anyone like electric blues

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
i have always felt that Claptons guitar solo on the album version smacked of utter genius, a truly inspired few moments.

Yup, a glimpse of heaven right there, my man.

That's actually the Clapton I trasure, the Cream years.

Originally posted by Seitse
Yup, a glimpse of heaven right there, my man.

That's actually the Clapton I trasure, the Cream years.

Call me a blasphemer but I think Clapton is overrated, the only band he was in that was worth a d@mn was Cream. And in my opinion that was because of Jack and Ginger(not a bad summer drink either). Eric's riffs never were quite as heavy after that (maybe cause Jack wrote most of them). I read in some Hendrix bio that when Jimi got up on stage to jam with Clapton for Jimi's English debut that Eric promptly left the stage. He should of stayed there.

anyone like electric blues?

Actually, electric blues comes way down the list of things I like. Too little improvisation. Too little rhythmic complexity. Nondescript lyrics for the most part (with exceptions, naturally). Too homogeneous (relatively speaking). Just my personal take, of course. Other traditional, rootsy musics trump electric blues for me. Other kinds of folk music are capable of doing the "sadness" and "sex" things that electric blues do, but in more diverse and emotionally complex ways. Don't get me wrong, I've got stacks of blues records and I do listen to them from time to time. I've even got my tidy little collection of 70 Hendrix boots too. But out of all the stuff I've got from every genre you can think of, electric blues does not make it into the desert island grab bag. Let mine be a dissenting voice. That's all.

Originally posted by StTito
Call me a blasphemer but I think Clapton is overrated, the only band he was in that was worth a d@mn was Cream. And in my opinion that was because of Jack and Ginger(not a bad summer drink either). Eric's riffs never were quite as heavy after that (maybe cause Jack wrote most of them). I read in some Hendrix bio that when Jimi got up on stage to jam with Clapton for Jimi's English debut that Eric promptly left the stage. He should of stayed there.

In all fairness he has recorded perhaps less heralded but nonetheless noteworhy blues albums lately.

Ridibg with the King - with BB King
Me and Mr Johnson
From the Cradle

I am a Clapton fan as much as it's related to his performance in Cream.

After that, he has decent material but I just don't think he's the 'guitar god' some seem to see in him.

BTW, he did some intersting stuff with sitar players years ago, but can't seem to recall well the event.

Originally posted by badmoon
In all fairness he has recorded perhaps less heralded but nonetheless noteworhy blues albums lately. [...] From the Cradle

Absolutely brilliant. I've left a copy of that in numerous bars half way across the world.

Originally posted by FMF
[b]anyone like electric blues?

Actually, electric blues comes way down the list of things I like. Too little improvisation. Too little rhythmic complexity. Nondescript lyrics for the most part (with exceptions, naturally). Too homogeneous (relatively speaking). Just my personal take, of course. Other traditional, rootsy musics trump electric blues for me. ot make it into the desert island grab bag. Let mine be a dissenting voice. That's all.[/b]

If its art that you desire my illustrious and learned friend, then one should checkout Michael Bloomfield, but his solo albums, in which this genre, in my amazing opinion reached its zenith, for he was not only a soulful bluesman, but a musician as well, something which many are lacking. i love the bawdry, peeping and a moaning blues, and his version of Frankie and Johnny, true classics in every sense of the word.

But i do hear what you are saying, for many it is clichéd, licks stolen from Albert King and rehashed, one does need to ask, where is the innovation, the diversity? then one should take a hot bath, drag your speakers into the bathroom, dig out electric lady land and play 1983, a Merman i should be, and be amazed as you subconsciously descend the depths of your bathtub, through the layers of imaginary coral, to the underwater kingdom of the Merman, where, with banners full of cheer, we may grasp at the art of style!

YouTube

Originally posted by Seitse
I am a Clapton fan as much as it's related to his performance in Cream.

After that, he has decent material but I just don't think he's the 'guitar god' some seem to see in him.

BTW, he did some intersting stuff with sitar players years ago, but can't seem to recall well the event.

probably his greatest post Cream playing, was on the Roger Waters solo album, the Pros and Cons of hitch-hiking, legendary stuff!

Watch Jeff Beck with his latest 2008-9 combo - him, FZ's Vinnie Colaiuta, top notch jazzbo keyboardist, plus 18 yr old female bassist from Aussie - mp3'd shows and videos readily available on the net - Better Than Eric, by far.

Originally posted by FMF
Watch Jeff Beck with his latest 2008-9 combo - him, FZ's Vinnie Colaiuta, top notch jazzbo keyboardist, plus 18 yr old female bassist from Aussie - mp3'd shows and videos readily available on the net - Better Than Eric, by far.

could this be his Combo here?

YouTube&feature=fvw

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
could this be his Combo here?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6T6AQ5yXqc&feature=fvw

Get a whole show. Takes an hour to download. Sorry, I don't go to any links people post on threads.

Originally posted by FMF
Get a whole show. Takes an hour to download. Sorry, I don't go to any links people post on threads.

sure, can you provide a link to some site?

Originally posted by FMF
Watch Jeff Beck with his latest 2008-9 combo - him, FZ's Vinnie Colaiuta, top notch jazzbo keyboardist, plus 18 yr old female bassist from Aussie - mp3'd shows and videos readily available on the net - Better Than Eric, by far.

I have the DVD Live at Ronnie Scotts. fantastic, and he plays without a pick.

Originally posted by badmoon
I have the DVD Live at Ronnie Scotts. fantastic, and he plays without a pick.

Yes. That's the one I saw.

yer blues,

with John Lennon on vocals and guitar, Eric Clapton on lead guitar, Keith Richards on bass, and Mitch Mitchell on drums.

YouTube

awesome.