The guitar solo on the live version of "Crossroads" is probably one of the greatest guitar solos of all time.
What happened to Eric Clapton after that? Whatever it was, it made me not want to ever snort cocaine.
Patty Harrison happened as I recall. Along with narcotics and depression. Hence Layla.
Always a blues rock person, I ditched Clapton when he went "laid back".
I did see him around '72 or thereabouts in Tampa (before the Led Zep riot shut down the stadium for rock concerts). I guess he was good. Things are a little fuzzy around that time.
I try not to think about it. But that solo makes the "Clapton is God" theory understandable.
There wasn't much after Derek and the Dominoes, was there? I like "The Core," but nothing nothing holds a candle to "Crossroads."