08-05-2025, 09:18
(This post was last modified: 08-05-2025, 09:51 by CRAZY-HORSE.)
ive been reading a lot lately in articles and comments from music fans and people seem to be divided about how great (or average) Eric Clapton is as a guitarist,
theres no denying his influence on rock music nor his influence on getting a million teenagers out there learning to play BUT is Eric Clapton in your opinion a great guitarist, one who had a 'feel' for his instrument, or someone who hacked and blatantly copied every black blues player that came before him??
i do own half a dozen of his albums and i like them, i have also seen him in concert around 2000-ish and he put on a very good show.
but now i am going to listen to his 4cd anthology "crossroads", a 73 track career spanning set released in 1988 and sort of get a better overview of his career.
thoughts and opinions please...
theres no denying his influence on rock music nor his influence on getting a million teenagers out there learning to play BUT is Eric Clapton in your opinion a great guitarist, one who had a 'feel' for his instrument, or someone who hacked and blatantly copied every black blues player that came before him??
i do own half a dozen of his albums and i like them, i have also seen him in concert around 2000-ish and he put on a very good show.
but now i am going to listen to his 4cd anthology "crossroads", a 73 track career spanning set released in 1988 and sort of get a better overview of his career.
thoughts and opinions please...
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.