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Originally Posted by Ms Moose
Whatever happened to the power- and meaningful opinion expressed at the end of this thread, slipkid  ? |
Since I didn't have any replies after 24 hours, I'd thought I'd delete the language that "might" insult fans of Eric Clapton. I'm also a fan, I just have a love/hate relationship with him.
What I was trying to say originally is that both guitarists were affected by drugs the same year. We all know about Peter, and LSD. With Clapton, I think he lost his "edge" after his heroin addiction.
A guitarist friend of mine has been a Clapton fan since his teens. He also knows that Clapton wasn't the same as a guitarist when he returned to public life in the early 70's. I've given him a lot of Peter Green, and he loves it. In fact he admits his style of play is more like Green, than early Clapton. Yet he cites Wolfgang's Vault's Cream 1968 L.A. concert of "Sitting On Top of the World" as one of his favorite Clapton solos. He loves early Clapton's "no one leaves alive" approach to his guitar solos. Yet he was reminded my argument of Boston Tea Party's "If You Let Me Love You", how dynamics and subtlety, then the sledgehammer have a bigger impact to the listener. This is reason I made the thread. I knew many of you would be on my side of the argument
. I think both guitarists didn't want the pressure of being "the guy", which made them alike. What I don't get is that Peter Green was never shy onstage. His banter with the audience was some of the best I've ever heard. He was a lot like Pete Townshend in that department.
I think since Clapton has "retired", his old self has returned somewhat. His performance for "A Concert For George" was some of the most heartfelt guitar playing he had done in decades. His work with Cream in 2005 was some of his best blues guitar playing since the 60's. I haven't heard the Clapton/Steve Winwood concert from last year, but I may pick it up soon.
As for Green and Allman, I've read the rumors that Green did session work with the ABB at Muscle Shoals in 11/70. The tapes I'm referring to is the three hour "Mountain Jam" from The Warehouse in New Orleans. Yet if either exist, they need to be heard.