[ThomCat]

Originally Posted by Flaptail

He's been in the business a long time but totally overated IMHO.

I have to respectfully diagree. Clapton, along with Hendrix, Beck, Page, Stevie Ray and a few others were the pioneers of the second coming of the blues. He is an inovator, a survivor as relevent as he was 40 years ago, a true student of the blues and the guitar, a three time electee to the R&R HOF and a musician aware of his position and good fortune and willing to give back. He's overcome his many demons. He's also a hell of a guitatist and song writer with a true understanding of how to make lasting music. Some of those early live recordings were even more amazing considering he wacked for a lot of them.