@olivierjaquet well actually many think eric clapton never recorded a version of that song, its just a rumor... part of it is because of a youtube video that says eric clapton classical gas and it has this particular version that mason williams recorded, although there are maaaaany comments asking him to correct the title of his video, he says he knows its not him now but refuses to change the title... or last i checked it thats what he said.. :P
hey just saying.... Classical Gas is not by Eric Clapton and was never played by Eric Clapton.. i think the song was in a movie and mistakenly credited to him and it led to many people thinking its him along with a video that has many many views on youtube thats called "Eric Clapton - Classical Gas" or something like that which is causing more people to think it was him.. but if you enjoyed it i will tell you that it is by Mason Williams... just thought i'd tell ya guys..
@pppoichops as far as I know, Clapton never played Classical Gas or, at least, he never recorded it. The piece at the beginning of this video is played by Mason Williams, anyway
Hendrix is a schoolboy ... Clapton is the master, he invented the way to play rock guitar, he invented the sound of rock guitar He has revived the blues ... he is the Master of expression, the master of improvisation, for me, besides him there is nothing, nothing at all Clapton forever
@@MattClaps LOL..the guy has played the same solo for 50 years over different songs. Same five notes, same predictable flurries, same bends and slides. The guy basically knows 3 licks..lol
eric didnt play classical gas, he CAN play it no doubt, im a clapton fan after all... but it wasnt him sadly. :( BUT, again, i believe he CAN play that song, and make it sound more claptoney...
@Sabian. don't you get that without Clapton's ground breaking style you wouldn't have Malmsteen or Fruscanti? and to put Bucket head in the same category as Clapton shows what a novice you are...
Actually, without Clapton, you would not have modern rock guitar. Dude influenced Page, May, Hendrix and Van Halen, to name a few very influential players that later shaped the sound of rock.
@figaz555 yeahh bro plus blues use out of tune bends and i dont think eric clapton is a heavy metal player, that's the style he plays blues, rock n roll, hard rock and he does it extremely good!!
Not some of the best solo of Eric Clapton... While my guitar gently weeps for George Harrison tribute is nice, and Layla, the one he play using the crush guitar is better...
Never really saw anything great about his playing. I guess it's all just personal preference. Many blues guitarists that are way more special than he is, Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray, Albert Collins, Albert Lee, Allman Brothers (both Duane and Dickie), Muddy Waters, and I can go on and on. Somehow Eric became to be considered as the top. Not even close. Media BS in my opinion.
Different players. SRV was more virtuosic but Clapton really didn't try to enhance his guitar technique since 1970, since he focused more on songwriting and playing the blues in a more traditional way than Stevie. Stevie was better at shredding a blues solo, Clapton is better at slow blues feel and dynamics.
Let's start off with some classical gas..Indeed..cause it sounds like Clapton farts out these shit guitar solos...cmon..I'm not trolling..the man is way overrated..with guitarists like Vai, Malmsteen, Buckethead, Hendrix, Melvin Taylor and even Frusciante, why is this dude classed so highly???
You have to understand feeling first. Those can be indeed better guitarists than Clapton, with more technique or speed. We all know Clapton has no style like Hendrix, or no technique like Malmsteen. But has that unique feeling that for those who can understand is spectacular, also this "this dude is classed so highly" because he gave some another vision about the guitar, and all those you mentioned used this knowledge.
Don't know about that Daniel..I totally get the whole feeling thing..you're speaking about musicalitly so to speak..which is why I listed a guitarist such as john frusciante..in any case, the other guitarists I mentioned are technically better than Clapton but also musically..Steve Vai for example is on a totally different level as a guitarist..he makes Clapton look like a kid who just recently picked up the guitar..I respect your opinion brother, but Clapton is way overrated
Some really are overrated, but clapton came before vai, you can presume then that vai used some of his techniques so to say. But i respect your opinion, i can feel Hendrix, Malmsteen, Buckethead and Vai too. Just don't say that Clapton farts shit guitar solos, as i too dont say that about your favorite guitarists!
Sabian Harris I regard him highly not because of his playing talent, but because of his songwriting/composition skill. I'll listen to a Clapton song before I listen to something by Vai, Malmsteen, or Satriani because I thoroughly enjoy his writing style.
The first acoustic one is not Clapton. Is Mason Williams "Classical Gas" , recorded on 1970 I think.
damn British people are talented, they know how to make some of the greatest minds and talents in the world and I love it.
Clapton plays like he slept wrong and his back keeps locking up 😂🔥
Hahahaha..ur a legend bro!
Great example of why EC is just that !!!! One bad ASS guitarist!!!!!!!!!!! Period!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…………….
8:00 greatest clapton solo ever...!!
The one he played at the concert for george was also fantastic.I think the song was "while my guitar gently weeps".
Oh yes, this is fantastic too
2:45 LOOK OUT ERIC! there's a left-hander behind you! (?
2nd clip is amazing!
@olivierjaquet well actually many think eric clapton never recorded a version of that song, its just a rumor... part of it is because of a youtube video that says eric clapton classical gas and it has this particular version that mason williams recorded, although there are maaaaany comments asking him to correct the title of his video, he says he knows its not him now but refuses to change the title... or last i checked it thats what he said.. :P
@TheDilligan it is eric clapton playing, although mason williams composed it. Tommy emmanuel also did his own version of it .
the tone in the 2nd clip is awesome. I could never get my strat to sound like that
Joel Lipton his signature strats come with a mid boost circut so I believe that is where he gets that fat tone from the clip
It’s also a wah pedal
@@garrettramsey643 no
Y'all need a compressor pedal, really thickens the tone
great compilation...and humerous too.
The 2. nd one is my best.
Name this song plss??????
I shot the sheriff. From the 2004 crossroads guitar festival. The solo itself is much longer btw.
God
Jimi Hendrix killed him
@@Melvinator himself... just himself
hey just saying.... Classical Gas is not by Eric Clapton and was never played by Eric Clapton.. i think the song was in a movie and mistakenly credited to him and it led to many people thinking its him along with a video that has many many views on youtube thats called "Eric Clapton - Classical Gas" or something like that which is causing more people to think it was him.. but if you enjoyed it i will tell you that it is by Mason Williams... just thought i'd tell ya guys..
Old Love, baby :)
@guitarplayapinkfloyd the first song is classical gas, originally by mason williams
@harimarockfan95 Classical Gas and its not Eric Clapton, thats kind of a rumor... its really Mason Williams
Is Classical Gas played by Eric really? I don't think so 🤔
Classical Gas
@jvp135 I do agree it's awesome, by not by a longshot. There are so many that are more amazing
@figaz555 Well that "noob" has played with the likes of Buddy Guy, B.B. King & SRV. Who have you jammed with lately?
No it isn't,
Mason William's wrote this song and this is his version.
Clapton did a cover of it.
You don’t fade away in sobriety. Heck of a solo there in his older age.
Sooo many people in this comment section don´t understand blues.
Either that or they can't stand his boring repetitive licks.
good video.
Nice job
@jvp135 i've on a temporary cover of it 'til i sort it out and getit all plugged in and sounding decent. i agree, greatest solo ever :D
The first song is Classical Gas by Mason Williams.
@pppoichops as far as I know, Clapton never played Classical Gas or, at least, he never recorded it. The piece at the beginning of this video is played by Mason Williams, anyway
What kind of pups are in Blackie? Lace? SD? PAF?
@BlackHawk1248 it's" Layla" if someone didn't tell you yet.
@ForestCinema yep
@BlackHawk1248 Layla you can find this version on youtube
At 8:47, what happened to the video?
WTF is Classical Gas doing here?
@figaz555 I hope you know, the meaning of noob, is a begginer, new to something.
He's been playing for almost 49 years.
he is the number 2 according to the Rolling Stones magazine, stop those drugs man
Mike Fuinha Hendrix #1 always
Hendrix is a schoolboy ... Clapton is the master, he invented the way to play rock guitar, he invented the sound of rock guitar
He has revived the blues ... he is the Master of expression, the master of improvisation, for me, besides him there is nothing, nothing at all
Clapton forever
matteo mike definitely agreed.
@@MattClaps LOL..the guy has played the same solo for 50 years over different songs. Same five notes, same predictable flurries, same bends and slides. The guy basically knows 3 licks..lol
no guitars were injured in the making ov these videos ...
eric didnt play classical gas, he CAN play it no doubt, im a clapton fan after all... but it wasnt him sadly. :( BUT, again, i believe he CAN play that song, and make it sound more claptoney...
uhhh... that is Eric Claptons version he also did a cover of this song I have his album with that song on it. and I play guitar that is his song.
@Sabian. don't you get that without Clapton's ground breaking style you wouldn't have Malmsteen or Fruscanti? and to put Bucket head in the same category as Clapton shows what a novice you are...
Actually, without Clapton, you would not have modern rock guitar. Dude influenced Page, May, Hendrix and Van Halen, to name a few very influential players that later shaped the sound of rock.
@figaz555 yeahh bro plus blues use out of tune bends and i dont think eric clapton is a heavy metal player, that's the style he plays blues, rock n roll, hard rock and he does it extremely good!!
@figaz555 Enjoying the hate mail?
Because you truly deserve it.. Clapton is God.
Shave and go home
Jimi Hendrix Killed god in 1966
He was some force of nature we don't know yet.
Why is it classical gas is attributed to EC?
Maybe Clapton covered it and made it more mainstream. Same way people think Cobain wrote The Man Who Sold the World.
whats the name of the song at 5:15 ?
Shot the sheriff live guitar fest
@1337Rocker1991 hugh can play guitar too though! twins?
isnt eric clapton the blind guitarist
I think you misspelled bland.
it's all about the music not the show ...
You should have added this solo /watch?v=bocDpFVhyDw&t=6m27s
@luvudarren1 Classical Gas
dude...how old ru..? below 13? even whn I was 13 i was inspired by clapton..still am
Not some of the best solo of Eric Clapton... While my guitar gently weeps for George Harrison tribute is nice, and Layla, the one he play using the crush guitar is better...
Well in that case I'd be pretty damn happy if I could improvise 'nothing but simple box patterns and crappy bend licks'.
lol..nice.
your not even 1/390809859034859034 of a guitarist clapton is
mais comment ne peut on pas aimer?
6 ans aprés, je me le demande aussi !
Never really saw anything great about his playing. I guess it's all just personal preference. Many blues guitarists that are way more special than he is, Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray, Albert Collins, Albert Lee, Allman Brothers (both Duane and Dickie), Muddy Waters, and I can go on and on. Somehow Eric became to be considered as the top. Not even close. Media BS in my opinion.
Exactly my friend..brilliant observation.
jesus, how easy it was to become a guitar hero back then. He's just playing dumb blues stuff.
Exactly.
7:35 ???? please
eric clapton is far from god... it's a medium guitar player...
at best.
He's a talented musician , deserves to have his place in guitarist's history, but in NO way is Stevie Ray Vaughan !
Different players.
SRV was more virtuosic but Clapton really didn't try to enhance his guitar technique since 1970, since he focused more on songwriting and playing the blues in a more traditional way than Stevie.
Stevie was better at shredding a blues solo, Clapton is better at slow blues feel and dynamics.
he's overrated imo
Let's start off with some classical gas..Indeed..cause it sounds like Clapton farts out these shit guitar solos...cmon..I'm not trolling..the man is way overrated..with guitarists like Vai, Malmsteen, Buckethead, Hendrix, Melvin Taylor and even Frusciante, why is this dude classed so highly???
You have to understand feeling first. Those can be indeed better guitarists than Clapton, with more technique or speed. We all know Clapton has no style like Hendrix, or no technique like Malmsteen. But has that unique feeling that for those who can understand is spectacular, also this "this dude is classed so highly" because he gave some another vision about the guitar, and all those you mentioned used this knowledge.
Don't know about that Daniel..I totally get the whole feeling thing..you're speaking about musicalitly so to speak..which is why I listed a guitarist such as john frusciante..in any case, the other guitarists I mentioned are technically better than Clapton but also musically..Steve Vai for example is on a totally different level as a guitarist..he makes Clapton look like a kid who just recently picked up the guitar..I respect your opinion brother, but Clapton is way overrated
Some really are overrated, but clapton came before vai, you can presume then that vai used some of his techniques so to say. But i respect your opinion, i can feel Hendrix, Malmsteen, Buckethead and Vai too. Just don't say that Clapton farts shit guitar solos, as i too dont say that about your favorite guitarists!
LMAO...my apologies my friend..I can respect that brother
Sabian Harris I regard him highly not because of his playing talent, but because of his songwriting/composition skill. I'll listen to a Clapton song before I listen to something by Vai, Malmsteen, or Satriani because I thoroughly enjoy his writing style.
God
what is song name at 2:10?
PLEASE HELP ME
I don't know if the question is still relevant, but it's I shot the sheriff from the 2004 crossroads guitar festival