@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.
@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
@tromboista that is eric's way, i think he is too, but i dont think EVERY white man is- thats stereotyping, if you're saying that SRV for instance was mechanical, then thats plain wrong
Eric was a kid and grade school when Otis was making blues records! Otis is one of the greats. He understood less is more, and that is a key to great blues imho.
It's hard for me to believe how little people have viewed this very enjoyable clip of two extraordinary Blues artists. Also, I am guessing that Otis must have some degree of respect for Eric, as Otis doesn't strike me as the kind of personality that extends itself to wanting to share the stage with another guitarist.
@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.
Drnick4621 1 month ago
White man can´t play Blues without sounding mechanical. No soul. Just a fact of nature
tromboista 1 month ago
@tromboista racist
richsabre 1 month ago
@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
tromboista 1 month ago
@tromboista that is eric's way, i think he is too, but i dont think EVERY white man is- thats stereotyping, if you're saying that SRV for instance was mechanical, then thats plain wrong
richsabre 1 month ago
Eric was a kid and grade school when Otis was making blues records! Otis is one of the greats. He understood less is more, and that is a key to great blues imho.
BluesRocker52 3 months ago
Otis schools Eric. Otis's band is completely bad ass.
MrMightyslim 4 months ago
@MrMightyslim nobody schools eric
paddie3535 2 months ago
This is great - I had heard the song in this rendition many times but had no idea a clip actually existed - thank you!
274Taurus 5 months ago
greatnes
Aleksi32 6 months ago
It's hard for me to believe how little people have viewed this very enjoyable clip of two extraordinary Blues artists. Also, I am guessing that Otis must have some degree of respect for Eric, as Otis doesn't strike me as the kind of personality that extends itself to wanting to share the stage with another guitarist.
bluzmama55 6 months ago 2