[Slowhand] Marsalis & Clapton Play The Blues

[Greg Hilker]

I agree with Nick, the DVD definitely adds a lot to the experience.

There are spots where Eric smokes on his solos, but mostly the slowed-down pace 
of the music does not lend itself to on-fire solos. And while it may not be "on 
fire", Eric's playing on "Joliet Bound" is flawless.

I was disappointed in the technical production. I'm not sure exactly what it is, 
but the audio could have somehow been better.
Not the greatest Clapton album of all time, but a very nice addition to the 
collection which will get it's share of play time in the future.

Schöne Grüße aus Worms,
Greg Hilker-Schmele


> Subject:

> [Slowhand] Marsalis & Clapton Play The Blues

> From:

> "DeltaNick" <deltanick at comcast.net>

> Date:

> 20.09.2011 10:57

>

>

> Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton "Play The Blues," in both CD and DVD formats, 

> has been out for a week. I find it strange that nobody has mentioned it yet. I 

> was not especially looking forward to it, as I don't care much for horns and 

> prefer a 3-, 4- or 5-piece blues band. But this is, so far at least, a 

> somewhat pleasant surprise. While Clapton's guitar playing is not on fire, I 

> think he (and keyboards player Chris Stainton) does a decent job integrating 

> into a Dixieland-style jazz band, and he does almost all of the lead singing, 

> and quite well too. I'm normally a CD-rather-than-DVD guy, but with this one, 

> the DVD reveals so much more (facial expressions, etc). Nice tones from the 

> two Gibsons Clapton uses (mostly an ES-335). DeltaNick