Layla (Unplugged) by Eric Clapton
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Eric Clapton is one of my all-time favourite guitar heroes. He’s a master of understated, bluesy rubato phrasing but can also tear up the fretboard . When I was a teenager this hit album came out and reinvigorated everyones love for acoustic guitar blues. I couldn’t wait to get the transcription book and start learning all the incredible songs and this song in particular had not one but TWO killer lead breaks on it.
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The challenges to playing this solo were in copying his signature grace-note legato ornamentations and his very unique vibrato on a few notes. He seems to lose his grip on the neck and shake his whole arm from the elbow to get that effect and it took a long time to figure that out! My fingers also took a beating due to the heavy gauge strings on the acoustic but it did help to get a fuller body to the notes. I hope you enjoy listening to this as much as I did working on it/filming it!
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Gear Used:
Taylor GSmini
UA Apollo Twin:
Rode NT5 SDC loaned to me by the awesome Jon Lee (Billboard Studio)
Neve 1073
Oxford EQ: High pass at 175hz. Small cut at 360hz and 5khz.
Capitol Chambers Reverb
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Backing track by www.GuitarBackingTracks.com
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