However Eric plus Jimmy have aged better than many plus Eric is touring as I write this! So? What does that actually say to you? Filling stadiums constantly!
Page, Clapton, and Beck, all grew up within about a mile or so of one another. They literally knew each other from the beginning. To expect any one of them to go a lifetime without ever getting irritated with one of the others, is unrealistic.
Clapton was so mad about this because he's a man of high moral character when it comes to friendships, as evidenced by the time he wrote and recorded an entire album about his best friend's wife so he could get in her pants.
I know many people that only feel secure around people that are beneath them in whatever it is that the two are rivaling for. These are the people who will always take advantage of an opportunity to cut you down instead of taking the option of trying to build you up. Insecure people are dangerous to hang out with.
My first job was delivering telegrams , I was based at Sutton Post Office , I delivered one to Jeff Beck's flat , you had to hand them over in person and so I had to knock till he answered , it was lunchtime and I obviously got him out of bed .... proper Rock Star
I just learned there's Page Clapton tapes in existance with the Stones doing overdubs. There was conflict over the release. Page was sued to hand over the tapes. What are you talking about?
Clapton is over rated. They calle him "slow hand" and he never did great, origional, slow blues. He coppied American riffs and "wrote" songs with them. He was and is sloppy.
He wasn't.......this whole post is creating something from nothing. I mean the headline says "I don't trust him" as if Clapton actually said that, but doesn't mention it again anywhere.....load of old BS
That's my take, except for Beck being predictable. Page is more likely to throw something at you that's structurally unlike anything you've ever heard: like a 10 Years Gone or a No Quarter. Beck was innovative with technique, from Over Under Sideways Down to using the world's tiniest slide bar. Clapton was... yeah, basically what you said. Listening to the three of them, Clapton is "he's about to go into a dominant seventh for a bar, and then back to the tonic major. And there he goes!". With Beck it's "okay, I think I know what his hand is doing, but I can't do it. And I have no idea how he's getting that tone." Page is "those are some beautiful chords, but fuck if I know if they even exist in jazz notation."
I think there's more to the story than the record company forcing Page to release the tapes. I imagine it's the same old stories about young rock gods in their prime making poor decisions in their personal relationships and business relationships. I'm just glad there are a lot of recordings of these musicians that I will enjoy for the rest of my life.
I’ll take English gentleman David Gilmour-not flashy but brilliant memorable licks that moved past blues. A young Steve Howe could play rings around everyone.
I dearly love David Gilmour. But when it comes to who is the greatest, I'd put Steve Howe against any person who has ever lived. I've seen him play the Cambridge Corn Exchange and I was 15 feet away from him. He is truly mind blowing!!
I loved listening to Clapton. But now I'm done because of his political crap. He should learn to keep his mouth shut. I don't care what he thinks or anyone else. First it's no one's business. Second who do they think they are?
Page and Beck were childhood friends who grew up a few streets from each other. It was this friendship that caused Page to give the Yardbirds Beck's number. Page didn't take the Yardbirds gig, at that time, because he was sick.
Why does Page look like he's continuously trying to smack Clapton with his guitar handles in this video? And weren't people in the audience throwing rolled-up paper wads at Page in the beginning?
NO - at that time, Page didn't think it was the 'right' band - he didn't get on with their current bass player. Also, he had lucrative session work. He wasn't "sick." When Samwell-Smith was gone, he agreed to join afterwards.
George said their marriage was already over when Patti left with ERIC and George was living with Ringos wife.So before anyone Judge's any of them Check the FACTS
Eric needs to get over it. He has no right being angry at Jimmy. Andrew Oldham twisted Jimmy's arm and forced him to turn over the tapes by using lawfare threats. It was only a jam session, Eric.....learn how to forgive!
I really think Clapton after all these years doesn't hold anything against Page. But if he doesn't trust him till this day, until I hear Eric make a statement I'm not going to believe anything written online to the contrary. There's to much conspiracy bullshit everywhere, and were talking about two mates who have known each other for over sixty years. Were talkin' music, bottomline. 🎸
I've never heard of this album and this is what Chat GPT said.... Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page were never credited collaborators on any Rolling Stones albums produced by Oldham.
Some of these tracks are on a couple of Anthology albums that I bought in the late 60's they include tracks called Tribute to Elmore and West Coast Idea
One album is called Rock Roots and also includes John Mayall, Keith Emerson, Rod Stewart, Jon Lord, Jeff Beck, Albert Lee, Jeremy Spencer, the original Fleetwood Mac, T.S.( Tony) McPhee, Humble Pie, Small Faces and Amen Corner. I can't find the other album but when I do I will post it
There was only the one album called Rock roots ( my distorted memory in my age lol ) . Various artists mentioned played on the album with a band called the All Stars. Page wrote all the All stars tracks and Clapton and Page did 3 tracks and Clapton played one track in his own but written by Page. It is an Italian release
A lot of Brits became guitar Legends because they had records from the great black blues Men from the United States. Especially Chuck Berry on the rock and roll side of things.
Oh yeah, can hear lots of Chuck "I pee on 14 year olds" Berry on Jeff Beck's playing, and none of these guys had Chet Atkins records. Including Berry, who, before he was signed, was known as "The Black Hillbilly" because he made his blues band cover country songs as well.
You say that as if it's news to anyone. American Blues guitar has literally been widely known as the backbone of the British Invasion music since its inception.
@@formulas2730 getting a little tired of the "whitey stole everything" boomer meme, considering Atkins was ripping sweep licks in the 50s while all the guys we "stole" from couldn't play a non-pentatonic lick with a gun to their head, is all. Especially considering the guy OP mentions was a bit of a thief himself!
maybe you should listen to "ain't that just like a woman" 1946. the same intro as johnnie b goode. everybody copied to some extent. it's not earth-shattering news.
Clapton has no business questioning ANYONE'S trustworthiness. Just ask George Harrison. Oh, that's right, George is gone. Ask Patty. There you go....ask Patty.
Rory! Wow. I saw him perform from about 50 ft away in concert. Incredible guitarist and a great entertainer. He made you feel like you actually knew him personally. He had a few days with The Stones when they needed a guitar player but it didn't work out and never would have because Rory couldn't play 2nd fiddle to Richard's. Richard's couldn't hold a candle to Rory. I think Jeff Beck had an audition a few days after Rory? The Stones picked Ronnie Wood because he wouldn't steal the spotlight from Richard's and he was an easy going good guy who stayed in his lane. Rory blazed his own path and was pretty set in his ways which didn't include wanting to have any top 10 singles hits. I still think Rory was the best early innovator and was a great influence on the guitar players scene. Rory was the top guy in my books.
George was far from tolerant in many ways. He disliked Neil Young, David Bowie, Rod Stewart, and pretty vocal about the people he disliked. He could be incredibly bitter despite preaching peace and love. He could be pretty frustrating. For instance he was brought into the Beatles specifically as the lead guitarist, though he and Ringo were also offered a song per album. It was clear from the start that Lennon-McCartney were the leads. It wasn't unfair, bands have their roles and almost every band has a defined leader or two, and 'quieter' members who contribute a song or two but are largely there to play their instrument. Entwistle never questioned his role in the Who; or Deacon in Queen; or Watts in the Stones; or John Paul Jones in Zeppelin. If anything the Beatles were more egalitarian than other bands as every member would sing (and sometimes write) on each album. George accepted the arrangement for a while and then increasingly, but mostly post-1968, decided to push to be a co-lead. That was never the deal. It did emerge that George was a good songwriter but that wasn't the point. People talk as if Lennon-McCartney were selfishly holding George back, yet their arrangement was completely normal and George didn't have a god-given right to be on equal footing in leading the band.
The ego of these people was very big, it was a constant struggle. In the video we saw playing together, you can see that Erick was surprised at how played Page practically alone, leaving them side aside.
Yep Santana got famous & all the credit for Black Magic Woman which Peter wrote. Green was using conga drums before anyone then Santana started doing it
@@jimwit8090 Before fleetwood mac was a pop band, they were one of the best Blues bands out of Europe lead by Peter Green who did a lot of cool stuff before others did
“Stolen” George's wife..? Well, it was not so simple, check the history. The bigger issue is that Clapton is bloody Putin’s and all russists fake culture apologist as well as his friend Roger waters. That is sad, I thought he was I clever gentleman.
Clapton didn't handle the incident in a professional way. What Page told him was true, and he never got a dime from the tapes. Eric could have talked it out with him, but he didn't. Clapton is overrated as a player overall. He never matched the magnitude of Led Zep.
Clapton has been overrated for decades. He hasn't done anything great since Cream. Page? I can't name anything that wasn't great from '68' thru '80'. If it's got a string on it, he'll figure out how to write something on it and make it sound good.
Why would Clapton be jealous of Jimmy Page Clapton hardly ever uses distortion anymore there's nothing wrong with Jimmy Page except for led Zeppelin was nothing but feedback and stuff like give me Hendrix it was cool back then but it's not vote today
I’ve seen some of the footage this video uses in context. The shots are really used effectively to give you the idea that Clapton is pissed off with him. In context this doesn’t seem to be the case
You can find those songs here on UA-cam (Jimmy playing rhythm and Clapton on lead) on a sort-of "mixtape" record of different British Blues bands and acts. Definitely worth listening to if your a fan of either guitarist, or Blues in general.
Beck was more proficient than anyone on guitar. Even the greatest neo-classical shredders will admit they cannot do what Beck could do, his phrasing was multi-dimensional. When Allan Holdsworth says Beck was the greatest guitarist, what more is there to say. Beck was from a different planet.
Let me add that Jeff as someone noted multi-dimensional in phrasing, but was also a virtuoso in multiple genres unlike Eric or Jimmy who favored blues for the most part...
@@cguzelli1- Jimmy absolutely mastered multiple genres. Far more than just blues. Id admit he is not as proficient as Beck but i do prefer his playing. Beck has done some wonderful things but i sometimes think he gets overrated. Hate me if you want. I do respect him.
🙄 They’re artists. They’re individuals. Love the art. Ignore the individual quicks, behaviors, and habits of artists. Who they are as people does not inform appreciation of what they created.
I agree, it's the art that's important, not the artist. BUT... that doesn't mean that some artists aren't fascinating people beyond the art they created.
@@woodybowen5362 Blackmore is the greatest guitarist of the modern times. Jeff Beck is the most overhyped. Ritchie is the master of playing stuff that normal folks want to listen to.
Yep, zeppelin has been sued for plagarism a few times they just pay off settlements since they had so much $$ They even credit a few.black bluesmen on Zeppelin II
For me, Jimmy Page is a musician (inside and outside) with many unexpected moments of wonder. Clapton is a well-sold regular product (outside and inside) and nothing unexpected. Black non-business blues from a non-black person as business. What an idea... Slow hand. Ok.. then I'm the eagle with a pair of glasses. - - And with smart marketing.
Who cares what he thinks? Listen to Clapton/Zep and either enjoy or not. It's as simple as that. It doesn't have to be 461 Ocean Boulevard OR Physical Graffiti. I'll still be listening to those and others for many years to come, hopefully.
I admire Eric Clapton, both for his contributions to the musical arts as well as his efforts to help those who suffer from substance addiction get clean and sober, but I wish he would keep his political views to himself. It will only lead to resentment from the public in his last days. That's why Elvis never discussed or revealed his political stance, but when asked, always said "I'd just as soon keep that to myself."
@@strangersname If that's what I meant, then I would have said so, but frankly those were the last things on my mind. I was speaking about the negative consequences that he would inevitably have to deal with if he continued to publicly discuss politics. I'm not his daddy, but I do hate to see him go through more hell than he already has, especially if he can avoid it, which clearly he can, if he chooses to.☮✌
@@davidmccall4776 Fair enough, I read too much into what you said. Still, I respect him very much for his courage. He and Van were among the very few to speak out about the madness of the last four years. I wish you well.
@@strangersname "Vax injuries?" I've had adverse reactions to flu jabs, and they've been doing those for decades. I didn't die from a flu jab or a covid jab, and neither did Clapton.
Of the top British Guitar Gods Clapton is my least favorite. My guitar playing has been influenced by the likes of Duane Allman Dickey Betts Jimmy and Jeff and Carlos Santana but nothing from Eric Clapton. It was Duane Allman that made Layla the big hit with his slide guitar that just happened by chance in a studio one night. That whole slide section was Duanes idea. Tears in Heaven is Claptons best for me the electric stuff nothing special.
I remember a mate finding this album in a 2nd hand store in the 80s, and us listening to it...I also remember, at the same time, reading about Clapton being pissed off with it's release...but I suspect the negative feelings last days or weeks only
I’ve seen both Clapton and Beck live. Clapton was great, Beck was surprisingly boring. Saw Carlos Santana and Frank Zappa, also thought they were better than Beck. Another supposedly great guitarist I saw who was boring was John McLaughlin.
Just listen to Crapton’d Crossroads and right after Page’s Traveling River Side Blues and you’ll figure out really quick why Muddy Waters praised Page on keeping the blues alive
Page was a much better writer, especially on acoustic guitar. And he produced ALL of Led Zeps songs. Clapton, as a guitar player, was out of Page's league though. As a pure player, Clapton was far better. But both of these players inspired SO much. I'm not just talking about guitar players but amp makers, pedal makers. It's incredible the amount of guitar tech that came out starting in the late 60's and going into the 70's. You also have to understand that at this time, all of these A&R people from every record company on Earth was scouring England looking for "THEIR" next Beatles. EVERYBODY was getting signed to record deals and simply weeded out if they didn't have "IT." Half of these players may never have been heard of if not for this signing frenzy!
You must be joking. Clapton is the single most overrated guitarist on the planet. He's been getting by on the the same stolen Buddy Guy licks for over 50 years. lol
Many of Page's acoustic songs are ripped off from other people. Black Mountain Side and Bron Y Aur Stomp are ripped off from Bert Jansch songs for example.
@@Wayne1963 Well then, he stole them good because Buddy Guy, although a legend THANKS to white guitarists like Clapton, couldn't put a patch on Clapton's ass. Nobody would've ever even HEARD of Buddy Guy if not for Clapton! People FORGET that guitar players LIKE Buddy Guy, B.B. King were OBSCURE and practically unheard of in the mid-1960's but THANKS to players LIKE Clapton and "The Stones" BROUGHT these players to the public's attention by taking them on tour. Do your homework before arguing with me! Don't cough out one bad and wrong sentence! You probably never even LISTENED to Clapton's best.
@bluzzedude8111 What would you know about what I've listened to and what I haven't? Clapton peaked in '66 mate. Even in Cream he was by far the weakest link. Then Hendrix came along and put him in his place. Lol Peter Green was twice the blues player Clapton was, Page had more than twice his technical ability and versatility, as did Hendrix, and Jeff Beck was better is all departments, musically, technically, and versatility. Clapton is the single most overrated guitarist of his generation.
FOR SURE WOOD IS NOT ONE OF THOSE GREATS.. THIS GUY COULDNT FIND HIS ASS WITH BOTH HANDS. THE ONLY REASON HE WAS A STONE IS BECAUSE HE WAS NEVER A THREAT TO RICHARDS. THE REAL HERO WAS TAYLOR. HE WAS THE BEST THE STONES EVER HAD..........
You're way out of line with your comment about Wood! Maybe he couldn't find his ass, with one hand. But both hands? definitely! Ok, probably. How about occasionally? Can we agree on once in a blue moon? 😂
That is an idiotic very ignorant music assessment. That is like comparing apples and oranges. Yes Ronnie Wood wasn't among the great guitar players but he still was a fantastic guitar and bass player with the Jeff Beck Group, The Faces and Rod Stewart's Early Solo Albums. The Rolling Stones were going into a different style of more mellow sound of New Album Recordings in 1975 when Wood was brought into the Band. Wood's style was perfect for the time and style of sound the Rolling Stones were going into. They could have rejected Ronnie Wood and chose Jeff Beck instead but they didn't.
If I had to choose a man, out of Clapton and Page, to sit down and have a beer with. It would not be Clapton. I'd probably prefer to muster up Rory Gallagher's ghost - but then we'd be drinking spirits.
Rory Gallagher was one of history's best guitarists who was smart enough to avoid writing hit singles or the popular music business, kept his integrity in tact & blazed his own trail without selling out. Humble, softspoken real genuine lad really inspires me
Oh come on Jeff Beck sucks. He may have been a guitar hero in the mid 60s but then it was a lot easier to be a guitar hero back then with such little competition. His most acclaimed album Blow By Blow is just him loosely improvising over a very generic funky backing track. It sounds like background music for a Starsky & Hutch episode. It's the type of thing millions of amateur guitarists could do in their bedrooms. UA-cam is full of amateur players doing more interesting stuff than Jeff Beck. I've heard his other albums and they're all underwhelming. People just like to name drop Jeff Beck when they talk about guitarists because they think they're supposed to like him. A real case of the emperor's new clothes.
@@John-k6f9k You're comparing modern players to those of the past. Guitar has progressed, almost every great player, particularly in rock, is playing nothing fancy or difficult to a modern player, even in their bedroom. That doesn't mean it wasn't great and innovative playing at the time. While you are certainly entitled to your own taste in music, to act like Beck isn't a great player is simply false. His whammy and volume control within the last decade or two is truly one of a kind; I have yet to hear anyone come close to it. Praised by all the greats who have absolutely no need to praise anyone and often don't. Pull your head in
@rizzalater72 I didn't think so about Clapton. Yes he had some good licks on a few good numbers but then he became so predictable. He was smooth in his developed style but to me he became boring really fast.
Gimme Jimmy Page anyday..Quite aside from his legendary catalogue of music he`s an absolutely fascinating man to listen to in interviews,whereas Clapton is quite excruciatingly boring.
John Mayall was the Father of them all...Jeff Beck, Clapton, Page, Mick Taylor and so on... Days ago, about John Mayall death, saw a video with Clapton crying... He was 19 years old, passed by John Mayall School, a little demanding, he wanted to quit play the guitar but Mayall talk to him, support him and teach him a lot.. The old blues, the chords, the felling, technically, the soul, etc... Thank God..! The others I suppose was more or less the same...! Jeff Beck wonderful carrear, Page in Zeppelin, Mick Taylor (right time right place) to the Stones and they make their best albums and tape live concerts with him.. The guitar and wonderful Solos... Was the perfect guitarist at that right time... It's usually saying that the top of the criativity in music ( or same other arts, but specially in music) it is late 20's and early 30's...Thank you very much for what they do, wonderful guitarists, songs, and Groups /Bands.. Must be a cliché, but really don't know the world without them... Like Classic music.. Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, etc, also with the great classic books... Quality... Music nowadays is weird, the best thing to stupidified people are Rock in Rio festival and others in my country Portugal...
Over 6 minutes just to say Clapton does not understand how contracts work so places blame on another person. Clapton is a good player, but a garbage human.
The spoken narrative here is misleading. In June 1965, Jimmy and Eric had an afternoon jam session with just the two of them mucking around at Jimmy's house. Jimmy preserved on his home tape-recorder at least (as known of) seven short instrumentals. This tape was subsequently reconfigured by Andrew Loog Oldham with a view to bolster his fledgeling Immediate Record Company at Olympic Studios on 17th August 1965, with Mick Jagger adding harmonica to Draggin' My Tail. Ian Stewart added piano to Draggin' My Tail and West Coast Idea. Bill Wyman added bass to Draggin' My Tail, Choker and Snake Drive. Chris Winters added drums to the same. The three remaining numbers were untouched and performed as guitar duos, Freight Loader, Miles Road and Tribute To Elmore. These recordings have appeared on many dozens of cheap compilations ever since and neither Clapton or Page have ever seen a penny.
I'm not sure what you're trying to say... but the idea of these "British Invasions" are based on the obvious musical innovation that has come out of England on several occasions. I've always love british rock... more so that US rock.
@@adamjacksonmedia Same here, the Brits cut through the surf music thing in the USA and their saccharine pop in the early '60s, I was so thankful that happened, the Beatles and the Stones did that.
If the US was the center in the 60s Jimi Hendrix wouldnt have needed to go to the UK to blow up. The UK bands in the 60s would blow up and TOUR the US because of the population size. Many stayed in the US because the UK was more uptight socially, and also taxing artists to death. Name some artists in the US that were bigger and more creative than the UK artists. I’ll wait lol.
@@stevehughes1510, I was 10yrs. old when the Beatles showed up on the Ed Sullivan show. Prior to that show, the only things predominantly on the radio were, "I've got Tears in My Ears From Crying Over You" country, "Do-wop-shelang-shebop" derivative formulaic schlock, 40s Big Band, & Crooner crap. Two rare exceptions were Patsy Cline & The Everly Brothers. The rest of it was nausea inducing. Then Sn. Feb. 9th, '64 happened. The rest is history with contemporary music getting better & better, 'til Black Sabbath. What garbage. No, the US was & still is not a global center of creativity. It's a noise manufacturing center for the most part. Anything more palatable & enduring suffers from lack of exposure because there's always more "quick buck", "flash in the pan" garbage to flog. Sad😪. Good material is still out there, but one really has to hunt for it, like hen's teeth or a Boy Scout's "Snipe hunt". Kind regards!
@@tamdsms We're the same vintage. We got them in '62 prior to you guys in the US, in '63 they went gangbusters in our British Commonwealth and then finally hit you over there. It was like the heavens opened up and glorious music poured out. We had US schmultz like Bobby Vinton, Fabian, Bobby Rydell on the radio, however the '50s were great with Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis, Roy Orbison, The Everlys, Buddy Holly, didn't get Chuck Berry et al though. Nat King Cole, Satchmo, Harry Belafonte and Winifred Atwell were about the only black artists we heard on our airwaves, and Fats Domino.
More for music than Jimmy Page who was a session musician and arranger who appeared on hundreds of tracks, pop, rock, classical (even elevator music) etc...I love Clapton but Page has more in common with Glen Campbell of "The Wrecking Crew" . Page is all over many popular songs from Britain in 60s, even some of John Mayall's Blues Breakers (when Clapton was in that band). Session musicians at the time rarely got any credit but, were often part of the creative process.
@@dad7130 yardbirds Mayall cream blind faith Derek and the Dominoes tons of solo albums by Clapton unplugged etc I love page too but he hasn’t been present in so long where Eric puts theses bands together jimmy has not done any of this
@@raybartell9807 Would the Layla album have been anywhere near as good without Duane Allman? That album was as much Duane and Bobby Whitlock's album as it was Eric's.
It wouldn't have, Allman was far better than clapton. Didn't Duane Allman or Bobby write the piano part for Layla? Derek & the Dominoes were so good thanks to Bobby, wish clapton would of sang less Bobby's voice was wayy better
I wouldn't. I like Blackmore, he started the whole neo-classical thing but he was a one-trick pony. He always played in the same style and I personally could not stand his use of the tremelo. Beck knew how to use the trem, Blackmore made a trem sound weak.
Funny how when these discussions come up, only rock players ever get mentioned. There are a lot of great guitar players in many other genres of music, too.
I'll doubt either Page or Clapton give a damn about this.
It's been decades. They're both Royalty. They're both old men. Neither is so petty.
First sensible comment.
AGREED!
However Eric plus Jimmy have aged better than many plus Eric is touring as I write this! So? What does that actually say to you? Filling stadiums constantly!
Have NEVER heard, nor read Eric speaking negatively about ANYONE...
'Neither is so petty'. You don't know Page, then!
Page, Clapton, and Beck, all grew up within about a mile or so of one another. They literally knew each other from the beginning. To expect any one of them to go a lifetime without ever getting irritated with one of the others, is unrealistic.
I don't understand why Clapton should blame Page, whose hands were contractually tied. The real villain here would seem to be Oldham.
You don't think Page knew how to ring up Eric, give him heads up?
@@jcruisioso5975
That doesn't negate the point.
@@Kommander_Rahnn you wouldn't tell your friend?
Uhh who knows. Weird unknown facts
That's correct, however Jimmy didn't let Eric know what was going on before the tracks were released, so it goes.
No mention of the great guitarist and good man, Peter Green
Are Greeny🌹
Or Mick Taylor
Peter lived w Eric for over a yr, after the bad acid
Don't worry this joker will make summat up..
Green was good. But apparently he had a limited range. What he had was what he had.
Clapton was so mad about this because he's a man of high moral character when it comes to friendships, as evidenced by the time he wrote and recorded an entire album about his best friend's wife so he could get in her pants.
He's set a high moral bar most of us can only dream of reaching
LOL! Right!?
"Here George, you get to shag her today; tomorrow I get to shag her."
Patti was a woman with 2 husbands.
... and so moral, he sued an old lady for selling a bootleg cd on eBay for $9 😂
A relentless boner right there.
His high moral development compensates for his racism.
I know many people that only feel secure around people that are beneath them in whatever it is that the two are rivaling for. These are the people who will always take advantage of an opportunity to cut you down instead of taking the option of trying to build you up. Insecure people are dangerous to hang out with.
My first job was delivering telegrams , I was based at Sutton Post Office , I delivered one to Jeff Beck's flat , you had to hand them over in person and so I had to knock till he answered , it was lunchtime and I obviously got him out of bed .... proper Rock Star
I got out of bed at 3pm the other day.
ROCK AND ROLL!
no. one. cares.
@@lesblakeman did you get tipped?
@@Jordan-h7x1u No he didn't kid.
Click bait garbage. Ugh
Not really, it happened and was significant in the annals of the British blues scene, that's it.
I just learned there's Page Clapton tapes in existance with the Stones doing overdubs. There was conflict over the release. Page was sued to hand over the tapes. What are you talking about?
...and here you are. We all know how flies are about garbage.
@@stevehughes1510 Insignificant. Page and Clapton don't talk about it because it was a non-event.
@@hkpr-ro6ui You're wrong.
Peter Green was, and remains the blues Master of this era.
Snoobs Rubbins was better.
@@John-k6f9k😂😂😂
Snowy White
Absolutely!
@@John-k6f9k who?
Ronnie Wood has to be the funniest dude in rock n roll!
WELL THIS WAS 6 MINUTES I'LL NEVER GET BACK. A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME.
Well I never knew about the tapes...😮
Ha Ha .😂
If you knew the story why you came in? If you didnt.....you learn something new.
There are some cool clips
Clapton is over rated. They calle him "slow hand" and he never did great, origional, slow blues. He coppied American riffs and "wrote" songs with them. He was and is sloppy.
If Page was forced to hand the tapes over, why was Clapton angry with him and not Oldham?
He wasn't.......this whole post is creating something from nothing. I mean the headline says "I don't trust him" as if Clapton actually said that, but doesn't mention it again anywhere.....load of old BS
My thoughts exactly.
How does one force anyone to do anything?
Because Eric doesn't believe Page was forced? Must be more to the story.
@@jcruisioso5975 The Pyramid is all powerful and debts must be paid
To me, Page, hands down. Then SRV. He was great in concert. 🤩
Jeff Beck, love him, predictable. Eric Clapton, blues formulaic. Jimmy Page, open chords, swing, unpredictable and brilliant.
If you liked those, be sure & check out Rory Gallagher
Peter Green &
Roy Buchanan
Beck predictable? No. Most imaginative, creative rock guitarist ever along with Jimi. Page next maybe.
I’m glad you love them but to say beck is predictable? Even not as an insult, it’s just off. His style is so unique to him
No way Jose
That's my take, except for Beck being predictable. Page is more likely to throw something at you that's structurally unlike anything you've ever heard: like a 10 Years Gone or a No Quarter. Beck was innovative with technique, from Over Under Sideways Down to using the world's tiniest slide bar. Clapton was... yeah, basically what you said.
Listening to the three of them, Clapton is "he's about to go into a dominant seventh for a bar, and then back to the tonic major. And there he goes!". With Beck it's "okay, I think I know what his hand is doing, but I can't do it. And I have no idea how he's getting that tone." Page is "those are some beautiful chords, but fuck if I know if they even exist in jazz notation."
I think there's more to the story than the record company forcing Page to release the tapes. I imagine it's the same old stories about young rock gods in their prime making poor decisions in their personal relationships and business relationships. I'm just glad there are a lot of recordings of these musicians that I will enjoy for the rest of my life.
I’ll take English gentleman David Gilmour-not flashy but brilliant memorable licks that moved past blues. A young Steve Howe could play rings around everyone.
Huzzah! Gilmour is da man! Beautiful Beautiful guitar tones, and he's a gent of a fellow too!
I dearly love David Gilmour.
But when it comes to who is the greatest, I'd put Steve Howe against any person who has ever lived.
I've seen him play the Cambridge Corn Exchange and I was 15 feet away from him.
He is truly mind blowing!!
@@beatlesrgearMister Howe, let me introduce, Mister Satriani, and Mister Vai.
@@dotarsojat7725 both influenced by Howe
This must be the page of a few of the great guitarists I ‘use to’ and still ‘do listen to,’ eh!
I loved listening to Clapton. But now I'm done because of his political crap. He should learn to keep his mouth shut. I don't care what he thinks or anyone else. First it's no one's business. Second who do they think they are?
Clapton is in AA. He is one the most honest and apologetic humans alive today. He saved my life in more ways than one. Thanks Clapton.
Lol, steal anyone's wife lately??
@@agenticmark You’re a moron.
One steals your wife, the other steals your daughter.
At least he dated her for 2 years, lol!
Who ? Don't tell me Page is a pedo
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She was fourteen years old Jimmy Page is a Child Molester At least .
Ok, THAT'S f***ing funny....
Page and Beck were childhood friends who grew up a few streets from each other. It was this friendship that caused Page to give the Yardbirds Beck's number. Page didn't take the Yardbirds gig, at that time, because he was sick.
Why does Page look like he's continuously trying to smack Clapton with his guitar handles in this video? And weren't people in the audience throwing rolled-up paper wads at Page in the beginning?
NO - at that time, Page didn't think it was the 'right' band - he didn't get on with their current bass player. Also, he had lucrative session work. He wasn't "sick." When Samwell-Smith was gone, he agreed to join afterwards.
@@websurfer5772 Page didn't get on with Paul Samwell-Smith, ey? Well, very different personalities. So, that seems plausible!
@@supafrogg258 🤷♀
Before Page joined the Yardbirds, he’d agreed a loan for his house at Pangbourne . His lucrative session work was the only way he’d pay the loan off.
Clapton not trusting someone , that's rich .
Clapton's a racist overrated prick.
stole harrison bird under his nose
George said their marriage was already over when Patti left with ERIC and George was living with Ringos wife.So before anyone Judge's any of them Check the FACTS
Eric needs to get over it.
He has no right being angry at Jimmy.
Andrew Oldham twisted Jimmy's arm and forced him to turn over the tapes by using lawfare threats.
It was only a jam session, Eric.....learn how to forgive!
I really think Clapton after all these years doesn't hold anything against Page. But if he doesn't trust him till this day, until I hear Eric make a statement I'm not going to believe anything written online to the contrary. There's to much conspiracy bullshit everywhere, and were talking about two mates who have known each other for over sixty years. Were talkin' music, bottomline. 🎸
Americans don't know Ritchie Blackmore 🤣🤣🤣
Small Minds discuss other people,: -Gossip, Rumors.
Good Minds discuss Events.
Great Minds discuss Ideas.
I discuss all that and more. I'm no genius.
Small minds comment on UA-cam videos, big minds spend the time making the videos, right? 😂😂😂
What a magical time that was. We’ll never see anything like it again.
MAGICK indeed
I've never heard of this album and this is what Chat GPT said.... Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page were never credited collaborators on any Rolling Stones albums produced by Oldham.
Some of these tracks are on a couple of Anthology albums that I bought in the late 60's they include tracks called Tribute to Elmore and West Coast Idea
@@davidsilverman6508 What artists do they list?
One album is called Rock Roots and also includes John Mayall, Keith Emerson, Rod Stewart, Jon Lord, Jeff Beck, Albert Lee, Jeremy Spencer, the original Fleetwood Mac, T.S.( Tony) McPhee, Humble Pie, Small Faces and Amen Corner. I can't find the other album but when I do I will post it
@@davidsilverman6508 Great, thanks
There was only the one album called Rock roots ( my distorted memory in my age lol ) . Various artists mentioned played on the album with a band called the All Stars. Page wrote all the All stars tracks and Clapton and Page did 3 tracks and Clapton played one track in his own but written by Page. It is an Italian release
A lot of Brits became guitar Legends because they had records from the great black blues Men from the United States. Especially Chuck Berry on the rock and roll side of things.
Oh yeah, can hear lots of Chuck "I pee on 14 year olds" Berry on Jeff Beck's playing, and none of these guys had Chet Atkins records.
Including Berry, who, before he was signed, was known as "The Black Hillbilly" because he made his blues band cover country songs as well.
You say that as if it's news to anyone. American Blues guitar has literally been widely known as the backbone of the British Invasion music since its inception.
@@rocketpigrecords3719 Nothing like a little "sarcasm" to muck things
up !
@@formulas2730 getting a little tired of the "whitey stole everything" boomer meme, considering Atkins was ripping sweep licks in the 50s while all the guys we "stole" from couldn't play a non-pentatonic lick with a gun to their head, is all.
Especially considering the guy OP mentions was a bit of a thief himself!
maybe you should listen to "ain't that just like a woman" 1946. the same intro as johnnie b goode. everybody copied to some extent. it's not earth-shattering news.
Those George Harrison licks and slide were the best.
Clapton has no business questioning ANYONE'S trustworthiness. Just ask George Harrison. Oh, that's right, George is gone. Ask Patty. There you go....ask Patty.
Patti is the woman who had two husbands who are world famous musicians.
Some women would greatly envy her.
Yeah, she'll tell you George was cheating on her (with Ringo's former wife) and she had an affair with Ronnie Wood.
@@beatlesrgear an example of a succubus
grow up
These two are spending holidays together. They are tight..
What about the late great Rory Gallagher......it's as if he did not exist.....yet as good as guitarist as Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page!
+ Alnin Lee.❤
Rory! Wow. I saw him perform from about 50 ft away in concert. Incredible guitarist and a great entertainer. He made you feel like you actually knew him personally.
He had a few days with The Stones when they needed a guitar player but it didn't work out and never would have because Rory couldn't play 2nd fiddle to Richard's. Richard's couldn't hold a candle to Rory.
I think Jeff Beck had an audition a few days after Rory? The Stones picked Ronnie Wood because he wouldn't steal the spotlight from Richard's and he was an easy going good guy who stayed in his lane.
Rory blazed his own path and was pretty set in his ways which didn't include wanting to have any top 10 singles hits.
I still think Rory was the best early innovator and was a great influence on the guitar players scene. Rory was the top guy in my books.
Would rather listen to Rory than the overrated eric or jimmy page!
Absolutely….hit the nail on the head 👍
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Eric clapton and jimmy hendrix my favorite and really loved cream and derek and the dominos
Clapton and Beck forever. Clapton pays it forward since he turned his life around. 💘 Forever Fan ♥
When someone gives up their substances it's often hard to be around people who are still drinking.
I'll drink to that.
Absolute truth ik .......
Rather than the "Swinging 60s", the era is better described as
the "PSYCHEDELIC 60s".
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I feel like his friendship with Geroge only lasted because George was incredibly tolerant.His experience with Joh and Paul prepared him lol
George was far from tolerant in many ways. He disliked Neil Young, David Bowie, Rod Stewart, and pretty vocal about the people he disliked. He could be incredibly bitter despite preaching peace and love. He could be pretty frustrating.
For instance he was brought into the Beatles specifically as the lead guitarist, though he and Ringo were also offered a song per album. It was clear from the start that Lennon-McCartney were the leads. It wasn't unfair, bands have their roles and almost every band has a defined leader or two, and 'quieter' members who contribute a song or two but are largely there to play their instrument. Entwistle never questioned his role in the Who; or Deacon in Queen; or Watts in the Stones; or John Paul Jones in Zeppelin. If anything the Beatles were more egalitarian than other bands as every member would sing (and sometimes write) on each album. George accepted the arrangement for a while and then increasingly, but mostly post-1968, decided to push to be a co-lead. That was never the deal. It did emerge that George was a good songwriter but that wasn't the point. People talk as if Lennon-McCartney were selfishly holding George back, yet their arrangement was completely normal and George didn't have a god-given right to be on equal footing in leading the band.
Fascinating - Guitar legends all. Thanks for uploading.
I’ll take both Page and Beck over Clapton every time.
I’d take Taylor Swift over all of em 🤣✌️
@@jeffrey3498 who?
@@machinetaker Taylor Swift 🤣👌
@@jeffrey3498 yes, I was being sarcastic…
@@machinetaker Me too! 😎👍
The ego of these people was very big, it was a constant struggle. In the video we saw playing together, you can see that Erick was surprised at how played Page practically alone, leaving them side aside.
Rita Coolidge never got credit for writing the last half of Layla. At least Bobby Whitlock called it out. But Clapton and Gordon are creeps
How do you come to the conclusion that Eric is a creep? Truly need to understand this comment.
@@Chatti16 Read his autobiography. He doesn't come off looking good even in a book he wrote himself.
@@EclecticHillbilly No I never read biographies I read people.
@@Chatti16 An autobiography is not a biography.
@@EclecticHillbilly irrelevant I repeat I read nothing .. I have no need to .. so I put what I did. End of.
Never liked or get Clapton. Page is much more imaginative, interesting and influential
Indeed ,Clapton is good but Jimmie is much better and more inventive.
Peter Green better than all..great vocalist/writer too.
Yup Carlos Santana had a lot of help from Peter Green.
Yep Santana got famous & all the credit for Black Magic Woman which Peter wrote. Green was using conga drums before anyone then Santana started doing it
@@stevejeffrey11 fleetwood mac and conga drums wtf
@@jimwit8090 Before fleetwood mac was a pop band, they were one of the best Blues bands out of Europe lead by Peter Green who did a lot of cool stuff before others did
@TheWorldCinemaChannel just enjoy the music, doesn't matter whoever opinion on who is 'best.'
Rory Gallagher, Jimi and SRV blow them both away xD
regarded for their exceptional guitar skills...you are joking right?
Eric Clapton didn't trust Jimmy Page? The guy who stole his best friends (George Harrison's) wife? 😄
Eric Clapton was always a whiney, pussy crybaby. His guitar playing suffered and went downhill when he started singing more.
And Delany and Bonnie's band ! I'll let you decide....
Jimmy and Aleister Crowley …..another level of creepy.
“Stolen” George's wife..? Well, it was not so simple, check the history. The bigger issue is that Clapton is bloody Putin’s and all russists fake culture apologist as well as his friend Roger waters. That is sad, I thought he was I clever gentleman.
He nearly stole George's place in the Beatles as well. Great guitar player, not a great guy.
What "Swinging Sixties"? What did swing when the pubs got closed at 11 p.m?
Maybe that's why Page was so quick to blame Phil Collins for Led Zeps embarrasing live aid performance, he was good pals with Eric...
Clapton, the cream. Got nothing on the new Yardbirds LED ZEPPELIN
Clapton didn't handle the incident in a professional way. What Page told him was true, and he never got a dime from the tapes. Eric could have talked it out with him, but he didn't. Clapton is overrated as a player overall. He never matched the magnitude of Led Zep.
The more I read about Clapton (including his own book) the less I like him. He seems like a total prat.
@@steventierney1422 I can respect these people's musical talents but most of them are self-centered ego-maniacs.
Agreed.
Clapton has been overrated for decades. He hasn't done anything great since Cream. Page?
I can't name anything that wasn't great from '68' thru '80'.
If it's got a string on it, he'll figure out how to write something on it and make it sound good.
And then there was Ritchie Blackmore
Clapton is so jealous of Jimmy Page and he learned how great Jimmy is by the entire audience standing through Jimmy's set on the Arms tour!
Doubtful
Why would Clapton be jealous of Jimmy Page Clapton hardly ever uses distortion anymore there's nothing wrong with Jimmy Page except for led Zeppelin was nothing but feedback and stuff like give me Hendrix it was cool back then but it's not vote today
I’ve seen some of the footage this video uses in context. The shots are really used effectively to give you the idea that Clapton is pissed off with him. In context this doesn’t seem to be the case
Who cares!!! Let these old men be old men now. Geez.
Or ‘old men,’ with ‘youthful enthusiasm,’ eh
You can find those songs here on UA-cam (Jimmy playing rhythm and Clapton on lead) on a sort-of "mixtape" record of different British Blues bands and acts. Definitely worth listening to if your a fan of either guitarist, or Blues in general.
Best thing about this is Jeff Beck got mentioned who is profoundly more proficient than either Eric or Jimmy...
YES!!
Beck was more proficient than anyone on guitar. Even the greatest neo-classical shredders will admit they cannot do what Beck could do, his phrasing was multi-dimensional. When Allan Holdsworth says Beck was the greatest guitarist, what more is there to say. Beck was from a different planet.
Let me add that Jeff as someone noted multi-dimensional in phrasing, but was also a virtuoso in multiple genres unlike Eric or Jimmy who favored blues for the most part...
@@cguzelli1- Jimmy absolutely mastered multiple genres. Far more than just blues. Id admit he is not as proficient as Beck but i do prefer his playing. Beck has done some wonderful things but i sometimes think he gets overrated. Hate me if you want. I do respect him.
When an artist reaches WORLD CLASS status (in any genre), it`s all SUBJECTIVE, hey ?
🙄 They’re artists. They’re individuals. Love the art. Ignore the individual quicks, behaviors, and habits of artists. Who they are as people does not inform appreciation of what they created.
I agree, it's the art that's important, not the artist.
BUT... that doesn't mean that some artists aren't fascinating people beyond the art they created.
I am a Clapton guy, Nuff said!
Satisfaction should be #1
Ritchie Blackmore has enter the chat😊😊😊
And left rather quickly.
@@woodybowen5362 Blackmore is the greatest guitarist of the modern times. Jeff Beck is the most overhyped. Ritchie is the master of playing stuff that normal folks want to listen to.
@@stege9979 What does that even mean?
@@stege9979 Blackmore took a lot from Page. He said In Rock was a direct take on Zeppelin's influence.
@@stege9979 Medieval Music!
He has a nerve considering the lengths he went to over Pattie Boyd. George was very forgiving.
I’m a HUGE Zeppelin fan. Page would “sell out” his own mother for money..!
Page paid copyright infringements because of stolen music ideas.. Page stole alot.. is what he meant.
From everything I've read and heard, i hate to say it but I'd have to concur.....
And yes..... I, too, have been a Zepp fan, hugely, sinc '73
@@rimrunz1795 Jimmy Pages nick name was “Led Wallet.” He couldn’t pull out his wallet because it was too heavy.
Yep, zeppelin has been sued for plagarism a few times they just pay off settlements since they had so much $$
They even credit a few.black bluesmen on Zeppelin II
For me, Jimmy Page is a musician (inside and outside) with many unexpected moments of wonder. Clapton is a well-sold regular product (outside and inside) and nothing unexpected. Black non-business blues from a non-black person as business.
What an idea... Slow hand. Ok.. then I'm the eagle with a pair of glasses. - - And with smart marketing.
page skill was arrangement interpretation old EC didn’t really do anything special with the blues after cream
Who cares what he thinks? Listen to Clapton/Zep and either enjoy or not. It's as simple as that. It doesn't have to be 461 Ocean Boulevard OR Physical Graffiti. I'll still be listening to those and others for many years to come, hopefully.
I admire Eric Clapton, both for his contributions to the musical arts as well as his efforts to help those who suffer from substance addiction get clean and sober, but I wish he would keep his political views to himself. It will only lead to resentment from the public in his last days. That's why Elvis never discussed or revealed his political stance, but when asked, always said "I'd just as soon keep that to myself."
So, what, he should keep his vax injuries a secret? Not help others who've been wounded, or worse, get some form of justice?
@@strangersname If that's what I meant, then I would have said so, but frankly those were the last things on my mind. I was speaking about the negative consequences that he would inevitably have to deal with if he continued to publicly discuss politics. I'm not his daddy, but I do hate to see him go through more hell than he already has, especially if he can avoid it, which clearly he can, if he chooses to.☮✌
@@davidmccall4776 Fair enough, I read too much into what you said. Still, I respect him very much for his courage. He and Van were among the very few to speak out about the madness of the last four years. I wish you well.
@@strangersname No worries.☮✌
@@strangersname "Vax injuries?" I've had adverse reactions to flu jabs, and they've been doing those for decades. I didn't die from a flu jab or a covid jab, and neither did Clapton.
2:55 "What was it in that moment? What was in the water?"
Hahaha, he knows what he means by that!
reason is they are both ego maniacs
Tired of these hate and division articles ➗
Out with whom has Clapton not fallen?
Explain. I know of no one really. His vac stuff & politics are damaging. Science is tricky.
Of the top British Guitar Gods Clapton is my least favorite. My guitar playing has been influenced by the likes of Duane Allman Dickey Betts Jimmy and Jeff and Carlos Santana but nothing from Eric Clapton. It was Duane Allman that made Layla the big hit with his slide guitar that just happened by chance in a studio one night. That whole slide section was Duanes idea. Tears in Heaven is Claptons best for me the electric stuff nothing special.
Is that you Yoda?
He stole alot from JJ Cale even the way JJ sings
So many royalty guitar players during those years, and Jeff Beck above all!
4 ½ mins of a 6 ½ min post to get to the point .. seriously?
2:00 You can't tell me the character of Nigel Tufnell didn't DIRECTLY originate from Clapton interviews like these, Christopher Guest!
I was thinking the same thing!
That’s Beck’s black leather jacket in the movie!
Jimmy Page played tambourine on Kinks record, tried to make it seem like he did some of Dave Davies guitar solos. Hated by Ray & Dave.
I think that the only people that profited from the recordings were the Stones seeing that it was their manger that used them.
You people are ridiculous there talking about Clapton and Page !! It's not about Peter Green why bring him into this?? 😢
BB King said Peter Green's playing gave him the 'cold sweats!!'
I remember a mate finding this album in a 2nd hand store in the 80s, and us listening to it...I also remember, at the same time, reading about Clapton being pissed off with it's release...but I suspect the negative feelings last days or weeks only
Page could have told Clapton what was going on.
Piss off
He did, Clapton did not care because Clapton is a jerk.
Eric is no jerk as you so politely put it n anything he does!
I only know their music I don’t know either one of them personally. I don’t know if any of this is true or not. Only they know.
I’ve seen both Clapton and Beck live. Clapton was great, Beck was surprisingly boring. Saw Carlos Santana and Frank Zappa, also thought they were better than Beck. Another supposedly great guitarist I saw who was boring was John McLaughlin.
McLaughlin never inspired me I think he thought he was an improved version of Frank but his Mahavishnu crap was weird.
Just listen to Crapton’d Crossroads and right after Page’s Traveling River Side Blues and you’ll figure out really quick why Muddy Waters praised Page on keeping the blues alive
Page was a much better writer, especially on acoustic guitar. And he produced ALL of Led Zeps songs. Clapton, as a guitar player, was out of Page's league though. As a pure player, Clapton was far better. But both of these players inspired SO much. I'm not just talking about guitar players but amp makers, pedal makers. It's incredible the amount of guitar tech that came out starting in the late 60's and going into the 70's. You also have to understand that at this time, all of these A&R people from every record company on Earth was scouring England looking for "THEIR" next Beatles. EVERYBODY was getting signed to record deals and simply weeded out if they didn't have "IT." Half of these players may never have been heard of if not for this signing frenzy!
You must be joking. Clapton is the single most overrated guitarist on the planet. He's been getting by on the the same stolen Buddy Guy licks for over 50 years. lol
Many of Page's acoustic songs are ripped off from other people. Black Mountain Side and Bron Y Aur Stomp are ripped off from Bert Jansch songs for example.
@@Wayne1963 Well then, he stole them good because Buddy Guy, although a legend THANKS to white guitarists like Clapton, couldn't put a patch on Clapton's ass. Nobody would've ever even HEARD of Buddy Guy if not for Clapton! People FORGET that guitar players LIKE Buddy Guy, B.B. King were OBSCURE and practically unheard of in the mid-1960's but THANKS to players LIKE Clapton and "The Stones" BROUGHT these players to the public's attention by taking them on tour. Do your homework before arguing with me! Don't cough out one bad and wrong sentence! You probably never even LISTENED to Clapton's best.
@@John-k6f9k You're ALWAYS going to find some similarities. So he grabbed a few bars. Big deal. I'll take "Zep" over Jansch.
@bluzzedude8111
What would you know about what I've listened to and what I haven't?
Clapton peaked in '66 mate. Even in Cream he was by far the weakest link. Then Hendrix came along and put him in his place. Lol
Peter Green was twice the blues player Clapton was, Page had more than twice his technical ability and versatility, as did Hendrix, and Jeff Beck was better is all departments, musically, technically, and versatility.
Clapton is the single most overrated guitarist of his generation.
Did it really not occur to Clapton that once somebody pushed RECORD that there would inevitably be some some future complexities involved?
Jimmy page is SO MUCH BETTER than clapton could ever 😂
Clapton is basically yer dad with a Stratocaster...
FOR SURE WOOD IS NOT ONE OF THOSE GREATS.. THIS GUY COULDNT FIND HIS ASS WITH BOTH HANDS. THE ONLY REASON HE WAS A STONE IS BECAUSE HE WAS NEVER A THREAT TO RICHARDS. THE REAL HERO WAS TAYLOR. HE WAS THE BEST THE STONES EVER HAD..........
Wood is nowhere near the greats but to say he couldn't find his ass with both hands is asinine nonsense...
@@ostrichman You cant find your ass with both hands...Happy now?
You're way out of line with your comment about Wood! Maybe he couldn't find his ass, with one hand. But both hands? definitely! Ok, probably. How about occasionally? Can we agree on once in a blue moon? 😂
@@SockPuppet28 Nope... not with both hands....
That is an idiotic very ignorant music assessment. That is like comparing apples and oranges. Yes Ronnie Wood wasn't among the great guitar players but he still was a fantastic guitar and bass player with the Jeff Beck Group, The Faces and Rod Stewart's Early Solo Albums. The Rolling Stones were going into a different style of more mellow sound of New Album Recordings in 1975 when Wood was brought into the Band. Wood's style was perfect for the time and style of sound the Rolling Stones were going into. They could have rejected Ronnie Wood and chose Jeff Beck instead but they didn't.
If I had to choose a man, out of Clapton and Page, to sit down and have a beer with. It would not be Clapton. I'd probably prefer to muster up Rory Gallagher's ghost - but then we'd be drinking spirits.
Ah Rory... such a beautiful player
thats where Ronnie Wood comes in ... he has always sounded like he'd be a good time to drink with.
Rory Gallagher was one of history's best guitarists who was smart enough to avoid writing hit singles or the popular music business, kept his integrity in tact & blazed his own trail without selling out. Humble, softspoken real genuine lad really inspires me
Beck was better than both!!!
Oh come on Jeff Beck sucks. He may have been a guitar hero in the mid 60s but then it was a lot easier to be a guitar hero back then with such little competition. His most acclaimed album Blow By Blow is just him loosely improvising over a very generic funky backing track. It sounds like background music for a Starsky & Hutch episode. It's the type of thing millions of amateur guitarists could do in their bedrooms. UA-cam is full of amateur players doing more interesting stuff than Jeff Beck. I've heard his other albums and they're all underwhelming. People just like to name drop Jeff Beck when they talk about guitarists because they think they're supposed to like him. A real case of the emperor's new clothes.
@@John-k6f9k You're comparing modern players to those of the past. Guitar has progressed, almost every great player, particularly in rock, is playing nothing fancy or difficult to a modern player, even in their bedroom. That doesn't mean it wasn't great and innovative playing at the time.
While you are certainly entitled to your own taste in music, to act like Beck isn't a great player is simply false. His whammy and volume control within the last decade or two is truly one of a kind; I have yet to hear anyone come close to it. Praised by all the greats who have absolutely no need to praise anyone and often don't. Pull your head in
Nobody was better than a prime Clapton.
@rizzalater72 I didn't think so about Clapton. Yes he had some good licks on a few good numbers but then he became so predictable. He was smooth in his developed style but to me he became boring really fast.
@@TGriffiths-ve6nw Boring? You must be crazy. Maybe now in these modern day years but never in his prime years. Especially between 94 and 98.
Gimme Jimmy Page anyday..Quite aside from his legendary catalogue of music he`s an absolutely fascinating man to listen to in interviews,whereas Clapton is quite excruciatingly boring.
Well, who cares? Bye.
I like both . Very good on guitar , but electrics are easier to play. They
all learned on acoustics, which is why they're so good.
?? did Page try to steal Clapton's wife he stole from Harrison?
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No, that would be like robbing a bank robber 😂
not young enough for ole pagey
Clapton is lucky to be alive.
John Mayall was the Father of them all...Jeff Beck, Clapton, Page, Mick Taylor and so on... Days ago, about John Mayall death, saw a video with Clapton crying... He was 19 years old, passed by John Mayall School, a little demanding, he wanted to quit play the guitar but Mayall talk to him, support him and teach him a lot.. The old blues, the chords, the felling, technically, the soul, etc... Thank God..! The others I suppose was more or less the same...! Jeff Beck wonderful carrear, Page in Zeppelin, Mick Taylor (right time right place) to the Stones and they make their best albums and tape live concerts with him.. The guitar and wonderful Solos... Was the perfect guitarist at that right time... It's usually saying that the top of the criativity in music ( or same other arts, but specially in music) it is late 20's and early 30's...Thank you very much for what they do, wonderful guitarists, songs, and Groups /Bands.. Must be a cliché, but really don't know the world without them... Like Classic music.. Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, etc, also with the great classic books... Quality... Music nowadays is weird, the best thing to stupidified people are Rock in Rio festival and others in my country Portugal...
Over 6 minutes just to say Clapton does not understand how contracts work so places blame on another person. Clapton is a good player, but a garbage human.
The spoken narrative here is misleading. In June 1965, Jimmy and Eric had an afternoon jam session with just the two of them mucking around at Jimmy's house. Jimmy preserved on his home tape-recorder at least (as known of) seven short instrumentals. This tape was subsequently reconfigured by Andrew Loog Oldham with a view to bolster his fledgeling Immediate Record Company at Olympic Studios on 17th August 1965, with Mick Jagger adding harmonica to Draggin' My Tail. Ian Stewart added piano to Draggin' My Tail and West Coast Idea. Bill Wyman added bass to Draggin' My Tail, Choker and Snake Drive. Chris Winters added drums to the same. The three remaining numbers were untouched and performed as guitar duos, Freight Loader, Miles Road and Tribute To Elmore. These recordings have appeared on many dozens of cheap compilations ever since and neither Clapton or Page have ever seen a penny.
London was not the center of creativity in the 60s it was USA.
I'm not sure what you're trying to say... but the idea of these "British Invasions" are based on the obvious musical innovation that has come out of England on several occasions.
I've always love british rock... more so that US rock.
@@adamjacksonmedia Same here, the Brits cut through the surf music thing in the USA and their saccharine pop in the early '60s, I was so thankful that happened, the Beatles and the Stones did that.
If the US was the center in the 60s Jimi Hendrix wouldnt have needed to go to the UK to blow up. The UK bands in the 60s would blow up and TOUR the US because of the population size. Many stayed in the US because the UK was more uptight socially, and also taxing artists to death.
Name some artists in the US that were bigger and more creative than the UK artists. I’ll wait lol.
@@stevehughes1510, I was 10yrs. old when the Beatles showed up on the Ed Sullivan show. Prior to that show, the only things predominantly on the radio were, "I've got Tears in My Ears From Crying Over You" country, "Do-wop-shelang-shebop" derivative formulaic schlock, 40s Big Band, & Crooner crap. Two rare exceptions were Patsy Cline & The Everly Brothers. The rest of it was nausea inducing. Then Sn. Feb. 9th, '64 happened. The rest is history with contemporary music getting better & better, 'til Black Sabbath. What garbage. No, the US was & still is not a global center of creativity. It's a noise manufacturing center for the most part. Anything more palatable & enduring suffers from lack of exposure because there's always more "quick buck", "flash in the pan" garbage to flog. Sad😪. Good material is still out there, but one really has to hunt for it, like hen's teeth or a Boy Scout's "Snipe hunt". Kind regards!
@@tamdsms We're the same vintage. We got them in '62 prior to you guys in the US, in '63 they went gangbusters in our British Commonwealth and then finally hit you over there. It was like the heavens opened up and glorious music poured out. We had US schmultz like Bobby Vinton, Fabian, Bobby Rydell on the radio, however the '50s were great with Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis, Roy Orbison, The Everlys, Buddy Holly, didn't get Chuck Berry et al though. Nat King Cole, Satchmo, Harry Belafonte and Winifred Atwell were about the only black artists we heard on our airwaves, and Fats Domino.
Reading too much into it. Clapton knew Page had been stood against the wall. Record labels have always screwed musicians. Clapton knew that.
Ther both great but nobody has reinvented themselves more than Eric Clapton when you go through the history he’s done more for music than Jimmy
More for music than Jimmy Page who was a session musician and arranger who appeared on hundreds of tracks, pop, rock, classical (even elevator music) etc...I love Clapton but Page has more in common with Glen Campbell of "The Wrecking Crew" . Page is all over many popular songs from Britain in 60s, even some of John Mayall's Blues Breakers (when Clapton was in that band). Session musicians at the time rarely got any credit but, were often part of the creative process.
@@dad7130 yardbirds Mayall cream blind faith Derek and the Dominoes tons of solo albums by Clapton unplugged etc I love page too but he hasn’t been present in so long where Eric puts theses bands together jimmy has not done any of this
@@raybartell9807 Would the Layla album have been anywhere near as good without Duane Allman? That album was as much Duane and Bobby Whitlock's album as it was Eric's.
It wouldn't have, Allman was far better than clapton. Didn't Duane Allman or Bobby write the piano part for Layla? Derek & the Dominoes were so good thanks to Bobby, wish clapton would of sang less Bobby's voice was wayy better
There are no villains here, like Don Corleone would have said ,,,It's just business not personal.
Blackmore never mentioned. I put him 2nd behind Jeff Beck all time. He also was from that scene and had sessions with Beck & Page
I wouldn't. I like Blackmore, he started the whole neo-classical thing but he was a one-trick pony. He always played in the same style and I personally could not stand his use of the tremelo. Beck knew how to use the trem, Blackmore made a trem sound weak.
@@tedwojtasik8781 agreed but still put blackmore ahead of clapton (highly overrated just plays blues pentatonics) and page (very sloppy player!)
@@geezberry8889I shall have to disagree once more! Eric is a virtuoso at all he does.. in fact he is incomparable!
Funny how when these discussions come up, only rock players ever get mentioned. There are a lot of great guitar players in many other genres of music, too.
@@EclecticHillbilly obviously yes. al dimeola and John McLaughlin great!
Willie Nelson was shredding Ol TRIGGER..ROCKNROLLFLAT5