I attended Eric Clapton's concert two weeks ago in Belgrade.

Clapton was very inspired but still playing the same way

he does in the last 30 years.

When i listen to Eric Clapton's guitar solos from 1980-2010 he always play the same predictible solos,with zero emotion almost robotic.

Still when i listen to his Cream live shows everything he played was

full of emotion,every lick sounds inspired and classic

He didn't have whammy bar but he did all those kind of similar

things on guitar that Eddie Van Halen updated after.

Eric's best guitar playing if you ask me is on Deric and the Dominos live at fillmore

he was only 25 then but he played amazing.

What happened to this guy?

Eric from the 60's and 70's sounds very much different.

is he considered one of the best because of his old days?

thebanishedone said:

I attended Eric Clapton's concert two weeks ago in Belgrade.

Clapton was very inspired but still playing the same way

he does in the last 30 years.

When i listen to Eric Clapton's guitar solos from 1980-2010 he always play the same predictible solos,with zero emotion almost robotic.

Still when i listen to his Cream live shows everything he played was

full of emotion,every lick sounds inspired and classic

He didn't have whammy bar but he did all those kind of similar

things on guitar that Eddie Van Halen updated after.

Eric's best guitar playing if you ask me is on Deric and the Dominos live at fillmore

he was only 25 then but he played amazing.

What happened to this guy?

Eric from the 60's and 70's sounds very much different.

is he considered one of the best because of his old days?

With musicians, actors, comedians, athletes, or any other artist/entertainer as you get older you feel less and less need 2 flash/show off and for Clapton he came full circle with his music and past demons years ago so he's kept it that way ever since. He's not just considered the best beacuse of his past work. In fact during the era of "Clapton Is God", he NEVER felt comfotable with that. lol All he ever wanted to do was stay out of the spotlight and play the blues as he learned it.'When they call Clapton one of the best it goes beyond just his music. It also extends to his dedication to his craft, and his generoisity. To this day so many people young and old feel like they reached the holy grail when he calls everybody from the known and unknown to play at Crossroads every year. If you really wanna hear some of his best playing post 60's/70's, check out the scores to "Lethal Weapon" and "Rush", 1998's "Pilgrim" 2002's "Reptile" and the One More Car, One More Rider tour of 01'

Diamond you are right

One more car dvd contains amazing guitar playing by Eric.

it sparked my first interest in him.

solo he did on My Father EYES is amazing check it out:

http://www.clevver.com/music/video/24825/eric-clapton-my-fathers-eyes-live.html

I LOVE the One more car, One more rider cd/dvd as well as the mention live at the fillmore. I like a lot of his playing from 94-95 with the album "from the craddle" and the following tour. He's definitely been going through the moitions for a while now, but with a lot of blues guys once they "find themselves" they never really branch out or experiment too much and you gotta accept that

thebanishedone said:

Diamond you are right

One more car dvd contains amazing guitar playing by Eric.

it sparked my first interest in him.

solo he did on My Father EYES is amazing check it out:

http://www.clevver.com/music/video/24825/eric-clapton-my-fathers-eyes-live.html

Oh yeah that was tough enough. Billy Preston was the soul of that set I swear. I could see why he was known as the "5th Beatle", 'cause he really made those songs come alive. I just wish Eric would've played "Pilgrim" like he did at his show in 99' in Japan. These are a few of my favs from that show.....

MajesticOne89 said:

I LOVE the One more car, One more rider cd/dvd as well as the mention live at the fillmore. I like a lot of his playing from 94-95 with the album "from the craddle" and the following tour. He's definitely been going through the moitions for a while now, but with a lot of blues guys once they "find themselves" they never really branch out or experiment too much and you gotta accept that

But you know what's really happenin when you find yourself ? This is when you can say so much with a lot less notes and I think that's gettin to the core of what blues and timeless music is all about.

I haven't thought much of Clapton since Derek & The Dominoes. You're quite right, he used to have an aggressive, forceful quality that's completely disappeared in his recent playing. I saw him last year w/Steve Winwood, it was OK and the Blind Faith songs were the highlights, but otherwise most his time in the spotlight was quite dull.

What happenned to cause this? Well hate to say it but the switch up happens right around the time he gets off the heroin.

This may be slightly off topic but might the change have something to do with the quality of the material that he has recorded? For me, Clapton is a fairly poor songwriter. It seems like he peaked very early with Derek and the Dominos. After that the quality of the songs on his albums was hit or miss, mostly miss. If you are recording and playing average, uninspired material perhaps that leads to average, uninspired soloing? It seems like in the '60s when he was "just" a guitar player his playing was a lot more exciting but at the same time you could argue that the songs he was playing were also much better. Perhaps once he became a frontman he stopped worrying so much about his playing and had to concentrate more on his singing and writing?

its eric clapton come on lol

diamondpearl1 said:

MajesticOne89 said:

I LOVE the One more car, One more rider cd/dvd as well as the mention live at the fillmore. I like a lot of his playing from 94-95 with the album "from the craddle" and the following tour. He's definitely been going through the moitions for a while now, but with a lot of blues guys once they "find themselves" they never really branch out or experiment too much and you gotta accept that

But you know what's really happenin when you find yourself ? This is when you can say so much with a lot less notes and I think that's gettin to the core of what blues and timeless music is all about.

and that's why I love it!

On the TOGETHER - APART TOUR with Jeff Beck in February, Clapton could have phoned in his segment of the show. During their joint sets, Beck seemingly held back some of his fire because old 'slowhand' was not up to the task. Post the early Seventies, Eric Clapton has been boring and is one of the most overarted guitar players in music. Of the three guitar 'gods' that came from The Yardbirds, Clapton and Page (Jimmy) have been stale, and Beck is the only one that continued t improve and grow.

RnBAmbassador said:

On the TOGETHER - APART TOUR with Jeff Beck in February, Clapton could have phoned in his segment of the show. During their joint sets, Beck seemingly held back some of his fire because old 'slowhand' was not up to the task. Post the early Seventies, Eric Clapton has been boring and is one of the most overarted guitar players in music. Of the three guitar 'gods' that came from The Yardbirds, Clapton and Page (Jimmy) have been stale, and Beck is the only one that continued t improve and grow.

chu'ch

RNBAMBASADOR check out Clapton Derek and the Dominos live at Fillmore.

Guitar playing he displayed that nite was nothing short of amazing and 10 times more Advanced

then what he become latter.

He was not overrated that nite for sure,he even tried new things on guitar.