HIDEAWAY (1966) by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers- featuring Eric Clapton

One of the first great rock guitar tones was the Blues Breakers 'Beano' album featuring a young Eric Clapton playing a Les Paul Standard through a Marshall amp. Even now, many believe this is Eric's greatest guitar work. At the time, 1966, no one could quite believe the fluid guitar licks and the biting tone. This album was the basis for the slogans around London saying 'Clapton is God'.

Here is great info on the equipment Clapton used, including a treble booster.

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/Get%20That%20Tone_%20Blues%20B...

Hideaway is a Freddy King instrumental that while sticking to the basic structure, has Clapton's own stamp. It was a huge inspiration for guitarists at the time and since, and many learned guitar copying licks off this album. (Just look at the many guitarists who have put their own versions on You Tube!).

Sadly there is no film footage of this vintage Clapton, so I have put together a 'Ken Burns' type slide video using every Blues Breaker era image I could find.

Comments are invited but please no 'my guitarist is better than your guitarist'!

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[Lafforte]

@pmnorris Jesus H. Christ... Hendrix listened to EVERYBODY. Anybody who knows anything about Hendrix knows that he was a walking encyclopedia of licks from BB, Freddie, Albert, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Muddy, the Wolf (Hubert Sumlin), etc., etc., etc., And of course he would be impressed with this incredible playing by Clapton. Cornell Dupree said that Hendrix had every blues guitar album and knew them inside and out. Same with Clapton.

[SpaceAceTX]

Clapton stated this was the best guitar he had ever played, until some piece of human trash stole it before a Cream gig in '66.

Just think what the low-life thief did with it compared to Clapton, makes 'ya sick when you think of it in those terms doesn't it ?

[maschoff69]

@bassbob42 Hendrix was going to be trying out with Emerson, Lake and Palmer. They were to be in the makings of forming the super group HELP.

[TimMoraal88]

@Ezwider109 Clapton was so jealous of the playing that hendrix did

[orangedualterror]

vi un articulo,de la revista guitarrista,en la nombraban a los mas grandes de las les paul,de la historia.el resultante ganador fue eric clapton,por sobre page!!!y creo que esta bien,clapton con bluesbreaker,fue el inicio de marshall y les paul.un clasico,que aun hoy,sigue vigente.

[Ezwider109]

@Drblooter99 hendrix lasted all of 5 years of recording.. clapton.. 50.... also hendrix covered 7 or 8 cream tunes in that time... even jimi will tell you.. clapton has it goin on.. from his grave !!!

[dylster21502]

i love how the organ (at least at the begginin-and probably just to me) sounded like someone whistleing. anyone else?

[Drblooter99]

"Clapton was God" -- for about 5 minutes. Then Hendrix descended...

[Drblooter99]

@bassbob42

What a gas if Hendrix had got it together with Jack Bruce!

What songs, what jams, what punch-ups!!!

[bassbob42]

@HellaKool76 Hendrix died strapped in the back of an ambulance and choked on his own vomit. He had a bad night but was far from burned out. We will never know what he could have accomplished because of the idiots in the ambulance. It would have been great if they had played together. Hendrix and Allman would have been the bomb, as they were both into guitar harmonies.

[HellaKool76]

Blah Blah..same old talk......yeah Jimi was one in a million talent, but that burns out fast. Look at Eric, he's still rocking the rock/blues world and he's almost 70 now. THAT'S what it's all about......and the best thing is he's the most kindest, modest, guy you could ever meet. Nowadays, he'll admit at the time Jimi was better, hell he'll say early 70's Jimmy Page was better.....but a true blues genius you'll never meet better than Eric.

[francescocusato]

* John Mayall - voce/tastiere/armonica/chitarr­a * Eric Clapton - chitarra * John McVie - basso * Hughie Flint - batteria