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Title: Is this Eric Clapton?
Post by: Spiritinthesky on January 26, 2012, 12:00:17 PM
Anyone know who the guitarist is on this clip? I thought Eric Clapton played on the track?

http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/instant_karma
Title: Re: Is this Eric Clapton?
Post by: vgonis on January 26, 2012, 02:00:54 PM
From certain angles he shares a few similarities with EC's face, but he most certainly isn't. If you pay attention he is holding a bass guitar, even though he probably just shakes it. I think it is an early video, so everybody imitates playing. E. Clapton plays a fantastic guitar on Cold Turkey.
Title: Re: Is this Eric Clapton?
Post by: Love Expresso on January 26, 2012, 03:03:31 PM
The musicians in this clip are all miming for promo I think. Klaus Voormann from Hamburg, who was also playing bass on the actual recording, is the guy with the white shirt and the beard. Note that he is obviously playing a bass, the same as the guy with the hat who is obviously not Eric Clapton, but BP Fallon, as I found out via Google.

Look at this link: www.bpfallon.com, and search for Instant Karma:

February 12th 1970 saw BBC TV
Title: Re: Is this Eric Clapton?
Post by: JF on January 27, 2012, 08:58:12 PM
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E. Clapton plays a fantastic guitar on Cold Turkey

Cold turkey also features Lennon on guitar (I guess his ES-335)
its' hard to say who play what
I'd say Lennon playing the main riff, and EC just some lead licks