# Neil Young met one of his favourite guitarists in the late 1960s. To this day, he has never heard him play a bad note

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- Published: 2026-11-03T19:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T00:59:13+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/1960s-neil-young-favourite-guitarists-to-this-day-never-heard-him-play-bad-note/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Neil Young admired Eric Clapton’s precise, complementary guitar playing.
- They met at a Buffalo Springfield rehearsal in the late 1960s.
- A noise complaint led to a memorable run-in with police.

## Summary

Neil Young praised Eric Clapton’s guitar playing, saying he had never heard him play a bad note and that his carefully shaped lead parts complemented Young’s rhythm playing. Their musical connection mattered to Young because it let him add a funkier edge without having to slow down.

Young first met Clapton in the late 1960s, when Buffalo Springfield invited him to a rehearsal. A noise complaint brought police to the house and the musicians were taken to jail, though Clapton talked his way out by discussing blues musicians he admired. Young also named JJ Cale as a major influence and compared aspects of Clapton’s style to Ry Cooder and Stephen Stills.

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