I may be part of a dying breed of people who even care about guitar solos. But I love ’em. I play guitar but I loved solos long before I knew which end of the thing to hold. In fact it was the desire to … Continue reading What I Listen For In a Guitar Solo
My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity. —-Eric Clapton Retreating to England, Eric Clapton went back to his house, the (I think) appropriately named … Continue reading Eric Clapton (3) – Journeyman
My theory was that making records, first and foremost, was always going to be a commercial enterprise and therefore not pure. It was a ridiculously pompous attitude, considering that all the music I was learning from was on records. … As exciting as it was … Continue reading Eric Clapton (2) – Slowhand
“I went off in a lot of different directions all at once it seems, but I find I have floated back to straight blues playing. I’ve returned to what I like doing as an individual, and that is playing exploratory blues. You get really hung … Continue reading Eric Clapton (1) – Troubador
Pictured above (l-r): John Mayall, Eric Clapton, John McVeigh, Hughie Flint. In an earlier post, I recounted the story of the Yardbirds and how Eric Clapton – content for a while playing blues in clubs – became increasingly dissatisfied. He started to see a trend in … Continue reading Featured Album – Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton
Paul McCartney announced he was leaving The Beatles in April 1970. But this was really the final death blow of what everybody saw coming. George Harrison – wasting no time at all – booked Abbey Road and in May of that year started recording his … Continue reading The Remarkable Story of Delaney and Bonnie (and friends) (final of 2)
Their approach to music was infectious. The truth, which I found hard to tell [Steve Winwood], was that I was lost in Blind Faith. I was the man in the hallway who has come out of one door, only to find it has closed behind … Continue reading The Remarkable Story of Delaney and Bonnie (and friends) (pt.1)
This is EC.’s 23rd solo album and, oddly, the first one I’m featuring since Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. Which, by the way, if you’re expecting, forget it. Eric doesn’t record albums with that kind of passion any more. This one serves as somewhat of … Continue reading Album Review – Eric Clapton – I Still Do
For a group – originally called The Most Blueswailing Yardbirds – that gave the world three of the world’s greatest guitarists, it’s funny to realize that none of them (Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton) were the original guitarist. The original band was a five-piece unit … Continue reading The Yardbirds – The Unusual Tale of a Most Unique and Highly Inluential Band
Come down off your throne and leave your body alone. Somebody must change. You are the reason I’ve been waiting so long. Somebody holds the key. But I’m near the end and I just ain’t got the time And I’m wasted and I can’t find … Continue reading One Song/Three Versions – Can’t Find My Way Home
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