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The Band With Eric Clapton - Further On Up The Road (live) (The Last Waltz, 1978)

They were a trio and there was a lot of activity in their playing, so that was an inspiration for Rush. I don’t know if I’ve followed him more recently, but he was a great influence on me in the days of Cream. “I loved Cream’s versions of Spoonful and Crossroads, but Sunshine Of Your Love, that was such a cool-sounding song, such a cool pattern. His playing was so lyrical, and it had a darkness to it. And then as a player, he’s so fluid, so different to what was happening at the time. There was a really interesting level of composition in their material. It was blues-based, of course, but there was other stuff going on. When he played in Cream, stylistically it was so different and fresh, and the music that Cream wrote was very unique, very hard to pinpoint.

It’s just a joy to listen to.” Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love (Disraeli Gears, 1967)Īlex Lifeson: “I was certainly a fan of Clapton’s when growing up. That to me says Eric was totally caught up in the moment, in the emotion of that brilliant arpeggiated chord sequence. But check out the repeated string bend halfway through. The construction of the solo is flawless, which suggests it was composed then performed in the studio. Hyperbole? Nope, this for me is Clapton at his best. Eric’s solo is the climactic moment, and it’s written, like poetry, in the language of the soul. Stephen Lawson, former editor, Total Guitar: “ Badge is a song of two halves, a textbook example of tension and relief in music. Fuck everybody else.” Cream - Badge (Goodbye, 1969) Like, they’ve already changed fucking history, what more do you want from the fucking guy? He just wants to play the blues. There was so much pressure on him to be ‘Eric Clapton’. “Some people are rude about Clapton’s later solo work? Really? Who’s saying that? Journalists? He doesn’t have to prove anything to any of you weenie journalists. What guitarist of my generation didn’t learn that solo note-for-note? I even played the exact solo off the record, and Jack looked over at me, like, ‘You actually learnt that?’ Well, yeah. I actually once got to play Sunshine Of Your Love with Jack and play the part of Eric Clapton – and I do stress ‘play the part of’. Since 2004 he has chosen not to perform 'Tears In Heaven' live, saying that the emotions felt when writing the song are "gone and I really don't want them to come back".“Back in the day, it was harder to learn music we had to lift the needle up and painstakingly learn this stuff, and I started developing a little vibrato of my own, based on trying to sound like Eric. The official premiere of 'Tears In Heaven' would be during Clapton's MTV Unplugged performance, which is most definitely the most famous rendition of the song.īut the raw, unassuming rendition he played during this particularly interview is tinged with both sadness and hope, being the first time he'd ever perform the song. Idly fiddling away with his Spanish guitar would start the process of him penning the beautiful tribute to his son and the lasting power of love. Soon after the accident the guitar icon and his Italian girlfriend, Lory Del Santo, flew Conor back to England to be buried at Clapton's hometown church in Ripley, Surrey.Īmongst the mourners was Phil Collins, and even Prince Charles sent him a letter of condolence.īut after a period of distance from music, it would ultimately be music that would help Eric Clapton heal and come to terms with the devastating loss.