Eric Clapton - A life in 12 bars

[giusto]

Hoy hoy he’s the boy !

[giusto]

I wonder what kind of oil Eric uses??? 

Gian4

Lemon oil...On his fret board...doesn’t everyone ?

[kingoffleece]

It was nothing but drums and guitars for me most of my life.
But bass is my main thing.

But, all things must pass.  After 35 years of it I've been spending WAY more time with my family and especially my youngest.  I missed enough over the years.

I'm all over the Paul Mark and The Van Doren records-playing, arranging, and part writing.  It was fun.  I have some great tapes of my tours with Cary Bell.  THAT was a blast.  I got to back alot of guys as they came thru town.  Buffalo was a great stop for a lot of years and most of the best West Coast and New England guys stopped here.  Opportunity was there.  Sometimes we opened, sometimes we were the backing band-sometimes both!

[pebra]

From "Uncommon People" by David Hepworth, which I'm presently reading with great enjoyment.
 
Apparently Hendrix was asked by Eric Clapton to play one number with Cream at a gig in London on 1 October 1966. They played "Killing Floor."
Many times in the future Clapton would be called upon to remember that evening. ........ "Then he (Hendrix) walked off and my life was never the same again."
Recalling the events of October 1, Jack Bruce said: Eric was a guitar player, Jimi was a force of nature."
Ultimately the thing that elevated Jimi Hendrix above Clapton, Beck, Peter Green, and all the other guitar players who came to pay tribute in October 1966 was as much stylistical as musical. It was in the three words that everybody, including Clapton, used to describe him: The real thing.

[craigclu]

A co-worker was going through "spin dry" at Hazelden when Clapton was there for rehab...  He ran off one night, got across the lake into Center City, the small village nearby and was found drinking and playing guitar for some surprised locals.  I believe he was in there at least a couple of times.  Wasn't there a tragic loss of a child that preceded some of his dependency issues?  Being in the music business has you in easy access to whatever you want and willing worshipers to assist, too.

[drbone641]

Late 70s Muddy Waters opened for EC. Waters killed it for about an hour and a half. EC came out and looked like a caricature of a Blues guitarist. We left after about 45 minutes. Lot of white boys can play the blues, like the Albino boys from Texas, Jeff Beck and a few others. Blow by Blow isn�t a, �woe is me� Blues album, but you can feel the emotion.

[Swedemoto]

Love Clapton as well. I came to hear the JJ Cale original version of "After Midnight" some time in the early 2000's and I love his version the best. I can't believe I didn't know about him earlier. I highly recommend his Anthology album!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j81Vx-0uM0k

[Paul Brooking]

Great Posts

The eternal question ... "Best Guitarist"

Of the new(er) generation John Mayer has been impressive.
Always surrounded himself with excellent musicians.
his work with bassist Pino Palladino and drummer Steve Jordan in the John Mayer Trio stands out.

He started as a "Bubblegum" artist, but have a listen to David "DeLa" LaBruyere's bass lines

https://youtu.be/MnJ-cXfUves

With respect to my eternal favourite   . Jeff Beck.
His work in developing new musicians is exceptional.
Tal Wilkenfeld

https://youtu.be/nQDjSGnmYBI

[kingoffleece]

Oh, yea.  That trio album is KILLER!  Of course, anything with Pino Pallidino is killer.  The man's a genius player.

[Shorty]

Love Clapton as well. I came to hear the JJ Cale original version of "After Midnight" some time in the early 2000's and I love his version the best. I can't believe I didn't know about him earlier. I highly recommend his Anthology album!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j81Vx-0uM0k

With Leon Russell and more Tulsa people:     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaHxPi9dM7o&list=RDofSVdCvlK0Y&index=3

With Eric at Crossroads:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wJDd_uu1JI