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Clapton’s Influence: Crossroad Blues In The Style of “Crossroads” By Eric Clapton


Learn to solo like Eric Clapton in a rockin’ blues song like Crossroads.


Clapton’s Influence: Crossroad Blues

Overview

One of the most iconic performances ever captured, Eric Clapton’s playing in the song Crossroads (Cream, live at Winterland) remains a bucket-list item for millions of guitarists across the globe.

In this course, you’ll learn an 84-bar solo constructed from licks taken from that performance and 5 other recordings of the song, both live and in-studio. The result is a solo that stays true to Clapton’s timing, feel, and phrasing.


Featured Videos

  • Overview

    Everything you need to know about the course.

  • Solo Preview

    This is the complete solo taught in this course. You will learn this note-for-note, with tablature.


Buying Options

When you Join the TXBA Locals, you get access to this course immediately, but right now our store is open and you can purchase this course individually as digital downloads.


Who's It For?

This course is late-intermediate to advanced difficulty, and is perfect for Clapton fans who want a real challenge.

Specs
  • 7 chorus (84 bars) solo
  • Note-for-note teaching of entire solo
  • Tablature
  • Backing Track

Bonus Content

The following list of bonus content for this course is only available to members of the TXBA Locals.

Backing Track

  • Individual audio tracks
  • Pre-built Audacity Projects
  • Pre-built Garage Band Projects

Rhythm Lesson

  • Basic rhythm for Crossroads
  • Several modifications at different fretboard positions
  • Several chord options
  • Includes Tablature

Tone Lesson

  • How I got the tone for this course
  • The 4 basic ingredients
  • Using other gear to approximate