If you have any thoughts on the album please let me know
Previous albums discussed are
Electric Music For The Mind And Body by Country Joe And The Fish (August)
Sounds Of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel (September)
Revolver by The Beatles (October)
In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson (November)
Buffalo Springfield Again by Buffalo Springfield (December)
Disraeli Gears by Cream (February)
in Search Of The Lost Chord by The Moody Blues (April)
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly (May)
Great cover of the Otis Rush penned standard. Clapton really does make the guitar sing on this one moving effortlessly from a slow to faster tempo with some of his best guitar playing on the album.
Clapton is ably supported on this one by a Hughie Flint on drums and John McVie on bass.
Instrumental track that’s a blues standard. It demonstrates some great blues guitar from Clapton but it’s not all about Clapton on this track. The rhythm section is also on fire here but….
I suppose at the end of the day, it’s Clapton’s playing that stands out. It really does show what a phenomenal guitar player he was when he stuck to the “true” blues.
Hard to believe that it’s the same guy who made albums like Back Home, Pilgrim, August and Happy Xmas. So sad
Instrumental track that’s a blues standard. It demonstrates some great blues guitar from Clapton but it’s not all about Clapton on this track. The rhythm section is also on fire here but….
I suppose at the end of the day, it’s Clapton’s playing that stands out. It really does show what a phenomenal guitar player he was when he stuck to the “true” blues.
Hard to believe that it’s the same guy who made albums like Back Home, Pilgrim, August and Happy Xmas. So sad
Clapton did make some true duds...but Pilgrim is a great record. _________________ I'm leaning on the threshold
Of her mystery
And crashing through the walls
Of dying history
Instrumental track that’s a blues standard. It demonstrates some great blues guitar from Clapton but it’s not all about Clapton on this track. The rhythm section is also on fire here but….
I suppose at the end of the day, it’s Clapton’s playing that stands out. It really does show what a phenomenal guitar player he was when he stuck to the “true” blues.
Hard to believe that it’s the same guy who made albums like Back Home, Pilgrim, August and Happy Xmas. So sad
Clapton did make some true duds...but Pilgrim is a great record.
Never could get into pilgrim. Possibly a little harsh to put it the same category as happy Xmas but yes, he’s made some real duds. Never understood going from Bluesbreakers to some of these other albums. A mystery why his career to that turn
This one never quite did it for me (mind, haven't heard it in a smidge), but Clapton's playing abilities for his age are certainly outstanding—
It's a nice ode to blues legends past and present at the time—
I get why this album may not do it for people, I'm not a 100% fan of it either but This album and his work with Cream are when Clapton was at the peak of his powers (for me anyway) and, as you say, at such a relatively young age. Undoubtedly extremely talented but went far too mainstream and bland as he got older.
He also had a great start with The Yardbirds of course, another great breeding ground for British blues at the time
A Mayall / Clapton penned track of slow, melancholy, the weight of the world on your shoulders type blues. I really like it with superb guitar playing from Clapton.
I consider it a track which goes rather under the radar on the album but a great track IMO
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