He seems to have become a minimalist, guitarwise, and his emphasis is more on his vocals than anything else. I still love his unplugged blues album, though-whatever it was called. EDIT: From The Cradle. ----------
Todd L. Greene, Codger-in-training
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Well,he's made his mark already,& I think that may be a big part of it. He knows his legacy so why try to improve on it or keep pace w/ his old stuff..he is gettin up there in age too,so maybe thats part of it as well...idk.just my 2 cents..maybe Im way off here.
"I still love his unplugged blues album, though-whatever it was called. EDIT: From The Cradle."
You mean the album that won three Grammy's-yes ,that was the album entitled "Unplugged"-"From The Cradle" was his electric blues tribute with Jerry Portnoy on harp.
Tom-yes-A fantastic album! Mine got stolen about 10 years ago when my truck was broken into. I need to replace it.
Another fairly-recent Clapton release worth a listen was Riding With The King, which he did with BB. Of note, Doyle Bramhall II, who tours with EC, was also featured on this album, and they played at least one of Doyle's tunes. Doyle is a great guitarist and singer out of Austin. His dad, Doyle Sr., wrote or co-wrote some of SRV's biggest hits, and also toured with several folks as a drummer, besides his own solo gig. ----------
Todd L. Greene, Codger-in-training
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I sam Doyle and Eric on the "Me and Mr Johnson" tour-most people,myself included,thought that Doyle played every bit as good,maybe even better than Clapton. And I am a huge Clapton fan- ----------Thomas Fiacco III
I can't say I agree with the assessment of Clapton...I love him more than ever. Maybe he just had a bad night....we all do. Here he his with Bramhall and Chris Stainton on piano.......Lttle Queen of Spades..which he covered on the Me And Mr. Johnson album.
Honkin: I love the sense of holding something in check in that video, but Bramhall's solo, when he starts to push, is 100% out of the Albert King songbook. He's embroidering King's BLUES POWER live album--including the upside-down Flying V.
Here's the original. Now THAT, my friends, is some blues guitar playing:
Bramhall was not suing the "Flying V" when I saw him and Clapton do this song-he was using a Strat. Doyle also co-wrote "Reptile" and "Clapton" with Eric. He replaced Andy Fairweather Low when Andy backed out of the 2004 tour. He was also a backup guitarist for The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Thomas Fiacco III
I saw him a year or two back - I particulary liked his acoustic set, but the three guitarists in the full band really worked well off each other. The 'star on guitar' wasn't EC, but this baby-faced blonde kid. Derek Trucks!
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Clapton's tone has gotten far richer over time -- he doesn't necessarily melt faces anymore, but he plays with a ton of texture and his vocals have improved immensely. I'm sure he got tired of taking the same approach for so many years, which, to me, seems perfectly understandable.
It's pretty hard to compare Clapton and Trucks, they've got completely different styles.
