[pepsi_junkie]

I saw Fripp some years back, he opened for Porcupine Tree. Interesting, mostly just electronic ambiance, not really music in any conventional sense. I think the ideas Fripp has are great in small doses, use them to really add a new thing to a song but if you listen to it for 20 or 30 mins straight it's a little hard for a troglodyte like me to take.

Regarding Clapton, I think he was called God because he was different than people had heard. In the Bluesbreakers he did something new: yes, he had faster than usual licks, but he also had a totally new sound. He tool an old Les Paul (long out of favor) and plugged it into a newfangled Marshall amp, cranked it up to 11 for recording and invented a magical tone that nobody had heard to that point. I think that's why people thought he was extraordinary, partially technical skill but I think a huge part was the tone that he pioneered and which dominated rock and roll for the next 30 years!

[minnesota_bound]

The song opens great then skip ahead to approx 4 min mark where it is just playing the instruments. Then skip to 6:45 for the finish.

Eric Clapton - Layla
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX5USg8_1gA