Cliffs of Dover (composition)

"Cliffs of Dover"
Single by Eric Johnson
from the album Ah Via Musicom
ReleasedFebruary 1990
RecordedMarch 1988 – June 1989
Studio
  • Austin's Riverside Sound
  • Saucer One Studio
  • Arlyn Studios
  • Studio Seven
GenreInstrumental rock, hard rock, progressive rock
Length
  • 4:10
6:15 (combined with “Ah Via Musicom”)
LabelCapitol Records
Songwriter(s)Eric Johnson
Producer(s)Eric Johnson
Audio sample

"Cliffs of Dover" is an instrumental rock composition by the American guitarist, singer and songwriter Eric Johnson, released on his 1990 studio album Ah Via Musicom. Johnson had performed it as early as 1984.

The album version is composed in the key of G major. It was played with a Gibson ES-335 (as well as a Fender Stratocaster) through a B. K. Butler Tube Driver[1] and an Echoplex plugged into a 100-watt Marshall amplifier.[2][3] The composition takes its name from the White Cliffs of Dover, a coastline in southern England.

  1. ^ in the album recording."BK Butler Tube Driver". Butler Audio. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
  2. ^ Blackett, Matt (October 2004). "The 50 Greatest Tones of All Time". Guitar Player. pp. 44–66. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
  3. ^ One other source says it was recorded on a Gibson ES-335, "Guitar Attack, "Tone is the thing ..."". Archived from the original on 2007-02-08. Retrieved 2007-04-09.