He talks pretty much about his love to the Blues, about playing techniques, his skills, details about the songs – fantastic! You can watch his fingers on the fretboard and picking, often fingerstyle, and compare the different slide techniques of EC and Doyle, who hardly speaks a word, but enjoys the sessions as well and plays great. The sessions took place at 508 Park Ave in Dallas, where Robert Johnson recorded himself, and a solo session in a California hotel. The DVD (you don’t need the CD!) contains four sessions, electric as well as acoustic. It’s not only some stuff, it’s all better. Nathan East is joking on the DVD: “some stuff sounds better than the record!” – and they all feel the same. Now that I’ve listened to the CD and watched the DVD, I highly recommended everyone to get this instead of the original CD. This was all before the “ Sessions For Robert J.” – CD/DVD was released. EC stated that it’s impossible to play like Robert without help, but I thought this was a bit overdone. Too clean, too many good (but a bit tired sounding) musicians. The songs are sometimes very close to the originals (including EC’s much improved voice) and it’s a fact that RJ didn’t play extended guitar solos, but I missed something. After listening day after day it grew a little, but for me it was still not that highlight. I bought the album, listened twice and compared my thoughts with all the reviews that appeared in the net meanwhile. For my taste it was overproduced, a bit lame, the same I thought about his recent collaboration with B.B. Then the first audio examples came out, a few snippets of EC playing most tunes electric. Considering the Robert Johnson tunes from the Bluesbreakers over Cream to Unplugged and his recent acoustic recording of Ramblin’ I expected something between From the Cradle (10 years ago) and Unplugged – just EC and his guitar. When the first rumors about EC playing an entire album with only songs from one of his biggest influences came out, I thought that will be a great album. – Robert Santelli, A Century Of The Blues No wonder people thought he made a deal with the devil.” His long fingers reached for notes other guitarists can only dream of, while his penchant for slide guitar and walking bass riffs gave his style a remarkably rich language of notes, tones and sounds. Listening to Johnson you often swear two guitarists are playing, not one. The size of his hands may have had something to do with the way he played. Clapton also achieved fame with Derek and the Dominos through the hit song "Layla".“No one, not back then, nor today, has been able to fully reproduce Johnson’s gift to phrase guitar notes and chords so that they answered oh-so-artfully the lyrics that he sang. Johnson) to pop ("Change the World") and reggae (Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff").
Clapton has also achieved great chart success in genres ranging from Delta blues ( Me and Mr.
Clapton is credited as an innovator in several phases of his career, which have included blues-rock (with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and The Yardbirds) and psychedelic rock (with Cream). Often viewed by critics and fans alike as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, Clapton was ranked fourth in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #53 on their list of the Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.Īlthough Clapton's musical style has varied throughout his career, it has always remained rooted in the blues. He is one of the most successful musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries, garnering an unprecedented three inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (The Yardbirds, Cream, and solo).
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945), is a English blues-rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer.
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