I don't get this questioning of eric claptons style,ability,creativity,influence or whatever issue you want to take up.I don't how old some of you commenters are...but I'm 60yrs old and have been listening to clapton from yardbirds til today.He is without a doubt one of the most influential rock&blues guitarist of the lawst 50yrs.Who's the best...who cares.To me whether clapton is playing whiteroom,layla,lay down sally or tears in heaven he does it in his own distinct style.When he's playin u no
I believe that the hatred in some of these posts stems from jealousy. In today's world, we have become used to taking shots at public figures to feel better about ourselves. It's the National Enquirer mentality that is so popular. But you don't see Eric Clapton in the tabloids too often because he's not going to sell as many copies there. His records speak for themselves and he sells tons of them. He is a great example of a survivor who put his money on the line to help others.
Every one gets from every one, so what, its a experience and a movement in life, its normal... no-one is 100 percent original we all are made of each others chops".
these arguments are always the people that want clarity and efficiency in playing vs. those that want creativity. i tend to agree with the creative period fans. Eric was best when he didn't know what the world had in store for him. the pressures of success will ruin any artist or soul contingent upon creating in the moment.
Clapton touring as Derek and the Dominoes (no Allman, just EC)....straight from the soul pyrotechnics, no encore...left it all on the stage, the real deal...no sense in trying to compare that heart or playing....and I saw Cream twice....
If you want to shock yourself about people copying people or this one being an original and that one being a phony and all listen to Earl Hooker or Magic Sam and find out how these guys influenced the likes of Jimi and Clapton. This doesn't mean that anyone isdiminished by what they have learned from someone else...this is the legacy of the blues all the way back to Robert Johnson....There are guys playing samba acoustic in Brasil, nameless, right now who would knock us all out.
@calitolao we will send you back right up your moms cunt. back to the shithole where you belong. bet you were treated as cancer when your mom poped up at the hospital.
When John Mayall hired Eric Clapton, he sat him down and played FREDDIE KING records for him, and told him "This is how Blues guitar is supposed to sound."
Nobody had the "tone" that Clapton used with the Bluesbreakers, it may have had a lot to do with the equipment he was using but even the best blues guitarists before 1966 didn't have that biting tone, Freddie King and Ike Turner came close a few times but Clapton made that sound world famous and even Buddy Guy started imitating Clapton's innovative tone, not to mention his impact on rock guitar and jazzers like John McLaughlin. He may have lost some of his fire but at his best he was the best.
@gazzaboy2531977 I can believe that, I wonder if it was for the Immediate sessions Page produced for Mayall and Clapton around the time of the Bluesbreakers album, "I'm Your Witchdoctor" and "Telephone Blues", both have that classic sound to them.
Ever notice that Clapton's at his best when sharing the stage with another great guitarist? And he's not the only one. Check out SRV and Jeff Beck doing 'Goin' Down'. Or B.B. King and Gary Moore doing 'The Thrill is Gone'. Or Buddy Guy and Ric Jaz doing 'Hoochie Coochie Man'.
u all are crazy eric clapton is a blues king just like freddy king and bb king.. why do you think every blues artists wants to jam with clapton because believe it or not he is that damn good that guy put so much dedication into his music playing he used to lock his own self in his room to play the guitar for 12 plus hours a day know that's phenominal and that's why he has accomplished so much in music history and is where he is today god bless eric clapton...the white boy of soul..
Okay! I am going to say my opinion. All of us today take Eric Clapton and what he has accomplished for granted and I am just as guilty. Before Eric and white guys in the USA and England embraced the blues, it was not very popular among white folks. Sure, some odd white guys dared to go to the black clubs, but Eric helped to bring blues to us all. If you ask Eric Clapton, I will bet that he doesn't think he's better than his heroes. He just serves the music and like it or not, he is important
@cgabler91191 Maybe so, if we're talking about clarity and technique, but if we talk about pure emotion, I propose that nothing can beat his hair-raising solo on 'Have You Ever Loved A Woman' in the album Derek and the Dominos live at Fillmore. This was at the peak of his Patti 'affliction', and you will weep along with his guitar on this one. I believe that this was among the most emotional soloes of his career, and since it's a blues song, among his greatest.
I'm not sure if it does make sense but to each his own.........Anyway, Lonnie Johnson is the Father of the Modern Blues and if one listens to Lonnie one will see that they all from him knowingly or not and that is a fact! Watch some of his videos here on youtube and he will blow you away.....If you don't like him then there is no hope for you......LoL PS read his bio on wikipedia.
Sorry mate! I was up late when I wrote that. I am terrible on computers......I have seen BB more than I have seen anybody else. I am more of a delta blues and rag style player but I love Chicago, West Coast and of course Texas Blues as well. There is probably isn't any kind of music that I don't like. I play a little Flamenco, too!
@pattietatoo Hey grumpy, calm down. What (WHO) do you think Wonderful Tonight, Layla, and Bell Bottom Blues was about? Crap, the ENTIRE "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" album was about her. I'm glad you old timers are learning how to use computers, but you shouldn't just go around yelling at people.
While I think BB King is a great Bluesman, he is in no category of guitarist as Freddie or Eric Clapton. BB likes to play licks and has a rythm guitarist that carrys the tunes. I have seen them all and Freddie King was one of the best ever. Clapton is one of the best guitarist that ever lived, but his style is a bit different blues style. BB was a songwriter more than guitar player compared to Freddie King.
I honestly never enjoyed clapton as a blues player that much. But those live jams with cream in the 60's just kick my ass. It could be that I just prefer that type of music.
Freddie is close to woodshedding Eric here. :) Freddie's shirt collar lapels are even bigger. What a beautiful cut this is. And Eric loved Freddie to pieces, loved him with all his heart.
When we started we copied, when we learned we wrote reflecting our influences, and when we found our own voices, we innovated and created. A great man once said that there are only three blues songs - the fast blues, the slow blues, and The Thrill Is Gone. Don't argue about who stole what; listen, learn, and enjoy the ride.
Eric Clapton is not a great artist-that is one of the more stupid comments I've read on youtube in a while. It cracks me up when someone like you spouts off their expertise on who is deemed as a great player or not. I don't like the Beatles,and I can't stand John Lennon's music,but I'm smart enough to know that their great.
@pattietatoo I'd rather eat chicken instead of fillet, but I'm smart enough to know that fillet is probably a better meal than chicken-just not my taste-make sense? :)
I love the discourse about the blues. It's so educational. I enjoy the feeling and the technique of such music greats. Who's the best or worst doesn't really mean a damn thing tome but I love to hear people with knowledge expound. I saw Creams last concert at the LA Forum and they rocked the house.
I'm Not A Scholar I'm Not A Blues Musician Just A Lowly Blues Playin Radio Guy and In My Opinion Eric Clapton Is The Baddest White Boy I Have Ever Had The Pleasure Of Seeing.Riding Or walking
@MrBoogie365 If you know anything about Stevie Ray Vaughan you should understand that one thing he wanted to be remembered for was taking the color out of the blues. Eric Clapton is irrelevant in the history of the blues. Here's a tip, pick up guitar and try playing an SRV song. I would suggest the same for EC except his biggest hits were from JJ Cale, or Bob Marley, or Freddie King, or Otis Rush.....so check them out instead.
To williamspeck: EC is the next best at the Blues?! Compared to who? SRV, Albert King, Albert Collins, how about Rev. Gary Davis? The one with ears full of shit is you: a direct result of having your head wedged up your ass. By the way, I could dust you on guitar with my amp on standby. You EC disciples are all the same, wankoids. The idea that playing less, carefully chosen notes is more meaningful than blasting through a solo is totally lost on you nerds (and EC).
@zipsnap i must agree. check out srv's brother Jimmie. I've followed him and stevie for over 35 years right here in those nastyass blues joints in austin. god bless the blues and those that appreciate them rip srv
@cgabler91191 believe me, there are "musicians" out there actually evolving. But I don't think that they are actually in the spotlight. Jimi was a highly evolved guy, an indiicator of what humans could be, should they choose awareness over ego. Music was his choice of expression, had he been a quantum physicist then Stephen Hawking would be quoting him. Still could.
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"Actually every great guy ripped something frome someone..." Wrong. Every great musician understands the difference between imitation and innovation. Obviously, Blues depends on the re-interpretive process. My point is that Freddie King, Albert Collins etc. were fully realized Blues Masters. Good artists copy, great artists steal. Sadly, Eric Clapton is not a great artist, he is simply overrated and derivative. By the way tell me what licks Gatemouth Brown ripped off. Good luck.
@zipsnap To know where gatemouth ripped something you should hear all of the guys he was exposed to. I honestly don't know who he was influenced by, but many of this guys got a lot of 'moves' from guys that we never heard a thing about. About Freddie King and Buddy, you can clearly hear a lot of BB in their playin, but in the following recordings this becomes less and less apparent. Another one is Elmore James, listen to freddie playing sweet home chicago and compare to El.
@mlorenzoblackf because they are all playing the blues.......Listen to Lonnie Johnson and you will hear where they got most of their "stuff". It was not from BB cause he got his stuff from Lonnie, too. Even Robert Johnson stole from Lonnie and that's a fact. If you don't believe me, there is plenty of Lonnie on here.
@zipsnap most blues musicians HAVE to at least copy a bit off of their predecessors. Without that, The blues would have died long ago and who wants that? ALSO the blues pentonic scale, as far as any string insturment is concerned, is the simplest / smallest scale in the book. Which forces repetition, as well as makes it very hard to say that "X Blues musician" is any better / more origional than "Y Blues musician". but stay groovey man ;)
@Jagethemage Buddy, learn your modes and your major scale. Then start adding blues notes. You're going backwards from the scale to music. Blues is playing a minor third over a major chord . The whole concept of Blues is technically wrong, which makes it so compelling. Listen to musicians like Rev. Gary Davis, or Lonnie Johnson. The catch is knowing the difference between subjective and objective music. The longer anyone spends listening to the history of this music will know the truth.
@zipsnap Oh give me a break ! I've been a guitarist for 50 years now. I grew up on all the great guitarist from the 50's - on, starting with Chet Atkins. Try to look at things in a positive light! We all learn from each other and it's a good thing because I have loved all of these great musicians and we should all give them credit for getting where they have gotten. So get off the " find what's wrong with life" and just enjoy these wonderful musicians. Peace. FF
@zipsnap Gatemouth seems to have a lot of T-Bone Walker's chops. If you're sayin Clapton didnt innovate, good luck. Clapton took blues and did, indeed, make it his own. Wonderful Tonight alone is testament. Does that mean that traditional blues artists that came before him werent great? Hells no. But dont go poo pooin' Slow Hand just because you dont think he's blues enough. If he was good enough for Freddie King, he's good enough for me.
It is amazing how so many people think that E.C. of thirty years ago was better, and have never listened to him in the last twenty years. Do yourselves a favor, search youtube for Eric Clapton with Steve Winwood, or the Crossroads festival that was started about six years ago. Check out "Double Trouble" at th MSG or "Groanin' the Blues" or "I Shot the Sheriff" at the 2004 Crossroads festival. His playing since his sobriety is even better after this years. I know, I have seen him live.
@cgabler91191 His technique may be more accurate, but his energy and creativity is far from 30 years ago. The bands that he play miss the thing to, especially when you compare with cream, they had no ceiling. Nowadays he just does it the "right way". I've heard a lot of his recent work and that's what I think.
@mlorenzoblack I don't think I know any artist of his generation in rock or blues-rock that is not past their prime in energy and creativity. Even the great Jeff Beck in my opinion has been doing the same type of music for the last 30+ years. Same with Steve Winwood, Paul McCartney. Don't we wish there were new Creams, new Led Zepplins and Carlos Santana's of that era? The next Jimi Hendrix? The classic bands have left their legacy in hopes that the newer bands will carry on to a new era.
@mlorenzoblack my thoughts exactly brother. he just doesnt have that fight in him anymore. hed tear your guts out back in the day. hes actually even said it himself. still god though. haha. crossroads man. lol. take care.
@mlorenzoblack Sorry to answer this late but i got to let you know a FANTASTIC persformance of EC. I was thinking just like you about the energy that he lost but when I saw this show I though "damn he still got it". This show is a concert filmed for the documentary nothing but the blues by scorcese in 1994. Check out "I'm tore down", "Early in the morning", or "Drifing" from this show and tell me your opinion. The whole show amazed me. Sorry for my english i'm french.
@mlorenzoblack I tend to agree that Clapton's playing has been more technically precise but still breath taking in certain moments. I'll take Jeff Beck's playing these days as more representative of the "no ceiling."
to cgabler...I'd agree for pure creative energy...I guess the dominoes period...the creativity plus fire. But there is stuff from the Blues tours of 94/95 and there are shows circa 2004 w/ Trucks and Doyle B that are great.
@cgabler91191 I reckon that EC has only just started to get some real soul in the last couple of years. His heart was never in it for the the right reasons until very recently, but it is getting there. Credit where it is due.
@NormTilley I agree, much of his music in the mid-seventies and eighties was not gutsy or soulful enough for my taste. However, I am won back by his live performances in the last six or seven years. He even writes about his new-found excitement in playing the blues in his autobiography. Thanks for the post. :)
This is a great post. Recently Joe Bonamassa appeared at the Royal Albert Hall, and played this very song, and had Eric Clapton as guest. History repeated itself, with Eric being the teacher and Joe being the pupil.
@DrumzzKool Freddie King is a greatly under appreciated bluesman who died much too soon. I think Freddie and Albert King, and Buddy Guy rank as the all-time greats of their era. The very fact that E.C. imitated Freddie and Buddy showed that he chose the best to learn from. I really think that Freddie King should be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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Eric Clapton is the most overrated guitarist OF ALL TIME! The endorsement for Freddie King is that Eric Clapton likes him? Who cares. Eric Clapton has made a career clinging on to and ripping off superior musicians. Freddie King punks him on this song, because that's what Clapton is : A GIGANTIC CHEESEBALL. Don't bother responding, I'll be jamming to Freddie, or Gatemouth, or Albert or....
@zipsnap Actually every great guy ripped something from someone... like everyone from Freddie to Buddy Guy tried to be like BB, but they took different ways. The difference is that those guys were in the middle of the big scenes... Freddie spent a lot of time jamming with guys like magic sam, little walter, howlin wolf. EC spent a lot o time tryin to learn from the records and jammin with rock guitarrists.
@zipsnap I'm a Clapton fan, but I do agree with you to an extent. I think that the thing with Clapton, was that he was so good at such a young age. He was 20 years old when he played with the Bluesbreakers, and he was playing then like a seasoned pro that had 30 years of gigging under his belt. It was actually quite phenominal. However, Clapton is now just another great guitar player...like so many other great guitar players. Nothing really that special anymore.
bloozetube: you're right of course about clapton's well-being. as for guitars, did you see BBC's Later with Jools Holland last w/end? EC playing 'Crossoads' on a Gibson! (tobacco sunburst 335 I think). He played a Les Paul earlier on the same show. still available for download on BBC I player.
Every single artist that Clapton has been influenced by and borrowed from he has credited and helped out in one way or another, whether by recording with them or going on the road. He has brought together all the stuff he loves and fused it into his own distinctive sound. Freddie King is a massive influence on EC's style!
thanx so much for this.Love most of the comments/info ginen hear especially from LWstephens. 1 quick comment of my own.i think that freddie king influenced the hard rock + metal guys as much as the blues/rock guys.QUEEN,SABBATH,BOSTON,ZEPPELIN,THE WHO..ETC...anytime these guys hit that A chord then a G note and start rockin out it sounds like THE KING.LISTEN TO SMOKIN BY BOSTON,ITS SOUNDS LIKE BLUES BAND SHUFFLE,EVEN THE ORGAN SOLO.AM I WRONG???????????
I played piano with Freddie and did the encores with Freddie and Eric on this tour. There is no way Freddie said Crapton. He loved Eric and appreciated the exposure and respect he got from him. Lewis Stephens
@LWStephens I can't argue as I wasn't there! But I heard it that way on the record. I'm not saying Freddie insulted Eric - it sounded more like a joke.
Its no secret that clapton was heavily influenced by freddie king as well as robert johnson but its worth to consider that without eric adopting freddies style of playing many wouldnt know of freddie king hence rather than be critical of e.c ripping anyone of he should be respected for keeping artists like freddies music alive for future generations to appreciate,its a cycle that applies to all musicians and will go on as long as time itself
@strumfellow i agree with "some" of what you said, but ...
realistically, the freddie kings, wolf's , etc, HAD already established themselves. their talents were tremendously revered and popular in the nation's black communities. many don't like to hear such realities, but had it not been for the racism in america, these great musical architects WOULD have been able to enjoy the popularity they deserved instead of being left in the corners of the mainstream's unknown .
When I first heard this on "stayin at home with blues" I fell in love with Freddie King. And respect to Clapton for some balls out playing. Check out Sweet Home Chicago off the same album - one of the best ever versions.
i would like u to carefully explain why you think Clapton sucks, im just curious, cause i have always idolized him as a guitar player... to me he is the ultimate unreachable pedestal that im working so hard to reach... but i still see people like you who say that he is crap... if so, why? Who do YOU listen to that you think is better?
Regardless, in my opinion this is a great performance, its wonderful to hear him so inspired by one of HIS idols haha
Freddie King Was A Much Better Guitarist Than Eric Clapton, Clapton Idolized Freddie King. Freddie Unfortunately Is Not as Well Known as Eric Clapton.
The picture is awsome. He's definitely not playing a Gibson product in this song. He also has the guitar slung over his left shoulder and the strap looks stretched to it's limit.
I can listen to this song everyday and still love it!!!! Agree, with the fact that Clapton sounded much much better with the cheery red 335..that ripping sound with bite....
saw Freddie come out to jam with Clapton in Jersey City NJ. They did have you ever loved a woman. Clapton was really strung out though. He later did a make-up show with Santana opening up. In the end, Santana, Clapton and John McClaughlin jammed on "Eyesight To The Blind". Made the cover of Rolling Stone. Memorable show
Nah, can't hear what you said. I hear Clapton... anyway I don't believe Freddie would do that, don't seem like him. Besides clapton was helping him a lot.
By the way, Clapton was really amazing at that times. A shame that he 'forgot' how to play like that...
ok - i'll listen again. just received the album via amazon (LP vinyl, that is. CD not available anywhere). some say since EC kicked the drugs he lost it. i'd rather not beleive that myself but i never really liked the out-of-phase strat sound he took up. give me that cherry red 335 sound.
I like this version too, but I prefer Mick Hucknalls.
limpingtovictory 18 hours ago
This is so good!
Is Freddie playing a strat here, as on the picture??
This is not an ego shootout, this is a pleasure to listen to, period.
boddumblues 2 weeks ago
I don't get this questioning of eric claptons style,ability,creativity,influence or whatever issue you want to take up.I don't how old some of you commenters are...but I'm 60yrs old and have been listening to clapton from yardbirds til today.He is without a doubt one of the most influential rock&blues guitarist of the lawst 50yrs.Who's the best...who cares.To me whether clapton is playing whiteroom,layla,lay down sally or tears in heaven he does it in his own distinct style.When he's playin u no
sling3shot 1 month ago
only a very few humans respond to pure blues,duet sets of masters,such mentioned above,let'em alone some will learn,some will never.
huntingdogowner 1 month ago
thanks eric!!!
leparisien2 1 month ago
I believe that the hatred in some of these posts stems from jealousy. In today's world, we have become used to taking shots at public figures to feel better about ourselves. It's the National Enquirer mentality that is so popular. But you don't see Eric Clapton in the tabloids too often because he's not going to sell as many copies there. His records speak for themselves and he sells tons of them. He is a great example of a survivor who put his money on the line to help others.
veeoleary 2 months ago 9
What an insult... to have Clapton messin up freddie
bongoloid77 2 months ago
Every one gets from every one, so what, its a experience and a movement in life, its normal... no-one is 100 percent original we all are made of each others chops".
DazedConfused1969 3 months ago
these arguments are always the people that want clarity and efficiency in playing vs. those that want creativity. i tend to agree with the creative period fans. Eric was best when he didn't know what the world had in store for him. the pressures of success will ruin any artist or soul contingent upon creating in the moment.
pcburgh01 3 months ago
they're both so unreal! and clapton's so inspired by freddie in places, i honestly can't tell who's playing which guitar
Legacied 4 months ago
Clapton touring as Derek and the Dominoes (no Allman, just EC)....straight from the soul pyrotechnics, no encore...left it all on the stage, the real deal...no sense in trying to compare that heart or playing....and I saw Cream twice....
zenguy77 5 months ago
If you want to shock yourself about people copying people or this one being an original and that one being a phony and all listen to Earl Hooker or Magic Sam and find out how these guys influenced the likes of Jimi and Clapton. This doesn't mean that anyone isdiminished by what they have learned from someone else...this is the legacy of the blues all the way back to Robert Johnson....There are guys playing samba acoustic in Brasil, nameless, right now who would knock us all out.
jimneb 5 months ago
Oh great, I have always been big fan of Terry Clapton
DirtyDeck 6 months ago
Fuck youcalitofuck, your a fucking ass lick, Douche Bag
kentbivin 6 months ago
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fucking erick clapton you dont exist in america,,go back to your fucking UK fucking limey
calitolao 6 months ago
@calitolao fuck you asshole!!!!!!
dbjharley56 6 months ago
@calitolao we will send you back right up your moms cunt. back to the shithole where you belong. bet you were treated as cancer when your mom poped up at the hospital.
laiholapso 1 week ago
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walstib77 7 months ago
Eric Clapton has said in interviews that his style is derived from Freddie King, Buddy Guy and others.
The Blues are a "derivative" style of music. There were a handful of innovators, like
Jimmy Reed. But even Reed's style is derived from the players he listened to.
The innovators are usually the 1st to be recorded in a certain style, while the guy's they imitate were never recorded.
mvarahadas 7 months ago
When John Mayall hired Eric Clapton, he sat him down and played FREDDIE KING records for him, and told him "This is how Blues guitar is supposed to sound."
Freddie King is far more original than Clapton.
DogCatchersBand 7 months ago 2
@DogCatchersBand where did you hear this?
DirtyDeck 2 months ago
Nobody had the "tone" that Clapton used with the Bluesbreakers, it may have had a lot to do with the equipment he was using but even the best blues guitarists before 1966 didn't have that biting tone, Freddie King and Ike Turner came close a few times but Clapton made that sound world famous and even Buddy Guy started imitating Clapton's innovative tone, not to mention his impact on rock guitar and jazzers like John McLaughlin. He may have lost some of his fire but at his best he was the best.
echster 8 months ago
@echster -It was Jimmy Page who introduced Eric to the Les Paul/Marshall combo supposedly.
gazzaboy2531977 7 months ago
@gazzaboy2531977 I can believe that, I wonder if it was for the Immediate sessions Page produced for Mayall and Clapton around the time of the Bluesbreakers album, "I'm Your Witchdoctor" and "Telephone Blues", both have that classic sound to them.
echster 7 months ago
Ever notice that Clapton's at his best when sharing the stage with another great guitarist? And he's not the only one. Check out SRV and Jeff Beck doing 'Goin' Down'. Or B.B. King and Gary Moore doing 'The Thrill is Gone'. Or Buddy Guy and Ric Jaz doing 'Hoochie Coochie Man'.
thebird55 8 months ago 4
u all are crazy eric clapton is a blues king just like freddy king and bb king.. why do you think every blues artists wants to jam with clapton because believe it or not he is that damn good that guy put so much dedication into his music playing he used to lock his own self in his room to play the guitar for 12 plus hours a day know that's phenominal and that's why he has accomplished so much in music history and is where he is today god bless eric clapton...the white boy of soul..
nickbarcenas 8 months ago 2
Okay! I am going to say my opinion. All of us today take Eric Clapton and what he has accomplished for granted and I am just as guilty. Before Eric and white guys in the USA and England embraced the blues, it was not very popular among white folks. Sure, some odd white guys dared to go to the black clubs, but Eric helped to bring blues to us all. If you ask Eric Clapton, I will bet that he doesn't think he's better than his heroes. He just serves the music and like it or not, he is important
veeoleary 9 months ago 17
@veeoleary
well said!
scalisema 2 months ago
Some of the Posts here verge on being completely insane. Eric Clapton just another Guitar Player ?
dbrew2u 9 months ago
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and hear that Freddie is playing a strat here mostly bridge pickup
wrcoombs 10 months ago
and hear the Freddie is playing a strat here mostly bridge pickup
wrcoombs 10 months ago
@cgabler91191 Maybe so, if we're talking about clarity and technique, but if we talk about pure emotion, I propose that nothing can beat his hair-raising solo on 'Have You Ever Loved A Woman' in the album Derek and the Dominos live at Fillmore. This was at the peak of his Patti 'affliction', and you will weep along with his guitar on this one. I believe that this was among the most emotional soloes of his career, and since it's a blues song, among his greatest.
MrYAMUHAT 10 months ago
does anyone think EC is trying very hard to sound American in his singing?
yanis3 10 months ago
I'm not sure if it does make sense but to each his own.........Anyway, Lonnie Johnson is the Father of the Modern Blues and if one listens to Lonnie one will see that they all from him knowingly or not and that is a fact! Watch some of his videos here on youtube and he will blow you away.....If you don't like him then there is no hope for you......LoL PS read his bio on wikipedia.
pattietatoo 10 months ago
Sorry mate! I was up late when I wrote that. I am terrible on computers......I have seen BB more than I have seen anybody else. I am more of a delta blues and rag style player but I love Chicago, West Coast and of course Texas Blues as well. There is probably isn't any kind of music that I don't like. I play a little Flamenco, too!
pattietatoo 10 months ago
The only thing I don't like about Clapton is that he was a home wrecker. Other than that, you haters can lick my shoe.
airdr 10 months ago
@airdr Who cares what you think! We're talkin about music and not his personal life!
pattietatoo 10 months ago
@pattietatoo Hey grumpy, calm down. What (WHO) do you think Wonderful Tonight, Layla, and Bell Bottom Blues was about? Crap, the ENTIRE "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" album was about her. I'm glad you old timers are learning how to use computers, but you shouldn't just go around yelling at people.
airdr 10 months ago
Love Freddie - hate Clapton. EC has sucked for just over 40 yrs.
MissEgasMoniz 10 months ago
saw them perform together at Roosevelt Stadium in New Jersey around 1975 or '76, amazing show!
TheCOMPUTERJAZZMAN 11 months ago
While I think BB King is a great Bluesman, he is in no category of guitarist as Freddie or Eric Clapton. BB likes to play licks and has a rythm guitarist that carrys the tunes. I have seen them all and Freddie King was one of the best ever. Clapton is one of the best guitarist that ever lived, but his style is a bit different blues style. BB was a songwriter more than guitar player compared to Freddie King.
Kptuser 11 months ago
Two Greats you can tell when Eric plays and Freddie plays, both are Great Blues players
rasberryelgin 11 months ago
Two Greats
rasberryelgin 11 months ago
I honestly never enjoyed clapton as a blues player that much. But those live jams with cream in the 60's just kick my ass. It could be that I just prefer that type of music.
wuezili 11 months ago
Freddie is close to woodshedding Eric here. :) Freddie's shirt collar lapels are even bigger. What a beautiful cut this is. And Eric loved Freddie to pieces, loved him with all his heart.
tonefordaze 11 months ago
Great, great Guitar here!!
Harryn58 11 months ago
blah blah blah blah,shut the fuck up and listen to tha god damn music.
harleyhound100 1 year ago 3
blah blah blah blah,shuit the fuck up and listen to tha god damn music.
harleyhound100 1 year ago
@harleyhound100 If you were listening then why do you need to tell others to shut the fuck up?
pattietatoo 10 months ago
lol lot of Ec hatters, if Freddie didnt think that Clapton is good, he would never play with him ( along as many other grat guitarists ) ...
cirtas 1 year ago
EC plays like he lived before hendrix, he's way before 60's, he regressed even to before clapton from 60'
deadzior 1 year ago
When we started we copied, when we learned we wrote reflecting our influences, and when we found our own voices, we innovated and created. A great man once said that there are only three blues songs - the fast blues, the slow blues, and The Thrill Is Gone. Don't argue about who stole what; listen, learn, and enjoy the ride.
michelpaul1 1 year ago
Eric Clapton is not a great artist-that is one of the more stupid comments I've read on youtube in a while. It cracks me up when someone like you spouts off their expertise on who is deemed as a great player or not. I don't like the Beatles,and I can't stand John Lennon's music,but I'm smart enough to know that their great.
leftystrat62 1 year ago
@leftystrat62 What makes you not like John or the Beatles? Just curious as to why you would say they are great if you don't like them
pattietatoo 10 months ago
@pattietatoo I'd rather eat chicken instead of fillet, but I'm smart enough to know that fillet is probably a better meal than chicken-just not my taste-make sense? :)
leftystrat62 10 months ago
I love the discourse about the blues. It's so educational. I enjoy the feeling and the technique of such music greats. Who's the best or worst doesn't really mean a damn thing tome but I love to hear people with knowledge expound. I saw Creams last concert at the LA Forum and they rocked the house.
bteiv676 1 year ago
I'm Not A Scholar I'm Not A Blues Musician Just A Lowly Blues Playin Radio Guy and In My Opinion Eric Clapton Is The Baddest White Boy I Have Ever Had The Pleasure Of Seeing.Riding Or walking
Stevie Ray Included Ive Seen Um Both !!!!
MrBoogie365 1 year ago
@MrBoogie365 If you know anything about Stevie Ray Vaughan you should understand that one thing he wanted to be remembered for was taking the color out of the blues. Eric Clapton is irrelevant in the history of the blues. Here's a tip, pick up guitar and try playing an SRV song. I would suggest the same for EC except his biggest hits were from JJ Cale, or Bob Marley, or Freddie King, or Otis Rush.....so check them out instead.
zipsnap 1 year ago
Why do people that don't have an appreciation for music post ????????
bluechina50 1 year ago
@bluechina50 the only thing you appreciate is question marks
zipsnap 1 year ago
To williamspeck: EC is the next best at the Blues?! Compared to who? SRV, Albert King, Albert Collins, how about Rev. Gary Davis? The one with ears full of shit is you: a direct result of having your head wedged up your ass. By the way, I could dust you on guitar with my amp on standby. You EC disciples are all the same, wankoids. The idea that playing less, carefully chosen notes is more meaningful than blasting through a solo is totally lost on you nerds (and EC).
zipsnap 1 year ago
@zipsnap i must agree. check out srv's brother Jimmie. I've followed him and stevie for over 35 years right here in those nastyass blues joints in austin. god bless the blues and those that appreciate them rip srv
cyn303 1 year ago
@cyn303 thanks. One of my favorite albums is Family Style. So many unique and different guitar players have come from Texas. You're lucky.
zipsnap 1 year ago
I agree but calm down and listen to Lonnie Johnson.....That's the originator of the modern single note blues.
pattietatoo 10 months ago
FREDDY & TAFKAg
arjhendrix 1 year ago
@cgabler91191 believe me, there are "musicians" out there actually evolving. But I don't think that they are actually in the spotlight. Jimi was a highly evolved guy, an indiicator of what humans could be, should they choose awareness over ego. Music was his choice of expression, had he been a quantum physicist then Stephen Hawking would be quoting him. Still could.
bamboosa 1 year ago
Anyway, just cool, it's al'right !
ryuheinakamura 1 year ago
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"Actually every great guy ripped something frome someone..." Wrong. Every great musician understands the difference between imitation and innovation. Obviously, Blues depends on the re-interpretive process. My point is that Freddie King, Albert Collins etc. were fully realized Blues Masters. Good artists copy, great artists steal. Sadly, Eric Clapton is not a great artist, he is simply overrated and derivative. By the way tell me what licks Gatemouth Brown ripped off. Good luck.
zipsnap 1 year ago
@zipsnap To know where gatemouth ripped something you should hear all of the guys he was exposed to. I honestly don't know who he was influenced by, but many of this guys got a lot of 'moves' from guys that we never heard a thing about. About Freddie King and Buddy, you can clearly hear a lot of BB in their playin, but in the following recordings this becomes less and less apparent. Another one is Elmore James, listen to freddie playing sweet home chicago and compare to El.
mlorenzoblack 1 year ago 2
@mlorenzoblackf because they are all playing the blues.......Listen to Lonnie Johnson and you will hear where they got most of their "stuff". It was not from BB cause he got his stuff from Lonnie, too. Even Robert Johnson stole from Lonnie and that's a fact. If you don't believe me, there is plenty of Lonnie on here.
pattietatoo 10 months ago
@zipsnap most blues musicians HAVE to at least copy a bit off of their predecessors. Without that, The blues would have died long ago and who wants that? ALSO the blues pentonic scale, as far as any string insturment is concerned, is the simplest / smallest scale in the book. Which forces repetition, as well as makes it very hard to say that "X Blues musician" is any better / more origional than "Y Blues musician". but stay groovey man ;)
Jagethemage 1 year ago
@Jagethemage Buddy, learn your modes and your major scale. Then start adding blues notes. You're going backwards from the scale to music. Blues is playing a minor third over a major chord . The whole concept of Blues is technically wrong, which makes it so compelling. Listen to musicians like Rev. Gary Davis, or Lonnie Johnson. The catch is knowing the difference between subjective and objective music. The longer anyone spends listening to the history of this music will know the truth.
zipsnap 1 year ago
@zipsnap Oh give me a break ! I've been a guitarist for 50 years now. I grew up on all the great guitarist from the 50's - on, starting with Chet Atkins. Try to look at things in a positive light! We all learn from each other and it's a good thing because I have loved all of these great musicians and we should all give them credit for getting where they have gotten. So get off the " find what's wrong with life" and just enjoy these wonderful musicians. Peace. FF
FrancisFurtak 1 year ago
@zipsnap Wow, I've seen ignorance before, but you are are a "Professional" Dumbass... Good luck!
railroadtrash09 9 months ago
@zipsnap Gatemouth seems to have a lot of T-Bone Walker's chops. If you're sayin Clapton didnt innovate, good luck. Clapton took blues and did, indeed, make it his own. Wonderful Tonight alone is testament. Does that mean that traditional blues artists that came before him werent great? Hells no. But dont go poo pooin' Slow Hand just because you dont think he's blues enough. If he was good enough for Freddie King, he's good enough for me.
walstib77 7 months ago 2
@zipsnap oh my , how you're right ( E.C. ,the most overrated good guitarist, as said by somme dj...)
2quundar 4 months ago
It is amazing how so many people think that E.C. of thirty years ago was better, and have never listened to him in the last twenty years. Do yourselves a favor, search youtube for Eric Clapton with Steve Winwood, or the Crossroads festival that was started about six years ago. Check out "Double Trouble" at th MSG or "Groanin' the Blues" or "I Shot the Sheriff" at the 2004 Crossroads festival. His playing since his sobriety is even better after this years. I know, I have seen him live.
cgabler91191 1 year ago 20
@cgabler91191 His technique may be more accurate, but his energy and creativity is far from 30 years ago. The bands that he play miss the thing to, especially when you compare with cream, they had no ceiling. Nowadays he just does it the "right way". I've heard a lot of his recent work and that's what I think.
mlorenzoblack 1 year ago 10
@mlorenzoblack I don't think I know any artist of his generation in rock or blues-rock that is not past their prime in energy and creativity. Even the great Jeff Beck in my opinion has been doing the same type of music for the last 30+ years. Same with Steve Winwood, Paul McCartney. Don't we wish there were new Creams, new Led Zepplins and Carlos Santana's of that era? The next Jimi Hendrix? The classic bands have left their legacy in hopes that the newer bands will carry on to a new era.
cgabler91191 1 year ago
@mlorenzoblack my thoughts exactly brother. he just doesnt have that fight in him anymore. hed tear your guts out back in the day. hes actually even said it himself. still god though. haha. crossroads man. lol. take care.
rolledgold77 11 months ago
@mlorenzoblack Just different phases of a musician's life......that's all! I don't play the same way I used too either!
pattietatoo 10 months ago
@mlorenzoblack if you think playing with Doyle Bramhall 2 and Derek Trucks is "missing something"...you need meds
allen78704 7 months ago 2
@allen78704 Right On, brother!
spacedoginnebraska 5 months ago
@mlorenzoblack Sorry to answer this late but i got to let you know a FANTASTIC persformance of EC. I was thinking just like you about the energy that he lost but when I saw this show I though "damn he still got it". This show is a concert filmed for the documentary nothing but the blues by scorcese in 1994. Check out "I'm tore down", "Early in the morning", or "Drifing" from this show and tell me your opinion. The whole show amazed me. Sorry for my english i'm french.
Geoffreyg41 6 months ago
@mlorenzoblack I tend to agree that Clapton's playing has been more technically precise but still breath taking in certain moments. I'll take Jeff Beck's playing these days as more representative of the "no ceiling."
KUTVgroucho 5 months ago
to cgabler...I'd agree for pure creative energy...I guess the dominoes period...the creativity plus fire. But there is stuff from the Blues tours of 94/95 and there are shows circa 2004 w/ Trucks and Doyle B that are great.
thebuzzardman 4 months ago
@cgabler91191 I reckon that EC has only just started to get some real soul in the last couple of years. His heart was never in it for the the right reasons until very recently, but it is getting there. Credit where it is due.
NormTilley 1 year ago
@NormTilley I agree, much of his music in the mid-seventies and eighties was not gutsy or soulful enough for my taste. However, I am won back by his live performances in the last six or seven years. He even writes about his new-found excitement in playing the blues in his autobiography. Thanks for the post. :)
cgabler91191 1 year ago
This is a great post. Recently Joe Bonamassa appeared at the Royal Albert Hall, and played this very song, and had Eric Clapton as guest. History repeated itself, with Eric being the teacher and Joe being the pupil.
cgabler91191 1 year ago
I saw FK and EC play this song together at Rich Stadium, Buffalo...back about '76 or so.
They also did Have You Ever Loved A Woman.
NO FK...NO EC. Plain and simple.
That ain't no trash talk...it's fact.
So please, all you Clapton fans out there...don't get all jumpin bad on me, ok?
EC is a life long student...he is honourable in that regard. ALWAYS gives his influences big props.
DrumzzKool 1 year ago
@DrumzzKool Freddie King is a greatly under appreciated bluesman who died much too soon. I think Freddie and Albert King, and Buddy Guy rank as the all-time greats of their era. The very fact that E.C. imitated Freddie and Buddy showed that he chose the best to learn from. I really think that Freddie King should be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
cgabler91191 1 year ago
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Eric Clapton is the most overrated guitarist OF ALL TIME! The endorsement for Freddie King is that Eric Clapton likes him? Who cares. Eric Clapton has made a career clinging on to and ripping off superior musicians. Freddie King punks him on this song, because that's what Clapton is : A GIGANTIC CHEESEBALL. Don't bother responding, I'll be jamming to Freddie, or Gatemouth, or Albert or....
zipsnap 1 year ago
@zipsnap Actually every great guy ripped something from someone... like everyone from Freddie to Buddy Guy tried to be like BB, but they took different ways. The difference is that those guys were in the middle of the big scenes... Freddie spent a lot of time jamming with guys like magic sam, little walter, howlin wolf. EC spent a lot o time tryin to learn from the records and jammin with rock guitarrists.
mlorenzoblack 1 year ago 3
@zipsnap Freddie was the greatest of all time its true BUT EC is probably the next best - you must have shit in your ears and shit for brains pal!
williamspk 1 year ago
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@zipsnap your a cunt and id smash your fucking skull in if i ever met you dirty cunt watch your mouth !
BigRussOvBs9 1 year ago
@zipsnap I'm a Clapton fan, but I do agree with you to an extent. I think that the thing with Clapton, was that he was so good at such a young age. He was 20 years old when he played with the Bluesbreakers, and he was playing then like a seasoned pro that had 30 years of gigging under his belt. It was actually quite phenominal. However, Clapton is now just another great guitar player...like so many other great guitar players. Nothing really that special anymore.
Funkensteinlives 10 months ago
bloozetube: you're right of course about clapton's well-being. as for guitars, did you see BBC's Later with Jools Holland last w/end? EC playing 'Crossoads' on a Gibson! (tobacco sunburst 335 I think). He played a Les Paul earlier on the same show. still available for download on BBC I player.
wlchnck 1 year ago
Every single artist that Clapton has been influenced by and borrowed from he has credited and helped out in one way or another, whether by recording with them or going on the road. He has brought together all the stuff he loves and fused it into his own distinctive sound. Freddie King is a massive influence on EC's style!
Tapiola2007 1 year ago
that's freddie
superego66 1 year ago
their styles are so similar
snakkajak 1 year ago
You mistake evolving his sound for "forgetting", that why Clapton is considered one of the greats...Layla unplugged anyone?
XxsinyxxX 1 year ago
thanx so much for this.Love most of the comments/info ginen hear especially from LWstephens. 1 quick comment of my own.i think that freddie king influenced the hard rock + metal guys as much as the blues/rock guys.QUEEN,SABBATH,BOSTON,ZEPPELIN,THE WHO..ETC...anytime these guys hit that A chord then a G note and start rockin out it sounds like THE KING.LISTEN TO SMOKIN BY BOSTON,ITS SOUNDS LIKE BLUES BAND SHUFFLE,EVEN THE ORGAN SOLO.AM I WRONG???????????
diagreen 1 year ago
I played piano with Freddie and did the encores with Freddie and Eric on this tour. There is no way Freddie said Crapton. He loved Eric and appreciated the exposure and respect he got from him. Lewis Stephens
LWStephens 1 year ago
@LWStephens I can't argue as I wasn't there! But I heard it that way on the record. I'm not saying Freddie insulted Eric - it sounded more like a joke.
wlchnck 1 year ago
I saw Freddie King play with EC at Roosevelt Stadium in New Jersey sometime in the mid 1970's, it was an AWESOME concert!
TheCOMPUTERJAZZMAN 1 year ago
Its no secret that clapton was heavily influenced by freddie king as well as robert johnson but its worth to consider that without eric adopting freddies style of playing many wouldnt know of freddie king hence rather than be critical of e.c ripping anyone of he should be respected for keeping artists like freddies music alive for future generations to appreciate,its a cycle that applies to all musicians and will go on as long as time itself
strumfellow 1 year ago 2
@strumfellow i agree with "some" of what you said, but ...
realistically, the freddie kings, wolf's , etc, HAD already established themselves. their talents were tremendously revered and popular in the nation's black communities. many don't like to hear such realities, but had it not been for the racism in america, these great musical architects WOULD have been able to enjoy the popularity they deserved instead of being left in the corners of the mainstream's unknown .
standingbeark 1 year ago
freddie o freddie why did you have to leave us
swampdog420 1 year ago
i been up and down the road a few times and burglar is one of the best albums ever
TheCutthroatjake 1 year ago
When I first heard this on "stayin at home with blues" I fell in love with Freddie King. And respect to Clapton for some balls out playing. Check out Sweet Home Chicago off the same album - one of the best ever versions.
autinspare 1 year ago
jimi does the best cover of this song even though it's like 2 mins long and he changes alot of the words
hiphophippies 1 year ago
did Freddie thank Clapton for ripping him off?
hummarstra 1 year ago
Sorry to say Clapton sounds like he gets the hump with Freddie King for playing so well.
saxby01 1 year ago
Great music but this ISN'T A VIDEO!
rjduval 1 year ago
@rjduval And? (:
Plafintarr 8 months ago
@Plafintarr YouTUBE not YouRADIO
rjduval 8 months ago
Clapton ruined this shit...
boxingin 1 year ago
All this criticism, forget that bull, this is just good stuff!! If Jesus played for some of ya, you would find fault!!
borntrippin 1 year ago
@borntrippin Well said.
BoxingMadLad 1 year ago
Clapton's kinda boring. Voice is strained....his pentatonic solos have a lot of notes but don't really say much. You know? Or is it just me?
biggibson49 1 year ago
@biggibson49 - Clapton is the most admired rock/blues musician of all time, your comments are yours alone.
CommercialVehicle 1 year ago
@CommercialVehicle Oh really?
boxingin 1 year ago
@biggibson49 Agreed! Clapton is a great guitar player but he leaves alot to be desire with his playing.
boxingin 1 year ago
@biggibson49 ... yup its just u =P
metart93 1 year ago
its not his strap-he didn't put it over his head just the one shoulder-like Albert collins
jasp1231 1 year ago
IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS.
butchalea 1 year ago
Eric Clapton sucks
slutabilly 1 year ago
@slutabilly
i would like u to carefully explain why you think Clapton sucks, im just curious, cause i have always idolized him as a guitar player... to me he is the ultimate unreachable pedestal that im working so hard to reach... but i still see people like you who say that he is crap... if so, why? Who do YOU listen to that you think is better?
Regardless, in my opinion this is a great performance, its wonderful to hear him so inspired by one of HIS idols haha
metart93 1 year ago
Freddie King Was A Much Better Guitarist Than Eric Clapton, Clapton Idolized Freddie King. Freddie Unfortunately Is Not as Well Known as Eric Clapton.
WOODYSKYM 1 year ago 3
@WOODYSKYM Agreed!
boxingin 1 year ago
It's no surprise you hear a lot of Freddy' licks in Clapton's playing. It's great to hear them together!
RockmonsterX 1 year ago
How much farther up the road can these guys go~
alian53 1 year ago 8
Is Albert Lee playing on this track too?
jhurley2005 1 year ago
A golden moment in music.
bassbob42 1 year ago
bass line from 1:47 sounds like Booker T & the MG's - green onions
TheTroo 1 year ago 2
I played in a local band that covered this, we liked the Green onions change in there, so we did it this way. Gawd, 30 years ago!
bassbob42 1 year ago
The album "Freddie King (1934-1976)" may be the best album ever recorded. Also, in my opinion, this is the best I've ever heard Clapton perform.
gladdmusic 2 years ago
the KING and the Pupil
mebloke69 2 years ago 11
By the KING i hope you mean clapton?
BL80488 1 year ago
That's fuckin incredible awesome
sustainablejeff 2 years ago
Freddie...KING of the KINGS!!
Dutchy1965 2 years ago
The two 'best' actually played together once !
Their creativity does not run out...What a blessing !
Thank you kindly for sharing this treasure..
God gives gifts. Let's all do more.
God bless..
YottaTaz 2 years ago
wow thx for this what a sound
diveplane 2 years ago 2
was this a one night guest thing or were they on tour together?
shinigami285 2 years ago
A one night cameo. Freddie was a guest during Clapton's encore.
chiliD322 2 years ago
King is the King
paulsowell 2 years ago 4
I'm so glad that I'm addicted to this stuff!!!
Imagine being addicted to Engleburt Humperdick....life would be boring wouldn't it !!!
Dutchy1965 2 years ago 3
I am a blues and guitarnut from holland
Thanks for posting one of the all time greatest performances....
two masters loving their job....
prismajan 2 years ago 2
me too...but from Australia and with Dutch heritage!!!
Dutchy1965 2 years ago
hello dutchy,
greetz from holland.
prismajan 2 years ago
I was lucky enough to see them both.Hermit.
alian53 2 years ago
envy you. King died before I was born, at least have hopes to see Clapton
kiaracm 2 years ago 2
The picture is awsome. He's definitely not playing a Gibson product in this song. He also has the guitar slung over his left shoulder and the strap looks stretched to it's limit.
bluesfanman1 2 years ago
yeah sweet picture
BlueBlueFeelin 2 years ago
Are you sure that's his strap? it looks more to me like a part of his coat.
9reasy5am 2 years ago
Thank God for you tube because my ears have yearned for this music from the beginning of mi time!
googleegahhh 2 years ago 3
I live for this shit ...and nothing else!
Dutchy1965 2 years ago 3
Wow.... !! RIP Freddie, ur the man ; this style is yours - you own it.
capth00k 2 years ago
Anybody that ever recorded at King Records in the Natty is bad ass. But Freddie was the Best to ever come through Cincinnati. God bless him!..
yippierb 2 years ago 2
FUCKING AWESOME
butchalea 2 years ago
one of my favorites songs of Freddie King :)
indexnet 2 years ago
I can listen to this song everyday and still love it!!!! Agree, with the fact that Clapton sounded much much better with the cheery red 335..that ripping sound with bite....
kill4blues 2 years ago
I with you on the 335.
ZappaBlues 2 years ago
Terrific stuff! Great find.
Thanks for the upload
jjmc60 2 years ago
I saw EC and Freddie at Crystal Palace Park in London together. Amazing!
nicbournat 2 years ago
@nicbournat I was at that one....Larry Coryell jammed with them at the end. One VERY hot summer.
taildragger51 2 years ago
It was 1976. The hottest summer for decades. I went the year after and saw Santana and Elvis Costello.
nicbournat 2 years ago
@nicbournat Absolutely true. That summer lasted until mid October 1976...not one day of rain from May. Clapton ended up on the floor, drunk.
Still kept playing on his back. I went to every CP Garden Party concert from 1972.
taildragger51 2 years ago
Fantastico!
Grazie Lorenzo!
LonesomeSuzie 3 years ago
saw Freddie come out to jam with Clapton in Jersey City NJ. They did have you ever loved a woman. Clapton was really strung out though. He later did a make-up show with Santana opening up. In the end, Santana, Clapton and John McClaughlin jammed on "Eyesight To The Blind". Made the cover of Rolling Stone. Memorable show
hagagaga1 3 years ago
from 5:55: one of clapton's best ever solos. on the album, freddie introduces him as 'eric crapton'. that 2d solo is revenge.
wlchnck 3 years ago
Nah, can't hear what you said. I hear Clapton... anyway I don't believe Freddie would do that, don't seem like him. Besides clapton was helping him a lot.
By the way, Clapton was really amazing at that times. A shame that he 'forgot' how to play like that...
mlorenzoblack 3 years ago 2
ok - i'll listen again. just received the album via amazon (LP vinyl, that is. CD not available anywhere). some say since EC kicked the drugs he lost it. i'd rather not beleive that myself but i never really liked the out-of-phase strat sound he took up. give me that cherry red 335 sound.
wlchnck 3 years ago 6
I have the cd here, mp3 format... send me a personal message if you are interested!
mlorenzoblack 3 years ago
thanks for posting - is this the Tulsa band ?
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