You know, that 2-3 bar bridge/turnaround thingy thru the Leslie before the vocal comes back in; for me, that secures Clapton's place in rock guitar history by itself.
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That riff in "Badge"...
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That would explain why it never sounds right when I try to play it through my prized Digitech Eric Clapton signature stompbox! They should make a stompbox that just plays a hi-fi sample of that guitar part over and over again as needed. Heck, EC himself could have used it at Madison Sq. Garden last month. BTW, did anybody notice whether he was using his Digitech pro series pedal at the Cream gigs?
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a) George may have played the riff, but Ringo named the song. Winner, Ringo.
2) "Wonderful Tonight" is classic in the same way that "Every Breath You Take" is classic--your average shmoe thinks it's a lovely, romantic song, when in fact it's about stalking (as in Every Breath) or being frustrated and annoyed with a woman who is in constant need of validation (in the case of WT). I love sneaky songs like that.
2) "Wonderful Tonight" is classic in the same way that "Every Breath You Take" is classic--your average shmoe thinks it's a lovely, romantic song, when in fact it's about stalking (as in Every Breath) or being frustrated and annoyed with a woman who is in constant need of validation (in the case of WT). I love sneaky songs like that.
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I was just drumming that part on the desk with my fingers as I was waiting for the page to load!cgarges wrote:Man, that's always been one of my favorite couple of seconds in rock history and one of the only cool things I thought Ginger Baker ever played.
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That is totally too hard to resist... what about the trio with Bill Frisell and Charlie Haden?cgarges wrote:Man, that's always been one of my favorite couple of seconds in rock history and one of the only cool things I thought Ginger Baker ever played.
I can't forgive Eric Clapton, no matter what else he has done, for the mess that happens after "Layla", even if it is Duane Allman playing guitar.
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That was the drummer's fault, iirc.Brian Brock wrote:
I can't forgive Eric Clapton, no matter what else he has done, for the mess that happens after "Layla", even if it is Duane Allman playing guitar.
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Some rock/blues criticism I read somewhere (Robert Palmer maybe?) had some things to say about the original Layla: Namely, that EC innovated with Layla by taking the blues "feel" and those instruments someplace new, ie he found chords and a melody that felt and sounded like blues or bluesrock but didn't follow a trad blues progression. I thought that was an interesting take on Layla.
I credit EC with turning me on to the harder stuff, namely Buddy Guy, Albert Collins and so many others. I think many of us can credit him for that. When I was in tenth grade and Poison and Whitesnake were slithering around the top of the charts, old EC/Cream stuff was a good alternative. The EC solos, derivative or not, kept me fired up to keep learning more stuff on the guitar. Not that this makes me want to attend one of his concerts nowadays, nor does it mean that I still enjoy listening to three-minute EC solos. I'm just sayin'.
I credit EC with turning me on to the harder stuff, namely Buddy Guy, Albert Collins and so many others. I think many of us can credit him for that. When I was in tenth grade and Poison and Whitesnake were slithering around the top of the charts, old EC/Cream stuff was a good alternative. The EC solos, derivative or not, kept me fired up to keep learning more stuff on the guitar. Not that this makes me want to attend one of his concerts nowadays, nor does it mean that I still enjoy listening to three-minute EC solos. I'm just sayin'.
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