Somebody thinks EC is NOT a bluesman? That's just plain silly - somebody isn't really making an objective or even closely objective statement. I wonder why? Because he played in the rock band Cream? or others? I know he began listening to and playing with the great American bluesman as a youngster listening to Chess records, like many of us,, and reached the level of maybe the planet Earth's best electric guitarist and great slide player.
@georgeisupset: he's basically playing his best impersonation of Muddy Waters here. More of a tribute than a show is skill. Muddy was no impressive, fast, technically great player, but still a legend.
GARY/ERIC ó ERIC/GARY, eximios violeros ambos, pero el estilo del blues de cada uno es muy distinto. No me animo a opinar cual de ambos es mejor, si que la rompen!!!!!!!
@josh1988ist I don't think he's trying to impress anybody, Blues isn't about that, it's about expression. There's no room for shredding, if you wanted to get technical, you could say the blues is only a 3 chord song. But there's more to it than that.... like emotion, which can't be found in playing 1000 miles an hour
@georgeisupset Who said anything about playing faster or slower? His actual slide licks are nothing impressive whether he's playing them fast or slow.
Aren't slide licks by definition duller than ones played without the slide? After all, the slide does put a certain limitation on your playing; you're playing technically with just one finger.
@regelemihai yeah tell that to Derek Trucks or Warren Haynes. Their slide licks are far from dull; they're extremely emotive and Trucks (especially) is not limited in his playing by using a slide.
The thing to remember is that without the influence of the British blues scene in the early 1960s many of the original blues men from the USA would still largely be unknown. Guys like John Mayall and Alexis Korner brought the blues to a much wider, and largely white, record buying public.
@overban888 Well true, he doesn't have a ' black man's' voice but I really like his singing. Very powerful and amotional to me. From the Cradle is one of the best blues albums I've heard and it certainly is Erics best. So raw and not polished at all. I would like him to do one more album like that.
@overban888 True, he doesn't have a 'black man's voice' but I always liked his singing. Very passionate and emotional. From the Cradle is one of the best blues albums I've heard and certainly one of Clapton's best albums. So raw and not polished at all. I would like him to do one more like that. Not all that pop stuff - his new album is nice though.
Gotta love this group. Keltner on drums too. I always wonder why Clapton started to play with Steve Gadd. Gadd's technically good, but Keltner got that tone/pulse thing goin on; works with blues much better. Gadd seems to like to work with a "drum programmer". wtf. In blues!? Keltner's the real deal.
hey gets that tone using a glass slide technique he has it in his pinky finger its kinda hard to see but in the video he keeps his pinky out of the way while playing but when he makes the tune he uses it and u can see the glass shining on his finger
Eric is basically playing Muddy Waters licks in this. Muddy played most of his slide in standard tuning. If you buy the instructional DVD Muddy Waters Signature Licks with Bob Margolin you'll be able to play this note for note. The title Standing Round Crying does not appear on the DVD but you learn this style of slide. You'll get it down. Good Luck!
I bought the "From the Cradle" tabs book and it's written this song is played in standard tuning but with a capo on the first fret. I think his guitar is tuned half-step up (since there's no capo). I tried it and it sounded pretty good so let me know if it fits. Keep feeling the blues!
Actually, Clapton made the Les Paul popular. They were going to discontinue making the Les Paul but it became extremely popular after everyone saw Clapton playing one with Cream. Buddy Guy made the Stratocaster popular. Clapton sounds like Clapton on either to me.
Eric is a humble man, a rarity for a guitarist of his stature. He is a true bluesman, not only does his playing and singing speak of a man that has lived the Blues, but his attitude and approach to this music speaks of an artist that truly respects the masters he's covering, From The Cradle is a masterpiece of a modern legend translating the original masters, Eric its time to put the whole experience on DVD, take us down to the crossroads.
you're damn skippy he can play slide! Check the DVD from Sessions for Robert J, especially "If I had possession of judement day", and EC's slide work will blow you away.
Just read the autobiography of EC. He refers to this material and says, that it was on his demand, that it has never been released. Reason being, that he was really bad at the time. Eric ! This is by far the best blues (I mean the whole recording) I have ever experienced. It's a pity not to give it to the fans.Please, reconsider !!!! I'd buy it for really big money, if it is in the shops.
Yes thats true. I never saw Clapton playing the blues better than on this session. He played with so much power ans passion. An I like him playing the red ES 335. It's an amazing blues sound. It's really a pity that this footag has never been released till yet. But i got it on torrent So..:-)
Somebody thinks EC is NOT a bluesman? That's just plain silly - somebody isn't really making an objective or even closely objective statement. I wonder why? Because he played in the rock band Cream? or others? I know he began listening to and playing with the great American bluesman as a youngster listening to Chess records, like many of us,, and reached the level of maybe the planet Earth's best electric guitarist and great slide player.
bukbukbuk333 3 weeks ago
Epic! Really caught the essence of this song.
alexhill82 8 months ago
@georgeisupset: he's basically playing his best impersonation of Muddy Waters here. More of a tribute than a show is skill. Muddy was no impressive, fast, technically great player, but still a legend.
greazychicken 8 months ago
The best tune from the best album the best guitar player ever made!
xQueenxJanex 1 year ago
From E.C., this is rare. He hardly ever plays slide. And here especially, he shows exactly what he learned from M.W. Master.
bluesify100 1 year ago
GARY/ERIC ó ERIC/GARY, eximios violeros ambos, pero el estilo del blues de cada uno es muy distinto. No me animo a opinar cual de ambos es mejor, si que la rompen!!!!!!!
jotmaila795 1 year ago
Eric is not a bad slide player.. nothing really impressive about it, but not bad.
josh1988ist 1 year ago
@josh1988ist I don't think he's trying to impress anybody, Blues isn't about that, it's about expression. There's no room for shredding, if you wanted to get technical, you could say the blues is only a 3 chord song. But there's more to it than that.... like emotion, which can't be found in playing 1000 miles an hour
georgeisupset 11 months ago
@georgeisupset Who said anything about playing faster or slower? His actual slide licks are nothing impressive whether he's playing them fast or slow.
josh1988ist 11 months ago
@josh1988ist
Aren't slide licks by definition duller than ones played without the slide? After all, the slide does put a certain limitation on your playing; you're playing technically with just one finger.
regelemihai 9 months ago
@regelemihai yeah tell that to Derek Trucks or Warren Haynes. Their slide licks are far from dull; they're extremely emotive and Trucks (especially) is not limited in his playing by using a slide.
ElTeaBill 6 months ago
The thing to remember is that without the influence of the British blues scene in the early 1960s many of the original blues men from the USA would still largely be unknown. Guys like John Mayall and Alexis Korner brought the blues to a much wider, and largely white, record buying public.
dickjones53 1 year ago
He is the blues
tORNADEMAN 1 year ago
If this is not Jerry Portnoy on harp, sure I'm deaf. Why not, I'm old enuff to have seen Jerry P. about 20 times on Muddy Waters' side. Thanxs!
2quundar 1 year ago
It's damn near a note for note homage to Muddy's original song on every instrument.
jakeizlove 1 year ago
this is blues
but lol i don't think he is the greatest, to give my own opinion, if there's one by the way
To me it has always sounded pretty much conventional in every sense and ,..with a weak voice
He's good in one point, he recollected and let know something of the blues tradition with an authetical dedication
overban888 1 year ago
@overban888 Well true, he doesn't have a ' black man's' voice but I really like his singing. Very powerful and amotional to me. From the Cradle is one of the best blues albums I've heard and it certainly is Erics best. So raw and not polished at all. I would like him to do one more album like that.
bobbelibob 1 year ago
@overban888 True, he doesn't have a 'black man's voice' but I always liked his singing. Very passionate and emotional. From the Cradle is one of the best blues albums I've heard and certainly one of Clapton's best albums. So raw and not polished at all. I would like him to do one more like that. Not all that pop stuff - his new album is nice though.
bobbelibob 1 year ago 2
Thanks Pix..another great post.
StPeteG8r 2 years ago
Gotta love this group. Keltner on drums too. I always wonder why Clapton started to play with Steve Gadd. Gadd's technically good, but Keltner got that tone/pulse thing goin on; works with blues much better. Gadd seems to like to work with a "drum programmer". wtf. In blues!? Keltner's the real deal.
badluckwitcarpet 2 years ago
Is he the greatest or what!!!
SuggarPye 2 years ago
clapton its amaizing i love this album the best blues albun in many time
569013 2 years ago
how does he get that tone =O
Ge4ce100 2 years ago
hey gets that tone using a glass slide technique he has it in his pinky finger its kinda hard to see but in the video he keeps his pinky out of the way while playing but when he makes the tune he uses it and u can see the glass shining on his finger
bara2aslih32 2 years ago
@bara2aslih32 Plus if u can't catch it check the old black blues artist like 4 instand muddy,elmore, and then work backward's
bbb2blues 2 years ago
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He can't play his guitar like Howlin' Wolf, guh, it sounds aweful.
Clapton13lues 2 years ago
this is a song by Muddy
donneric 2 years ago 4
that's awesome, thanks man. I will find that book if its the last damn thing i do
aaronfoster624 3 years ago 2
Eric is basically playing Muddy Waters licks in this. Muddy played most of his slide in standard tuning. If you buy the instructional DVD Muddy Waters Signature Licks with Bob Margolin you'll be able to play this note for note. The title Standing Round Crying does not appear on the DVD but you learn this style of slide. You'll get it down. Good Luck!
jkomen 2 years ago
TENIA QUE SER ERIC CLAPTON EXCELENTE
sahhes 3 years ago 3
do yall know if hes playing in standard tuning?
aaronfoster624 3 years ago
I bought the "From the Cradle" tabs book and it's written this song is played in standard tuning but with a capo on the first fret. I think his guitar is tuned half-step up (since there's no capo). I tried it and it sounded pretty good so let me know if it fits. Keep feeling the blues!
bluesking17 3 years ago
If there is no capo on the first fret, shouldn't it be tuned 1/2 step up? Is there such a thing?
terryismerry 2 years ago
Does anyone have a tab because im feining for it!
aaronfoster624 3 years ago
and that guy who says eric clapton isn't a bluesman would get an argument from b.b. king
johnnail3 3 years ago 27
@johnnail3 and many others
Ray63301 9 months ago
@johnnail3 King would just have to give him the look and shake his head
BATENKILL 1 month ago
Gramps you cannot get hard
TexasGunoi 3 years ago
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He isn't a fucking bluesman.
PitxiYo 3 years ago
but you're a fucking perverted as well, my friend, yes you are!!!!
dave4blues84 3 years ago 2
RIP Muddy Waters(1913-1983)
Tarantulisimo 3 years ago
AMEN
k9ahora 3 years ago
Killer slide.
"You got so many mens
I'm afraid you may get me killed."
Muddy is smilin'
kingsuji 3 years ago 2
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Couldn't he try playing a Gibson or something occasionally?
Muskadash 3 years ago
he does
danigoni 3 years ago 5
Well why do you think the stratocaster is the worlds most famous and most used guitar?!
0jimihendrix0 3 years ago
Actually, Clapton made the Les Paul popular. They were going to discontinue making the Les Paul but it became extremely popular after everyone saw Clapton playing one with Cream. Buddy Guy made the Stratocaster popular. Clapton sounds like Clapton on either to me.
specialagentslowhand 3 years ago
Peter Green and Keith Richards should some creds on this one. ;)
Clapton was famous for the Gibson Les Paul -> Marshall tone, idea.
JilaX 2 years ago
Amen my brothers!!
curiousgeorge003 3 years ago
to the roots... keep on bluesin'
Doginthefog 3 years ago 4
Amen brother, amen, amen, amen......
shakybilli 3 years ago
Eric Clapton in his prime right there
bestafilmes 4 years ago
Wow Eric on slide. That's a rare sight.
kzearo 4 years ago
gracias por los videos
colggate 4 years ago
Eric is a humble man, a rarity for a guitarist of his stature. He is a true bluesman, not only does his playing and singing speak of a man that has lived the Blues, but his attitude and approach to this music speaks of an artist that truly respects the masters he's covering, From The Cradle is a masterpiece of a modern legend translating the original masters, Eric its time to put the whole experience on DVD, take us down to the crossroads.
CuzImaRocker 4 years ago 33
Do I here an amen!!!
hikingisgood 4 years ago 5
AMEN!! wooooooooo!
Wickedmamma 4 years ago 4
AMEN!!!
rock5ta12 4 years ago
AMEN!!!
SPFrobber 3 years ago
Amen!
pendragone 3 years ago
@CuzImaRocker
Very well said...
BucksOwin 8 months ago
wonderfull, thanks4post!
serralheiro 4 years ago
you're damn skippy he can play slide! Check the DVD from Sessions for Robert J, especially "If I had possession of judement day", and EC's slide work will blow you away.
tomcasey03 4 years ago 3
Also check out his use of the slide on "Rollin' and Tumblin'" from the 2005 Cream reunion DVD.
neophytedirector 3 years ago
Yes he do:-)
rikischy27 4 years ago 2
Just read the autobiography of EC. He refers to this material and says, that it was on his demand, that it has never been released. Reason being, that he was really bad at the time. Eric ! This is by far the best blues (I mean the whole recording) I have ever experienced. It's a pity not to give it to the fans.Please, reconsider !!!! I'd buy it for really big money, if it is in the shops.
artobrz 4 years ago 2
Yes thats true. I never saw Clapton playing the blues better than on this session. He played with so much power ans passion. An I like him playing the red ES 335. It's an amazing blues sound. It's really a pity that this footag has never been released till yet. But i got it on torrent So..:-)
rikischy27 4 years ago 2
speachless...
thanks for posting this
natureswhey 4 years ago 4
wow hes awesome, i saw him in toronto sept. 24th 2006. 1 year ago today and it was the best concert ever. He is a true legend.
wesrman 4 years ago 2