[Slowhand] Re: Sometimes Too Cool

[DeltaNick]

Mel,

>> I think the time of the NBTB Tours of 94/95 was the last time that his
priority was guitar. We have observed that since then he usually prefers not
to showboat. He tends to be "polite" sometimes to a fault, but in the
Concert For George, I suspect that EC would have deemed it inappropriate to
showoff because the object was to honor George. Clapton's performance in
"While My Guitar Gentle Weeps" was quite good in my opinion but also
"guarded" and "safe." Not on the edge. I guess, he wanted to make sure that
he didn't mess up anywhere. I don't blame him for that. I would have loved
to hear him rip up like he did on the boot "Live in Japan" where George
credits Clapton's contribution "psycho guitar." <<

I think we're pretty much saying the same thing.

Let me add: if someone is a performer, don't we go see him or her because
they are showboating? That's what a performer does: showboat!

Or, do we want to see them hold back: their emotions, their passions, their
gifts, their performance?

Imagine seeing a comedian who does not make you laugh. He's either
arrogant -- "I will hold back and not let this audience laugh" -- or a poor
comedian, and cannot make the audience laugh. One is arrogant, the other a
poor performer or has-been.

                DeltaNick