Eric Clapton [image: Inline image 1]
One of his most popular recordings is Robert Johnson's "Crossroads", recorded by Cream, with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. Cream Reunion Concert - Crossroads http://youtu.be/UGrnUdGAWUE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton Ranked second in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the '100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time', and fourth in Gibson's 'Top 50 Guitarists of All Time'. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists/eric-clapton<http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123/eric-clapton-20111122> http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/Top-50-Guitarists-528.aspx According to Bob Gulla, "Clapton's sound and playing inspired a well-publicized graffiti that deified him with the famous slogan "Clapton is God". The phrase was spray-painted by an admirer on a wall in an Islington Underground station in the autumn of 1967. The graffiti was captured in a now-famous photograph, in which a dog is urinating on the wall." Work cited: 'Guitar Gods: The 25 Players Who Made Rock History' by Bob Gulla Greenwood, 2008 pgs. 40–41 Read more: Eric Clapton, Clapton, The Autobiography by Eric Clapton Broadway Book1 'Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me' by Pattie Boyd Three Rivers Press, 2008 On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 7:40 PM, Richard Williams <pundits...@gmail.com>wrote: > Stevie Ray Vaughan > > [image: Inline image 1] > > Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Live at El Mocambo, Austin, Texas > 1983 > http://youtu.be/smSiCjYIvrM > > "...number seven on Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists." > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Ray_Vaughan > > Eric Clapton: "It's going to be a long time before anyone that brilliant > will come along again. I had the unenviable task of following Stevie's > blistering set, just hours before the fatal crash. I think I had gone past > the point of being envious or depressed, because I knew that no one would > expect me to be that good" (liner notes, Greatest Hits). > > > On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Richard Williams <pundits...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> John Fogerty on Austin City Limits playing his 1956 Les Paul Gold Top >> with P-90 pickups: >> >> [image: Inline image 1] >> >> The Old Man Down The Road - John Fogerty - Live on Austin City Limits 2004 >> http://youtu.be/4Lf0pQoRgFQ >> >> "Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists at No. 40. 100 >> Greatest Singers at No. 72. The songs "Proud Mary" and "Born on the Bayou" >> also rank amongst the Greatest Pop songs ("Proud Mary," #41) and Guitar >> songs ("Born on the Bayou," #53)." >> >> John Fogerty: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fogerty >> >> Austin City Limits >> http://acltv.com/ >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 8:29 AM, Richard Williams >> <pundits...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Back when people could actually sing and play music for real: >>> >>> [image: Inline image 1] >>> >>> Bob Seeger & The Silver Bullet Band: >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Seger >>> >>> Night Moves Live-Bob Seger: >>> http://youtu.be/mKaHci9Mc4A >>> >>> Early Detroit Band: >>> >>> Marshall Crenshaw >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Crenshaw >>> >>> Marshall Crenshaw 2010 Detroit All Star Revue: >>> http://youtu.be/HiaYst5wIQI >>> >> >> >
