The Beano Album: A Short History; Clapton's Gibson into a Marshall Beginnings

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The video story:
I got pulled into making this video by a great question from a member of five watt world. I came back around to studying the great blues artists AFTER spending years listening to jazz players playing bop ideas over blues changes at all levels. But working on my theory and playing took me back to the roots and I was amazed at the levels of detail in their playing. It's almost bottomless! And that gives me confidence that I'll always be able to learn more down that road.
We'll see if the album histories take off maybe we'll make some more.
I hope you enjoy it. Let me know.
Until next time, thanks for being a part of the five watt world.
Keith
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[@peteryoungpeteryoung965]

My friend John and I saw The Bluesbreakers with Eric, play live at a pub in N. London called The Golders Green Refectory. At the gig Mayall announced that they had just finished recording an album that day at Decca, it turned out to be the Beano album. There was about fifty people at that gig and we spoke to Eric and Hugh Flint in the toilets. They could'nt believe that we had hitchhiked from Cardiff (150 miles) just to see them, they bought us a pint. Those were the days.

[@fivewattworld]

Great story! Thanks

[@RonnyBGoode]

what a wonderful story......

[@stevehughes1510]

That's a great bit of history Peter. 150 miles would be about 3 hours travel I guess, hope you stayed in London for a day or two.

[@davidstanton1261]

Thanks Mate for a piece of history! I'd buy you a pint just to hear the tale.🍻

[@blucheer8743]

Awesome story! those were glorious days!

[@MikeGervasi]

Beano is a killer album. However "A Hard Road" showed Peter Green unafraid to step in and make his own mark. One MUST own both.

[@Livi_Noelle]

A Hard Road is a much better record. I'm a big Peter Green fan, though.

[@ThisBirdHasFlown]

Matt Gertsch I’m of the opposite opinion.

[@peach495]

They're both excellent LP's. The next LP with Mick Taylor, Crusade, stands tall with both of them.

[@johnbrasher1495]

BB King is well known to have said that Peter Green is the only guitarist who could give him the cold sweats.

[@maxmunzert9725]

If you’ve heard them play live with green they were at their best. Absolutely unstoppable it’s like the equivalent of if you could hear the feeling of getting hit by a freight train

[@RhettShull]

YES!! One of my favorite albums of all time.

[@gitpickergeorge9]

Definitely a landmark record (in my humble opinion). Some records are like an encyclopedia of licks... this one has a notch up there in that.

[@shootgroundhog]

I think just about all guitar players would put this album high on their list of favorites. It really did change the world of guitar for the better.

[@rodparsons6719]

Made my day when you sat in Righteous guitars and played that fragment of "Dance the Night Away".

[@shikhindahikar8488]

I'm trying to cover this whole album

[@epipick]

A seminal work.

[@RickBeato]

Amazing Hypes! A great new addition to the series. Love it!

[@fivewattworld]

Thanks Hypes!

[@fernandoreynaaguilar1438]

Rick Beato! Love you Man!

[@danieldesoto6787]

@@fernandoreynaaguilar1438 wow way to show love back and reciprocate lol. Shit man you didn't even get a like. Here I'll give you a like.

[@stuarthecht8196]

The Beano album with Eric Clapton is THE definitive Blues Breakers LP. Although I also love the two following LPs, A Hard Road and Crusade, featuring guitarists Peter Green and Mick Taylor respectively, the Clapton album stands far above everything else in Mayall's catalog. My favorite thing to do when listening to the Beano album is to mute the "band-side" channel during the guitar solos so that you can only hear Clapton's guitar, as the classic 60's stereo mix often puts the guitar on one side only. Certain songs, such as "Have You Heard," feature Clapton's blistering guitar solo coming out of one speaker with absolutely nothing else in that speaker, so that when you separate it, it's extremely intense, especially those long-held notes with Clapton's vibrato. Insanely amazing album!

[@davidgood6744]

Full disclosure: I’m not that interested in Eric Clapton or the Beano album. The fact that I watched and enjoyed it says volumes about the infectiousness of your enthusiasm and quality of your videos. Keep them coming, please.

[@fivewattworld]

Thanks for wading through it David. Danke.

[@bradcarroll3719]

Bo you cray

[@SSquirrel1976]

It's kind oof like Behind the Music (or documentaries in general). I can have zero interest in a band, but I know they are important historically and I watch and can't help but be interested. Learning things is cool, even if you end up still deciding to pass on them moving forward. I didn't start listening to a bunch of Skynyrd after watching the doc on Netflix, but I did enjoy it for what it was.

[@tomasvanecek8626]

You never played guitar... or did you ?

[@redjet4810]

In 67, as a High School jr, in Queens, a friend whose mother was English, turned me on to the Beano album. He'd been in London and came back raving about two things: the Who and Clapton. I was gobsmacked.I became a blues freak from then on. I literally spent the rest of my high school weekends at the Filmore East. I have seen the best players up close but my passion has always been English blues. This is the best Beano doc. Great Work. Now, onward to Mike Bloomfield !!

[@justinlarsen2281]

My guitar instructor believed this album to be the Holy Grail of guitar tone. He spent years through the 80s and 90s tracking down vintage gear to recreate it. He had 60s era cables a same year Les Paul and Marshall Amp. I remember visiting him one time and seeing his setup in his living room. Must of cost him thousands.

[@bradcarroll3719]

Dozens of thousands would probably be closer.

[@SDPickups]

@@bradcarroll3719 Not in the 80's. Les Pauls were to be had for about $2,000. Later on the Japanese began buying up most of them and prices. hit $40,000 pretty fast. Prices now are just absurdly crazy.

[@johnnyd63]

I can confirm that...I had a deal for a 1959 Les Paul for $3,000 in 1982. It was an outrageous sum for the day, so I passed.Who knew I could've paid off my house with it.

[@tomasvanecek8626]

Your guitar instructor should have known it is all in the fingers... no cables, amps or any gizmos can do it, if you cant. If you cant play it on an acoustic guitar, you are not ready, not worth.. simple as that.

[@justinlarsen2281]

@@tomasvanecek8626 then why did Eric Clapton use amps and an Les Paul if he could have just used his fingers and an acoustic guitar?

[@Buddycoop1]

Love that album and remember playing it the first time. After that I realized just how much I love the Marshall/Gibson tone.

[@TheVatonaught]

Great day when I bought this album without a hint of how it would change my life...now I'm a guitar nut and Eric's tone etc still are goals. I was young then and now I'm 76...but I remember that afternoon and seeing/buying the album in Fresno...

[@jts3339]

Keith, I spent years acquiring guitars, amps, and (so many) pedals chasing various tones, including purchasing and lugging around a Leslie that I used on just a few songs. Now whenI get tempted to acquire more gear I sit down and practice for a while and accept that the only thing that makes me a better sounding player is spending time PLAYING the instruments that I already own. Thank you for another great video, but mostly for reminding us that the great players got that way by playing and developing their own styles.

[@veeshead]

jts3339 well said! I couldn’t agree more. I always say that the weak link is me. There is no guitar or amp that will help me at this time. It’s practice that is needed.

[@eddiejr540]

jts3339 ...very well said...and I agree 100%

[@bobgarr6246]

Oh so very true. And this translates into every endeavor, be it golf, carpentry, shooting sports, machinist or model building. It's not the gear or equipment that makes one a proficient master of his craft. It's skill obtained thru practice. And as is said "practice makes perfect ".

[@mikeziggirelli7224]

Yep. The imput jack is the hands backed by a bit of soul.

[@bradcarroll3719]

I agree, once you get a GOOD guitar and amp. I can remember struggling when in my teens, and all the while saving my $. When I was able to own a guitar that felt like shaking hands with an old friend it changed things significantly. It may be half psychological, but for me exists nonetheless. When I added a good amp, and I am just talking about a used Hot Rod Deluxe, I truly yearned to practice and play every second.

[@radwulfeboraci7504]

Clapton is the godfather of rock. That tone, particularly on songs like Steppin' Out and Have You Heard, was revolutionary. It was a gauntlet that was thrown down. Defining what 'lead guitarist' meant. Eventually, defining the electric guitar as the 'voice' instrument of rock. That 'rock' was a separate thing from rock n roll and 'pop' music. Later efforts with Cream created 'supergroup' and the groundwork for metal. Clapton likely doesn't care but that's not how history works.

[@mikeziggirelli7224]

I would argue that Townsend, Beck and Hendrix were already by that time experimenting with a harder sound also. Townsend wasn't a great lead player but My Generation preceded this album by about 10 months.

[@RonnieMinh]

His tone is all Freddy King.

[@chriscampbell9191]

Although there were other guitarists who sounded great before Clapton, he did set the tone that made rock guitar thick, heavy and biting... Can't deny that. The fact that guitar players still seek that tone is proof of that.

[@williammills3632]

Sweat smoke and mileage... best way to describe a blues rock instrument ever

[@dclange]

Thank you Kieth, your ability to find the “keys to the highway” are as strong as ever! The rabbit hole might already be open...but how about following this theme down through ‘A Hard Road’ into the formation of Green’s Fleetwood Mac? A tone almost as sought after and legendary...

[@fivewattworld]

I’m already working on a video about “Beano on a Budget” but we’ll see how well this does to look to the future of album short histories. It was fun to make w David and Jeff.

[@victorformosa2825]

@@fivewattworld look forward that if it goes ahead.

[@DavidMFChapman]

One of my favourite albums, definitely a “desert island disk.” Clapton on fire. Thanks so much for this history.

[@Zane_Doe]

The only good sideburns are ones of preposterous length.

[@A-staticCal]

I have a long standing theory about sideburns and the ability to play stupid-good guitar. Look at Duane, and Eric, and Jimi. All grew some sweet cheek shag.

[@jltrem]

My wife outlawed those sort of sideburns years ago, eliminating my Neil Young hero worship look.

[@honkytonkinson9787]

What are your thoughts on the lush pointy sideburns from 1960s Star Trek?

[@shaunw9270]

I've sported long sideburns forever . On the one occasion I shaved them off, I couldn't play for toffee for several days 😉

[@A-staticCal]

@@honkytonkinson9787 I'm sure they sound... fine. Perhaps they should have practiced more instead of obsessing about the futuristic-outer space pointy-ness of their 'burns.

[@ttswan]

Just brilliant! You got it all here Keith, the mike placements, Eric's pickup /tone choices, Vernon's & Dungeon's reactions during the recording - fine research, well done with your usual impeccable delivery. This is the watershed of the Beano Album's context! All praise to you.

[@thaddeusfields4360]

As much as I love SRV, Clapton is always on the top of my list for his diversity and always improving vocal skills.

[@Spartanm333]

Possibly the greatest compliment of all came from Jimi, stopped his gig, "Lets play some Cream" I cannot remember the gig but unless I am going senile that happened.

[@craigthomson3621]

Spartanm333, it was during a live BBC programme called the Lulu show in January 1969 that Jimi played Voodoo Chile, and then was meant to play Hey Joe with singer Lulu joining Jimi for a planned “duet”. Jimi and the Experience started Hey Joe but stopped the song and made a dedication to The Cream (who had just split up) and tore into a version of Sunshine of your love, going past the point (time wise) where Lulu might have joined the band, and indeed played through the time allocated for talking at the end. The producer was apparently pointing to his watch and silently screaming at the band to stop. The clip is widely available on the Internet.

[@GOGOLH]

@@craigthomson3621 It was brilliant - I remember it well! Consternation at the BBC - Saturday schedules awry!

[@philipm06]

@@Spartanm333 It was on the Lulu Show - they cut him off at the end.

[@JeffMcErlain]

Thank you for the opportunity to be involved in such a quality video on one of my favorite records! I learned a lot! Great stuff man!!

[@fivewattworld]

As the saying goes, "The pleasure was mine" brother. You did some great playing for this. Thanks again for coming along for the ride.

[@johnpandolfino8663]

I remember first hearing this album in highschool 1967......a few years after I started playing guitar......still listen to it today.......saw Duane Allman play and got hooked on his playing more than the clap ....... nothing like the tone of a LP through a Marshall.....

[@donkloos9078]

After 50 years or so of wanting to achieve that early Clapton live Cream tone (Crossroads, Spoonful, I'm So Glad etc.) through various rigs, pedals, simulators, I finally plugged my Gibson SG Standard into a Marshall double stack turned up to 10 in a small hall. That was it! I wonder if there is a simpler way.... anybody?

[@huckodonnell]

Im a BIG fan of RICK BEATO and love your channel.....

[@CyclopsGuitars8642]

Love your videos! I look forward to them.Its amazing how much I learn from these short videos.Keep em coming🎸🎸🎸

[@benlucy941]

Very enjoyable and interesting... these short snippets of rock history are so well done.

[@mcmSEA]

What a great 'short history' - thanks! I learned a lot about this seminal record.

[@reiddillashaw2383]

Really enjoy all of your videos, and your Short History video series are great for history geeks, like me. :) Thanks Five Watt World, for all you do for musicians, and music!

[@Bomber848480015]

Fantastic job again, appreciate the research you do and quality of the production.

[@rodparsons6719]

I always regarded "For Your Love" as the B side of "Got to Hurry". That was the side that I played the grooves off. The album was known to me as the "Mayall/Clapton" album. Never heard it called the "Beano" album until the internet came along and noobs started going on about "God" as a sign of belonging. I had some Bluesbreakers Decca singles bought from a little record shop tucked under the skirts of the ABC cinema on the crest of Muswell Hill. I always wanted to hear the straight poop on those saxes employed to ape Eric's low end chordal punctuation. It was almost an article of faith that Eric's reading of Hideaway was a single unbroken take and it certainly gained from the sympathetic contribution of the McVie and Mayall. Standing outside the Manor House that summer waiting to be let in to listen to Peter Green, I clearly recall John McVie getting off a bus (probably a 19 or a 38, I don't recall) carrying his P bass. Just the P Bass, not in a case, not even in a brown paper bag. Fortunately it was a dry evening it has to And it has to be said, I was never a big Mayall fan, even in the early days. The record that had the most impact back then was the eponymous first Paul Butterfield Blues Band album. It has always been in my top five, always will be.

[@kenthomson8654]

Excellent short film, Keith. I love your stuff on guitars and gear but this outing into album history was really interesting. More, please.

[@elducko1951]

Once again you've hit another Grand Slam! I look forward to your videos and enjoy ALL of them. Thank you for your craftsmanship

[@ae3898]

I love that this is the only Five Watt ‘short history’ video about an album. But it makes sense: Clapton with Mayall is the epitome of “the most music out of the least gear.” Thanks for all you do, Keith!

[@paullaughton3440]

As always, your research and attention to detail is exceptional. Thanks for sharing this with us. Appreciate it.

[@mborel]

Great video! I love this album, and love hearing the stories behind it.

[@MrGixxer1300r]

As always awesome content Keith. I learn something new with each video.

[@alanhenley4029]

Great video, do more like these. Your short history videos are great! I like you take on things.

[@raymonddamien5260]

You've put together a really great channel here! Your approach is very well organized, thought out, and produced. Keep doing what (and mostly how) you're doing!

[@gquellet]

Thanks for all your great videos, Cant wait for your next subject on 5 watt world.

[@JamesWilliams-en3os]

Keith, this is a great video. I don’t know how you can pack so much information into such a short span of time, but you do so consistently. On this effort, I heard and saw a lot of familiar material, corrected a lot of misinformation I had accumulated over the years, surprised me with a lot of new information I really appreciate, and left me in the end with a renewed excitement about a record I haven’t listened to in years. Thanks again.

[@rotaxtwin]

Crazy amount of research, and nicely delivered. Always interesting, whether it's the gear or the people.

[@zosojstro]

This was epic video. You produce such compelling content. Thank you

[@johnfrewin7717]

Outstanding work as usual , a real treat, many thanks from the UK👍🎸🇬🇧

[@tubularbill]

A timeless classic for “Steppin Out” alone. 1966 was an unparalleled year.

[@nunyabizness1342]

Excellent video, full of some really good information. Thanks for making it.

[@protonman8947]

Outstanding vid Keith. Thanks!

[@gloucestersmokes]

Another great video from five watt world. Thank you!

[@matthewscheiper6973]

Thank you Keith. Absolutely amazing video as always! Because of you I dug out my old Beano LP and let it play!

[@jordan390a]

I've got an early pressing of the Beano album, but the one I really want is A Hard Road with Peter Green...!

[@stevesmith1712]

Two tiny slips - it's Alexis Korner, not Alex. And we pronounce Bernard with the accent on the first syllable over here. Please forgive me - I'm an old pedant. And thanks again for all your videos - great stuff to watch as we all huddle around our screens in lockdown.

[@fivewattworld]

Well Steve, I’m sure you’d find my attempts at an Oxbridge accent a wee bit more offensive than these two slips here. Always glad for the help though.

[@jpetes9046]

My name is Bernard, as was my Father’s, as is my son’s. Here in Chicago, other than family, nobody accents the first syllable of my (our) name. There was a time, long ago, that I would be quite irritated by that. These days, I simply, meekly, accept that which I cannot seem to control.

[@runawayretros2855]

@@jpetes9046 If you visit Ireland ... they'll call you BERNard, and if you go to Paris, it'll be BernAR(d).... but, it's all good!

[@eoghanbishop9745]

Great album, great video Keith. This is such a cool direction to take the "A Short HIstory" series. Thank you!

[@yetanotherbassdude]

Love the new format experiment! I still love the short history of individual pieces of guitar, but I'd be quite happy to see this treatment for other albums too. I'd also say there's nothing wrong with leaning into getting nerdy about the minutiae of the gear. Others have done great videos on the playing on seminal albums, but nobody seems to get the gear right! Your meticulous approach to researching this stuff is very much appreciated.

[@patcross5799]

One of my favorite albums of all time. Thank you.

[@JGlassy]

Fascinating history, love seeing this! As always, keep up the great work Keith.

[@fivewattworld]

Thanks Joe

[@vincentbuccieri9305]

Great Mini Doc. Thanks!

[@glassslide]

Keith, Ive run out of superlatives...just another riveting video, fantastic job and kudos to you and your team, again. Ive been a Clapton fan my whole life and I still heard a bunch of things I had never known, killer video.

[@seanemmettfullerton]

Thank you for your attention to detail, Keith. Wow! What a wonderful glimpse into that music scene...

[@danielmoose1273]

Another EXCELLENT video, Keith(!!) ... Thank You for putting in the time, effort, and love 🙂.

[@good_king_guitarman1334]

Great video Keith. This is a fabulous story and a brilliant album!

[@faeembrugh]

You forgot to mention the Bluesbreakers' short lived stint on Immediate records which produced the awesome 'I'm Your Witchdoctor'.

[@thekitowl]

I think this is where the Rangemaster enters the story. Jimmy Page ( who at this point was friendly with Eric ) used a Rangemaster & was also the Producer of the Witchdoctor sessions.

[@kylebollendorf4856]

Clapton’s lines just flow on these recordings. Such amazing phrasing and feel. Keith, thanks for such an in depth and revealing short history! My obsession with this tone has taken a hiatus in the last few years in deference to the strat/tele through Fender amp sound but you’ve inspired me to plug the 335 into the 18 watt and let it rip!

[@cliptych]

Fascinating. Good work!

[@ransombaggins9301]

Perfect timing. Really struggling right now with too much stuff (like many) and felt such a huge relief when I saw your video and knew, for a little while, I could turn everything else off. Thanks!

[@ottovonfledermaus4594]

Another Great Documentary ! Really love what you're doing here, I didn't know a lot of the details behind this album, Amazing !! Thank you Keith !

[@fivewattworld]

Welcome Brough!

[@ndothager]

I just started listening to this album! Perfect timing!

[@matthewf1979]

LOL, I just had the thought of starting a new channel....called “45 Watt World”. Most of my favorite amps are just about that. The Celestion Alnico Silver speakers were and are magical. Speakers are the hardest to recreate imo, because they are constantly changing over time and use. You could tear into a vintage Marshall or Fender amp and find a good majority of the parts are still in spec, but the speakers.....whoa boy....goooood luck! The speakers were undoubtedly MUCH brighter early in their lifetime, which might have caused so many to mistake the Beano sound with the use of a Treble Booster. The beginnings of those rumors were in the era of 300k pots from Gibson too, possibly leading so many to believe it was only possible with a Treble Booster. 500k pots are considerably brighter, and more pleasant(IMO) with lower output PAF style pickups . Thanks Kieth, another wonderful video.

[@paulcowart3174]

Good stuff 👍 I actually have a 65 re-ish 4/12 w those lo watt alnico's Brass logo The head had the controls to one side Those spks took forever to break in

[@scottbogfoot]

Doing a album video was unexpected but absolutely perfect! This album I respect a lot but know very little about. Until now! Thanks😃

[@retiresoon5639]

As always you bring music history to life and bid those who tag along to relive it.

[@Starcrunch72]

FWIW...my rig that used to get "close enough": 1965 Fender Bandmaster head (output trans replaced before I got it with a Bassman OT), 1963 Bassman 2-12 loaded with late 80's Vintage 30's, 1987 Marshall Guv'nor for drive and add the mids, and a 2004 Epi LP Std--some strats in there too...

[@alexanderwebb3032]

Thanks! I downloaded the deluxe version and have been re-discovering it.

[@Allan-et5ig]

Real final thoughts, great video. The recording details and photos I've never seen are incredible. Rumour has it, Clapton's guitar was so loud it's still being heard near former Decca studios "to this day!"

[@zetasong]

Wore my five watt world t-shirt to work today...and Keith posts another cool video...sensing a connection...

[@randalclarke5487]

Awesome!! That sustained note on All Your Love truly changed the world😁

[@lancevoorhees7318]

Great video, great album! Love Claptons early work, but I really like it all! Thanks Keith!

[@pgiuliano7]

Brilliant as always !

[@bobparsonsartist564]

How cool was this! Introduced to Clapton tunes I’ve never heard before, in the era of E.C. That is my all time favorite!

[@ljdellar]

What a classy piece of work. Well scripted, great sound and great story-telling with still photogtaphs.

[@Flyingcybersec]

It’s always a great day when FWW posts a video but this one was the best yet!

[@rkoblues24]

Real good stuff here, Keith. EC's sound is still in his fingers and his head and his ears. Those early hand built Marshalls had some crazy tone. And the old Les Pauls too. John Mayall is an overlooked Blues Master. Thank you for another deep dig.

[@ricolander7393]

One of my favorite segments, I am a huge Clapton fan. Thank you!

[@RickRomanelli]

Loved it Keith! Thanks for your efforts.

[@fivewattworld]

Thanks Rick!

[@davidfriedli]

Keith, as usual: fantastic video! Incredible how much stuff you know. I just love your videos and watch them over and over again. so many interesting facts and background stories - absolutely great! I bought the Beano album at age 13 in 2008 and wanted to sound like Clapton on this record. Now in 2020 I still feel the same way. ;-) Thanks for your work and best wishes from Switzerland!

[@fivewattworld]

Thanks you, but I don't "know" all this stuff. But I am a good researcher that loves a good story and I get swept up in the history of this music we love.

[@uptopmikep7065]

Thanks again Keith for another great short history.

[@fivewattworld]

Thanks for watching Michael.

[@pawlpoche8736]

Thanks Mr. Guitar geeek! Look so forward to your videos

[@stevehughes1510]

Thanks Keith this is a beauty of a video. The start of the LP/Marshall alliance that's so influenced my life and many many others. Cheers!!

[@ConcezioPellegrini]

From the bottom of my heart, profound thanks for this video EXCELLENT WORK.

[@LPCustom3]

Thanks Keith! I’ve been a fan of E.C. & Mayall for 53 years! There seems to be a resurgence of interest on this era of Eric’s playing and this album in particular!

[@allanwilson8878]

Mate, this is just superb. Well done. Great stuff.

[@fivewattworld]

Thanks Allen. Glad you liked it.

[@tomasjones3755]

Thx for the deep dive. Really appreciate it. For me: 1980, in my 1st blues band & an Audio Engineering student. We studied the Beano album; many others, as well: Albert Collins, T-Bone and most anything from Blue Note . My faculty spent time discussing overdriving the inputs on the API consoles; as well as Neve preamps, LA-4's and 1176s. We were tone junkies, on a budget. Our lead guitarist had a tone modded Princeton w 12" Alnico speaker. It was pretty damn amazing. Good times....

[@jefferson4245]

Eric Clapton was the reason I wanted to learn guitar. Took a week of guitar at music camp the summer before third grade, learned a very watered down version of Layla, and demanded that my classically trained, band director father get me a guitar. I even had an Eric Clapton greatest hits eight-track in the old Chevy pickup I drove in high school. Clapton was god to me then, though nowadays he is more like Zeus in my pantheon of guitar gods.

[@thebutton7932]

great stuff, Keith . . . . thanks

[@neil___lien]

Loved being guided through the history of the album! Now i have to listen to it ;°)

[@sallopiccolo7336]

Your videos are so good. Thank you.

[@hectormonclova7563]

Awesome research, a true fan can find the exact path of the teacher, up to the smallest and yet important details. And that is no small feat, given the fast pace in which music was developing in that epicenter that was London, so full of experiments and constant changes. My admiration.

[@rsaragosa]

Thanks Keith I really love your videos very informative. I don't care much for the ads coming up every few minutes but I guess gotta pay the bills right. Thanks for your great work.

[@PaulBirm]

First time here after seeing you on Ricks video- loved it ,excellent work, brilliant

[@Craig_Fussell]

Great video man! When I started playing again in the as a teen 80s (took lessons as a young child, but stopped because I hated practicing...kicking myself ever since), I picked this up on cassette randomly because I saw Clapton played on it....Holy Crap, I was really blown away and loved it because they were great songs to practice chords to. Had no idea how historically influential it was back then, but listening now, that tone Clapton got seems to have set the bar (as you said) for many after him. ✌🏻🎼🎸

[@tasosdiaforetico7377]

Excellent work miss playing along with that record with my fender and Marshall

[@martinpech3537]

Even though I was born in '78, this was the first album that I ever bought on vinyl :D and I love it ever since. Thank you for that!

[@stevelawrie9115]

Thanks for this tremendous history.

[@glenkepic3208]

Great work once again, Keith. Too young at 9 in '66 to really appreciate this album, I saw it a lot since 'the big kids' on my block had it on the front seat of their GTO's (4 or 8 track ?). Cream then Kiln House, '68 then '70. Bought John's ''Looking Back" from a neighbor of my Girlfriend in '72 and was blown away by "Stormy Monday" with EC (the Flamingo ??) and So Many Roads (first studio recording with a pissed off Peter Green). It all suddenly made sense. Fell hard for PG/FM. Beano took a few years but it and A Hard Road have been here for years. Thanks for the 'diversion'. Really needed this !

[@leeharper8363]

Another great and informative video. There's so much history with the 60's British Blues scene. I got to see some of the them. Thanks Keith

[@fivewattworld]

Glad you liked it Lee.