The only way to succeed today is to build teams that are rich in diversity and talent.
One result of this is the need to evolve from the importance of individuals (sorry John Wayne and Rambo) to a focus on teams. In the Insight Economy™, we are dealing with a tremendous amount of complexity. Why should I care about your musical interests? What is this trait? Why should it matter to me? Zain, I’m a business professional, you might say. I realized that in addition to their music, Clapton and King also showed another trait that made them successful over such a long period of time. As I watched BB’s memorial service, I reflected back on their impact. As I was growing up, The Beatles, BB King and Eric Clapton were the three groups/artists who influenced me and my music. King, also known as the King of the Blues, one of the most influential musicians of all time. (It's also worth noting that there are usually another two or three guitarists on each track.) The result is an effective, if never really stunning, work.One of my absolute favorite artists passed away on May 14. But the two players turn out to have sufficiently complementary, if distinct, styles so that Clapton's supportive role fills out and surrounds King's stinging single-string playing. That danger is partially realized as its title indicates, Riding With the King is more about King than it is about Clapton. The real danger is that Clapton will defer too much though he can be inspired by a competing guitarist such as Duane Allman, he has sometimes tended to lean too heavily on accompanists such as Albert Lee and Mark Knopfler when working with them in concert. The set list includes lots of King specialties - "Ten Long Years," "Three O'Clock Blues," "Days of Old," "When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer" - as well as standards like "Hold on I'm Coming" and "Come Rain or Come Shine," with some specially written and appropriate recent material thrown in, so King has reason to be comfortable without being complacent.
That ought to mean that King would be a virtual guest star rather than earning a co-billing, but because of Clapton's respect for his elder, it nearly works the other way around. This first recorded pairing between the 74-year-old King and the 55-year-old Clapton was put together in the most obvious way: Clapton arranged the session using many of his regular musicians, picked the songs, and co-produced with his partner Simon Climie. King and Eric Clapton is enormous, of course, and the real questions concern how it is organized and executed.
The potential for a collaboration between B.B.
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