I’ve never understood Eric Clapton. With John Mayall, the Yardbirds, Cream and Blind Faith he was out of this world great. Then he listened to a couple of JJ Cale’s albums and transformed into “Slow Hand”!!! I can’t understand it. A real shame.
The Yardbirds had virtually every great guitarist at some point. It’s astounding how many great musicians were around from from say 1963 to 1973.