I like his Robert Johnson tribute album and From the Cradle, great songs played and sung with a minimum of flash or overdoing. If you find them boring, yuppified, Armani blues or whatever, sure, but I listen to a lot of stuff in that vein.
― A breezy pop-rock feel fairly typical of the mid-'80s (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 18:17 (four years ago) link
some of the Unplugged is really loose and fun tho--indistinct as far as his playing goes and indistinct in that it could be any well-practiced band, but when they loosen up there's a gentle charm to it. Like listening to a bunch of old guys play bluegrass or traditional Irish songs or whatnot
― Joe Gargan (dandydonweiner), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 18:27 (four years ago) link
I think there's some v good playing and atmosphere on the Rush soundtrack. (Never saw the movie.) Idk why someone wouldn't like e.g. this other "Cold Turkey" if they appreciate, say, David Gilmour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsmmvcqz_BE
― No language just sound (Sund4r), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 19:20 (four years ago) link
well for one...Pink Floyd rules
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 21:07 (four years ago) link
only Clapton I'd have in the house is the Edge of Darkness soundtrack
― umsworth (emsworth), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 21:28 (four years ago) link
OK, I asked my guitar teacher why Clapton became so iconic/revered, and he gave me a couple of explanations. One was simply being the right guy at the right place at the right time; before him, British guitar was still largely influenced by rockabilly or Chuck Berry-styled guitar. The second was that he was the first of the British bluesmen to play a Les Paul through a Marshall (before even Hendrix became identified with playing through a Marshall). The last thing he brought up was Clapton's really strong sense of time; a lot of his peers, while perhaps better and certainly more interesting players, could be both sloppier/looser (Page) and more eccentric (Beck). He also noted that Clapton lost a huge hunk of productivity in his prime when he was all but trying to kill himself on drugs; four years went by between his first album in 1970 and his second in 1974, during which he lost a lot of ground.
Anyway, that's his two cents.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 5 December 2019 21:12 (four years ago) link
He’s pretty lyrical on White Room.
― calstars, Friday, 6 December 2019 00:33 (four years ago) link
Crossroads is damn good too
kind of cool on the Live Peace in Toronto “Cold Turkey” the interplay between Eric and Yoko. Maybe already discussed upthread, only saw Sund4r’s recent measure of other “Cold Turkey.”
― Tales of Jazz Ulysses (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 03:28 (four years ago) link
My problem with Clapton is mainly his voice. Which is not bad, but it's so plain, so white-label. I can appreciate him much more when he doesn't sing, e.g. Beatles, Cream, etc.
― cpl593H, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 11:16 (four years ago) link
Eric Clapton on stage at the Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, New York, 1978 pic.twitter.com/sTHMUyzMWu— Barney Hurley (@barneyhurley1) September 9, 2020
― calstars, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 22:49 (three years ago) link