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The Blues Influence of Eric Clapton

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Clapton’s blues influences were blues legends like Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Robert Johnson. Clapton would take what he had learned from these blues greats and turn basic blues into a powerhouse of rock that would captivate younger audiences and influence young guitarists for generations to come. During the 1960s, Clapton favored Marshall amplifiers and Gibson Guitars. Namely, Les Pauls, SGs, ES-335s and Firebirds. Clapton also used a Vox wah-wah pedal in much of the “Wheels of Fire” album recordings. It’s been said that in the studio, during Clapton’s recordings with Cream, that he would have his full-stack Marshall amplifiers turned all the way up, producing a gritty,...

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