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Originally Posted by st.bede
it is strange to think about how much people change...
I just get board with the same sound day after day and I find myself changing just to do something different...I would think that a lot of these rock guys have a similar experience but since they are endorsed they are stuck with a certain thing....
I am not a fan of EVH new stuff and I mean any thing but the first five albums (if I remember right) but,
I think two factors happened to hamper him 1. drugs and 2. I think he just got more into songwritting.....how long does anyone want to play super guitarist for?...a lot of times (IMHO) I think people move away from chops to song writing
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I think Clapton is a perfect example of that, as well.
IMHO, it's impossible to call him overrated, because in terms of influence, he's one of the all time most important guitarists. Hendrix, Beck, and Page, all said he was a
huge influence on their own styles, and choices, and without those 4 rock guitar as we know it wouldn't exist.
But he's decided to focus on songwriting. And as a songwriter myself, I think Clapton evolved into on of the finest writers of his generation.
Not many people are so good at so many different areas of music. I'm not a huge Clapton fan. I love his early guitar playing, and I love many of his songs, but he's never been one of my favorites.
But he's made his choices deliberately and carefully, and for good reason.
And after all he's contributed to modern music, I think he's earned the right to play whatever music he wants to.
PS, Bede, I'm a big Albert Collins fan myself. His live playing was just incendiary, (pun intended.)