Another Ticket Bad Love Badge Before You Accuse Me (Take A Look At Yourself) Bell Bottom Blues Change The World Cocaine Comin' Home Cross Road Blues (Crossroads) For Your Love Have You Ever Loved A Woman Hello Old Friend Hide Away I Can't Stand It I Shot The Sheriff I'm Tore Down Lay Down Sally Layla Let It Rain My Father's Eyes Pretending Promises Riding With The King Sunshine Of Your Love Superman Inside Tears In Heaven Tell The Truth Watch Out For Lucy White Room Willie And The Hand Jive Wonderful Tonight

This folio matches a live album by Eric Clapton called 24 Nights.  It was recorded over 24 nights in London and features such guest stars as Buddy Guy, Jimmy Vaughan, Robert Cray and Phil Collins.  It contains great old blues tunes like 'Watch Yourself' and Clapton classics such as 'Pretending.' 

are note-for-note transcriptions of guitar music taken directly off recordings.  This series, one of the most popular in print today, features some of the greatest guitar players and groups from blues, rock, and heavy metal.  Guitar books are transcribed by the best transcribers in the business.  Every book contains notes and tablature. 

The definitive collection, from his early days with The Yardbirds through to From The Cradle.  Features all new guitar tablature arrangements, photos, a concise biography and discography. 

Alberta All Your Love (I Miss Loving) Any Day Boom Boom Born Under A Bad Sign Cocaine Comin' Home Crossroads Five Long Years I Looked Away If I Don't Be There By Morning I'm So Glad I'm Tore Down I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man It Hurts Me Too Keep On Growing Knockin' On Heaven's Door Layla Let It Rain Malted Milk Ramblin' On My Mind Reconsider Baby Roll It Over Rollin' And Tumblin' San Francisco Bay Blues Sign Language Someday After A While (You'll Be Sorry) Spoonful Standin' Around Crying Sunshine Of Your Love Tell The Truth Thorn Tree In The Garden Walkin' Blues

INTRODUCTIONThe Golden Age of Rock-generally defined as the mid/late sixties through the early seventies-produced an incredible number of trailblazing guitarists, each possessing a singular and unique approach to the instrument.  Together, they set the standard by which rock guitarists will forever be measured.  Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Duane Allman, Johnny Winter, and Jeff Beck were the most influential guitarists of this era, and their high-spirited playing styles continue to inspire millions today. But of this list of rock's greatest guitarists, Eric Clapton stands out as the man who initially inspired all of the others with his dazzling fretwork and cutting-edge sound.  Eric Clapton is deserving of recognition for a great many reasons.  First and foremost, he is responsible for creating a new, high-powered guitar sound, heard first on the hugely influential Bluesbreakers: John Mayall with Eric Clap ton (London, 1966).  At this session, Eric plugged his stock 1959 Les Paul Flametop into a Marshall JTM 45 and turned it "full up."  As he told Guitar World in December of '94, "I thought the obvious solution was to get an amp and play it as loud as it would go-until it was just about to burst."  With a handful of licks inspired by B.B. King, Albert King, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, and Freddie King, Eric had by this point developed his own way of speaking on the instrument; he performed beautifully articulated, seamless improvisations fueled by the pure energy of his youth.  His mind-boggling performance captured on Bluesbreakers spun the heads of guitarists theworld over, and gave birth to a sound that is still considered "state of the art" more than 30years later. Eric skyrocketed past the high watermark of Bluesbreakers as a member of rock'sgreatest power trio, Cream, with whom his playing grew by leaps and bounds.  Cream'sextended forays into group improvisation brought rock into unchartered territories, and Ericused this platform to experiment with new sounds and approaches.  But, no matter what thecontext, at the core of Eric's musical spirit remained his deep love of the blues. The most impressive distinction held by Clapton is the fact that he has sustained aprolific, illustrious career over a span of four decades.  This type of longevity is virtuallyunheard of in the ever-evolving world of pop music.  No other rock guitarist has retained asviable a career for as long as Eric Clapton; incredibly, he is more popular today than ever. Eric Clapton: The Bluesman Signature Licks focuses on Eric's greatest guitarworkwithin the context of blues-based material.  Eleven selections are presented in this book,beginning with examples of his work with the Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, andCream, moving on to Derek and the Dominos, and ending with a tune from his blues-basedalbum of 1994, From the Cradle. Each of the selections illustrated in this book is segmented into the individual songsections, such as intro, verse, chorus, bridge, solo, and outro, enabling one to study eachsection individually.  Each song segment is presented with all of the guitar parts fully transcribed,plus accompanying audio on the CD, as performed by a full band.  All of the guitarsolos, as well as complex rhythm parts, are also performed slowly to a click track for easierunderstanding.  Performance notes, outlining chord voicings, scale use, fingerings, andunusual techniques are included in the text for each song. On the accompanying CD, an attempt was made to recreate the sound of the originalrecordings, primarily in terms of guitar tone and panning.  Each tune offers a descriptionof the guitar/amp combination chosen to emulate Clapton's tone.  The overall intent ofthis recording is to present a mix that accentuates the guitar more clearly than as itappears on the original recordings, enabling one to focus on all of the subtle nuances ofeach performance. On the CD, each song segment begins with a four-count ("one-two-three-four") assounded by the hi-hat.  On the examples that are played slowly to a click track, the fourcountis sounded by the clicking together of drumsticks. 

THE RECORDINGMy car played a major role in the recording of this CD, because I drove allover themap borrowing guitars to suit each track.  On "I Ain't Got You," I used a 1970 Telecaster (witha killer bridge pickup); on "Hideaway," I used a "historic" mid-90s Les Paul Standard; on"Steppin' Out" and "All Your Love," I used a magnificent 1952 Goldtop Les Paul Standard,converted to 1957 specs (oh, the tone); "I'm So Glad" features a 1968 Les Paul Custom(one-piece body and neck); "I Feel Free," "Sunshine of Your Love" and "Politician" were performedon a 1961 Les Paul/SG Custom (previously owned by Allan Holdsworth); "StrangeBrew" and "I'm Tore Down" were performed with a 1960 dot-neck 335; and, for "Have YouEver Loved a Woman," I used my stock 1961 Stratocaster.  Strings are D'Addario XL 125sand EXL 11Os. For every track except "Sunshine of Your Love" and "Politician," the guitar amp usedwas a 1967 "blackface" Fender Super Reverb (purchased from the one and only GaryBlankenburg of Music Services, Wantagh, NY).  This amp is the greatest-thanks, Gary!  On"Sunshine of Your Love" and "Politician," I used a 1978 Marshall MK II 1959 Master Model100-watt head, into a 300-watt Marshall 1960A 4x12 cabinet.  The amps were miked with acombination of Shure SM-57s, SM-58s, and Beta-58s.  The only distortion pedal used, ona few of the tracks, was an Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer. Two basses were used on this recording: a 1967 Gibson EB-2 and a 1986 ESP J-Bass, fitted with Seymour Duncan "Bass Lines" pickups.  Strings are D'Addario Chromes(flat-wounds) and XL-170s (roundwounds).  The amp used was a 1972 Fender Bassman135 played through a 1988 Marshall JCM 800 1551 2x15 cabinet.  This was miked with aShure Beta-58.  All bass tracks were transcribed from the original recordings and recreatedas faithfully as possible. The drum tracks were all transcribed from the original recordings and meticulouslyprogrammed into an Alesis SR-16 drum machine, so what you hear is essentially exactlywhat was played (those Ginger Baker parts were, um, time-consuming).Last but certainly not least, the keyboard and synthesized horn parts were performedby Steve DiMieri.  The harp lick in "I Ain't Got You" was supplied by Eddie Mac. In recreating the bass and drum parts faithfully, the goal was to bring as much ofthe "vibe" of the original recordings into this presentation.  This was also the goal in the performanceof Eric's guitar parts.  Playing these great guitar parts "correctly" is not only aboutwhere the notes are played on the neck, or the rhythmic syncopations employed.  Whatmakes these guitar parts great is the intense feeling Eric conveys to the listener; it was mygoal to recreate as much of that feeling as possible when recording these transcriptions. When you play these parts, I encourage you to put as much feeling as you can into yourperformance, because that's really what it's all about. All of the tracks were recorded onto a Tascam DA-88 digital eight-track, using aMackie 1604 mixing console and mixed down to a Tascam DA-30 MK II DAT machine. Signal processing included Alesis Midiverb 4, Microverb III, 3630 compressor, and M-EQ230 equalizer. 

THANKS TO: My family-Tracey, Rory, and Wyatt, and my mom; Brad Tolinski, DennisPage, Jimmy Brown, and everyone at Guitar World; Jeff Schroedl, John Cerullo, KarenWaldkirk, and everyone at Hal Leonard Corp.; the incomparable Flip Scipio; Leroy Aielloand everyone at Mandolin Brothers.  And of course a major thank you to all of the great guitaristsand all-around good guys who lent me their guitars: Nicky Skopelitis, DannyBegelman, Dave Nesdall, and John Ellis. 

SPECIAL THANKS TO: Greg Romano at D'Addario Strings; Larry Brooks at SeymourDuncan Pickups; Bill Mohroff at TEAC, America; the folks at Mackie Designs; Mitch Colbyand Nick Bowcott at Marshall/Korg; Gary Blankenburg at Music Services. This book is dedicated to my mother. 

This instructional book/CD pack will let players see why Clapton is such a legend!  Examines 11 songs, 96 pages

Play guitar or sing along with the CD backing tracks to six of Eric Clapton's best acoustic songs, including Layla and Tears in Heaven.  The book contains full guitar transcriptions in standard notation and guitar tablature, with vocal meloies, lyrics and chord symbols. 

The accompanying CD includes two backing tracks for each song: one with guitar and one without guitar.  Hear how the song should sound, sing along with a full backing track, or play guitar and sing along. 

The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily!  Just follow the tab, listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks.  The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along.  The audio CD is playable on any CD player.  For PC and Mac computer users, the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch!  8 songs, including:Badge Bell Bottom Blues Change The World Cocaine Key To The Highway Lay Down Sally White Room Wonderful Tonight