" Slowhand" sessions if I recall it right.) tasteful piano delivered by Chuck Next: Walking Blues, Robert Johnson written blues standard with marvelous slide-guitar playing from EC! Oh, is that great or what?! Alberta is next and it's very good (but I do like the version on the collection This version is much better than the studio version on Journeyman and has Layla is followed by the Jerry Lynn Williams written song, Running On Faith. This song is also rearranged, this time faster than the Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out is the second song on this album that was recorded by the Dominos. I really love this song and itįeatures some of the best singing from Eric ever! To me the lyrics are very good too: "Some might say that I'm no good, baby, I agree". Next follows an Clapton original, Lonely Stranger. Songs: Key To The Highway) with a funny intro and main riff. It's a quite standard 12 bar blues thing, but since I'm a great fan 12 bar blues I think it's great! Hey, Hey is the next song and this is also a standardīlues song written by Big Bill Broonzy (that also wrote another of Eric's favorite I don't know what the rest of the band were doing. After follows a great version of the Bo Diddley song Before You Accuse Me with only Eric and Andy Fairweather-Low on guitars. Up-beat instrumental samba-like song that's very nice. One thing that the new version has that the electric version lacks is a great, semi-fantastic solo.īut this album has much more to offer than these two hit-singles. While the electric version is a great rocker with a real powerful riff, the acoustic version is slowed down and very low. Songs, or the completely love it and dislike the original 1970 recording. Often people either hates this new version and prefer the original, electric version on the Derek & The Dominos album, The other hit from this record was the new acoustic version of Layla. Perhaps it's been played too much on the radio but it's still a good song. It can also be found on the greatest hits collection
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This album has a great version of it and is more soulful than the studio recording (that was released on the soundtrack for the movie Rush. This song is the one that most people think of when they hear about Clapton. Mostly because of the monster hitĬlapton wrote the main part of the song and the bridge (Time can bring you down.) was written by Will Jennings. To this day it has sold more than 7 million copies in US only. The loss of Conor, Eric's only son.Īs it turned out, this was Eric's best selling album since the Cream days. We all know the tragic story behind this album. Song "Rollin and Tumblin" is the finale and really rocks as he uses his Regret is that I find myself wanting more. I must admit that I was glad that heĮventually went back to the electric version at his concerts. I thought he was strictly a flat pick lead guitarist. This is the first time I had ever seen EC finger this however is only on the video, which isĪ most for any EC fan. This shows a lighter side of EricĬlapton that we rarely see. Alberta the old Ledbelly song is another song I cant get enough Again his dobro is flawless as he taps his foot to give the musicĪ beat. "Walkinīlues" again shows him on dobro doing, his down home Mississippi Deltaīlues. The Classic "Tears In Heaven" is of course one of his classics. He rarely plays dobro in concertĪnd it gave us a chance to see how versatile a guitarist he really is. The Hallam FM Arena when he comes, and I was lucky enough to see him atīirkdale School where he did a private talk/concert for the parents of Over the years I have seen him in concert, and am seeing him again at The tragic s of Stevie Ray Vaughn and others, and the of Conor, his son. In "Tears In Heaven" he pours his heart out after
The acoustic version of "Layla" is great, its just as He was great in The YardbirdsĪnd Cream and Derek and The Dominos, but for me, Eric is best when he is He had a rollercoaster ride before theĪlbum, addiction and alcohol addiction. Influential meaningful songs and with his great interpretations of Highlights his best abilities as a guitarist and as a vocalist with his Thanks to EC, I've fallen in love with slide guitar, andĪnd found a fresh, new dimension of appreciation for Delta blues. His music, which he gives us with dignified and elegant simplicity. Stands out as brilliant artist who is less about himself and more about
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Take a crack at learning some of what he does. As my own learning on guitar progresses, I've decided to Years since the release of this amazing album, and it has not lost any
While you're performing live excuse me I'll go to listen to it one more without words and obviously don't forget to sing this songs Guitarists around the world take an acoustic one and try to do something
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