Slowhand guitar solos were played by George Terry and feeling Clapton had regressed as a singer, "sounding like he's blown his voice. Doing what, I wonder." In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that the confident, virtuosic quality in the band's playing and the diversity of the songwriting made "Slowhand" "rank with "461 Ocean Boulevard" as Eric Clapton's best albums". Yahoo! Music's Dave DiMartino said the record was full of hits and "tasteful" music. In 2003, "Slowhand" was ranked number 325 on "Rolling Stone"s list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The rock song "Cocaine" was
Per Nilsson (guitarist) "On lead guitar, if nothing else's stated" Per Nilsson (guitarist) Per Nilsson is a Swedish guitarist and producer. He is best known as one of the founding members of the melodic death metal/progressive metal band Scar Symmetry and as the guitarist for the Swedish progressive rock group Kaipa. As of June 2017 he is also the interim lead guitarist for Meshuggah, replacing Fredrik Thordendal, who went on hiatus. In January 2013, Guitar Messenger released a guitar instructional DVD with Per called Scar Guitar. Aside from working with his main bands, Per does mixing, mastering and full productions for other bands.