Look, LO, I wasn't flaming anyone. But Clapton does not compare favorably to B.B. King, who the story was about. Get the chip off.
The four I mentioned are, indeed, the highest grossing acts in the last five years. They are all billionaires and are extremely popular. And extremely untalented -- and they don't, by the way, hold a candle to Mr Clapton. The entertainment industry is mostly peopled with mediocrity.
But on Clapton's best day he couldn't hang with Mr King or Blind Willie McTell. But they'd probably like him just the same.
Someone forgot to tell BB since he records with Clapton and has toured with him.
Blind Willie played the acoustic and thus a totally different kind of music though Clapton has recorded acoustic too. But Blind Willie in the Yardbirds or the Cream LoL. In fact, Clapton's strong suit is he CAN play hard rock, electric blues, acoustic blues, in groups and solo. Only John McCaughlin has such a variety of styles.