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Have to disagree. Go listen to "Have you ever loved a woman" from the Layla album. Or Nobody Knkows When You're Down and Out." Or "Anyday." Clapton's playing just drips with soul.
He's had his ups and downs, and I can see where you might think that about some of this playing, but there are moments of sheer brilliance and agony is in his playing. On the original Derek and the Dominos Live album (not the reissued cd, but the vinyl album), the version of Let it Rain is just mind boggling. He is obviously smacked out of his mind, and fumbles around for the first 4 or so bars of the solo. Then he plays about 5 minutes of the most scorching, gut wrenching guitar I've ever heard from anyone. Unfortunately for the CD remaster they used the other night's performance of Let it Rain, and it just isn't there.
In the video above he has a rare clam during his solo. That is not his best work, but it is more about the time warp watching it, and the incongruity of Cash being involved. Plus, Jim Gordon was an amazing drummer. His solos during the Fillmore shows were some of the most musical drum solos I've ever heard. I'd much rather listen to him than a technician like Peart.
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