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Dukkha

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56. He stopped being influential long ago

Mon Oct 18, 2021, 11:31 AM

Oct 2021

Like so many other 60's era rockers, Clapton disappeared into the beige veneer of bland adult contemporary. His music was more fitting for a dentist reception room than the Royal Albert Hall.

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Eric Clapton's SAD Final Act. [View all] CousinIT Oct 2021 OP

Anything after Layla, except for "Riding with the King", in my mind was pretty average ... marble falls Oct 2021 #1

Yeah. I won't buy his stuff again. Captain Zero Oct 2021 #3

And the inspiration for Layla... SergeStorms Oct 2021 #34

Wasn't Mac Davis's wife involved, too? marble falls Oct 2021 #48

Not to my recollection.... SergeStorms Oct 2021 #57

Mac's wife ran off with Glen Cambell at a round the same ... marble falls Oct 2021 #65

Thanks. SergeStorms Oct 2021 #69

I was so lucky in so many, many ways. I ducked more bullets than I ever had any reason to ... marble falls Oct 2021 #73

I think it was Marc Maron and Dean Delray who observed on their podcast Eliot Rosewater Oct 2021 #2

Two musicians who both were influenced by black blues musicians and both played with Muddy Waters... hlthe2b Oct 2021 #4

Levon Helm is considered almost a saint where I live ... Straw Man Oct 2021 #46

I've seen many a DUer take a defensive pragmatic political stance hlthe2b Oct 2021 #47

Like condoning a politician's overtly racist acts? Straw Man Oct 2021 #66

You did just that hlthe2b Oct 2021 #67

Please show me where I called Helm a racist. Straw Man Oct 2021 #72

Mostly Agree ProfessorGAC Oct 2021 #68

While time will expose one true nature Ferryboat Oct 2021 #5

What? here: 1976. Racist Rant. Voltaire2 Oct 2021 #70

Nearly 30 years later, given the opportunity to recant.... Spider Jerusalem Oct 2021 #74

kinda sad that consider_this Oct 2021 #6

Use this one next time...one of Phil's rare songs he sings on Lochloosa Oct 2021 #14

I love this video! SalviaBlue Oct 2021 #54

Saw them do it in St Pete, Fl 86 Lochloosa Oct 2021 #58

That is sad.. Clapton is the one who Cha Oct 2021 #7

Liked him when he played in Wynton Marsalis's Band. Corrine, Corrine...with Taj Maha;///// OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #8

A closer walk with thee,,,,, OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #11

Wow!Thought the stage might fall down under the weight of all that talent Walleye Oct 2021 #64

It is sad. Turbineguy Oct 2021 #9

Over the years, the more I have read Mr.Bill Oct 2021 #10

Correct. I still love van Morrison records Walleye Oct 2021 #13

Long time Van fan. As per my screen name. vanlassie Oct 2021 #25

I have every Van album and a lot of Clapton's too. I still listen, though Van's latest is the themaguffin Oct 2021 #59

Roger Daltrey is one of those rpannier Oct 2021 #17

And then there are the exceptions. tavernier Oct 2021 #28

UK has always been fully as racist stopdiggin Oct 2021 #31

Didn't Cream record a song written by Skip James to give him the royalt Walleye Oct 2021 #12

The Rolling Stones did that for a number of old Blues musicians. Mr.Bill Oct 2021 #18

I actually heard just the opposite. That the Stones were wont to crib blues songs without paying. shrike3 Oct 2021 #61

The Stones were influenced by the early Blues musicians Mr.Bill Oct 2021 #63

A music historian I heard interviewed said the bluesmen were credited by the Stones but never paid. shrike3 Oct 2021 #71

Yes, as a young musician Clapton was paying old bluesmen royalties. shrike3 Oct 2021 #62

Him and Van Morrison really make me sad. ismnotwasm Oct 2021 #15

That's it in a nutshell MustLoveBeagles Oct 2021 #16

Clapton relied on high register sustain way too much Bobstandard Oct 2021 #19

An even better comparison is his fellow Yardbird alum Jeff Beck relayerbob Oct 2021 #21

Right where I'm at. plimsoll Oct 2021 #24

OMG ee cummings! thucythucy Oct 2021 #50

Clapton peaked in 1969-70 relayerbob Oct 2021 #20

except that he's on record for saying stopdiggin Oct 2021 #36

Of course relayerbob Oct 2021 #39

Safety wasn't Claptons priority in life. StocktonNative Oct 2021 #22

This is not fair. vanlassie Oct 2021 #26

yes. hateful. and nothing whatever to do with stopdiggin Oct 2021 #37

Clapton could afford safety guards StocktonNative Oct 2021 #38

The housekeeper left the window open radical noodle Oct 2021 #40

No, not "enuff said." The parents were divorced. Clapton didn't live there. vanlassie Oct 2021 #41

Get real...Clapton could have ensured his child or anyone was safe. StocktonNative Oct 2021 #43

You are saying he should have known about the laws in his ex's city. vanlassie Oct 2021 #44

you sound like you have some unresolved daddy issues. mopinko Oct 2021 #49

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2021 #23

fuck him - toxic ego is no excuse; we have the music - plenty - so cut his stupid ass loose bringthePaine Oct 2021 #27

I haven't thought much of him since he spewed this in 1976: catbyte Oct 2021 #29

Jeez that's horrible. Joinfortmill Oct 2021 #35

A couple of slurred n***** words would be bad enough. argyl Oct 2021 #45

In the flesh? dawg Oct 2021 #52

Cream was Cool... JoeOtterbein Oct 2021 #30

A great artist is not always a great person. Joinfortmill Oct 2021 #32

In real life...People reacted to Eric Fascist Rants StocktonNative Oct 2021 #33

Oh and speaking of Layla, the piano coda was stolen from Rita Coolidge unblock Oct 2021 #42

I guess I should have realized when you consider how many different bands he played with Wounded Bear Oct 2021 #51

Stevie Ray Vaughn pawns Clapton's Blues Guitar. Tommymac Oct 2021 #53

Back in the day, Clapton didn't just revere the bluesmen he covered, like other artists did. shrike3 Oct 2021 #55

He stopped being influential long ago Dukkha Oct 2021 #56

FWIW Layla was a masterpiece because of Duane Allman's spectacular guitar work...not Clapton's. pecosbob Oct 2021 #60

Eric Clapton was more than happy to have his photo taken with Greg Abbott. LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2021 #75