To Eric Clapton it was like they were saying, "That's all you have to do to be Eric Clapton." They should've dedicated "Let me out" to Eric. That song sound really tasteful.
@@christineayres7199 also Clapton was a corporate shill during that era - not knowing what kind of music to put out, and letting the record company push him around - ultimately putting out audio syrup
@@christineayres7199 i can play van halens speed - and i have never tried to tap- why would he ? Clapton does not play like todays players . Clapton was more about the song -than mindless jamming at the end of his career ...and made some great LPs -why does everything have to be compared -he was right about the mindless jamming without dynamics ....that word again DYNAMICS
@@christineayres7199 Eric can't tap, but Eddie couldn't sing. Or win 18 Grammy Awards. Neither Clapton or SRV are fantastic singers, but they could sing and play songs without other musicians.
It’s important to note to younger players that before Clapton, no one was playing like he was at that time. Hendrix idolized Clapton. EVH idolized Clapton. Harrison was in awe of Clapton. Clapton is/was deeply respected by his own heroes, including Buddy Guy, B.B. King, and Muddy Waters. Clapton’s work is concrete legendary.
But remember Eric walked out after a Hendrix show because he was so pissed that Hendrix was much better than him. And Page was good enough to be a session player and when he joined Led Zeppelin, he blitzed Clapton. As good as Clapton is, there were better around the same time, and there is no excuse for being so rude (walking out on Hendrix and putting EVH and Brian down in public. You just don't do that).
@@titmusspaultpaul5 I agree, there is no excuse for being rude. Hendrix gave props to terry Kath and Mike Bloomfield for being awesome players. He even gave props to a cab driver who took him to the studio and wanted to jam. This is what get's me riled up about this King Guitar b.s.
@@titmusspaultpaul5 Clapton walked off stage cos Hendrix blew him away by playing killing floor with cream. Chas chandler asked cream if hendrix could jam with them and well Eric was so blown away he walked off and they found him trying to light a cigarette his whole world exploded. This would be the first time Clapton ever heard him play. This was before he recorded anything in England and he had just flown over there. So it was quite a shock. It’s all in the Hendrix documentary from 1973
@@titmusspaultpaul5 That story is crap. Trying reading a story from someone that was there like Jack Bruce and Ginger. Hendrix fans are like children looking for a mythical God. The best ever is the biggest load of folklore crap. Half his fan think he played with his strings up side down. Hendrix was amazing in studio but a out of tune sloppy disaster live.
@@deebop4904yeah, never understand these “underrated” comments. There’s a reason they made it big, because their music is or was popular at the time. They have or have had their limelight, cemented their mark in music, and will live on through their recorded music. Never have been underrated.
@@alwilson3204 but he over played and solo'd for days in cream and even says this himself, you know what i mean, clapton wasn't a black blues originator, i am a massive fan but it's still true, being humble is nice :D
I remember reading years ago about Eric Clapton being Eddie Van Halen's biggest influence in the Eric Clapton biography 'Clapton', and how he learned all his solos. 'That's dedication!' and "He's very very fast' said Clapton about Eddie.
Valarie showed a lack of empathy after EC got nerve damage from the jab. EC was also critical of the unjabbed too until he got harmed, then he tried to share it, I guess people wanted him not to share what happened and take one for the team? So odd
You know what they say and it holds true you never meet your idols you're going to be disappointed because you look at them in a light that they cannot possess
Every time I've heard someone say that Eric Clapton is an asshole, the accompanying story always leaves me with that "and this makes him an asshole how?" ... Even how he put his whole reputation on the line to defend his position on the Covid stuff, that shows me that he is a man of integrity. I have nothing but respect for this man. He was wild in his youth, like most young men, and yet he can talk about it today with humility and grace. Really, calling this man a dick or any other derogatory term reveals more about the person saying it than it does about Clapton.
He doesnt put his reputation on the line with covid bro, I never heard his opinion on the matter and plenty had the same idea. Regardless, its not a career killing move, I dont know why that makes him a man of honor in your book. A man of honor might accept a tribute to him with less than complacency.
@@robertappleby4891 I am not aware of any incident where he spoke badly about African Americans. You know that Clapton is British right? You’re probably referring to an incident in 1976, where he went on a drunken rant about record immigration into England, and trying to morph it into yet another story about racism in America. It wasn’t a great moment, but you can’t take one single incident and turn it into someone’s entire identity. He has not said anything like this before or since that time. He’s always said his biggest heroes and influences were the black artists of the ‘30s and ‘40s.
Clapton probably could've been a little more tactful in his opinion of the dedicated track (even though he was right), but he was right to say what he did in the Rolling Stone interview. EVH and Clapton will always be legends of their own styles.
this is sorta sad. I recall back in one of Eddies early interviews (not GP or GW), he was asked what he thought of Jimi Hendrix,,,, "He was too psychedelic for me. I dug Eric Clapton more". It's sad how this went down. We have to remember one of the reasons Cream broke up was because not only did Ginger and Jack dislike eachother but EC was tired of jams like Spoonful.Maybe this reminded him of that. I listened to The EVH/May bit. I can dig the spirit of what they were doing but after three minutes, i was out. my loss...
Cream broke up because Clapton is a dick and ends up pissing everybody off. He did the same thing to his Cream band mates as Robbie Robertson did to the Band by stealing all the publishing rights to their catalog.
The history of Electric guitar in popular music has Eric Clapton firmly at the dead center. Everything else is just noise. There is no best in ART. Thats sports your thinking of people.
(My own experience is this) When the blues get the sole credit for you ever picking up a guitar, immediately followed by the same inspiration, inspiring you to never put it down, this is the only way, in which proper, and even adequate reverence for the blues can be given, or understood. I believe this a similar place Clapton is coming from, with regards to "Bluesbreaker", and towards Briam May and EVH. It took all the genius and blue-collar workmanship of SRV to put any speck of faith in Albert King, to accept him. Does this seem too much for most? Yes, but it's about respecting the few who were there when there wasn't a there. God Bless You All In Jesus Name.
Another way to read it is that Eric had so many options he didn't have to put up with relationships that didn't work for him. Often when musicians are "difficult", their career moves are generally downward from a commercial standpoint, but Eric's moves weren't like that.
Interestingly , Eddie said that he was into Clapton but eventually he played and was more like Hendrix. Eddie used effects, the whammy bar. His playing was very dynamic - he combined rhythm guitar with solo guitar fills .🎸🎸🎸
In early interviews, people just assumed that Hendrix was his biggest influence which led to Eddie constantly reminding them that Clapton was his idol. Before reading his interviews, I always thought it was Hendrix who was his main influence.
just about ALL great guitar players do that...you can't really be a front end/lead guitarist without a very solid rhythm guitar background, and having the ability to "fill in"... Zeppelin, Ten years After, ZZ Top, and others compose and play rhythm and lead together when performing...I can't remember any of those groups using a rhythm guitar except Zeppelin, and he used other instruments, like mandolin and pedal steel...
Absolutely , Eddie Wouldn't Admit the Hendrix Influence .Also Tommy Bolin ,listen to Billy Cobham Spectrum , 73 . I can only handle about 1 Minute of Eddies Playing , No Soul and a bunch of Gtr Stunts .
I bought the star fleet album when it first came out in 1983 and being a huge fan of Brian May, Eric Clapton, and Eddie Van Halen I was excited to hear EDDIE’s and BRIAN‘s take on blues. I immediately put on side two and remember being disgusted as well by how bad it was. So frankly Clapton gets the win on this one. It was terrible.
It was an attempt to let someone they respected know how much they loved him...ANYHTING LESS THAN THANKS FOR THE SENTIMENT FROM CLAPTON SHOWS HOW BIG A SCUMBAG HE REALLY IS
@@timothymartin2137 No, it shows how far superior he is to May and EVH. Both were not on his level. EC passing gas sounds better then thr crap they performed on.
Eddie was amazing blues player but he kind of just seemed to be playing what Brian wanted, if Eddie made the song with his 80s techniques Eric would’ve loved it.
I think Eddie was actually more inspired by Cream than by Clapton. Live At Leeds being his first most essential album, makes me think that it was the style of the music more than just the guitarists, that made him want to create.
He took to it jk-off, cheeseball level. It's music not gymnastics. He never remotely made me feel the musical depth, melodicism, or artistry of guitarists like Hendrix, SRV, or Hackett.
Many great guitarists have walked this earth and in 1972 I chose Eric Clapton as my guitar hero as a 12 year old kid. I picked up the guitar for the first time at age 52 in 2012 and began teaching myself. I'm 63 now and play every day. My only regret is that I waited so long to learn guitar but Eric will always be my favorite idol for guitar .
Good for you! I started playing when I was younger but didn’t understand it much then. I was 23 when I bought a few instruction books. I didn’t have any money when I was a kid to buy any except the guitar. I lent my friend at work a guitar as he is a huge Clapton fan. I said to him go on UA-cam and find a few beginners lessons and you’ll pick it up. Just play about 15 minutes a day so you don’t get put off by frustration. I’m not sure that he is though. How did you get over the initial first starting to play phase? Did you take to it easy?
What adult needs or wants an idol? Are you 63 or 13? I started playing at age 12; I’m now 60. Clapton inspired me for a lot of that time, but I haven’t had the need for idols or heroes since my teens, and that’s maybe why it’s easy for me to admit that Clapton has obviously revealed himself to be kind of a dick over the years. 🤷♀️
Clapton was the most limited and overrated player of the 1960's era "Four Horsemen" guitar gods. Hendrix, Beck and Page were all vastly more multi-dimensional in their improvisational lead playing.
It depends how you rate guitarists. EC is not the most technically skilled guitarist-but of the four you cite: Clapton is a walking encyclopedia of blues idioms and has an immense catalog of music in his head which he could play: blues, rock, country, reggae, jazz. The other three did not have that. Hendrix by virtue of being No. 1 on so many lists, is THE most overrated: he had a confined repertoire, couldn’t play slide, couldn’t fingerpick, hybrid pick, and his mediocrity showed on acoustic. He was a great songwriter, a real showman, though, and master of effects. Beck, and Page have their strengths but can’t match Clapton’s broad repertoire and history. There is no “best” guitarist-too many metrics. Certainly the many great country pickers and jazz/fusion shredders, and cats who played everything like Danny Gatton, Tommy Emmanuel, are more skilled than the four you mention. And anyone who saw Terry Kath play in ‘68-‘70 knows why Hendrix was impressed by him. His “Freeform Guitar” inspired JH to do his anthem at Woodstock.
Nah, better to be yourself, be an honest man. Don't be a fake phony, concealing your true feelings just to please people, lying to yourself and everyone else in the process. Lying and being fake is not a f****g virtue.
They should have dedicated "Killing Floor" by Howling Wolf, to Eric. Ritchie Blackmore stated in Guitar Player Magazine "In all due respect BB, there's only so much you can say with 5 Notes." Carlos Santana hears BB King; Freddie King, Albert King and Otis Rush influence on Eric Clapton's Playing. Jazz Musicians and Universitys Cite the Blues as the "Grandfather of Jazz" but one has to learn Chords build off 3rds, added Color Tones and Inverted Chords to achieve Harmony & Compliment Melody. The Dominant 5th Chord was the most Embellished as it set up Perfect Cadence returning back to the 1 Chord. Bebop Condensed Chords to the point where Soloists had to play Harmonically so Miles Davis used Modes and Fewer Chords to achieve "Return to Melody." Miles Davis Lp "Kind of Blue" is regarded by University and Jazz Musicians as an extraordinary achievement and Innovation in Jazz History. Miles Davis got tired of trying to Navigate through Sheet Music with Tons of Chords, he said "The Music has gotten Cluttered and the Melody has been Sacrificed to Harmonic Structures." Jazz Musicians call the Blues "Poor mans Jazz," if one endeavors to grow as a Musician it must be a foundation from which to Build off of but there are those that"ll stay in Blues 101.
Clapton really has no right to criticize anybody's blues jams. Clapton was great in his Cream days and earlier. But after that, his "blues" renditions were dreadful. Even when he performed with the Cream's final reunion at the Royal Albert Hall, his "blues" were total crap. Clapton today is just CLAPTRAP.
People have the right to criticize whatever they want, just as you are sitting there on your high horse criticizing a guitar master. I'm not sure why you think a guitar master has no right to criticize another guitar player, but in your mind, you think you have the right to criticize a guitar master. 🤔
EVH was anything but humble towards Randy Rhodes, definitely one of his shortcomings, but we all have at least one. But then again, Blackmore is near the top of my list and his personality also preceded him... Like they say... Never meet your heroes 😅😅
Eddie had a giant ego. I think Eddie was like that towards Randy was because he felt threatened by Randy. Remember, they were contemporaries in the club scene. Van Halen just happened to get big first. Randy was playing the way he was before he had ever even met or heard of Eddie. From all accounts Randy was very humble, so the first time they met he tried to ask Eddie about his tremolo and Eddie was a complete jerk to Randy.
@@jamesmccormick875 yep, I pretty much heard the same thing. RR was classically trained and was definitely playing neo classical probably before the VH debut album was even released... two very different styles all in all.. I saw them both, in the 80s.. both were great
@@cryptogumbyckb1183 There is no doubt Randy was playing like before he had heard of Eddie. Yes, they were completely different style of players. I’m a professional musician (guitarist) and in my opinion, based on learning both of their music, I can say Randy played more advanced guitar solos and was an all around better musician than Eddie. Randy was way ahead of his time. He was using scales that weren’t typically used in rock music to that point. I’m not trying to take away from Eddie’s greatness, I’m just saying as a trained musician, Randy’s music was much more interesting to play and that he was just as great if not better than Eddie. Both have influenced generations of guitarist and both changed rock guitar forever.
I always felt that in this instance EC should have kept his negative opinion about the song and dedication to himself and not mentioned it publicly to a reporter. When another legend like EVH champions you his whole life, why make negative comments publicly about him? Keep it to yourself and your close friends.
freddie king called clapton a tea bag too, story goes he was part of a card game with freddie and eric lost so freddie says something to the affect of “these teabags dont know how to play”
live at leeds is also amazing guitar work by Pete. If you don't know the "my generation medley" with all the guitar solo interludes, I recommend it. Most of Pete's sounds at that time were also only done with the SG guitar volume control, pickups and Hiwatt amp.
The SG years were the Who at their most powerful on stage. Very few live acts have ever come close to approximating that dynamic. The Who themselves never again reached that level. Its interesting but I believe I once heard Townshend say that it was the only way to present musically complex material like Tommy live as a band. There were far too many musical elements on the record that a power trio could never come close to replicating so the decision was made to go to 11 and make the most out of feedback and it was amazing. Of course they tried the extended band approach in 1989 when they toured Tommy again. A lot of Who fans hated it while I rather enjoyed it for what it was. What it was however was not The Who.
@@gozorak Saw that show at Giants Stadium in NJ. I enjoyed it but it wasn't The Who. Townshend himself referred to it in an interview as "The Who On Ice". Too young to see them with Moon but did catch them in 1982 at Shea Stadium with The Clash opening for them. Best concert seen to date.
Jack Bruce's voice & lyricist Peter Brown were the magic of Cream's songs.Eddie saw Cream as a band with a guitar God in it;it wasn't, it was more than that.I wish people would stop referring to Cream as Clapton's band 'cause it wasn't. It was Jack's band
You could say the same about Steve Winwood and Blind Faith. Clapton did great work with them. But he wasn't the musical focal point nor even the most notable soloist when Steve jumped on the keys at festivals, etc. And we know this, because after that band, Clapton never wrote another opus like "Presence Of The Lord" or "Can't Find My Way Home", without Steve et al. And no way Clapton could have survived in a Winwood band like Traffic. He just wouldn't be nuanced and jazz improv-minded enough, to have functioned in them at a high level.
The power trio Cream was actually Ginger Baker's dreamchild. Ginger approached Eric Clapton with the idea. It was Eric who then recommended Jack Bruce to complete the band. Now, Eric wasn't aware of it, but there was a backstory between Ginger and Jack where they had personally clashed. But they decided to put their musicianship before their personal differences, and the rest is history.
I was acquainted with Mr. Van Halen’s Mammoth bandmate Dennis Travis in the early 1990s. He attested that Mr. Van Halen was a devoted fan of Mr. Clapton - not specifically Cream - in his youth. Mr. Travis was more of a fan of Jimi Hendrix. I also favor Mr. Clapton’s work with Cream over his other work. 🎸 I think that he was too sensitive about Mr. May and Mr. Van Halen’s dedication - disappointment was understandable, but a feeling of being insulted was unjustified. I applaud his stance against COVID-driven tyranny and discrimination. 👏🏻
Clapton didn't stick by his words and ended up playing venues with vax mandates. I guess the almighty dollar wins out over fighting tyranny and discrimination! Which is fine by me, I don;t judge people based on their crazy politics.
“Those were the days yes they were those were the days. Those were their ways Miracles everywhere-where are they now? They're gone.” RIP CREAM and RIP Eddie VH
Insecurity that someone might be better than you. And there's always someone better than you! They just don't learn to be thankful for what they've got.
@@pentegarn1 100% right there bro, gave up on trying to be the best a long time ago LoL realized I was never gonna be in the conversation and just relaxed and play for pure enjoyment. Alot more fun that way
Because music is so subjective. What one musician considers interesting another dismisses without even listening so they will never agree on what's "good".
I was disappointed at the whole Starfleet project but it is a great influential album for beginners to listen to because it's not polished and sterile it made me feel like even pros can sound crappy if they don't manipulated on the multitrack take after take after take if you're just starting off and music and you like Eddie Van Halen and Brian May please listen to this album
The first well-known Blues song rocked up by Clapton has to be Crossroads. When that came on the radio, everyone but die hard Blues fans were floored by Clapton’s cover. It was done in a way on guitar like no one had ever heard before. One could say that Blues Rock was born when that Clapton cover came out. No doubt, Hendrix was floored and inspired by it, too. Clapton set the bar high and that was a time when Blues players were still having cutting contests. Hendrix said many times that Clapton was the one to beat (not in those exact words, but we knew what he meant).
Clapton invented rock guitar playing with the first Yardbirds album. Just listen to guitar licks before and after that album and you'll hear the huge mark Clapton left in Rock music.
Clapton did sound very VERY good when he did that crossroads live on the farewell tour even though he was NOT the original... never the less when Hendrix did machine gun original Clapton could only imagine pulling some thing like that as far as being original!!!.✌️
Personally, I find all of Clapton's playing superb. He has lots of style, range, and depth. From the Yardbirds to Bluesbreakers, Cream to Blind Faith, to DB to DD, to his solo stuff. I have really come to love his late-70s/80s solo material! And I don't care about his politics. When it comes to COVID, I agreed with him! Eddie, on the other hand, was unique and game-changing, for sure, but he was also very one dimensional. Great, yes, but, boy, you knew 100% when it was Eddie because he played the same thing over and over. He was also IMO a bit of a jerk. I love to watch his guitar discussions -- I love learning from him. But the stuff he has said about other guitarists.....not cool.
Yes Clapton is absolutely a legend. He is the first generation, a pioneer. He played and hang out with Hendrix. They had to do something really special to dedicate it to him.
I was with Brian & Eddie during this time, they were both acting like Morons, get a hold of me if your interested I’m a guitar tech by trade for decades I’ve got a good story about those 2 fools
@@sanchezgtrs1 Most rockers aren't brains surgeons. Clapton is a prime example. Yeah, let's disregard a medical emergency and endanger the audience that helped you get where you are. Most of them are in the later stages of their lives and have the grim reaper standing over them, but who cares. Out of the 3 mentioned in the vid, only Brian May is college educated and has a PhD in Astrophysics. That doesn't mean he has to act serious all day. Especially around Eddie, who was drunk & high all the time, just like Eric back in the day. That blues track they cut in "honor of Clapton" is probably enough to guess the general atmosphere in the studio on that day.
@@paulrockatansky77 Yeah right. Tell me, what has changed since the days of Tuskegee when the government admittedly allowed a group of African Americans, who were unwilling test subjects, languish for decades with Syphilis just to study the effects. Or the Radium Girls, or the countless doctors who were employed by the big tobacco companies in the middle of the last century to tell everyone how harmless smoking is. Clapton had a bad experience and shared this with the public and then refused to discriminate against those in his audiences who were weren't so keen on taking Big Pharma's word for the safety of their products. If these miracle drugs worked the way we were originally told they do, then those who took the jab weren't endangered, but protected regardless of the make up of the audience. Common sense no longer exists in this country and people learn nothing from history. I should add the the "consensus" in the medical community isn't as widespread as the public believes. I have met several doctors who are skeptical, but given the current climate of censorship and lack of openness about the issue, are simply unwilling to comment on this issue publicly, unfortunately.
Glad we have guys like Clapton and you to stand up to the scientists and experts, screw those morons, you guys got the right idea "Screw other people, even in a pandemic, screw them, I only want to do what I want!" A hole
I understand Eric's musical dislike of what Jeff and Eddie did on that song but he reacted to it as if they were mocking him. Who knows? Maybe that is what Eric thought at the time but that's not what they were doing. They really thought he would appreciate it. It's for that reason that Eric should have just said; "I give them an A+ for trying to honor me, but musically? Let's not go there..."
if it wasn't for masters like Clapton and page, Eddie would be working at Home Depot or some crap or picking up gulf balls. they have influenced generations of guitar players and continue to do so after 6 decades.
Exactly. Swing had always played a huge part in Eddie's style. He & Brian Setzer would've made a perfect fit. I wonder why the opportunity never arose. Maybe Eddie was busy enough doing his own thing.
The Wheels of Fire side with Crossroads and Spoonful is the best live recording by any rock band. Jack Bruce was a well-trained musician and working out arrangements with him is what brought out the best in Clapton.
funny you should choose the song Crossroads or should I say Crosscut saw on the album Born Under a Bad Sign by Albert King. Not only did clap Clapton plagiarize the song but He copy the guitar solo lick for lick.
personally i think his version of crossroads is extremely lack luster. I mean when zeppelin does a blues song it sounds better than the original much better but rober johnson's crossroads sound so much better.
@@strider5453 Albert King is one of my favorites but I don't agree with your point. Eric Clapton's Crossroads solo is much different than Albert's Crosscut Saw solo.
After Cream.....everything Clapton did was mushy and wimpy. Tears in Heaven was amazingly good, I'll admit that. But geeze, Dude will hop on your woman the second your back is turned. FN Fornicater, and then pen a song about it. Harrison should have stomped him for that.
Both are amazing btw but they are not blues players. There's no BB King, Albert, Freddie, Otis or anything. Eric was ďefinitly a dick and could have been more amicable, but it really is awful. Lesson of two egos and also dont meet your hero...they prob a dick (bar Brian, who seems well adjusted, without a huge ego, and an all right round person)
I just listened to 'Bluesbreaker' as mentioned in this video, and as an admirer of Clapton's style as well as Van Halen's style, that song made me cringe. Playing blues isn't as much about technique as it is about a certain 'feel' or mood to place the notes. I've seen other great rock/metal guitarists try to play blues and rarely does it ever sound right. Perhaps EC was a bit too dramatic about it but I can see where he was coming from.
No they weren’t, he’s a great player and created an innovative style but he never created an epic song like other bands did , such as Zep, The Who, Pink Floyd,etc. His band mates were mediocre and he created pop rock music with Roth and douchey ballads with Hagar. Where is his Comfortably Numb or Kashmir? He NEVER wrote an epic song, yeah he played innovative solos but that’s about it.
@@dickcnormis1444 making epic songs isn’t always the goal, Van Halen is more straight rock and roll. The popularity of punk was a kind of response to getting tired of all the epic 8 minute songs from all those 70s bands
@@dudaz_music Yes, VH we’re straight forward Rock , but they still never even created an epic 4 or 5 minute song either. Epic doesn’t necessarily mean a 9 minute song, I’m talking about a monumental song , lyrically ,musically ,etc. Smoke OnThe Water , Comfortably Numb, Whole Lotta Love are epic rock songs that are about 5 mins, where’s VH’s equivalent? He was a great guitarist in a mediocre band and he as too busy with the finger tapping and pull off techniques, he should have played some , acoustic, blues or classical style and created more soulful music. He needed better musicians around him to inspire him to greater heights. He kind of stuck to the same old thing , I’d love to hear the stuff he recorded alone just jamming at his house, I’ll bet it’s better then the VH stuff.
If anyone… ANYONE dedicated a recording to me, I’d be super grateful and thank them profusely. I certainly wouldn’t insult their skills. Both Clapton and Townsend have sticks up their asses.
Musicians need to remember what guitar solos sounded like before the BEANO album which defined the definitive British sound, Les Paul through a Marshall. After BEANO and Fresh Cream you had over a million guitar players wanting to be Clapton. But like Eddie, I soon lost interest in Eric's playing once he went to a strat and I started following players like Peter Green. It would be interesting if John Mayall, Blind Faith, Delany & Bonnie and Derek & the Dominos are inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame. Then Eric will be the Tom Brady of Rock, a 7 time inductee
If they go, Leon Russell has to be right there with them. You think the Carpenter’s song, Superstar, was about Clapton? It was written by Bonnie Bramlett, Delaney Bramlett, and Leon Russell, surprise, surprise!! The irony of that song is that Clapton played with them after he got tired of being a superstar in the spotlight all the time.
Evh probably the best rhythem guitar player of all time and his solos were innovative and groundbreaking. But ec is the better played because all he did was playing the minor pentatonic scale 😂
Interesting, I remember hearing Eddie play Clapton's "Crossroads" solo, and it sounded to me like he didn't really get all the inflections right.. but otherwise, with his own stuff, he's brilliant.. just goes to show you never know..
Inflections are a personal thing, he played it note for note but Eddie will always sound like Eddie. Steve Vai once told me at a workshop that Eddie used to come over and jam and even if he playes Steves Guitar, pedals and amp it always sounded like Eddie.
EVH was utterly incapable of copying any of Clapton's solos. I've watched him 'demonstrate' his "note for note" rendition of "Crossroads" which he completely screwed up, because he didn't know any of it. When EVH learned a 'trick' on the guitar, he thought he'd 'trumped' all need for musicianship to implement it. Oh well, Eddie, so much for your career!!!
This is utter nonsense. EVHs crossroads is almost note for note perfectly played. He even says at the end exactly what Eric did at the performance he was imitating. What you are probably hearing is his tone and vibrato that is obviously very, very different from Eric. Steve Vai once told me in a workshop that it kind of pissed him off how even when using Steves guitar amp and pedals, Eddie still sounded just like Eddie.
To be fair Eddie Van Halen and Brian May were more known as rock guitar players not really blues based Eric Clapton listen to a lot of the original blues guys he was more submerged in the blues and understood it more Brian me and Eddie Van Halen are kind of the next generation and not quite as bluesy much more rock orientated but Clapton did think that that other thing that they did was good
Huge fan of EVH as well as Brian May but I agree with Clapton. I was appalled when I heard that blues jam. It literally sounded like it was recorded in a garage. The riffs were not even that great and it seemed to totally lack inspiration.
Just because you record something for somebody, or dedicate your recording to them, does not mean they’re obliged to like it. I think it’s unfortunate that Clapton did not appreciate having this blues jam, dedicated to him. But I respect him for not blowing smoke up their asses, and stating why he didn’t care for it. when somebody criticizes my music, but they can point out a reason they don’t care for it, I take that constructively.
I can't understand why Eddie had to say Eric was his main influence. When I listen to EVH I really hear techniques and licks fromTommy Bolin, Jimmy Page, Bill Gibbons and Ritchie Blackmore and even Hendrix. Can't really hear that Clapton influence in Eddie's playing, because Clapton was all about playing slow licks and dynamics and his main technique is the vibrato and slow bends, techniques I've really never seen Eddie emulating not even close. For me, Eddie is closer to Hendrix than to Clapton, because if your think, Eruption is closer to Star Slanged Banner than it is to Crossroads.
Yes Eddie himself admitted that he sounded nothing like Clapton. But Eddie said that when he was a kid, he didn't have pedals, so he used only a Marshall amp and his fingers to produce a great guitar tone. He said Clapton influenced him in that sense. And he was a big fan of Cream but not after the Cream era.
Clapton got sober in 1987. So when Ed says he didn't care for Clapton's post-sober efforts, this is likely the time period he was referring to. Having said that, its well known Ed didn't care for anything EC did post-Cream. Including all those 70s hits.
Eric sent out a rack strobler when he finally heard that round solo. Then after Brian and his friends checked their accord endings and rural tone it was found to be strumming. Thats how they would end up going to Sweden to try to sell the record of it. Thats why Eric did not like it.
Eddie used to work for the same agents that I did in the early 70s, they said they could send me anywhere, and Eddie almost nowhere. Now, he's certainly talented, but LISTENING TO VAN HALEN IS SOMETHING I CAN DO FOR ONLY SECONDS, NOT MINUTES! It was 80s music, all of it dreadful, for 10 fucking years. And the Rolling Stone Record Guides say they stunk, too!
I remember Clapton's reaction to May & Van Halen's tribute....I think I read it in a Guitar Player magazine. Clapton should have been nicer about it.....there's no reason for him to have been so dismissive. That said.....I cannot blame him for being displeased. May for one has never been known for playing anything clean or interesting.
I've heard people say that Clapton is overrated. I say listen to the solo on the live version of Crossroads and keep in mind that was recorded in 1967. However, I tend to agree with Ed that Cream was Clapton's best stuff. Some people might take offense to this. But, honestly, I don't think he really got any better after that. Or maybe, he just wasn't trying to be a shred god. He'd been there, done that.
There's no doubt that Eric Clapton is an extremely talented musician, guitar player, writer, singer and performer, and that he played some great music, but being a great musician and being a decent human doesn't always go hand in hand, and I think most people know that.
You never got into the music of the best??? The late Great Rory Gallagher??? I've been playing and teaching for 45+ years and there was NO ONE who could/can compare.
@@johnsmythe6134 Indeed… I live in Cork… Seen Rory a couple times… Met him once, too… He was phenomenal… But even he woulda told ya Mick Taylor is the greatest and he certainly woulda been the man to “replace” MT in The Stones but that job was always gonna be Ronnie’s which is fine by me, too
@@hankwedelmusic9965 I have always respected Mick and Ronnie immensely, but as a guitar player and teacher for decades, I still would place The Great Rory as #1 due to His all-around abilities as much more than just a singer and songwriter. He lived the blues every day and night. I have been close with Gerry McAvoy for years, and He agrees that Rory had a certain magic which surrounded Him. Cheers and stay safe. From a fellow Irishman. -Love and peace, -Smythie
@@johnsmythe6134 , Rory was a great Entertainer ..more that a great guitarist. I am a fan and have a few of his albums, but he played in tripletts .. never a flowing melodic string of notes like the greats. Maybe it was because he played a strat with low distorion that didn't have a lot of sustain. Mick Taylor could play masterful flowing solos, listen to his live 1984 tour with bob dylan, where he lead guitar held up the whole band.
2:19 Agreed that it was a disappointment! Worsened back then by the cost and effort to get it. One side was ok, and the other was meh. But Clapton was too blunt and open about it. There’s no use in insulting friends especially when they meant well.
2 different generations Clapton was a war baby along side many notable musicians who pretty much defined what Rock n Roll is was and should be, Eddie a 60s California kid, Big difference in attitude and rock history.
Clapton was 💯 right about the convid apartheid, he had the balls to say it as it should be, whilst most famous people kept their mouths shut instead of speaking up, you know people like Bono who usually can’t stay out of anything, who could have done something, I won’t forget that.
He'd done the loud blues and moved on. What was he supposed to do? Blast Albert King lines through Marshall's for the rest of his life? Light a joint and get down from some of his 70's solo albums. Good times.
Not true arguably his stuff from the late 80s to the mid 2000 was some of his best playing, especially the 24 nights, journeyman and from the cradle tours. He just evolved something Eddie didn't with all his tapping and shredding stayed the same throughout his whole career. These guys need to realise it was Eric and Jimi Hendrix that paved the way for the rock guitarists that came afterwards.
@@marcpaola1371 which is why everyone knows it as his best stuff, claptons a big name, I find it hard to believe his best playing went ignored. People didnt care for it aside from his faithful and some seperate blue and/or guitar nerds.
@@BoHorn it didn't go ignored, he was touring and doing sessions with some of the top stars of the day, doing soundtracks for movie and won plenty of grammys in that time. All because from the period from the journeyman album and tour onwards he was very much back in form. Not just blues, it was a mix of everything, even acoustic. It wasn't just us blues guys and guitar nerds who knew. And as I said above, he evolved, branched into different areas, genres while Eddie just shredded, and shredded some more.
@@marcpaola1371 it wasn’t acknowledged the same way his work with cream for example was, “even acoustic” is almost an insult by the way. He went through that much of his career to make some acoustic tracks? His best work was early on and he made a much more mellowed solo career the way any music great does. Lennon, clapton, page, mccartney, beck etc all were at their best before they went “solo”. Playing with the best and making soundtracks is probably due to him already having a legacy.
To Eric Clapton it was like they were saying, "That's all you have to do to be Eric Clapton." They should've dedicated "Let me out" to Eric. That song sound really tasteful.
SRV killed Claptons career in the 80s 😂 he was better so Eric was a bitter man and EVH was just better than Clapton , Eric couldn’t even tap
@@christineayres7199 also Clapton was a corporate shill during that era - not knowing what kind of music to put out, and letting the record company push him around - ultimately putting out audio syrup
@@christineayres7199 i can play van halens speed - and i have never tried to tap- why would he ? Clapton does not play like todays players . Clapton was more about the song -than mindless jamming at the end of his career ...and made some great LPs -why does everything have to be compared -he was right about the mindless jamming without dynamics ....that word again DYNAMICS
@@christineayres7199 Gary Moore is one of the greatests , usually I would rather listen to him than to extra speedy players
@@christineayres7199 Eric can't tap, but Eddie couldn't sing. Or win 18 Grammy Awards. Neither Clapton or SRV are fantastic singers, but they could sing and play songs without other musicians.
It’s important to note to younger players that before Clapton, no one was playing like he was at that time. Hendrix idolized Clapton. EVH idolized Clapton. Harrison was in awe of Clapton. Clapton is/was deeply respected by his own heroes, including Buddy Guy, B.B. King, and Muddy Waters. Clapton’s work is concrete legendary.
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But remember Eric walked out after a Hendrix show because he was so pissed that Hendrix was much better than him. And Page was good enough to be a session player and when he joined Led Zeppelin, he blitzed Clapton. As good as Clapton is, there were better around the same time, and there is no excuse for being so rude (walking out on Hendrix and putting EVH and Brian down in public. You just don't do that).
@@titmusspaultpaul5 I agree, there is no excuse for being rude. Hendrix gave props to terry Kath and Mike Bloomfield for being awesome players. He even gave props to a cab driver who took him to the studio and wanted to jam. This is what get's me riled up about this King Guitar b.s.
@@titmusspaultpaul5 Clapton walked off stage cos Hendrix blew him away by playing killing floor with cream. Chas chandler asked cream if hendrix could jam with them and well Eric was so blown away he walked off and they found him trying to light a cigarette his whole world exploded. This would be the first time Clapton ever heard him play. This was before he recorded anything in England and he had just flown over there. So it was quite a shock. It’s all in the Hendrix documentary from 1973
@@titmusspaultpaul5 That story is crap. Trying reading a story from someone that was there like Jack Bruce and Ginger. Hendrix fans are like children looking for a mythical God. The best ever is the biggest load of folklore crap. Half his fan think he played with his strings up side down. Hendrix was amazing in studio but a out of tune sloppy disaster live.
Brian Setzer. An incredibly underrated guitar player.
I have a signed pick guard of his
He's one of the best.
He has never been underrated in his 40 year career. You just found out about him.
@@deebop4904yeah, never understand these “underrated” comments. There’s a reason they made it big, because their music is or was popular at the time. They have or have had their limelight, cemented their mark in music, and will live on through their recorded music. Never have been underrated.
Yeah he really is great. Great tone.
Sounds like Eric had a big ego or something ... it was a gift, even if he didn't care for it, a little grace goes a long way.
So agree with you. He should have just said thankyou.👍
Clapton had a right to be offended by that and is one of the very best guitarists on the planet.
@@alwilson3204 I don't believe they did it to insult Clapton. They were just jamming, and thinking of their "friend...."
@@alwilson3204 but he over played and solo'd for days in cream and even says this himself, you know what i mean, clapton wasn't a black blues originator, i am a massive fan but it's still true, being humble is nice :D
So there's no room for admiring Clapton's unfiltered honesty? We prefer fake sentiments, do we?
Clapton was Eddie’s biggest influence, he openly admitted it.
exactly I never heard him ever bad mouth Clapton
Imagine that, two artists in disagreement. Both are talented. Leave it at that. 😅
I remember reading years ago about Eric Clapton being Eddie Van Halen's biggest influence in the Eric Clapton biography 'Clapton', and how he learned all his solos. 'That's dedication!' and "He's very very fast' said Clapton about Eddie.
Dude, dude, dude. Saying a musician is fast ain't no compliment when it comes from a musical master.
As a player myself most guitar players Do not like Edward Van Halens licks!! K... For that matter Roy Clarke had faster fingers!
@@why67152Thats an opinion alright
Whatever! Go away!!
@why67152 sure you keep telling yourself he can play faster if it makes you sleep at night
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a lack of empathy after EC got nerve damage from the jab. EC was also critical of the unjabbed too until he got harmed, then he tried to share it, I guess people wanted him not to share what happened and take one for the team? So odd
Clapton was not “harmed” by the vaccine. He’s 75 and had a massive case of eczema and another neuropathic condition…
I agree! I have even more respect for EC now.
Valerie and wolfie once a cow always a cow
@@ajh180 Me too
You know what they say and it holds true you never meet your idols you're going to be disappointed because you look at them in a light that they cannot possess
When you try to do something nice for somebody and it backfires.
my thoughts exactly.. you make a gift and give it to someone and the response is "its awful buddy, you can do better".. kind of defeats the purpose
Too much hate in this world fueled by racism and discriminations. In this case not applicable but still annoying.
Yeah but if that gift is a dodgy tie???
Imagine if these were renaissance painters a protégé dedicated a stick drawing to Michelangelo?
Every time I've heard someone say that Eric Clapton is an asshole, the accompanying story always leaves me with that "and this makes him an asshole how?" ... Even how he put his whole reputation on the line to defend his position on the Covid stuff, that shows me that he is a man of integrity. I have nothing but respect for this man. He was wild in his youth, like most young men, and yet he can talk about it today with humility and grace. Really, calling this man a dick or any other derogatory term reveals more about the person saying it than it does about Clapton.
Naw dude, he seems like a genuine douche.
He doesnt put his reputation on the line with covid bro, I never heard his opinion on the matter and plenty had the same idea. Regardless, its not a career killing move, I dont know why that makes him a man of honor in your book. A man of honor might accept a tribute to him with less than complacency.
His rant about African Americans says a lot about him.Period.
@@robertappleby4891 I am not aware of any incident where he spoke badly about African Americans. You know that Clapton is British right? You’re probably referring to an incident in 1976, where he went on a drunken rant about record immigration into England, and trying to morph it into yet another story about racism in America. It wasn’t a great moment, but you can’t take one single incident and turn it into someone’s entire identity. He has not said anything like this before or since that time. He’s always said his biggest heroes and influences were the black artists of the ‘30s and ‘40s.
@@robertappleby4891and he was right, look at London now. Powell’s words have aged very well.
Clapton probably could've been a little more tactful in his opinion of the dedicated track (even though he was right), but he was right to say what he did in the Rolling Stone interview. EVH and Clapton will always be legends of their own styles.
"I put it on, expecting something." That is exactly how I've felt about every Clapton record since Wheels of Fire.
Oof
Clapton , most overrated guitar player of all time , boooooring ,most good stuff NOT his ,pretender at its best ,F....Clapton
Ouch!
Let's hear your music then pal.
this is sorta sad.
I recall back in one of Eddies early interviews (not GP or GW), he was asked what he thought of Jimi Hendrix,,,,
"He was too psychedelic for me. I dug Eric Clapton more".
It's sad how this went down.
We have to remember one of the reasons Cream broke up was because not only did Ginger and Jack dislike eachother but EC was tired of jams like Spoonful.Maybe this reminded him of that.
I listened to The EVH/May bit. I can dig the spirit of what they were doing but after three minutes, i was out. my loss...
Cream broke up because Clapton is a dick and ends up pissing everybody off. He did the same thing to his Cream band mates as Robbie Robertson did to the Band by stealing all the publishing rights to their catalog.
Jimi was over his head u like him or u don’t
It's ironic that Jack and Ginger kept on reuniting without Clapton after Cream disbanded, despite all the ballyhooed dislike of each other.
@@johnnyalegreworkplace8065 They liked each other. It was Clapton that was the problem.
@@johnnyalegreworkplace8065 All about $.
The history of Electric guitar in popular music has Eric Clapton firmly at the dead center. Everything else is just noise. There is no best in ART. Thats sports your thinking of people.
(My own experience is this) When the blues get the sole credit for you ever picking up a guitar, immediately followed by the same inspiration, inspiring you to never put it down, this is the only way, in which proper, and even adequate reverence for the blues can be given, or understood. I believe this a similar place Clapton is coming from, with regards to "Bluesbreaker", and towards Briam May and EVH. It took all the genius and blue-collar workmanship of SRV to put any speck of faith in Albert King, to accept him. Does this seem too much for most? Yes, but it's about respecting the few who were there when there wasn't a there. God Bless You All In Jesus Name.
Clapton was so thin-skinned, there's a reason he was in and out of so many bands.
Another way to read it is that Eric had so many options he didn't have to put up with relationships that didn't work for him. Often when musicians are "difficult", their career moves are generally downward from a commercial standpoint, but Eric's moves weren't like that.
Yeah, and every band he played was legendary.
The most influential guitar player for sure.
Didnt he run off and complain when he met Jimi Hendrix and saw his playing was on another level?
@robd1329 No, he said that he had just seen a guitar player that was the far superior to any other.
No comparison. EVH is a pop player.
Interestingly , Eddie said that he was into Clapton but eventually he played and was more like Hendrix. Eddie used effects, the whammy bar. His playing was very dynamic - he combined rhythm guitar with solo guitar fills .🎸🎸🎸
In early interviews, people just assumed that Hendrix was his biggest influence which led to Eddie constantly reminding them that Clapton was his idol. Before reading his interviews, I always thought it was Hendrix who was his main influence.
just about ALL great guitar players do that...you can't really be a front end/lead guitarist without a very solid rhythm guitar background, and having the ability to "fill in"...
Zeppelin, Ten years After, ZZ Top, and others compose and play rhythm and lead together when performing...I can't remember any of those groups using a rhythm guitar except Zeppelin, and he used other instruments, like mandolin and pedal steel...
Listen to Holdsworth. Listen to Billy Gibbons. You'll hear way more influence from them on EVH's playing than you'll ever hear from Clapton.
Absolutely , Eddie Wouldn't Admit the Hendrix Influence .Also Tommy Bolin ,listen to Billy Cobham Spectrum , 73 . I can only handle about 1 Minute of Eddies Playing , No Soul and a bunch of Gtr Stunts .
I have to agree with EVH, Cream was Clapton’s best work with Blind Faith a close second.
It's often been said "Don't meet your heroes. You'll end up being disappointed."
That can be true.Unforrunate.
I find it funny that Eddie calls Clapton a dick.
funny as in humorous or funny as in strange, or ironic?
I thought it was EVH missus that used the word"Dick"?
@@scottblanton3182 And DLR.
A dick calling someone else a dick. Who’s the bigger one? Ed.
I listened to Claptons book and I would agree with Eddie. And this was Claptons AUTOBIOGRAPHY 😅
I bought the star fleet album when it first came out in 1983 and being a huge fan of Brian May, Eric Clapton, and Eddie Van Halen I was excited to hear EDDIE’s and BRIAN‘s take on blues. I immediately put on side two and remember being disgusted as well by how bad it was. So frankly Clapton gets the win on this one. It was terrible.
It was an attempt to let someone they respected know how much they loved him...ANYHTING LESS THAN THANKS FOR THE SENTIMENT FROM CLAPTON SHOWS HOW BIG A SCUMBAG HE REALLY IS
@@timothymartin2137 No, it shows how far superior he is to May and EVH.
Both were not on his level.
EC passing gas sounds better then thr crap they performed on.
@@robmorrison1043 delusional.
Eddie was amazing blues player but he kind of just seemed to be playing what Brian wanted, if Eddie made the song with his 80s techniques Eric would’ve loved it.
@@robmorrison1043lol Eric was a random at the time no one cared, EVH was king of the world in 1983 lol
I think Eddie was actually more inspired by Cream than by Clapton. Live At Leeds being his first most essential album, makes me think that it was the style of the music more than just the guitarists, that made him want to create.
Cream was the cream of Clapton
Weren’t we all?
Eddie loved mainly CREAM . He'd play note for note in junior high . He wasn't into Clapton's solo work though .
He had a poster of Clapton on his wall though.
@@raoulduke344 nobodys prefect
Clapton is an excellent blues player. EVH took rock and skill to an entire other level.
He added a much more technical level of plying while still writing it in a way that pop fans could latch onto.
He took to it jk-off, cheeseball level. It's music not gymnastics. He never remotely made me feel the musical depth, melodicism, or artistry of guitarists like Hendrix, SRV, or Hackett.
@@kevinlakeman5043 BINGO!!
Black blues players used to make fun of Clapton back in the '60s
Eddie never could play blues rock music, and never really strummed anything.
Many great guitarists have walked this earth and in 1972 I chose Eric Clapton as my guitar hero as a 12 year old kid. I picked up the guitar for the first time at age 52 in 2012 and began teaching myself. I'm 63 now and play every day. My only regret is that I waited so long to learn guitar but Eric will always be my favorite idol for guitar .
Good for you! I started playing when I was younger but didn’t understand it much then. I was 23 when I bought a few instruction books. I didn’t have any money when I was a kid to buy any except the guitar.
I lent my friend at work a guitar as he is a huge Clapton fan. I said to him go on UA-cam and find a few beginners lessons and you’ll pick it up. Just play about 15 minutes a day so you don’t get put off by frustration.
I’m not sure that he is though.
How did you get over the initial first starting to play phase? Did you take to it easy?
Kudos my friend
What adult needs or wants an idol? Are you 63 or 13?
I started playing at age 12; I’m now 60. Clapton inspired me for a lot of that time, but I haven’t had the need for idols or heroes since my teens, and that’s maybe why it’s easy for me to admit that Clapton has obviously revealed himself to be kind of a dick over the years. 🤷♀️
Wow, Eddie Van Halen playing with the Stray Cats! Whoa!!
Its almost always a bad idea to meet your hero...
Honestly , EVH came into his own and proved his musicianship. They were just different.
He turned guitar music into a Pizza Hut commercial
EVH was the king of overplaying. It became a gimmic.
He is great.
@@apolloniusbeitsman5444 tell me you’ve never listened to EVH without telling me you’ve never listened to EVH
@@apolloniusbeitsman5444 Overplaying , you mean not playing enough . Edward is God .
Brian Setzer is one of the greatest guitar players and performers of all time !!!
I love rock-a-bily and Setzer is a favorite! Just about everybody's great.
Clapton was the most limited and overrated player of the 1960's era "Four Horsemen" guitar gods. Hendrix, Beck and Page were all vastly more multi-dimensional in their improvisational lead playing.
It depends how you rate guitarists. EC is not the most technically skilled guitarist-but of the four you cite: Clapton is a walking encyclopedia of blues idioms and has an immense catalog of music in his head which he could play: blues, rock, country, reggae, jazz. The other three did not have that.
Hendrix by virtue of being No. 1 on so many lists, is THE most overrated: he had a confined repertoire, couldn’t play slide, couldn’t fingerpick, hybrid pick, and his mediocrity showed on acoustic. He was a great songwriter, a real showman, though, and master of effects. Beck, and Page have their strengths but can’t match Clapton’s broad repertoire and history.
There is no “best” guitarist-too many metrics. Certainly the many great country pickers and jazz/fusion shredders, and cats who played everything like Danny Gatton, Tommy Emmanuel, are more skilled than the four you mention. And anyone who saw Terry Kath play in ‘68-‘70 knows why Hendrix was impressed by him. His “Freeform Guitar” inspired JH to do his anthem at Woodstock.
When someone gives you a gift and you don't like it, keep your opinion to yourself, smile and say, thank you.
Nah, better to be yourself, be an honest man. Don't be a fake phony, concealing your true feelings just to please people, lying to yourself and everyone else in the process. Lying and being fake is not a f****g virtue.
Are you telling people how they need to act? Like it's your business. Not everybody was raised to be a softie pushover like you.
They should have dedicated "Killing Floor" by Howling Wolf, to Eric. Ritchie Blackmore stated in Guitar Player Magazine "In all due respect BB, there's only so much you can say with 5 Notes." Carlos Santana hears BB King; Freddie King, Albert King and Otis Rush influence on Eric Clapton's Playing. Jazz Musicians and Universitys Cite the Blues as the "Grandfather of Jazz" but one has to learn Chords build off 3rds, added Color Tones and Inverted Chords to achieve Harmony & Compliment Melody. The Dominant 5th Chord was the most Embellished as it set up Perfect Cadence returning back to the 1 Chord. Bebop Condensed Chords to the point where Soloists had to play Harmonically so Miles Davis used Modes and Fewer Chords to achieve "Return to Melody." Miles Davis Lp "Kind of Blue" is regarded by University and Jazz Musicians as an extraordinary achievement and Innovation in Jazz History. Miles Davis got tired of trying to Navigate through Sheet Music with Tons of Chords, he said "The Music has gotten Cluttered and the Melody has been Sacrificed to Harmonic Structures." Jazz Musicians call the Blues "Poor mans Jazz," if one endeavors to grow as a Musician it must be a foundation from which to Build off of but there are those that"ll stay in Blues 101.
Clapton really has no right to criticize anybody's blues jams. Clapton was great in his Cream days and earlier. But after that, his "blues" renditions were dreadful. Even when he performed with the Cream's final reunion at the Royal Albert Hall, his "blues" were total crap. Clapton today is just CLAPTRAP.
Check out 'storming monday' 2004 RAH and i think that you ll change your mind
People have the right to criticize whatever they want, just as you are sitting there on your high horse criticizing a guitar master. I'm not sure why you think a guitar master has no right to criticize another guitar player, but in your mind, you think you have the right to criticize a guitar master. 🤔
EVH was anything but humble towards Randy Rhodes, definitely one of his shortcomings, but we all have at least one.
But then again, Blackmore is near the top of my list and his personality also preceded him...
Like they say...
Never meet your heroes 😅😅
Eddie had a giant ego. I think Eddie was like that towards Randy was because he felt threatened by Randy. Remember, they were contemporaries in the club scene. Van Halen just happened to get big first. Randy was playing the way he was before he had ever even met or heard of Eddie. From all accounts Randy was very humble, so the first time they met he tried to ask Eddie about his tremolo and Eddie was a complete jerk to Randy.
@@jamesmccormick875 yep, I pretty much heard the same thing. RR was classically trained and was definitely playing neo classical probably before the VH debut album was even released...
two very different styles all in all..
I saw them both, in the 80s..
both were great
Well Eddie thought he was just stealing his tapping, and he did to a point. But no reason to get upset, because Clapton did the same thing to Eddie.
@@cryptogumbyckb1183
There is no doubt Randy was playing like before he had heard of Eddie. Yes, they were completely different style of players. I’m a professional musician (guitarist) and in my opinion, based on learning both of their music, I can say Randy played more advanced guitar solos and was an all around better musician than Eddie. Randy was way ahead of his time. He was using scales that weren’t typically used in rock music to that point. I’m not trying to take away from Eddie’s greatness, I’m just saying as a trained musician, Randy’s music was much more interesting to play and that he was just as great if not better than Eddie. Both have influenced generations of guitarist and both changed rock guitar forever.
To bad a lot of bands didn't get a long ,I think they are phenomenal.
Very well said, there are some fabulous players out there and there are the legends of the past, still remembered and revered by many.
Eddie and his guitar were smokin'.
Shame he never wrote any good music.
Van Halen's best song had a keyboard riff, not a guitar riff.
@@LordHighness Which song are you calling their best song ?
I always felt that in this instance EC should have kept his negative opinion about the song and dedication to himself and not mentioned it publicly to a reporter. When another legend like EVH champions you his whole life, why make negative comments publicly about him? Keep it to yourself and your close friends.
I agree 👍 🙏
Brian and Eddie were having fun, in their own particular styles of guitar playing. Just that.
Yes sure but they shouldn't have dedicated it to Eric Clapton. They had to dedicate something really special to him.
@@karsguitarchannel6088 Please ! ! Eric is a little-girl acting hormonal ! ! ! well he is anyway...................
Eric Clapton is a narcissistic d-bag and racists and I could not care any less about his opinions or the imaginary slights he falsely perceives.
Why shouldn't they? I could dedicate something to you if I admired you. I think this video is blown way out of proportion anyway.
Ray Cooper is much more than just "a tambourine plyer."
Are we sure Valerie Bertinelli wasn't referring to EVH when she wrote "Once a dick, always a dick?"
freddie king called clapton a tea bag too, story goes he was part of a card game with freddie and eric lost so freddie says something to the affect of “these teabags dont know how to play”
live at leeds is also amazing guitar work by Pete. If you don't know the "my generation medley" with all the guitar solo interludes, I recommend it. Most of Pete's sounds at that time were also only done with the SG guitar volume control, pickups and Hiwatt amp.
The SG years were the Who at their most powerful on stage. Very few live acts have ever come close to approximating that dynamic. The Who themselves never again reached that level. Its interesting but I believe I once heard Townshend say that it was the only way to present musically complex material like Tommy live as a band. There were far too many musical elements on the record that a power trio could never come close to replicating so the decision was made to go to 11 and make the most out of feedback and it was amazing.
Of course they tried the extended band approach in 1989 when they toured Tommy again. A lot of Who fans hated it while I rather enjoyed it for what it was. What it was however was not The Who.
@@gozorak Saw that show at Giants Stadium in NJ. I enjoyed it but it wasn't The Who. Townshend himself referred to it in an interview as "The Who On Ice". Too young to see them with Moon but did catch them in 1982 at Shea Stadium with The Clash opening for them. Best concert seen to date.
Ya, love The Who. VH told Townshend once that he just had listened to Live at Leeds. Told Pete that he sure played a lot of wrong notes well.
@@cc352 Yeah, I saw the 82 tour at Boulder ...Agreed. Was fortunate to see Moonie in Dec 75 in KC. He was really something ,for sure
Every time I hear Sparks it still blows me away .
Jack Bruce's voice & lyricist Peter Brown were the magic of Cream's songs.Eddie saw Cream as a band with a guitar God in it;it wasn't, it was more than that.I wish people would stop referring to Cream as Clapton's band 'cause it wasn't. It was Jack's band
You could say the same about Steve Winwood and Blind Faith. Clapton did great work with them. But he wasn't the musical focal point nor even the most notable soloist when Steve jumped on the keys at festivals, etc. And we know this, because after that band, Clapton never wrote another opus like "Presence Of The Lord" or "Can't Find My Way Home", without Steve et al. And no way Clapton could have survived in a Winwood band like Traffic. He just wouldn't be nuanced and jazz improv-minded enough, to have functioned in them at a high level.
The power trio Cream was actually Ginger Baker's dreamchild. Ginger approached Eric Clapton with the idea. It was Eric who then recommended Jack Bruce to complete the band. Now, Eric wasn't aware of it, but there was a backstory between Ginger and Jack where they had personally clashed. But they decided to put their musicianship before their personal differences, and the rest is history.
RIP Jack Bruce and Ginger damn .
I was acquainted with Mr. Van Halen’s Mammoth bandmate Dennis Travis in the early 1990s. He attested that Mr. Van Halen was a devoted fan of Mr. Clapton - not specifically Cream - in his youth. Mr. Travis was more of a fan of Jimi Hendrix.
I also favor Mr. Clapton’s work with Cream over his other work. 🎸 I think that he was too sensitive about Mr. May and Mr. Van Halen’s dedication - disappointment was understandable, but a feeling of being insulted was unjustified. I applaud his stance against COVID-driven tyranny and discrimination. 👏🏻
Clapton didn't stick by his words and ended up playing venues with vax mandates. I guess the almighty dollar wins out over fighting tyranny and discrimination! Which is fine by me, I don;t judge people based on their crazy politics.
Pretty sure he said “d-bag”, and he’s right.
Eddie is the man on what he plays and Clapton the same but they are 2 different player
First I heard Eddie call Clapton a teabag . All I heard was when he first met Clapton Ed said he was already pretty wasted when he met Clapton .
Eric Clapton: great guitarist not much of an epidemiologist.
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“Those were the days yes they were those were the days. Those were their ways Miracles everywhere-where are they now?
They're gone.” RIP CREAM and RIP Eddie VH
Why is there so much backbiting, competition, and ego with musicians.?
Insecurity that someone might be better than you. And there's always someone better than you! They just don't learn to be thankful for what they've got.
@@pentegarn1 right on the nose. 🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽
Non musicians will never understand it
@@pentegarn1 100% right there bro, gave up on trying to be the best a long time ago LoL realized I was never gonna be in the conversation and just relaxed and play for pure enjoyment. Alot more fun that way
cause musicians are arseholes!
Because music is so subjective. What one musician considers interesting another dismisses without even listening so they will never agree on what's "good".
Anyone that is that petty and self absorbed as to get mad at a dedicated song to that very person is not deserving of
I was disappointed at the whole Starfleet project but it is a great influential album for beginners to listen to because it's not polished and sterile it made me feel like even pros can sound crappy if they don't manipulated on the multitrack take after take after take if you're just starting off and music and you like Eddie Van Halen and Brian May please listen to this album
The first well-known Blues song rocked up by Clapton has to be Crossroads. When that came on the radio, everyone but die hard Blues fans were floored by Clapton’s cover. It was done in a way on guitar like no one had ever heard before. One could say that Blues Rock was born when that Clapton cover came out. No doubt, Hendrix was floored and inspired by it, too. Clapton set the bar high and that was a time when Blues players were still having cutting contests. Hendrix said many times that Clapton was the one to beat (not in those exact words, but we knew what he meant).
Clapton invented rock guitar playing with the first Yardbirds album. Just listen to guitar licks before and after that album and you'll hear the huge mark Clapton left in Rock music.
Clapton did sound very VERY good when he did that crossroads live on the farewell tour even though he was NOT the original... never the less when Hendrix did machine gun original Clapton could only imagine pulling some thing like that as far as being original!!!.✌️
Personally, I find all of Clapton's playing superb. He has lots of style, range, and depth. From the Yardbirds to Bluesbreakers, Cream to Blind Faith, to DB to DD, to his solo stuff. I have really come to love his late-70s/80s solo material!
And I don't care about his politics. When it comes to COVID, I agreed with him!
Eddie, on the other hand, was unique and game-changing, for sure, but he was also very one dimensional. Great, yes, but, boy, you knew 100% when it was Eddie because he played the same thing over and over.
He was also IMO a bit of a jerk. I love to watch his guitar discussions -- I love learning from him. But the stuff he has said about other guitarists.....not cool.
Yes Clapton is absolutely a legend. He is the first generation, a pioneer. He played and hang out with Hendrix. They had to do something really special to dedicate it to him.
I was with Brian & Eddie during this time, they were both acting like Morons, get a hold of me if your interested I’m a guitar tech by trade for decades I’ve got a good story about those 2 fools
@@sanchezgtrs1 Most rockers aren't brains surgeons. Clapton is a prime example. Yeah, let's disregard a medical emergency and endanger the audience that helped you get where you are. Most of them are in the later stages of their lives and have the grim reaper standing over them, but who cares.
Out of the 3 mentioned in the vid, only Brian May is college educated and has a PhD in Astrophysics. That doesn't mean he has to act serious all day. Especially around Eddie, who was drunk & high all the time, just like Eric back in the day. That blues track they cut in "honor of Clapton" is probably enough to guess the general atmosphere in the studio on that day.
@@paulrockatansky77 Yeah right. Tell me, what has changed since the days of Tuskegee when the government admittedly allowed a group of African Americans, who were unwilling test subjects, languish for decades with Syphilis just to study the effects. Or the Radium Girls, or the countless doctors who were employed by the big tobacco companies in the middle of the last century to tell everyone how harmless smoking is. Clapton had a bad experience and shared this with the public and then refused to discriminate against those in his audiences who were weren't so keen on taking Big Pharma's word for the safety of their products. If these miracle drugs worked the way we were originally told they do, then those who took the jab weren't endangered, but protected regardless of the make up of the audience. Common sense no longer exists in this country and people learn nothing from history. I should add the the "consensus" in the medical community isn't as widespread as the public believes. I have met several doctors who are skeptical, but given the current climate of censorship and lack of openness about the issue, are simply unwilling to comment on this issue publicly, unfortunately.
Glad we have guys like Clapton and you to stand up to the scientists and experts, screw those morons, you guys got the right idea "Screw other people, even in a pandemic, screw them, I only want to do what I want!"
A hole
i always thought clapton overrated except for his time with cream
I understand Eric's musical dislike of what Jeff and Eddie did on that song but he reacted to it as if they were mocking him. Who knows? Maybe that is what Eric thought at the time but that's not what they were doing. They really thought he would appreciate it. It's for that reason that Eric should have just said; "I give them an A+ for trying to honor me, but musically? Let's not go there..."
Clapton is an egomaniac narcissist. It's always about him.
if it wasn't for masters like Clapton and page, Eddie would be working at Home Depot or some crap or picking up gulf balls. they have influenced generations of guitar players and continue to do so after 6 decades.
Congratulations on the dumbest comment of the day!
@swordguystoredotcom7703more influential than Clapton ?!? Not even close, son...Not even close ;)
This had me wishing there was a EVH/Brian Setzer collaboration. Could you imagine a futuristic sounding rock-a-billy album with them?
Exactly. Swing had always played a huge part in Eddie's style. He & Brian Setzer would've made a perfect fit.
I wonder why the opportunity never arose. Maybe Eddie was busy enough doing his own thing.
The Wheels of Fire side with Crossroads and Spoonful is the best live recording by any rock band. Jack Bruce was a well-trained musician and working out arrangements with him is what brought out the best in Clapton.
funny you should choose the song Crossroads or should I say Crosscut saw on the album Born Under a Bad Sign by Albert King. Not only did clap Clapton plagiarize the song but He copy the guitar solo lick for lick.
Jack Bruce!!!
personally i think his version of crossroads is extremely lack luster. I mean when zeppelin does a blues song it sounds better than the original much better but rober johnson's crossroads sound so much better.
You got that right !
@@strider5453 Albert King is one of my favorites but I don't agree with your point. Eric Clapton's Crossroads solo is much different than Albert's Crosscut Saw solo.
Eddie. Simply the best.
Your opinion though!
@@kevingill648well no shit.. who's opinion would it be other than his own?
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@@kevingill648 :) thanks for being a good sport :)
After Cream.....everything Clapton did was mushy and wimpy. Tears in Heaven was amazingly good, I'll admit that. But geeze, Dude will hop on your woman the second your back is turned. FN Fornicater, and then pen a song about it. Harrison should have stomped him for that.
Clapton was right. The blues thing they did is horrible
Both are amazing btw but they are not blues players. There's no BB King, Albert, Freddie, Otis or anything. Eric was ďefinitly a dick and could have been more amicable, but it really is awful. Lesson of two egos and also dont meet your hero...they prob a dick (bar Brian, who seems well adjusted, without a huge ego, and an all right round person)
I just listened to 'Bluesbreaker' as mentioned in this video, and as an admirer of Clapton's style as well as Van Halen's style, that song made me cringe. Playing blues isn't as much about technique as it is about a certain 'feel' or mood to place the notes. I've seen other great rock/metal guitarists try to play blues and rarely does it ever sound right. Perhaps EC was a bit too dramatic about it but I can see where he was coming from.
“Eddie Van Hayman” - good one.
He didn’t actually say it , but when George Carlin said “white people ruined the blues”…I know he was talking about Eric Clapton
Everybody was jealous of a Eddie Van Halen.
No they weren’t, he’s a great player and created an innovative style but he never created an epic song like other bands did , such as Zep, The Who, Pink Floyd,etc. His band mates were mediocre and he created pop rock music with Roth and douchey ballads with Hagar. Where is his Comfortably Numb or Kashmir? He NEVER wrote an epic song, yeah he played innovative solos but that’s about it.
@@dickcnormis1444 probably the most idiotic take I’ve ever heard.
@@dickcnormis1444 making epic songs isn’t always the goal, Van Halen is more straight rock and roll. The popularity of punk was a kind of response to getting tired of all the epic 8 minute songs from all those 70s bands
@@dudaz_music Yes, VH we’re straight forward Rock , but they still never even created an epic 4 or 5 minute song either. Epic doesn’t necessarily mean a 9 minute song, I’m talking about a monumental song , lyrically ,musically ,etc. Smoke OnThe Water , Comfortably Numb, Whole Lotta Love are epic rock songs that are about 5 mins, where’s VH’s equivalent? He was a great guitarist in a mediocre band and he as too busy with the finger tapping and pull off techniques, he should have played some , acoustic, blues or classical style and created more soulful music. He needed better musicians around him to inspire him to greater heights. He kind of stuck to the same old thing , I’d love to hear the stuff he recorded alone just jamming at his house, I’ll bet it’s better then the VH stuff.
Not Yngwie
Ego is a powerful drug !!!!
Clapton wasn't into heroin during Cream. That came later.
What a trip! Eddie liked Townsend.
I love him too.
If anyone… ANYONE dedicated a recording to me, I’d be super grateful and thank them profusely. I certainly wouldn’t insult their skills.
Both Clapton and Townsend have sticks up their asses.
Musicians need to remember what guitar solos sounded like before the BEANO album which defined the definitive British sound, Les Paul through a Marshall. After BEANO and Fresh Cream you had over a million guitar players wanting to be Clapton. But like Eddie, I soon lost interest in Eric's playing once he went to a strat and I started following players like Peter Green. It would be interesting if John Mayall, Blind Faith, Delany & Bonnie and Derek & the Dominos are inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame. Then Eric will be the Tom Brady of Rock, a 7 time inductee
I like Clapton's solo stuff. It's more mellow but that's fine.
If they go, Leon Russell has to be right there with them. You think the Carpenter’s song, Superstar, was about Clapton?
It was written by Bonnie Bramlett, Delaney Bramlett, and Leon Russell, surprise, surprise!!
The irony of that song is that Clapton played with them after he got tired of being a superstar in the spotlight all the time.
@@johne1599 It's not Delany & Bonnie. It's Delaney & Gromit.
Brian essentially tagged Clapton and Clapton said: "how dare you!"
@resignationaccepted2766
Brian gets his feelings hurt a lot.
EC is a player. EVH was a shredder. Both incredible, but quality difference of body of work is immeasurable.
Eddie was not just a "shredder". 😂. His rhythm was some of the best ever.
Player and shredder huh...ok
@@keithhanisek2465 Thank you. Dude tripping hard lol. Wtf
It was a goddam jam. Wtf
Evh probably the best rhythem guitar player of all time and his solos were innovative and groundbreaking. But ec is the better played because all he did was playing the minor pentatonic scale 😂
Saw Clapton in 81.
All these bands are Phenomenal i wish them all well good luck to all of guys and gals.😊😊😊😊😊!
Interesting, I remember hearing Eddie play Clapton's "Crossroads" solo, and it sounded to me like he didn't really get all the inflections right.. but otherwise, with his own stuff, he's brilliant.. just goes to show you never know..
Incorrect. EVH played "Crossroads" flawlessly. ua-cam.com/video/-1aqyFwGu2Y/v-deo.html
So he did it his way. Good, we already have it erics way, done by eric.
Inflections are a personal thing, he played it note for note but Eddie will always sound like Eddie. Steve Vai once told me at a workshop that Eddie used to come over and jam and even if he playes Steves Guitar, pedals and amp it always sounded like Eddie.
I’m sure Eric understood the the alcohol was talking.
Are you drunk?
@@kingofallwhites If you only knew. 36 years ago, maybe.
@@peterbland7227 Congratulations on your sobriety.
@@kingofallwhites Thanks … a day at a time …
EVH was utterly incapable of copying any of Clapton's solos. I've watched him 'demonstrate' his "note for note" rendition of "Crossroads" which he completely screwed up, because he didn't know any of it. When EVH learned a 'trick' on the guitar, he thought he'd 'trumped' all need for musicianship to implement it. Oh well, Eddie, so much for your career!!!
This is utter nonsense. EVHs crossroads is almost note for note perfectly played. He even says at the end exactly what Eric did at the performance he was imitating. What you are probably hearing is his tone and vibrato that is obviously very, very different from Eric. Steve Vai once told me in a workshop that it kind of pissed him off how even when using Steves guitar amp and pedals, Eddie still sounded just like Eddie.
To be fair Eddie Van Halen and Brian May were more known as rock guitar players not really blues based Eric Clapton listen to a lot of the original blues guys he was more submerged in the blues and understood it more Brian me and Eddie Van Halen are kind of the next generation and not quite as bluesy much more rock orientated but Clapton did think that that other thing that they did was good
Huge fan of EVH as well as Brian May but I agree with Clapton. I was appalled when I heard that blues jam. It literally sounded like it was recorded in a garage. The riffs were not even that great and it seemed to totally lack inspiration.
Just because you record something for somebody, or dedicate your recording to them, does not mean they’re obliged to like it. I think it’s unfortunate that Clapton did not appreciate having this blues jam, dedicated to him. But I respect him for not blowing smoke up their asses, and stating why he didn’t care for it. when somebody criticizes my music, but they can point out a reason they don’t care for it, I take that constructively.
I can't understand why Eddie had to say Eric was his main influence. When I listen to EVH I really hear techniques and licks fromTommy Bolin, Jimmy Page, Bill Gibbons and Ritchie Blackmore and even Hendrix. Can't really hear that Clapton influence in Eddie's playing, because Clapton was all about playing slow licks and dynamics and his main technique is the vibrato and slow bends, techniques I've really never seen Eddie emulating not even close. For me, Eddie is closer to Hendrix than to Clapton, because if your think, Eruption is closer to Star Slanged Banner than it is to Crossroads.
Yes Eddie himself admitted that he sounded nothing like Clapton. But Eddie said that when he was a kid, he didn't have pedals, so he used only a Marshall amp and his fingers to produce a great guitar tone. He said Clapton influenced him in that sense. And he was a big fan of Cream but not after the Cream era.
Valerie Bertinelli .... once a tv star. Once a tv star.
Huh?
She was never a star...
I must have missed the part where this video discussed her guitar skills.
And a lovely lady.
Clapton got sober in 1987. So when Ed says he didn't care for Clapton's post-sober efforts, this is likely the time period he was referring to. Having said that, its well known Ed didn't care for anything EC did post-Cream. Including all those 70s hits.
Have you heard Clapton's world views lately?!?!?! He's ABSOLUTELY a Teabag... and Dbag as well
Eric sent out a rack strobler when he finally heard that round solo. Then after Brian and his friends checked their accord endings and rural tone it was found to be strumming. Thats how they would end up going to Sweden to try to sell the record of it. Thats why Eric did not like it.
Eddie used to work for the same agents that I did in the early 70s, they said they could send me anywhere, and Eddie almost nowhere. Now, he's certainly talented, but LISTENING TO VAN HALEN IS SOMETHING I CAN DO FOR ONLY SECONDS, NOT MINUTES! It was 80s music, all of it dreadful, for 10 fucking years. And the Rolling Stone Record Guides say they stunk, too!
I remember Clapton's reaction to May & Van Halen's tribute....I think I read it in a Guitar Player magazine.
Clapton should have been nicer about it.....there's no reason for him to have been so dismissive.
That said.....I cannot blame him for being displeased. May for one has never been known for playing anything clean or interesting.
No interesting guitar work in the entire Queen catalog? Is this what you are implying here?
@@soulfuzz368 there you go
@@67marlins you should stick to sports.
@soulfuzz368 no, I'll keep playing guitar and saying whatever I want.
Bye.
@@67marlins and people will continue to tell you how ridiculous your opinions are, have fun.
I've heard people say that Clapton is overrated. I say listen to the solo on the live version of Crossroads and keep in mind that was recorded in 1967. However, I tend to agree with Ed that Cream was Clapton's best stuff. Some people might take offense to this. But, honestly, I don't think he really got any better after that. Or maybe, he just wasn't trying to be a shred god. He'd been there, done that.
There's no doubt that Eric Clapton is an extremely talented musician, guitar player, writer, singer and performer, and that he played some great music, but being a great musician and being a decent human doesn't always go hand in hand, and I think most people know that.
I'm not so sure he's all THAT talented
@@tomato7348 He used to be for a minute in the 60's
@@tomato7348 ? 😆
Yeah he sounds like a complete tool
Irony! I love it.
So that's why Valerie Bertanelli came out against Clapton. There was an old beef between Clapton and Eddie.
I dig EC a lot…
I enjoy Queen songs
I appreciate EVH
But the greatest blues guitarist
I’ve ever heard is Mick Taylor
You never got into the music of the best??? The late Great Rory Gallagher??? I've been playing and teaching for 45+ years and there was NO ONE who could/can compare.
@@johnsmythe6134
Indeed…
I live in Cork…
Seen Rory a couple times…
Met him once, too…
He was phenomenal…
But even he woulda
told ya Mick Taylor is the greatest
and he certainly woulda been the man to “replace” MT in The Stones but
that job was always gonna be Ronnie’s
which is fine by me, too
@@hankwedelmusic9965 I have always respected Mick and Ronnie immensely, but as a guitar player and teacher for decades, I still would place The Great Rory as #1 due to His all-around abilities as much more than just a singer and songwriter. He lived the blues every day and night. I have been close with Gerry McAvoy for years, and He agrees that Rory had a certain magic which surrounded Him. Cheers and stay safe. From a fellow Irishman. -Love and peace, -Smythie
@@johnsmythe6134 , Rory was a great Entertainer ..more that a great guitarist. I am a fan and have a few of his albums, but he played in tripletts .. never a flowing melodic string of notes like the greats. Maybe it was because he played a strat with low distorion that didn't have a lot of sustain. Mick Taylor could play masterful flowing solos, listen to his live 1984 tour with bob dylan, where he lead guitar held up the whole band.
@@johnsmythe6134
Wonderful to read all that…
No matter what,
It’s good we are inspired
by the music…
☝️🤩☝️
I listened to it. A passive aggressive insult. A testament to the character of the individuals.
All Eddie’s solos sound the same to me. You could insert any into their songs and not tell the difference.
Go listen to the solo in "Push comes to shove" and then listen to " I'm the one" . No need to thank me , I'm here to educate .
2:19 Agreed that it was a disappointment! Worsened back then by the cost and effort to get it. One side was ok, and the other was meh. But Clapton was too blunt and open about it. There’s no use in insulting friends especially when they meant well.
2 different generations Clapton was a war baby along side many notable musicians who pretty much defined what Rock n Roll is was and should be, Eddie a 60s California kid, Big difference in attitude and rock history.
Clapton was 💯 right about the convid apartheid, he had the balls to say it as it should be, whilst most famous people kept their mouths shut instead of speaking up, you know people like Bono who usually can’t stay out of anything, who could have done something, I won’t forget that.
Enough Van Halen! give us more Led Zeppelin!
Sounds great, rock 'n' roll!
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Page is 100 times the musician Can Halen was Copiers they aren't innovative tapping came out years before EVH
@@peterbartolomeo5542 cool story.
Clapton's ingratitude aside, I can understand his being underwhelmed at having a machine-guitar shooting match dedicated to him.
Agreed that Clapton lost his mojo pretty early on, with very few exceptions not long after the Layla album.
He'd done the loud blues and moved on. What was he supposed to do? Blast Albert King lines through Marshall's for the rest of his life?
Light a joint and get down from some of his 70's solo albums. Good times.
Not true arguably his stuff from the late 80s to the mid 2000 was some of his best playing, especially the 24 nights, journeyman and from the cradle tours. He just evolved something Eddie didn't with all his tapping and shredding stayed the same throughout his whole career. These guys need to realise it was Eric and Jimi Hendrix that paved the way for the rock guitarists that came afterwards.
@@marcpaola1371 which is why everyone knows it as his best stuff, claptons a big name, I find it hard to believe his best playing went ignored. People didnt care for it aside from his faithful and some seperate blue and/or guitar nerds.
@@BoHorn it didn't go ignored, he was touring and doing sessions with some of the top stars of the day, doing soundtracks for movie and won plenty of grammys in that time. All because from the period from the journeyman album and tour onwards he was very much back in form. Not just blues, it was a mix of everything, even acoustic. It wasn't just us blues guys and guitar nerds who knew. And as I said above, he evolved, branched into different areas, genres while Eddie just shredded, and shredded some more.
@@marcpaola1371 it wasn’t acknowledged the same way his work with cream for example was, “even acoustic” is almost an insult by the way. He went through that much of his career to make some acoustic tracks? His best work was early on and he made a much more mellowed solo career the way any music great does. Lennon, clapton, page, mccartney, beck etc all were at their best before they went “solo”. Playing with the best and making soundtracks is probably due to him already having a legacy.
You have Hendrix and then Eddie, Clapton is nowhere near the wheelhouse of those 2.