Ultimately, whether Clapton is a genius or an overrated relic depends entirely on the album you pull out of his back catalogue. Not even his most ardent admirer could deny that there have been ...
Recorded for the album as a sparse, plaintive guitar-and-piano track, it’s notable for being Clapton’s debut vocal performance on record. He later told US music critic Peter Guralnick ...
Few guitarists will forget the first time they heard Clapton’s ecstatic playing on the track Hideaway from the Bluesbreakers’ ‘Beano’ album. The tone EC achieved on that record has become ...