Eric Clapton is essentially the main guitar player who affected me – despite the fact that I don't seem like him. There was an essential straightforwardness to his playing, his style, his vibe and his sound. He took a Gibson guitar and connected it to a Marshall, and that was it. The nuts and bolts. The blues. His performances were melodic and significant – and that is the thing that guitar performances ought to be, a piece of the tune. I could murmur them to you.
What I extremely enjoyed was Cream's live chronicles, since you could hear the three folks playing. On the off chance that you tune in to "I'm So Glad," on Goodbye, you truly hear the three folks go – and Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker were several jazz folks, driving Clapton forward. I once read that Clapton stated, "I didn't realize what the heck I was doing." He was simply endeavoring to stay aware of the other two folks!
After Cream, he changed. When he began doing "I Shot the Sheriff" and various stuff, and when he snared with Delaney and Bonnie, his entire style changed. Or if nothing else his sound. He concentrated more on singing than playing. I regard him for everything he's done is as yet doing – yet what enlivened me, what influenced me to get a guitar, was his initial stuff. I could play some of those performances now – they're for all time engraved in my mind. That blues-based sound is as yet the center of current shake guitar. By Eddie Van Halen
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