Eric Clapton shows off some playing speed #guitar #guitarsolo #guitarlesson #guitarsolo #guitarist #ericclapton Like this short? Subscribe for more guitar content: / @enterthejam Like us on Facebook: / enterthejamtracks
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@joaquinDur3 ай бұрын
I hope the title is packed with sarcasm I did not get.
@guygaudreau12113 ай бұрын
I was think the same. Clapton has never been known for speed. He is very smooth not fast
@WeaponexBand3 ай бұрын
lol I kept waiting for the speed and all I got were hackneyed, slow ass blues kicks
@georgerucker92633 ай бұрын
He was always called Erik slow hands Clapton
@jordanrosner43623 ай бұрын
😂 he IS SLOWHAND. His GUITAR is SLOWHAND. This was pretty quick for him these days...@georgerucker9263
@georgerucker92633 ай бұрын
@jordanrosner4362 anyway you put it at best he was ONLY a decent guitarist
@paulmurphy89933 ай бұрын
He's not called Slow hand for nothing.
@CFox.73 ай бұрын
hahahaha
@torineg.8473 ай бұрын
Age is catching up, I've played since 9 in the 60s definite slow hand now.
@yeshlenchetty91733 ай бұрын
There's the comment I was looking for lol
@vitor.santos73 ай бұрын
@@torineg.847 Steve Vai is 63 and still rocking, is possible!
@hitju103 ай бұрын
Clapton's nickname of "Slowhand" came from Giorgio Gomelsky, a pun on the slow handclapping that ensued when Clapton stopped playing while he replaced a string.
@jayc45092 ай бұрын
It sounds good. Faster doesn’t mean better. It is music, not jet travel. He plays the right notes at the right speed and you got magic.
@conorobrien57632 ай бұрын
The greatest guitar player to ever live
@7switty3 ай бұрын
He went so fast the camera doesn't even capture it.
@kennethmckeith79083 ай бұрын
I hope you're being sarcastic....
@7switty3 ай бұрын
@@kennethmckeith7908 🤣
@mesoanarchy3 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@forelectricstring88333 ай бұрын
The man in the video is not him. So fast he is miles away now
@kennethmckeith79083 ай бұрын
@@forelectricstring8833 it doesn't matter because he's not fast anyways
@spaghettisauce4453 ай бұрын
been playing the same licks since 1834
@robertzaborowski46563 ай бұрын
And it still sounds good !
@juancarlos-dx1or3 ай бұрын
So does Malmsteen
@dominicijavier15753 ай бұрын
people still love hearing them since 1834
@pdcdesign96323 ай бұрын
Layla solo version #888
@pdcdesign96323 ай бұрын
@@juancarlos-dx1ordeflect much?
@sonny109402 ай бұрын
He is not a showy guitar player he played with his heart thats all
@orionswitness2 ай бұрын
Saw Eric Clapton live 1989/1990 ….he was brilliant ….for over 2 hrs ….mind blowing guitar playing.
@aaronwalderslade2 ай бұрын
I was there (Wembley Stadium), it was funny, I was absolutely glazed over for the whole thing, couldn't understand what the guy near me was going so wild about, just didn't get Clapton at all. Then Elton came on and I was going wild the whole time, looked over at the guy who liked Clapton and he was glazed over! You can't do anything about your taste!
@El_Hicks3 ай бұрын
i waited.... and i'm still waiting
@richardhincemon3 ай бұрын
Slowhand it's in his tone and vibrato 😮
@duckbrew3 ай бұрын
Go listen to your Steve Vai douche
@Mnil523 ай бұрын
God he's overrated, I love jam music and I find him so boring
@steveymoon3 ай бұрын
@@Mnil52- Exactly.
@WagnerStoffelOne3 ай бұрын
Was too fast, you didn't even notice. Actually, anyone notice.
@CargoShorts72 ай бұрын
I'll never understand why people will insist on being music snobs and will talk shit on the chops of OG players. They were the ones that paved the way. No shit someone like Tim Henson has more technical prowess and can play much faster... in the same way that a modern Lamborghini is obviously gonna be faster than and more advanced than a Porsche 550 from 1955. Doesn't devalue the Porsche in any way. The technology and art form, in this case music and guitar playing, had to evolve to get to where it is today. It took decades of phenomenal players like Clapton to push the bounds of the instrument (with relation to their time period) and inspiring the next generation of players to take it even further. Same thing with sports and athletes. Honestly, it's true for anything that has evolved over time really. Why do you think you don't see the actual greats of today like Tim Henson, Mateus Asato, Mark Letteiri etc talk shit about those that came before? Because they know that those players laid the groundwork and helped the art form evolve to get to where it is today. Guys like Hendrix and Albert Collins gave way to SRV, who gave way to John Mayer and Philip Sayce. They're all great in their own way and are all important to the legacy and evolution of the given music genre. To sit here and rip on an OG like this says a lot more about you than it does the player you're ripping on
@MrGidella2 ай бұрын
Prefer Clapton to Tim, how Hanson's bunch of tricks became music I don't get.
@frankstephenson1746Ай бұрын
Pretty well said. I’d like to add that speed is only one element. It’s art not a race…
@poolking123Ай бұрын
Yes but Allan Holdsworth is lightyears ahead of Eric Clapton and he came from the 60s too. Check the solos holdsworth did with soft machine. No one was playing like that till the 80s
@xkmmx2132Ай бұрын
To comment this long about it says a lot about how much time you have on your hands
@ramson100Ай бұрын
These naysayers believe the local GE plant producing light bulbs is full of individuals more inventive than Edison. They are mesmerized by mindless shredding, absent of melody, created by a guitar and dozens of pedals daisy chained .
@channamation2 ай бұрын
It amazes me one person has so much talent.
@brawdygordii3 ай бұрын
He's definitely got faster in his old age AND added two more notes to his pentatonic repertoire!
@RayJCanPlay3 ай бұрын
Actually, he was very, very-fast when he wanted to be, such as this live Cream Vol II song called "Steppin Out". This could be the best solo he ever laid down.(1968) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jqdyaa5emr67hWg.html
@brawdygordii3 ай бұрын
@@RayJCanPlay Thanks for the sound bite. As mentioned elsewhere in the comments section, the Clapton critics would be happy to have 10% of his chops. I'd go as far as to say I'd be happy to have 1%! However, just as I can't play football and yet am able to analyse the game, see better moves and judge players strengths and weaknesses, so it is with Clapton's "abilities" In the example you gave, yes, Eric is moderately fast. But he's also repetitive, inaccurate, at times running out of ideas, other time's putting ideas together badly. Some of his phrasing had me smiling and I even LOLd at 11:02 where he ran out of key, talent and ideas all at the same time and the train hit the buffers :-) (I'm writing this at 3am in bed, listening through headphones, so not a good time to LOL) I realise this is '68, it's live and he went on to do vastly better things but I never bought into the Clapton is God thing and listening to this track hasn't changed my opinion. But thanks for trying.
@darthslagle59792 ай бұрын
I agree with your take on Stepping Out. That being said. Eric has never been a fast player and his fastes stuff is below average at best. But speed is also not what he's know for. And for those that rank him in the top guitarist of all time. Im sorry but no way. There are thousands of Casino guitarist playing tonight that would absolutely destroy Eric.@RayJCanPlay
@robsan57772 ай бұрын
...and one didn't fit at all near the end there. But I love Clapton & he is top 5 male white blues vocalist of all time.
@glenforde65582 ай бұрын
Yeah...he added the 9th over the minor chord. He's always played the flat 5th though. In this passage; he also masterfully included the blue note!
@robertb22452 ай бұрын
So smooth those fingers 🎸🎶
@user-jf6kq2ju3z3 ай бұрын
Speed limit 35… He went 45 and almost got pulled over
@bokehintheussr50333 ай бұрын
Just noodling his way to the bank 😂
@stevieboi612 ай бұрын
lol!!!
@soakingpeach3939Ай бұрын
IM WEAK
@MVG101Ай бұрын
bro is literally just playing the guitar he’s vibing
@James_N34L11 күн бұрын
Yep, and he's a antivaxxer.
@bokehintheussr503311 күн бұрын
@@James_N34L and notoriously racist. His famous on stage racist rant is the reason "Rock Against Racism" started.
@HarlanHarvey763 ай бұрын
He hit all 5 notes
@glenforde65582 ай бұрын
He added the 9th in that one phrase, and sort of had a Dorian feel over that minor chord.
@CargoShorts72 ай бұрын
and he did it better than you could too!
@HarlanHarvey7615 күн бұрын
@@CargoShorts7 🤔
@scottavery91083 ай бұрын
They don't call him slow hand for nothing
@ThuderDuck3 ай бұрын
The nickname ‘Slowhand’ came from Giorgio Gomelsky. He coined it as a good pun. He kept saying Eric was a fast player, so he put together the slow handclap phrase into ‘Slowhand’ as a play on words.” It has nothing to do with Claptons lack of speed, Clapton has done more for guitar music than any other guitar player. Don’t forget that he is a living legend.
@colindakers1133 ай бұрын
@@ThuderDuck Not correct - the nickname was from the audience slow clapping while waiting for Clapton to replace broken strings - which he did, a lot!
@sidownes3 ай бұрын
@@ThuderDuckmore than Chuck Berry?
@ThuderDuck3 ай бұрын
@@colindakers113 thats part of the story! If you read the full comment I wrote the name was derived from the slow clap. And yes I read the story the way you have written it but what I wrote are literally Claptons own words. I think Eric himself would know better than you! So you are incorrect, and don’t be correcting me! I know what I’m talking about.
@_.LZ._3 ай бұрын
@@ThuderDuckTwo words: Jason Becker.
@JohnsOnStrings3 ай бұрын
Speed is relative. It's faster than "Wonderful Tonight" but it isn't exactly Malmsteen.
@Andy228823 ай бұрын
And for that we should be thankful
@pedroavila79213 ай бұрын
@@Andy22882 she didn't suffer
@jonbuckley3 ай бұрын
This comment wins the internet.
@Sandman646133 ай бұрын
If you play, try doing what he🤩 did/does at his age🤔?!
@chalcedonv69973 ай бұрын
And malmsteen is not even close to shawn lane
@MarcoPolux2 ай бұрын
This speed is killing him. Suffering gesture, open mouth and looking up to heaven
@mishrad66012 ай бұрын
Yes he crossed John petrucci limit😂
@m444ss3 ай бұрын
cant imagine why people would jump on here just to bash Clapton
@brianalexandre11253 ай бұрын
Not sure they're really bashing Clapton, but perhaps the poster (@EnterTheJam) for his wording of the title. It just drives nit-picking comments which boosts the YT algorithm for his content... which incidentally, we're both contributing to. 😎
@ChrisMitchells_FlyingCameras2 ай бұрын
Why? Check the video title.
@alan4sure2 ай бұрын
We've seen good players on yt so we know real speed. Like Jake Eddy, 200bpm. Clapton, 70bpm
@Guitarman0920043 ай бұрын
This is what keeps him alive.
@Guitarman0920043 ай бұрын
@@christophercooksey7016 Meah
@steveymoon3 ай бұрын
What, dull and repetitive beginner blues?
@Fl4ppers3 ай бұрын
I thought all the racism was what kept him alive. Laughed my arse off when he bought a mansion in Brazil.
@golfer40393 ай бұрын
@@steveymoon played like a guy who just learned the pentatonic scale and people still call him the goat. What a world.
@steveymoon2 ай бұрын
@@golfer4039 - Yeah, it's bizarre. It's like they watched Clapton and then never saw another guitar player. The idea that Clapton scores higher on a poll of best guitar players than Eric Johnson or Joe Bonamassa or Slash or Eric Steckel or Robben Ford or Gary Moore or about a million others is mind blowing.
@wesleyalan91793 ай бұрын
I liked Clapton back in his early days, thats when he was the best. "Psychedelic Eric" that was the man!
@mrpzak3 ай бұрын
Cream era Clapton is one of my fav guitarists.
@WilliamsDad19893 ай бұрын
@@mrpzak I agree - a little. Derek & Dominoes was his best couple years. His best is on those live performances. IMHO that is :-)
@danx35042 ай бұрын
Im glad i went to see this bloke live twice in Brisbane. Definitely the best guitarist that ever lived after Hendrix
@pauloribeiro43372 ай бұрын
Not much speed as blues doesn't require that, but the feeling and the fluid lines say it all.
@samuelgates59353 ай бұрын
R.I.P. Dickey Betts April 18, 2024, Thursday.
@realledbetter50153 ай бұрын
He was amazing!!! I have been grieving since I rec’d the awful news of his passing! This Mother’s Day weekend will be 10 years since I was able to see him play live. It breaks my heart 😢to know I can only watch DVD’s from now on. Last show for me was an outdoor venue in Jermyn, PA called Mtn. Sky. Followed him & his band around from 2006-2014 & seen him 8x’s in that timeframe. Would have been more if other obligations didn’t get in the way. What an amazing songwriter & guitar player! Such great times going to see him & his band tear it up!
@adamziolkowski25492 ай бұрын
I know…. 😢😢😢
@tschantz2 ай бұрын
I just like how you added the word Thursday
@isaiahparadiso80443 ай бұрын
Wrong headline. It should read EC shows off some tight phrasing. Slow Hand plays much faster than this.
@alfredochofre31693 ай бұрын
Indeed. The nick "slowhand" comes from he is not the quickest when it comes to pay the beers
@bobwalker2003 ай бұрын
@@alfredochofre3169 Slowhand comes from the saying “A slow hand clapped on”
@isaiahparadiso80443 ай бұрын
@@bobwalker200 I thought it was a reference to how slow he was on changing strings when he broke a string on stage. The crowd would slow clap while he replaced the string for 5 minutes.
@freebee82213 ай бұрын
Excactly. He played fast solos when he was a kid, even before yarbirds and the Cream.
@Oleg_K.3 ай бұрын
@@bobwalker200 What's that phrase supposed to mean?
@johnjohnmcclane18182 ай бұрын
All the naysayers just remember this...Clapton can book and fill just about any venue he wants, and has been able to for 60 years. He wins.
@alan4sure2 ай бұрын
But real guitar players aren't on the bandwagon.
@takeonparis2 ай бұрын
So can Martha Stewart! 😂
@dsan94Ай бұрын
Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, and others can pack larger venues. Doesn't make them good.
@TheMotiveDJАй бұрын
McDonald's is the world's leading seller of hamburgers. Not sure what your point is.
@yourpetardАй бұрын
He still isn't fast, but then again he never claimed to be. He's more of a conversationalist than an auctioneer. He can play as fast as he needs
@tobetb3 ай бұрын
Speed delivered in 3-5 business days..
@ismailsaricam41103 ай бұрын
He may not have the speed which is not necessary in my opinion, but he got the groove which lots of players lack
@kennethmckeith79083 ай бұрын
To be a great player you need to have the speed. Yes, he plays with some soul but lacks great creativity because of his improper technique.
@minnaaminetj1023 ай бұрын
@@kennethmckeith7908 and who are you Sir?!
@kennethmckeith79083 ай бұрын
@@minnaaminetj102 who I am sir has no bearing on this conversation. But if you must know, I've been playing guitar for about 40 years. I keep up to date with today's styles and with the old ones. I play all kinds of types of music. I play both rhythm and lead. I've had lessons and my taste in music is quite vast. The only thing I never got into was hip hop but they don't play much guitar in it. Anyways. I play soul, Rock, metal, country, and just a little classical. But my favorite is funk. I just think if a guy's a professional player and has almost nothing to do but hone his craft such as guitar playing, he should be a lot farther along than what Eric Clapton is. Personally I've had people say I'm a great player but I don't think I am. No. I reserve that for the guys I respect mightily.
@minnaaminetj1023 ай бұрын
@@kennethmckeith7908 Its your opinion and I respect it! I am more into Bloomfield and Gallagher, but I don't consider Clapton a bad guitarist.
@FramrodLiggins3 ай бұрын
@@kennethmckeith7908.are you 14 years old? Speed has NOTJING to do with "greatness". You can teach a monkey tom play fast. Speed impresses wannabee guitar players and NO ONE ELSE.
@MrJackrockerman3 ай бұрын
Gary Moore watching from above 🧐
@CAGED17023 ай бұрын
...and chuckling!
@TNCadillacEldorado3 ай бұрын
Clapton could never be Gary
@yourewrongabouteverything3 ай бұрын
@TNCadillacEldorado you're right he was better
@AverageHuman70263 ай бұрын
Gary Moore watching from above (yawn emoji)
@chrisjames19243 ай бұрын
From below
@bluemax733 ай бұрын
Slowhand! Smoothe as silk!
@Jedizen072 ай бұрын
Not much in the way of speed, but he definitely shows how much his phrasing has improved over the last 30+ years. I definitely hear licks from BB King, Sonny Landrith and a few little things from Jimmy Herring. Obviously, his Crossroads Guitar Festivals are making him try some different phrases. I If you really want some great fast playing with tasty phrasing, Clapton could “ shred “ in his own way during the Cream days.
@meangreen5822 ай бұрын
The guy is a Legend . I was privileged enough to perform with Clapton in the late 1990's. Wonderful experiences i will never forget. Cheers Mr C
@forelectricstring88333 ай бұрын
Faster than the speed of light. Supercharged and flying low. He's liquid dynamite.
@steveymoon3 ай бұрын
🤣😂🤣😂🤣
@callsignscrottymcboogerballs883 ай бұрын
Great album
@sandmanCQB85412 ай бұрын
Yngwie🤙
@alextrainor25523 ай бұрын
The notes in that last run are really good
@patriot36362 ай бұрын
Eric Clapton is a living legend. He's one of "the guys", the rest of us looked to, to steal lines from. Sadly, we all can't live up to his example. Amazing guitarist.
@leandrojrg3 ай бұрын
Clapton is feelings, each note is in its exactely place
@golfer40393 ай бұрын
you have to be kidding me
@kckrye2 ай бұрын
It sounds like a beginner just found the pentatonic box.
@mattyq91303 ай бұрын
It's called feel. It's not aimless noodling, it's the Blues and it's amazing.
@AverageHuman70263 ай бұрын
Yes I feel a lot from this. It feels bland, safe, predictable and repeated over and over and over.
@whatabouttheearthАй бұрын
@@AverageHuman7026 🤦 You need to hear it in the larger context, and this little bit isn't bland if you are a guitarist and listen to specifics. His dynamics are nice but kind of being squeezed out by the compressor.
@whatabouttheearthАй бұрын
@@AverageHuman7026 🤦 You need to hear it in the larger context, and this little bit isn't bland if you are a guitarist and listen to specifics. His dynamics are nice but kind of being squeezed out by the compressor.
@AverageHuman7026Ай бұрын
@@whatabouttheearth I've been playing guitar for 33 years. I understand specifics and dynamics. I also understand the same old regurgitated blues pentatonic playing done by guys like Clapton, Mayer, Shepard, Bonamassa, Lang and all the other clones. If you really listen you'll hear the same licks repeated song after song, album after album. SRV is the biggest culprit. You hear the same riffs in every song just in a different key. Listen to sky is crying and then Texas flood. Same exact song. Listen to Pride and Joy then listen to Cryin...same thing. It is a boring and overrated style of playing.
@cbcacbca3 ай бұрын
Whatever you think about Clapton, his playing in the late 60's and early 70's was magnificent, and if you were there to hear it at the time, you'll always love him just for that period alone.
@vcv65602 ай бұрын
To have since read in his biography (E.C.) that he was so captured by the heroin addiction much of that time even more incredible. Recall he could barely sit up on the stool to record the album 461 Ocean Blvd
@mattm19822 ай бұрын
@@vcv6560 The Cream days were before heroin for sure. I believe during Derek and the Dominos it was heavy alcohol use and then was the heroin, but I don't totally remember. I know alcohol was his last addiction that finally broke him though. Also I believe during his heroin time he was at home for like 2 years straight.
@darthslagle59792 ай бұрын
Yeah that rhythm track he laid down for Layla was amazing 😂 If Duane hadn't been there, that song and that album would never have seen a chart. Even Eric himself said he had no clue how much he didn't know and how much he couldn't play until Duane came along to give him some guidance.
@cbcacbca2 ай бұрын
@vcv6560 , I know i shouldn't advertise it, but the effects of heroin also has the ability to make you very creative.
@polythene213 ай бұрын
everyone on that stage is trying to hold in a sneeze
@juliuscaesar79062 ай бұрын
a yawn
@motioninmind60153 ай бұрын
I dunno, just sounds like aimless blues noodling to me.
@habbi19743 ай бұрын
overrated clapton is overrated
@nige993 ай бұрын
I agree
@colined3 ай бұрын
Maybe it's just too fast to hear properly?
@bongjovi49283 ай бұрын
Say that about SRV and their heads explode.
@ADrazynski3 ай бұрын
True
@Trobtwillis3 ай бұрын
Beautiful Music ❤🎼🎵🎶
@handmadehearts3 ай бұрын
Gentle music to sleep by...
@Axeman4282 ай бұрын
I have seen him really show off with Freddie King and George Terry standing , jaws and guitars dropped. It started out as a 3 way guitar battle but when Clapton got frustrated he gritted his teeth, closed his eyes and the rest is history. Shreveport late 70s. I never heard him better anywhere live. The other two are stellar guitarist but got schooled that night.
@alidemir98973 ай бұрын
He just played the right notes... So much feel... More important than speed
@settaquilon3 ай бұрын
He's just wanking pentatonic man. This is shit, literally shit, there are no nothing right notes. It's so bad that even spectacular. The most famous ass-handed guitarist in the world. It must be a joke, but it isn't.
@brawdygordii3 ай бұрын
The right notes being...?
@lemuscleetudiant12253 ай бұрын
@@brawdygordii The most basic pentatonic that ANYONE can play after 6 months of pratice haha but apparently he is GOD 😂😂😂😂
@brawdygordii3 ай бұрын
@@lemuscleetudiant1225 Well I'm glad you spotted that one 😂😂😂
@davidnewstead78983 ай бұрын
along with timing mistakes and flubbs
@kurtweiand70863 ай бұрын
In my opinion his best solo, was the one in Badge!
@mauricedorreboom53883 ай бұрын
Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" was jawdropping good! Please look for it
@ThePaulv123 ай бұрын
@@mauricedorreboom5388 I'm about to look for that Cheers for the recommendation!
@ThePaulv123 ай бұрын
Search this in KZfaq: Cream - Spoonful (Live at The Revolution Club, London, England // 1967) Yeah apart from appearing on the website Men Who Look Like Old Lesbians (check it out LOL) he hasn't done much that was particularly masculine since Cream has he? Alright I suppose there was the 'butch' You Look Wonderful Tonight and Promises ergh ergh ergh (excuse me while I go and sick up)... BTW, Love Badge too, but I like I Feel Free and Strange Brew. They just have this quality about them, like Badge that I find delicious.
@C_L_E_M_O3 ай бұрын
I like his solo on yer blues from rolling stones rock n roll circus 👌
@turrafirmaguitarchannel3 ай бұрын
This solo is quite MOR compared to his fire and brimstone 60s stuff as mentioned. Don’t forget all his playing on Beano album too.
@apostlej.k.diamond4119Ай бұрын
The Legend!!!!
@wjb1112 ай бұрын
Could listen all day!
@janiterinadrum16273 ай бұрын
He’s 80 years old dudes… he’s never gonna be Steve Vai or Satriani… he is what he is. He’s a legend 20 years away from being 100 years old. I think he’s doing pretty good speed wise.
@jibicusmaximus48273 ай бұрын
i prefer it to speed, some young people have no taste..
@knowerzark3 ай бұрын
Like vai or satriani have the required soul. I’ve seen them both live and they don’t do to me what Clapton or Stevie Ray Vaughan or EVH did.
@kennethmckeith79083 ай бұрын
Age has nothing to do with it. Lack of good technique and drive was always his problem as well as illegal drugs and messing around with married women... That will hold you back more than anything else, but age ain't the problem
@johnkk78633 ай бұрын
@@kennethmckeith7908 First of all he was probably 55 here . Secondly you’re right in your point about messing around with drugs and married women holding him back , but you couldn’t be more wrong about him lacking technique.. I mean cmon man it’s EC we’re talking about here , he may not be all flash and speed but his phrasing is IMMACULATE. That takes perfect technique. Could he have been better if he was more dedicated and didn’t mess around? I honestly don’t think so . He is a legend for a reason and the best exponent of the notes you don’t play or the space between them that has even lived, my favourite player? Not by a long way but you gotta give him his due ..
@kennethmckeith79083 ай бұрын
@@johnkk7863 Eric Clapton has horrible technique. Ask any well-trained guitarist and he will tell you that. Go ahead! Ask a trained guitarist. I'm not talking about a guy who's only been playing for 4 years. I'm talking about a guy who's been playing for 20 and he will tell you. Eric, claptons technique is just deplorable. Besides that, yeah he might be good at phrasing but that doesn't make him a great player. The great players are able to do just about anything they want in any genre. It doesn't come natural to them. They just have talent. But they decide to hone their talent to become the great players that they are. And Eric Clapton has not done that. People tend to say people are great when they don't know what the hell they're talking about. I'm sorry I'm not necessarily talking about you, but you could be included. If a person hasn't played guitar. There is no way they can make a right judgment about who is great and who's not. I think the truth is that when people like something they tend to think it's great and really don't give any analysis to it. Eric Clapton, Hendrix and the like are those players that people like to talk about as being great but have absolutely no idea what it takes to be great. Great. They know what they like and it's okay but please don't try to defend The idea that he's great. It's okay for people to like what they like, but they should use more analysis on whether that is great or not. It is usually not great but they like it and so they think it's great and that's okay. I found that people tend to attach emotional feelings to the things that they like and so they will defend with an inch of their life that they are great when they're in fact not.
@alexcaminiti2 ай бұрын
A friendly reminder this legend is 79, so even though his fingers can't do what his brain is telling them to do doesn't mean much, because he's fucking *80* and playing with a band at a stadium. I'm not a Clapton fan, but I don't mock legends, and neither should you. ✌️
@AMAR-ym7sz2 ай бұрын
John Mclaughlin is in his 80s
@golfer40392 ай бұрын
Jeff Beck was in his 70s
@justcyan1233 ай бұрын
EC plays melodic solos since the 60s and he's still (one of) the best guitarist
@jimclarke1108Ай бұрын
Another guitar legend
@donkloos90783 ай бұрын
EC was really a pioneer of bringing blues into rock before anyone else. Guitar and guitar playing have evolved greatly since then. He was my idol growing up and I learned to play all his Cream songs and was in awe of him. If you want some speedy Clapton licks listen to live version of I'm So Glad and Sitting on Top of the World on the Goodbye Cream album. Also I suggest you listen to Crossroads live version on Wheels Of Fire album... Epic solo there. He has definitely matured and mellowed since then, probably to is liking.
@luix31413 ай бұрын
You dont know what you’re talking about. Rock came from blues. It was already in it. Get your info right. Chuck Berry did it way before Clapton.
@donkloos90783 ай бұрын
@@luix3141 ...and Buddy Holly did it before Chuck....etc. I like Check Berry, too. EC was the preeminent 'channel' not to say there weren't others, too.
@davidnewstead78983 ай бұрын
You obviously dont play guitar. he is a Freddie king rip off. Go and have a listen. Even his voice is like Freddie's. This is what you sound like when you dont practice. I hear three mistakes in that short piece.
@yourewrongabouteverything3 ай бұрын
@davidnewstead7898 you don't play guitar and it's obvious
@HenryMcGuinnessGuitar3 ай бұрын
The solo from White room - with the wahwah pedal (which I'd never use myself) is the one that comes to mind
@Gigatless3 ай бұрын
Idk why I was expecting him to shred 128ths
@WorldOnItsOwnMusic3 ай бұрын
Just clean guitar.
@larry50392 ай бұрын
Playing Just tasty notes. Speed kills.
@AlanGeer3 ай бұрын
he’s been playing the same tired licks for 40 years.
@KevyNova2 ай бұрын
Try 60 years.
@Olegstuff219862 ай бұрын
If you were making millions doing that, would you stop? :)
@dimaermolenko982 ай бұрын
@@Olegstuff21986if I already had made millions I would at least try to...in the end its art and not Bank!
@jks31902 ай бұрын
@@Olegstuff21986 That mentality sounds like somone without any creative drive
@Olegstuff219862 ай бұрын
@@jks3190 Indeed, but that often happens to good artists once they get critical acclaim.
@llukkz3 ай бұрын
His vibrato is beyond perfection
@kennethmckeith79083 ай бұрын
No such thing...
@richardhincemon3 ай бұрын
@@kennethmckeith7908says nobody
@Datanditto3 ай бұрын
Not
@CaribbeanMischief3 ай бұрын
Not! He asked Paul Kossof how to get to Kossofs level with vibrato
@jeffriessman96933 ай бұрын
@@CaribbeanMischief A Master Of Vibroto on a bend is BB King. Just look at his wrist on videos. I saw him live. He doesn`t play Rythm. Solos sound very similar, but still fabulous.
@hmmmmm60343 ай бұрын
Crazy how times change.
@orgillmathew15 күн бұрын
I love Steve Gadd and that Bass playing with him
@SiddharthKarunakaran3 ай бұрын
Come on guys, it isn't so easy to improvise the blues without drawing from your staple of licks. His bends are in tune and it sounds convincing. He's improvising. He also learnt the hard way by using records and turntables. Not from a computer. Like the type you're on using it to criticize him for no fault of his own. He's accomplished more than any of you haters. This is improvised. Yes he is not fast in this, I concede.
@BDarOZ3 ай бұрын
Nobody is saying his playing is bad, people are criticizing the headline, cos he is not playing fast (which he doesnt need to, BTW)
@muchacho563 ай бұрын
Huh? Yuck. I guess now there is such a thing as a "blues apologist."
@TheLowerNard-sc6rq3 ай бұрын
Naaa. When you get where he is, you gotta take criticism. Wether its in spite or true. The fact is he plays better than the average Joe. But that doesn't mean he's still top dog. Personally, I don't know what everyone sees in him. It sounded good in the 60 cuz thats as good as it got, plus effect pedals and LSD helped. Then I saw the Song remains the same and some Hendrix documentaries. Apearently, Eric was a bit jealous of Jimi, literally handed his crown to him. But watching Pages fingers in Dazed and Confused was not of this planet. I worked in a night club in the early 80s and there were bands consisting of little kids, seriously, 13, 14 maybe that blew all my ambitions of playing out the door. One kid even had his arm in a cast and was smokin on a strat. And to him it was no big deal. Just like doing tricks on a skateboard. From that point on, thats all Eric was anymore. Just a legend. But hey, he was top dog for a while.
@chupacabra18173 ай бұрын
That last line is all we needed lol.
@bluesrocker912 ай бұрын
Most people don't realise (or don't care) that he suffers with peripheral neuropathy, which is damage to the nerves of the hands and feet. Causes chronic pain and restricts movement. Not that dissimilar to severe arthritis. Over ten years ago, he was talking about how playing the guitar had become a battle and that he didn't know how much longer he could continue. It's a miracle he can still play at all, let alone play "fast," as if that even matters in the Blues.
@mikemelan14113 ай бұрын
It’s not about playing fast that matters. It’s about playing with feeling. Same goes for any instrument.
@vcv65602 ай бұрын
Artistic expression, the feel of the moment.
@jah92532 ай бұрын
This is what makes guys like Clapton, Gilmour, and Knopfler legends.
@BobSacamano-lj5rm2 ай бұрын
thats true but what's he feeling here? ive taken lessons for 6 months? hack player
@GrantHarri2 ай бұрын
True but there’s no speed or feeling
@rfdc2 ай бұрын
It is about being able to express through the instrument what you feel. Technicality, speed, etc. are just tools to express emotions. If you can't play fast, there are some things you will not be able to express.
@benjaminstorez24602 ай бұрын
Excellent solo😊
@scottarnest89802 ай бұрын
Tasty playing.
@alextrainor25523 ай бұрын
Effortless mastery of the craft and so much hate in the comments...
@LordPrutsikas3 ай бұрын
exactly
@golfer40393 ай бұрын
It's really not hate man, like sincerely. This is some beginner level improvising.
@adamcrary16022 ай бұрын
People wanna be on one side or the other of this one apparently. Eric Clapton isn’t exactly Donald Frump. He shouldn’t be a polarizing figure. He was the original guitar god. “ Clapton is God” was literally scrawled in spray paint all over England or at least London way back when- 50+ yrs ago. Obviously better players have come along since. Clapton is not an innovator( ‘ cept for Layla and Othsr Assorted Love songs lp). He plays the blues…Very Well. More melodically and with better phrasing than most. But he’s not a guitar hero in the modern age when their are 15-20 yr olds that play as well as him. It’s evolution. He def. doesn’t deserve haters. Half the people on here probably wouldn’t know much about rock guitar with guys like him creating the whole thing outta the blues ( and rockabilly, etc) back then in the ancient history of the 1960s.
@LordPrutsikas2 ай бұрын
@@golfer4039 How you define beginner level improvising? His phrasing is obviously at master level. If you cant hear or appreciate it then musicianship is probably not your thing.... Can you upload a video and improvise over the same chord changes so that we can get an idea what advanced playing is?
@golfer40392 ай бұрын
@@LordPrutsikas obviously at master level how???
@Amp51503 ай бұрын
i wish I was born back when average guitar center lobby skills was considered guitar god
@xMyNameisJames882 ай бұрын
I've had this same thought for years... all the greats were intermediate at best 😂 Everyone was so fucked up on drugs that it sounded expert level to them
@BlasterJunos2 ай бұрын
@@xMyNameisJames88 It wasn't their speed that made them great. It was the songs that they made with what they had. Guitar playing is just one part of music anyways
@youngboyharless97692 ай бұрын
They created the music tho, I get where you're coming from to a degree lol especially if talking about Clapton, he's a decent guitarist at best imo. Andy James, Rick Graham and many others would absolutely slay him in a shred off. @@xMyNameisJames88
@jlobiafra2 ай бұрын
Electric guitar was still barely new back then. Clapton, Hendrix, beck, etc paved the way to Eddie, randy Rhodes, satriani, yngvie, etc who paved the road to whoever you like today. It is weird seeing kids on youtube shredding like pros though.
@youngboyharless97692 ай бұрын
@@jlobiafra Guitar is an amazing instrument, nobody is disregarded from learning it. Even people without limbs find a way, go get yourself a guitar. It was the best decision I ever made over a decade ago, I'm still no pro but have gone leaps and bounds ahead of what I thought I'd ever be. Still always learning, some guys pick up guitar and never learn anything but a few riffs in 30 years. Don't be that guy/gal. Study, practice dedicate an hour-3 a day, use your ear. Try to hear everything
@morganneher86433 ай бұрын
With Abe on the kit, would allow for total spiritual freedom to play anything 🔥
@timbod112 ай бұрын
So many references in this. Reminds me of Slabo day by Peter Green. Thank you Eric. 🇬🇧
@ingomeyer41533 ай бұрын
All around in my hometown,they're try ing to pull me down,they say they want to bring me in guilty,for the life of a deputy...I wish Bob Marley would be still with us,people like him are so needed in special these days...
@robbierowe84673 ай бұрын
Clapton’s phrasing is so under appreciated by non-musicians. But those of us who aspire to be are blown away by how easy he makes this look.
@stringpicker54683 ай бұрын
Many played more notes, few if any played better ones. I've loved him for over 50 years.
@christopherkyle56393 ай бұрын
Not really , boring is boring , completely overrated
@daveshort73713 ай бұрын
100,000,000%@@christopherkyle5639
@adamjacksonmedia3 ай бұрын
I've been a musician since the early 80s, and all I hear is lazy pentatonic licks.
@Urohpls3 ай бұрын
The phrasing isn’t even good lol. This sounds like someone who just learned the pentatonic scale lol
@edgaraquino23242 ай бұрын
Ahh...Slowhand....finestkind...😊
@GoatMee3 ай бұрын
Change "speed" with "taste" and the comments will be more forgiving.
@roccomariani28293 ай бұрын
"slowhand" is referred to his mood of changing strings live back in the yardbirds times
@SuperBartles3 ай бұрын
A bit of a pun "Slow hand clap" (ton) I heard a different "origin story". Clapton said someone in the 60s thought he was a fast player back then, so they said this as a joke
@jeffreysherman22763 ай бұрын
ANOTHER LEVEL , ROCK ON FRIEND …
@anthonyfesta70103 ай бұрын
😂
@StreetsleeperUK2 ай бұрын
His playing in the 60s was amazing. Lots of energy
@rogeriohenquer71043 ай бұрын
A gift in my day
@browndog42993 ай бұрын
This is waffle…at least when he played with cream and Bluesbreakers he had some balls…
@nyc99933 ай бұрын
And, lots of Heroin......
@browndog42993 ай бұрын
@@nyc9993 Hey, whatever works for the listeners…
@desertdetroiter4282 ай бұрын
Meh…he doesn’t look back on his playing in those years so fondly.
@JulesFox3 ай бұрын
Beautiful playing. Some people get it , others don’t.
@jojothetasmaniansassmonkey88663 ай бұрын
listening to a solo that uses one mode over a diatonic progression is not hard to "get". People get it, its just not very interesting.
@juliandiamond51262 ай бұрын
@@jojothetasmaniansassmonkey8866 haha what do you know about modes
@treebeard94612 ай бұрын
@@jojothetasmaniansassmonkey8866you’re playing probably sounds like shit to anyone that isn’t trying too hard to be artsy. Just live and let live you don’t have to be a dumbass hater
@AndersMcTee2 ай бұрын
Going like the Clappers
@Duarki3 ай бұрын
When people talk about time travel, they often miss the part where the best thing would be, being able to go back in time and be the world’s best guitarist. This is what I sound like when someone asks me if I can really play guitar, and I’m like ‘yeh, but give me a break I haven’t even played for like 2 years’ and I just fuck around in a pentatonic box.
@kennethmckeith79083 ай бұрын
I agree in part. He never was world's greatest guitars because saying that means that he would have to be the only one in the world doing it. There are just too many great guitars out there to say that anyone is the best. Too many styles, and such...
@Duarki3 ай бұрын
@@jfal4782 nah trust me mate, this is what I sound like. maybe the tone sounds a little cheaper, but the extra technical skill thrown in makes up for that.
@Duarki3 ай бұрын
@@kennethmckeith7908 I defiantly agree, I just think people now forget Clapton did this in the 60’s. not to mention he wrote some pretty killer riffs in his time too. people just look at this stuff and compare it to modern times, and have no ability to think about what it meant for him to be doing it in the 60’s.
@kennethmckeith79083 ай бұрын
@@Duarki you may or or may not be right about the past. I disagree with that though because we're talking about popular guitar players of that era and not all the other ones that decided to become the best guitar player they could because it was obvious that Clapton didn't decide to do that. We are living in this time in Clapton is still playing. So therefore I am judging his current status of his playing and not what happened back in the 1960s and '70s. I maintain that his drummer was better at playing the drums than he was at playing the guitar in the band cream. In any respect, it is obvious that he stopped becoming the guitar player he could have been. Now why that is? I'm not sure, but I would bet it was because he rather would have taken illegal drugs and partyed all the time. Instead of becoming one of the greatest at his craft. I think his mind is completely burned now and he couldn't do it if he wanted to. Illegal drugs never help anybody.
@Duarki3 ай бұрын
@@kennethmckeith7908 yeh your right, i think there’s a lot of famous guitarist who are guilty of the same, they could of spent the next decade evolving and getting much better, but they basically retired advancing the guitar and turned into drugged up business men selling their product. fact still remains most guitarist are only relevant to their respective decade, and always get surpassed by the next generation of guitarist. but for the 60’s, Clapton was still one of the best. People can choose to judge him off his technical capabilities compared to guitarist from other time periods, or they can compare him to other guitarist from the 60’s. fact remains not many dudes were playing like Clapton was playing in cream in the 1960’s.
@tonyred5203 ай бұрын
Still playing the same lick as he was in the late 60's..
@charliemen95123 ай бұрын
The GOAT
@cosmic6873 ай бұрын
thats his signature phrasing which defines his sound .
@tonyred5203 ай бұрын
@@cosmic687 Lol..another devotee..wake up
@tonyred5203 ай бұрын
@@charliemen9512 THE DOPE
@2760ade3 ай бұрын
Yep! The 1860's
@alienlovesecrets93792 ай бұрын
Very tasty licks and music in slow motion.
@Rony-vg9wl2 ай бұрын
Those of you dissing Clapton were I'm sure too blessed with talent to play alongside him on an ordinary stage in front of only a myriad of audience. Imagine the burden of rejection Clapton has been bearing ever since y'all refused to assist him on stage! Thanks to all of you for choosing a different line of work and selflessly letting him have all the credit. On behalf of all of us who don't understand the nuances of guitar playing, we thank you for your contribution to its immense canon ❤
@alan4sure2 ай бұрын
Any bluegrass flatpicker would make Clapton's head spin.
@Rony-vg9wl2 ай бұрын
@@alan4sure Sure! How do you do
@alan4sure2 ай бұрын
@@Rony-vg9wl familiar with Jake Eddy, Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, Trey Hensley or Jake Workman? They have real speed!
@Rony-vg9wl2 ай бұрын
@@alan4sure all the artists you mentioned above are incredible. I wouldn't mind going as far as to thank you for introducing me to the likes of Billy Strings and Molly Tuttle. However, regardless of how good they are, their virtuosity still does little to explain the apparent hostility people here seem to be having toward Clapton. Don't you feel it's still a bit snobbish to rush into conclusion about Clapton's musicality on the premise that he can't play as fast as Jake Eddy? Why don't we take a step backward and learn to enjoy a pint of beer with whatever music we find to be resonating the best with us..! Cheers!
@The_ScapeGoat2 ай бұрын
@@Rony-vg9wl it's okay that people think Clapton is overrated. It's even okay for them to be a little bitter about it.
@biffmcarmstronge58533 ай бұрын
Sounds like a ten year old that just learned the first pentatonic box shape
@diogo_barros2 ай бұрын
Beautiful stratocaster. Liked this color blue.
@trevorgwelch74122 ай бұрын
Guitar into amp / No digital effects ✨🎸✨☮️🎬🏆
@Hverbpro3 ай бұрын
Piddley, piddley, piddley, peeeee
@agaristo773 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@helmerkappert51523 ай бұрын
😂
@brawdygordii3 ай бұрын
It's not that simple. It's actually: Dwee-to Piddley, Dwee-to Piddley, Dwee-to Piddley, (repeat ad nauseum until someone in the crowd shouts "Yeah!" ).....Peee.
@ghosttownreview15313 ай бұрын
There's a handful of nee-ner-alls and rutneys in there too.
@adamjacksonmedia3 ай бұрын
Clapton is the true master of playing generic pentatonic licks with a flat tone... and having the world in awe.
@plgplgplg3 ай бұрын
Which does for nothing for me.
@donquixote84623 ай бұрын
Bunch of boomers mystified by completely mediocre playing.
@jensclarberg64192 ай бұрын
@@plgplgplg Think that was his point lol.
@plgplgplg2 ай бұрын
@@jensclarberg6419 I am aware, just agreeing with him
@bluegryp2 ай бұрын
@@donquixote8462 Bunch of Gen Zers who wouldn’t know good music if it slapped them in the face.
@samuelcolunga50112 ай бұрын
Love it!!! Packing arena’s, stadium’s, and halls since ‘64.
@JB-tr6nu2 ай бұрын
Speed ??? Just some tasty blues riffs from Mr Slow Hand ❤😊❤
@rayerscarpensael23003 ай бұрын
In any guitarshop this would be considered a pentatonic beginner
@rodjones1173 ай бұрын
You think this is beginner-level playing?
@geedavis72383 ай бұрын
Not if he had reverb
@rayerscarpensael23003 ай бұрын
@@rodjones117 yes,.after a year or 2 anyone can play this basic stuff. Compares this to Philip Sayce. Lol.
@rodjones1173 ай бұрын
@@rayerscarpensael2300 It's not the scale that you play, or even the licks that you play, it's how you play them. At least in this kind of music. If you think a beginner could play this solo the way Clapton does you must know some very talented beginners. Or you're full of it. Disclosure - I think Clapton has got pretty lazy as he's got older, but this is not beginner level playing.
@golfer40393 ай бұрын
@@rodjones117 This is exactly beginner level playing my friend.
@kathif173 ай бұрын
2004 is the best version I have the DVD They are all awesome . My favorite musican in the world ❤ Forever Fan❤
@kennethmckeith79083 ай бұрын
Clapton is more myth and legend than he is an actual great guitar player...
@UnknownString883 ай бұрын
Einstein discovered that time is relative, but still...
@sledzeppelin3 ай бұрын
Steppin' Out is where it's at.
@ursulabornhauser10913 ай бұрын
Wonderful solo😊love you eric😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@gibrancaballero3 ай бұрын
Speed? What for? Expression and creativity are the key
@vypesofficial3 ай бұрын
Speed can be a part of expression and creativity
@specialperson3352 ай бұрын
And this completely lacks creativity imo
@TheBlueExiles2 ай бұрын
Very nice solo ❤
@mohamedhabib89822 ай бұрын
This is mark knophler's Clapton vibe
@jcruisioso59753 ай бұрын
Where? He hasn't used fast playing in some time. Not really his thing anymore
@tz78133 ай бұрын
Sounds like a beginner-ish bedroom shred. Awful tone as well. The legend continues!😂
@treebeard94612 ай бұрын
Thank god guitar icon tz7813 left his voice heard, this is really gonna move the needle.
@tz78132 ай бұрын
@@treebeard9461 if you think that was a good solo then your opinion is worthless. Walk on fool.