I'll go with Jimmy Page and Tom Morello.


That is all...


oops, forgot Jack White.

[This message has been edited by Whos Juan (edited 2/5/2005 1:42p).]

Stevie Ray Vaughn is overrated?

Where can I get this crack you are smoking?

I don't believe that Eric Clapton himself has any false ideas about where he should be rated.

He's been saddled with that "Clapton is God" evaluation and great expectations since the sixties and he's still successfully performing.

I look at him as an interpreter, more than as an innovator.

To put a fine point on it, I'd call him an "innovative interpreter" with a good ear, fine chops, a decent voice and a really good sense of where blues rock comes from.

He does what he does pretty damn well and has for 40 years.

I'd put Eric Clapton musically on a level with Phil Collins and Stevie Winwood.

It would be a great treat to play bass guitar with any or all three of them.



It's not their fault that they're superstars.

IMHO, blasting those who worship or overrate Clapton makes more sense than blasting Eric, himself.

Because he can tastefully play his ass off with feeling and integrity.



Gig 'em, FAST FRED '65.

Before the world wide web, village idiots usually stayed in their own village.

[This message has been edited by FAST FRED (edited 2/6/2005 2:09p).]

As for the comparisons with SRV & Jimi, Clapton certainly has a much larger body of work and probably is a better writer.

However, for the person that said SRV was not in the same class, you must not have listened to interviews of Clapton. clapton believed SRV was in a class by himself.

I know this is going to sound blasphmous, but I do think Hendrix has gotten a bit more credit than he deserves. I know he was very innovative and influential, but towards the end of his life, his guitar playing was actually quite bad.

I think the dude that is very underrated is Page. I think Page has had more influence as a guitarist than all of them. Not to mention he is a musical genius.

Fred, you said it much more tactfully than I ever could. Your post is exactly what I was getting at!

Yep. Hendrix.