NEVILLE’S ADVOCATE
Welcome to my monthly stream of (not necessarily connected or scientific) consciousness. I may have told you this before, but some years ago when I was driving to work, the DJ on the radio played a Rod Stewart track from one of the albums. I forget what the song was, but every so often came these short acoustic guitar interjections. Instantly, I knew it was Clapton and, sure enough, at the end of the song my not-even-suspicions were confirmed – I it was Eric! So what was it about those few licks that gave the game away?It was an acoustic, so no signature Fender or Gibson tone, no obvious amp or pedal giveaways. It was his touch. His attack, where in the bar he placed the notes and, of course, the note choices themselves.
