I see Eric Clapton getting attention and I just want you to know he ain't that great and I'm not talking about politics. He plays on the beat, on the dots, always has. Doesn't sing well. And he can't write his way out of a paper bag. Before he was a douche, he was still mediocre.
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For someone of a relative parallel skill wise - Knopfler wipes the floor with him and makes him look like a kid whose only experience of songwriting is:
Valerie Bertinelli was right about him.
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Except only once. It was Eric.
"The Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton."
Anything else he has ever done is a borefest to me.
Yeah, he's a pretty dreadful personality too.
But rarely, does his playing seem to have "soul".
Of course my criticism might be influenced by his anti-vax, white supremacist hatred - so maybe his is much greater than I think.
Perfectly stated.
Peter Green always knocked spots off him for touch, feel, emotion, communication.