Re: NEW Clapton CD with Jerry Portnoy

[paul-harker@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Maybe there is a fine point here that I'm missing. Seems like some of the recent comments are akin to saying the guitar takes too much of a back seat on Portnoy's CD. Should be more guitar! 

To paraphrase Jerry from his Mastercourse "Sometimes playing is about fitting in and not getting in the way of the other instruments".

If I really want to hear an authentic performance of Robert Johnson's music, I would tend to listen to the original Robert Johnson.  

Dunno, maybe I'm too simple minded. After all, the biggest excitement in my life is waiting for my Aerosmith CD with mini-harp to arrive from Amazon.
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> Pierre wrote:
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> > I listened to clips and I'm definetly disapointed although I'm not surprised
> > since been a while since he's done anything 'Clapton' like. Too much
> > singing, too little guitar at least on the clips (does he play guitar???). I
> > like his voice but that's not what I buy Clapton for. This is perhaps a good
> > CD to play before going to sleep.
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> > With respect to Jerry, he's fine but its not a harp CD, which is to be
> > expected.
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> > Just my opinion,
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> >  Pierre.
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> I haven't listened to the cd yet, but let's consider it just a tribute to RJ,
> who is i.m.h.o. unique if we compare his singing and playing with any other
> doing his songs. About Jerry, it is always a pleasure listening to him.
> 
> Fernando Toral
> Argentina
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