Got To Hurry-Yardbirds

The flip side of 'For Your Love'

Written by Yardbirds manager Giorgio Gomelsky

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Yardbirds
• Eric
• Clapton
• British
• Invasion
• blues
• rock
• Jim
• McCarty

[RensStella]

This the record that John Mayall heard and decided he wanted Eric Clapton in his band

[bonzo]

clapton is god!!!!!!!!

[MrYardbird69]

LOL! Great comment by 19thSFGA.

[19thSFGA]

Oh shit another you tube Historian.save the lesson dude and just enjoy the fucking music !

[kingoma61]

Steve Cropper was undoubtedly an influence with "Green Onions". Cropper also did the lead guitar on "Soul Man" for Sam and Dave and The Blues Brothers, co-wrote "In the Midnight Hour", "Knock on Wood", and "Dock of the Bay". But when Eric Clapton explodes on the solo here it is pure Slowhand, pure aggression and attack that sounds only like Clapton. I can see why John Mayall wanted Clapton to join his band the Bluesbreakers because no one was playing like that in 1965, not in rock and roll.

[kingoma61]

Jimi was also very insecure and unsure of himself. He set his guitar on fire at Monterey because he was convinced that The Who had topped him and had given a superior performance. He needed desperately to "kill" The Who, to top them and to upstage them because he was very insecure. If he was such a great guitar player, why did he need to do that, to set his guitar on fire, like some moron, huh? Explain that to me. Let the music do the talking, not some mindless gimmick like burning a guitar.

[kingoma61]

The Clapton versus Hendrix debate is one that goes back to the 1960s, like The Beatles versus The Rolling Stones debate. Opinions differ. But Clapton and Hendrix were very close friends and admired each others work. Jimi made "Sunshine of Your Love" a concert staple during his 1968 tour and performed it as a tribute song to Cream on the Lulu show in 1969 after Cream broke up. And Clapton performed and recorded Jimi's songs over the years. They each had their own styles and strengths.

[kingoma61]

My point is that Eric Clapton allowed Jimi to perform as part of Cream at a Cream concert. Chas Chandler had nothing to do with Cream. The decision was up to Eric Clapton. You imply that Chas Chandler decided whether Jimi was to perform with Cream or not. Chandler had nothing to do with that decision. That was up to Cream, particularly Eric Clapton. Not many guitarists would allow that, letting someone else come on stage during your concert and play with your band. But Eric Clapton did.