Cream — Stormy Monday

@soix 

Apparently he can have his opinions but you’re not entitled to yours — hypocrisy.  Good grief. 

Apparently so...

@whart

Elmore James was pretty notorious for a highly juiced (overloaded) sound--something that Duane Allman picked up on.

Duane stated his main influence for slide tone and phrasing was actually Blues harmonica players... which makes sense and is consistent with your description of "highly juiced".

@roxy54

I have the old MoFi gold cd of "Disraeli Gears" (includes stereo and mono) and have no objections to the sound.

@tablejockey

I didn’t hear T Bone’s version until many years after I heard the Live at Fillmore East version and I still tend to view the B. Bland/Allmans arrangement as my baseline for comparisons. Played as a generic I/IV/V, the tune always sounds oversimplified/truncated to me. Clapton does fine but as I hear it, doesn’t come close to "telling a story" like both Duane and Dickie did with their solos. But it’s a matter of taste, clearly.

@soix 

+ 1

I have a guitar playing buddy who prefers "You don’t Love Me" played straight, like on J. Mayall’s "A Hard Road" while I much prefer it swung like the Allmans did it. The nature of the Blues allows for many different interpretations of what might be called "Blues Standards". As in Jazz, it’s all about each player making the tune their own, in their own way. And that’s a beautiful thing, no?

Different strokes. Personally, I’ve always preferred the B.B. Bland/Allman Bros. arrangement. 

FWIW, my favorite performance and favorite Clapton guitar work from the Albert Hall reunion gigs is this version of "We’re Going Wrong". As much as I love the bluesy stuff, in this performance the band is deep in the zone and there’s a power and-- dare I say, majesty-- that I find particularly striking. Clapton’s soloing combines lyricism and power in equal measure and it’s when he’s playing from this this place -- drawing from both his masculine and feminine sides-- that I find him most compelling. Needless to say, YMMV.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soxYa1XqYyw

@zlone 

Something special happens on that one. 

Yes! 

On the DVD, Clapton announces "I think we're going to play every tune we know". Of course, they didn't. Due to age, EC can be forgiven for having forgotten some but nevertheless, I wish they'd played  "World of Pain" and  "Tales of Brave Ulysses".

@tablejockey 

I don't see what you're objecting you re: my comment about playing the tune as a I/IV/V, given that it was just an opinion. I never claimed it was gospel truth! In matters of esthetics, there will always be differing opinions. How this translates to "get off my lawn" eludes me.