Eric Clapton

well for one...Pink Floyd rules

only Clapton I'd have in the house is the Edge of Darkness soundtrack

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.

He’s pretty lyrical on White Room.

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.”

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.

Eric Clapton on stage at the Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, New York, 1978 pic.twitter.com/sTHMUyzMWu

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