Always good to revisit Mike's, Eric Clapton lesson's, Great tone and proper finger placement helps me to get that Clapton sound Thanks Mike

Anyone can play the basic spoonful riff......which is great anyway, don't get me wrong! But......you are the only dude I've found that tracks down into ECs great lead work on the studio track, so I am really made up to find this!! Thanks man, I mean really you got some feel......would love to see you go to work on Politician!! Jack Bruce. RIP.

This is definitely one of my favorite songs to play!! Cream did such an amazing job with this one. Thank you for sharing your talents on this, Mike!!! ☮❤☮

Great. A vinyl record dissertation on the Wheels of Fire live version would be wonderful similar to your Live Cream 1&2 which is on KZfaq. I like how you stroll through the phrasing and give analysis and commentary.

Thank You!. I use this as kind of a skeleton to link my blues E licks together. I advanced my playing with this. Thank you again.

I have seen many people demonstrating Cream's "Spoonful" on KZfaq. And most are basic to say the very least. However, your approach by playing along with the studio recording is great. What makes Spoonful work is not so much the basic riff - but the way Clapton added all manner of fills and played around with it - including the occasional end B note (or chord) before the next vocal verse. That B really helps reinforce the 'blues' nature of the song (given it isn't the usual 1-4-5 pattern). Also slipping in the odd sympathetic open low E string whilst soloing helps with the dramatic tension. Thanks also for explaining the studio solo in such detail - you have nailed it!!! Now how about having a crack at the live version from Wheels Of Fire? On that rendition Clapton really improvises around all manner of riffs whilst Bruce is singing the verses. I wouldn't expect you to explain the whole live solo - just perhaps the main song parts. And also my recommendation is the Farewell Concert (video) version and particularly the ending of the song. He closes it off with great tension - going from power chords down to just the basic single open notes played quietly. Check it out - it is absolutely brilliant - you could hear a pin drop!! Thanks again :!)

Love this song the guitar in it is awesome

Loving this. When the album came out, blues guitar went thru the stratosphere. The vibrato, the phrasing, the overtones. No namby-pamby tone this was bold! Mike, pls take a whack at the live Wheels Of Fire version! Posted July 2022.

First off, amazing play on my favorite cream track. What tuning are you using? Are you in standard or half step down? Really great lesson man.

Kickass tone man! I love playing this song too, but I gotta get my tone a little better. Such a fun song to play with!!!

Favorite Cream song

Compelling. Ingenious guitar work. Kudos to EC when he deserved the acclaim.

Love it very nice look forward seeing more videos.

Excellent

Sounds great on the 335.

Great sound, i love Alvin Lees version but after seeing yours it blew me away.

Where else do you discuss that double-fingered technique that you quickly review here c. 9:30? (You say you discuss it in other lessons). Great discussion, tone and feel, not just with the elegant bits above the 12th fret, but especially with those nasty bits in the middle of the neck. Huge thumbs up.

Fantastic-what is your guitar/amp/effects,etc.Your tone is very close to the original.

damn amazing dude!

and now for the WOF live version.....lol