One of the great things about Clapton is this: Some people know how to make the guitar work and can play a trillion notes per second and some people are musicians who use the guitar to express their musicianship. Clapton is the latter. His solos are an extension of the melody of the song. They are also sh it hot and make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up on end!
It’s all about taste not speed,music is meant to pleasant to your ears it’s the tone and the dialect the temper of his guitar it’s a Clapton blend that’s where his talent is.
@@janangelo2936 Once you will be a great guitarist for more than 50 years, once you will be able to create some unforgettable melodies and once you will be able to create a screaming tone with a Fender Stratocaster like Eric Clapton .... Then you and all the cold soulless shredders of the world will be authorized to express and opinion .... For the rest remember man: in a moment when you were nothing, somebody wrote in a London's walls:’'Eric Clapton Is God'' ...
Why does he have to have a guitar ( The Clapton signature Stratocaster Thats 25 to 30 times more powerful than a Gibson Les Paul Humbucker wise. The Clapton signature Stratocaster is a monster. With its active circutry Run by a battery, stacked Humbuckers ( Fender Vintage Noiceless ) that gets active by the active cirtcutry, and Active Humbuckers are enormously much more powerful than passive Humbuckers like in a Gibson Les Paul. At its absolute weakest position the Clapton signature Stratocaster is 5 times more powerful than a Gibson Les Paul Humbucker wise ( Thats proven ) and with the mid boost engagemang its between 25 to 30 times more powerful than a Gibson Les Paul Humbucker wise ( Thats also proven ). No wonder Clapton only.played a real Stratocaster for 8 years. The Clapton signature Stratocaster is easily the most powerful Humbucker guitar in the world. And the Fender sound is completely gone.
@@janangelo2936 What a bullsh*t statement. @andreadreamenegazzi1179 response says about all that I could say. There are guitar musicians and those that try and cram as many notes as possible, as loud as possible, into endless runs. No soul,no feeling. Joe Bonamassa is an example of a musician that can use speed, with volume, when needed, but play slow with feeling when required.
Funny story. I have this whole concert on dvd. I had it for about a year and hadn’t yet listened to the whole thing. I was cleaning the house so I figured I’d play it through. I’m a huge Marley fan so Eric’s cover had always been a song I’d skip. But I was cleaning so i just let it play. And was and still am to this day blown away by this!! It’s one of my favorite solos from anyone. Ever. And music is my biggest passion so for me that really means something ☺️
He does such a good job of making technical stuff sound totally natural and fluid. Even though each note has what sounds like perfect precision timing. It really does sound like it's singing.
The number of viewers doesn't determine what is bad or good. Clapton is well known for his work in Cream, which was commendable and innovative. (Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker were immensely innovative, so that helped.) But since Cream, really not that great. As an electric blues guitarist, he is decidedly meh.
You said it brother... wish he’d “lose himself” more often... instead of being too careful and polished with his guitar playing. This reminds me of his old Cream days!!
@@spikespiegel5434 i think like anyone else he probably has nights where hes feeling it more than others. hes still proficient on off nights but when hes really on there aint anybody with better feel and phrasing than clapton
Doesn't get any better than this. This man tells one hell of a story through his guitar. I can only imagine what it must be like to sit in a jam session with this man....
Amazing, indeed! That may well be one of Eric's best solos (okay, one of his 40 best). Lots of blazing speed. Nice muted tone. And all with the relaxed undercurrent of reggae. Thanks for posting this. Almost 1/2 million views!
Don’t worry. Whether you realize it or not, you’re slowly turning into your father; we all are. It can be a good thing, or bad, just depends on your perspective.
I have seen him live in concert a number of times. I even flew to Shanghai for his first ever performance in China. When you are there in the crowd you feel like you are floating in air. He has got something intangible in that heart of his. Or maybe it's his fingers. Not sure. But he is our gift from God.
I`ve seen Eric perform since the `70s. Sometimes he`s wasn`t inspired ( read to drunk to perform ) , other times he was plain God on 6 strings. But it was always something to remember. He`s one of the very few that realy masters the guitar in every way. In the 60`s he was booked with John Mayall in Schiedam for 2 hours , they stayed for 6 hours playing straight till morning.......legendary!!
oH MY God, it's not fair so much talent and skill in one person. Definitely the best all-round guitarplayer ever...That's playing the stars from heaven.....
So many times I have seen videos of him performing and I think,,wow I love that the most..and then I will see another and its the same thing..live forever Slowhand
That's right Jeff!! EC is trailblazer, freakin' pioneer, refined TASTE to the 20th power. Notice how he eases into it, just popping little clean funk ditties, then begins to burn a little bit, keeps building & ends up smokin' up high! He took the crowd on a ride as they all felt his vibe as he builds to a Climax! Kinda like SEX?!! He's the man & there will never ever be another!! Millions would recognize his playing in 10 notes or less!
Clapton is fantastic. I find it humorous when others criticize other musicians, a true display of ignorance. Every musician has their own thing to say, some not as well as others, but it's their voice. If you don't enjoy it, then don't listen. To tear others down only shows your own insecurity.
This guy is the greatest improviser of a guitar solo that I know. They have the musical elements of the songs, the guitar cries, growls, dances, and kicks, and they have an intro, a middle, a development, and conclusion and a coda and the musical idea develops through the whole thing. But is, 'is he actually "improvising"'?
To me, it was never about who is the greatest guitar player, it's about style. Eric Clapton's style was always number 1 in my opinion all the way back to Cream.
You see this and you begin to understand why, when Jimi Hendrix first made his way to London in 1966 with Chas Chandler, he made it priority number one to seek out and have a jam session with Eric Clapton: Similis simili gaudet.
@xxxmicamicaxxx All of that, PLUS Clapton can play a trillion and ONE notes per second. Hahaha. It's amazing how much control he has over each individual note. Truly the best guitarist in history, in my opinion.
This is Clapton jamming with Santana's rhythm section as Crossroads 2004 and he''s killing it in this solo. It's rare to see Clapton play a really fast solo like we see hear. I love it. His tone sounds like it did during his days with Cream. He probably played this particular funky looking Strat with straight pickups once and we just saw it.
+Led ZeppelinFan The guitar is one he had custom painted by an artist he particularly admired and he used it a lot for a period of time. It's an Eric Clapton signature Strat. He most likely has each one of his own guitars made to very specific standards by the people at Fender Custom Shop. I'm guessing the pickups are the vintage noiseless ones he uses now instead of the active Lace Sensors on the original EC Strats. Those do have that special mid boost built into one of the tone circuits and that's how he can get all the extra drive a Strat does not have normally. Just a guess.
Zepp, that's his own rhythm section. That's Nathan East on bass and Steve Gadd on drums. Check out the Hyde Park version of I Shot the Sheriff and you can see i/them a little clearer. Another smokin solo as well too to boot! And Steve Gadd brings the house down on the drums on that one too :-) +1 to Larry Geetar, those are called the Crash'o'casters. A graffiti artist painted 3 EC Signature Strats for him. pretty awesome lookin.
Yes, very distinctive looks for an all time distinctive player - one of the Top Five in my opinion. Do you know the artist's name, by any chance? And have a wonderful 4th of July weekend!
He can express all his emotion through music. Like someone stated before it is literally singing… he only leaves you with good vibes and your brain trying to sing along to a guitar solo?!!!!!
it's unreal, you try to play this solo with your mind and you understand how Clapton is a magician because for him it's totally pure feeling, like a movie; slowly at the beginning with an apothéose at the end without forgetting the giant Steve Gad who gives so much power at this solo.AMAZING
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One of the great things about Clapton is this: Some people know how to make the guitar work and can play a trillion notes per second and some people are musicians who use the guitar to express their musicianship. Clapton is the latter. His solos are an extension of the melody of the song. They are also sh it hot and make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up on end!
It’s all about taste not speed,music is meant to pleasant to your ears it’s the tone and the dialect the temper of his guitar it’s a Clapton blend that’s where his talent is.
You dont know guitar music.
Clapton's solo is elementary.
@@janangelo2936 Once you will be a great guitarist for more than 50 years, once you will be able to create some unforgettable melodies and once you will be able to create a screaming tone with a Fender Stratocaster like Eric Clapton .... Then you and all the cold soulless shredders of the world will be authorized to express and opinion .... For the rest remember man: in a moment when you were nothing, somebody wrote in a London's walls:’'Eric Clapton Is God'' ...
Why does he have to have a guitar ( The Clapton signature Stratocaster Thats 25 to 30 times more powerful than a Gibson Les Paul Humbucker wise. The Clapton signature Stratocaster is a monster. With its active circutry Run by a battery, stacked Humbuckers ( Fender Vintage Noiceless ) that gets active by the active cirtcutry, and Active Humbuckers are enormously much more powerful than passive Humbuckers like in a Gibson Les Paul. At its absolute weakest position the Clapton signature Stratocaster is 5 times more powerful than a Gibson Les Paul Humbucker wise ( Thats proven ) and with the mid boost engagemang its between 25 to 30 times more powerful than a Gibson Les Paul Humbucker wise ( Thats also proven ). No wonder Clapton only.played a real Stratocaster for 8 years.
The Clapton signature Stratocaster is easily the most powerful Humbucker guitar in the world. And the Fender sound is completely gone.
@@janangelo2936
What a bullsh*t statement.
@andreadreamenegazzi1179 response says about all that I could say. There are guitar musicians and those that try and cram as many notes as possible, as loud as possible, into endless runs. No soul,no feeling.
Joe Bonamassa is an example of a musician that can use speed, with volume, when needed, but play slow with feeling when required.
Funny story. I have this whole concert on dvd. I had it for about a year and hadn’t yet listened to the whole thing. I was cleaning the house so I figured I’d play it through. I’m a huge Marley fan so Eric’s cover had always been a song I’d skip. But I was cleaning so i just let it play. And was and still am to this day blown away by this!! It’s one of my favorite solos from anyone. Ever. And music is my biggest passion so for me that really means something ☺️
He’s the main reason I play today. He puts such amazing feeling into his music.
He's dressed like a middle school science teacher but when he starts playing he turns into a fucking rock god.
😅 so true!
This solo is sooooo smooooth... love it.. the raising of the tempo.. magic. Clapton is GOD!
He does such a good job of making technical stuff sound totally natural and fluid. Even though each note has what sounds like perfect precision timing. It really does sound like it's singing.
He is an embarrassingly bad guitar player. The most overrated in history.
@@jamesallison9662 evidently you have never heard yourself play
@@jamesallison9662this 240p video of a solo mid song has close to a million views, and you’re saying the guy is embarrassingly bad 😅
The number of viewers doesn't determine what is bad or good. Clapton is well known for his work in Cream, which was commendable and innovative. (Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker were immensely innovative, so that helped.) But since Cream, really not that great. As an electric blues guitarist, he is decidedly meh.
This is Eric "in the zone" as they say. I saw him like this once. I will never forget that night
in the |Albert Hall
Sir Clapton Loosing himself for a few minutes...It's priceless
You said it brother... wish he’d “lose himself” more often... instead of being too careful and polished with his guitar playing.
This reminds me of his old Cream days!!
@@spikespiegel5434 i think like anyone else he probably has nights where hes feeling it more than others. hes still proficient on off nights but when hes really on there aint anybody with better feel and phrasing than clapton
A master class from the worlds best guitarist and in my humble opinion the greatest player ever to pick up a guitar.
Lol..are you serious, dunk?
@@davederoux3361 I think only Hendrix was better
Bruh clapton's melodies are insane man
Doesn't get any better than this. This man tells one hell of a story through his guitar. I can only imagine what it must be like to sit in a jam session with this man....
his fret work is sooooo smooth
Tommy James hence the nickname "Slowhand". Barely looks like it's moving.
@@immelvan6529 Well, he wasn't named "Slowhand" for that but what you said, isn't the wrong way to look at it.
Amazing, indeed! That may well be one of Eric's best solos (okay, one of his 40 best). Lots of blazing speed. Nice muted tone. And all with the relaxed undercurrent of reggae.
Thanks for posting this. Almost 1/2 million views!
Clapton is brilliant on this.....he’s on fire here, and shredding those scales just love it!!!
all that while dressed like my dad
He was 60 at the time......
and clothing is imperative to being a great guitarist????
+Sienna Wallace yeah duh
+Sienna Wallace Yes.
Don’t worry. Whether you realize it or not, you’re slowly turning into your father; we all are. It can be a good thing, or bad, just depends on your perspective.
amazing guitar solo
Amaizing what this dude can do with a guitar!!!
A big fan and all my respect from Tijuana Mexico!!!
Erick Clapton rules awebo!!!!
love these guys who criticize his playing ..he is in another world in talent from anyone listening here
exactly!
Eric "Arthritis Hands" Clapton is a talentless hack who based his entire career off the Talent that was Duane Allman
StoogesOfTheFuture explain
@@Averyhotpot Oh gawd no pls don't lol
@@StoogesOfTheFuture He is a lot better than a dickhead like yourself ;-)
I'm working so hard to get to his level. I am only fifteen but I hope to be that good one day!
You WILL, its about BELIEF in yourself, Yes you can do it!
So, you that good ? Keep on dreamin'
he is simply the greatest, and it is a crying shame he is not Sir Eric yet!
He's already got an OBE and CBE. But i wonder if he'd even accept a knighthood. I think it's kind of arrogant to want people to call you Sir.
EC con questa fusion ha definitivamente messo i puntini sulle i di chi è il più grande di tutti i tempi
I have seen him live in concert a number of times. I even flew to Shanghai for his first ever performance in China. When you are there in the crowd you feel like you are floating in air. He has got something intangible in that heart of his. Or maybe it's his fingers. Not sure. But he is our gift from God.
I`ve seen Eric perform since the `70s. Sometimes he`s wasn`t inspired ( read to drunk to perform ) , other times he was plain God on 6 strings. But it was always something to remember. He`s one of the very few that realy masters the guitar in every way.
In the 60`s he was booked with John Mayall in Schiedam for 2 hours , they stayed for 6 hours playing straight till morning.......legendary!!
I keep listening to this day by day - never gets old - neither does he!
he has got magic hand!! God bless guitars and Eric's hands!!!
*magic hands
Para mi nunca lo opaco Hendrix
Just wow!!!!
Holy Clap.
clap tone
Légendaire
Wow... just wow, can't say more it gave me the chills he's my absolute favourite guitar player of all times.
You don't hang around for over 50 years and not be one of the best ever, no matter what you're doing.
Clapton’s technique and feel for the guitar is what puts him head and shoulders above every other guitarist ever to walk the earth.
oH MY God, it's not fair so much talent and skill in one person. Definitely the best all-round guitarplayer ever...That's playing the stars from heaven.....
So many times I have seen videos of him performing and I think,,wow I love that the most..and then I will see another and its the same thing..live forever Slowhand
Clapton's style is awesome. It is like a flood of music just consuming the body
A good thing about Clapton is his perfect technic and his musical fantasy.
Well said!
Clapton is GOD.
uniman
God is dead
Jimi hendrix is the new god
But jimi destroyed him. By much respect for Mr.Clapton still one of the greats.
nada que ver hay mejores y un solo Dios
Its a misnomer, it was supposed to read Clapton is 'GOOD'. But the the kid spraying the graffiti was illiterate.
Good to see the old fella's still got it! Brilliant.....
the guitar god himself in all his glory
Clapton at his best!!! Gracias,
Mr. Clapton is guy, who use music as influence to the people. And I'm totally addicted to his songs ..
His playing makes the hair stand up on my neck. AWESOME !!!!!
I love it when he starts to warm up...so good.
Amazing Guitarist Eric Clapton is.
Bravo Eric....
Hi Despina, Happy Tuesday....................................Smokin
Superb....
That's right Jeff!! EC is trailblazer, freakin' pioneer, refined TASTE to the 20th power. Notice how he eases into it, just popping little clean funk ditties, then begins to burn a little bit, keeps building & ends up smokin' up high! He took the crowd on a ride as they all felt his vibe as he builds to a Climax! Kinda like SEX?!! He's the man & there will never ever be another!! Millions would recognize his playing in 10 notes or less!
Clapton is fantastic. I find it humorous when others criticize other musicians, a true display of ignorance. Every musician has their own thing to say, some not as well as others, but it's their voice. If you don't enjoy it, then don't listen. To tear others down only shows your own insecurity.
well..... I love Gilmour & Clapton so go figure
He's just play pentatonic scales no big deal!
@Roberto Sedinho you would give your left nut to play guitar half that good
Can't seem to get enough Clapton.
CLAPTON IS GOD!!! nada más que decir
BRO MY WHOLE BODY WAS ABSORBED!!
That just gave me shell shock! Clapton could slay dragons with his axe.
Super , Eric Clapton- My Favorit Guitarist. Good bless him . Finne.
His solo on My Father's Eyes is pure emotion and pure Clapton. From one of the Crossroads Festivals.
I love it when he let it loose.
Clapton is my hero. Ladies and gentlemen, you are watching the most influential guitarist of our generation. The only one who comes close is Hendrix.
Ryan Mozert add Michael Bloomfield Jonny winter
claire are you french darling?
Holy moly........ I always knew that he is great, but....... Holy moly....
excellent
Eric Clapton is good
This is just outstanding!
This guy is the greatest improviser of a guitar solo that I know. They have the musical elements of the songs, the guitar cries, growls, dances, and kicks, and they have an intro, a middle, a development, and conclusion and a coda and the musical idea develops through the whole thing. But is, 'is he actually "improvising"'?
What one can say but ERIC CLAPTON
king of guitars solo....
Amazing 😳 Clapton on fire
agree best solo ever!!!
One of the few if not only times I’ve ever seen Clapton mess with volume swells!!
Marvellous!!! Thanks for posting:)
Grandma Mary
Love Clapton. My top 5 After #1 who is Clapton in no order Buddy Guy, Johnny Winters, SRV,Roy Clark
This is just from another world!! Thanks for sharing
To me, it was never about who is the greatest guitar player, it's about style. Eric Clapton's style was always number 1 in my opinion all the way back to Cream.
probalbly the best solo i have ever heard....
Eric ist der Beste !! ;.)))
I say The best guitar player alive.
EPIC CLAPTON
Eric Crapton
Bob S. Stevenson kill joy
You see this and you begin to understand why, when Jimi Hendrix first made his way to London in 1966 with Chas Chandler, he made it priority number one to seek out and have a jam session with Eric Clapton: Similis simili gaudet.
How odd. I saw you bashing Clapton on the brownie repro video on how slow he played, yet I found you here 😂
T0xicRouge Perhaps you fail to understand the meaning of satire.
Those notes are coming from somewhere inside him like he’s just a conduit to somewhere else. And it all makes perfect sense musically
Clapton is God
THATS INCREDIBLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
simply the best
@xxxmicamicaxxx All of that, PLUS Clapton can play a trillion and ONE notes per second. Hahaha. It's amazing how much control he has over each individual note. Truly the best guitarist in history, in my opinion.
This is Clapton jamming with Santana's rhythm section as Crossroads 2004 and he''s killing it in this solo. It's rare to see Clapton play a really fast solo like we see hear. I love it. His tone sounds like it did during his days with Cream. He probably played this particular funky looking Strat with straight pickups once and we just saw it.
+Led ZeppelinFan The guitar is one he had custom painted by an artist he
particularly admired and he used it a lot for a period of time. It's an Eric
Clapton signature Strat. He most likely has each one of his own guitars
made to very specific standards by the people at Fender Custom Shop. I'm
guessing the pickups are the vintage noiseless ones he uses now instead
of the active Lace Sensors on the original EC Strats. Those do have that
special mid boost built into one of the tone circuits and that's how he can
get all the extra drive a Strat does not have normally. Just a guess.
Zepp, that's his own rhythm section. That's Nathan East on bass and Steve Gadd on drums. Check out the Hyde Park version of I Shot the Sheriff and you can see i/them a little clearer. Another smokin solo as well too to boot! And Steve Gadd brings the house down on the drums on that one too :-) +1 to Larry Geetar, those are called the Crash'o'casters. A graffiti artist painted 3 EC Signature Strats for him. pretty awesome lookin.
Yes, very distinctive looks for an all time distinctive player - one of
the Top Five in my opinion. Do you know the artist's name, by any
chance? And have a wonderful 4th of July weekend!
I think his name is John Matos if memory serves. Happy 4th to you as well!
This isn't Santana's rhythm section...
He can express all his emotion through music. Like someone stated before it is literally singing… he only leaves you with good vibes and your brain trying to sing along to a guitar solo?!!!!!
his tone and touch are amazing here, best solo of him in my opinion
This is just unreal.
man what a great solo
Damn - he makes that thing sing! Gonna buy me a time machine on trade me and go see that concert :)
Guitar monster
The Clapton Stratocaster is the easily the most powerful Humbucker guitar in the world.
Eric Clapton and Brian may are the best guitar 🎸 play.
Ele é o melhor vivo atualmente toma fortes remédios para poder tocar devido a dor.Grande exemplo
eric good joe bonamassa the master pure magic
that very first note.
damn straight
Helena Handbaskit I
sexy isnt it, made me wet
That could literally be the solo
Amo este solo!!
OMG, he's making love with that guitar! AMAZING
SIR Eric "slow hand" Clapson a master
Yes you describe his playing well,its even better when you see him live!
This is the reason he's the one and the only one . Clapton is GOD .
Geiler Sound der hat was drauf
it's unreal, you try to play this solo with your mind and you understand how Clapton is a magician because for him it's totally pure feeling, like a movie; slowly at the beginning with an apothéose at the end without forgetting the giant Steve Gad who gives so much power at this solo.AMAZING
He is doing so much pleasure, to this guitar :)
I wish he wouldnt have stopped!!!🤤😭
mind blown.