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  • Angus Young (AC/DC) on Chuck Berry vs. Eric Clapton

    From Bruce@21:1/5 to All on Sat Nov 4 19:27:08 2023
    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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  • From RWC@21:1/5 to All on Sat Nov 4 23:08:56 2023
    On Sat, 4 Nov 2023 19:27:08 -0700 (PDT), Bruce <SavoyBG@aol.com>
    wrote:

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

    "Chuck Berry was never a caring person. He didnt care whether he was playing his tune, out of tune, or someone elses 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 peoplelike B.B. King and the other old blues playersand 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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  • From Mark D.@21:1/5 to Bruce on Sun Nov 5 14:20:42 2023
    On Nov 4, 2023 at 8:27:08 PM CDT, "Bruce" <SavoyBG@aol.com> 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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