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Joe Satriani on what set Eric Clapton apart from Jeff Beck: “He doesn’t burn out”

11.13

Joe Satriani found two very different things to admire in Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck. One seemed capable of taking electric-guitar playing somewhere entirely unexpected with every performance.

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