At 2:46 AM +0100 6/16/01, Keith Allison wrote:
I didn't have any doubts _then_, but that was a long time ago! (The Bluesbreakers with Eric C. is still one of my favourite guitar albums, mind you). I dunno... there's been an awful lot of treading water from old Eric for a long time.
Coming as late to the party as I did (not being aware of Eric Clapton even on the radio until at earliest the late 70s), I have to say that I really never quite got what the fuss was about until I heard the Bluesbreakers recordings recently, on that two-disc retrospective. I mean, Cream was OK, if a bit...overcooked or something, and some of the Derek and the Dominoes stuff was nice, mostly (IMO) due to Duane Allman. But hearing the Bluesbreakers explained to me why people thought the guy was so great.
OTOH, that Bluesbreakers set was _also_ my introduction to early Peter Green, and I think Peter was even better than EC. (Mick Taylor was no slouch, either, but I'm giving the honors to Peter on this one.)
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