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Originally Posted by TheZola
Perhaps, but Peter Green hit the scene not long after and dare I say is a better Bluesman than Clapton.
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I agree completely. The 'Hard Road' album he did with Mayall is well worth hearing.
Brian Jones also came to mind while I was writing that - he's very underrated in my view.
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By the way, I'm sure this album predates "Clapton is God" and in fact sparked it.
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It came about around the time he was with Mayall - whether before or after the album, I couldn't say. He definitely claims to have been embarrassed by all the adulation he was getting, even from his time with the Yardbirds.
"Slowhand" dates from the Yardbirds period. For anyone who doesn't know the story:
When Clapton was playing shows with the Yardbirds, if he broke a string he would just stand right there on the stage and make everybody wait while he changed it. This would often lead to a slow handclap from the audience, so band manager Giorgio Gomelsky gave him the name "Slowhand Clapton".
It was still a while before he turned into "Snoozehand", to give him Satchmo's sadly appropriate moniker.
