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Eric Clapton reveals this week of his declining health

The King of Electric Guitar this week, Eric Clapton, announced to the news media that he is just about completely deaf from severe tinnitus and is suffering nerve damage to his hands that will in just a matter of time compromise his ability to play. When Clapton goes it will be the end of the Rock era as we know it.

Years ago, B.B.King was asked at a press conference who he thought was the greatest rock guitarist of all time, he replied,
"My personal opinion?..."Eric Clapton is the greatest rock and roll guitar player of all time." 1986


                                                 
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geoffkait
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oregon
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One of thee best Rock guitar solos- Crossroads!
Derek and The Dominoes- one of the best Rock albums!
shiner01
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I'm pretty sure the "why don't you ask ______" quotes are mostly lore and untrue (I read a variation on this when Billy Gibbons supposedly was asked the same question and pointed the interviewer to Prince), but regardless losing Clapton will be a true loss.  

+1 on Crossroads having one of the top solos of all time. 
entier99
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So much great music!  Apparently they were wrong.  Clapton is not God.  But I bet God sure would like to play like him.  It's a shame father time always wins.
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layniesdad83
There are so many really talented players out there--I think any ' the best ----- player' is b.s. Nothing but opinions.

Agree. And I'm a guitarist. I never understood the Clapton hype, even in his own time. Now Hendrix on the other hand was revolutionary. IMO, the only other "revolutionary" guitarists were Eddie Van Halen and Yngwie Malmsteen.

Today you can find a thousand unknown guitarists on YouTube who are as good or nearly so, as the best "known" guitarists of today. I know people will say "But today's guitarists are all soulless shredders", but that's far from true. For examples check out the albums Nick Johnston's Remarkably Human, Guthrie Govan's Erotic Cakes and An Evening with John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess, or Steve Vai's song For the Love of God.
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