[Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 1, Issue 74

Tue Dec 9 23:00:24 EST 2003

To all the Italian slowhanders :
I sent an e-mail one month ago to the Italian impresarios D'alessandro e
Galli, to ask them to include a date of Eric's tour in Italy.
As far as I know they were the organizer of the last real Clapton concerts
taken in Italy (2001 world tour) excluding private Ferrari event and
Pavarotti & friends.
I'm asking you and all the southern swiss french and german friends to send
them a similar e-mail. Who knows? It might work
right.
they are at http://www.dalessandroegalli.com/main/index.html
info at dalessandroegalli.com
I beg you cover them with this request. I long to see HIM in Italy again.
"Vi prego riportateci Eric Clapton in Italia."
thank you
Lia
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>    1. Stigwood??! (ChucklesIV at aol.com)
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>    3. Fly Fishing w/EC (Tracy Stevenson)
>    4. Eric's performances (Jon Maclean)
>    5. RE: EC's Next Album? (Kevin Wilson)
>    6. Paris april 6 2004 on sale ( weedweed at tiscali.fr )
>    7. Re: EC's Next Album? (DeltaNick)
>    8. Clapton quotes (Dennis Merson)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 17:58:11 EST
> From: ChucklesIV at aol.com
> Subject: [Slowhand] Stigwood??!
> To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
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> Stigwood killed Clapton????
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> TOTAL nonsesne.
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> I am not even going to start with that discussion....go read up on your
> history and then think again.
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> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 17:16:52 -0800
> From: <darmel at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: [Slowhand] Portnoy
> To: <EddyPauley at aol.com>, <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
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> Eddy, great minds think alike! My thoughts exactly. Portnoy was awesome on
> the nbtb tour...
> Mel Boss
> darmel at sbcglobal.net
> >IMHO Portnoy being on the next album is great news for the possible
musical
> >content.  Portnoy was the harmonica player in Muddy Water's Band during
the
> >70's.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >E.P.
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 18:15:58 -0800
> From: "Tracy Stevenson" <steventr at ohsu.edu>
> Subject: [Slowhand] Fly Fishing w/EC
> To: <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
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> Hey Slowhanders & Fly Fisherman;
>     Check this out... The "Slowhand Special"...
> http://www.niemieraflyrods.com/
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> Keep on Keepin' on; Tracy
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> Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 05:17:15 +0000
> From: "Jon Maclean" <macca461 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Slowhand] Eric's performances
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> It's interesting, all this discussion about EC's perceived performing
> ability over the years, but I can't say I have thought of any of it so far
> as "EC bashing". Some healthy debate, constructively expressed, is surely
a
> good thing. One thing that has not really been mentioned is Eric's age and
> the effect it may be having on his playing. I read somewhere recently that
> Eric experiences some hand stiffening after a performance and needs to
soak
> his fingers each night. He certainly has been quoted as saying that one of
> his biggest fears as he gets older is arthritis. If in fact he is
beginning
> to feel signs of this, then it would be sensible for him to become more
> economic in the way he performs. I recently read the Charles Shaar Murray
> bio on the late John Lee Hooker, and that states that John Lee did
> everything in his performances (and he was still playing shows into his
> 80's) as economically as possible, to conserve his energy. Eric is not at
> that stage yet, but there must be some adjustment which was not necessary,
> say even 10 years ago when he started the all-blues years. It follows that
> to play some of the more strenuous pieces and styles would tax him too
much
> over a 2-hour show, so his technique has had to evolve to allow for that.
> None of this indicates laziness, just common sense on his part. If he were
> genuinely lazy he wouldn't bother touring at all, hell, he doesn't need
the
> money, that's for sure. Clearly he must still enjoy playing in front of a
> crowd and I think that most of us are grateful he still wants to do that.
> What he may have lost in some areas of his playing, he has gained in
> experience and all-round ability as a performer, so there is just as much
> for his fans to laud as there ever has been, but in different ways. Even a
> mellowing Eric Clapton is more interesting than most other performers I've
> ever heard of.
>
> Cheers,
> Jon
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 08:25:37 +0200
> From: "Kevin Wilson" <kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za>
> Subject: RE: [Slowhand] EC's Next Album?
> Cc: "Slowhand Digest (E-mail)" <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
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> "haremonica"? Was that on a tour with George? :-)
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> Date: Tue,  9 Dec 2003 09:52:54 +0100
> From: " weedweed at tiscali.fr " <weedweed at tiscali.fr>
> Subject: [Slowhand] Paris april 6 2004 on sale
> To: " slowhand " <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
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> Tickets for Bercy on April 6 2004 are on sale right now on www.billetel.fr
or fnac.com
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> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 05:35:03 -0500
> From: "DeltaNick" <deltanick at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Slowhand] EC's Next Album?
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> Yes, guest starring from "Roger Rabbit."
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> From: "Kevin Wilson" <kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za>
> To: "DeltaNick" <deltanick at comcast.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 1:22 AM
> Subject: RE: [Slowhand] EC's Next Album?
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> "haremonica"? Was that on a tour with George? :)
> Kevin
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> Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 12:21:39 +0000
> From: "Dennis Merson" <mersondennis at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton quotes
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> It can sometimes be incorrect to place quotes out of it's original
context.
> Take the above quote:
> "Yes, I think I sold myself a long time ago. I made some kind of deal with
> myself to get along, to please people, just to make life easy, I think. It
> disturbs me a little to hear myself say that but I have to admit it
because
> otherwise who am I kidding?" (Eric Clapton, as quoted in David Hepworth,
> "Eric," "Q," January 1987, p. 43). My recollection tells me that EC said
> this as a comment on how and why ha ended up in the music bizz as a whole,
> and not a respond to why he'd gone pop/soft. There's a big difference
there.
> But excuse me if I'm wrong.
>
> I would like to quote our man from his conversation with Larry King on CNN
> in 1998:
>
> LK: How long will Eric work?
> EC: I don't know if I got that kind of capacity (in reference to
B.B.King).
> I honestly don't, I mean..'
>
> LK: Do you still play as good guitar?
> EC: Well, if I didn't feel I was improving I would definitely quit.
>
> LK: Improve??
> EC: I think that's an axiom that I would have to hold for myself
>
> LK: Not as good, better?
> EC: Not even as good. I need to know that I'm actually getting a little
bit
> better all the time. And what proves that for me is to go see someone like
> B.B., because I know that it can be done.
>
> LK: How about singing?
> EC: Singing too, same thing.
>
> It is also interesting to see what Eric told Dave Mead of "Guitarist"
> magazine in 1994:
> "I don't think my facility as a player has really got much better or
worse.
> I mean, I've just finished doing a blues tune (...) and it doesn't sound
> that much stiffer or that much faster than when I was doing John Mayall or
> Cream - a bit more fluent, a bit more confident maybe"
>
> Eric is known as his own worst critic, and stating things like "my
standards
> asr just too high for myself". He can sometimes be way too harsh on
himself.
> But I certainly don't believe he would've done as much touring as he's
done
> (and doing) if he wasn't comfortable with his own playing, and didn't feel
> able to reach a level that could stand for itself when compared to
previous
> playing. I found Delatnicks "quote"-post thoughful and considerate. But I
> think one can digg up a lot of quotes that will paint a pretty negative
> picture, but in the next moment you'll find interviews that make it all
look
> different.
>
> Have a nice day,
> Dennis M
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