Guitar God Fridays: Eric Clapton

Welcome to week 3 of Guitar God Fridays!

Last week I was talking about all our previous guitar gods having been dead..

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..And I made a joke of getting to Eric before he died… and well it’s been playing on my mind just how terrible i’d feel if he did go the greatest guitar god in the sky… so This week we’re getting him in… may he live for many more years to come!!!!

Clapton mostly know as a Blues Guitarist is ranked Fourth in Rolling stine magazines list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” and #53 on their list of the Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

First up while we’re on the whole heaven thang, I though we’d go with “Tears in Heaven”

For those not in the know, this was written by E.C  and Will Jennings about the pain Clapton felt following the death of his four-year-old son, Conor, who fell from a window of the 53rd-floor New York apartment of his mother’s friend, on March 20, 1991.

One thing is for certain it really is a beautiful song…

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Next up two great interviews each in two parts.. Frank Skinner Chatting to E.C… i must say some very good Air guitar by Mr. Skinner.

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Part 2.

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Then going waaaaaaaaay back to a VERY Flirtatious Pamela Yates (oops another dead person).
It’s a pretty interesting and funny interview.

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And Part 2.

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Now Eric Clapton with Legend J.J Cale. ( nice album BTW)..

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Ok back to the Guitar…but still keeping with the legend theme (afterall this is called guitar God Friday!)
This Time a triple threat.. EricClapton, Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck playing the rock version of Layla… not quite as energetic as Franks Air guitar though….

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Now as a comparison the more laid back version this time accompanied by  Mark Knofler

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And Just as bonus why not a guitar lesson an how to play the it?!!!!!

This by a bloke who goes by theyoutube  handle Pavao.
You can find other lessons by him at here
he also provides the Guitar tab for it  here
Thanks Pavao!!

That should keep you going till next week. I  hope you enjoyed it all!!!

Next week we’re going to leave the blues guitar hero’s and enter another world!

Happy strumming all!

Marcus

p.s. Do you have any favourite Clapton moments? let us know, leave a comment!

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