As I said, he is a poser IMO. It pisses me off when people compare him to B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Albert King ect. Blues is a southern American style, I don't like it when people from England come over and try to make money off of it. I don't mean to say we wasn't a good guitar/vocalist but he shouldn't be compared to REAL blues artists.
Geeze... Clapton is a top knotch feel player. He didnt = "I don't like it when people from England come over and try to make money off of it." He was a musician just like everyone else and he played what he loved what he felt and people liked it. Blues is not just a southern American style either, Chicago blues is just as important and identifiable. Also many of these early blues players from Britian were active during the mid 60's just as Buddy Guy and BB King were. They did their own thing, they have a musical style that is identifiable from straight up blues and I dont recall them trying to be only blues players, but technically they are blues players because they use the blues and pentatonic scales and play with emotion. Even if you go way back into American jazz guitar players, they had their own form of what they called "the blues" but it was jazz based. Nothing wrong with lovin and playin the blues no matter where you come from.