POST # 154 Eric Clapton on his solo on Cream's Strange Brew

" Felix [Pappalardi] turned it [Strange Brew] into a [Paul] McCartney-esque pop song...That was like an unspoken deal: if I gave in and played on this pop song, I could play an Albert King guitar solo.” - Eric Clapton

( Why is it all we guitarist care about is the guitar solo! (maybe coz we are guitarist???) Dig out Albert King's Oh Pretty Woman if you are curious to see where Clapton got his solos from. - Ed)