In February 1993 Clapton won six Grammy Awards for his 1992 released album “Unplugged”. Recorded live in January 1992 in the English Bray Studios, London, he showed his ability to play acoustic Blues with great intensity. Many “MTV unplugged” performances from other artists showed nothing new – they just played an acoustic guitar instead of an electric.
EC’s performance was different. He only played songs fitting into the acoustic environment, like old Robert Johnson tunes, or he rearranged the songs completely new, like “Layla”. He used five different guitars:. a III nylon string classical guitar, Madrid, 1992. a 1939 Martin 000-42, serial #73234, sold for US$ 791,500 at the Crossroads Guitar Auction 2004. a 1966 Martin 000-28 (converted to Style 000-45 pearl inlay by Mike Longworth), serial #208511, sold for US$ 186,700 at the Crossroads Guitar Auction 2004.
a Martin D-12-20 12 string guitar. a Dobro in open G tuning (pre-war model, bought in the 70’s from George Gruhn’s shop in Nashville with a Martin style replacement neck put on it by Randy Wood. ) During this session he played some songs which didn’t make it on the album, but Since Unplugged EC included an “acoustic set” in every tour.
Before You Accuse Me Chords
Song list:. (3:13). (3:44). (3:16). (4:36).
(5:27). (4:46).
(6:30). (3:37). (3:42). (3:23). (3:36).
(7:52). (4:12) Signe Guitar: Jose Ramirez III nylon string Signe was named after a beautiful yacht he chartered when he started writing songs. It’s no Blues – a Bossa Nova-style instrumental.
I’ll skip it, because I will focus on Blues songs. A tab is in the archive. Before You Accuse Me. Guitar: Martin “The Blues are what I’ve turned to, what has given me the inspiration and relief in all of the trials of my life” – Eric Clapton Before You Accuse Me appeared first on “Journeyman”, EC played the electric version.
On “Unplugged” he played it acoustic on his Martin guitar. Bo Diddley also played (t)his song on the EC Tribute album 1999. It’s not the absolutely exact tablature as played by EC, it’s a little bit easier to play – remember, this is for beginners. Most of us have the “Unplugged” CD and a CD-Player, you can also get a video or a with tabs of all songs from “Unplugged”. This song is tabbed almost completely, so that you have something to play without the need of learning the basics or the scale before.
However, it’s nice to discover later what’s behind these notes Song structure Before You Accuse Me was written in 1957 by Ellas McDaniel (= Bo Diddley!). It’s a medium shuffle (around 95 bpm = beats per minute) in E, played in fingerstyle on an acoustic guitar. Guitar: Jose Ramirez III nylon string On March 20, 1991, the 4-year old Conor Clapton climbed accidentally out off an open window and fell from the 53rd floor to his death from a Manhattan apartment, where his mother was staying. The day before EC and Conor visited a circus, where Conor asked a lot of questions.
Another song, Circus Left Town, was also recorded during this session but did not appear on this album. It was released in a new version later on. Born in August (EC named an album after that) 1986, Conor was the only son of EC and the Italian Model Lori Del Santo. All this happened a few month after EC lost his close friends Stevie Ray Vaughan (guitarist), Colin Smythe and Nigel Browne (Road Crew) in a helicopter crash.
EC dedicated this song (co-author: songwriter Will Jennings) to his son. It was originally released in January 1992 on the “Rush”-soundtrack: “It was written for the film Rush.
The timing was perfect, because they needed a song about loss and I had plenty of them. Tears In Heaven was actually in a very embryonic stage when I was approached and I completed it for Rush.” – EC, interview 1993 “I’d walk out, start playing that, and the applause they would drown me out.
I would get furious. Afterward, offstage, I would be inconsolable. I was feeling vulnerable and exposed – and they’d be chanting and yelling and whistling.
I was raw and not able to make sense of it.” – EC, interview 2001 “Eric and I were engaged to write a song for a movie called Rush. We wrote a song called ‘Help Me Up’ for the end of the movie then Eric saw another place in the movie for a song and he said to me, ‘I want to write a song about my boy.’ Eric had the first verse of the song written, which, to me, is all the song, but he wanted me to write the rest of the verse lines and the release (‘Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees’), even though I told him that it was so personal he should write everything himself. He told me that he had admired the work I did with Steve Winwood and finally there was nothing else but to do as he requested, despite the sensitivity of the subject. This is a song so personal and so sad that it is unique in my experience of writing songs.” – Will Jennings METRO DATELINES; Inquiry in Death Of Eric Clapton’s Son Published: New York Times, March 22, 1991 New York City’s Corporation Counsel said yesterday that his office was investigating whether criminal charges should be brought in the death of the rock star Eric Clapton’s 4 1/2-year-old son, who fell from the open window of a high-rise apartment building on Wednesday. ‘I have no reason to doubt that it certainly was a tragic accident,” the Corporation Counsel, Victor A. Kovner, said at a news conference. “Whether there was a criminal violation of the city’s health code is a matter that is now under investigation.’ The boy, Conor, was killed on Wednesday when he fell from an open window in an apartment on the 53d floor of the Galleria Condominiums at 117 East 57th Street.
The police said the boy’s mother, Lori Del Santo, a friend and a housekeeper were in the apartment at the time. At issue is whether the apartment owner is liable because there were no window guards.
Kovner, whose office prosecutes violators of the city code requiring window guards, identified the owner as a Manhattan-based corporation, EuroAmerica 92 Inc. – NY Times, March 22, 1991 Tears in Heaven is a tricky one because I can’t play that anymore. It would be inappropriate to use the memory of my son or what I felt at that time to gain any kind of influence with the audience. – EC, Esquire, October 2007 So let’s take a look at the music behind the song. It’s no Blues, it’s a ballad, but it can move you to tears like a good blues.
At first – the key. It’s written in A, this is the chord the songs starts with and ends with. Once again, playing the correct bass lines is very important. To get the feeling for it, I have made a tab of only the bass notes, they are played with the thumb: I-I I-I I-I I-I I-0-0-0-0-I I-0h2-4-4-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-0-0-0-I 0:00 The next step is adding the part for the other fingers. I included an audio sample of playing the A chord this way.
Guitar: Dobro Another Robert Johnson Blues played with a glass slide originally in open G tuning. This is one of my favorites of this album, a real, slow deep Delta Blues. Although it can be played with standard tuning, it’s hard to do this with a slide, because the main riff (as played in the intro) is based on the G chord (notes: B and D). So this is a good chance to play a bit with a simple open tuning. Well, three of our strings are already in the right tuning (play the G major chord and you have three open strings with the correct tuning). Two bass strings are not used very much, so we can leave them in standard tuning (the drawback is that we can’t play an easy bass line this way).
The only one we have to tune down a full tone is the high E-string. Just tune it down to the pitch of the B-string pressed down at the 3rd fret – now it’s tuned in D. You’ve already found out the key – (yes, G), and so you also know the chords: G(I) – C(IV) – D(V). And as most of Robert Johnson’s Blues songs it’s a 12 bar Blues. So you can start playing rhythm to the song Some general tips: leaving out the (not open G tuned) two bass strings (E + A) you can play the following chords by placing the slide here: – G (I): open strings (or 12th fret) – C (IV): 5th fret – D (V): 7th fret Better than starting to learn each and every lick note for note is to play the song with these chords and add more licks later.
Get the feeling first! You’ll see that most parts of the song are played around these positions. To get the percussive sound let the strings slap on the fretboard or knock with your fingers on the guitar. Malted Milk is a peculiar song. It’s very ironic, because it’s quite clear that it’s not malted milk he’s referring to throughout the song.
It came from a period where Robert was changing his style, and it sounds to me like he came across Lonnie Johnson in his travels. There was a massive shift in his style of accompaniment and his style of singing. I’ve never approached this song before-and probably wouldn’t have if I hadn’t had this opportunity to try it out. It’s a very beautiful song and it’s very simple and I wanted to end the set with it because it sort of brings it back home for me. – EC, Interview 1993 For beginners there’s also a more. Malted Milk is another slow Robert Johnson Blues in E (fingerstyle!).
Except during the turnarounds we use our standard chords E7/A7/B7. The song starts with a typical Robert Johnson intro, keeping the root note constant (E-string) while walking down chromatic notes on the D-string (It’s the same sequence as for example the turnaround from Key to the Highway, played in G). Rolling Stones + EC:. EC:.
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