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Yeah, SRV couldn't hold a candle to Clapton (barf). Clapton is sterile and stiff. He is clean, yes, and very tight as a mucisian, but he is above average in talent and hardly a God. Remind me again of the innovations (riffs, changes, progressions) that SRV aped from Clapton please?

And SRV's cover of little wing was just horrid I must say. (Laughing at you) Even though Noel Redding once said that SRV held the standard for doing that cover song.

I am actually more of a Jimi man, but my love for his style extends to SRV.

ou obviously think that Clapton is worthy of mass knee pads. I can simply see through his playing (and yes it is that thin). There is no soul therein, and that is what seperates SRV from Clapton. I brought SR into this, because obviously Clapton's claim to fame was being a rare white blues player in the sixties. My entree of SRV into the conversation is to imply that if you want to look at real blues player that happens to be white and actually had mojo, you would look to SRV for that standard.

As far as electric hard blues goes. It's kind of hardto look past Hendrix.

And believe it or not, play this instrument for half of my living (at least on the weekends). So yes, I did have to go practice as posting here does not pay.

Enjoy the rest of your evening listening to "Layla" and "tears in heaven".

CYB

Your assessment of my view of Clapton is incorrect. God? Hardly. But his best work has the purity of the voice, it sings. Vaughan was more technically proficient that Clapton; but his playing is less melodic than Clapton at his best.

As for Hendrix, he was less interested in playing cleanly, but he was melodic as well. At his best, he was the best. "The Wind Cries Mary" ... perfect. His cover of "All Along the Watchtower" ... perfect. "Red House" ... The list is long. We agree on Hendrix.

"Layla"? Never cared for it. "Tears in Heaven"? Interesting song, but too sentimental.

And we disagree on SRV's cover of "Little Wing". To have imagined such a tune and to have recorded it, as Hendrix did, was a tremendous thing. To play it over again (more cleanly, with extra embellishments), as SRV did? Ugh. Hendrix' cover of "All Along the Watchtower" was an astonishing rendering of Dylan's lackluster recording. SRV's "Little Wing" was kind of like showing off.