Best Clapton band was Blind Faith. Steve Winwood, Ginger Baker, Rick Grech, and Clapton on the same album led to incredible music. I don't even know if that album is in print any more.
Oh and i forgot to add Steve Hunter as someone who was noticeably absent from the list. His guitar work on "Rock and Roll Animal" by Lou reed was phenomenal.
Robbie Robertson is better than almost everyone on this list. If you haven't seen The Last Waltz yet, you need to see it right now. There is a song that Clapton went on stage to perform, and he dropped the guitar. Without missing more than one beat, Robbie Robertson picked up the solo without ever playing and played it better than Clapton wishes he could play it. And Robert Johnson should be higher as well. If you ever listen to his stuff, it is simply amazing. All of his recordings were recorded live, one take without multitracking in a hotel room, and he still sounds like two guitarists. Furthermore, he is probably one of the most influential guitarists of all time. His music has been copied by everyone from Led Zeppelin, to Cream, to Robert Cray, and none of them have done him any justice. Last but not least, is Mark Knopfler. I don't care what anyone says, he is better than Hendrix. If you have listened to his music extesively, you would know that his technique is unsurpassed, and is very diversified. He has played everything from Rock to Folk, to Blues, and has been the best at all of them. Now you can yell at me for saying that Knopfler is better than Hendrix.
Best Clapton band was Blind Faith. Steve Winwood, Ginger Baker, Rick Grech, and Clapton on the same album led to incredible music. I don't even know if that album is in print any more.
Oh and i forgot to add Steve Hunter as someone who was noticeably absent from the list. His guitar work on "Rock and Roll Animal" by Lou reed was phenomenal.
Robbie Robertson is better than almost everyone on this list. If you haven't seen The Last Waltz yet, you need to see it right now. There is a song that Clapton went on stage to perform, and he dropped the guitar. Without missing more than one beat, Robbie Robertson picked up the solo without ever playing and played it better than Clapton wishes he could play it. And Robert Johnson should be higher as well. If you ever listen to his stuff, it is simply amazing. All of his recordings were recorded live, one take without multitracking in a hotel room, and he still sounds like two guitarists. Furthermore, he is probably one of the most influential guitarists of all time. His music has been copied by everyone from Led Zeppelin, to Cream, to Robert Cray, and none of them have done him any justice. Last but not least, is Mark Knopfler. I don't care what anyone says, he is better than Hendrix. If you have listened to his music extesively, you would know that his technique is unsurpassed, and is very diversified. He has played everything from Rock to Folk, to Blues, and has been the best at all of them. Now you can yell at me for saying that Knopfler is better than Hendrix.