Eric Clapton- Me and the Devil Blues- Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004

[caesarcerf]

jsteelman1000 go easy on the sarcasm. in fact clapton said he was thinking of johnson's love in vain when he and Duane Alman (who came up with the riff, not Eric) wrote the song.

[benschuit]

Closest version to the original i guess.... Nice ... Clapton sold his soul to the devil as well....

[jsteelman1000]

Did Eric Clapton's Layla come from some tune of Mr. Johnson ?

[patok77]

@jsteelman1000 Dude are you serioues??? Layla has nothing to do with Robert Johnson, Layla was a song Clapton made for George Harrison's wife...

[jsteelman1000]

Hello great vid I saw Eric in Budapest man the stadium was packed my ticket was almost $100.00 about half way up in the benchers I made some films in Budapest check out web site at europeantourvideos com

[Hlotar]

cool, but you can strictly feel that Clapton haven't sold his soul to the devil.

[spicyMcHAGGIS9green]

I sold my soul to the Devil when I was 11 and I still can't play like this.

[luke1245IVL]

HOLY SHIT is there a robert johnson song clapton hasnt played?

[txred222]

this was such a awesome concert!!

[kevintheniggat]

eric clapton bet the devil his soul that he was a better guitar player than him... he won and when the devil gave him the golden guitar, he didn't accept it because he now had possession over judgement day.. and then he changed the world.

[W3LazyShadow]

@kevintheniggat what?

[kriuk2cs]

3 people deal with devil and still cannot play like this

[MatthewSleigh]

I was looking for the Cowboy Junkies' version :)

[aaronamccoy]

why he try and play robert stuff, its blasphemy

[henrique773]

@aaronamccoy its not blasphemy, he and mr. johnson are the same person, '-'

[sweetnpeachy1]

@aaronamccoy If not for Johnson, there would be no blues! He died at 27 years old, it's time someone paid him homage!

[Geoffzx3]

@sweetnpeachy1 bullshit, son house, willie brown and charlie patton were doing it well before, johnson perfected it..da blues go back to slavery days..clapton didn't add to nothing, he jus a spoil white boy..

[cucuk666]

@Geoffzx3 at least hes paying respect to those dumbass, I`ve explored those good ol` boys because of eric. stfu

[PanSzczupak]

@JustinChauGuitar Hendrix is a blues guitarist, altough he sounds like psychedelic rock he still played blues. You may check out band called The Dead Weather - they sound nothing like blues but they still play blues, because blues is more about truth and emotions than about what you sound like, you know, it may be a bit confusing but after some time you'll start seeing blues in every good piece of music, which is great in my opinion ;)

[LHcountryboy1]

@PanSzczupak ..When its'a done Riite---those Bluues done make ya feels so Goood!!! {Im'a feeelin' Better already} =))

[awbyh626]

Check out Gil Scott-Heron's video/cover. RIP GSH.

[skeeterboombaty]

I can't believe SRV has not even been mentioned as a profilic blues guitarist. Shame shame. Not saying he's the best, but he's def up there with clapton.

[SILBERTOR]

I just read his autography, that's amazing what this man done in his life. He is realy nr.1. with Johnson together. Elvis, Clapton, Johnson. That's my man. I love his music.

[LueyLuvaexthe13th]

Eric Clapton and Robert Johnson. The 2 most importain Blues guitarist ever.

[DanFindling]

@LueyLuvaexthe13th sooo not, i say u better go hear some real blues like albert king , muddy waters,jimi hendrix, howlin wolf, big bill broonzy, and todays buddy guy, claptons good but there are better blues artists

[JustinChauGuitar]

@DanFindling ill admit there r bttr blues guitarists but eric clapton is up there with the top of them...the ppl u mentioned howlin wolf, muddy waters, bb king were his inspirations and jimi hendrix is more of a psychedelic rock type

[DanFindling]

that is nice but not even close to johnson's ver :)

[hungerstriker27]

@DanFindling

that´s right... but definitely nobody but clapton is so close to johnson

[Alkali64]

simple, Clapton was born to sing the blues...

[TheMrDamazas]

Clapton sold his soul to guitar devil.

Clapton is GOD.

[pate577]

@TheMrDamazas If Clapton, how can he sell his soul?

[pz3ro]

ti malakas eisai dike mou?

[rock5ta12]

Do you have Kindhearted Woman from the set as well? That has to be one of the best versions ever!

[nadav183]

well its a legend covering a legend it literally CANT BE BAD therefore it must be AWESOME

[neto4346]

epic song

[PatFromHell]

Way to perfect.... Nothing beats the original

[deliblock]

master of the unpluged blues.

What esle !

[bigwillhenk]

great song

[fax1717]

Artista finito, minestra riscaldata...

[MrMaenon]

@fax1717 Scusa? Ma di che droghe ti fai?

[fax1717]

@MrMaenon conosci un certo R.Johnson?

Hai mai sentito parlare di Delta Blues?

Conosci il blues degli anni '30?

O credi che sta canzone l'abbia scritta Clapton?

[MrMaenon]

@fax1717 Fammi capire signor "Sono l'unico a conoscere le origini del Blues", il fatto che Clapton reinterpreti Johnson lo rende un fallito che riscalda la minestra? Clapton ha sempre espresso la sua ammirazione per Johnson ritenendolo il miglior chitarrista blues mai esistito, questo - come altri pezzi suonati al Crossroads tipo If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day - sono quelli che si chiamano OMAGGI, non minestra riscaldata.

[fax1717]

@MrMaenon omaggi ben retribuiti e che ti fanno vendere quando le idee sono pari a 0. Se fosse pura ammirazione allora potebbe suonarlo a casa sua.

[MrMaenon]

@fax1717 Ahahah dai ok. Scusa, errore mio, credevo di parlare con qualcuno in grado di affrontare un dialogo, non un deficiente che arriva a dire che Eric Clapton non ha idee. Continua così

[fax1717]

@MrMaenon grazie per il deficiente. E tu saresti quello che sa intavolare un discorso? Sai quanto mi infastidiscono i tuoi insulti? 0.

Se avesse idee nuove non starebbe certo a suonare un blues degli anni 30.

Cmq non risponderò più fai quello che ti pare.

[dinushdror]

you may bury my body down by the highway side-

so my old evil spirit can catch a greyhound bus and ride

[stefaum2]

Both legends

[LesPaulGoldTop21]

Great! Thanks.

[imemineph]

legend what a great cover!

[claptongroupie]

love it..thanks for sharing