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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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stuartk

 

Laughing..   Happy Listening!

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" I believe that the energy of youth and the influence a Jack Bruce's genius were responsible from the great music they created together."

Can't argue with this. By contrast, what drove the Dominos was the "energy of heroin-fueled romantic desperation". Clapton's playing with Cream has an incredible power and authority but his playing as Derek has a human fragility and heart-on-sleeve vulnerability that I for one find more emotionally engaging. Different strokes. . . I still listen to both. 

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Very nice overview of EC in both roles with The Cream then Derek and the Dominos.

 

Jack Bruce was a BEAST! (R.I.P.)

 

Happy Listening!

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Thanks! Just how I hear it.

A quick listen to Jack Bruce's first two solo albums illustrates a range and sophistication that far exceeds what one typically encounters in Blues/Rock.It would've been interesting had Cream stayed together longer and provided a setting for some of the material that ended up on Bruce's solo albums.

It seems Clapton raised his game when he was challenged and not just supported by sidemen. 

 

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