Eric Clapton: Standin' Round Crying

EC whips out his slide to cover some Muddy Waters on his 1994 'From The Cradle' tour.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• clapton
• blues
• slide
• guitar
• muddy
• waters
• morganfield
• scorsese

[CuzImaRocker]

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.

[johnnail3]

and that guy who says eric clapton isn't a bluesman would get an argument from b.b. king

[bukbukbuk333]

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.

[BATENKILL]

@johnnail3 King would just have to give him the look and shake his head

[ElTeaBill]

@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.

[alexhill82]

Epic! Really caught the essence of this song.

[BucksOwin]

@CuzImaRocker

Very well said...

[greazychicken]

@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.

[Ray63301]

@johnnail3 and many others

[regelemihai]

@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.

[josh1988ist]

@georgeisupset Who said anything about playing faster or slower? His actual slide licks are nothing impressive whether he's playing them fast or slow.

[georgeisupset]

@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