ERIC CLAPTON - TRAVELLING ALONE - live - HQ video

[@Soulshine59]

Its awesome to see EC playing on Gibson's again. I love his strat's but there is something magical about him on a LP or 335

[@cu6454]

I like to see him with them too or say hear

[@Jamesfoofighter]

Yea but a cap on a Les Paul... No lol Bonamassa does it alot too. As for playing any other electric other than Fender, is few and far between, down to his contract with Fender.

[@Slammintone]

Do you know what it is that Clapton always had musically, still has and did from day one? Do you know what Ginger Baker said made Clapton extra special as a musician? Clapton has perfect timing and rhythm. It’s a gift, not every great guitarist has but Clapton does. It’s perfectly abundant here. His playing and his tone is always otherworldly as it is here although a lot of nobody’s might think otherwise.

[@jelopezmusic]

pfffft whatever that tone is BADASS

[@andrelourenco__]

If Mr. Clapton is going to start playing a Les Paul again often im gonna flip off. Too good!

[@Kollenda1]

I really like this guitar sound, it's rough and deep, but somehow direct into the ear, full stop!

[@Slammintone]

Good call. Sounds like it was exactly the sound that was needed. It's hypnotic riff combined with that sound make this tune an instant classic IMO.

[@kerrymcmanus9188]

+Rick S God call Rick, Erie sound to this,its great & the vocals are hot too

[@harrisknight1347]

Henry and Dave are laying down a serious killer groove...

[@peteryoungpeteryoung965]

I think they are the best rhythm section he ever had.

[@alainvanbrussel9562]

I sincerely hope Eric Clapton actually reads all the specialists advice on guitars and amps. A bit like those football fans with their bellies full of beer criticising the players on the field....... This is the real stuff....hard driven blues at its best !

[@antondoornekamp9635]

to all people commenting about the bad tone: there is no bad les paul, there is no bad amp and he doesnt need a treble booster. he chose to sound like this insistently by playing an unusual bass note/chord combination. you just like it or not. i personally like it!!!!!!!!!! love that all the way dirty style

[@dakadoodle]

No bad les paul lolololol

[@peteryoungpeteryoung965]

Anton Doornekamp You hit the nail on the head man, Eric never does anything without a reason. Around this time he got a small blues combo together, going for an authentic, down and dirty style. The munchkins commenting on here, don't know their ass from their elbow.

[@Nounismisation]

you say that, but listen to the same guitar 10 years earlier at the same gig at the same place for the same people. ie

[@Nounismisation]

whoa i can't paste stuff! why is that?

[@RaySpainPlayer]

Well said, Anton

[@IdyFfid]

Was expecting same ol past it nicey nicey rock legend, this is superb and raw, and made me sit up and listen.

[@andreakerry3071]

Great!

[@ursulabornhauser1091]

Sounds different 😊love you😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@markwilliams5606]

Nothing better than Eric Clapton and Gibson Les Paul custom. Standard is good to.🤠🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦✌️

[@JusticieroDeLaMuerte]

@guitarnoize I love that guitar tone. So dark and dirty, and so different to his usual strat tone! Just great!!!

[@unetfg]

Nice to see him playing LP’s again

[@YYZed12]

What’s an LP?

[@YYZed12]

Oh, Les Paul

[@miguelpena3138]

Love Mr. Spinetti's drumming style

[@triggadon9541]

Fantastic 👌🏻

[@vonscharf]

Pretty damn cool! I like the sound of Eric on a Gibson! Not to mention how hard this was to do in this manor and singing in the same key . Very unusual and Cool!!!

[@cu6454]

He for years #2 but I say #1

[@rocknrollguru23]

Good to see Clapton getting back to his Bluesbreakers roots a bit with the Les Paul. I've always prefered blues on a Gibson over a Stratocaster myself.

[@MrOldskoolmusiclvr62]

A rare performance of Eric Clapton playing a nice 1959 Gibson Les Paul reissue considering that Clapton's generally a Fender Stratocaster man,anyway I Love & Miss that Les Paul sound!

[@kanakyman]

les pauls and strats both sound bluesy good!! different tones but both excellent

[@jimmccork]

I love this tone! Well done EC!

[@buddyollie180]

Eric with a Les Paul... I dig

[@kiperrone]

great weirdo scale blues thing... love clapton... he s getting better and better like fine wine!!!

[@BoydGudahl]

❤❤❤ THIS. THANK YOU EC

[@Carter131184]

Who consider this a dull and boring performance clearly don't know how to recognise good music. For me Eric yesterday simply showed what means living an breathing blues, a lesson that a group like Kings Of Leon should learn!

[@mikeymaguire10]

Eric clapton is incredible

[@peteryoungpeteryoung965]

The Beano album with Mayall was Eric's best ever, he used a les paul and 30watt marshall, the guitar sound is awesome and has never been repeated because that guitar was stolen never to be seen again.

[@bobcabo4509]

My favorite EC band lineup.

[@tuomasm.383]

Stratocaster-era Clapton playing a Les Paul! This is golden.

[@bruceburns1525]

Who is it that hates this tone? Yeesh, there' just no pleasing some people. Personally, I'm loving the LP into the Fender. Glad to see Clapton not using a strat so exclusively like he generally has since Cream broke up.

[@PBANDSNOW]

Im a Les Paul guy, I cant get enough. But after hearing this, I think the Strat captures his sound much better.

[@arnowtc4674]

I fucking love that tone!

[@Biyucin25]

Eric has got the blues! God is still with us!

[@Andreas0705]

THE best song on the album ... can hear it over and over all because of the awsome sound in all instruments - but mostly the thrilling guitar licks

[@tejastiger61]

Thanks a MILLION for posting this GEM ! BRAVO .... ! I LIKEY ! ....Even with the distorion .... SLOWHAND with dah Humbuckered sunburst LesPaul what in d Hell is wrong wit dat ....? nut in

[@AnalogOpher]

I love it when guitar players comment. It's an amazing and refreshing minor blues. He's on the neck pu - good closeup towards the end. I would also rather have him play a plexiglass but funk it it's still great.

[@VolodyaVolodenka1981]

going crazy? - no, just going back to the roots! and, this is way cooler than the studio version.

[@claptongroupie]

I LOVE this video..I keep coming back :-)

[@chriswalford4072]

Only one word needed for this guy put your own in ( ) mines genius

[@sirholes]

wow, the guitar sings by itself.

[@dannyfrench78]

Clapton just gets better with age, nice to see him on a Les too

[@frenl]

Its not often he plays a Gibson Les Paul onstage since his Cream-days, this song has a nice Louisiana swamp feel to it.

[@nasty9317]

King's of Leon there aint no skool like the old skool and he's the head master

[@slunky08]

@auteur116 Clapton played a Les Paul during the 1984 Roger Waters tour, during the Blues concerts at RAH mid 1990's and also on soem gigs during the 2001 tour. There's also a live version on KZbin of While My Guitar Gentle weeps with George Harrison from 1986 with EC on Les Paul

[@970blues]

This is one sick video here! Holy hell! this rules!

[@jimjim506]

ain my opinion any fool can make a gibson sound "as it should" but it takes a true musical and melodical genius to make it sound like this :D

[@peterluundgren36]

About the guitar sound, EC is playing the low E string with his thumb and the riff over it while the bass note is still reverberating. That why it sounds distorted.

[@toulminbrown9166]

Hendrix

[@obscurebandfan]

This is badass. Fuck the haters. Cool grungy tone.

[@FrederickDefraeye]

Thank you so much for posting this!

[@ryanstitt4814]

All I can hear is "Ain't gonna tell nobody what Santa Claus done to meeee"

[@isaiahmarquez9717]

😂

[@darthsensei3838]

😂

[@tompreston6754]

He played Crossroads on this show that night, anyone have a recording of it?

[@triggadon9541]

I've been trying to find that song aswell. It was on here but I can't find it anywhere now

[@Waad3n]

Eric Clapton rocks with the les paul

[@ecSee]

love the dark tone.

[@wjl2601]

I like this steaming ritm and sound which does honor the blues as it was played in a lot of smoky joints in the south a long time ago (just guessing). It is clear It's not every ones taste but that's not the point. Even if you don't like it intelligent observation can make you hear and recognise Slow Hand as a master and connaisseur pur sang. So I've decided to study Claptons work a bit more.

[@levikayatt4]

my dream is 2 see one of he's shows

[@thechallengeresponse]

Awesome!

[@mistersnaredrum]

@guitarnoize a lot of people i know have said that, but i love it. it's so grimy!

[@advcycling]

Eric, I like you Gibson =) Well done!!!

[@MarcoPulgarmusicachile]

Epic, with his gibson lml

[@zipadeedoodle]

Thank you for posting.... my video played up...! He's such a legend and class player.

[@al21122]

@yassenanimation It's his new signature "Beano" LP. He should play more often Gibson guitars. Sounds so much better as his MN Strats.

[@rafaelbutu7421]

Isso é uma sonzeira inacreditável!!

[@TheBrowling]

I love the tone, that raw, dirty but still bluesy, sound. By the way, Eric using a capo and a Les Paul... that's interesting.

[@IvanSerrano.A]

Que bien le quedan las Les Paul a Mr. Clapton

[@JustPassingBy334]

It's unusual to see EC with a les paul. And he is finger picking here and even has a capo on it. The arrangement is so brilliant... I can hear why he went out of his way to get this tone. The perfect tone for the arrangement.

[@buddyollie7400]

Hey, I actually liked it. Great Les Paul, and I dig the tone. This song has a somewhat Muddy Waters/ John Lee Hooker sound. Another great tune by Eric...

[@afox7376]

I love the dirty swamp sound.

[@merol717]

CLAPTON AND LES PAUL,I CANT BELIVE

[@Ynysybarri]

Absolutely brilliant - an excellent reworking of a very spooky original. Anyone know what tuning he is using?

[@jd51452]

The keyboardist and drummer both played with Joe Cocker @ Woodstock. Trivia time.

[@MichaelPalinFan2008]

Is that the drummer for Katie Melua's first major band? You know with Mike Batt on piano and producer for the 'Call Off The Search' album???

[@triggadon9541]

Yes it is. Henry Spinetti

[@spacewithace1997]

dude clapton recorded the best album of his career with a 59 sunburst

[@andrewwood3574]

60.!!!!!!

[@andrew71ify]

Just heard Gibson is putting out a Clapton Les Paul it model. perhaps this is one of the prototypes. Great to see him using one anyway !!

[@frenl]

@Carter131184 I agree with you on that one, he was simply the best. Don't understand why people are complaining about his tone? Its exactly what the song needs, it gives it that swampy feel.

[@AndrewWiese]

@Ynysybarri Open G plus the capo, so effectively open A.

[@petesey7763]

I have tried to understand EC for 35 years but after seeing this I'm not going to bother anymore - its cruelty to a Les Paul!

[@seerattan]

it´s so cool to him with a les paul

[@shaindaman13]

Yeah, I completely dig what you're saying and I know he's respected by a lot of people. I feel the same way about Jimmy Page and Brian May so I really get that. His playing just doesn't appeal to me so I get a little peeved when people call him "Blues Man" or "Guitar God". Unless you we're born Black, in the south, it he early part of the century, you're NOT a Blues Man. George Carlin said once that "It's not enough to know which noted to play. You gotta know why those notes NEED to be played".

[@samuello4275]

Wow he's playing a Les Paul Beano custom shop as well

[@nebanuk]

Ya, in fact he recorded every album he made until 1970 with a Gibson (barring Five Live Yardbirds, which was recorded with the band's Tele). Bluesbreakers was a '60 Les Paul. Fresh Cream was a Les Paul as well, but a different one as his '60 was stolen. Disraeli Gears he used a Les Paul Deluxe and his famous Fool SG. Wheels of Fire he used all Gibsons, including his famed ES-335, which he also used for Goobye Cream and exclusively for Blind Faith.

[@gustavonobregadossantos1223]

He was known for using more often his SG right?

[@nebanuk]

@@gustavonobregadossantos1223 No. he used that solely with Cream and only during a very specific time frame. He is famous for it, but it is not a widely used guitar by Eric.

[@gustavonobregadossantos1223]

@@nebanuk oh cool, I don't know that. And do you know why after so many amazing song and success he decided to make the chance for single coils and the stratocaster? Was simply due to his admiration for Hendrix?

[@nebanuk]

@@gustavonobregadossantos1223 That’s a pretty complicated question. He started collecting and playing Strats earlier than we see them appearing on records. He has stated that he remembered images of Buddy Holly and listening the Buddy as a teen, and wanted to go back to that idea of a man and his guitar. I think that his musical aim was changing as well, and he wanted to embrace roots music and roots sounds more. He played a lot with Delaney and Bonnie during the Blind Faith tour, and they really encouraged his singing more and his embrace of idea of a solo artist with a working man’s instrument, which he viewed as the Stratocaster. He was definitely influenced by Hendrix, but also Buddy Guy.

[@gustavonobregadossantos1223]

@@nebanuk very interesting, thanks for answering. I don't play guitar, so I don't know what would the stratocaster has to offer that The Les Paul or SG can't. And it's been decades no since the started playing the stratocaster. Once he switched to the Strat, he switched for good, he never came back to Gibson. He is known for playing a stratocaster, but some of his best work were made playing a Gibson (maybe his best work, Cream fans would say)

[@mistersnaredrum]

@hofnersinla open G with a capo at the second fret, making it open A

[@Uldrythable]

Anyway, I'm glad that he finally returned to Gibsons.

[@jc19641]

Essa musica é legal e louca.

[@andypdq]

LOL, Eric does blues grunge.

[@KrupaDrums]

Les Paul! Right on slow hand

[@javiceres]

@elnen17 He played the ES-335 without pick sometimes in his From the craddle era, he sounded great then.

[@mistersnaredrum]

@andrew71ify apparently it is. awesome!

[@GuitarEd48]

Great Eric on a Gibson Les Paul!! I agre to Jewel123 :-) Merry Christmas to everybody Ed

[@slowhandnet]

There are a number of unusual aspects of this performance - he plays a Les Paul with a capo and without a pick. He is also using a stripped down band featuring two former bandmates (Henry Spinetti on drums and Dave Bronze on bass) and only one current band member (Chris Stainton on keyboards). Interesting!

[@triggadon9541]

Great band

[@johnvroegh2608]

Love Eric with a Les Paul. His sound is much better than playing a strat. Even with other gibsons like his sg and 335 with cream.The first time i heard Eric was with the bluesbreakers and that was with a Les Paul.

[@monkeysbum999]

@jhjl the sequence is 4 bars of 4/4 and a bar of 2 to completet the sequence or 3 bars 4/4 and 1 of 6/4

[@JoeLaTurkeyIII]

(sigh) remember when this guy was a guitar god? Eric's not even trying any more

[@claptongroupie]

@Backguitar yeah you should contact Mr. Clapton and tell him that..bet he didn't know..good grief, some things that come out of people's mouths :-(

[@gerardbyrne7929]

Ive never heard anybody create that tone from a Les Paul. Only EC

[@ozzyayres1]

yeah bluesbreakers were good too i think the worst period in claptons career was the 1980,s he seemed to become more of apop star after live aid but luckily today he seems to be back doing his own thing and not whats popular today

[@feelthebowes]

@andrew71ify Heard about the Clapton model too... But I think it's a 335, not a LP...this LP seems to be just a reguler '60 reissue... Clapton played a '60 LP with the Yarbirds and John Mayall... He does use Gibsons sporadically live...but with some regularity...he never really stopped palying them...

[@ThePaintedHope]

@ZyggieFromJiU I actually find this refreshing 0_o, this song is psychedelicious.

[@BandOnTheRun87]

yes playing a les paul! love it

[@Jakelikeshiking]

@irondayburajunior You know he did use one during the early 60's and for some of his cream era?

[@isaiahmarquez9717]

I think his best playing was on a Les Paul.

[@AnalogReverb]

2:00 Eric Clapton uses the same cheap ass Ernie Ball straps I use. XD