Brother I've listened to a lot and I mean a whole lot of music and it makes me ashamed to say that I've never heard this guy before . His voice is absolutely off the chain ! I'm going down the rabbit hole on this guy .
Eric, a true student of just about every guitar style there is. It's his life and it shows with how versatile he is when he plays. But, Blues has and will always be his true love.
Rush and Clapton. How cool is that -- some of my favorite jams are these collaborations. Personal Clapton favorite is his collab with B.B. in the Riding with the King recordings. And Albert's In Session with SRV gives me the chills every time. Thanks for posting. I like the way this groove develops -- funky as hell.
Otis and Big Albert (who wrote this song) played 'upside down strings' - but Eric is the one playing Albert-style! Otis always tasty and in the pocket.
Stevie Ray Vaughan use a similar riff on So Excited. Its awesome to hear how the greats were influenced by other greats. Also for anyone to says Clapton got school by Otis is fool. Clapton always had and has respect for the veterans that came before him.. there was no need to try and outshine anyone, its a hit your licks and jam session..
WOW!! That solo really is as good as it gets for clapton. This is total Bluebreakers level. Something he very rarely achieved at this stage in his career. It really is quite an incredible solo, I'm still shocked!! 😲
Carl Weathersby blues guitarist has a great story about learning "Crosscut Saw" as a teen, goes to show his dad sitting with his friend, who promptly corrects how he was playing it. Hanging out at the Weathersby estate in East Chicago - ALBERT KING, who would certainly know "Crosscut Saw".
Bapalapa30 I think he is better now.To me i think he picked up that real blues feeling in maybe late 90s early 2000 and got better.Dont get me wrong he was great before.
jeffrey castillo OK he was great then and now ,so maybe its just the type of blues he plays now that i like better.Like Elvis P. early days i liked his Sun and early RCA records better then what he sung in the 70s
Guys, it ain't about color, or having a little Stevie Ray hat, or having picked cotton, or any of that crap, M'Kay? It's about having paid your dues on your instrument, and Clapton has certainly done that over the decades. This clip is over a quarter of a century old. Clapton was great then, and then he sobered up, and he's a greater musician now. Unless you can play the blues better than Clapton, you're not in a position to say he's over rated. Does Buddy Guy sit in at your gigs? Get REAL
I'm a cross cut saw Just drag me 'cross your log You know, I'm a cross cut saw Just drag me across your log I cut your wood so easy for you You can't help but say 'Hot dog!' Some call me wood-choppin' Sam Some call me wood-cuttin' Ben Last girl I cut the wood for, you know She wants me back again I'm a cross cut saw, Just drag me 'cross your log I cut your wood so easy for you You can't help but say 'Hot dog!' I've got a double-bladed axe That really cuts good And I'm a cross cut saw, just bury me in the wood I'm a cross cut saw, Baby, just drag me 'cross your log I cut your wood so easy for you, woman You can't help but say 'Hot dog!'
@tromboista Your comments are way off, blues is not about color it's about soul and depths of soul and Eric has plenty of it. He can play the blues with the best of them, and is respected by all the black blues players. Check out the clip of Eric and Buddy Guy jammin in a small club back in the 80's and you will see and hear pure raw blues that Buddy can't even believe Eric can dish out. Not mechanical just pure raw unadulterated blues with soul.
Otis was actually giving Eric a lesson on Albert King here. Clapton starts out too aggressive and too many notes, not quite the AK groove - sounding good but more rock and roll than blues. Otis comes over and shows him some phrasing and Eric gets into it. By the end of the song Eric was in the groove. Brilliant!
It's obvious that you don't even know what the word satire actually means. And you know even less about Albert King's playing, success, and influence on other great players. You probably think SRV was "satirizing" Albert too. Lol
Yeah Eric is awesome but Rush is the rare biird!!!!!! Rush was the greatest proponent from the West Side Chicago scene......... Rush can play just a few notes and cut ur head off!!!!!!
When Otis was out playing the roadhouse circuit and recording records, Eric was in his childhood bedroom learning to play off of the records of many of the American great bluesmen, including Otis Rush. So one could reasonable say that Otis did school Eric.
Boy, does Otis ever blow Clapton out of the water on this one (always thought Clapten was a so-so guitar player) best recordings were with John Mayhall
It isn't Luther Tucker playing the third guitar in this clip, it's Anthony Palmer. He's a fine guitarist in his own right, and it's a shame he didn't get any solos here - check out the unfortunately mis-titled video 'Professor Eddie Lusk & Eddie Palmer professor's boogie' video here on TH-cam. It's Eddie Lusk playing keys in this video too, by the way!
@richsabre It´s not a racist comment. It is a cultural fact. Syncope is proper of black popular music everywhere on the planet. Just listen to it. Eric plays his phrases on time. Same thing happens when white musicians play salsa music or Latin percussion
Two greats. I was blessed to drum for Otis Rush for a while a real gentleman. Love Eric too:)
May I Kindly ask you to share your favorite experience with Otis?
That musta been badass.....a great that is not often remembered as much as possible. woulda luvved to blow it down (harp) wid him.
Brother I've listened to a lot and I mean a whole lot of music and it makes me ashamed to say that I've never heard this guy before . His voice is absolutely off the chain ! I'm going down the rabbit hole on this guy .
Otis Rush... Clean playing where it really mattered. Otis Rush also possessed one of the greatest voices of the genre.
Otis was so great even EC was watching those solos with envy. what a touch, just incredible to see them together. thank you!
🎵🎵🎵love your music
RIP Otis Rush...what a legend...and legacy!! 💜😢✌🍻
All these comments about Eric Clapton... But what about the great Otis Rush! Let's hear it for Otis Rush!
Eric, a true student of just about every guitar style there is. It's his life and it shows with how versatile he is when he plays. But, Blues has and will always be his true love.
Clapton (slow hand) layed back and does it in his sleep. Otis is a fantastic blues player, but different. Good to appreciate both of them.
EC is so relaxed here, what a set. One of his best solos. Bot axemen in prime form
Happy birthday, Otis! Thanks for your blues.
Rush and Clapton. How cool is that -- some of my favorite jams are these collaborations. Personal Clapton favorite is his collab with B.B. in the Riding with the King recordings. And Albert's In Session with SRV gives me the chills every time. Thanks for posting. I like the way this groove develops -- funky as hell.
Otis and Big Albert (who wrote this song) played 'upside down strings' - but Eric is the one playing Albert-style! Otis always tasty and in the pocket.
Clapton's tone is killing.
Stevie Ray Vaughan use a similar riff on So Excited. Its awesome to hear how the greats were influenced by other greats. Also for anyone to says Clapton got school by Otis is fool. Clapton always had and has respect for the veterans that came before him.. there was no need to try and outshine anyone, its a hit your licks and jam session..
Eric Clapton was totally Respectfull towards one of his Childhood heroes.
que grandes forever!!💯💯🤘🤘
His band absolutely KILLS !
OMG This is heaven!
WOW!! That solo really is as good as it gets for clapton. This is total Bluebreakers level. Something he very rarely achieved at this stage in his career. It really is quite an incredible solo, I'm still shocked!! 😲
This is great - I had heard the song in this rendition many times but had no idea a clip actually existed - thank you!
Carl Weathersby blues guitarist has a great story about learning "Crosscut Saw" as a teen, goes to show his dad sitting with his friend, who promptly corrects how he was playing it.
Hanging out at the Weathersby estate in East Chicago - ALBERT KING, who would certainly know "Crosscut Saw".
Nice jam! Love it when they kick into the 1st inversion harmony at the end. Well, I guess that's what to expect from Otis's great band.
Perfect is this woh what a great track.Thank you very much for uploading this good one.
RIP Otis...9/30/2018
Good jam with Otis & Eric! Almost as good as Otis playing, I Can't Quit You Baby!
2 guitar greats...EC taught himself how to play by listening to Otis Rush, Robert Johnson, Blind Blake, muddy waters...
And Freddie and BB King...later on in his career J.J. Cale (lay down Sally)
R.I.P. Otis Rush
The Giants Of The Blues !
To the bone till the end!!!!
Heavenly Blues Jam
You can hear some phrases Otis plays that Hendrix used in some of his later recordings but Clapton does not seem to use them..interesting though!
I would guess that in 1986 Eric was fairly new to blues playing.Like wine he gets better with age,as he is much better now.
Buddy, you're fucking kidding, right? Eric Clapton was blues almost from the start. He was already considered a master by his cream days
Bapalapa30 I think he is better now.To me i think he picked up that real blues feeling in maybe late 90s early 2000 and got better.Dont get me wrong he was great before.
Buddy McCue i dont agree with that at all. Go listen to the blues breakers BEANO album
jeffrey castillo OK he was great then and now ,so maybe its just the type of blues he plays now that i like better.Like Elvis P. early days i liked his Sun and early RCA records better then what he sung in the 70s
I'm not a musician but if anybody knows the song "Strange Brew" by Cream I think there are some commom threads.
Guys, it ain't about color, or having a little Stevie Ray hat, or having picked cotton, or any of that crap, M'Kay? It's about having paid your dues on your instrument, and Clapton has certainly done that over the decades. This clip is over a quarter of a century old. Clapton was great then, and then he sobered up, and he's a greater musician now. Unless you can play the blues better than Clapton, you're not in a position to say he's over rated. Does Buddy Guy sit in at your gigs? Get REAL
Saw that Kam in Montreux.
I'm a cross cut saw
Just drag me 'cross your log
You know, I'm a cross cut saw
Just drag me across your log
I cut your wood so easy for you
You can't help but say 'Hot dog!'
Some call me wood-choppin' Sam
Some call me wood-cuttin' Ben
Last girl I cut the wood for, you know
She wants me back again
I'm a cross cut saw,
Just drag me 'cross your log
I cut your wood so easy for you
You can't help but say 'Hot dog!'
I've got a double-bladed axe
That really cuts good
And I'm a cross cut saw, just bury me in the wood
I'm a cross cut saw,
Baby, just drag me 'cross your log
I cut your wood so easy for you, woman
You can't help but say 'Hot dog!'
you won't learn to play unless you learn to figure out the key of a blues song just by listening and playing
Erkki ja Otis yhessä, jes...EC and Otis together, yesyes!!!
@tromboista Your comments are way off, blues is not about color it's about soul and depths of soul and Eric has plenty of it. He can play the blues with the best of them, and is respected by all the black blues players. Check out the clip of Eric and Buddy Guy jammin in a small club back in the 80's and you will see and hear pure raw blues that Buddy can't even believe Eric can dish out. Not mechanical just pure raw unadulterated blues with soul.
so!! everything else is about color !!
Oh yeah! Clapton knew who his Daddy was!
You all need to thank "GOD" for making EC!!!
Otis is God and Eric "bad tone" Clapton
BLUESNSIMO ANOTHER CROSSCUT TO THE BLUES
Anton: I cannot help thinking of ALBERT KING.
Close your eyes and listen. One is predictable. One is the blues.
This full concert in my channel "jeannot dujardin"
Eric Clapton have a look at the guitar all your heros are using 😂😂 GIBSON PICK IT UP MAN...STOP BEEN SILLY. NO ONE CAN PLAY A GIBSON LIKE ERIC.
Otis was actually giving Eric a lesson on Albert King here. Clapton starts out too aggressive and too many notes, not quite the AK groove - sounding good but more rock and roll than blues. Otis comes over and shows him some phrasing and Eric gets into it. By the end of the song Eric was in the groove. Brilliant!
Clapton's soul is as black as any black man's, and he's gone through more in his life than most black men have.
As the wall says, Clapton is God!
B Chand hes a sick drunk junkie racist.
Boadilla del Monte.
Eric is satirizing Albert King's guitar style which is built around one lick, basically.
Lol
It's obvious that you don't even know what the word satire actually means. And you know even less about Albert King's playing, success, and influence on other great players. You probably think SRV was "satirizing" Albert too. Lol
what key?
Key to the Highway
Yeah Eric is awesome but Rush is the rare biird!!!!!! Rush was the greatest proponent from the West Side Chicago scene......... Rush can play just a few notes and cut ur head off!!!!!!
@MrMightyslim nobody schools eric
When Otis was out playing the roadhouse circuit and recording records, Eric was in his childhood bedroom learning to play off of the records of many of the American great bluesmen, including Otis Rush. So one could reasonable say that Otis did school Eric.
Otis schools Eric. Otis's band is completely bad ass.
Boy, does Otis ever blow Clapton out of the water on this one (always thought Clapten was a so-so guitar player) best recordings were with John Mayhall
Clapton is God!
Clapton is so high on coke in this. Damn
and guiness stout
I hate these camera men!!! We wanna watch guitar greats Play Guitar
Luther Tucker the third guitar was as good as the other two...I ain't lyin'
It isn't Luther Tucker playing the third guitar in this clip, it's Anthony Palmer. He's a fine guitarist in his own right, and it's a shame he didn't get any solos here - check out the unfortunately mis-titled video 'Professor Eddie Lusk & Eddie Palmer professor's boogie' video here on TH-cam. It's Eddie Lusk playing keys in this video too, by the way!
The playing is great but what a lame fuzz tone Eric has going.
@richsabre It´s not a racist comment. It is a cultural fact. Syncope is proper of black popular music everywhere on the planet. Just listen to it. Eric plays his phrases on time. Same thing happens when white musicians play salsa music or Latin percussion
Clapton is crap compared to Otis
Otis is(was) a bluesman. Clapton is formulaic.
Both great but different.
Pal, that’s a load of crap. Have your favorites. Fine. There’s no need to trash EC. C’mon, man.
if that's the case anthony palmer the guy with the tele has more blues than both otis and eric
Eres un verdadero pendejo clapton is god