The stories behind the five most underrated songs from the 1970s
Quiet genius.
JJ Cale
The 1974 song that scared Eric clapton to death: “I didn’t think anyone could do that one”
Not wanting to do a disservice.
“An understanding of it all”: the singer Eric Clapton said captured America
The best America has to offer.
The guitarist Eric Clapton called “one of the most important artists in the history of rock”
The subtle art of musical heartache.
The one guitarist Neil Young thinks was out of everybody’s league: “Played all that shit first”
He believed that one guitarist surpassed Eric Clapton’s greatness.
The “genius” guitarist Eric Clapton wishes he could match: “I can’t do that”
The most talented guitarist?
Neil Young once picked “the best electric guitar player I ever heard” and why he didn’t quite make it
The guitarist’s guitarist.
The consummate rock star Eric Clapton said “there’ll never be another like”
Eric Clapton knew a consummate rock star when he met one.
Unknown icon: The guitarist Neil Young decried to have “the master’s touch”
The guitarist that influenced millions.