im glad i have another freddie fan on here.
i never see him mentioned.
never see george thorogood either lol.

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

I'm sure there are a few others out there... hey wait, this thread is supposed to be about Clapton !

If you like Freddie you might like this guy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIGDcd9BwmY

Ok forget about that last vid

Here's another guy form Texas you should check out, in case you never heard of him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgzGPf7Y7QA

yes but this is my thread and we can hijack if we want to lol.
hey besides, this late at night we can be off and back on the topic so quick nobody but nevin will know lol.

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

hy ive een diggin some of johns stuff as of late. i saw a video of him and eric doing crossroads. they really rocked it out.
i like albert too. isnt he the cat that strings his axe upside down?

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

LOL

Nah that's Albert King, this is the Master of the Telecaster, the Iceman, Mr Albert Frozen Alive Collins

oh ok. now how strange is that right. i wonder to what advantage he sees in that?

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

Man,nobody has mentioned how Eric was drowning in his love for Patti Harrison and struggling to come up with something in the Layla sessions and going much of nowhere,until my favorite player,Skydog,came in and lit a fire under his rear and the rest of the band and now it's one of his signature tunes.
Read what everyone has to say about the making of Layla...Duane Allman was the catalyst that fired it up and brought Eric out of his withdrawn mood to finish it with a bang....then it was back into heroin for a year or two for Eric.
Tommy Dowd knew what he was doing to make a great album.
Heck,Duane came up with the opening riff for Lalya.
Don't get me wrong,I really like Eric,but I think if the Lalya album had gone nowhere,and we were stuck with the lackluster stuff he put out in the 70s/80s,we wouldn't even be discussing much of this.

Waycool...you want to hear a true master?
Give "The Allman Brothers Band at Fillmore East" a good listen....you can't miss Duane's playing.

EC just being alive and well and able to play is a blessing to us all. He hit a hard bottom that's for sure. Hendrix just thought he was invincible.

Look at all the great songs he's done!

One thing I don't believe anyone mentioned is his ability to sing. He's my very favorite and was the first to have a signature Strat.

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09 Squier Custom Tele II-Blonde
04 Squier Standard Strat Antiqueburst
07 Washburn D10SCE natural with Rosewood backing
Fender Mustang II amp


Experience is the best teacher

Don't lose track of the fact that this is a Fender Forum . Those artists are known for using Gibson guitars. But they're in my collection.

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doc again you are correct. my question was directed towards those general questions we sometimes ask like
"who has the best tone", which is one that comes to mind right away.

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"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

Well those two are about as close together as alpha and omega with respect to style. You'd have to take each one of them at their own merits.
There's a distinct Freddy King influence in terms of tone, on Clapton's first solo CD, which is not reflected on anything he did with either Cream or Blind Faith and there are many who prefer the slightly overdriven coarse sound of that old guitar to that which evolved from 1986. As for George T.....well....you'll need to drag out a whole legion of slide players starting with Elmore James to buttonhole him.

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Yeah right Eric Clapton is really a good singer and composer. One of my favorite song of him is the song "wonderful tonight" I can say that its one of the most romantic song ever. And this has been popular and usually sang by some singers.

He doesn't get credit for playing Fender amps?