Artist:

Eric Clapton

Album:

Slowhand

Composer(s):

J.J. Cale

Lyricist(s):

J.J. Cale

If you ask the man on the street who the best blues guitarist is, chances are Eric is going to come up. One explanation for that is the colossal success of his 1992 Unplugged album, another is a fifty-year career devoted to the guitar. He went through many musical adventures (including folk, gospel and techno) but always ended up getting the blues away. Today, he boasts signature models by Fender, Fender amps, Martin and Gibson : this probably means a lot of people would agree with that infamous "Clapton is God" graffiti...