Chris Whitley - Hellhound on my trail (live)

What a cool jam man! Not only was this dude talented but he had the groove to go with it. Junky old blues, I love it!

he plays like five kurt cobaines with LSD, but i love it anyway

i love stupid internet arguments.
i wish people would just appreciate all the beautiful amazing things in the world.........

The comment '28beautifuldisaster' made and removed him/herself:
"you are making an ass out of your self and really make robert johnson turn in his grave with this CRAP. i play blues and i can tell you now that if this is what i played like i would sell my guitar or either play something that sux like freak alternative or something because this is just down right bad with ZERO feel"

this is some of the worst blues i have ever heard with out a doubt...eww

I'm not expecting you to defend anything, musical taste is purely subjective but beyond Cream I'm not sure that Eric Clapton contributed anything uniquely innovative to music. He's a guy who mastered the technique of rock oriented blues guitar playing but there isn't anything all that inventive in his music. Like Springsteen most of what he does is actually pretty vanilla.

I would agree with much of what you say about EC, but
his work with the Bluesbreakers (when he was only 19!!) and Derek & the Dominoes was truly outstanding.

Yeah I guess but again a lot of that stuff is just rehashed blues riffs only played through louder amplifiers, a drum kit and at a faster clip than the guys that came before him like Muddy Waters, BB King, JLH, etc. As far as age goes, while it might be impressive that he could play like that it doesn't really make a difference to me when I'm listening to the tunes. To me Chris Whitley is original and unpredictable whereas when you hear a new Clapton record it's same as all the rest.

Perhaps.