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Eric Clapton To Release New Album Inspired By Blues Music

Posted by BenBob on August 16, 2011 at 2:39pm in Other stuff - off topic, fun stuff, whatever

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Eric Clapton To Release New Album Inspired By Blues Music

August 16, 2011 | ISSUE 47•33

LOS ANGELES—Musician Eric Clapton announced Wednesday that his next album, Eric Clapton Plays The Blues, would be a collection of songs primarily influenced by blues music, a genre the 66-year-old guitarist said he enjoys very much. "I've always been interested in blues music, and this album will really explore that interest," Clapton told reporters, explaining that many of the new songs would feature long blues guitar solos, repeating 12-bar-blues chord structures, and lyrical themes centered around both getting and continuing to have the blues. "I'm fairly confident about the project, as I plan to sing with a sort of forlorn, bluesy quality in my voice, and I'll be playing a lot of E, A, and B chords, along with all the blue notes of the scale. Just pure and simple blues, really." Clapton later admitted that while each track would definitely be inspired by blues music, the final product might actually be more of a blues-rock album.

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  • Clock The Wolf August 20, 2011 at 7:11pm
    I heard that Vanilla Ice will be providing guest vocals on a couple of bonus tracks...
  • Bear August 20, 2011 at 3:43pm
    The naivete of this topic title caught my eye, and had me going briefly. I'm a huge blues fan, though not necessarily a huge Clapton fan. Still, for me anyway, "From the Cradle" ranks right up there as a must-have classic album. Oh, and yes, it was inspired by blues music...
  • Noisemaker59 August 19, 2011 at 9:58pm
    Clapton blows.....
  • Dan Sleep August 18, 2011 at 4:22pm
    I had a suspicion Shane was gonna weigh in on this one...
  • Outhouse Instruments August 18, 2011 at 3:57pm

    Love the button!

  • Outhouse Instruments August 18, 2011 at 3:56pm

    That's funny. Most people would say he's a bluesman so everything he does is influenced by blues.

    Reminds me of seeing him play with BB King in a SRV tribute show on TV.

    Eric was waaaaaay outta his league.

    BB rawked!

     

    AFKAM

  • Shane Speal August 18, 2011 at 3:34pm
    Photobucket
  • Ryan Rose August 18, 2011 at 3:22pm
    I love The Onion.
  • Dan Sleep August 16, 2011 at 3:43pm
    The Onion strikes again...LOL
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