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
Richard Osborn (guitarist) Richard Osborn (guitarist) Richard Osborn (born 1947) is an American fingerstyle guitarist, in the tradition known as “American primitive guitar”. Born in Pasadena, California in 1947, Richard received a B.A. in English Literature from Stanford University in 1969. While there, he became friends and playing partners with guitarist William Ackerman who later founded Windham Hill Records. In 1968 he studied with the legendary innovator Robbie Basho. In the 1970’s he opened for several of Robbie Basho’s concerts in the San Francisco Bay area. Richard is one of the interviewees in the documentary film “Voice of the Eagle: the Enigma of