I'd completely forgotten just how good this song is! A blues influence but solid country!

@coodermo5263

2 жыл бұрын

Country, or would you say honky tonk blues?

@CadillacL

2 жыл бұрын

@@coodermo5263 good thought.

@darrinkelly3446

2 жыл бұрын

The song leans country but Clapton's guitar is more blues. He plays filler in what would be empty space otherwise.

@quintenmantez6934

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah! I agree! ✌

That sound is the Tulsa sound. It's a little bit southern, a little bit blues, a little bit country, and pure, sweet rock n'roll.

This has a Jerry Reed, swamp-funk feel to it. Someone should suggest they listen to When You're Hot, You're Hot, Amos Moses or She Got The Goldmine, I Got The Shaft.

@Stevie8654

2 жыл бұрын

The sound is more like the Tulsa Sound, which influenced Clapton. A shuffle played over a straight 4/4 drum beat was the bread and butter for the Tulsa guys.

@B.R.0101

2 жыл бұрын

It's sounds more like a J.J. Cale's vibe song to me.

@robertwojciechowski1583

2 жыл бұрын

Those are great suggestions

@maxbrazil3712

2 жыл бұрын

Jerry was a BOSS!

@chocolatethunder1941

2 жыл бұрын

HERE COMES AMOS!!!! 👍

This was the period in the '70s when he was trying to kick his various addictions and was fascinated with country music and acoustic blues. His favorite influences at the time were Don Williams (you should listen to his stuff, very mellow country vibe) and JJ Cale, a laid-back blues artist who also heavily influenced Lynyrd Skynyrd.

@michaelwaller7365

2 жыл бұрын

JJ Cale was the composer of "Cocaine", "After Midnight", & "Call Me The Breeze".

@ninjavigilante5311

2 жыл бұрын

He was also influenced alot by johnny cash, that's why he did his variety show with the Dominos

@ramonlong1079

2 жыл бұрын

and he was learning the blues.

@ninjavigilante5311

2 жыл бұрын

@@ramonlong1079 1 of claptons favorites are sonny Terry brownie mcgee, great blues players with only a harmonica and guitar.

A similar sound, but, more bittersweet lyrics, is his song Promises. This particular shuffle rhythm is made to sound like an old train, chugging along.

@TheOCMarc

2 жыл бұрын

I just looked up Promises and I had completely forgotten about that song. Thanks so much.

@jamesbyersmusic

2 жыл бұрын

How could we know that promises end?

One of the best guitarists of all time - and yes Clapton was heavily influenced by the blues.

@ricknblueridge

2 жыл бұрын

Most of the greats were influenced by the blues. (Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jimmy Page especially).

The backup singers bring a real sweetness to Clapton’s sound. I think the story was that his management didn’t have a lot of confidence of him as a singer, and pushed him to add them prominently to his 70’s records.

@centuryrox

2 жыл бұрын

And one of those backup singers is Yvonne Elliman, who had a hit song of her own called "If I Can't Have You", from the movie Saturday Night Fever.

@gandalf679

2 жыл бұрын

@@centuryrox well, glad someone else was thinking what I was...thanks for putting this wonderful nugget out there....not many know that! Rock ON!

@xtrabiggg13

2 жыл бұрын

From the same 'Slowhand' album, Clapton's duet with Detroit's Marcy Levy 'The Core' would be amazing even without one of the best rock guitar solos plunked down 8n the middle!

@donnalombardo1135

2 жыл бұрын

Yvonne was in Jesus Christ superstar as well movie and play

@punkydoodle4774

2 жыл бұрын

@@donnalombardo1135, I love her song from that one, I Don't Know How to Love Him.

COUNTRY! with a little blues and a little rock in it - at the time, many people thought Clapton had lost his touch (compared to songs while in "Cream" and "Blind Faith") I like it more now, than I did back in the day.

Great artist and song! This is country rock, rockabilly. Yes, leans bluesy and country.

Layla,Let It Rain, BellBottom Blues, Why Does Love Have To Be So Sad . just a few other gems to consider.

@carlosconesa

2 жыл бұрын

Bell Bottom Blues is my personal favorite of his.

@barscotch

2 жыл бұрын

Let It Rain is amaaaaaazzzziinnnggg, especially if you're a guitar freak. That closing solo is L I F E

@matthewmacalister52

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty much anything from the Layla album…Anyday is my favorite

@jccook5353

2 жыл бұрын

3 Of 4 off the same album. Self titled Eric Clapton. Great great album.

It's like a Bluegrass Country, Blues Cross over type of song with the finger picking type of guitar style almost Banjo like.. Remember listening to this on his album as a kid on Cassette tape! Lol 😅👍😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Great background vocals by Marcy Levy (who co-wrote the song) and Yvonne Elliman (who had a number one single "If I Can't Have You")

@shanenolan8252

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers i didn't know about Yvonne

@ninjavigilante5311

2 жыл бұрын

Yvonne was a hottie Hawaiian back in the day

@donnalombardo1135

2 жыл бұрын

@@shanenolan8252 yes she toured with Eric after Jesus Christ superstar

@shanenolan8252

2 жыл бұрын

@@donnalombardo1135 cool didn't know that Donna

@FMoran1966

2 жыл бұрын

Didn't know it was both Marcella Detroit (Shakespeare's Sister) AND Yvonne Elliman. Super eclectic, bluesy harmony going on there.

Finally someone reacts to this Clapton classic! Awesome shuffle guitar riff and train beat

Country blues. Clapton wrote this with the backing singer (Marcy Levy) and George Terry (who also played with Abba and the BeeGees).

@rickmancr

2 жыл бұрын

Marcy Levy, later of Shakespears Sister (as Marcella Detroit) with Siobhan Fahey, formerly of Bananarama, who was once married to Dave Stewart, who was half of Eurythmics with Annie Lennox. That's all from this evening's episode of "Rock Family Trees".

His 80's stuff is actually really good! If you can find it, his cover of his own 1970 hit "After Midnight" released in 1988 is AWESOME!

@BlackSmokeDMax

2 жыл бұрын

Don't remember the exact year, late 80s or super early 90s, but the Journeyman album is fantastic.

@klasseact6663

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlackSmokeDMax 1989

@mvellis3863

2 жыл бұрын

The album "Slowhand" came out in 1977

@SK-lk3iu

2 жыл бұрын

It's good but I prefer the early rocking version.

@deanfaklaris9987

2 жыл бұрын

After Midnight is actually a JJ Cale song.

Wife here...LOVED THIS COUNTRY ROCK JEM ALL MY LIFE!!...Mr.Clapton adores AMERICAN BLUES!! (..It has had a major influence on his music..!THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN!!

There was a time in his career he got into country. He also has " Swing Low Sweet Chariot ". Another great tune from Clapton . In my opinion , all through the 70's was his best years. The live version of " Lay Down Sally " from live in the 70's are great. You should listen to his song " The Core " live version. 👌👌👌👌🎸

This sound is called "The Tulsa Sound". Most of the the band members were from Tulsa Oklahoma. Clapton lived here in Tulsa for a short while, loving the style of music. That sound includes Leon Russell, JJ Cales, the Hansons, David Gates, and many others. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_sound?wprov=sfla1

This has been covered by country artists a lot. It's a fantastic song. Marry Levy is the woman singing. I believe she cowrote this with Clapton.

Love the guitar in this song. And what an amazing life story this man has to share.

That man, a guitar and a stage = Heaven. ( I Saw him live in 84. Incredible!!!)

Its always a treat for me to check to see what songs you are reacting to, great choices keep up the good work

Background vocals by the great Yvonne Elliman and Marcela Levy. Levy co-wrote the song with Clapton. She later became Marcella Detroit and had a great band called Shakespeare's Sister.

Man… y’all are great! I love how you love music! I discovered you today and I’ve really enjoyed your fresh unbigoted views on the old tried and trues… as well as the new stuff! I love watching you guys just absorb it!

lots of good memories with this album. my wife's dad had it in the basement den where the stereo was. when I'd come over we'd go down and "listen to music" in the den and this was one of my favs that he had. Wonderful Tonight is on this Slowhand album and a great love song.

This is my favorite by Mr. Eric Clapton, besides his work on the Beatles' While My Guitar Gently Weeps

This always made me think of an old man in overalls doing a shuffle dance. 😅

I’m a super Eric Clapton fan! I’ve seen him twice in concert! Thanks Brad and Lex for what you do!

Love a little Lay down Sally. If Clapton is in it you know the guitar is going to be good.

Attended his concert in Dallas about 25 years ago. No opening act and he played for 4 hours. Amazing

This has always been my favorite song of his, even counting the other bands he was in. Don't know why, I can just listen to this song on repeat and it never gets old.

Eric and his band members all played with Leon Russell. Leon, Carl Radle and Jamie Oldaker were all from Tulsa and were part of the Tulsa Sound. I'm pretty sure anyway. I saw a KZread video on Leon once.

You must check out Eric Clapton- I shot a sheriff crossroads 2004 live version. Best guitar solo ever😊

I can't think of a better Clapton song to demonstrate how special he is. ⭐

Bell bottom Blues , Lex will love it !

My husband and I can jitterbug a hole in the floor with this one. Still after 40 years. You two are fun.

Clapton is definitely a vibe. Once you get into one song, you roll out the whole index.

Ugh I love watching you guys react to songs I grew up listening to thanks to my daddy. It gives me a renewed appreciation 💚

Drop it like it’s hot Sally??!! That’s hilarious 😂 Great reaction!!

Ooh ooh. As a Clapton fan and guitar player, I can heartily recommend 1970's "Let It Rain", especially since Lex is such a guitar-head. The end solo is righteous.

Now you are getting into my Clapton era!! 🥳 Bring it Lex, you r gonna love it, he does quite a few covers!! ❤👍🏽

You should check out Clapton's Just One Night live recording of the song "Worried Life Blues." I swear he got the devil in his fingers and the blues in his soul. Robert Johnson would sure 'nuff be proud of Clapton.

Another one to add to my collection. Always liked this one too. Great reaction. Lex you are a cutie...Brad you're ok too. Lol.

I'm not giving up. Please check out Mad Season Wake up? Mad Season consist of Layne Staley from Alice n Chains and Mike McCready guitarist 🎸 from Pearl Jam.

I was a junior in high school when this came out. Somebody had this playing on a boom box outside the band hall. I made a comment about “laying down Sally”, one of our gorgeous majorettes.

One of the backing singers and also co-writer is Marcella Detroit who had a huge hit in the early 90s with the song “Stay” as part of the band Shakespears Sister along with a former member of Bananarama. It needs to be seen/heard to believe.

Camping in my backyard with friends, in the 70's, listening to this on a transistor radio.

I forgot about this gem. Clapton is so great, he also only plays with guys/gals that just smoke. Great tune.

Clapton branched out in his solo career ..this has overtones of country. I think that's Yvonne Elliman on backup vocals.

You guys should react to… Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight 🎸🤘

@hmpz36911

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@gaylemitchell5881

2 жыл бұрын

Yes,but have they listened?

@ninjavigilante5311

2 жыл бұрын

Steppin out lol

Brad & Lex, his "Forever Man", "Pretending" and "I Shot The Sheriff" are next for you!!

Backing singer is marchella levy later known as Marcella detroit ...she also has a writing credit on this song ...she later became one half of the group Shakespeare's sister :)

Clapton plays blues, rock and some real good ballads…he has an incredible acoustic R&B song called Change The World, definitely should listen to it.

@shanenolan8252

2 жыл бұрын

Yes great song i remember it was from the soundtrack of phenomenon with john Travolta.

I've been trying to get some of my usual subscriptions to react to this song for ages. So I'm now subscribing to you. Because they ain't playing my suggestions.

Its got a bluesy New Orleans shuffle sound. A sweet, upbeat vibe.

As well as being an outstanding musician, Clapton is a great team player / collaborator and this has brought him into many interesting orbits over the years. Music is about playing together at the end of the day.

Co- written with Marcella Detroit one of his backing singers. She was also in Shakespeares Sister. Look them up. Their top song and fabulous video was Stay.

As I’ve gotten older I’ve learned to appreciate this iteration of Clapton. Growing up, I loved Cream, Derek and the Dominoes, and then fast forward to Journey in 1989 and his unplugged record. The country influence and the 80s stuff needed time and space to grow on me.

@bertpainter8385

2 жыл бұрын

I was the same way. Loved him in Cream mostly. But after I matured I realized just how great Clapton was at writing and singing. Plus his acoustic playing is so good. Still love his 60's early 70's soloing best because I play too and he was one of my idols.

"Bell Bottom Blues" has always been my fave Clapton song.

Harmonizing, good old southern rock

Great rendition of a classic. Cannot go wrong with Clapton!

@davidgroves64

2 жыл бұрын

This is the original, isn’t it?

The layed back groove

Country rock was huge in the 70's.

You need to check out some JJ Cale who was a strong influence on Clapton around this time. Clapton covered After Midnight and Cocaine. Lynyrd Skynyrd covered Call Me The Breeze. ✌❤🇨🇦

@Pablopax4

2 жыл бұрын

Personally I think E.C. owes J.J. a ton of money for appropriating his style wholesale and despite that, he's not remotely as funky as J.J.

A masterpiece of country blues

That intro is the audio equivalent of a swiss watch - those different guitar parts playing different riffs but meshing perfectly and then the rest of the band coming in after a few bars - it's perfect, I can listen to it over and over. It's a great track overall and one of my favourite Clapton singles. Maybe do "Promises" or "Willie and the Hand Jive" next?

You both do a great job

My favorite Clapton song!

I forgot about this track. I thoroughly enjoyed that.

Tulsa Time and Blues Power are two great songs from this era for him.

This song has JJ Cale's fingerprints all over it, no he didn't write the song, or play on the song, or produce the song. But you can hear that Clapton is channeling his inner JJ for this song, it's undeniable if know JJ's work.

Eric Clapton is The king of the Stratocaster guitar.

Eric covered a Bob Marley song "I shot the Sheriff", that was a big hit & also helped Marley's career. Clapton for some reason left out the reason why in the song Bob shot the Sheriff, cause he was growing cannabis.

Eric Clayton’s “Running on Faith Unplugged” has gotten me through many rough times. You should react to it. You will fall in love ❤

My fave Clapton album is "461 Ocean Boulevard", Very mellow.

Further on up the road where he performs it with "The Band" in the concert movie "The Last Waltz" very good guitar playing

Looove this track

Slowhand is God! This is part of his country sound. They still play this all the time on country radio stations.

One of those backup singers is the great Marcella Detroit, aka Marcy Levy, who was one of the singers in Shakespears Sister. If you guys have not done Stay by them yet, you will have to watch the video version. That woman is well preserved.

Jack of all trades, master of none, is a shortened deviation of the earlier, original saying. It was shortened in a way that completely perverts it from the original message the expression was meant to deliver not so long ago, in my Granddad's day (a WWII Vet) up through the 50 and early 60s, when the hippies got ahold of it, it continued... Jack of all trades, master of none, always tops a master of one, but a Jack on none

BTW.....4 black brothers with a white drummer created this ICONIC Masterpiece from the 60’s Psychedelic Era Trust me…. You do not want your life to end without hearing this song. “TIME HAS COME TODAY“- The Chambers Brothers - Album Long version, then Live. PLEASE and Thank You.

@AliasMark69

2 жыл бұрын

1,524,964 views so far. YOU will like it too.This song is a ONE OF A KIND that will blow your minds. I'll wait to watch the look on your faces.

Love ❤️ love you guys

Classic song about the guy catching feelings for his one-nighter.

I love this song, I had this album on a cassette tape and I played it until the tape go so thing it broke into pieces. Such a fun and catchy song. Thank you.

This from the era when Clapton was listening to and emulating not just covering a lot of J J Cale, one of the most underrated musicians EVER. Had a huge impact on rock, especially those that mixed country, blues rock together, Clapton, Dire Straits, Neil Young, etc, also those artists themselves influenced many many more artists so the unique influence of J J Cale spread incredibly. He's slipped under the radar and sadly died with not enough remembrance. Very surprised that such a massive part of American music hasn't been pushed much more into the limelight. His influence over here in the UK was huge. J J Cale himself didn't want the fame though so maybe his family have similar outlooks.

Definitely country blues influences from Clapton

It's what they call ROCK A BILLY🤠.

This one's got kind of a Wonderful Tonight vibe. If you wanna hear Clapton rock,try Bad Love.

This and Cocaine were on the jukebox at my parents bar when I was a teen. I used to clean the place on Sundays when it was closed so I jammed to this stuff. The jukebox was loud as Hell when you were in the bar alone. : )

Lex, you get the vibe! 🤟

This is Clapton showing his JJ Cale influence. Marcy Levy is singing backup. She sang with him during the mid/late 70s.

Eric clapton loved blues. Studied old blues like Robert Johnson crossroads.

Clapton showing he can play all parts at once. Very few guitar players can do it!

ERIC CLAPTON: "I've Got A Rock n Roll Heart" "Tulsa Time" "Bad Love" "Pretending" "No Alibis" "Before You Accuse Me"

Time to get up & dance!

Go back even further, 70's stuff really good...Mr Slow hand's Clapton!!!!

Good song. No complaints. Always liked that one. Thanks, cats.

You asked if it was blues. Sounds highly blues influenced which is no surprise. Clapton was likely one out of two or three kids in England back in the 50s collecting blues music and learning ALL of the artists. He was obsessed. Do you guys realize he was knighted? He wrote so many amazing songs but Lay down Sally was good enough to get him knighted alone, just for writing that ONE song. Oh and then Brad remarks it sounds southern. Well lots of English men try to sound southern because of their love of blues and rock. Eric, Elton, Mick.....

Can't wait til you hear Clapton's blues!

The girl singing the backing vocals in the chorus is the lead singer of Shakespeare's Sister