz]

@Heroinclown the question is irrelevent of who was the best or wasnt. via is technicaly a better guitarist than hendrix. but hendrix was the greatest cause there was no other guitar player so intune with the struggle & social mechanics & issues. &magic of the time than hendrix. & plus there is the thing of coming to england & takin it back sort off vibe as it was middle class white kids playing the blues. plus hendrix learned the old blues man way traveling in a circuit plus he came from poverty

[MrMarco335]

Spemplicemente un altro blues che eric ci ha regalato!!! grazie eric.

[MrMarco335]

Eric Clapton è una grande ed umile persone. Amiamolo e diffondiamo il suo verbo......GRAZIE ERIC!!!

[2748dunn]

stevie ray was a great guitar player but everything sounds the same...every blues song he does is a shuffle or major 9ths

[grga888]

You are obviously tone deaf and not a musician since you go on saying that everything he played was the same. Stevie Ray never ever played the song the same way twice, every show and every song for crying out loud was different, btw. he was far from just being a blues guitar player. Songs like Life Without You, Lenny, Tightrope and Riviera Paradise show it as many others as well. He was great at many styles including blues, rock and roll, jazz, funk, soul, etc...

[2748dunn]

im not arguing that he wasn't a great player, hes one of the best. in my opinion though alot of his numbers have a similar sound to them.

[grga888]

Bullshit. Stevie Ray Vaughan for example did a lot for the blues in his short career, as much as Eric if not even more, since Stevie was the real deal/package of ultimate raw blues, by far the greatest white blues guitar player that ever lived, not to mention B.B King, Johnny Winter and some others who did loads of great and memorable things for the blues.

[anthonythirteen]

@grga888 So SRV is the greatest, apart from Johnny Winter? And you have the gall to tell me to 'grow up'! How do you measure 'the best' - get out of the school yard comparisons.

[Geepsterr]

It is so nice what Eric says there at the end yet he has proven in this video that he can afford to be and is being terribly humble and gracious : Of course that has always been his way. Eric Clapton has done more to perpetuate the blues and deliver it to more people than any one person, perhaps any 3.

[andresitompul]

i aint gonna give up on love, love aint gonna give up on me. every beat of my heart pounds with joy and not with pain. all those painfull memories are only bring me through to my knees cause i was giving up on love. little jonny taylor told me sooo so lo...ng ago. all about the midnight crying.. oohh.. all the cheatin and lie about the price that must be pay cause i was giving on love when love will surely has its day if we dont give up on love.

[latindsa]

Mr Slowhand, you are realy GOD thank you.

[QQwert1988]

Slowhand is GOD ;)  Always great!

[rodneysutube]

not srv but good

[absolut645]

simply awesome. just saw clapton at verizon center in DC last weekend. awesome show. huge SRV fan, esp deep cuts. great video.

[mghoang]

DUDE. i was there, too!!! fucking great show man that's cool we were both there. I traveled all the way from Michigan, actually. Little Wing was my favorite.

[treasuresrv]

Classy!!!! Wouldn't have expected anything less from Slowhand. Still miss you Stevie!!! SRV in Montreaux in 1985 doing this song is...well, no words are sufficient.

[rudedemclot]

oh man I've been on this fence for a while, but this one shows the intricacy of Clapton's play is just that extra touch more talented, but just.

[KAZOOU2]

EC, well, he is good.....no, he is frickin great, I can listen to him all night long.......But now SRV, he was a genuine monster. I miss him a lot and I didnt even know him.

[shaserv]

Love That Strat.

[mwegmann2004]

my bad...

[mwegmann2004]

Song is Tightrope 8:20 - 8:40

[grga888]

Wrong, it is Crossfire!

[TylerRay777]

its crossfire 8:20 - 8:40 not  tightrope. get your srv right

[doh3jjh]

Whats the title of the piece SVR is playing @ 8.20-8.40?

[RagazzaBlusera]

Crossfire!

[grozengyz]

Awesome !!!

[staffmorenocorelli]

Great!!!

[EVANRUDEBLUES]

Right next to Stevie Ray, Peter Green and Johnny Winter in the Pantheon of White Blues Guitar players.

[JOHNNYG99X]

I love Eric's playing but here his tone is lacking bite and the sheer passion that Stevie had.

[srvanjoy]

duh... its not like eric clapton would want to copy srv's tone

[DaNoid1]

Sorry, but you can't change the way you play. Besides, Clapton admitted he was scared shitless about having to go on right after Buddy Guy.

[RagazzaBlusera]

This was from the SRV tribute concert that they had in Austin, in 1995, if I'm not mistaken? There were various artists there, among them Clapton of course, Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, BB King, and the Neville Bros, along with Double Trouble, SRVs band.

[nebadon]

Is Tommy Shannon on bass, right? What a lucky man !!! playing with EC and before a Double Trouble with the master SRV. Thanks Clapton . . . Man, do I miss Stevie Ray !!!.

[Bluezking]

SOS> Does anybody out there got any video/clips of SRV & ERIC PLAYING TOGETHER. I've got this SRV tribute cd.Tried to figure out who is who by their tone & phrasing.I got is right.

I'm shrilled to see EC playing SRV's version.R.I.P Stevie.We miss ya.

[Hb35Jazz]

♫

[Hb35Jazz]

Awesome! His sound is pretty much like SRV's ☻

[NICJEN2008]

uh NO NO NO! have you ever heard Vaughn???

listen to him do this song, and clapton is a fag!

[Hb35Jazz]

I ment the sound of the guitar - not his playin :P

[usmc2193]

a fag? Are you crazy? Eric Clapton is up there with the greatest guitar players that have lived. Hes had a HUGE impact on music in the span of his career. I agree that there two completely different styles, but none the less there both great. EC just approaches it differently.

[NICJEN2008]

agreed.....i think i was just in a pissed off mood that day. i,m a very big fan of srv, and grew up in a neighborhood very close to where he grew up in south dallas.clapton is a great guitarist, and i apologize if i offended anyone.

peace bro

[RagazzaBlusera]

There's nothing wrong with being gay, and it doesn't affect one's ability to play the guitar. However, if it would make me a better guitarist, I would go out and kiss another girl in a second. I am a big fan of SRV and Clapton, and wish I could play the guitar like either.

[NICJEN2008]

hey... i already apologized for that comment. i think i was having a bad day. SRV's songs are sacred and sometimes i hate hearing others play them. they never do any justice to the man. but EC is definitely awesome.but, hey if your a chic who plays guitar and wants to kiss another girl, YOU are totally awesome.

[RagazzaBlusera]

No problem... Kissing another girl... nothing wrong with that but I'm not into girls... but I'd kiss anyone if it would somehow make me a better guitar player, I'd do anything really to be better. :)

There are relatively few girls who play the guitar, I'm one of them :) Music is my first love... I would like to play the guitar like SRV, but unlike him I do feel like giving up on love sometimes...

But u have to stay positive :)

[777User]

Hi Ragazza we have different styles, but take a look into my videos =) clicking on my nick ...

Bye..

[NICJEN2008]

i play guitar myself, if you post a vid, i will post a vid. now i,m anxious and curious to hear you play. and never never give up on love. later chic

[pawnqueen78]

I guess thats why he has 5 kids?

[NICJEN2008]

read further down the page, i already explained myself.

[GuybrushMartin]

Does anybody of you know which effect Clapton uses in this Video?

I mean the sound is very hot...

Greetz

[davidjenbrown]

Its his Clapton Strat with the mid-range boost kick up full with guitar around 8 played through a cornell 100 watt class A valve amp.

[maksondhiego]

his hands, and probably a Blues deville. You can hear that is just a straight guitar pluged.

[bluez1981]

Cornell wasn't making his amps until YEARS later like 03or 04 this was 93 or 92 Clapton is using his Signature strat with the active mid boost turned all the way up and using a Fender Tweed Bassman amp to get a fatter SRV tone

[CompleteCretin]

I'm not even sure the Midboost is way up to be honest... I think most of the 'fat tone' comes from the amp settings.

[CompleteCretin]

.. and it's a Fender Twin from the 50's. If anyone's seen the 1994 Blue Tour Rehearsals footage he gets a very similar tone. No need for full on Boost - just the right amp settings plus neck pickup and volume and the right amount of tone/TBX control.

[bjeans79]

Alright, Eric and everyone else mainly used Victoria amps at this show (the tweed with brown grille cloth.) There is also a Super reverb (or Bassman), and a Twin peaking out behind him. If he is using any effects its probably a Tube screamer or something like it.

[Bigbluesboy]

Fender 57 Twin, Cornell Eric amp and Fender Vibro King has been EC choice seen early 90's...

[omarfusion]

oh yes!

[gustavoandrian]

My Favorite EC solo of all time

[igypsy]

ECs tone has been V different since he stopped using the Lace Sensor pickups in his guitars. I must say that he was absolutley awesome between 94 - 97 he played some of the finest blues I have ever heard at about this time. Just listen to the solo's on the song he did at Dylans tribute concert, just a strat and a modded old fender twin....sweet!!

[NothingButTheBlues]

Definitively agree!

[777User]

Oh need this guitar...

=[

ahahah

[mkeywork]

This is a sweet song

the guitar look great

[wmc503]

I know that everyone that plays the blues and goes on "Austin City Limits" has to join up with Double Trouble, ie John Mayer, and play some SRV tunes. But it had to be especially emotional to everyone in Austin, that follows the program, to have Eric Clapton come in and play this particular song. Stevie did so many great gigs on that show. I would dearly love to see more cuts on the YouTube from Austin City Limits, especially some of those old SRV concerts.

[leo2207]

fuderoso!

[jjbennett123]

Claptons my favourite artist, the 1995-96 blues tour that this was sandwiched between owns anything else imo by any other blues artist, BUT, i prefer Stevies version of this. Just personal preference :)

[wesrman]

stevie was great but eric is from another world...

[slowhandborden]

incorrect. SRV>Clapton

[RagazzaBlusera]

I don't think you can compare them. Two very distinct, unique styles, and I'm a longtime fan of both of them.

[StevieHendrix92]

Actually, you both fail, both are incredible guitarists with completely different styles, even if it is blues.

[pawnqueen78]

Thank God someone has some sense THANK YOU

[claymears]

He is no Stevie, but stevie was no Eric. Different styles. Thats what makes Clapton so great is he can take Stevies song and make it his own

[MsHovanes]

@claymears umniy stivy voobshe ne blues man

[EyeofyourMind84]

This is sweet, thanks for posting!

[karatepopcorndefendr]

He's no Stevie.

[ikbenpappe]

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