not rock and roll hootchie coo or other songs with rick derringer (who is a very good player, as good as clapton ) but when he went back to the blues. In Clapton’s case, he’s come a long way and the world style loves to listen to him.Ĭlapton Clapton Clapton such a slap in the face to our own johnny winter who played blues whether you liked it or not. How does one define a great blues player creating their own, style, era they were in, who they played with, their tone…? I don’t think it’s the fanciness, speed personally, but how the guitarist can cause the listener to feel deep into the soul what they are playing, drift away with the riff/song… The late Hubert Sumlin once said that he told a guitarist it don’t matter how fast or much they play cause if they don’t have soul, they ain’t got nothing! So that’s my two cents and I hope that we as blues players, search and keep searching/striving to improve ourselves, learning from all of the greats before us, and not find fault.
Some aren’t even household names, yet if you look on YOUTUBE they are there. One can argue to who the greatest “blues” player all day long, and never come to an agreement. They all have a common lick they will use over and over. That said, Ricardo seems to have a negative about the Clapton style which is his opinion to be sure, but to say a “slap in the face to Johnny Winter”? I think I could say much the say about many of the great guitarists we try to emulate, copy licks from, learn from. One can learn a lot by watching then trying to play along and cop a lick or two from the video(S). Thank you Maestro keep up the great work, nut leave time for family too -very important.įirst of all thank you Griff for all of the latest video posting most recent favorite was the Albert Collins, Clapton and SRV. Griff you bring so much to th table and this Jem is no exception. I guess I just see and hear so much about him. This has turned into an unintentional rank -sorry. That is a mute point that does not detract from the fact he has inspired so many, as has the likes of Hank Marvin, Bert Weedon, Diane Eddy, Buddy Guy and many others. Many others have and will compliment their fellow players and ask for recognition of their solos etc – not Clapton on the occasions I have seen him live. He does not make too much of his fellow players or have any great rapport with his audiences. One final point, not to put the man down, so much as draw others attention to his stage(d) performances. I do not feel the attention he gets is altogether justified when you consider his career has been built on the backs of Giants that came before. That said there are so many others before and since Clapton that are truly great too.
Someone above mentioned The late Johnny Winters yes, he was great and should not be forgotten or fall off our radar. Some have labelled Clapton God in the past – no he is just a very talented artist. When I compare his playing to the like of another favourite, this side of the pond – Chris Rea I find I have as many of his. Clapton has had us all talking about him for years.
Or, as the great Frank Zappa put it, “Shut up and play yer guitar.”Īnd thanks to one of my favorite people ever, Griff Hamlin, for teaching us this much flurry. To paraphrase a great piece of wisdom, “You are only limited by your own willingness to rehearse.” And please, stop using ridiculous words like masturbation to describe technial skill and brilliance beyond your own abilities. Be glad you get to hear and see a virtuoso perform. If you’re using words like masturbation to describe a bravura moment or an entire bravura performance, I suspect it might be that you are deeply insecure about your own guitar-playing abilities, and are concerned that you could never, ever be as good as Clapton. What would you rather Clapton do, other than play songs like this? They want the blues and rock and roll like only Clapton can do it.
People don’t buy his records or his concert tickets to hear or see him play lounge music on a vibraphone.
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