Congratulations to the WikiBrothers who won the double compilation of the guitarist's greatest hits, "Forever Man," and to the WikiBrother who won the selection of 8 CDs and 7 DVDs from Eric Clapton's career (including "Forever Man"!). Check out the winners below:
– Special Kit Winner: I would love to see a performance by Eric Clapton alongside Ritchie Blackmore, former guitarist of the band Deep Purple. For a large part of his life, Clapton dedicated himself to the blues and renewed the genre, along with names like B.B. King, Johnny Winter, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. His style of playing the genre gave new life to the archaic-sounding blues of Robert Johnson, for example. Blackmore, during his time with Deep Purple, always showed a preference for hard rock, albeit a different one. The guitar sound of the most acclaimed hard rock band in history, Led Zeppelin, among others like The Rolling Stones, was based on minor pentatonic scales. Blackmore, with influences from classical music, was one of the few to use harmonic and melodic scales, giving a different timbre to "common" hard rock. I believe that this hard rock-blues union would create something amazing. Eric Clapton's blues, played with his rarely seen red Gibson E-335, with that ideal semi-acoustic tone for the genre. And Ritchie Blackmore's harmonic scales, with a Fender with a rosewood neck, with a stronger tone. Eric Clapton and Ritchie Blackmore, besides being "forever men," their joint performances would also become a "forever concert." – Ponciano Nascimento
– Four winners of the “Forever Man” award:
The timing couldn't be more opportune for a partnership between Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy to honor the eternal ambassador of the blues, B.B. King. This would be Clapton's second CD tribute to King, beginning with the album *Riding With the King*, in addition to several collaborations between the three blues masters. B.B. King was an inspiration to many bluesmen worldwide, and this partnership would only solidify the legacy of a man who lived intensely this state of mind called BLUES. – Rodrigo Kinchescki
The perfect partnership would be between Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, and Paul McCartney.
These three English artists represent three different styles of rock – Blues (Clapton), Psychedelic (Gilmour), and Rock/Pop/Romantic (McCartney). Furthermore, they are the biggest living stars, and with their unique personalities, they would make an incredible collaboration, combining the best of each to create an unimaginable work!! – Gabriel Mazzotti Bender
I would love for Eric Clapton to collaborate with Arnaldo Batista and Sergio Dias from Os Mutantes, because I believe they are three revolutionary minds and three musicians who would complement each other. They see music from a parallel dimension, much more musical than ours, and the best part is that all three are alive and very active, and could treat us to excellent live performances, a show called FOREVER MUTANTES, haha. That would be my dream collaboration. – Alessandro França
I would love for Eric Clapton to collaborate with Eddie Van Halen. Van Halen has a really good blues feel; he did a cover of Clapton's "Crossroads" that's simply amazing. I believe that Van Halen's heavier sound and Clapton's roots blues would make an indescribable combination! – Paul Dickerson
