jessynowa (October 12, 2008 at 2:58 pm)

Some like it beautiful... and me and my boytoy do too!

maxerpro (October 12, 2008 at 2:12 am)

ahh eric...in a time capsule he was so on top of the world. Looking back now, and comparing the hendrix clips, one can appreciate what was going on at the time with guitar players. Clapton had a clarity and definition that incorporated all the cool blues moves with a technical prowess.Hendrix was the ass kicker at the time.

BlueBlueFeelin (October 11, 2008 at 10:04 pm)

i can't actually disprove bluesyplate, but i'm pretty sure the slowhand thing started because clapton played his blues fast, not slow. its not so much that any one lick is light speed, but he keeps the solo driving forward at pace that feels (to me anyway) like a semi carefully negotiating a windy road at 120 miles an hour. but maybe not

BOTFA111 (October 11, 2008 at 2:56 pm)

Agreed. The ES-series guitars are amazing. I wish Clapton would play on it again.

bluesyplatedude454 (October 11, 2008 at 12:26 pm)

Solowhand - During Yardbirds shows eric clapton would break his strings on guitar, making him chang them. He would change the strings and while the crowd would slowhand clap and he would start that as his name. There happy

JRR951 (October 10, 2008 at 11:41 pm)

well i'm sure what you said has truth behind it. i'm just saying what i thought

PMCMANIS (October 10, 2008 at 10:20 pm)

my point was that there are many stories behind it, not that mine was correct, which I now believe to not be.

JRR951 (October 10, 2008 at 10:13 pm)

i believed they call him slowhand because compared to his colleagues like jimmy page, jeff beck or blackmore he is pretty slow. they all double pick and go all over the neck

PMCMANIS (October 10, 2008 at 9:29 pm)

there are a million different stories of why he called slowhand. the first one I personally heard was because his vibrato is slow and open but it sounds fast and unlabored.

naveengta (October 10, 2008 at 4:54 pm)

White Room solo is 1000x better than this