Most Eric Clapton guitar lessons you'll find online will focus on his approach to lead guitar, that's what most people associate Eric Clapton with. In this lesson, however, we're going to take a look at one of the ways Eric Clapton might approach playing rhythm on a slow blues in the key of A. You might notice that these licks sound very much like a piano part. The reason for that is that Clapton is a huge fan of Maceo Merriweather, who was an accomplished blues piano player back in the in … [Read more...]
John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton
I was responding to a post in the forum on this site in which someone asked what they should be focusing on in regards to learning to play the guitar and the first thing that immediately popped into my head was the John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers album featuring Eric Clapton. That album was the one that did it for me with the guitar - the Crown Jewel of guitar albums. If you're interested in the lessons I've been putting up recently on electric blues lead guitar, then you really HAVE to add … [Read more...]
Eric Clapton Style Blues Guitar Lesson – LEG027
I've been looking forward to creating an Eric Clapton style guitar lesson because I'm such a huge fan, although I had a really hard time trying to sum him up in a simple lesson because he plays so many different styles. He's best known as a an electric blues guitar player, yet throughout his career he's played country, reggae, rock, jazz, delta blues, you name it. So I ended up creating a guitar solo that was a little bit rock and a little bit blues (some would argue there isn't much of a … [Read more...]
Eric Clapton playing “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Allright”
I was recently surfing YouTube looking up specific performances by my favorite artists and I came across this one of Eric Clapton playing Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" from the Bobfest concert back in 1992 or early 1993. Being a huge Clapton fan, I've seen (or listened to) just about every bootleg / legitimate concert media there is in existence on him and in my opinion, this particular performance is EC at the top of his game. We all have our favorite eras with his career (and … [Read more...]
