HIDEAWAY (1966) by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers- featuring Eric Clapton
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- One of the first great rock guitar tones was the Blues Breakers 'Beano' album featuring a young Eric Clapton playing a Les Paul Standard through a Marshall amp. Even now, many believe this is Eric's greatest guitar work. At the time, 1966, no one could quite believe the fluid guitar licks and the biting tone. This album was the basis for the slogans around London saying 'Clapton is God'.
Eric Clapton told Guitar Player magazine that the 1960 Les Paul Standard he played on Blues Breakers was "the best Les Paul I ever had... just a regular sunburst Les Paul that I bought in one of the shops in London right after I'd seen Freddie King's album cover of Let's Hide Away And Dance Away, where he's playing a gold-top. It had humbuckers and was almost brand new -- original case with that lovely purple velvet lining. Just magnificent. I never really found one as good as that. I do miss that one." According to Clapton lore, his sacred 1960 was purchased in Lew Davis' guitar shop on Charing Cross Road in London in 1965.
According to the most widely accepted story, Eric Clapton wanted an amp that would fit in the boot of his car, so he asked Jim Marshall (whose store in London he frequented) to make him a combo amp powerful enough to use on stage. According to Robb Lawrence's The Early Years of the Les Paul Legacy, Jim Marshall initially gave Clapton a Model 1961 with 4x10" speakers, which was soon replaced with a 2x12" Model 1962. Clapton used the combo amplifier with his 1960 Gibson Les Paul Standard, allegedly in combination with a Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster, which resulted in the creation of a texture of sound that would become regarded as iconic in the realm of blues oriented rock. (Update: I was reading an interview with Joe Bonamassa who said he doubted the Rangemaster was used as he was able to recreate the Beano sound using a '59 Les Paul plugged into the treble jack of a real '66 Marshall Bluesbreaker type combo without one. He tried a couple of Rangemasters but didn't think they were part of the sound, although he acknowledged he could be wrong. Unless Clapton says something, we will probably never know with certainty).
Hideaway is a Freddy King instrumental that while sticking to the basic structure, has Clapton's own stamp. It was a huge inspiration for guitarists at the time and since, and many learned guitar copying licks off this album. (Just look at the many guitarists who have put their own versions on You Tube!).
Sadly there is no film footage of this vintage Clapton, so I have put together a 'Ken Burns' type slide video using every Blues Breaker era image I could find.
Comments are invited but please no 'my guitarist is better than your guitarist'!
John Mayall. Rest in peace. .
The most influential Blues Musician . ever
only just found out the news...
digging back on a footy forum of all places trying to find something else; one of the posters shared this as his old fave
Rest in peace John Mayall, thank you for your music. ❤
Dont you just want to slap people that say Clapton is overrated ..
YES!
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There was not another guitar in the world with that sojnd in early 66
They jus don't research... all I have to say is hideaway and steppin out... how can you argue?
Clapton basically invented the Marshall-
Gibson overdrive sound.Think about how many people have played a lespaul/SG etc through a Marshall..It really is a can’t see the forest through the trees scenario..Comparing shred guys today.,Claptons 60s tone still stands out.
I used to see John Mayall with Eric Clapton regularly at Eel Pie Island. We used to stand about 3 to 4 metres from the stage. One evening Eric came and stood next to me in the interval and kept craning his neck round at the girl I was standing with, (not my girlfriend). He started talking to her and she, (a jazz fan), asked to my embarrassment "Who is that?". I gave a potted history introduction and we all chatted for half an hour. No vintge film footage, but the memories are still clear.
You're really lucky.
Great!
Very nice
You one lucky bastard😊
Nice story, thanks for sharing.
John Mayall will go down in history as the most underrated musician.
He is a genius
No gadgets, just fingers, 6 strings & a touch of genius without ego. Clapton at his 'in your face, finest' !
They had plenty
of help from gadgets genius .
Eric Clapton's version of Hideaway is the best I've ever heard. Incredible sound, melodic with a bite.
Jeff Healy’s version is the best
@@calburge4338 Not in my opinion.
Clapton is the best, cos it is the firST
@@pabloperez4063 not the first, this song was written and performed by FREDDIE KING!
Yep totally different from Freddie's original
Greatest guitar tone ever recorded.
Absolutely! This was what Angus was playing after
100% agreed, alot of its clapton but man I always come back to this song just for that sound
No argument from me here... and I argue with everybody.
RIP JOHN MAYALL and thank you for all you give us.
This is without a doubt Claptons best work. It's utter genius and it's never been matched by him again. This song in particular is one of the great guitar songs ever. That tone blew the world away.
it is amazing. Some of his work and tone on the 'From the Cradle' album was amazing too in pure blues terms... alot of it on Gibsons again. For me his best work was in Derek and the Dominos, a different tone, but equally as good.
@@Sosu217 I think his best work is in Cream where he is literally at the peak of his Blues/Rock powers. Still Gibson only because PRS wasn't around back then.
That stumble-like riff always had me thinking EC did play the Stumble
Yes, This to me is evidence that the idea tha Hendrix 'Blew Clapton away' or 'Killed God' is a myth. Clapton was equally as proficient as Hendrix and had some strengths that Hendrix didn't have. Playing guitar is not an Olympic event though and I don't believe in rating great guitarists as better or worse than each other, but I don't hear much in Hendrix's playing that surpasses what Clapton was doing at his best.
You are SO RIGHT...I wore out my LP Playing this Song and Stepping Out. Fortunately I have Album on CD!
My dad taught me this song when I was a teenager (obviously we don't play it as good as Eric), but we're playing it next week at my wedding. Listening to Eric play this gives me goosebumps every single time!
Keep those blues alive!
I'm a big fan of Freddie King and I played this since probably '61. I saw him do it live 4 or 5 times in small venues. Really dug EC's tone , phrasing and attack when I heard it mid 60's and began playing it more like EC. The beginning of a great career. To me these cuts might be his artistic best.
Amazing blues/rock guitar playing, especially for 1966. It still holds up today in my opinion as one of the best ever guitar instrumentals.
This and stepping out made me think ohh my eric! No wonder they were calling him god.
No matter how much time passes, I always get jazzed hearing Clapton's riffs on this song.
Greatest blues guitar tone ever recorded.
Great tone, one of the best of the Bluesbreakers. Lets not forget also, that John McVie did a pretty tidy job on the bass, in the Bluesbreakers. He is the same age as Clapton. Of course, also played on with the Great Peter Green, in the Bluesbreakers and then the Early Good Fleetwood Mac. Its amazing how England produced all these great guitarists/Bassists/Drummers/Singers all around the same time, as teenagers in the late 50s early 60s, born of the WW2 era, into a country devastated by war and still rebuilding........All of them sighting the American 50s blues and rock pioneers, as their influences......as well as English Skiffle and such of course. A time in music we will never experience again.
I always felt as many others that WW2 influenced the British music scene.
Still sends shivers down my spine, this song. Great, biting tone. EC really at the top of his game here.
Dude literally this is my dad fav song like when ever it pops up I raises up the volume❤❤❤❤❤
Somehow I get more blown away by EC’s guitar play every time I hear this song.
Try the live Stormy Monday from the year before:
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Clapton at his savage hungry best, never the same after Cream when he had finally made it.
I always use this song to demonstrate how good a guitarists Eric is to those younger kids who doubt
The first blues band i ever saw ,68 or ,69 , Civic Hall Wolverhampton. Mick Taylor on lead guitar. Shaped my love for Blues forever. R.I.P. John😢
Holy shit, that's cool!
British blues rock. A far cry from blues. Les Paul , Marshall wide open......new genre. Plain and simply.
I wouldn't say a far cry, but yes this is the definitive LP , THE source, for rock guitar. EC showed everyone how to do it.
John Mayall will be inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame this year 2024.
Sadly, the great man has just passed away 😢. RIP ❤
This tone was revolutionary at the time.
It still is
When i was a kid...i went to work and learned almost every note on this album on my old stereo...still love this album and give it a listen from time to time...i learned how to play the guitar on this album...beautiful and heavy sound from Eric...Peace!
I learned to play by playing along to the "Beano" Album as well.
Great Teacher!!
Me too. About half the licks I learned in my first few years of guitar were from this album. I would slow down Dad's record player from 33 to 16 to work out those licks. No tabs or anything in those days. Had to buy regular strings, remove the E bass string and replace the top string with a banjo string to get something approximating light gauge strings. Even so it was a good way to learn and I would recommend it.
Great Post by a Great Blues Man ! Caught Freddie King at the Hideaway club in Austin Austin TX in 1968 a small Club but a great place to see the best 6fr. From the stage he walked out Smiled at the crowd leaning his back closing his eyes and Bam ! He was a total Gentleman talking and hanging out with us ... Angels are Jamin...ol couple way down in TX...
Wow, Cool
I have seen Freddie, B.B., and Albert at different times at Armadillo in the early 70s, and up close.✌️✌️✌️
@@johnthonig8832 good to hear from you yes we spent many a night at that ol armidillo listeinng to Lighgin Hopkins ,Taj Mahal,John Lee Hooker ,John Mayall The Winter Brothers and so many more
Ol couple way down in tx 52yrs
The Hideaway club out on old Webberville road near Tracor where we worked was a small Blues Club owner
Ms.Christine lived to nearly a 100 and the stories she had in her so very few posses about Austin Angels are singing
jd
Thank you Dad for pounding all the good stuff in my head an making a five year old kid argue at the adults table who is a better guitar player.
That bite. That sass. That oomph. Wow!
With all this talk about Clapton. the secret weapon on this song is Mayall's Hammond B3. Man, he make this thing SWING!
Hace 10años:0
A great bit of BLUES. Simply BRILLIANT!
Every time I return to this album after a long absence I'm knocked out all over again by Clapton's devastating phrases and perfect attack. And he was the first to play with that thick, chilling tone often copied, never equaled. The hard part is choosing the most impressive solo to play for your friends. They're all great. Frankly I like Mayall's vocals on this album. I just can't imagine it with anyone else.
It's truly brilliant
paul harris Mayall? Kermit the Frog! LOL
I agree. His tone, attack and phrasing are the best I've ever heard on electric guitar.
This tone is absolutely devestating! You have to go back to the old days to find a Les Paul that sounds this good. the thickest, creamiest, milkshake les paul tone bar none. And played by a master blues man of his time. I also love Peter Green but you have to give credit to Clapton for being there first. Amazing what a les paul in the right hands can do. Very different from the Vox telecaster tone he had in the yardbirds. One of my 3 most favorite les paul tones of all time. Closely followed by Jimmy Page and Duane Allman.
Saw John Mayall live at Jazz Alley in Seattle last Friday, 6-14-19. Blown away! As good as I remember him fifty years ago! (Can't believe he's 85 now and still has it!)
Rock In Peace John.
Clapton helped make this great Freddie King tune famous.
Once you hear the Clapton tone, you can't miss it. Even in dire straits, the tuning is there. it just hits a resonance way down deep that I've not tired of in decades
No me canso de escuchar este tema.
This and Steppin' Out, two best tracks on the Beano album IMHO.
RIP John ❤❤
Is, Was, will Always be, my favorite Clapton cut... had some good moments after it, but never better!
***** And if you are thinking of learning to play this song, I think this is the best version to listen to. It's played so cleanly and mic'd so well that you can really hear what is going on.
You no jack shit
The Cream were also great c'mon!
Everyone has to remember he did this in 1966! There was no guitar sound or guitar playing like this anywhere on record. This was a time of Herman's Hermits for god's sake!
Yes, we all know it is a cover. It is the guitar sound, tone and attacking style that was so groundbreaking. @@fredfreddy2338
and Freddie and the dreamers. A rock solid blues outfit if ever I heard one. Straight off the Pontins/Butlins circuit. 🙂🤣
doesn't get better than this
Recorded just around the time that Eric turned 21. Just let that sink in for awhile. 21!!!
have a listen to shuggie otis...purple etc..he was 15/17 yrs old
A lot of our guitar heroes did their best work at an early age, e. g. Buddy Holly, Jeff Beck, Hank Marvin et al.
I’m 12 and I can play this better
To the twelve year old who wrote that, if you ARE a twelve year old, and not just a troll, where did you get the idea that you can play this better than Clapton? I'm not being an ass, I'm seriously asking? Is it your opinion? Did your parents say that? Your school friends? 'Cause, I hate to break this to you, but I'm just about certain that your wrong. I've been playing guitar for over thirty years, and I've played in bands, semi-professionally for many years, and people have considered me a good player for many years. While I do know how to play Hideaway note for note, it's only been in the last few years that I truly feel like I nail the vibrato, and the subtle rhythmic intricacies of Clapton's phrasing in those solos. But, just because I can now pull it off (I'm more proud of having figured it out by ear than anything. That was tough), the thing is I didn't come up with it. That's the most impressive part of all. At 21, Clapton was playing stuff that was the very building blocks of modern rock soloing, and got the first great distorted tone that I'm aware of. All at 21! I've got to tell you, the man deserves your respect. If you are as good as you say, some day, you'll realize that. Trust me.
@@jeffreyhubbard9740 it isn't very hard to be as good as Clapton if you practise a lot
Another awesome band not in the rock n-roll hall of fame of fame of fame
WOW!!! This one NEVER gets old.
Wow, I’ve never heard a Les Paul sound so fiery and fantastic. Just amazing
It's what paved the way and groundbreaking! Angus use the same tone and many others but nobody can play as great as eric did when had his les paul through the Marshall Amp.. shortly after the album was completed someone stoled the priceless guitar 😢
A few thoughts at age 68. I hear him going thru a lot of riffs like a human sampler, stuff he learned off records.Not a bad thing, just an observation. However, after each one he starts to integrate them into his own way of doing it; having a play with it, as it were.
At the time I could only play an acoustic guitar and for some reason, never got into the instruments he played. I just loved the riffs and lines he played, and anyway, so far away in NZ, had no way of knowing all those techy details. I have always admired Mr. Clapton as a player, but never worried about his instruments.
Now, as an owner of four guitars, and thanks to YT, I am starting to appreciate the actual instruments a lot more.
I thank all the earlier commenters for their observations in that regard.
Watched this lineup a load of times round the South East of England back in the mid 60's - they were something else - and then Clapton left and Peter Green joined and that was an equally great set-up
You are one lucky guy, most Yanks would trade their left nutt to have been there,
Johngonefishin Well works both ways John - I'd have loved to have been in Memphis mid 1950's and heard Elvis & Jerry Lee - mind you I'd have only been 10 or 11 so a bit of a dream that LOL
Kinuklon By the way I still have original mono vinyl
album - and it's sitting in front of me as I type
Rob Willmott Bad cover was it ? - well it's a matter of opinion - but Freddy King didn't think it was bad
and apart from any artistic view those blues "originals" in the US were selling peanuts til the British guys came along, covered their stuff, and then people started buying the originals, and guys like Freddy King, SBW, the Wolf etc started making some money at last. It's not as if those guys in Chicago were totally original any more then the Brits who covered them; they were only covering earlier artistes.
Like Dylan once said about music "there's nothing new under the sun" - everyone takes something from past musicians, adapts it, and passes it on. He knew he wasn't any more original than anyone else - Keith Richards has said the same thing
It's music - it's just a matter of opinion - you think it's a bad cover - I think it's good - so what ?
Hi Kinuklon- yeah I bought the mono version the week it came out - it was issued only in Mono. It got nicked by a 'friend' - I went and bought a stereo version - it seemed to loose it's power.
I bought this album when it first came out , it totally changed my concept of music, it remains one of the best things I have ever purchased music wise, for me it really was Clapton at his best and I did see him play this with Mayall, what a night that was !
Ginger Baker commented on Eric and why he was so great primarily stemmed from his sense of timing. This is why his phrasing feels so great to the ear and body. Unfortunately Eric lost this when his nerves started to go bad.
Clean as a whistle.
This was Eric at his best!
Damn straight. This is Clapton’s best work on record, the guitar playing and the sound quality.
the howlin wolf London sessions, ec kills it.
Bevan Smith i
I think Eric's best was with cream
@@vojtaz9518 Hi. I have all of the Cream albums. Eric was superb, especially on the live albums. He played with total freedom and dueled with both Ginger and Jack to great effect. 'Crossroads' was amazing. 'Sitting on top of the world' was incredible. BUT, for me, the Mayall days were the best. It was new and unique. His control, inventiveness and timing was sublime. I'm sure we'll both agree, that in that era, Clapton was God.
This is not only a great song but a very well done video too, thanks.
First time that I heard this tune I thought it was Alvin Lee from Ten Years After !!!!
Fantastic is this track super cool they were certainly the bluesbreakers too.
After he left the Yardbirds we lost track of him, then one night, outside a club in Holland Park Avenue, the lead guitarist of a local band said.."Clapton's joined John Mayall, and he's playing a Gibson"..I remember thinking "What's a Gibson?"
Alec Cullen That's what Clapo says now.
Alec Cullen à@
That's fucking awesome!
Yes, he dropped out of sight for a bit for me and when I heard he was on Mayall's 'Witchdoctor' single, I thought that feedback couldn't be that red Telecaster, but it was; he played it for the first couple of months with Mayall, it's all over the brilliant Telephone Blues. He was really something then. I saw him at the Richmond Jazz/Blues weekend Aug4? '64 and Keith Relf had a collapsed lung and a guy, who apparently had 4000 blues LPs but couldnt sing much, depped, so it was virtually an hour of guitar solos on a Fender Jazzmaster and an AC30. Literally life changing for me.
Thank you so much for your commentary. You were able to describe what I've been unable to all these years. When you said "texture of sound" I knew you were exactly describing what Clapton and others were doing creatively at that time. Thanks for making that clearer for me!! I've always said that we experienced an explosion of talent from 6000+ years of music from the beginning of our existence plus the advances in technology making the ability to expands one's talents boundless; a musical Renaissance. I have hundreds of songs on my playlists beginning in 1963 and I've included music from ever decade from then till the present. Thanks for posting it!!
Well said.
I have never been a huge Clapton fan as a guitar player, but this is really nice.
@jevans59 Eh who does in the vast universe of guitar Gods.
Sleepy time time first live cream album, Eric with his Firebird
saw him mant times with john mayall, yardbirds and met him him at the roundhouse when cream were playing.
+PHIL G ASHMAN Wow, that's terrific. That's something a lot of people can't say. I was lucky enough to see him twice with Cream and they were amazing.
my sister aliki Ashman herself a singer went out with him and introduced me to him at the roundhouse
Very cool. Thanks for the stories.
We were on our way to see another group down on the strip in Hollywood in '67 and looked up at the marquee at the Whiskey which said :Cream". We drove right by because we didn't know who they were at the time LOL!!!!
Like this guy He’s got blues written all over Keep it up man
First Class 👍👍👍👍🎸🎹🎹🎸
That's John McVie on bass, the same guy who went on to make a squllion dollars with Fleetwood Mac. I can't tell you how many times I played along with this tune when learning to play the bass in the late sixties. I went on to make a living playing bass for a few years, but my earnings were a few bucks short of a squllion ...
McVie's bass playing was often the secret sauce that made many great recordings even better--as it was here. He absolutely drives this song and gives Clapton a rock solid foundation for his career-best playing.
What are their names in photo from left to right
@@johnthonig8832 Left to right: John Mayall, keyboards; Eric, guitar; John McVie, bass; Hughie Flint, drums.
I'm talking about the album cover.
@@jeffs7482 Thanks, Jeff
Oh yes.....can't help but move to this blues kicking jamb!
You gotta remember for '66 this was IT! Clapton, Mayall, McVie and Flint. The whole album worked. Bloomfield's stuff with Butterfield was ok BUT this blew the doors off right now. Fact: Jimi & Eric were busy digging each other's work then. Where were you? Hiding away? 45 years on, I for one STILL can't get there. Can you? EC's best work? Yeah (he was young and hungry) but stir in a spoonful of Cream to the coffee when you get to the crossroads. Ah, those were the days.
I still have the original pressing of this bought when it was released in Australia, That fact that it's in Mono seems to give it an even crisper sound. There is no doubt the Amp was the leading factor in giving Clapton such as distinctive sound. Still get Goose bumps when I play this.
Absolutely right. I have the 1st US 1966 pressing, London Recs. The guitar sound just kills.. this music deserves to be heard exactly like it was mixed down right THEN - in mono. I cant stand those "remixed" versions and silly early quasi stereo spread attempts.
I just finished reading Clapton's Biography and the saddest moment for me (next to his son Conor dying) was when Eric re-counted when he bought a white left-handed stratocaster guitar for his friend Jimi Hendrix. Clapton brought the guitar to a show where Jimi was scheduled to play. Jimi never showed up. He had passed away earlier in the day. Imagine how devastated Clapton felt when he heard that news.
Geacias Wilson por esta hermosa version de este maestro que me trae recuerdos de mi juventud
This is the best blues era. Shortly after this blues died, only to be encapsulated for people living in later centuries to behold its legend.
Disagree.. Many great blues players still.
Buddy Whitgington, Dudley Taft, Johnny Hiland (when he plays blues) and of course BFG tone rivals Clapton's IMO.
One of Clapton;s best.I love it . Brilliant composition by Freddie King
Love some blues
The best rendition!😍😃🤗❤️💙
Just listened to Eric Clapton playing Hideaway on strat John Mayal 70th birthday, It sounded like a tame cat, Mick Taylor played Les Paul and such a difference only one guitar for the raw Blues Les Paul.
Best Clapton tone and phrasing I've heard.
Yo i love the pictures with Clapton and the les Paul dope asf
Thank you Freddie King!
B Mac exactly...!
I had the pleasure of meeding freddy king in 68. lovely man, great blues guitarist
Yup
Spot on, brother. I was there (I'm old), Berkeley/SF 66/67/68. Saw Cream at the fillmore with Butterfield, Hendrix with Albert King, Muddy, Buddy, the whole nine yards. But you're right- this album and Muddy Water's "Folksinger" changed me from a folkie guitarist to a blues guitarist. Still in a band to this day. Keep on keepin' on.
awesome!
Great old school music at it's very best!
Only a Les Paul could ever sound this good. Eric, after "Goodbye", you died.
m. saint The best LP tone was Becks first LP Truth, but Clapton is no slouch. Best C solo? STORMY MONDAY 1965. Without a doubt best blues solo ever....
LEGEND brought me here ! :P
Great photos!
It was a time of intense cross-pollination and creativity. Everyone was listening to everyone else and swapping ideas. This it the same time frame that Lenny Breau was coming doing amazing things, when Davey Graham created DADGAD and taught it to Clapton and Page and Renbourn and Jansch and the rest. I saw Jimi at his first North American gig of the Experienced tour at the Lewiston Armory in 67. Nobody had any clue who he was but the second he started to play we all knew this was history 4 real.
DADGAD is a well know celtic tuning. For instances the dulcimer is tuned DAD
@@arseymcgee6644 Yep, I know that. I learned DADGAD a long time ago. Here's one of my old tunes:
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Great lineup
Nobody saw what was coming when this album came out...it was the first fanfare of the guitar revolution!
+Martti Suomivuori When we first heard this album it was like "Holy $H!T" What the Hell was that? It changed everything. Who knew you could get that kind of sound when you Pegged the knobs LOL!!!!!!
Oof! Killing it, he was! This is always worth revisiting, and I've still got my Dad's original vinyl copy of this album in my archives to this day. A right gem.
I have the original LP. It's scratched to f*ck now and gathering dust in my attic but it had such a huge effect on me. .
People nowadays usually don't realize the greatness of Clapton as a guitar player. One of the reasons might be that Clapton didn't evolve much after the early 70s. But until then he was/is one of the top 2 most influencive guitarists. There were/are many great guitarists after that but those 2 were the beginning of everything we know now as electric guitar sound
I think John Mayall is the most amazing person in the world. Look who he has given us.
I came to UA-cam to play music, started reading the comments and decided to make an account so I could comment on something. So after a few days away from Facebook I have created my hideaway. I don't know of any one but 1 person from my past who knows I am here. I think I will hide here on UA-cam until I am found. Hahaa.✌️💙😊
I have a near perfect original mono copy of the "Beano "vinyl album. Fortunately I also have a back up beano album that i play regularly, good
There would "Beano" british blues movement without this record.
Dustin Chapman good one
Brilliant!
LOL
Try cyril davies and alexis korner, amongst others...british blues reinvasion woulda been fine
The first time ever that a Gibson Les Paul guitar had been heard with a Marshall Amplifier, and, at Clapton's insistence (backed up by producer Mike Vernon), engineer Gus Dudgeon let Clapton crank up the Marshall to maximum volume. An immortal performance that still sounds good today.. Even future renowned axemen such as Ritchie Blackmore and Robert Fripp are known to have listened to this Bluebreakers album. As Bluesbreakers drummer Hughie Flint has said, that though the group was better live, that this album has become "A cultish benchmark for the British blues". I would add that it deserves that status.
I once borrowed a friend's album that had this on it. He also loaned me his Peter Greene album. That's what I listened to when I was moving from rhythm guitar and organ over to lead. Pretty good examples, hunh?
Nothing beter ever .My lord the emotion.
Rest in peace John. Einer der größten Bluesmusiker aller Zeiten
One of the best collaborations ....ever !!
@therealnotpalc
There is a story about Hendrix. When he went to England to play and join his group. He only wanted to meet a couple of people. One of them was Clapton. He even had a big influence on Hendrix.
Cool stuff...
EXCELENTE VERSION,ERIC CLAPTON ES LO MAXIMO.
Rest in peace, Mr. Mayall.
Ooh Eric why did you stop playing a les paul by far the best tone in your career
***** I don't know about the fuzz but a Les paul through a marshall is golden.I like a driven amp with my les paul
***** ooh yeah I'm not saying fuzz pedals are bad. Me personally i like gain and a delay pedal. But he changed is style when he switched to a strat.
Granville Friel Not for the better, either!
+Granville Friel He did, and I still like his early stuff the best.
+Granville Friel Well that particular les paul was stolen. He didn't want to stop playing it either.