Eye To Eye: Eric Clapton
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Only On The Web: Eric Clapton tells John Blackstone he is not as good as he used to be, and discusses the making of his new album, "The Road To Escondido." Then Katie Couric files her notebook.
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Well. Eric's using RUclips. That's all I know
Said Muhammad Izzat I was thinking the same thing.
I love erics determination of expression....you touch my soul ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Yep he's a legend !
Layla will always be my all time favorite.
its amazing that this guy after so many years doesnt seem to know who eric clapton is,keeps talking to him like hes a kid,eric is a very humble man and the fact that he wants jj cale to be recognized is classical clapton, hes a very decent man,maybe not so in his love life in the past but of course thats nobodys business but his,hes a master guitar player,case closed.
simple the best...ever!!!!
clapton is humble as heck. In my opinion he is a much better gyGuitar playing is not an athletic sport. What he lost he has learned 10fold. He's just a humble dude and doesn't need to make himself look like an ass by saying "I'm better now than I've ever been." Tooting ones own horn always has an opposite effect as the desire one. Plus he's a business man. He wants people to come out and see his shows now, so they can say ten years from now " I saw Clapton in '11 and he was better then.
Speechless! That is how reading some of these comments leaves me feeling. The number of musicians still standing since the 1960"s you can count on one hand and Eric Clapton has followed his heart every step of the way. He has never been afraid of taking chances and always remained fresh. You can't play Cream's music for forty years. He's done that and moved on. We should also. I love E.C. Thank You Sir. Eric Clapton.
Dear Eric, I could understand if you were putting your contemporary playing behind some of the things that you did with Cream, however I firmly believe that you have gotten even better in the past couple of years. Whenever I get the chance to see you play live I am taking it and I am sucking in every note that you play and sing. Keep on doing this forever:-) Best regards, Marc
I think it's cool that Eric Clapton can go on RUclips and watch videos of Eric Clapton playing his guitar.
enjoyable and enlightening interview.
first of all, i picked up that eric's career and playing have a lot to do with expecting the big "no".
perfection in pursuit of acceptance and respect.
i relate to that.
then his honesty and giving credit where due and his understanding and respect for j.j. cale's talent and quirks.
then is his understanding that his life's work is "the music".
eric is a hardworking, dedicated, humbled man.
the journeyman beginning to understand the life of the master.
haha he searched his own name on youtube
I got the chance to meet Eric in '78 and he was a very kind and giving man then, very generous with his time too - it's clear he's still got that great personality, and still looks with humility to the gifts that others have (like JJ Cale).
Really glad he's survived the rock n roll gauntlet!
@maracuja10 You nailed it on the head. I am an athlete and the way this guy was talking reminded me of sports and how becoming famous depends on a lot of factors specially in team sports. Injuries, people you know, parents support it all plays a part. Even with all of those things that play a part in success for an athlete I think the best of the best still make it through!!! Therefore, in music you will go unnoticed only if you play it in your bedroom for yourself and nobody else to hear it!
I'm an old fart, I remember the Yardbirds, Mayall and Cream. So, I've been watching and listening to Clapton for a fairly long time. He's just amazing whether I'm listening to him play or watching an interview like this one. I hope he continues to play for a long, long time.
Eric,
Time has taken many of the things that we all love to do because of age.
Inside I will always be rocking to the beat.
I see myself as the young thing in the tight jeans remembering when we said at a 4 hour concert chairs who needs chairs.
You have brought such joy, empathy, healing, and comfort through your music. You are a teacher that will live on.
And some of the greatest times in my life happened while you played on the radio.
Thanks for the memories!
Diana
My master and my guitar God....On my best day I could never even come close to his worst day, at any age he is. If someone set out to mold a perfect guitar player....Clapton would be the heart, passion and soul. His music is a strong part of the soundtrack of my life.
I feel so much emotion in his music. A unique talent that I will always appreciate
We are so lucky to have had Eric Clapton in our lifetime, and he is still here and playing for our pleasure...Love the man and his music
In retrospect, 2 weeks after J.J. Cale's death, the telling of how they got together for their collaboration in Clapton's own words, is itself a elegy and tribute to John's life and work. Eric had mountains of respect for J.J., a rather shy, unassuming man, much like himself, who let his songs and his lyrics speak for him. American folk songs and writers like Cale endure long after the glitz and glamor have faded. As a fellow Okie, I'm proud of J.J. and the "Tulsa Sound" he helped invent.
clapton is still great.. i saw him recdently live and .. he s still great guitar player, better I could say..
long live ;)
I've been want to Clapton's fans for 50 years I just love him dearly everything he's ever done he's getting older his voice and his acoustic playing I think have improved he can't make runs on electric stress like he used to but he still wonderful and great
I cannot imagine that he will ever stop playing guitar !!
I saw him in Cologne, he is still "on the road".
Thank you Eric!
In retrospect, 2 weeks after J.J. Cale's death, the telling of how they got together for their collaboration in Clapton's own words, is itself a elegy and tribute to John's life and work. Eric had mountains of respect for J.J., a rather shy, unassuming man, much like himself, who let his songs and his lyrics speak for him. American folk songs and writers like Cale endure long after the glitz and glamor have faded. As a fellow Okie, I'm proud of J.J. and the "Tulsa Sound" he helped invent.
Eric has influenced music for decades. He is a Legend. I love his music.
Sure has. Rock against racism would never have happened without him.
I love the blues, no matter who's playin' it !
Clapton will always be Clapton. No matter how old he gets. He's incredible.
Road to Escondido was a great album!
My favorite lead guitarists of all time:
1. Carl Perkins
2. Luther Perkins
3. Willie Nelson
4. Chet Atkins
5. Roy Clark
6. Mother Maybelle Carter
7. Scotty Moore
8. Keith Richards
9. Eric Clapton
10. Waylon Jennings
Clapton is an "Icon" who's music will last forever. Is he as good as he once was? Just go see him "LIVE" and then answer that question for yourself. :)
yes Eric did play more
fiery in the 90's.
I looked at many of the video's. so fluid so expressive. we all change
we all get older. and he still plays with lots of emotion. he has been my
inspiration. love to him
always.
he is my idol.i started off with his music and still play it.he is a god of blues and such
Eric clapton still rocks and rules even though he's aging. He is the man who I respect most of all as a pure blues musician in these era. Eric keeps working on good stuff and makes us to be blown away with your music.
Thanks.
Do you realize how incomparable those two are? Dave Matthews is light years away from Clapton.
I was in Greece, working on a catalogue project, doing m/u & hair... This music was wafting through the air at an outdoor eating spot and I was sure I was listening to Clapton, it was JJ Cale.... Loved it, very sincere and unobtrusive. Quite lovely, actually. That was in 1986. Never knew they colaborated all along.
his "not as good" is anyone's elses "brilliant"
Eric you still have it together, thankyou for so many many wonderful years, through good times and bad times, you are brilliant, God gave you a gift to share with all of us, who can feel the passion of your music, and the blues. Almost spent New Years Eve with you at a private party in London "92", my cousin does music documentarys for the BBC, but I decided lets go somewhere else.......ask me if I am pissed after hearing you were at the party........still love you forever...
man i wish hendrix and srv were still alive
then wed have three guitar greats
Just to set the record straight: Katie Couric said he transformed guitar playing around 40 years ago with a Fender Stratocaster. At that time during the mid 1960s he was actually playing a Gibson Les Paul.
@Elgigante21 Metal didn't exist until ASCII became standard, coincidence? I think not...
Can you imagin Kanye West demanding equal billing for the OTHER GUY on a project!!?? It just shows you how much class Clapton has.
That man is beautiful
Haha Eric Clapton went on RUclips and typed his own name and listened to himself preforming.
I have to say there are not three songs of his that I like, but you gotta admire the man for being, even after such a longtime as a guitarhero, a normal guy; a bloke you can just relate to, without the arrogance that lots of musician get when they 'make it big' .
Yeah, evn as a non-fan, I respect the guy.
LOVE HIM!!!! JUST LOVE HIM. Listening to him reminds me of the great music he`s written and played, definitely one of the greatest of all times and so modest!!
I love this guy. His himbleness and his just amazing playing no matter what man. This is my hero, He's just my idol God man he's awesome!!
He's ok , gilmour is much better of a guitar player , even jimi page .. clapton is bottom
i hope eric see this comment, DUDE, im young and a guitarist and watching this, i still feel you one of my fav on guitar and many,many others do too.... and yes, young,spunk, fresh individuals are always going to have alot of expression, but you are in a diff. category........... i love the honesty but i think you may be a very modest guy.................. no one and i mean no one can hold a candle to you clapton, pure innocence in your playing, thats what makes a man on guitar.
YOU ARE THE BEST CLAPTOPN :)
Eric you're God!!
Thank you for all these years music!
You're thne one...and only!
@LRifenberg
You are so right, 6 strings is still 6 strings nomatter if it's Fender, Gibson or whatever...
I'm Fran Raya, a female singer/songwriter from the UK. I was invited to support Eric Clapton on one of his Scandinavian tours performing my own songs. It was amazing and he will always be a superb performer with a true musician's soul. That's what really counts no matter how far down the line. Thanks Eric - I'm so proud to have toured with you.
marry me ec
I hope Eric could search for this video and see the admiration of his fans not only because of his musical talent but also for his personality and character. This man keeps his feet on the ground, very humble. A perfect blues man
Eric if you read this man, Greece is waiting for you.
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English blues-rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. Clapton is the only person who has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times; as a solo performer, as well as a member of rock bands the Yardbirds and Cream.
You are my man, Eric. Still being great and humble at the same time. Not many performers can do it.
I don't know about comparisons to Van Gogh, when Clapton seems to show no sign of madness, hasn't shorn an ear, or headed out to the field to turn a shotgun on himself, and certainly I hope he won't do that. What he seems to be these days is everyone's touchstone in pop music; a sort of weathered elder statesman and survivor. I don't know how they can claim that the blues is really an African-based thing when it was born but languished in the US and was re-popularized by Brits like Clapton.
@theatlantisrise - Eric did lose his way for awhile with his heroin addiction and then alcohol. He has said that remaining sober is the #1 thing in his life, above all else. If you haven't read it, his autobiography "Clapton" is a brutally honest telling of his life - the highs and the lows. Like so many other great guitarists; Zappa, Harrison, for instance, he is entirely self taught and doesn't know how to read music. I also admire him greatly, my favorite of all time.
@zuca9 Yes, that is what I´m saying. And I say that because I am an athlete too. I´ve been playing tennis for 9 years. I have seen A LOT of things related to this issue. Talented people, hard worker people, lucky people...and I know that success depends on LOTS of things. I have spent hours and hours talking about this issue with people who play/played tennis. This topic never dies. hahaha
@SkateboarderXL Oh, now I got it. He is not excluding the ones who are famous. I got it. Yeah, that is sad. But to be honest, I think that in music, people who are very good, and MAINLY, are able to CREATE new stuff, write new songs, they will be famous. There is no way someone who can create good music stay anonimous. My opnion. But there is a HUGE INJUSTICE in the World, I agree.
@maracuja10 You don't really seem to understand what emilshere is saying. What he is saying is that even if you are as talented as eric clapton you will first have to be discovered etcetera, and even if you're discovered you might won't become famous because unfortunately you don't have the looks or a fun personallity or something in that direction. Being good and being famous are two very different things.
@emilshere So you are saying that Eric Clapton, for example, is not a talented musician. What you are saying is bullshit. Fame and success has to do with VERY HARD WORK, LUCKY, TALENT, lots of things. The talent only, can not make anybody famous. But you can not say that B.B.King, Eric Clapton, Beatles, Queen, Bee Gees, Elvis, Ray Charles, and thousands of GENIUS are not talented. They are famous only because they have "something less special and unique".
Not only best overall guitarists but a real classy gentleman. Hes helped out
all kinds of muscians that did not have the financial success that he achieved.
He helps them and gives a fresh retrospectives on Cream, Beck, Blind Faith
and God knows letting Johnny Winter do a punk version of Redhouse at Crossroads was a monstrosity of charitible giving. hope winter took the bus to check in at Antigua rehab. Whoa did anyone see the awful looks the others on
the stage gave him.
There are 6000 plus chords, the chance of you coming up with somthing totally new is small ,but its your interpotation coming from you that matters . I mean its not like were Robert Johnson , or Jimi Hendrix,you know . that is a paraphase but I think close to what he said.He stayed alive he is doing the elder statesman thing well.And by god I saw him in Vegas last year with winwood ....He can still play
unfortunately the best musicians on the planet will always be undiscovered, doing amazing things in their bedroom while living in low to middle class... because becoming famous has everything to do with things that have nothing to do with talent and skill. EVEN if you have amazing talent and skill, thats not what beings fame,. fame comes from something much less special and unique. unfortunately.
I saw Clapton a year back, he is flawless, and it sounds amazing, but he is boring now... and i think he is bored of the touring and such.. i'm noot sure.. the concert was good, but not that fun, he didn't talk once to the audience, he came into the scene, took a guitar, played, switched guitar sometimes, and didn't even thank the audience even though we were wiiild!!! He must've had a baaad day or were just very very tired
I think hes the best in what he do. the blues, that´s his thing:) thats so funny with music, and especially with theese great guitarists, they´re all good in what they do, but if clapton would change with summers or gilmour... no way, I dont think none of ´em could change. thats so fantastic with music, you play, and you learn, and you get youre style. but to do what some1else does, in the way HE or SHE does it... no way! but still you can do it in your own way
He's right, his faculties are declining, but that's just natural. What he used to do when he was with the Bluesbreakers (or with Duane Allman) will probably remain unequalled. But what I mostlty admire in him is his honesty in recognizing this. Eric Clapton has been -and still is- one of the most influential and skilled musician in the history of contemporary music. But he's a great man, too.
LOL..say it ain't so. EC is very funny. He watched himself play and even he was blown away. Now EC can see how the rest of us who try to play guitar like him feel when we watch him play. In response to adrianblandor, I think his guitar playing kicked ass in the 60s but I think he really became a guitar craftsman in 90s and 2000s. That was when his guitar playing evolved from that of the old blues guys (e.g. Albert King et al) into his own unique brand of blues expression.
@ dimpoochie While many people believe his nickname "Slow Hand(s)" is because his fingers are slow on the guitar, it is actually because once during a concert he played his guitar so hard that one of its strings broke, and he took time out to re-string it. As he did, the fans in attendance began a "slow hand" clap.
rust never sleeps and we all lose things we take for granted. the student remains the student even when considered the teacher. eric mentions the need to teach and comes just short of naming jj as a teacher. jj is that way too. the music. the roaqd to escondito = rincon diablo= corner of the devil= crossroads ? anybody verify that translation ? wwjjd? a good mantra !
Wow, I really don't agree with EC about his playing being less good than it used to be. Sure, he plays differently than, say, 10-15 years ago, but certainly not less good. Many licks your hear him play are truly great and are kind of an amalgam of all the influences he's picked up during his career. He is still and will always be my biggest inspiration. God bless EC.
My feel is that it's about the people, and their lives that make them great musicians. the values and warmth of yesterday, family, honor, free spirit attitude must come back and defeat vain materialism and modern stress to bring back the awesome stuff from then.
it'll be about the little changes that me and you can make as individuals. That's what makes it organic!
Though I am probably being a bit biased , I don't put famous people on pedistles they are just people like everyone else . But I am 20 and learning guitar and influince wise clapton has probably been the biggest and most importance musical influance on me in my life so far , especially his early stuff like mayall and cream era .
Clapton's just being too humble , I think its bollocks that he isn't as good . Not trying to be rude but I think he has just gotten too used to having another guitar player on stage so he doesnt have to really push himself like in the old days when he was the sole guitar player in the bands he was in then .
@emilshere Thats not true, u can't say that the best musicians are undesicovered. U have one right here on this video, Do I have to name you great musicians like Jimi Hendrix , Bob Dylan, Muddy Water, Howlin' Wolf, Madonna, MJ, Bob Marley..... I and many many more!!!! Really, come on.
no he is not overrated. He has great feel and tone in his playing and is one of the finest singers out there. It is easy to fall into the trap of comparing him to 'tekkies' like Scott Henderson and Robben Ford. But he influenced those guys and many others. He makes blues soloing look easier than it is.
@Elgigante21 ; Sure, you make one comment when you're sloshed over the microphone, mis-speak something that was too complex to say while drunk, and that will be your reputation for life. Like that's fair, like you would want to be treated like that.
I bet the youtube post he is talking about is "groaning the blues". It must take alot of energy to put up playing like that. His playing is gotten at bit more mellow in the last years. Still in the top, though.
@hendrixkixas 40 years ago was 1970. in 1970, clapton was with derek and the dominoes. he played the stratocaster with derek and the dominoes. therefore clapton played the strat 40 years ago.
why the hell are you watching an interview of him on youtube then?
you searched for him, saw this video and it interested you enough to click the link and watch it.
why?
these people amaze me. lol
as an american, i have to honest
british musicians are WAAAY BETTER
- but don't get wrong me, there are many american bands and singers that i enjoy But people from the UK kick our asses in Music
im tired of him.how many decades can u keep essentially simple blues,clapton style,all that inspiring?i tip my hat to his abiltys and career,he has done it all over time
It's all about emotion and feeling Clappy! ;-)
Bad dude, #2 on my list of favorites only behind the one and only SRV
If he's right about not being as good as he used to be, and that's debatable, he's still 1000 times better than anyone else who has ever touched a guitar.
despite not being as good as he used to be he is still one of the best guitarists out there. but his clips from the 70s-80s are mind-blowing.
just my thoughts and opinions, jack white is a very unique guitarist. when ever i listen to the white stripes, i feel like he has a presence.
John Mayer? No! J.J. Cale (born John W. Cale on December 5, 1938, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma who did the original version of after midnight song
I'm 13, and don't listenin to any of this new stuff, and my favorite of all classic rock artist is clapton, wish I could see him in concert and get an autograph.
damn this is a piece of history
well, that's eric clapton!
always humble and truthful.
go eric!
even he is old already, he can still do it baby.eric is right. ok.
Not as good.....MY ASS...............LEGEND
Always was Always will be....At Least Until I Die
@willwelsh816 TRUTH. British blues was more important than good. It relies way to heavily on effects like reverb and distortion.
Theres is always John Mayer, and Krnny Wayne Sheppard , and of course myself .........OH wait I forgot I'm old , and talentless
that nasty racist speech he made - helped start Rock Against Racism
as much as i love clapton i am forced to agree with you but we all agree that clapton was unbelievably good
RIP SRV
Hey man, we're all getting old..>LOL
As John Cleese said tonight, it's his birthday, he's 69, and it's almost over.
Maybe he's not as fast as he used to be or do as many fancy tricks, but his feeling and melodic skills are better.
"...and his signature fender stratocaster guitar"
Man is that square. I'm glad they propped a guitar
behind EC, we needed to be reminded who he is.
FUCKING GOD