Among guitarists, few have driven professions as amazing and powerful as Eric Clapton — and today, the man warmly alluded to as ‘Slowhand’ commends his 73rd birthday.
In late 2017, Rock Cellar distributed a piece from author Frank Mastropolo that united understanding from all through the music world about Clapton and his significance throughout the years, from his work with the Yardbirds, to Derek and the Dominos and Cream, and after that his performance vocation. A few examples:
Jethro Tull’s Martin Barre: Everybody purchased their collections. New Cream was the momentous collection, particularly for guitar players. He was clearly playing a portrayal of Freddie King, B.B. Lord and Albert King however placing it into a stone surface. So it was an exceptionally energizing thing to tune in to.”
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Stamp Farner of Grand Funk Railroad: The guitar player in my first band that I was with, Mojo and the Nightwalkers, Curtis Johnson, had found out about Cream and he bought the Fresh Cream LP. What’s more, we went out to his place and tuned in to it. Also, we began to look all starry eyed at the sound, the tone and the idea of Clapton’s guitar. For a three-piece, they were soundin’ great, particularly with Ginger Baker on the drums, flashin’, as yet holding down a decent beat yet fairly blazing out where he could. It was a pleasant, exceptionally welcome change to what we’d been tuning in to.
Clapton’s 1992 MTV Unplugged collection stays a standout amongst the best and all around respected of the arrangement, offering in excess of 26 million duplicates the world over and establishing his status as a living legend.