@RATDOG: I second that. He hasn't done anything worthwhile since Cream. I respect his influence on the other 60's iconic guitarists but by himself he's VERY overrated IMO. If I made a list of Top Overrated Guitarists he'd be right there with Slash, Buck Dharma, SRV...good players but nothing compared to Page, Hendrix, Beck, Van Halin, Bonamossa, even Jack White. Even Rick Neilson is better than Clapton.
I don't deny Clapton is still popular with some people, but speaking as a musician, he was called 'Slowhand' for a reason and it wasn't a compliment. You can play slow and good, but fast and good where 'good' is not defined by speed alone is what separates Ritchie Blackmore from Eric Clapton. Even Page smokes him and he's only 'average' fast for a pro.
Well, you're in the minority about Clapton. He's not my fav, but his best work was not with Cream. He was a great blues player. You don't need speed when you play great licks. I don't think much of shredders. If Page, Hendrix, Blackmore and others thought it was cool they would have done it.
imho clapton's best works were w/blind faith, derek and the dominos and his 70's solo stuff. as a live player he was all right.
my fave guitarists tend to have speed in their repertoire, but the use of speed has to have a purpose, tasty phrasing, and not purely for the sake of speed. there was a shredder name chris impelliteri who was the fastest guitar player i ever heard in my life. but his solos served no purpose in his crappy songs. they would appear in a part of a song where a solo wasn't suppose to be on.
mikeya - blackmore was quoted as saying that he wanted to be the fastest guitar player in the late 60's. he was already shredding before shredding was even a term.
Maybe he is overrated. Maybe he doesn't have the same technical skills as, say Edward Van Halen. I just know what sounds good to me. And if I fill a box with Clapton records I like and a box with Van Halen records I like, Clapton's box is bigger.
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last commentI love listening to him! I wish I could be like him when I am his age!
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i like clapton, but he is one of the most overrated guitarists of all-time
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Hey, finally recognize the name of one of musicians you guys announce just turned old or died.
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"Layla" and "Wonderful Tonight" are classics that are in my Top 25 all-time favorites.
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I was never a huge fan, BUT, "Lay Down Sally" would make my all time top 25. It even played on the country stations when it came out.
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I agree Motor, 'Tears in Heaven' is good too, and very emotional
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@Rattdog..every great guitarist has been called over- rated.
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@RATDOG: I second that. He hasn't done anything worthwhile since Cream. I respect his influence on the other 60's iconic guitarists but by himself he's VERY overrated IMO. If I made a list of Top Overrated Guitarists he'd be right there with Slash, Buck Dharma, SRV...good players but nothing compared to Page, Hendrix, Beck, Van Halin, Bonamossa, even Jack White. Even Rick Neilson is better than Clapton.
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For pure blues,Keith Richards.
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Rockstar,you must be high.
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I don't deny Clapton is still popular with some people, but speaking as a musician, he was called 'Slowhand' for a reason and it wasn't a compliment. You can play slow and good, but fast and good where 'good' is not defined by speed alone is what separates Ritchie Blackmore from Eric Clapton. Even Page smokes him and he's only 'average' fast for a pro.
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Well, you're in the minority about Clapton. He's not my fav, but his best work was not with Cream. He was a great blues player. You don't need speed when you play great licks. I don't think much of shredders. If Page, Hendrix, Blackmore and others thought it was cool they would have done it.
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imho clapton's best works were w/blind faith, derek and the dominos and his 70's solo stuff. as a live player he was all right.
my fave guitarists tend to have speed in their repertoire, but the use of speed has to have a purpose, tasty phrasing, and not purely for the sake of speed. there was a shredder name chris impelliteri who was the fastest guitar player i ever heard in my life. but his solos served no purpose in his crappy songs. they would appear in a part of a song where a solo wasn't suppose to be on.
mikeya - blackmore was quoted as saying that he wanted to be the fastest guitar player in the late 60's. he was already shredding before shredding was even a term.
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Maybe he is overrated. Maybe he doesn't have the same technical skills as, say Edward Van Halen. I just know what sounds good to me. And if I fill a box with Clapton records I like and a box with Van Halen records I like, Clapton's box is bigger.
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Male musicians are the epitome of cool. When I am as old as Clapton is now, I wish I could be like him.
I like his women too, at least his back up singers, not so much Pattie Boyd:
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Clapton's primary influence, Robert Johnson
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