Just finished reading Clapton's autobiography

Mike B

Interesting to read about his life and times. Glad he has been sober for so long now. Can't imagine starting a family that late in life, but he has the resources to provide for them. Good read to me


peace

gtaus

We do a couple of Clapton's songs in our set list. Cocain by Clapton, although written by J.J. Cale, and Sunshine of Your Love by Cream. Crowd pleasers both. Would like to add some more Cream songs to our set list later on. Take care.

shredd

\gtaus\ wrote:

We do a couple of Clapton's songs in our set list. Cocain by Clapton, although written by J.J. Cale, and Sunshine of Your Love by Cream. Crowd pleasers both. Would like to add some more Cream songs to our set list later on. Take care.

I don't know how much of a crowd-pleaser it'd be, but The Core is a great one, good rhythm for dancing, git'r solos. Needs a girl singing though... :?

gtaus

Shredd, can we borrow your songbird for the song? We don't have a female vocal yet. We have been looking for a long time for a female vocal who can also play keyboard. That is a great song but it sure needs that femal vocal. Take care.

shredd

\gtaus\ wrote:

Shredd, can we borrow your songbird for the song? We don't have a female vocal yet. We have been looking for a long time for a female vocal who can also play keyboard. That is a great song but it sure needs that femal vocal. Take care.

Take her. Please. :roll:
Sadly, she probably doesn't know why there's black and white keys...but she sure can sing!!!
Having a girl that can sing opens a lot of material up. Now if only I could sing, we'd be sittin' in butter... 8)

ednrg

Did Clapton mention that he kicked Ritchie Blackmore's band off the Cream tour because Ritchie was getting much better reviews from every critic that saw the shows?

Mike B

I don't recall him ever mentioning anything at all about Richie Blackmore. I have already returned the book to the library othrwise I would check the index for a reference to Blackmore.

I read the book twice so I doubt that I overlooked it.

Alot of ego back then so I guess it would be entirely possible


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gtaus

I don't imagine any band wants their opening act to get better reviews then they do. That has got to be hard on the main act. I once saw a concert with a very young Johnny Cougar as the opening act and Heart as the main act. Johnny Cougar had just come out with a big hit album that was getting lots of airtime. Heart was not getting much airplay at that time. Anyway, Johnny Cougar rocked out hard as the opening act and when he left, so did half the crowd of 10,000. I don't imagine Heart felt too good following up that act when people were still leaving as they started to take the stage. Although Heart put on a great show, you had to feel sorry for them playing to half the arena. What a shame. Take care.

shredd

It definitely happens, in any genre, in any setting...I once saw Loverboy - who was new at the time - open for Foreigner, who was HUGE at the time - and Loverboy absolutely smoked them. Foreigner sounded awful, trying to outdo them. Hilarious.

Mike B

Well I guess I'll have to go research Richie Blackmore now. I love this kind of thing, off to the library Monday. Yipeee :roll:



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Rawb

It has always happened. But the opener just isn't aloud to have as many feeds ( forget what their called) Unless you have two Major acts playing, the opener isn't going to have the same sound as the headliner until their last song. Which is probably their one hit. Most of the time it doesn't matter. But there has been a few times it has pissed me off. Sitting at a live show and you would rather be in your vehical lisening to the music cuz the sound sucks live . So if an opener blows the headers off the stage that is saying something 8)

I love old Clapton stuff, but he has always been something of a whiner! Did it mention anything in the book about Hendrix? E.C has commented that Jimi had to resort to fx and feedback cuz he didn't know how to play! That was back in the 60's so his tune may have changed at book writing time.

gtaus

I was never a big fan of Loverboy, but my brother saw them in a summer concert and said they really rocked hard and were probably one of the best bands there that week. I was a big fan of Foreigner back in the day, but their music has not held my interest after all these years. I guess my tastes in music have changed over the years. Take care.

jamminmj

I'll have to read it and see how it compares to Crossroads, The Life and Music of Eric Clapton by Michael Schumacher 1995. Of paticular interest to me was the meeting of Duane Allman and the Layla sessions of which without the latter, They surely would have never been. Fly on SkyDog, Eat a Peach for Peace.

ednrg

\Mike B\ wrote:

Well I guess I'll have to go research Richie Blackmore now. I love this kind of thing, off to the library Monday. Yipeee :roll:
peace

That incident came from Black Night by Jerry Bloom:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1846092663/ref=s9subs_c2_at3-rfc_g1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0WZF949T3HPG2DB4J7AN&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=278240301&pf_rd_i=507846



I'm a huge Blackmore fan who wasn't sure I was going to buy this book. As soon as I read Candice's negative account of the book, I knew it had to be good.

The very early years of Blackmore was a labor to get through, but it soon became a great book.