Word: clapton
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Jeff Beck first came to public attention in 1965 when he replaced Eric Clapton in the Yardbirds. A bold innovator from the beginning, Beck struck down the barriers of traditional blues that Clapton had built around the group, and almost single-handedly raised the Yardbirds to the status of the avant-garde group of the sixties. He was the first English blues guitarist to make extensive use of the wah-wah pedal and the fuzz box (electronic devices for manipulating the sound of a guitar). Beck's first album with the Yardbirds, A Rave Up, contained three rock classics...
...Craney Crow" Dr. John invites the listener to take part in a ritual which involves a call and response pattern punctuated by the excellent slide guitar work of Eric Clapton. As the Reverend Dr. John and his congregation are involved in wailing, "Chick-a-ma, Chick-a-ma, Chick-a-ma, Chick-a-ma Craney Crow," Clapton is busy accenting and amplifying the anagogical aura of the song with restrained yet amazingly powerful guitar lines. "Craney Crow" is Dr. John and his followers at their musical and mystical best...
...John's identity is not the only surprise on The Sun, Moon and Herbs. Indeed, there are several 'surprises'...among them, Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Carl Raddle, Jim Gordon, Graham Bond, Bobby Whitlock, Doris Troy and the Memphis Horns. Dr. John weaves them into his spell, and they fit perfectly to help create the sound of electric bayou...
Commenting on the outstanding play of junior quarterback, Colin Clapton, Doherty said, "When practice started this year, he was way down the list of quarter backs. When he's good, he's good. When he's bad, he's awful. He was pretty good today...
Doherty's troops assumed a "winning attitude" very quickly. Less than half an hour after the game, Clapton was already looking forward to the rest of the season. "Next week, we play Dartmouth. We owe them one for last year," Clapton said...