![]() I could never really find the right combination of flat pick, finger picks or thumb picks so really the easiest way to learn to play – though it’s quite strenuous on the fingertips – is finger-style. In an interview filmed the afternoon of the taping, Eric said, “When I first started playing, I played a lot of finger style. Eric would also debut five new songs, all penned in the months following the tragic death of his young son, Conor. The music was minimalist, alternating between his pop songs and the traditional blues that influenced him as a youth. With Eric’s episode, the show would have its finest moment. ![]() By the time MTV approached Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Don Henley, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Allman Brothers Band, Sting, Elvis Costello and others had been featured. The premise of MTV Unplugged was simple: musicians associated with amplified music would “unplug” from their amps and effects and go acoustic performing stripped down and sometimes radically reworked songs. On the 20th Anniversary of the filming and recording of this landmark work, the Where’s Eric! Team takes a look back at Clapton’s one and only all-acoustic concert. The resulting live album, released in August, became the biggest selling album of Eric’s career. It proved to be so popular, a “Part 2” featuring a few songs not included in the original broadcast was put together for broadcast in June. When MTV Unplugged with Eric Clapton debuted on television in March, it became the series’ highest rated show. It would turn out to be some of the finest music ever recorded by Eric. ![]() Little did they know music history would be made that night on Soundstage 1 as MTV filmed the opening episode of Unplugged’s third season. Back on 16 January 1992, 300 music fans boarded coaches in London that took them to Bray Studios, near Windsor. It’s hard to imagine, but 16 January 2012 marks the 20th Anniversary of the recording of Eric Clapton’s blockbuster album, Unplugged, before a live studio audience.
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