[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Eric Clapton (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 10/9/2012 3:39:54 PM EDT
Post your favorite Clapton songs. |
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What he said |
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You want to listen to the one with jeff beck and clapton live in madison square garden. It is way better. |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06KaicyFJo8 The album cover is NSFW so I didn't embed. IMO this is Clapton at his best. |
| I like Clapton alot. That said, I would make the claim that he is a vastly overrated guitar player. At the same time, I think that he is a vastly underrated songwriter. His junky phase yeilded some great records - Eric Clapton, 461 Ocean,, No Reason To Cry, Backless, One In Every Crowd - these were truly great records, IMO. He is totally underrated as a songwriter. |
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What did I miss? |
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The solo in this version of I Shot the Sheriff is amazing. I've seen Clapton 4 times –– 1988 or '89, 1990, 2006, and last year with Steve Winwood. In one of the first two shows his second guitarist was Mark Knopfler. In 2006 he had Doyle Bramhall III and Derek Trucks in his band. I'll see him the next time he comes to Philly, hopefully next year. |
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Quoted: He's alive with it. He's dead afterwards. What did I miss? I miss the old Eric.
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What did I miss? The same thing i did. 
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The solo in this version of I Shot the Sheriff is amazing. I've seen Clapton 4 times –– 1988 or '89, 1990, 2006, and last year with Steve Winwood. In one of the first two shows his second guitarist was Mark Knopfler. In 2006 he had Doyle Bramhall III and Derek Trucks in his band. I'll see him the next time he comes to Philly, hopefully next year. denver CO. Opening act was Robert Cray Clapton comes out rocks for who knows how long. Sometime in between sets, he introduces the band with Phil Collins on drums (already knew that prior to show) 2nd encore Robert cray joins him on stage, they go to town and kept going. His collaboration with JJ Cale Ride the River starts off slow and rocks out in a blues /folk sort of way that anyone who i turned on to it asked "Who is that" Derek & the Dominoes simply for the eclectic mix of artist |
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The second guitar solo in the live version of Crossroads gives me chills pretty much every
time I listen to it. The are damn few songs I can say that about. We can argue all night about whether he is or isn't one of the best guitar players in rock. I literally could not care less. I'll just be sitting here listening to that because it takes me places. His version of Worried Life Blues is tops also [the one from Just One Night]. |
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Quoted: Quoted: What did I miss? The same thing i did. After, not because of. |
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SWLABR Tales of Brave Ulysses She Walks like a Bearded Rainbow . Clapton, once again tearing it up. So many fantastic colors, I feel in a wonderland Many fantastic colors makes me feel so good You've got that pure feel, such good responses Got that rainbow feel but the rainbow has a beard |
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Quoted: Quoted: The solo in this version of I Shot the Sheriff is amazing. I've seen Clapton 4 times –– 1988 or '89, 1990, 2006, and last year with Steve Winwood. In one of the first two shows his second guitarist was Mark Knopfler. In 2006 he had Doyle Bramhall III and Derek Trucks in his band. I'll see him the next time he comes to Philly, hopefully next year. denver CO. Opening act was Robert Cray Clapton comes out rocks for who knows how long. Sometime in between sets, he introduces the band with Phil Collins on drums (already knew that prior to show) 2nd encore Robert cray joins him on stage, they go to town and kept going. His collaboration with JJ Cale Ride the River starts off slow and rocks out in a blues /folk sort of way that anyone who i turned on to it asked "Who is that" Derek & the Dominoes simply for the eclectic mix of artist That reminded me –– when I saw him in '06, Robert Cray opened and later joined him on stage for a song or two. And now, how 'bout some Clapton & Winwood covering Band of Gypsies? |
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The solo in this version of I Shot the Sheriff is amazing. I've seen Clapton 4 times –– 1988 or '89, 1990, 2006, and last year with Steve Winwood. In one of the first two shows his second guitarist was Mark Knopfler. In 2006 he had Doyle Bramhall III and Derek Trucks in his band. I'll see him the next time he comes to Philly, hopefully next year. My father is a huge Clapton fan, so me and my brother took him to see EC and Steve Winwood when they did their little 10 show tour in like 2010. We saw them in DC and it was amazing. I bought the CD from the same tour, but at Madison Square Garden for him for Christmas or his birthday. Luckily it was the same setlist so it's like reliving the show each time I listen to that CD. 
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Tales of Brave Ulysses
I like his rock playing a lot more than that noodly blues thing. |
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Quoted: Quoted: The solo in this version of I Shot the Sheriff is amazing. I've seen Clapton 4 times –– 1988 or '89, 1990, 2006, and last year with Steve Winwood. In one of the first two shows his second guitarist was Mark Knopfler. In 2006 he had Doyle Bramhall III and Derek Trucks in his band. I'll see him the next time he comes to Philly, hopefully next year. My father is a huge Clapton fan, so me and my brother took him to see EC and Steve Winwood when they did their little 10 show tour in like 2010. We saw them in DC and it was amazing. I bought the CD from the same tour, but at Madison Square Garden for him for Christmas or his birthday. Luckily it was the same setlist so it's like reliving the show each time I listen to that CD. Now that's funny, because I also took my dad to the Clapton/Winwood show in Philly. I'm the huge fan - my dad grew up on '50s rock and roll, but he had a great time. This is one of my favorite Cream tunes: |