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Topic: Why is Eric Clapton such a famous guitar player?
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Emlyn K Helicopter
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posted October 13, 2006 10:58
    
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Originally posted by Maldororz:
One word: CREAM.After that, well, who cares about Clapton?
Agree 100%. Then again, it's Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker I listen to when Cream are on. Top band.
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St. Mike
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posted October 13, 2006 12:27
Yeah I think "back in the day" when he played through some 'distortion' people took notice. Then... well perhaps he got old I guess. I don't know. Different generation for us I think. -St. Mike -------------------- ARE YOU MORBID?
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Trollz
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posted October 14, 2006 09:31
I also like Claptons blusey style. He was in Yardbirds before Cream and it was there he got the nickname 'Slowhand'. quote:
According to Yardbirds rhythm guitarist Chris Dreja, whenever Clapton broke a guitar string during a concert, Clapton would stay on stage and replace it. The English audiences would wait out the delay by doing what is called a "slow handclap". The Yardbirds' manager, Giorgio Gomelsky, turned the phrase "slow handclap" into a nickname for the album notes of Five Live Yardbirds
He always liked the spotlights. A Living legend.... -------------------- All those who believe in psychokinesis raise my hand.
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Trollz
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posted October 14, 2006 19:31
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Originally posted by Thanos:
Why is Curt Cobain considered to be great? I can play most of his stuff on guitar, and I'm not a guitar player.Simple, he had hit songs. The same for Clapton. Now Clapton is in another galaxy compared to Cobain as far as guitar talent goes, but the point remains the same. If you sell a lot of records you're considered to be great, no matter what you sound like.
I don't think he's considered to be a great guitrplayer, Cobain became an Icon for Grunge and the media wrote a lot about him, he created a concept to live by, he failed to live up to his own concept of life and comitted suicide, witch also is discussed in media. Cobain was an Icon, didn't matter if he was a medioker guitar player.
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BlackCloud
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posted October 15, 2006 03:33
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Originally posted by Hypercube:
He can play, yes, but does he has an own style? I can't hear something special in his play.Ok, I only listened to a Clapton Best Of. So am I missing something?
Jimi Hendrix = Eric Clapton = Stevie Ray Vaughn = bland blues/rock. *although, I am a sucker for Vaughn's rendition of Little Wing!  -------------------- http://www.reverbnation.com/paulenglish
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Slugaloo
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posted October 16, 2006 22:05
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Originally posted by BlackCloud:
Because he was an amazing songwriter, not an amazing guitarist.
exactly!
Nothing amazing about Clapton, vibrato yeah. Nothing great about Keith Richards, but he's supposed to be one of the best and I think he stinks. Sure he had a few great, classic riffs, but that's it; just riffs. No memorable leads that i can think of. And like Cobain and so many other "greats", he is in a band that writes great songs. I do like most of the Stones' tunes, but don't care for dudes playing. Now Tommy Emmanuel, there's a freakin' god on the guitar!
 I guess I can rant on about Townsend as well. Nothing great to my ears there either. Maybe it's all that crappy, tinny Strat tone that bothers me! ranting done -------------------- theres only so many double kick drum'd songs with singers shouting the F word you can take before it becomes extremely dull.
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