Clapton's a funny one
Superb guitar player - his work with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and Cream spring to mind in particular - but just about everything he's done since Cream broke up has been utter shite.

I don't even think Layla is that good (although I do have a bit of a soft spot for the acoustic version)
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 19 May 2010, 15:52, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I don't like Layla
and I really don't like the acoustic version
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 May 2010, 15:53, Reply)

I like to think
that if Peter Green hadn't gone batfuck insane after a bad drugs experience and had carried on playing guitar in the '60s then he would have been bigger than Clapton today. He was certainly a better songwriter and I've always thought he was a better guitarist.

If you're after some modern blues with a bit of passion in it, check out Ian Siegal. He's rather good.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 19 May 2010, 16:00, Reply)

I agree with you there
Oh Well is one of my all time favourite songs

I will do, cheers
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 May 2010, 16:02, Reply)

Ooh, or alternatively
This song by Emily Loizeau. She doesn't really play blues, but this performance is a great blues number and is absolutely fucking awesome.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 19 May 2010, 16:04, Reply)

He is boring
But I used to listen to Layla with my first boyfriend. He wrote 'Clapton is God' on a wall in an alleyway.
Alan McDonald. I think he ended up a bit of a wrong'un.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 19 May 2010, 15:55, Reply)

I think he - or at least his graffiti - got a mention in one of the Martin Scorcese Blues films

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 19 May 2010, 16:02, Reply)

;)

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 19 May 2010, 16:04, Reply)

The same film which led me to the conclusion
that Tom Jones really, really shouldn't try to sing the Blues.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 19 May 2010, 16:19, Reply)

It was all over London in the late 60s
Roota's ex is either nearly 70 now or was a fucking loser copying 60s graffiti, which was, even when it was first written, complete hogwash.

That said I wish Clapton WAS God ie he didn't exist.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 19 May 2010, 16:24, Reply)

Well, Roota is pushing 70 herself - so it could be.

( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Wed 19 May 2010, 16:37, Reply)

Actually I'm in my 80s

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 19 May 2010, 16:38, Reply)

when you said you loved the 80s
I did not know you meant YOUR 80s...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 19 May 2010, 16:42, Reply)

yeah, almost as good as the Blitz years for me

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 19 May 2010, 16:43, Reply)

But you wear it well.

( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Wed 19 May 2010, 16:47, Reply)

Rouge and cold cream

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 19 May 2010, 16:53, Reply)