Comments on: Rock Court: The People vs. Eric Clapton

By: johngt8

johngt8 — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:45:06 +0000

If you could make a guitar talk, sound with feeling, and do whatever you wanted it to do….you then may even pretend to judge this man.

Do you think playing like he does came from a middle class, parents gave them everything, or trust fund baby parentage lineage-? Of course not…and you have no place to stand in judgement of this man…just appreciate the beautiful sounds he can create while he is still alive. (c. 2009)

PS: EC is God
I vote Innocent on all charges.

By: johngt8

johngt8 — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:45:06 +0000

If you could make a guitar talk, sound with feeling, and do whatever you wanted it to do….you then may even pretend to judge this man.

PS: EC is God
I vote Innocent on all charges.

By: johngt8

johngt8 — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:45:06 +0000

If you could make a guitar talk, sound with feeling, and do whatever you wanted it to do….you then may even pretend to judge this man.

By: JamesSig

JamesSig — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:18:06 +0000

When Clapton was first referred to as GOD he was doing what no one else had done yet — at that time. And he didn't ask to be called GOD .. in fact it was something he tried very hard to escape, and this is largely responsible for his getting side-tracked from the Blues and Blues-Rock which was what he was (and is) adored for by people who do like him — which includes ME!! He never claimed to be a composer of original songs, yet has either written or collaborated in writing some definite classic such as “Tears in Heaven”, “Layla', “Bell Bottom Blues”, his very personalized version of “Crossroads” — and as an interpreter of Blues and Blues Rock classics – such as he demonstrated on the (still not officially released) concert documentary “Nothing But the Blues” and the released albums and videos of him playing through so many of Robert Johnson's classics – as FEW other could do – make him INNOCENT and still one of the VERY BEST Blues/Rock guitarists ever – and he's getting better with age, IMHO! In comparison to other guitarists, he is a god in relative terms, and the fact that he can write ballads such as “Wonderful Tonight” as well as hard rock interpretations and compositions such as “After Midnight”, “Cocaine', “Layla” – all written by or with others, but PLAYED by him in a way that have made them HIS and so memorable that they will still bring an audience to their feet – HE'S THE BEST!! And I find him completely INNOCENT of these and any charges and LONG LIVE EC!!!

By: slappyfrog

slappyfrog — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:07:56 +0000

Still overall a better album than most, if not all, of Clapton's solo stuff.

By: Russ

Russ — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:23:09 +0000

Hell, Johnny Winter was smoking anything that Clapton played, and he's practically a corpse.

By: Russ

Russ — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:21:02 +0000

Which makes me think of Eric's work with Ronnie Lane, probably Eric's best playing – with the most un-shrewd businessman ever. Ultimately Eric's involvement with ARMS tipped me toward not guilty.

By: Russ

Russ — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:17:41 +0000

But their version of Riding With The King is pathetic. (Part of that is BB's fault.)

By: jesselun

jesselun — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:54:34 +0000

Running on Faith is a bad song? Insane
Clapton has been fortunate to be in such great bands. He's not the best guitarist, but he's sure been in some of the best bands

By: outsidecounsel

outsidecounsel — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:16:05 +0000

“If all Clapton had recorded was Layla And Other Love Songs…” then this would be a different case. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, a guy who could have done anything with an electric guitar insted elected to become a second J.J. Cale, a pointless redundancy, since one J.J. Cale is completely ample. (Indeed, how many J.J. Cale sides does anyone need?) Now consider “There's One in Every Crowd”, “No Reason to Cry”, “Slowhand”, and “Backless”– essentially his 70's studio output, excepting “461 Ocean Blvd”. Has there ever been a major artist with a string of such mediocre albums? There was a time that the cut-out bin was the best place to find a Clapton side, and I would put it to you that it was all on merit. Delaney & Bonnie and Friends are certainly implicated in this, as noted above, although there are probably a number of other accomplices. Steve Winwood deserves to be indicted as a co-conspirator, as well as on individual grounds.

Jeff Beck was a better Yardbird, Duane Allman was a better Domino, and George Terry is more interesting on 461 Ocean Blvd. Guilty as charged.