What is Eric Clapton's Favorite Guitar Solo
Ask Eric Clapton what his favorite guitar solo is and you will hear this story and song. Clapton describes first hearing it on his car radio, saying he pulled over to the side of the road to listen. About a year before forming The Allman Brothers Band, 22-year-old Duane Allman had been hired by producer Rick Hall as a session musician at the now-legendary FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and he was there when Wilson Pickett showed up unexpectedly in November 1968. “Pickett came into the studio,” says Rick Hall, “and I said, ‘We don’t have anything to cut.’ We didn’t have a song. So Duane said, ‘Why don’t we cut “Hey Jude”?’ I said, ‘That’s the most preposterous thing I ever heard. It’s insanity. We’re gonna cover the Beatles? That’s crazy!’ And Pickett said, ‘No, we’re not gonna do it.’ I said, ‘Their single is gonna be number one. I mean, this is the biggest group in the world!’ And Duane said, ‘That’s exactly why we should do it — because it will be number one and th