Angus Young once offered his thoughts on Eric Clapton – and they weren’t particularly flattering... He said that Chuck Berry is a lot better than Clapton will ever be:

"Chuck Berry was never a caring person. He didn’t care whether he was playing his tune, out of tune, or someone else’s tune. Whenever he plays guitar, he has a big grin from ear to ear. Everyone always used to rave about Clapton when I was growing up,
saying he was a guitar genius and stuff like that. Well, even on a bad night, Chuck Berry is a lot better than Clapton will ever be.”

In addition to this he said: “Clapton just sticks licks together that he has taken from other people—like B.B. King and the other old blues players—and puts them together in some mish-mashed fashion. The only great album her ever made was the Blues
Breaker album he did with John Mayall, and maybe a couple of good songs he did with Cream. The guy more or less built his reputation on that. I never saw what the big fuss was about Clapton to begin with.”
I agree, with Angus.

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On Sat, 4 Nov 2023 19:27:08 -0700 (PDT), Bruce <[email protected]>
wrote:

Angus Young once offered his thoughts on Eric Clapton � and they weren�t particularly flattering... He said that Chuck Berry is a lot better than Clapton will ever be:

"Chuck Berry was never a caring person. He didn�t care whether he was playing his tune, out of tune, or someone else�s tune. Whenever he plays guitar, he has a big grin from ear to ear. Everyone always used to rave about Clapton when I was growing up,

saying he was a guitar genius and stuff like that. Well, even on a bad night, Chuck Berry is a lot better than Clapton will ever be.�

In addition to this he said: �Clapton just sticks licks together that he has taken from other people�like B.B. King and the other old blues players�and puts them together in some mish-mashed fashion. The only great album her ever made was the Blues

Breaker album he did with John Mayall, and maybe a couple of good songs he did with Cream. The guy more or less built his reputation on that. I never saw what the big fuss was about Clapton to begin with.�

I agree, with Angus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Young
Angus Young (born 1955) is an Australian musician {coming from
struggle street in Glasgow, Scotland in 1963}, best known as the
co-founder, lead guitarist, songwriter, and the only remaining
founding member of the hard rock band AC/DC. He is known for his
energetic performances, schoolboy-uniform stage outfits and his own
version of Chuck Berry's duckwalk. Young was ranked 38th in the 2023
edition of Rolling Stone's 250 greatest guitarists of all-time list.
In 2003, Young and the other members of AC/DC were inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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On Nov 4, 2023 at 8:27:08 PM CDT, "Bruce" <[email protected]> wrote:

Angus Young once offered his thoughts on Eric Clapton – and they weren’t particularly flattering... He said that Chuck Berry is a lot better than Clapton will ever be:

"Chuck Berry was never a caring person. He didn’t care whether he was playing
his tune, out of tune, or someone else’s tune. Whenever he plays guitar, he has a big grin from ear to ear. Everyone always used to rave about Clapton when I was growing up, saying he was a guitar genius and stuff like that. Well, even on a bad night, Chuck Berry is a lot better than Clapton will ever be.”

In addition to this he said: “Clapton just sticks licks together that he has
taken from other people—like B.B. King and the other old blues players—and
puts them together in some mish-mashed fashion. The only great album her ever made was the Blues Breaker album he did with John Mayall, and maybe a couple of good songs he did with Cream. The guy more or less built his reputation on that. I never saw what the big fuss was about Clapton to begin with.”
I agree, with Angus.

I was in London when people were writing Clapton Is King on walls. I'm glad someone of his generaion like Angus Young has told us that the "king" is just
a derivative guitarist. And not much of a singer either.

--md

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