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Invite Clapton on your stage & you're going to get Clapton.

But Yee Hah! A Clapton show till nearly the end & Frampton walks over & gives him a work out, a good one. Loved it.

To be fair, he's still trying....

Yeah he sucks

Everybody thinks they are qualified to be a critic... everyone has their own style and favorites and I've seen Clapton in concert twice and I would still rate him as in the top ten of all guitar players I've ever heard. Partly due to his style, which I prefer...

But then, if we put together a list of our top ten guitarists every person on this forum would have wildly different lists...

I saw Clapton once back in the 70s but can't remember if that was when I was in Boston, just after college, or in the Army and I was near Seattle and saw him there...

I'm not much of a concert go'er, because I hate big crowds... but I recall the concert was excellent, and I was really estatic about it on the way back home. I was singing songs he played to myself for a week or more straight...

between 76 and 78.. somewhere in that time period.

probably did have a killer show back then. The people I've talked to saw him later in life in the 90's, maybe early 2000's. It was always unsolicited too, so it must have been pretty bad

I'll see your Clapton and raise you a Springsteen.

First time I saw Clapton live was 1979. Had Muddy Waters open for him. EC did 2 sets with an intermission. Set 1 was heavy on classic Blues. Crowd was getting restless since they came to hear Cocaine, After Midnight, Layla etc.

Set 2 was more of the hits. Encore saw him bring Muddy Waters onstage for a jam ending with “I got my mojo working”

I’d appreciate that more now than then. Did make me practice harder… for a while.😙

The genius of Clapton is in his phrasing- some licks are like questions and the next is the answer. He is the master of the pre bend, and double stop bend. His style is not the Uber technical stuff you see from the 90s. You don’t have to know mixolydian, Phrygian or Ionian church modes to play Clapton. You must FEEL the music come from within.

I can't figure out whether people are complaining about talent or material. Clapton is a great musician. If you want an enthusiastic workout, try that lifestyle.

I saw him in that time frame and he was great. FWIW.

Here's the deal with Clapton and many like him....

He may not be the most technical guitar player. Hell guys on the fire may even be better.

But him and guys like him write songs that become hits.

That's the difference between playing in bar rooms and garages, and playing in sold out venues.

He's one of the best, period.

Boomer blues. The stuff he did in the 60's was important but he bores the hell out of me.

He wasnt with Foghat
So…piss on him

I have been a Clapton fan since 1968.... But I have only seen Clapton when he was in BLIND FAITH.

I saw him when he supported From the Cradle in the mid 90s

That’s a fantastic album and it was an amazing concert

Clapton has left a large catalog of some pretty good music listen to by 100's of millions of people daily, mostly early in his career. How many people in the world can claim that?

He turned 60 in 2005 , almost 20 years ago, and he's still performing....

I admire guys still getting out, living a full life and performing over 70

Am certainly not an expert on rock guitarists or why some folks claim which is "best" or even "better. Opinion here is that most of those claims are based simply on what that listener/fan wants to hear and think.

So, gave a good listen to this post/example and certainly could not sensibly claim that either one gave the other a significant "workout" - that is, showed up the other. The more technically fluent licks and musical phrasing were laid down by Clapton - some more showy rock idioms characterized bends/frills/furbelows rather than developed lines came from Frampton. So, what does a judge like to hear?

There’s some real analysis. Clapton has been recording for nearly 60 years and you can still find any of his albums still in print. Of course that has nothing to do with his talent or genre.


The real litmus test is how much of this $hit they are making today will be able to say the same in 60 years.

Rappers are the best example, they only quit recording when they are dead and the mortality rate on them is way above their sales…

Clapton ain't no Hendrix & Jimi's been gone a long time

Still a great guitarist & songwriter though

unlike the turds popping up daily in the shi tty, fa ggy supposed modern & alternative scene