STEPPIN' OUT (1966) by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers

[mlormans]

Great blues instrumental, Eric Clapton's best guitar work...

[1954telecaster]

EC's beano les paul is still out there somewhere...it was stolen in the late 60s

[bailinnumberguy]

A generation of guitarists trace their heritage back to Clapton and this album.

[supsailor1885]

Were Gibson Les Paul guitars readily available in England in 1966?

[1954telecaster]

@supsailor1885 -no they weren't widely available at all, which is why only the big dogs had em

[ArpeggioBear]

inspiration for Lazy

[DazedConfused1969]

Steppin out went immensely better in 1967 and 1968 with Cream, listen to any bootleg from then - (San Jose 68, Whiskey-GO-GO 67) Fucking great, way more advanced within one year.

[MOOCHSNOOP]

@DazedConfused1969 Why do people have to swear while showing their expression for music? Surely if you appreciate good music like this you have the intellect to have a wider vocabulary and a more eloquent way to express it? However, it appears by your user name you are a Led Zeppelin (or Yardbirds) fan, so I will have to forgive you and let you off!

[DazedConfused1969]

@MOOCHSNOOP Because no-one uses the same language as each other! some say fuck and shit, others may not.

[eldelatristefigura1]

Increible. Qué manera de tocar! Pura Dinamita!!!!

[cremesupreme]

That tone!

[AMPSHOWS]

This track still makes the little hairs on my neck stand up. I've still got the vinyl I bought in 1966. Your guitar lesson starts right here.

[Stratocasterized]

"This is my second video of Eric Clapton playing with John Mayall's Blues Breakers"

I don't see Clapton playing, I see a lot o pictures and I listen an mp3 in the background.

[tyell59]

nice song & nice video. Should be learned by all the guitarists !!!

[zodiacbluesbaby]

Still Clapton's best-ever solo, love that sustain at 0:25

[Nazzz65]

NICE shots! Where on EARTH did you FIND them!?!!!

[Nazzz65]

Nice shots!

[guitarandharp]

Thanks for posting this, one of the quintessential Clapton performances. I enjoyed the photos too, many of which I had not seen before.

Er, hi maupric - I'm not sure how Hendrix could have pioneered something AFTER Clapton had done it. In any case, the blueprint for Clapton's sound is Willie Johnson (with Howlin' Wolf, early 1950s), Robert Lockwood (with Little Walter and Sonny Boy Williamson, mid - late1950s, Freddy King and B.B.King - all Gibson players.

Best wishes to all blues fans.

[maupric]

This revolutionary guitar tone created this album happened accidentally, the musicians liked it and so was recorded. The guitar and the pickups make very little difference in the final pitch, which really made​the difference was the amplifier and its regulation, sound board regulation, and perhaps dallas rangermaster itself is that it was used. Jimi Hendrix was a guitar god was he who pioneered the sound, even if it occurred when he recorded Highway Chile on April 4, 67 obviously after Eric

[CadillacL]

I have the "Beano" cd. This NEVER fails to grab me :)

[philbio66]

NICE COLLECTION OF PHOTOS!

[PBANDSNOW]

Eric Clapton should use more Les Pauls!

[wilsonmcphert]

@PBANDSNOW

I saw Clapton recently playing live on Later With Jools Holland, and he did three songs with a different Gibson for each song, including a sunburst Les Paul, although it looked like a recent one.

[Punkdebutique]

@wilsonmcphert He did that 'cause of the 1960 Beano Les Paul Reissue that Gibson had just released and probably asked him do that to promote the guitar.. But was just that.. I saw him like 3 months ago and he didn't changed his strat the entire show.

[jf99151]

@PBANDSNOW I AGREE FULLY !!!!!!!!!

[morimori335]

Clapton was God.

[norjop]

Peter Green.



[genericgeorge]

I wonder who has Clapton's Les Paul on this album? Stolen and hocked without anyone knowing it's historic value...

[ClubMarquee]

@nigel228 Too many notes and too fast. First time I saw him 10 Years After they were suporting John Mayall at The Marquee.

[ClubMarquee]

Some shots in Olympic studios, Klooks Kleek and the Marquee ( i was probably at the Marquee at the time)

Nice

[111WWEEBB]

2 people had a heart attack from listening to just how amazing this track is and by mistake, hit dislike before they died from the incredibleness

[makapaci]

Hey, where did you get all these early pictures of Claton and the rest? I've been looking for something like that for a long time. Thanks in advance.

[LarryRickenbacker]

Clapton virtually ressurected the Les Paul Std in the mid 60s. Why he went to the thinner sounding Strat, I'll never know. To sound more like Hendrix? I don't get it, either. Enjoyed the clip!

[megajames3000]

@LarryRickenbacker he wanted a cleaner sound,ya know?

[javiceres]

@LarryRickenbacker Listen to Clapton's From the craddle and hear some songs played with strat and tell me where's the thin tone.

[javiceres]

@LarryRickenbacker Listen to Clapton's From the craddle and hear some songs played with strat and tell me where's the thin tone.

Play a LP through a Big muff (and lots other of fuzz boxes) and a strat and see wich cuts better(yet sounding fat)

Don´t you ever like to strum your guitar and make it sound almost like a super delicate acoustic but with beautiful electric resonances? -> a Fender plugged into a... well, a (good)Fender.

PD: I play a les paul, but for some pourposes the strat is killer.

[fon267]

@javiceres Fender lover!



[jmtappenden]

Hot,funky,bluesy & jazzy.Near perfection.

[000clint]

2 people....what in the hell is wrong with them

[leoru]

Clapton's prime

[hurricaneofrock]

Eric Clapton, you once again inspire me to Rock the Blues.

[ColinBilge]

John McVie is the Mac in Fleetwood Mac

[Twinhit]

wilsonmcphert,

did Gibson Guitar Company get an authorization from you to play your video on their website?

[wilsonmcphert]

@Twinhit

I'd be happy if they wanted to use my video! 

[Twinhit]

@wilsonmcphert

They already are.

[wilsonmcphert]

@PBANDSNOW

On my youtube account I allow embedding of my videos on other sites. Further, while I attempted to put this together as creatively as I could, I do not own the music or the images.

[PBANDSNOW]

@wilsonmcphert Well, as long as you know and your ok with it.

[Noseheros]

@Twinhit I don't think they need to seeing as there's no copy right on this youtube video

[Teelux]

who dislikes this?  really now.

[ellioteaston93]

the les paul sound is spectacular!!! im finally getting my gibson les paul this christmas! best rocking guitar in the world

[perceptionOFpink]

very nice man<appreciate it..

[Chookiman]

Nice ! Thats Jimmy page at :37 from knebworth1979 ! any challengers ! Great song the whole era rocks it. !!!!!!!!!!!

[LedZeppelinisgod100]

@Chookiman hahahahahahahaha you're absolutely right XD

[wilsonmcphert]

@Chookiman

Caught!

[guitarandharp]

chinesecantdrive!!! fabulous name - and, having lived in Birmingham for ten years, I completely agree.

This record is awesome, nothing but. I saw this band play this 'live', in May 1966. I'll never forget it.

Best wishes from the U.K.

[Gasocaster]

windminister's statement started about the time of this recording.

[fullmooney1]

green is godlike to a degree.you could put him in a kind of holy guitar trinity along with eric and jeff beck.but..whos the father,whos the son and whos the holy spirit?you gotta give peter green props for holy spirit

[phallystorm]

CLAPTON IS GOD! Well ...He was until he put down his Gibson Les Pauls/SGs

[CrimsonSteel]

I can kinda see where people would say Deep Purple got Lazy from this awesome song...but it seems more like an unintentional thing, like it got stuck in someones head, laid dormant in the brain, and then they wrote Lazy. Its not close to as bad as Zeps plagiarism.

[RockNRollOverDose]

@CrimsonSteel actually, Richie Blackmore has said in an interview that the riff for Lazy was from this song. You can find the interview here on YouTube if youre lucky.

[gab99]

@RockNRollOverDose

yeah ritchie has spoken a number of times about getting Lazy from this. Ritichie does a little change up though that gives it its own feel rather than just a straight steal. Clapton himself had lifted it from the original song by a guy called James Bracken apparently

[anonymouslolxD]

@RockNRollOverDose yeah it's on youtube. I think its the classic albums vid

[jhesrv]

best guitar strap ever.

[windminister]

as always: Clapton is god

[chinesecantdrive]

the really makes that les paul sing!

[joealanouf]

i say green is god

[TimBirkenholz]

@joealanouf green = jesus. Literally haahahah

[hendrix950]

@joealanouf I say both

[thecaveofthedead]

@joealanouf I say it ain't monotheism, and Clapton, Green, Hendrix, and Rheinhard are all God :P

[lastkiz13]

@joealanouf its all about preferences, really. clapton's tone bites in this song, green's tone just sings. :DD

[jsilence418]

@lastkiz13 you are tone deaf ? this tone defined the sound gutarists got or tried to get from a LesPaul forever! and need I remind you this was about 2 years before Peter Green showcased on Mayalls" Hard road! " NEXT !!

[genericgeorge]

@jsilence418 Exactly. And it was because of this that Hendrix aquired himself a Marshall. Clapmeister approached guitar as a voilin in terms of vibrato and sustain. The choice of notes was sublime

[jsilence418]

@joealanouf Grren was awsome !

[1conorrocks]

@joealanouf well actually god is god, but if you are talking about guitarists then PAUL KOSSOFF IS GOD

[colpadrian]

@windminister Akkerman is the real god!

[windminister]

@colpadrian

he`s the Akkerman of god

[Carthsgtr]

@windminister

This is sex for the ears. Too bad he can't hold a candle to this any more.

[windminister]

@Carthsgtr

True

[windminister]

True 

[Alkali64]

@Carthsgtr Even he's said he can't play like this anymore... In my opinion, everything went downhill after Cream, not that his later stuff isn't fantastic, but this is definitely the best he's been in the last 50 years.

[Carthsgtr]

@Alkali64

Derek and the Dominoes was great too though.

[jsilence418]

@windminister Yeah he came first in tone, in fluidity, in phrasing ! he is the man!

[JusticieroBurning]

@windminister WAS!