Check your recorders, BBC1 tonight!

[Ian Price]

 :)

I do think Clapton has got a bit polite in his playing over the years. The Cream reunion concert is a classic example of this. I did however really enjoy his Robert Johnson documentary thing.

[Afghan Dave]

Voodoo child dragged along in a way I could never have imagined...

Little Wing had none of the magic touch I've always loved.

I'd recommend giving them both some dirty cocaine or at the very least some Sanatogen to pep-em up before I'd sit and listen again.

I love EC when he has even a little "bit" of fire  :? He's not too old - Buddy Guy still gives it 100%

[shobet]

You can't imagine Clapton or Winwood "standing up next to a mountain, and chopping it down with the edge of their hands".  Chopping bean sprouts maybe.  :|

More like shooting it down with their expensive Purdey shotguns whilst out grouse shooting.

[dave_mc]

sweet, guess which eejit switched on about halfway through voodoo child. :lol:

It's hard to listen to that song and not think of Hendrix (or SRV) just tearing it up.  It's supposed to sound apocalyptic. 

You can't imagine Clapton or Winwood "standing up next to a mountain, and chopping it down with the edge of their hands".  Chopping bean sprouts maybe.  :|

hehe, yeah, i know.

[Tellboy]

I'd recommend giving them both some dirty cocaine or at the very least some Sanatogen to pep-em up before I'd sit and listen again.

That's what probably f***ed him up in the 1970s...well perhaps not the Sanatogen.

Clapton was at his best when he was trying to establish and proove himself. Once he had achieved 'God' status and had money/drugs etc. he definitely lost an edge from his playing. Also as has been mentioned in another thread when he was in Cream he had to work with two talented musicians and couldn't afford to sit on his arse like he sometimes seems to do now.

I read recently that Jim Marshall still has a letter from Clapton in the 60's apologising that he had fallen behind on his HP payments on his Marshall amp

[FELINEGUITARS]

The Fleetwood Mac programme was great (it was supposed to be about the Buckingham/Nicks era so I'll let them off for skimping on Peter Green content)

Both videos are still available to watch on the bbc iplayer on the web

[choucas09]

I didn't see the Clapton/winwood gig so I can't comment on that, but I can't agree with the consensus on his playing post Cream. Admittedly he went through quite a long lean patch, but I think his straight ahead blues playing actually got better post 80's. Example below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxTWQD91b5c

[38thBeatle]

I watched the Clapton/Winwood gig and enjoyed it but then I don't expect a man in his sixties to play with the fire of a guy in his twenties.

[gwEm]

The early part of the show was better, "After Midnight" was a lot more lively than usual I thought.

+1

[Tellboy]

I watched the Clapton/Winwood gig and enjoyed it but then I don't expect a man in his sixties to play with the fire of a guy in his twenties.

I don't think that it's an age related thing - I think he changed to his present style of playing well before he left his 20s. I know there are legions of fans who love his later music/style - many of these are not aware of (or would probably not like ) his earlier stuff.

P.S. Pipe and slippers are not mandatory when you leave your 20's  :lol: :lol:

[Tellboy]

Sorry to resurrect this post after 9 months but I just happened to listen to a couple of early John Mayall tracks which reminded me why I was such a big Clapton fan in his early years.

These solos seemed to have so much fire in them compared to his later work. By todays standards they are nothing special but when they were recorded (around 1966 when he was 20/21) they were ground breaking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECu22gc_9bI (Key to Love - John Mayall)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOmMs50m0nA (Double Crossing Time - John Mayall)

[Lew]

Sorry to scratch on a legend here, but Clapton just doesn't have it anymore for me.

 :(

That's hardly a revelation! People have been saying that since 1970 :-p