Fricke’s Picks: Eric Clapton’s Guitar Hero

Of the three Kings of blues guitar, Freddie King, even more than B.B. and Albert, was the triggerman for Britain’s guitar-hero explosion in the Sixties, sparking Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor, among others, with his muscular-treble tone, cutting leads and snappy writing. The proof: Taking Care of Business 1956-1973 (Bear Family), seven CDs [...]

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