Clapton discussion (Page 5 of 6)

Hey, that wasn't a knock on his ability or anything. I simply said that if I was 60, and I had the choice between being dead, being freakin' crazy, or getting made fun of by some goofball on a message board, I'd choose the latter. Because that would mean I was still here. And from what I understood, Peter Green suffered from schizophrenia. But you can take it anyway you'd like. But that was certainly not meant as an insult to anyone.

And Keith, I wouldn't be caught dead with a flannel shirt on. Ever. But keep playing your Cream songs that you've done since age 6, you little old Joe Bonamassa you.

NO!    It is not OK to appear onstage in shorts or bedroom slippers or flannel shirts or flip flops.  I've done it and many of my friends and bandmates have as well.

It's still not OK.  It's not OK to drink or smoke onstage, either.  Done that, too. Still not OK!

Dancing girls is OK.  REAL OK!  None of that adds or subtracts from talent, however.

I have spoken.  Big doo doo heads, the lot of you.  Maybe you should interview me. 

EDITZ:  PS:  Pistol Allen once drove across town and walked into a nightclub in his robe and pajamas to play a set of drums...then got up and carried it to the house.  That's funny.

Hey Jeff, I agree with your point to an extent, while there is no Cream style Clapton, no Rory and no Greeny, we do as you say have Joe, but in addition to that there are plenty of new young guitarists starting out. Joe's leading the pack, but there's also Ryan McGarvey, Back Door Slam, Aynsley Lister, Albert Cummings, Simon McBride etc. Each of them are driven by these earlier guys as inspiration and while its doubtful that they will earn the same commerical success due to the changes in the musical climate, they do still offer a powerful form of blues rock for the future!

One last thing I'd like to say regarding Clapton, Greeny and Rory is, I just hope one day the Clapton fans are able to appreciate Peter Green and Rory Gallagher as much as I can!
Incidently Green was the worst dresser when he wore those religious robes during the "Oh Well" period

Rory could've dressed in a friggin' muumuu and it wouldn't matter. But the flannel worked for him, and was part of his trademark. Same with Eric, but I still say those slippers gotta go. I hope when you do eventually play out you don't wear slippers like that. Especially with spandex.

I hate flannel. You have no idea how much I hate flannel. Reminds me too much of depressed retarded emo kids listening to grunge talking about how angry they are. ::shudders:: As a matter of fact, the only thing I hate more than flannel....spandex.

Just as I was about to join in, after carefully considering my response, the thread is closed.

gsj-hmm, don't think the topic is closed, I didn't get my 2 cents in yet...:/

Deezer-its great to be young, been there, done that myself...:) I'm glad we weren't bonabuddies in the 70's, you would have disowned me for some of my outfits, I didn't wear flannel, but my 4 brothers did, Duane Allman did and Derek Trucks does wear flannel shirts on stage sometimes. I know you're a Derek Trucks fan, so that's why I mentioned it, for what its worth.  To me flannel just says rugged, outdoorsy...currently makes me now think of Larry the Cable Guy. I know you are of the South Park culture and you're not saying it to be cruel, but if I could give you any advice you're interested in listening to, drop retarded from your vocabulary...some people are just born that way and you are going to say it to someone who is very offended by it someday because someone they love is retarded.  Spandex has its place as well, but I won't go into that!!

Eva-So you think you can have your cake and eat it too...ha, ha...dissing Paul but defending John...:D Both Beatles dove into some real artsy stuff solo, like Bluesman pointed out (best thing you've said in ages & welcome back bluesman)...John's primal screaming may have worked therapeutically, but it left a lot to be desired audibly.  Check out Paul's Flaming Pie CD, I really like it; I'm also fond of Flowers In The Dirt.  Someone mentioned Ringo's ego-he totally bummed me out when he made that statement recently about giving the fans a date that he would no longer write back to after that date...so strange and bizarre...somethings are better left unsaid.  I never wrote to Ringo myself, but his approach definitely bent people out of shape.  I love all my Beatles in different ways for all the different things they brought to the table!

Greenose- I totally get your drift for the most part...Clapton got really popular and no matter what he did, he continued to get airplay, some of his stuff was poppy and some was just radio friendly. Clapton has a ton of fans that would be upset if he didn't play Wonderful Tonight or I Shot the Sheriff in concert, I'm good without those songs.. I never heard Rory Gallagher or Peter Green on the radio until I got sirius radio, they were never on my classic rock stations and I never knew of any blues stations, so these guys just weren't getting the exposure. Since you are kinda' newer on here, you probably never heard my story about how discovering Joe actually got me back into Clapton!!  My husband turned me on to Joe after reading an article in Guitar One about him being one of the rising guitar heroes, along with Derek Trucks and John Mayer.  I read the article, borrowed the first 2 CD's (ANDY & SILT) and saw Joe for the first time all within about 3 weeks of each other in the summer of 2004.  In that cover story, there were 10 guys interviewed and in the highlighted info, each guitarist had to mention their one main guitar influence, Joe mentioned Eric Clapton.  I had been an early on fan with Cream, Blind Faith, and Derek..., my collection stopped in the 70's, of course I heard him on the radio etc. My hubby had most of his collection, so I started to play and uncover more and more Clapton music and continued to pick apart his huge catalog. Also, Im not sure if you know Joe's Had To Cry Today beat out Eric's Me and Mr. Johnson in the Blues Wax awards several years ago...most ironic I thought being Joe's influence and Joe covering HTCT. 

Keith-about Eric's footwear, the guy always had a thing for fashion so...maybe he had some corns, calluses, a bunion, wore new shoes the night before that gave him blisters or was recovering from foot surgery... There's nothing worse then squeezing your feet into shoes when your feet hurt...

That would be something truly worthy of being made fun of.