ATTEN Guitarists - Johm Mayall Blues Breakers featuring Eric Clapton

[jonesy]

if you dont know this recording or a lick from it you best woodshed your LAME ass

Apart from being one of the most important albums in blues history, it was likely the first time anyone had heard a Gibson Les Paul guitar through an overdriven Marshall amplifier; this unique sound would become highly influenial.

The re-introduction of the Les Paul by Gibson was largely fueled by the blues boom it often featured on. Clapton's incendiary playing would inspire graffiti bearing the legend "Clapton is God" on the streets of London.

[jonesy]

oh yea and fucking clapton was 20 yrs old when he laid this shit down

[basschick]

it's an awesome album, and i believe it was right around this time that the world started seeing "clapton is god" shirts. but i like other bluesbreakers albums, too.