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Eric Clapton is the Worlds Greatest Guitarist. Legendary for performing in the Yardbirds, Derek and the Dominos, BlindFaith ... Junior Swellbone's Eric Clapton
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"The greatest guitarist of all time."...fgi.net/~dbwatty/eric.htm

We've all heard music critics go on and on with adulatory praise about what a fantastic guitarist Eric Clapton is/was. There may be gaps in one's encyclopedic knowledge of rock. We have had help from some reviewers at Amazon.com, some personalized, to help us get the record straight e.g., The Man, Charles Voellinger, and a Brit who goes by the nome de pen, nicjaytee. Can you fancy that? Rraa; Real reviewer answers email.

You're The Man, Charles Voellinger! Among other things here's a little of what Chuck says.
"Hello, The guitarist on The Supernatural is Peter Green and it can be found on the "Hard Road" album by John Mayall which was released in late '66 or early '67. I would also recommend any Peter Green from this era-especially a CD called "London Live '68" with the original Fleetwood Mac. And if you like/ remember The Supernatural, don't forget the Albatross instrumental is on the English Rose CD." -- Chuck.
Fancy that! So you see it was actually Peter Green doing that fantastic lead on

Thanks, dude. That's what we have to say. For Californians, it's pretty much ok to say dude, by the way.
Eric Clapton got with Mayall because Eric had tremendous talent. Something Supernatural. Mayall in addition to being a good musician was a star maker. The list is as long as your arm. Not long after Eric left Mayall, Mayall comes out with Turning Point. That album was aptly named. Without Clapton and all the other stars to which he gave wings, Mayall's attractive appeal dropped to, well let's just say, a low point. And the reason why folks buy Blues Breakers isn't because they want to hear cheezy cornball maximo blues lyrics. Nope. C and W has become popular these days. Why can't folks get their fill of cheezy cornball maximo lyrics there? What are old timers looking for when they search for Blues Breakers? They are trying to find That one superbly super incredible instrumental. "SUPERNATURAL." There are a handful of instrumentals in the entire history of rock that come close to the place this tune will put you. But guess what jelly bean? It ain't on that album.

Supernatural is on A Hard Road.

Not on Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton

This is the only image Amazon had of a CD with the Supernatural sound snippet ... There's a 30 second sound clip of a poorly selected section of the instrumental but as of this printing there is no sound clip on the Hard Road CD webpage...

Here's a little snippet from nicjaytee at Amazon.com where you can find the CD with this Supernatural track:
"Eric Clapton's ground-breaking guitar work on tracks such as "I'm Your Witchdoctor" (one of seven tracks with Clapton as lead guitarist) set the scene for his work with Cream and stimulated the "Clapton is God" graffiti that adorned walls and railway bridges in 1966. Peter Green's beautiful finger picking on "Sitting In The Rain" and bridge-bending guitarwork on "The Supernatural" (along with eleven other tracks featuring him as lead guitarist) represent blues guitar at its very best." -- nicjaytee.
So you see it was actually Peter Green doing that fantastic lead on Supernatural.

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If you look for the original SUPERNATURAL instrumental, keep in mind that this was the original recording: Decca LK 4804July, 1966. Blues Breakers - SupernaturalDecca LK 4804

There was a subsequent re-release in 1992 on Deram:London Blues 1964-1969 - Supernatural ...
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The original question to Chuck Voellinger was essentially this:
"But you know, we still don't know who actually played that fantastic lead on the Supernatural. We heard the Supernatural on KSAN in San Francisco, CA between about 1967 and 1970. Lights Out from 10 to 2 with Tom Donahue and Dusty Street. Mellow voiced, back-announcing DJs. Who could forget KSAN? All these years we had thought that it was Eric Clapton. You wouldn't happen to know who played lead on the Supernatural, would you?"

"Drop at six. Peaking by ten.
KSAN, Tom Donahue, and Dusty Street take care of the music."
Berkeley Community Theater, Avalon Ballroom, Winterland, The Fillmore.
Good old days gone, never to return it seems.
The world has changed.
But has it changed for the better yet?

This is a totally-otally different Supernatural: Carlos Santana with a cameo by Eric Clapton. Which is a better guitarist? Do you think either of them really gives a rat's patootie?

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"Editorial Reviews Amazon.com essential recording
The Arista debut of Carlos Santana and band gives fans of the soulful guitar vet two albums in one, but it's a decidedly good-news, bad-news proposition. First, there's a fine collection of late-'90s-model Santana--tastefully tooled songs driven by Latin jazz and Afro-Cuban rhythms ("[Da Le] Taleo," "Africa Bamba," "Migra," "Primavera," and the emotionally charged instrumental "El Farol") that allow Carlos plenty of elbowroom for his passionate soloing. Then there's the collection of tracks featuring a lineup of de rigueur alternative and hip-hop stars, including Dave Matthews, Everlast, Rob Thomas, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, and Eagle Eye Cherry. To their credit, Matthews ("Love of My Life") and Eagle Eye Cherry ("Wishing It Was") muster enough chemistry to make the fusion work. But the rest of the collaborations feel like an unnecessary stretch to reach out to a younger demographic that El Jefe has little trouble attracting on his own terms. --Jerry McCulley"
Unnecessary collaborations? Maybe Jerry just doesn't get it. Maybe he does. Maybe the little negative "downside" is thrown in de riguer. Part of a reviewer's attept to give the appearance of even-handedness. At least he didn't say, "far out, can you dig it?" That's a plus.

"Editorial Reviews Amazon.com For a single disc, this is an admirable chronological tour of superstar Eric Clapton's mid-'60s-to-early-'80s career. It begins too late to include his gestational work with the Yardbirds and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. However, the singer-guitarist's days in Cream ("Sunshine of Your Love," "Crossroads," "White Room"), in Blind Faith ("Presence of the Lord"), as a fledgling solo artist ("After Midnight," "Let It Rain"), in Derek and the Dominos ("Layla," "Bell Bottom Blues"), and through the rest of the '70s ("I Shot the Sheriff," "Cocaine," "Wonderful Tonight," "Promises") to his '81 hit "I Can't Stand It" are well documented by this collection's 19 cuts. The down side is that the CD also vividly illustrates how insubstantial Clapton's work turned in the mid-'70s. But that won't be a problem for fans seeking hits. --Ted Drozdowski "

Downside schmownside. We can hardly believe the last statement by big bad Ted. What's the use of having a life if you can't take some time off the rat's treadmill? Think again, Ted, before you judge life according to the almighty TATE MAE formula.

Tate Mae

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