From mark at inna.net Thu Jan 1 09:04:17 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Thu Jan 1 09:03:51 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Little EC Content: Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac References: <3FF2137A.8000409@comcast.net> Message-ID: <005001c3d070$267aea50$0100a8c0@littleboy> ----- Original Message ----- From: "ToeKneeF" To: "Slowhand List" Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 7:08 PM Subject: [Slowhand] Little EC Content: Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac > For the past week, I've been listenbing to a 6 CD Box Set which I > borrowed from my library. It is "Fleetwood Mac: The Complete Blue > Horizon Sessions 1967 - 1969" > > WOW....what an eye opening experience. *snip* > breathless..............I had to copy all 6 CDs, the alternate takes and > unissued material are priceless......................T And who knows, had you been REALLY impressed with the material, you might even have BOUGHT the stuff. But it's probably better if you don't, I mean if the labels actually made money releasing this kind of thing and sold more copies, they might get some silly idea about releasing more like it, and we certainly don't want that to happen. Cheers, Mark From Guitr2000 at aol.com Thu Jan 1 10:21:57 2004 From: Guitr2000 at aol.com (Guitr2000@aol.com) Date: Thu Jan 1 10:22:33 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Pilgrim/Climie Message-ID: <11b.2c8d9b24.2d259515@aol.com> Apurva wrote: I listened to Curtis Mayfield's New World Order cd last week for the first time and was floored by the uncanny similarity in some of the sound pallettes used on both cd's. I think some of the influence attributed to Climie may be a bit misplaced. Jeff Engelmann From slowhandnj at comcast.net Thu Jan 1 11:42:11 2004 From: slowhandnj at comcast.net (ToeKneeF) Date: Thu Jan 1 11:43:09 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Little EC Content: Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac References: <3FF2137A.8000409@comcast.net> <005001c3d070$267aea50$0100a8c0@littleboy> Message-ID: <3FF44DE3.1070506@comcast.net> Marc, You are absolutely correct. After sending the message, having checked various web sites, I ordered the set from Amazon.com for only $35.99 (free shipping). I have also declined to copy the set for some folks who requested copies, since it is so readily available. Here is a link to a review of the set: http://www.themusicindex.com/rockahead/reviews/fmac.htm Mark Deavult wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ToeKneeF" > To: "Slowhand List" > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 7:08 PM > Subject: [Slowhand] Little EC Content: Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac > > > >>For the past week, I've been listenbing to a 6 CD Box Set which I >>borrowed from my library. It is "Fleetwood Mac: The Complete Blue >>Horizon Sessions 1967 - 1969" >> >>WOW....what an eye opening experience. > > > *snip* > > >>breathless..............I had to copy all 6 CDs, the alternate takes and >>unissued material are priceless......................T > > > And who knows, had you been REALLY impressed with the material, you might > even have BOUGHT the stuff. > > But it's probably better if you don't, I mean if the labels actually made > money releasing this kind of thing and sold more copies, they might get some > silly idea about releasing more like it, and we certainly don't want that to > happen. > > Cheers, > Mark > > > -- "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. " Benjamin Franklin From AvalancheScott at earthlink.net Thu Jan 1 12:22:50 2004 From: AvalancheScott at earthlink.net (Scott Peterson) Date: Thu Jan 1 12:22:53 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Fleetwood Mac Outselling the Beatles In-Reply-To: <20031231170002.8DF5C8C2B3@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: Back on 12/31/03 at 12:00 PM, DeltaNick was known to say: > However in 1969 -- while still a blues band -- Fleetwood Mac outsold the > Beatles and the Stones in the UK. Unexceptional? You know, I've heard this before, and I find it hard to believe. Does anyone have links to the sales charts for 1969 or actual sales figures? Scott Peterson AvalancheScott@earthlink.net From brooz461 at hotmail.com Thu Jan 1 14:16:41 2004 From: brooz461 at hotmail.com (Brooz Slowhand) Date: Thu Jan 1 14:17:13 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: Little EC Content: Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac Message-ID: Happy New Year! The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions is one of the great box sets. It has all the FMac releases up until Then Play On, including the Blues Jam in Chicago set, all with bonus cuts--6 CDs for $36. Two other fine Green-era collections are Vaudeville Years and Show Biz Blues. They cover a wider range, pre-Mac through post-Then Play On. Some of the alternates and outtakes were worthy of commercial release and show the evolution of the tunes. Vaudeville has an extended jam from which the two "Madge" jams on Then Play On were excerpted. BTW, my cable company started letting me see Ovation a few weeks ago. Yesterday, I finally got to see the Green documentary "A Hard Road." It was only a half hour and focused on his mid-90s re-appearance. Clapton was in it briefly--just a few seconds. He had shown up at one of Green's performances. Unfortunately, little interaction between the two is shown. EC says something like "I'm going to wander around," and walks off as Green waves. brooz --------------------------------- >From : ToeKneeF Subject : Re: [Slowhand] Little EC Content: Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac having checked various web sites, I ordered the set from Amazon.com for only $35.99 (free shipping). _________________________________________________________________ Enjoy a special introductory offer for dial-up Internet access — limited time only! http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup From JL2552 at aol.com Thu Jan 1 15:16:40 2004 From: JL2552 at aol.com (JL2552@aol.com) Date: Thu Jan 1 15:17:18 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 1 Message-ID: <87.2671de2.2d25da28@aol.com> I'm sure Delta Nick can help out with this one.? I received The Concert for George DVD for Christmas.? I was blown away by Jools Holland.? Who is she??? How is she connected with George??? What are some of her albums??? I have to get them! Happy New Year All! Jeanne -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040101/dbee2c67/attachment.htm From deltanick at comcast.net Thu Jan 1 16:00:08 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Thu Jan 1 15:59:21 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Jools Holland Message-ID: <000501c3d0aa$3db51080$29263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> >> I'm sure Delta Nick can help out with this one. I received The Concert for George DVD for Christmas. I was blown away by Jools Holland. Who is she?? How is she connected with George?? What are some of her albums?? I have to get them! Jeanne, First of all, Jools Holland is a he, NOT a she. However, rather than my telling about Jools Holland, just visit his website (URL below). Click on "About Jools" to learn more about him. http://www.joolsholland.com/ DeltaNick From llt58 at hotmail.com Fri Jan 2 11:12:51 2004 From: llt58 at hotmail.com (Loraine Taylor) Date: Fri Jan 2 11:13:24 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Another unscientific survey Message-ID: Here's another unscientific survey that is destined to cause controversary, but what the heck. Its at http://www.nbc5.com/entertainment/2735197/detail.html in a box on the right hand side and the survey results are posted at the bottom. Loraine Here's the article: Foo Fighters Guitarist Named Best In Poll Guitar World Readers Vote Grohl No. 1 POSTED: 11:10 a.m. EST December 31, 2003 Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters has been crowned the king of the rock guitar. A poll of readers of Guitar World magazine picked Grohl as the best rock guitarist, beating out Jack White of the White Stripes and Tom Morello of Audioslave. Kirk Hammett of Metallica was picked as best metal guitarist and Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society was named "Most Valuable Player." Readers said the best rock album of 2003 was "How The West Was Won" by Led Zeppelin. On the flip side of things, Limp Bizkit earns the distinction of "Worst Band," edging out Creed and the Strokes. Metallica's "St. Anger" was chosen as "Biggest Disappointment," just ahead of the No. 2 choice, "all new music." Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. Survey: Of the following "Best Rock Guitarists" selected by readers of Guitar World magazine, who do you think is the best? Choice Votes Percentage of 1901 Votes Dave Grohl 239 13% Jack White 61 3% Tom Morello 152 8% None of the above. 1449 76% Eric Clapton is better than all of them. Thanks for voting -- check back later for updated survey results. _________________________________________________________________ Tired of slow downloads? Compare online deals from your local high-speed providers now. https://broadband.msn.com From aks112778 at hotmail.com Fri Jan 2 12:18:00 2004 From: aks112778 at hotmail.com (Ken simpson) Date: Fri Jan 2 12:18:32 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Jools Holland aka Sam Brown Message-ID: The woman who sings Horse to the Water on the Concert for George is named Sam Brown. She can be heard on the anniversary edition of All Things Must Pass on the new version of My Sweet Lord. Hope this clears things up. Kenzo _________________________________________________________________ Working moms: Find helpful tips here on managing kids, home, work — and yourself. http://special.msn.com/msnbc/workingmom.armx From slowhandnj at comcast.net Fri Jan 2 13:04:31 2004 From: slowhandnj at comcast.net (ToeKneeF) Date: Fri Jan 2 13:05:30 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Who is Jools Holland Message-ID: <3FF5B2AF.4020708@comcast.net> Jeanne, Jools Holland is a HE. I believe you are referring to Sam (Samantha?) Brown who appeared with him and really tore into her number. As for her connection with George, she did backup vocals on "Brainwashed"...................T -- "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. " Benjamin Franklin From deltanick at comcast.net Fri Jan 2 13:28:17 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Fri Jan 2 13:28:24 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Fleetwood Mac Outselling The Beatles Message-ID: <008801c3d15e$3162dec0$29263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> >> Back on 12/31/03 at 12:00 PM, DeltaNick was known to say: "However in 1969 -- while still a blues band -- Fleetwood Mac outsold the Beatles and the Stones in the UK. Unexceptional?" You know, I've heard this before, and I find it hard to believe. Does anyone have links to the sales charts for 1969 or actual sales figures? Scott Peterson << Scott, I'm sure those charts do exist somewhere. However, with just a few minutes' surfing, I was able to find the following four quotes from some other sources. DeltaNick ----- Return of the Bluesman The Times Magazine, The Times of London, Saturday, July 31, 1999 Peter Green has been to hell and back. The founder of the superband Fleetwood Mac disappeared into a haze of drug abuse and mental institutions at the height of his fame. But now he has emerged from the wilderness with a new band, a new album - and some scars that will never fade. Alan Franks meets a rock survivor. (Photographs by Paul Massey) For a rock music comeback to be more implausible than Peter Green's, it would need to involve resurrection. This is the guitarist who founded Fleetwood Mac, a group which, for a period in its late-Sixties heyday, was out-selling the Beatles and the Rolling Stones (http://bla.fleetwoodmac.net/index.php?page=index_v2&id=265&c=15). ----- "Mac-Chart Stars" Melody Maker, December 27, 1969 Fleetwood Mac have copped the fairy off the pop Christmas Tree of 1969. By a total of 77 points, they have topped the Beatles as Most Popular Artists in the Melody Maker Chart for 1969. The table is based on awarding points for a record's entry and duration of stay in the Pop Thirty. Fleetwood Mac are entrenched in the No. 1 slot with 748 points. The Beatles are runners-up with 671. Stevie Wonder is just 10 points back -- in the No. 3 slot (http://bla.fleetwoodmac.net/index.php?page=index_v2&id=511&c=18). ----- In 1968 they recorded their first album, "Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac" followed a few months later by "Mr.Wonderful". Peter hired another guitar player, the eighteen year old Danny Kirwan, and the hits started to come. Their first modest hit single was"Black Magic Woman". It just made it to the Top 40 in the UK while their next single "Need Your Love So Bad" made it to number seven in the Dutch Top 40. Then the bigger hits started to come. The instrumental "Albatross" reached number one in the UK and number two in the Netherlands. "Oh Well" made it to number one in the UK and the Netherlands and "Man Of The World" did almost as good with a number two peak position in the UK. Partly due to the fact there were four albums released that year, but also because of their immense popularity at the British Blues scene at that time, they sold more records in Great Britain in 1969 then the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. The four albums which were released that year are, "English Rose", "The Pious Bird Of Good Omen", "Fleetwood Mac In Chicago", an album which was recorded together with some American Blues Legends like Otis Spann and Willie Dixon and "Then Play On", the first album which was released at the Reprise label and also the first to sell over a 100.000 copies (http://www.fmlegacy.com/, This paragraph is in the Macstory, Part 1 section). ----- This collection of 31 previously unissued takes and demos is no doubt intended to be seen as Fleetwood Mac's own Anthology, documenting just how the one-time blues outfit grew to outsell the Beatles, and hinting at where Mac might have headed had the three-pronged guitar team of Kirwan/Spencer/Green not discovered booze/God/whatever and buggered off (http://bla.fleetwoodmac.net/index.php?page=index_v2&id=629&c=18). From AvalancheScott at earthlink.net Fri Jan 2 15:54:06 2004 From: AvalancheScott at earthlink.net (Scott Peterson) Date: Fri Jan 2 15:54:10 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Fleetwood Mac Outselling The Beatles In-Reply-To: <008801c3d15e$3162dec0$29263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> Message-ID: So I said that I'd heard about Fleetwood Mac outselling the Beatles and the Stones back in 1969 and that I found it hard to believe and requested some sort of documentation. The redoubtable DeltaNick responded thusly: > Scott, > > I'm sure those charts do exist somewhere. However, with just a few minutes' > surfing, I was able to find the following four quotes from some other > sources. > > DeltaNick [quotes cut] Yes, but the first, third and fourth quotes all sound almost exactly the same, as though the writers of those pieces ALSO heard about FM outselling the Beatles and Stones and simply passed the info on. Meanwhile, the second quote talks about popularity as it relates to chart position and therefore isn't exactly germane. As the manager of Bryan Adams once complained in Rolling Stone magazine back in the late eighties, Bryan Adams sold something like five million copies of an album and no one in the press noticed, but Sting's first solo album sold a million and a half and it was all anyone talked about. Or when SoundScan was first introduced and Garth Brooks went from being an absolute nobody on the national scene in the US to being the best-selling artist, simply because sales were now accurately tabulated. I still find the claim rather hard to believe without seeing the sales charts; upon sending my first post, I also surfed for a few minutes and turned up several things along the lines of the stuff you posted. What I didn't find, though, were the sales charts that would have backed up those claims. HOWEVER, the only Beatles albums (I'm assuming, perhaps incorrectly, that the sales in question are of albums, as opposed to singles or singles AND albums) released in 1969 were the Yellow Submarine soundtrack (with only four new songs) and Abbey Road, and Abbey Road wasn't released until the end of September. Meanwhile, the Stones also released but one album in 1969. Fleetwood Mac on the other hand, released FOUR albums that year. Thus the sales figures could perhaps indeed be correct, but taking that into account aren't quite as amazing as they're made to sound, since each FM album would only need to sell half of a Beatles or Stones record (still an impressive amount, no question). Finally, if you do a Google search on the phrase "outsold the Beatles," you'll notice that the first several hits all pertain to the Monkees. Food for thought? Scott Peterson AvalancheScott@earthlink.net From trevork1 at iinet.net.au Fri Jan 2 17:35:59 2004 From: trevork1 at iinet.net.au (trevor kempin) Date: Fri Jan 2 17:34:33 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Sam Brown Message-ID: <000501c3d180$ccb35630$22bf3bcb@ecpm.com> As DN has said, Sam Brown is a SHE not a He. She is the daughter of Joe Brown. You can check out her web site at http://www.onecandle.co.uk/ Check it out. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040103/17e4750f/attachment.htm From lskett at yahoo.com Fri Jan 2 19:49:22 2004 From: lskett at yahoo.com (Lisa) Date: Fri Jan 2 19:49:24 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Jools Holland / Sam Brown Message-ID: <20040103004922.89785.qmail@web11509.mail.yahoo.com> Hey Jeanne - Happy New Year To You Too! Sam Brown is the girl who sang with Jools Holland (keyboards/piano) on the George DVD. She is the daughter of Sam Brown. He was a good friend of George's. Sam sang the last song. From ddell at socal.rr.com Fri Jan 2 21:36:13 2004 From: ddell at socal.rr.com (Dave Dell) Date: Fri Jan 2 21:32:25 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Same Old Blues Message-ID: <00ea01c3d1a2$5b34cd00$0302a8c0@socal.rr.com> Does anyone know the chorus chords for "Same Old Blues"? IOW, the "Same thing every morning..what's it all about....I get those Same Old Blues every night" section. I've worked out the progression for the verses, but it's a lot harder to pick up on the chorus since the instrumentation is a lot fuller and louder at that point. Thanks much, Dave "Keep on keepin' on" :) From LukPac at lukpac.org Sat Jan 3 12:13:11 2004 From: LukPac at lukpac.org (Luke Pacholski) Date: Sat Jan 3 12:13:17 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Fleetwood Mac Outselling The Beatles Message-ID: Scott, re: >I still find the claim rather hard to believe without seeing the sales >charts; upon sending my first post, I also surfed for a few minutes and >turned up several things along the lines of the stuff you posted. What I >didn't find, though, were the sales charts that would have backed up those >claims. Something to think about...it wouldn't surprise me if these figures were indeed true - in the UK. Based on US or worldwide sales, however, I really doubt it. Luke -- http://lukpac.org/ From tronsgaard at hotmail.com Sat Jan 3 14:52:31 2004 From: tronsgaard at hotmail.com (Brian Tronsgaard) Date: Sat Jan 3 14:53:03 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] (no subject) Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040103/0ad62763/attachment.htm From dennis.weisinger at milliman.com Sat Jan 3 16:00:40 2004 From: dennis.weisinger at milliman.com (dennis.weisinger@milliman.com) Date: Sat Jan 3 16:00:48 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Dennis Weisinger/NYRK/M&R is out of the office. Message-ID: I will be out of the office starting 12/20/2003 and will not return until 01/05/2004. I will respond to your message when I return. ************************************************************************************** This communication is intended solely for the addressee and is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Unless indicated to the contrary: it does not constitute professional advice or opinions upon which reliance may be made by the addressee or any other party, and it should be considered to be a work in progress. ************************************************************************************** From apuraja8 at hotmail.com Sat Jan 3 17:27:58 2004 From: apuraja8 at hotmail.com (Apurva Parikh) Date: Sat Jan 3 17:28:31 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] new year, lots of promise! Message-ID: Happy new year to everyone on the digest! I have a feeling it will be a good one for Clapton fans, with the anticpated two albums and a European tour to follow, we will have lots to discuss. Something tells me we'll be arguing about the album, auto pilot Clapton on tour and lots of will he retire now type debates.. The fact that EC is even touring and recording is a lot to me, and I am extremely hopeful we will be astounded once again by our hero. +++++++++++++++++++++ Album sales, yuck.. Who cares if the Mac outsold the beatles or stones! It's a moot point.. I mean how many units did the Beano album move? Not more than 500K, probbaly right?? But no one needs to tell us of its validity.. I would doubt any album sales figures pre 1970 anyways. Just respect the Mac and their genuine abliity to knock the socks off in concert... IN addition to the blue horizon boxed set, the Live In Boston, vols, 1-3 are superb as is the Shrine '69 concert cd. Peter Green sounds like BB King reincarnated. Cheers, Happy '04 to everyone. AAP _________________________________________________________________ Tired of slow downloads? Compare online deals from your local high-speed providers now. https://broadband.msn.com From trevork1 at iinet.net.au Sat Jan 3 21:25:54 2004 From: trevork1 at iinet.net.au (trevor kempin) Date: Sat Jan 3 21:24:31 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Recent Slowhand Topics Message-ID: <000101c3d26a$15c00d20$c7bf3bcb@ecpm.com> Who really cares if Fleetwood Mac outsold the Beatles in 1969? I thought that the object of this discussion group was ERIC CLAPTON! Why hasn't anyone given any reports of the recent Japan Tour or on the current health of his baby daughter Julie. I hear that EC cancelled his appearance at the New Year's Eve bash because Julie was seriously ill. Does anyone know if she is recovering? His place on the night being taken by Georgie Fame and one Richard Starkey. For God's sake, in 2004, let's hear more news about the man that has inspired this board and less about other artists who have little or nothing to do with him. Let's all send our best wishes for Julie to have a speedy and full recovery. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040104/8eda8cf5/attachment.htm From scottw at frazmtn.com Mon Jan 5 01:38:56 2004 From: scottw at frazmtn.com (Scott Wallenberg) Date: Mon Jan 5 01:39:01 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Same old blues Message-ID: <012d01c3d356$98eaaab0$df07c841@youro0kwkw9jwc> This was on Gerd's site...hope it helps! Same Old Blues Eric Clapton This is the tab for Clapton's "Same Old Blues" found on his "Behind the Sun" album. Enjoy. Intro |-----(3)/\/\/\/\-------------------(5)/\/\/\/\-------------------| |------3/\/\/\/\-----9/\/\/\/\-------5/\/\/\/\------7/\/\/\/\-----| |------4/\/\/\/\-----9/\/\/\/\-------6/\/\/\/\------7/\/\/\/\-----| |------5/\/\/\/\-----9/\/\/\/\-------7/\/\/\/\------7/\/\/\/\-----| |--------------------7/\/\/\/\----------------------5/\/\/\/\-----| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------(3)/\/\/\/\----------------------------------| |------5/\/\/\/\------3/\/\/\/\----------5--/--7------(2)/\/\/\/\-| |------5/\/\/\/\------4/\/\/\/\----------5--/--7-------2/\/\/\/\-?| |------5/\/\/\/\------5/\/\/\/\----------5--/--7-------2/\/\/\/\-?| |------3/\/\/\/\-------------------------3--/--5------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| *note: Use this same chord progression for the chorus Verse (repeat throughout) |----------------------------| |----5--/--7-----(2)/\/\/\/\-| |----5--/--7------2/\/\/\/\?-| |----5--/--7------2/\/\/\/\?-| |----3--/--5-----------------| |----------------------------| That's basically it. Enjoy and good luck. Michael Kovalsky From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Mon Jan 5 08:46:20 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Mon Jan 5 08:47:16 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Recent Slowhand Topics Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6BE2@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Well, well, well.....Georgie Fame. I wonder if Georgie was due to be a part of Doctor Bob's Swing originally. He has the talent (on organ) to drive old Eric and would not be intimidated like that other great organ talent Billy Preston to hold back and do the same tricky fills every night because he's being paid for the duration a tour. For a great showcase of Georgie Fame's talent, check of Van Morrison's Live in San Francisco. Eric was last this loose on sober nights in the 70's. Besides Georgie Fame, Van surrounds himself with saxes, harmonica, piano, organs, some guitar, real bluesmen (Jimmy Witherspoon, John Lee Hooker and Junior Wells) and many tunes Clapton fans know by name that are radically different: Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Have You Ever Loved a Woman, Driftin' and Nothing But the Blues (if you've ever wondered what this song sounds like). I'm sure those who were disappointed not to see Eric over the year change got a worthy replacement in Georgie Fame. And, it seems Julie Rose is doing fine: Check out http://www.claptonboyz.com/news.htm for Eric's 4-1-4 gig: The Last Fling. Mmmm, no Georgie Fame. Pity. His place on the night being taken by Georgie Fame and one Richard Starkey. NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. 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Paul _________________________________________________________________ Use MSN Messenger to send music and pics to your friends http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger From jfw at insightbb.com Mon Jan 5 13:25:59 2004 From: jfw at insightbb.com (John Whitney) Date: Mon Jan 5 13:26:39 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Peter Green Message-ID: <000e01c3d3b9$5e67b050$97fcdd0c@VAIO> Hi all: I am replying to postings regarding Peter Green, so there is little EC content. As you know EC recently saw Green play and has acknowledged Peter's great work. I have always regarded Peter Green to be one of the best guitarists to have ever played. Anyone who appreciates amazing guitar work and is unfamiliar with him should seek out his material. Recently, I have been in contact with him thru his agent and management. He and Nigel Watson, his recent guitar mate, were kind enough to send me personally autographed plectrums (guitar picks to Americans). I have corresponded recently, and wanted to let the Digest know of my findings. Peter Green is in seclusion. Peter's legal representatives have kept him incommunicado since December 12th. His management does not believe that Peter REALLY wants to quit Splinter Group, but until such time as they can speak to him directly and find out what's going on, they are in the dark. His legal people are staying tight-lipped too, so the management's only guess is that they've lined him up some kind of solo deal, which is great for him but not for the people who have worked with him for the past seven years. The management has been advised by their legal people not to say too much about things just yet, so all they can really say is that they'll add information to the website as soon as they can. NOT a very Happy New Year so far...... It seems Peter's demons may have returned and that we are again without this premier guitarist. John From petergordon at lineone.net Mon Jan 5 13:30:32 2004 From: petergordon at lineone.net (Peter Gordon) Date: Mon Jan 5 13:44:02 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Legends of Gods Meeting Message-ID: <008e01c3d3bb$c8a641f0$6601a8c0@stratexnet.com> Thanks to Brooz's generosity, I can offer copies of Legends "Gods Meeting," consisting of two CDRs--about 112 minutes. Sound quality is very good. If you are willing to pass on copies to others SDers, reply to: petergordon@lineone.net Cheers Peter Gordon Nuneaton, England From dhkessler at yahoo.com Mon Jan 5 17:34:51 2004 From: dhkessler at yahoo.com (David Kessler) Date: Mon Jan 5 17:34:54 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] daughter ill? Message-ID: <20040105223451.43976.qmail@web21103.mail.yahoo.com> heard that their 2 year old daughter was ill in Surrey? Don't konw truth or magnitude of illness. If true, wish a speedy recovery __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 http://search.yahoo.com/top2003 From emse_97 at yahoo.com Tue Jan 6 05:31:53 2004 From: emse_97 at yahoo.com (Ed Petry) Date: Tue Jan 6 05:32:25 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] OT - ISO Torgrim R. -- Emails bouncing In-Reply-To: <20040105170004.524708C2B7@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <20040106103153.14224.qmail@web60604.mail.yahoo.com> Looking for Torgrim Please email me -- my emails are bouncing back. Cheers Ed __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus From llt58 at hotmail.com Tue Jan 6 16:01:20 2004 From: llt58 at hotmail.com (Loraine Taylor) Date: Tue Jan 6 16:01:52 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] daughter ill? Message-ID: David Kessler wrote: > >heard that their 2 year old daughter was ill in Surrey? Someone on the EC Goss list on Yahoo found this link: http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004001318,00.html Apparently, Eric Clapton's two-year-old daughter, Julie Rose, was rushed to hospital with a very high temperature, and they suspected pneumonia. But it turns out that she had a virus and is now on the mend. Loraine _________________________________________________________________ Tired of slow downloads? Compare online deals from your local high-speed providers now. https://broadband.msn.com From brooz461 at hotmail.com Tue Jan 6 18:39:19 2004 From: brooz461 at hotmail.com (Brooz Slowhand) Date: Tue Jan 6 18:39:51 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: Peter Green Message-ID: Hi John, Thanks for the update about Green. It is consistent with a report by someone who also spoke with Watson at the end of December. He said, according to Watson, that it is not Peter who wants to quit but rather his 'legal guardians' that are forcing him to take a break. This has happened before according to Watson. brooz ------------------------------------- From: "John Whitney" Subject: [Slowhand] Peter Green I have corresponded recently, and wanted to let the Digest know of my findings. Peter Green is in seclusion. Peter's legal representatives have kept him incommunicado since December 12th. His management does not believe that Peter REALLY wants to quit Splinter Group, but until such time as they can speak to him directly and find out what's going on, they are in the dark. His legal people are staying tight-lipped too, so the management's only guess is that they've lined him up some kind of solo deal, which is great for him but not for the people who have worked with him for the past seven years. The management has been advised by their legal people not to say too much about things just yet, so all they can really say is that they'll add information to the website as soon as they can. _________________________________________________________________ Have fun customizing MSN Messenger — learn how here! http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/reach_customize From Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au Tue Jan 6 23:18:47 2004 From: Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au (Jon Maclean) Date: Tue Jan 6 23:19:10 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Pilgrim/Climie Message-ID: Excellent point Jeff. I can recall the Grammy show (97 I think) when Eric accepted his awards for Change The World and added that the best album he had heard that year was New World Order. It was refreshing to hear an artist not thanking his record company, PR assistant, God, etc. (in no particular order) but using his moment of glory to point attention to another artist whom he felt had been overlooked, and it was also obvious that Curtis Mayfield had become a huge influence on Eric's music at that time. For me Mayfield's album is a little sugary in places, but it certainly contains some excellent moments and is a very soulful set. Sorry for the late reply BTW, I'm just back from hols and catching up slowly. Cheers, Jon Message: 7 Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 20:43:19 EST From: Guitr2000@aol.com Subject: [Slowhand] Fwd: Pilgrim/Climie To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Message-ID: <146.1fa8a09b.2d24d537@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" <Side note, I think I might have mentioned this before, but i pulled out pilgrim again, it's one of my favorite EC albums, and I always thought that if this record had been De-Climie-'d, (ie: less glossy and more organic, no drum machines), that it'd have been such a killer pantheon record.. Eric's playing on it, for a studio recording, is better than anything he's done along with FTC.> I listened to Curtis Mayfield's New World Order cd last week for the first time and was floored by the uncanny similarity in some of the sound pallettes used on both cd's. I think some of the influence attributed to Climie may be a bit misplaced. 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Cheers Peter Gordon Nuneaton, England From Brett.Arnold at cdicorp.com Wed Jan 7 13:36:44 2004 From: Brett.Arnold at cdicorp.com (Arnold, Brett) Date: Wed Jan 7 13:37:06 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 7 Message-ID: <3AEF3C45E9F80E439C4C96F1C4AD50290BFC0372@CDIEX2K.CDI.CDICorp.net> apparently i am not the only one 'obsessed' with eric clapton...... his nickname is 'slowhand' - i subscribe to an email 'information chat' that i get once a day with his latest news, gossip, opinions, etc...... usually is crap, but once in a while some good info. :) Brett Arnold - Senior Recruiter CDI Professional Services 1-800-552-9790 x204 1-732-494-8774 x204 brett.arnold@cdicorp.com www.cdicorp.com -----Original Message----- From: slowhand-request@planet-torque.com [mailto:slowhand-request@planet-torque.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 12:00 PM To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Subject: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 7 Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to slowhand@planet-torque.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to slowhand-request@planet-torque.com You can reach the person managing the list at slowhand-owner@planet-torque.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..." _____________________________________________________________________ This e-mail message has been scanned for the presence of all known computer viruses by the MessageLabs Virus Control Center. 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Ta Simon From Ericclaptonfaq at aol.com Thu Jan 8 07:12:44 2004 From: Ericclaptonfaq at aol.com (Ericclaptonfaq@aol.com) Date: Thu Jan 8 07:13:25 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Chiddingfold / Guildford Guest Appearances Message-ID: <16c.28759e37.2d2ea33c@aol.com> The Where's Eric! Site has been updated with information about the two holiday season guest appearances by EC. Photos from Sunday night's Guildford show as well. >From your friends at Where's Eric! & The Eric Clapton FAQ www.whereseric.com and www.ericclaptonfaq.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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New ninemsn Premium. Click here http://ninemsn.com.au/premium/landing.asp From dablues at austin.rr.com Thu Jan 8 23:22:05 2004 From: dablues at austin.rr.com (Robert) Date: Thu Jan 8 23:16:02 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] US Tour starting in March? In-Reply-To: <20040108170003.EA6F38C0D0@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: Rumor has it that Eric will be doing a US Tour starting in March with Doyle Bramhall II opening. ;) Robert EBMAS Austin, Texas Emin Boztepe Martial Arts System Wing Tzun kung fu -Street-Defense http://www.awtk.us From slowhandnj at comcast.net Fri Jan 9 12:10:06 2004 From: slowhandnj at comcast.net (ToeKneeF) Date: Fri Jan 9 12:11:06 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: EC US Tour Message-ID: <3FFEE06E.1040705@comcast.net> Robert in Austin wrote.........Rumor has it that Eric will be doing a US Tour starting in March with Doyle Bramhall II opening. ;) Hate to burst your bubble Robert but since EC has dates in Europe and the UK through May 11, any US/Canada tour would not likely begin until June or July. As for DB II opening......I CERTAINLY HOPE NOT! -- "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. " Benjamin Franklin From apuraja8 at hotmail.com Fri Jan 9 12:18:06 2004 From: apuraja8 at hotmail.com (Apurva Parikh) Date: Fri Jan 9 12:18:39 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] rumors, rumors Message-ID: Whatever happened to album coming out in Feb? Now we hear tour in March of US??? European tour to start also.. _________________________________________________________________ Enjoy a special introductory offer for dial-up Internet access — limited time only! http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup From Guitr2000 at aol.com Fri Jan 9 12:22:37 2004 From: Guitr2000 at aol.com (Guitr2000@aol.com) Date: Fri Jan 9 12:22:47 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Rumor has it Message-ID: <27.4ef7dbd8.2d303d5d@aol.com> >Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 22:22:05 -0600 >From: "Robert" >Subject: [Slowhand] US Tour starting in March? >To: >Rumor has it that Eric will be doing a US Tour starting in March with Doyle >Bramhall II opening. ;) >Robert Let's hope Doyle finds a decent soundman before then. They *sucked* last time. Just my 2? Jeff From gaefvill at tin.it Fri Jan 9 12:44:45 2004 From: gaefvill at tin.it (Gaetano Villari) Date: Fri Jan 9 12:48:01 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Italian dates missing? Message-ID: <3FFEE88D.000016.01576@abcd-8103bc416a> Hi all, as I haven't come across any pertaining rumour yet, does anybody out there know whether any show is planned in Italy in the current Eric's tour? Cheers Gaetano/Milano From gazza_kebab at yahoo.com Fri Jan 9 15:03:58 2004 From: gazza_kebab at yahoo.com (=?iso-8859-1?q?Me?=) Date: Fri Jan 9 15:04:00 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC Message-ID: <20040109200358.60985.qmail@web13125.mail.yahoo.com> I recently found (on a certain P2P network) Eric's cover of Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground" from that tribute album that came out last year. All I have to say is "WoW" that's some deeply funky stuff. No drum machines or much evidence of Simon Climie's hand in the recording process. I hope we hear some more of this stuff on the new record. 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Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html From smevans at tds.net Fri Jan 9 17:19:41 2004 From: smevans at tds.net (smevans@tds.net) Date: Fri Jan 9 17:19:43 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Rumor has it that Eric will be doing a US Tour starting in March with Doyle Message-ID: <200401092219.i09MJfxo018863@outbound3.mail.tds.net> No, Eric is in Europe during March,I'm seeing him in Amsterdam in April, and let me say OH NO, Not Dolye again!!!!!!! > > From: slowhand-request@planet-torque.com > Date: 2004/01/09 Fri AM 11:00:04 CST > To: slowhand@planet-torque.com > Subject: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 9 > > Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to > slowhand@planet-torque.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > slowhand-request@planet-torque.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > slowhand-owner@planet-torque.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. No Stiletto Shoes: Christmas Concert, 20 December 2003, > Chiddingfold (Kevin Wilson) > 2. RE: daughter ill? (JL2552@aol.com) > 3. 2003 japanese tour (Justin Ayling) > 4. RE: 'obsessed with Eric Clapton' (Jon Maclean) > 5. US Tour starting in March? (Robert) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 20:20:48 +0200 > From: "Kevin Wilson" > Subject: [Slowhand] No Stiletto Shoes: Christmas Concert, 20 December > 2003, Chiddingfold > To: "Slowhand Digest (E-mail)" > Message-ID: > <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6BE4@sunwex01.arivia.kom> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > http://www.procolharum.com/003/gb_friends-031220_set.htm > > Seemed they needed a second guitarist, though not much is said about him afterwards. He also never performed any of his own songs. > Kevin > > > NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040108/39cade05/attachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 18:25:56 EST > From: JL2552@aol.com > Subject: [Slowhand] RE: daughter ill? > To: slowhand@planet-torque.com > Message-ID: <175.2461c420.2d2f4104@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: not available > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 7243 bytes > Desc: not available > Url : http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040108/d8fdedbe/attachment-0001.jpg > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 11:13:50 +1100 > From: "Justin Ayling" > Subject: [Slowhand] 2003 japanese tour > To: > Message-ID: <005201c3d645$7667afa0$9c3d54d2@oemcomputer> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi I am new to list. Are there any boots from japan 2003? > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040109/09ba7695/attachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 02:11:24 +0000 > From: "Jon Maclean" > Subject: [Slowhand] RE: 'obsessed with Eric Clapton' > To: slowhand@planet-torque.com > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > > And the point of sending that message was..............????????? > > > >Message: 1 > >Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 13:36:44 -0500 > >From: "Arnold, Brett" > >Subject: [Slowhand] RE: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 7 > >To: "'slowhand@planet-torque.com'" > >Message-ID: > > <3AEF3C45E9F80E439C4C96F1C4AD50290BFC0372@CDIEX2K.CDI.CDICorp.net> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > >apparently i am not the only one 'obsessed' with eric clapton...... > > > >his nickname is 'slowhand' - i subscribe to an email 'information > >chat' that i get once a day with his latest news, gossip, opinions, > >etc...... > > > >usually is crap, but once in a while some good info. :) > > > >Brett Arnold - Senior Recruiter > >CDI Professional Services > >1-800-552-9790 x204 > >1-732-494-8774 x204 > >brett.arnold@cdicorp.com > >www.cdicorp.com > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > E-mail just got a whole lot better. 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Click here > http://ninemsn.com.au/premium/landing.asp > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 22:22:05 -0600 > From: "Robert" > Subject: [Slowhand] US Tour starting in March? > To: > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > Rumor has it that Eric will be doing a US Tour starting in March with Doyle > Bramhall II opening. ;) > > > Robert > > EBMAS Austin, Texas > Emin Boztepe Martial Arts System > Wing Tzun kung fu -Street-Defense > http://www.awtk.us > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Slowhand mailing list > Slowhand@planet-torque.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand > > > End of Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 9 > ************************************** > From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Fri Jan 9 17:43:19 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Fri Jan 9 17:43:35 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] US Tour starting in March? Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701BF9CFD@sunwex01.arivia.kom> It would have to be a very short tour. He's due at the RAH in London on 15 March along with Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings and kicks off his European Tour on 24 March in Spain. Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Robert [mailto:dablues@austin.rr.com] Sent: 09 January 2004 06:22 To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Subject: [Slowhand] US Tour starting in March? Rumor has it that Eric will be doing a US Tour starting in March with Doyle Bramhall II opening. ;) Robert EBMAS Austin, Texas Emin Boztepe Martial Arts System Wing Tzun kung fu -Street-Defense http://www.awtk.us NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Fri Jan 9 18:57:22 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Fri Jan 9 18:57:31 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] VCD Offer: John Mayall: BBC 4 TV Documentary: The Godfather of British Blues Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6BE7@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Thanks to Siro Garrido Padr? from Spain, I would like to offer copies of this disc to 4 people on the digest - 3 who are able to burn and distribute further and 1 who is not able to do so. The disc contains a setup file, which you may be required to install before you can view the video - but this takes literally a few seconds to do. A 5th copy of the disc has been sent to Nero Moodley in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. There is plenty of time allocated to Eric: A snippet from the Bluesbreakers in their heyday, an insert of Eric prancing around a girl with a flute from the Blind Faith era, other musicians in awe of Eric and even a taste of the John Mayall 70th Birthday Concert, plus pre-concert rehearsals with Eric giving out instructions to the band, probably for his featured pieces. Also of interest is John Mayall's bohemian lifestyle. Finally, some profound words from Eric in the documentary: Opening comment: "When I joined John's band, he chose me for the way I played - he didn't tell me what to play." Closing comment: "John showed me, by example, how to be a successful bandleader. You hire a musician for what he's going to bring, not what you tell him his going to play. I learned that as being the ideal way of being a band leader." This is followed by the opening comment again. Kevin NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040110/422c8547/attachment-0001.htm From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Fri Jan 9 19:14:38 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Fri Jan 9 19:14:44 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Italian dates missing? Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6BE8@sunwex01.arivia.kom> No. The other day I was thinking about why Eric did a 9-day tour of Italy back in 1985. Then it struck me - it would have been the time he was wooing Lori del Santo, the mother of their son, Conor. Anyway, if you were around at that time, it was surely a feast of shows. Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Gaetano Villari [mailto:gaefvill@tin.it] Sent: 09 January 2004 19:45 To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Subject: [Slowhand] Italian dates missing? Hi all, as I haven't come across any pertaining rumour yet, does anybody out there know whether any show is planned in Italy in the current Eric's tour? Cheers Gaetano/Milano NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From slowhandnj at comcast.net Fri Jan 9 22:40:56 2004 From: slowhandnj at comcast.net (ToeKneeF) Date: Fri Jan 9 22:41:54 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: EC in Italy Message-ID: <3FFF7448.70205@comcast.net> Gaetano, Click on the link below for the details, but Eric's European Tour is currently scheduled to take him to France, Swizerland, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, and England. http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=Artist&Content=Eric+Clapton&go_green.x=16&go_green.y=10 -- "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. " Benjamin Franklin From carlo_van_gucht at hotmail.com Sat Jan 10 12:50:23 2004 From: carlo_van_gucht at hotmail.com (Carlo Van Gucht) Date: Sat Jan 10 12:50:56 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] new studio album Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040110/4230482b/attachment.htm From dablues at austin.rr.com Sat Jan 10 14:42:20 2004 From: dablues at austin.rr.com (Robert) Date: Sat Jan 10 14:36:11 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton\DBII correction In-Reply-To: <20040109235733.2B3078C4A9@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: Don't worry about it dude....you didn't burst anything. I heard the rumor from a reliable source except that it is no longer a rumor. I did make a mistake though. You are right....the US tour will start in the late spring or early summer and Doyle Bramhall II will not be opening......he will be playing in Eric's band. Apparently Eric called Doyle up and asked him if he would like to join him on the tour playing guitar with his band. Since Doyle collaborated on Eric's 2 new CD's it's only natural that Eric ask him out on the road with him. So that is the scoop. The current Clapton dates can be found here. http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=Artist&Content=ERICLA&PSKey=Y EBMAS Austin, Texas Emin Boztepe Martial Arts System Wing Tzun kung fu -Street-Defense http://www.awtk.us > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 12:10:06 -0500 > From: ToeKneeF > Subject: [Slowhand] Re: EC US Tour > > Hate to burst your bubble Robert but since EC has dates in Europe and > the UK through May 11, any US/Canada tour would not likely begin until > June or July. As for DB II opening......I CERTAINLY HOPE NOT! From lisajohnston at yahoo.com Sun Jan 11 03:00:17 2004 From: lisajohnston at yahoo.com (Lisa Johnston) Date: Sun Jan 11 03:00:19 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC the speed demon Message-ID: <20040111080017.17985.qmail@web10703.mail.yahoo.com> Saw that no one else has poted this yet... SLOWHAND CLAPTON IS NABBED AT 110MPH ROCKlegend Eric Clapton risks another driving ban after he was caught speeding at over 100mph, The People can reveal. The guitarist, nicknamed Slowhand, was clocked doing 110mph in a 50mph zone. Clapton, 58, told police he was rushing to buy a present for his two-year-old daughter Julie Rose. The star, who owns a collection of supercars including a 220mph Ferrari Enzio worth £400,000, was nabbed on the A3 at Tolworth, Surrey.He was given a ticking off by police after the incident on Christmas Eve. He faces being banned by a court if police decide to prosecute. A police source said: "The officer suspected he was doing about 110 mph. "He said he was off to buy Christmas presents for his daughter." Clapton, who lives with American wife Melia McEnery, 27, and their two daughters, has had three previous bans for speeding. http://www.people.co.uk/homepage/news/page.cfm?objectid=13803254&method=thepeople_full&siteid=79490 ===== The Community Festival - June 27-28-29, 2003 @ Goodale Park Columbus, OH - Organizers & volunteers are now needed to plan the '03 Fest. information will soon be available at http://www.comfest.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus From vit.pic at iol.it Sun Jan 11 09:42:49 2004 From: vit.pic at iol.it (Vittorio Piccin) Date: Sun Jan 11 09:45:06 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Italian dates missing ? Message-ID: <001c01c3d851$302fdea0$625f1997@oemcomputer> Hey Kevin, don' t forget that back in 1985 all 9 dates in Italy were sold out (more than 60.000 tickets sold !!!): I went to the last one in Padua and outside the venue there was a fight between ticketless fans and police with teargas bombs etc. like in the 70's !!! Since its debut in 1983 Italy has always been one of the best markets for Eric' s shows and I am sure that some dates in our country will be added but, as we are Italians, surely the promoters are doing everything vey very slow: you know, we are famous for our fantasy and capacity of improvisation, not for being very "seroius", "reliable" etc. ................................ All the best from Italy. Vittorio -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040111/03584700/attachment.htm From quadzila at optonline.net Sun Jan 11 12:24:41 2004 From: quadzila at optonline.net (Dan) Date: Sun Jan 11 12:25:52 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC the speed demon Message-ID: <004901c3d867$cc4dd5b0$3ff75643@cv320450a> Anyone know what's included in EC's "collection of supercars"? Dan Quadzila@optonline.net From brooz461 at hotmail.com Sun Jan 11 13:31:01 2004 From: brooz461 at hotmail.com (Brooz Slowhand) Date: Sun Jan 11 13:31:33 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: EC the speed demon Message-ID: What can be expected from someone whose first self-authored release was entitled "Got To Hurry"? Slowhand aka Leadfoot has long had a weakness for cars and "exuberant" driving. "Ginger [Baker] came to see me play with John Mayall. After the gig, he drove me back to London in his Rover. I was impressed with his car and his driving." John McDermott "[Ginger] drove to see Jack in his new Rover car, bought with the proceeds of a song he had written for the Who. About three weeks later, the car was in pieces, a victim of Ginger's exuberant driving..." Harry Shapiro Drive safely, brooz --------------------------------------- >From : Lisa Johnston Subject : [Slowhand] EC the speed demon Saw that no one else has poted this yet... SLOWHAND CLAPTON IS NABBED AT 110MPH ROCKlegend Eric Clapton risks another driving ban after he was caught speeding at over 100mph, The People can reveal. The guitarist, nicknamed Slowhand, was clocked doing 110mph in a 50mph zone. Clapton, 58, told police he was rushing to buy a present for his two-year-old daughter Julie Rose. The star, who owns a collection of supercars including a 220mph Ferrari Enzio worth £400,000, was nabbed on the A3 at Tolworth, Surrey.He was given a ticking off by police after the incident on Christmas Eve. He faces being banned by a court if police decide to prosecute. A police source said: "The officer suspected he was doing about 110 mph. "He said he was off to buy Christmas presents for his daughter." Clapton, who lives with American wife Melia McEnery, 27, and their two daughters, has had three previous bans for speeding. _________________________________________________________________ Find high-speed ‘net deals — comparison-shop your local providers here. https://broadband.msn.com From lisajohnston at yahoo.com Mon Jan 12 00:45:09 2004 From: lisajohnston at yahoo.com (Lisa Johnston) Date: Mon Jan 12 00:45:12 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: EC the speed demon In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20040112054509.59739.qmail@web10709.mail.yahoo.com> lol good point. I guess I was still a bit surprised since he's seemed to settle down so much since getting married, IMO. ~ Lisa --- Brooz Slowhand wrote: > What can be expected from someone whose first self-authored release was > entitled "Got To Hurry"? > > Slowhand aka Leadfoot has long had a weakness for cars and "exuberant" > driving. "Ginger [Baker] came to see me play with John Mayall. After the > gig, he drove me back to London in his Rover. I was impressed with his car > and his driving." John McDermott > > "[Ginger] drove to see Jack in his new Rover car, bought with the proceeds > of a song he had written for the Who. About three weeks later, the car was > in pieces, a victim of Ginger's exuberant driving..." Harry Shapiro > > Drive safely, > brooz > --------------------------------------- ===== The Community Festival - June 27-28-29, 2003 @ Goodale Park Columbus, OH - Organizers & volunteers are now needed to plan the '03 Fest. information will soon be available at http://www.comfest.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Mon Jan 12 04:45:17 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Mon Jan 12 04:45:35 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Offer Closed: VCD: John Mayall: BBC 4 TV Documentary Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6BEC@sunwex01.arivia.kom> A copy of the VCD disc will be sent to: LouAnn Lucero (USA), John Walasko (Canada) and Nergis ?zcan who will distribute further to the digest, plus Gaetano Villari (Italy). Delivery from South Africa by airmail takes +-2 weeks (now that the Christmas season has passed). Spread the blues. Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Wilson Sent: 10 January 2004 01:57 To: Slowhand Digest (E-mail) Subject: VCD Offer: John Mayall: BBC 4 TV Documentary: The Godfather of British Blues Thanks to Siro Garrido Padr? from Spain, I would like to offer copies of this disc to 4 people on the digest - 3 who are able to burn and distribute further and 1 who is not able to do so. The disc contains a setup file, which you may be required to install before you can view the video - but this takes literally a few seconds to do. A 5th copy of the disc has been sent to Nero Moodley in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. There is plenty of time allocated to Eric: A snippet from the Bluesbreakers in their heyday, an insert of Eric prancing around a girl with a flute from the Blind Faith era, other musicians in awe of Eric and even a taste of the John Mayall 70th Birthday Concert, plus pre-concert rehearsals with Eric giving out instructions to the band, probably for his featured pieces. Also of interest is John Mayall's bohemian lifestyle. Finally, some profound words from Eric in the documentary: Opening comment: "When I joined John's band, he chose me for the way I played - he didn't tell me what to play." Closing comment: "John showed me, by example, how to be a successful bandleader. You hire a musician for what he's going to bring, not what you tell him his going to play. I learned that as being the ideal way of being a band leader." This is followed by the opening comment again. Kevin NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040112/280b3e59/attachment.htm From lukelinus at yahoo.com Mon Jan 12 12:07:54 2004 From: lukelinus at yahoo.com (LukeLinus) Date: Mon Jan 12 12:07:56 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Woking Message-ID: <20040112170754.40680.qmail@web21108.mail.yahoo.com> Havent seen any mention of the new years eve show here. Any field reports ? best regards Peter / Germany last show: Peter Gabriel next show: Randy Newman ===== http://www.lukelinus.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus From slutz at ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de Mon Jan 12 12:20:58 2004 From: slutz at ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (Sherab Lutz) Date: Mon Jan 12 12:21:02 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Slowhander from Germany (Gerd?) - Video In-Reply-To: <20040112170003.3CA678C34A@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: Gerd, I hope I remember your name right, I had borrowed you a Video last year which is desparately needed. As I have lost your email in a computer crash, I'd be grateful if the Mailinglist Admin woul doot mind my contacting you this way. Cheers Lutz From mark at inna.net Mon Jan 12 12:46:18 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Mon Jan 12 12:45:39 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC the speed demon References: <004901c3d867$cc4dd5b0$3ff75643@cv320450a> Message-ID: <008a01c3d933$fcb3d7f0$0100a8c0@littleboy> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan" To: Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 12:24 PM Subject: [Slowhand] EC the speed demon > > Anyone know what's included in EC's "collection of supercars"? No but you'd think that if you can afford $400k for an Enzo you'd pony up $100 for a radar detector! Mark From mickeyjaggero at yahoo.de Mon Jan 12 16:38:51 2004 From: mickeyjaggero at yahoo.de (=?iso-8859-1?q?Manfred=20Kunz?=) Date: Mon Jan 12 16:39:23 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Looking for ...... Message-ID: <20040112213851.81260.qmail@web25206.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> I am looking for the original Mid Valley 2CD release with the title INTO THE FIRE (Tokyo 1993). If someone can help please contact me privately. Thanks Manfred __________________________________________________________________ Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - http://mail.yahoo.de Logos und Klingelt?ne f?rs Handy bei http://sms.yahoo.de From jnacca0408 at rogers.com Mon Jan 12 17:37:27 2004 From: jnacca0408 at rogers.com (JOHN NACCARATO) Date: Mon Jan 12 17:37:55 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC's new albums Message-ID: <000801c3d95c$a86006f0$82149c18@D10RM611> Clear DayHello everyone, I heard on the radio this morning of the release of two new Clapton albums this year. The album being released in March (tentatively the 30th here in Canada) will indeed be the hotly anticipated Robert Johnson tribute album. While the second album will not be released until closer to Christmas. I'm really looking forward to both releases. John From liabar at tin.it Tue Jan 13 13:39:48 2004 From: liabar at tin.it (Lia Bartolomei) Date: Tue Jan 13 04:37:21 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 13 References: <20040112170003.3CA678C34A@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <004b01c3da04$9fd708a0$f170fea9@computer> Hope tobe among the lucky ones Lia Bartolomei Via diTiglio 803 55062 Colle di Compito italia thanks anyhow ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 9:00 AM Subject: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 13 > Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to > slowhand@planet-torque.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > slowhand-request@planet-torque.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > slowhand-owner@planet-torque.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. EC the speed demon (Dan) > 2. RE: EC the speed demon (Brooz Slowhand) > 3. RE: EC the speed demon (Lisa Johnston) > 4. Offer Closed: VCD: John Mayall: BBC 4 TV Documentary > (Kevin Wilson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 12:24:41 -0500 > From: Dan > Subject: [Slowhand] EC the speed demon > To: slowhand@planet-torque.com > Message-ID: <004901c3d867$cc4dd5b0$3ff75643@cv320450a> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > Anyone know what's included in EC's "collection of supercars"? > > Dan > Quadzila@optonline.net > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 12:31:01 -0600 > From: "Brooz Slowhand" > Subject: [Slowhand] RE: EC the speed demon > To: slowhand@planet-torque.com > Cc: lisajohnston@yahoo.com > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > > What can be expected from someone whose first self-authored release was > entitled "Got To Hurry"? > > Slowhand aka Leadfoot has long had a weakness for cars and "exuberant" > driving. "Ginger [Baker] came to see me play with John Mayall. After the > gig, he drove me back to London in his Rover. I was impressed with his car > and his driving." John McDermott > > "[Ginger] drove to see Jack in his new Rover car, bought with the proceeds > of a song he had written for the Who. About three weeks later, the car was > in pieces, a victim of Ginger's exuberant driving..." Harry Shapiro > > Drive safely, > brooz > --------------------------------------- > > > >From : Lisa Johnston > > Subject : [Slowhand] EC the speed demon > > Saw that no one else has poted this yet... > > SLOWHAND CLAPTON IS NABBED AT 110MPH > > ROCKlegend Eric Clapton risks another driving ban after he was caught > speeding > at over 100mph, > The People can reveal. > > The guitarist, nicknamed Slowhand, was clocked doing 110mph in a 50mph zone. > Clapton, 58, told > police he was rushing to buy a present for his two-year-old daughter Julie > Rose. > The star, who > owns a collection of supercars including a 220mph Ferrari Enzio worth > ?400,000, > was nabbed on > the A3 at Tolworth, Surrey.He was given a ticking off by police after the > incident on > Christmas Eve. > > He faces being banned by a court if police decide to prosecute. A police > source > said: > > "The officer suspected he was doing about 110 mph. "He said he was off to > buy > Christmas > presents for his daughter." > > Clapton, who lives with American wife Melia McEnery, 27, and their two > daughters, has had > three previous bans for speeding. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Find high-speed 'net deals - comparison-shop your local providers here. > https://broadband.msn.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 21:45:09 -0800 (PST) > From: Lisa Johnston > Subject: [Slowhand] RE: EC the speed demon > To: Brooz Slowhand , slowhand@planet-torque.com > Cc: lisajohnston@yahoo.com > Message-ID: <20040112054509.59739.qmail@web10709.mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > lol good point. I guess I was still a bit surprised since he's seemed to settle down so much > since getting married, IMO. ~ Lisa > > --- Brooz Slowhand wrote: > > What can be expected from someone whose first self-authored release was > > entitled "Got To Hurry"? > > > > Slowhand aka Leadfoot has long had a weakness for cars and "exuberant" > > driving. "Ginger [Baker] came to see me play with John Mayall. After the > > gig, he drove me back to London in his Rover. I was impressed with his car > > and his driving." John McDermott > > > > "[Ginger] drove to see Jack in his new Rover car, bought with the proceeds > > of a song he had written for the Who. About three weeks later, the car was > > in pieces, a victim of Ginger's exuberant driving..." Harry Shapiro > > > > Drive safely, > > brooz > > --------------------------------------- > > > ===== > The Community Festival - June 27-28-29, 2003 @ Goodale Park Columbus, OH - Organizers & volunteers are now needed to plan the '03 Fest. information will soon be available at http://www.comfest.com > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes > http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:45:17 +0200 > From: "Kevin Wilson" > Subject: [Slowhand] Offer Closed: VCD: John Mayall: BBC 4 TV > Documentary > To: "Slowhand Digest (E-mail)" > Message-ID: > <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6BEC@sunwex01.arivia.kom> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > A copy of the VCD disc will be sent to: LouAnn Lucero (USA), John Walasko (Canada) and Nergis ?zcan who will distribute further to the digest, plus Gaetano Villari (Italy). > > Delivery from South Africa by airmail takes +-2 weeks (now that the Christmas season has passed). > > Spread the blues. > > Kevin > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Wilson > Sent: 10 January 2004 01:57 > To: Slowhand Digest (E-mail) > Subject: VCD Offer: John Mayall: BBC 4 TV Documentary: The Godfather of British Blues > > Thanks to Siro Garrido Padr? from Spain, I would like to offer copies of this disc to 4 people on the digest - 3 who are able to burn and distribute further and 1 who is not able to do so. > > The disc contains a setup file, which you may be required to install before you can view the video - but this takes literally a few seconds to do. > > A 5th copy of the disc has been sent to Nero Moodley in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. > > There is plenty of time allocated to Eric: A snippet from the Bluesbreakers in their heyday, an insert of Eric prancing around a girl with a flute from the Blind Faith era, other musicians in awe of Eric and even a taste of the John Mayall 70th Birthday Concert, plus pre-concert rehearsals with Eric giving out instructions to the band, probably for his featured pieces. Also of interest is John Mayall's bohemian lifestyle. > > Finally, some profound words from Eric in the documentary: > Opening comment: "When I joined John's band, he chose me for the way I played - he didn't tell me what to play." > Closing comment: "John showed me, by example, how to be a successful bandleader. You hire a musician for what he's going to bring, not what you tell him his going to play. I learned that as being the ideal way of being a band leader." This is followed by the opening comment again. > > Kevin > > > NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040112/280b3e59/att achment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Slowhand mailing list > Slowhand@planet-torque.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand > > > End of Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 13 > *************************************** From Kay.B.Chandler at jci.com Tue Jan 13 12:17:38 2004 From: Kay.B.Chandler at jci.com (Kay.B.Chandler@jci.com) Date: Tue Jan 13 12:19:06 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] heard on the radio Message-ID: i heard today that eric will be doing a crossroads fundraiser concert in texas june 3-5, calling in favors from all his guitar buddies. kc From desosa at fiat.com Tue Jan 13 13:26:10 2004 From: desosa at fiat.com (FERNANDEZ de SOSA Juan Manuel) Date: Tue Jan 13 13:25:23 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 14 Message-ID: <6754CD43E415D411B32E00508B6D28D20295EF32@ex1madntd01.its.it> Thanks to Brooze I can offer the 2 CDs Gods Meeting to the first three SD's that writes me privately. Happy 2004 to everybody in the Digest. Juanma From korourke2 at wi.rr.com Tue Jan 13 16:30:47 2004 From: korourke2 at wi.rr.com (Kevin O'Rourke (Office)) Date: Tue Jan 13 16:30:54 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Digest Replies Message-ID: <001a01c3da1c$82859d80$1c46350a@ISID02137KevinORourke> Sorry in advance for venting my frustration on the list. Having a bad day here and this a pet peeve of mine. Could people please stopping copying the WHOLE digest when they resubmit a message to the list. This has been happening quite a bit lately. Do not just hit reply and start typing. Please just copy only the portions relavant to your message. It really makes it difficult when you have to read through a large section copied text looking for the pertinant portions of a message. Come on I already read the previous digest I do not need to read the whole thing again..... Thank You, Kevin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: <1ee.1749f0ea.2d35d61e@aol.com> From JL2552 at aol.com Tue Jan 13 18:17:14 2004 From: JL2552 at aol.com (JL2552@aol.com) Date: Tue Jan 13 18:17:48 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: daughter ill? Message-ID: I'm gonna try this again. I hope all is well with Eric's baby girl. Does anybody know anything about his older daughter Ruth? I'm guessing she's about 17-18 by now. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040113/cc1b8263/attachment.htm From gaefvill at tin.it Wed Jan 14 03:57:08 2004 From: gaefvill at tin.it (Gaetano Villari) Date: Wed Jan 14 04:00:42 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Higher Ground lacking Eric Message-ID: <40050464.000009.01624@abcd-8103bc416a> Funnily enough, I couldn't find any evidence of Eric in the same song after trying out different versions through the same kind of circuit. Gaetano (quote:) _______________________________________________ Message: 5 Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 20:03:58 +0000 (GMT) From: Me Subject: [Slowhand] EC To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Message-ID: <20040109200358.60985.qmail@web13125.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I recently found (on a certain P2P network) Eric's cover of Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground" from that tribute album that came out last year. All I have to say is "WoW" that's some deeply funky stuff. No drum machines or much evidence of Simon Climie's hand in the recording process. I hope we hear some more of this stuff on the new record. Bye, Gaz From gaefvill at tin.it Wed Jan 14 04:07:07 2004 From: gaefvill at tin.it (Gaetano Villari) Date: Wed Jan 14 04:10:42 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Inoltra: Higher Ground lacking Eric Message-ID: <400506BB.00000B.01624@abcd-8103bc416a> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 494 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040114/1bbb6b82/attachment.gif From desosa at fiat.com Wed Jan 14 12:57:21 2004 From: desosa at fiat.com (FERNANDEZ de SOSA Juan Manuel) Date: Wed Jan 14 12:56:32 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 15 Message-ID: <6754CD43E415D411B32E00508B6D28D20297A077@ex1madntd01.its.it> Nothing in the world sounds like a Ferrari. If I'd have one the only thing I will hear driving it will be its sound (no music in a Ferrari, the music is the Ferrari itself). And please, don't criticize Eric for driving fast. I'm sure he's an expert and that he can control all the horsepower of his beautiful sport cars. The generic speed limit with nowadays cars is absurd, and I'm sure is only a way to obtain money and to be in line with the cynic general public opinion. At least I think so, sorry. Juanma I alway's preferred the way Clapton drove when he was in CREAM. He drove alot faster than he does now and he'd alway's swerve a little in the middle of a curve on the road.............Plus the big block V8 in his '67 Vette had a 'deeper' exhaust tone than the Ferrari's he prefer's now..IMHO G.W. From desosa at fiat.com Wed Jan 14 13:13:46 2004 From: desosa at fiat.com (FERNANDEZ de SOSA Juan Manuel) Date: Wed Jan 14 13:12:55 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 15 Message-ID: <6754CD43E415D411B32E00508B6D28D20297A0B5@ex1madntd01.its.it> The offer is closed. Rick Wilcox, John Whitney, Jennifer Herbert and Peter Meier will receive the discs. Juanma ------------------------------- Thanks to Brooze I can offer the 2 CDs Gods Meeting to the first three SD's that writes me privately. Happy 2004 to everybody in the Digest. Juanma ------------------------------ From crosscutsaw at hotmail.com Wed Jan 14 14:38:17 2004 From: crosscutsaw at hotmail.com (Crosscut Saw) Date: Wed Jan 14 14:38:49 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Crossroad live with B. Dylan Message-ID: I found on Kazaa a very well made video of EC and BD doing 'Crossroad' live, with Eric's band. By the look, it was probably made in the last 2 years. Anybody know from wich concert, and if there is more video to find from it ? Music is average (in EC standards) but complicity between performers lovely. Martin Montreal _________________________________________________________________ MSN Search, le moteur de recherche qui pense comme vous ! http://fr.ca.search.msn.com/ From Tildemarie at aol.com Wed Jan 14 16:39:43 2004 From: Tildemarie at aol.com (Tildemarie@aol.com) Date: Wed Jan 14 16:40:18 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 15 Message-ID: <67.203fdf16.2d37111f@aol.com> In a message dated 1/14/2004 11:00:33 AM Central Standard Time, slowhand-request@planet-torque.com writes: > i heard today that eric will be doing a crossroads fundraiser concert in > texas june 3-5, calling in favors from all his guitar buddies. > > kc > I would be willing to donate some proceeds to Crossroads from my book, Fantastic Stranger. Do you think he would take me up on this? mimi http://Tildemarie.homestead.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040114/164dc654/attachment.htm From nickieray at yahoo.com Wed Jan 14 16:49:46 2004 From: nickieray at yahoo.com (Nick Morris) Date: Wed Jan 14 16:49:49 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Simon Climie Message-ID: <20040114214946.5339.qmail@web12401.mail.yahoo.com> I thought this was an interesting article. Simon Climie – Producing with the world’s greatest session musicians By Liz Cox It’s a tough job but someone has to do it. When musicians of the calibre of Eric Clapton, Steve Gadd, Billy Preston, Nathan East, Doyle Bramhall II and Andy Fairweatherlow get together, you know you’re in for a real treat! This is the line-up for Eric Clapton’s latest album, as yet unnamed, which is currently being recorded on a Pro Tools|HD system. Co-produced and co-written by Eric Clapton and Simon Climie, the new album is proving to be a lot of fun to work on. Simon has worked with Eric on several of his albums. “Eric really likes to experiment with songs and try them out in different ways.” Simon continues, “When recording, there’s also the reliability aspect to consider. If you’ve got the likes of Steve Gadd or Eric Clapton on the studio floor, it’s just not acceptable for something to go wrong or to not ever record something. We’re already up to a terrabyte of material for this album,” Simon comments, “as we’re working on two albums at once, with blues tracks and a lot of original material. I’m keeping everything I record - as much I’m amazed at the quality 96k recordings, I’m more amazed at the quality of the Pro Tools|HD system because, even running at 44.1, 24-bit, we just think it sounds phenomenal.” Simon recently produced Michael MacDonald’s latest album, ‘Motown’, which was released in the UK in May this year. “This was the first album I recorded using Pro Tools|HD,” says Simon. “Michael’s vocals are amazing! The album sounds incredible in 5.1 too and it’s selling like hot cakes in America - it’s through ‘gold’ already. All the reviews say that his vocals sound amazing – thanks to HD! We also worked with new arrangements of some great Motown material. The record company wanted Michael to duet with the original artists, so within the hour, we had time-stretched Marvin Gaye’s original vocal into the new Michael MacDonald version and sent off an MP3 file for approval via DigiDelivery. They were amazed.” Simon believes that the Pro Tools|HD system enhances creativity. “It gives me much more of an active involvement and affects the recording process in a big way,” he comments. “We do a lot of editing of the structure of the song as we go, such as making a double length intro or lengthening the guitar section, and I can even arrange the master track while I’m recording something else. I can go through the session and mute things without it stopping or crashing – I wouldn’t feel comfortable doing this in Logic, by the way! Traditionally, with a recording session, the band would go away while something was tried out but, with Pro Tools, you can do this on the fly. If we had to go back to the old way of working now and do an SSL-style recall, everyone would be so impatient and angry and you’d lose the moment completely. Pro Tools, a great engineer and the vibe of a big studio with a good live room, is the perfect combination and can only enhance the performance of the musicians. There’s no multitrack tape to worry about – I can just get on and manage the production. It’s pretty limitless.” Simon continues, “You can almost be at mix status before you finish recording. The songwriting process is very organic in the sessions too, with great songs often composed in the studio. Eric is very choosy with his overdubs and will always resolve things down to the perfect melody. Many people will just show off when recording but Eric will work on a song until it becomes memorable and magic. With Pro Tools, you have the best of both worlds – you can capture the performances and then, if necessary, you can drop in and change things easily. I can’t think of a situation where the new Pro Tools|HD system hasn’t improved or enhanced what we’re doing. It’s allowed me to try things that I haven’t done before and, to be honest, I don’t think I’d be where I am now without it.” __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Wed Jan 14 17:13:17 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Wed Jan 14 17:13:30 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Claptons driving- then and now Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6BEF@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Gee whiz DeltaGreg! Perhaps someone with your knowledge knows what happened to the Tool - the car without a second gear that E put together in the bad old days, made from a '57 Chevy Super-Duper-Deluxe and other unknown parts? I heard that he pumped the gas full throttle and that his mechanic at the time, Gust Dungeon, didn't like it much. Is it true that it drove Peter Blue crazy? Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Greg W [mailto:gwornex@yahoo.com] I alway's preferred the way Clapton drove when he was in CREAM. He drove alot faster than he does now and he'd alway's swerve a little in the middle of a curve on the road.............Plus the big block V8 in his '67 Vette had a 'deeper' exhaust tone than the Ferrari's he prefer's now..IMHO G.W. NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From Ken_Norris at umit.maine.edu Thu Jan 15 09:35:56 2004 From: Ken_Norris at umit.maine.edu (Ken Norris) Date: Thu Jan 15 09:36:02 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Japanese Tour Recordings Message-ID: Hi, If anyone has any of the Japanese tour shows to trade, please contact me. Best, Ken From Artaarias at aol.com Thu Jan 15 12:09:16 2004 From: Artaarias at aol.com (Artaarias@aol.com) Date: Thu Jan 15 12:09:53 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Eric Clapton Covers Robert Johnson Message-ID: <095D7CB4.768F3A8E.022CCD68@aol.com> Eric Clapton will have two new albums in 2004. The second, towards the end of the year, will be a studio album of all new songs. The first album due late March will be an album of Robert Johnson covers. Clapton is no stranger to Johnson songs. His Cream classic 'Crossroads' was first recorded by Johnson in the 30s. Johnson was an inspiration to many of the greatest rock acts today including Clapton who has also recorded his 'Rambling On My Mind' and 'Kind Hearted Woman'. The Rolling Stones covered Johnson's 'Love In Vain'. They were still performing it on their Forty Licks tour. Led Zeppelin covered 'Travelin' Riverside Blues', Blues Brothers recorded 'Sweet Home Chicago' and Fleetwood Mac at one stage recorded 'Dust My Broom'. Johnson is a blues legend but his life was short. He was murdered in Mississippi in 1938 at the age of 27. Clapton's album is being mastered this week for release on March 30. http://www.undercover.com.au/news/2004/20040112_ericclapton.html From gaefvill at tin.it Thu Jan 15 12:48:18 2004 From: gaefvill at tin.it (Gaetano Villari) Date: Thu Jan 15 12:51:20 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] that new digital recording system Climie's using with Eric Message-ID: <4006D262.000009.01488@ABCD-8103BC416A> All, I found Liz Cox's article mentioned by Nick VERY interesting. That's where it can be found: http://www.digidesign.com/news/details.cfm?story_id=561. Some (current?) studio photos of Climie there, not Eric's unfortunately (even though in the first one Simon recalls Eric's look in the FTC-session days, see "I'm Tore Down " video). Cheers Gaetano (quote) ________________ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 13:49:46 -0800 (PST) From: Nick Morris Subject: [Slowhand] Simon Climie To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Message-ID: <20040114214946.5339.qmail@web12401.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I thought this was an interesting article. Simon Climie ? Producing with the world?s greatest session musicians By Liz Cox ___________ From TOMUCITYMO at aol.com Thu Jan 15 13:11:25 2004 From: TOMUCITYMO at aol.com (TOMUCITYMO@aol.com) Date: Thu Jan 15 13:11:33 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Johnnie Johnson at Benefit Concert in St. Louis this Saturday Message-ID: <8d.1472776.2d3831cd@aol.com> I've been on this mailing list since 1996. I have something I hope will be of interest. Slowhanders in the midwest US may wish to come to the Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington, St. Louis Mo on Saturday Jan 17 at 8 pm. Among those appearing is Johnnie Johnson, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and "Father of Rock and Roll". Johnnie has collaborated with EC many times in the past, including in the Hail Hail Rock and Roll and 24 Nights videos, as well as on one of Johnnie's CDs. They've also appeared on stage together several times. I am promoting this concert as a benefit for the CS Landre Foundation, a 501 c 3 not for profit organization that helps parents fund special education and behavior modification programs for struggling teenagers. I was fortunate to meet Johnnie Johnson at the 24 Nights shows in 1991, and his wife Frances has helped tremendously in putting the show together. Johnnie and Frances are truly giving individuals who are positive forces in our community. Johnnie and all the other musicians have donated their talents for this event, being held at one of the most acoustically-perfect venues in the world. I decided to go for broke and invited EC to the concert last fall. He did consider it but I was told his schedule was booked due to participation in several other charity events, studio sessions for his new albums, and his upcoming tour of Europe AND THE US in 2004! The CS Landre Foundation has helped many families make positive changes with respect to issues like truancy, addictions, depression, and abuse. I hope to see Slowhanders at the show. Mr. Landre founded this organization in the memory of his son Christopher, who died of a drug overdose. His purpose is to avoid this outcome for other troubled youth. If anyone wants to send a tax deductible contribution of any size made out to the CS Landre Foundation, please email me. Thanks for giving Tom Lachajczyk From apuraja8 at hotmail.com Thu Jan 15 13:49:56 2004 From: apuraja8 at hotmail.com (Apurva Parikh) Date: Thu Jan 15 13:50:29 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Interesting climie article- THANKS Message-ID: Thanks to the Sd'er who provided the Climie article. I guess there's two ways to look at the new material, no.1 it will be blues heavy (R. Johsnon cover album?) and also it seems like they don't have a shortage of material, which means a lot of possible bsides I guess. Definitely, seems like a US tour to follow.. I am excited about this all.. and to the person asking aboutt he Dylan/Clapton Crossroads collabr, it's prolly from the Crossroads Center benefit concert from 1999? , in MSG, NYC. -AAP _________________________________________________________________ Check out the new MSN 9 Dial-up — fast & reliable Internet access with prime features! http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=dialup/home&ST=1 From fred.frome at koeln.de Thu Jan 15 14:57:15 2004 From: fred.frome at koeln.de (Fred Frome Lptp) Date: Thu Jan 15 15:02:31 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Crossroads EC/BD Message-ID: <002301c3dba2$37cfdc60$1530a8c0@FOFROMELaptop> 1. This should probably be EC?s Concert for the benefit of the Antigua Crosroads Centre, it?s a DVD of a live concert in Madison Square Garden with a fine duett of Little wing with Sheryl Crow (and David Sanborn soloing, too) EC in black with Blackie as is Bo with a white shirt and black tie. 2. I would like to offer Legends, pls. mail privately! Let?s have a good year with EC! Rumour has it that a new EC sampler is due on Monday in Germany, if only so - what a shame! Fred -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040115/16c46f5b/attachment.htm From ted.harris at sympatico.ca Thu Jan 15 16:56:42 2004 From: ted.harris at sympatico.ca (Ted Harris) Date: Thu Jan 15 16:58:30 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Crossroad live with B. Dylan In-Reply-To: <20040115170004.1CEF78C13E@six.pairlist.net> References: <20040115170004.1CEF78C13E@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <40070C9A.1010308@sympatico.ca> I believe it is called EC and Friends Live in Central Park Ted >Message: 3 >Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 14:38:17 -0500 >From: "Crosscut Saw" >Subject: [Slowhand] Crossroad live with B. Dylan >To: slowhand@planet-torque.com >Message-ID: >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed > > >I found on Kazaa a very well made video of EC and BD doing 'Crossroad' live, >with Eric's band. By the look, it was probably made in the last 2 years. >Anybody know from wich concert, and if there is more video to find from it ? >Music is average (in EC standards) but complicity between performers lovely. >Martin >Montreal > > From gwornex at yahoo.com Thu Jan 15 18:54:28 2004 From: gwornex at yahoo.com (Greg W) Date: Thu Jan 15 18:54:30 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Claptons driving- then and now Message-ID: <20040115235428.6146.qmail@web12506.mail.yahoo.com> Kevin, According to legend, the '57 was stolen in the fall of '66 while EC was doing a gig at Klooks Kleek. EC bought another '57 from one Andrew Summers and drove it until fall of '68. He grew tired of driving a car with all that horsepower, though and traded down to a '67 Morris Minor which he drove thru most of the '70's................ DG> __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus From slowhandnj at comcast.net Thu Jan 15 19:24:12 2004 From: slowhandnj at comcast.net (ToeKneeF) Date: Thu Jan 15 19:25:14 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Crossroad live with B. Dylan Message-ID: <40072F2C.4090103@comcast.net> Martin, You are probably referring to their performance together at the Crossroads Benefit, generally available on DVD..........T -- "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. " Benjamin Franklin From Guitr2000 at aol.com Thu Jan 15 19:38:41 2004 From: Guitr2000 at aol.com (Guitr2000@aol.com) Date: Thu Jan 15 19:39:16 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 16 Message-ID: <99.41f9b87e.2d388c91@aol.com> << From: Nick Morris Subject: [Slowhand] Simon Climie To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Message-ID: <20040114214946.5339.qmail@web12401.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I thought this was an interesting article. Simon Climie ? Producing with the world?s greatest session musicians By Liz Cox It?s a tough job but someone has to do it. When musicians of the calibre of Eric Clapton, Steve Gadd, Billy Preston, Nathan East, Doyle Bramhall II and Andy Fairweatherlow get together, you know you?re in for a real treat! This is the line-up for Eric Clapton?s latest album, as yet unnamed, which is currently being recorded on a Pro Tools|HD system. Co-produced and co-written by Eric Clapton and Simon Climie, the new album is proving to be a lot of fun to work on. I can?t think of a situation where the new Pro Tools|HD system hasn?t improved or enhanced what we?re doing. It?s allowed me to try things that I haven?t done before and, to be honest, I don?t think I?d be where I am now without it.? >> EGAD! Jeff From jfw at insightbb.com Thu Jan 15 22:00:50 2004 From: jfw at insightbb.com (John Whitney) Date: Thu Jan 15 22:01:26 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Legends Offer Message-ID: <000001c3dbdc$f28e0e70$97fcdd0c@VAIO> Thanks to Brooz's generosity, and Peter Gordon's gift, I now have three copies of Legends "Gods Meeting," consisting of two CDRs--about 112 minutes. Sound quality is very good. If you are willing to pass on copies to others SDers, reply to me and put LEGENDS in the subject line. John Whitney jfw@insightbb.com From gary.holderness at bbc.co.uk Fri Jan 16 05:00:48 2004 From: gary.holderness at bbc.co.uk (Gary Holderness) Date: Fri Jan 16 05:00:58 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Japanese 2003 recordings Message-ID: <2E7D3F325C53D64289C66C4E6CDE6847917C5C@bbcxue206.national.core.bbc.co.uk> Hi Ya folks, I have an absolutely superb 2CD recording of the opening night in Japan ( Green Arena, Hiroshima 15th Nov 2003 ) that I'd like to trade for other shows on the Japanese leg of this tour. Drop me a line off list please Gary BBCi at http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040116/1efadf4c/attachment-0001.htm From EddyPauley at aol.com Fri Jan 16 06:01:13 2004 From: EddyPauley at aol.com (EddyPauley@aol.com) Date: Fri Jan 16 06:01:17 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] More on Japan 2003... Message-ID: Trevor Kempin asked for some more Japan 03 comments a few Digests ago so here goes...... For the guitar playing enthusiasts, I was surprised by the amount of finger picking on almost every song. More than I have ever seen during EC's career. Most solos were started finger picking with EC shifting to pick later in the solo. Some solos were all finger picking. Especially nice on the opening of "Reconsider Baby." Also for the first time in a long while we got more of the classic Strat tone. Also I thought Chris Stainton being in the band added something - if nothing else addition by subtraction. His piano/organ style is blues/rock based and plays a complimentary role to the overall band sound as opposed to some of the more recent piano/organ players that have been in the band. As for future tour dates, nothing against Billy Preston but if he joins the band for the rest of the shows as rumored that IMO just means less guitar and more organ/piano (would mean 2 keyboard players in the band).? I attend E.C. shows for the blues/rock guitar and we got plenty of that with the Japan shows. ? I have pretty lofty expectations and the 4 Japan shows I attended exceeded my expectations, especially the 12/2 and 12/3 shows. And on a final point the hospitality extended by Japanese friends was simply outstanding - thanks to all! Cheers, Eddy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040116/b4801332/attachment.htm From pa at bioconsult.dk Fri Jan 16 06:16:17 2004 From: pa at bioconsult.dk (Per Andersen) Date: Fri Jan 16 06:16:50 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 17 Message-ID: Thanks to a fellow slowhanders generosity, I now also have three copies of Legends "Gods Meeting," consisting of two CDRs--about 112 minutes. The sound quality is very good. If you will pass on copies to others SDers, reply to me directly and put LEGENDS in the subject line. Per Andersen pa@bioconsult.dk From b.vantnoordende at chello.nl Fri Jan 16 07:02:13 2004 From: b.vantnoordende at chello.nl (Ben van 't Noordeinde) Date: Fri Jan 16 07:02:58 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC Japanese 2003 recordings Message-ID: <00ab01c3dc28$96066570$663da33e@dhr5h8heezt76z> Hello Gary, Is it an audience or soundboard / FM recording? greetings, Ben van 't Noordende b.vantnoordende@chello.nl -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040116/e77c72af/attachment.htm From Kay.B.Chandler at jci.com Fri Jan 16 10:38:50 2004 From: Kay.B.Chandler at jci.com (Kay.B.Chandler@jci.com) Date: Fri Jan 16 10:40:15 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Submittal: Johnnie Johnson Message-ID: I agree with you wholeheartedly re. Johnnie Johnson. Several years ago, hubby and I travelled to Chicago to spend a weekend with his cousin and her husband. When they asked what we'd like to "do" I said I'd like to have an evening at Buddy Guy's ... I did a little research and was thrilled to learn that the live entertainment that night was to include Mr. Johnson. We got there early, sat in the 2nd row of tables, pigged out on buckets of seafood and just breathed in the atmosphere. Johnnie was the headliner of the evening and that guy is just too cool. Imagine the kids who can point to that septuagenarian and say, "that's my granddad!" (This evening was shortly after I had seen the film of Chuck Berry's birthday concert and another documentary on the blues that made it pretty plain that Johnnie was a large part of Berry's success, and he got little recognition for his contributions! ) At the break, I got gutsy and made my way over toward the restrooms with my coffeetable book of black & white blues great photos, and timidly asked Johnnie for his autograph. He signed his full page photo and said, "where'd you get this book?" He hadn't seen it before, but he was a real gentleman and I truly enjoyed meeting him. (While I was there, I also got Buddy's autograph, but he was not "at his best", if you get my meaning.) Another high point of that evening was a visit to the "EC SHRINE" on one wall of the dining area. A large oil painting of Eric, signed album covers, backstage passes, etc... had been contributed to the decor. This was a great evening; one I'd like to repeat again sometime. Kay B Chandler, WI Area Admin Supervisor 414-524-7515 (voice),414-524-7575 (fax),414-403-5527 (cell);529 N Jackson St. M-75, Milw WI 53202 From ijwthstd at yahoo.com Fri Jan 16 11:24:27 2004 From: ijwthstd at yahoo.com (ijwthstd) Date: Fri Jan 16 11:24:59 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Looking for 2003 shows In-Reply-To: <20040116100059.ED1E28C2F1@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <20040116162427.36551.qmail@web41106.mail.yahoo.com> Hi everyone, I am looking for one or two excellent recordings from the Japanese tour, mainly to give to my dad who is a bigger fan than I am. I have a dozen or so pretty common Clapton shows or I have approx 2500 discs and I taped around 50 shows of various genres last year Email for CD list! Thanks __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus From deltanick at comcast.net Fri Jan 16 11:27:52 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Fri Jan 16 11:26:56 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: Claptons driving- then and now Message-ID: <000901c3dc4d$b0b12de0$29263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> >> According to legend, the '57 was stolen in the fall of '66 while EC was doing a gig at Klooks Kleek. EC bought another '57 from one Andrew Summers and drove it until fall of '68. He grew tired of driving a car with all that horsepower, though and traded down to a '67 Morris Minor which he drove thru most of the '70's ... << Actually, it wasn't a '57, but a '60, and it was stolen in July 1966. And he bought a '59, not a '57, from Andy Summers. He drove it until early '67. And also, the Morris Minor that he used throughout the '70s and halfway through the '80s wasn't a '67, but a mongrel made up of various pieces from the '50s: a fender from here, a key from there, a rod from another. DeltaNick From apuraja8 at hotmail.com Fri Jan 16 12:06:33 2004 From: apuraja8 at hotmail.com (Apurva Parikh) Date: Fri Jan 16 12:07:05 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] great news end of march??? Message-ID: WOW, the last digests have really got me salivating.. End of march for the RJ tribute album, YES! I was hoping that was the we'd get earlier.. Good idea, having the new material later in the year.. hmm. the tour setlists would be very bluesy if EC is going to be touring after the tribute album is released.. I am thinking an announcement should/would come sometime end of this month/early feb in order to give some lead time for marketing/pr, etc.. ----Original Message Follows---- From: slowhand-request@planet-torque.com Reply-To: slowhand@planet-torque.com To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Subject: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 17 Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 05:00:59 -0500 (EST) Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to slowhand@planet-torque.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to slowhand-request@planet-torque.com You can reach the person managing the list at slowhand-owner@planet-torque.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Eric Clapton Covers Robert Johnson (Artaarias@aol.com) 2. that new digital recording system Climie's using with Eric (Gaetano Villari) 3. Johnnie Johnson at Benefit Concert in St. Louis this Saturday (TOMUCITYMO@aol.com) 4. Interesting climie article- THANKS (Apurva Parikh) 5. Crossroads EC/BD (Fred Frome Lptp) 6. Crossroad live with B. Dylan (Ted Harris) 7. RE: Claptons driving- then and now (Greg W) 8. Re: Re: [Slowhand] Crossroad live with B. Dylan (ToeKneeF) 9. Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 16 (Guitr2000@aol.com) 10. Legends Offer (John Whitney) 11. Japanese 2003 recordings (Gary Holderness) << message5.txt >> << message7.txt >> << message9.txt >> << message11.txt >> << message13.txt >> << message17.txt >> << message19.txt >> << message21.txt >> << message24.txt >> << message26.txt >> << message28.txt >> _______________________________________________ Slowhand mailing list Slowhand@planet-torque.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE online virus check for your PC here, from McAfee. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Fri Jan 16 12:08:55 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Fri Jan 16 12:09:04 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Claptons driving- then and now Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701BF9D15@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Aah! That would be "Lackie". Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Greg W [mailto:gwornex@yahoo.com] Sent: 16 January 2004 01:54 To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Subject: RE: [Slowhand] Claptons driving- then and now Kevin, According to legend, the '57 was stolen in the fall of '66 while EC was doing a gig at Klooks Kleek. EC bought another '57 from one Andrew Summers and drove it until fall of '68. He grew tired of driving a car with all that horsepower, though and traded down to a '67 Morris Minor which he drove thru most of the '70's................ DG> __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From darmel at sbcglobal.net Fri Jan 16 13:24:53 2004 From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (darmel@sbcglobal.net) Date: Fri Jan 16 13:23:50 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] News of Short Motion Picture Message-ID: <010401c3dc5e$09b306b0$64fdd10a@MELBOSS> Does anyone know what became of a short motion picture featuring EC and his band from the Reptile tour? I don't recall the details - a (woman) journalist toured with the band for a time (the US leg I think) and recorded backstage material and journaled the experience. I read (in the SHD) that the resulting film was released and played at some select theaters in 2002. At the time I was traveling on business frequently and missed some digests. I think that the interviews and songs that were on the WB site a couple of years ago were material from this venture. What I saw was really good and very interesting. Whatever became of this film? Is any of this footage available? Mel Boss darmel@sbcglobal.net From reelvideoprod at msn.com Fri Jan 16 13:34:49 2004 From: reelvideoprod at msn.com (Mark Johnson) Date: Fri Jan 16 13:35:27 2004 Subject: [Slowhand]RE: Clapton's Driving - then and now Message-ID: ""Actually, it wasn't a '57, but a '60, and it was stolen in July 1966. And he bought a '59, not a '57, from Andy Summers. He drove it until early '67. And also, the Morris Minor that he used throughout the '70s and halfway through the '80s wasn't a '67, but a mongrel made up of various pieces from the '50s: a fender from here, a key from there, a rod from another. DeltaNick"" Yea, but when did he add "cruise control" to his shows? ..... reelsigs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040116/14be70e5/attachment.htm From darmel at sbcglobal.net Fri Jan 16 13:45:56 2004 From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (darmel@sbcglobal.net) Date: Fri Jan 16 13:44:52 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Finger-Picken Good! Message-ID: <010501c3dc60$fa4b8410$64fdd10a@MELBOSS> Eddy, I really enjoyed your posting. Your comments about EC's acoustic guitar style are good examples of a point I attempt to make a few weeks ago regarding the man's evolving style. I don't recall seeing him finger pick (no pick) an acoustic prior to recent years. The MTV session - I am not certain if he used a pick at that time or not. I haven't watched that show for some time and don't recall. I don't think so because Eric admitted that he hadn't play an acoustic much in years prior to the death of Connor - the acoustic was his "therapy" he says during this time of grief. Also, I noticed on the Concert for George that Eric is using his pinky occasionally to work the frets - something I have not seen him do before. The man just keeps getting better and better (in style and technique). BTW, I think that Chris Stainton is my favorite keyboardist (with Chuck L. a close second) in Clapton bands. For the guitar playing enthusiasts, I was surprised by the amount of finger picking on almost every song. More than I have ever seen during EC's career. Most solos were started finger picking with EC shifting to pick later in the solo. Some solos were all finger picking. Especially nice on the opening of "Reconsider Baby." Also for the first time in a long while we got more of the classic Strat tone. Also I thought Chris Stainton being in the band added something - if nothing else addition by subtraction. His piano/organ style is blues/rock based and plays a complimentary role to the overall band sound as opposed to some of the more recent piano/organ players that have been in the band. Eddy Cheers all! Mel Boss darmel@sbcglobal.net From deltanick at comcast.net Fri Jan 16 14:51:57 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Fri Jan 16 14:51:07 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: Finger-Picken Good! Message-ID: <001901c3dc6a$33a98e60$29263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> >> Yea, but when did he add "cruise control" to his shows? << It was before the setlist generator, back in the '70s. DeltaNick From Ian at corusuk.fsnet.co.uk Fri Jan 16 14:54:37 2004 From: Ian at corusuk.fsnet.co.uk (Ian MacLennan) Date: Fri Jan 16 14:54:45 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] (no subject) Message-ID: <003101c3dc6a$93fe3360$e26c4f51@a23158.findquick.com> Hi Guys, Just wanna let you know about a website I am in the process of designing http://www.claptonisgod.co.uk/ I would welcome some feedback, and possible suggestions for content all the best Ian -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040116/6711f7af/attachment.htm From alynn at centurytel.net Fri Jan 16 16:00:04 2004 From: alynn at centurytel.net (ALL) Date: Fri Jan 16 15:59:11 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC and Bob Dylan Doing CROSSROADS Live Message-ID: <02d701c3dc73$b8039c60$566b1d45@annalynn> I have the same recording and I think it is a live show at Madison Square Garden.....but I may be wrong. It is great. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040116/48331f8b/attachment.htm From petergordon at lineone.net Sat Jan 17 04:34:22 2004 From: petergordon at lineone.net (Peter Gordon) Date: Sat Jan 17 04:41:01 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Legends Meeting Message-ID: <003e01c3dcdd$ee819a20$6601a8c0@stratexnet.com> On behalf of Lynn, who is experiencing problems sending emails to the digest. Anyone wishing a copy of this excellent collection should email their snail mail address direct to Lynn privately. First 4 recipients in Lynn's mailbox will receive a copy. thanks a lot. Lynn Lynnsteinhauer@aol.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040117/d1608784/attachment-0001.htm From roante04 at yahoo.co.uk Sat Jan 17 04:50:21 2004 From: roante04 at yahoo.co.uk (=?iso-8859-1?q?a=20linden?=) Date: Sat Jan 17 04:50:53 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Japan 2003 Message-ID: <20040117095021.92802.qmail@web25008.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Hi all, Thanks to Eddy Pauley for his report from Japan 2003 tour. I've listened to some very nice quality recordings from the tour and some changes are obvious from the giant world tour of 2001. The band sounds more compact and less heavy, overall funkier and bluesier. In some ways the sound recalls the Derek & Dominos sound in it's lightness and swing. The songs are faster and EC's solos are shorter, but crispier and edgy. Eric uses the Stratocaster through a Leslie quite often. The vocals are superb and EC's in great guitar form for instance on Kind Hearted Woman from Hiroshima November 15th 2003. I hope this performance previews the quality of the new Robert Johnson-album Cheers Ande ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html From roante04 at yahoo.co.uk Sat Jan 17 04:52:18 2004 From: roante04 at yahoo.co.uk (=?iso-8859-1?q?a=20linden?=) Date: Sat Jan 17 04:52:50 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC's cars and driving Message-ID: <20040117095218.93212.qmail@web25008.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Hi all, I think, that sometime in 1969 Clapton got fed up with the pressure of driving super cars and racing the same circuits at high speed. After taking a ride in the Band's down to earth tour bus, he started driving a Morris Minor. He didn't want to take part in the races anymore as he found out, that this new small, low-speed, less-polluting car gave him opportunity to meet more people, see more beautiful landscapes and visit more delicate roads. Maybe he found out, that it isn't the car or it's speed, but the beauty of the journey that matters. Cheers Ande ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html From deltanick at comcast.net Sat Jan 17 11:33:57 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Sat Jan 17 11:33:00 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: EC's Cars and Driving Message-ID: <004901c3dd17$b4c065c0$29263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> >> low-speed, less-polluting << Yes, definitely much more politically-correct, even though the lawnmower-class engine breaks down all the time and needs oil added every 5 kilometers. Instead of simply, put-putting along, why doesn't he just get rid of electricity altogether, and go totally, 100% acoustic. This way, he can be "one" with Mother Nature! DeltaNick From pigpen at esper.com Sat Jan 17 13:44:36 2004 From: pigpen at esper.com (Pat Toth) Date: Sat Jan 17 13:44:37 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] looking for a buddy Message-ID: <006501c3dd29$f8400a50$3e146fd8@patrickw5945nz> John If you read this give me a write. I've lost your address Pat -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040117/370a5e07/attachment.htm From Cobhome at aol.com Sat Jan 17 15:51:28 2004 From: Cobhome at aol.com (Cobhome@aol.com) Date: Sat Jan 17 15:52:08 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Film Message-ID: I do not recall the name of this film - but it was made by a artsy European woman director who typically does documentaries etc - she is I believe from Eastern Europe but well known in France - the film showed at the Tribeca Film Fest last year - she filmed EC and his band in rehearsal for the Reptile tour - friends who saw the film at Tribeca tell me it opens with an extreme close up of EC driving his car ( slower than recently I suspect LOL) to rehearsals - and that the film was described in the Tribeca Festival programme as a "love letter" to EC. Sorry I cannot remember her name ! Cecelia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040117/5b6f0eec/attachment.htm From deltanick at comcast.net Sat Jan 17 16:39:36 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Sat Jan 17 16:38:33 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Film Message-ID: <001f01c3dd42$673ae980$29263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> >> I do not recall the name of this film - but it was made by a artsy European woman director who typically does documentaries etc - she is I believe from Eastern Europe but well known in France - the film showed at the Tribeca Film Fest last year - she filmed EC and his band in rehearsal for the Reptile tour - friends who saw the film at Tribeca tell me it opens with an extreme close up of EC driving his car ( slower than recently I suspect LOL) to rehearsals - and that the film was described in the Tribeca Festival programme as a "love letter" to EC. Sorry I cannot remember her name! << Here's the info from last year. DeltaNick New Clapton Documentary Due Film offers rare glimpse at guitarist’s work process The documentary Eric Clapton and Friends will debut at the New York’s Tribeca Film Festival in May. Director Jana Bokova shot the footage for the eighty-minute film at Bray Studios in London over a three-day span as Clapton and his band rehearsed for their 2001 world tour, which the guitarist later said would be his last. In making the film, the Czechoslovakian-born Bokova was most struck by Clapton’s industrious work ethic. “He rehearses as if it was a concert,” she says. “It was absolutely mind-blowing. The musicians are really top top.” Clapton approached Bokova to do the project after he saw a documentary she made about flamenco music. “He said literally, ‘I trust you completely,’” she says. “I had total artistic control, and he’s a very private person.” Interspersed with takes of “Layla,” “Reptile,” “Five Long Years” and other songs are interviews with Clapton and his band -- Andy Fairweather-Low, drummer Steve Gadd, percussionist Paulinho Da Costa, keyboardist David Sancious, bassist Nathan East and backing vocalists, from the Impressions, Sam Gooden, Fred Cash and Willie Kitchens, Jr. “I play for the band, and we play for each other,” Clapton says in the film. “With the audience, I don’t try to read their minds. I think if we please ourselves and we’re happy, then that is contagious. Whereas if we try to patronize the audience, that would be insulting, and they would sense that” (Colin Devenish, April 3, 2003, http://www.rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?nid=17838&cf=684). ----- Tribeca Film Festival http://www.tribecafilmfestival.com/2003/filmguide/eventnote.php?EventNumber=0526 ERIC CLAPTON AND FRIENDS [ERICC] Director: Jana Bokova U.K. 2002 80 min Color North American Premiere A veteran chronicler of Latin American music, Bokova enlisted cinematographer Javier Aguirresarobe (The Others) to document three days of rehearsals leading up to Clapton’s 2001 world tour. What they capture is loose and improvisational--a glimpse behind the scenes at how one of the best in the business gets ready for the spotlight. The reverence shown for the guitar god by his own band is undeniable in this love letter to a living rock and roll legend. From roante04 at yahoo.co.uk Sat Jan 17 17:03:15 2004 From: roante04 at yahoo.co.uk (=?iso-8859-1?q?a=20linden?=) Date: Sat Jan 17 17:03:47 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Re: EC's Cars and Driving In-Reply-To: <20040117170003.2B99B8C30B@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <20040117220315.51735.qmail@web25007.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Yeps, It's pretty rare for a star racing car driver to discover, that there's also other ways to get from one place to another. Fortunaly the most talented of these guys usually learn to ride bicycles and they find out, that there's in fact no hurry, the beauty in it's infinity is quite near. Love Ande >>> low-speed, less-polluting << > Yes, definitely much more politically-correct, even > though the > lawnmower-class engine breaks down all the time and > needs oil added every 5 > kilometers. > > Instead of simply, put-putting along, why doesn't he > just get rid of > electricity altogether, and go totally, 100% > acoustic. This way, he can be > "one" with Mother Nature! > > DeltaNick > > ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html From Artaarias at aol.com Sat Jan 17 23:21:25 2004 From: Artaarias at aol.com (Artaarias@aol.com) Date: Sat Jan 17 23:22:03 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Eric Clapton Covers Robert Johnson Message-ID: <1e9.17720661.2d3b63c5@aol.com> Eric next CD releases on March 16 with the title "Me & Mr. Johnson". -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040117/3a7346b4/attachment.htm From brooz461 at hotmail.com Sun Jan 18 12:22:06 2004 From: brooz461 at hotmail.com (Brooz Slowhand) Date: Sun Jan 18 12:22:38 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Harrison DVD with EC footage Message-ID: from: http://www.undercover.com.au/news/2004/20040116_georgeharrison.html George Harrison Dark Horse Years To Be Re-Released The digital remasters of George Harrison's back catalogue from 1976 to 1992 is about to be re-released. Titled 'The Dark Horse Years', the reissues take their name from the Harrison owned label Dark Horse. Harrison recorded six albums through Dark Horse. 'Thirty Three & 1/3,' 'George Harrison,' 'Somewhere in England,' 'Gone Troppo,' 'Cloud Nine' and 'Live in Japan'. The catalogue includes the hits 'All Those Years Ago', 'Got My Mind Set On You', 'This Song', 'Crackerbox Palace' and 'When We Was Fab'. Harrison instigated the reissues about 12 months before his death. At the time he said "It's trying to put all the past that's been accumulated into something new and make it sound like now. Originally they were done for vinyl ... make a much better digital version of them ... so I think to get them all back in the shops nice and crisp and clean and fresh will be good." The new versions of the albums will include previously unreleased bonus tracks and new artwork. There will also be a 6CD box set containing the collection. The box will include a bonus DVD featuring 75 minutes of footage. It is in four sections and highlights are archive footage of George talking about his solo career, seven promo videos with George discussing each track, four live songs from George's 1991 Japanese tour with Eric Clapton (all footage previously unreleased), and excerpts from 'Shanghai Surprise' featuring George in performance. The albums will be released February 24, 2004. Complete Tracklisting for the reissues is: DVD Tracklisting: Dark Horse Feature This Song Crackerbox Palace Faster Got My Mind Set On You (Version 1) Got My Mind Set On You (Version 2) When We Was Fab This Is Love Selections from Live In Japan: Taxman Cloud 9 Devil's Radio Cheer Down Selection's from the movie Shanghai Surprise: Shanghai Surprise Someplace Else Hottest Gong In Town by Paul Cashmere _________________________________________________________________ Scope out the new MSN Plus Internet Software — optimizes dial-up to the max! http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=byoa/plus&ST=1 From gaefvill at tin.it Sun Jan 18 12:29:53 2004 From: gaefvill at tin.it (Gaetano Villari) Date: Sun Jan 18 12:33:45 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] looking for Juanma's alternative address Message-ID: <400AC291.000010.01708@ABCD-8103BC416A> Message for Juan Manuel Fernandez De Sosa: Hi Juanma, I tried to get to you on the trade matter, but my email to your usual address bounced back to my mailbox. If you happen to read this, please drop me a line off list with a valid address. Cheers (sorry for using the bandwidth for a private reason) Gaetano Villari From mark at inna.net Sun Jan 18 12:42:43 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Sun Jan 18 12:41:57 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Eric Clapton Covers Robert Johnson References: <1e9.17720661.2d3b63c5@aol.com> Message-ID: <083f01c3ddea$7b3a4d10$0100a8c0@littleboy> >Eric next CD releases on March 16 with the > title "Me & Mr. Johnson". Art, Oh No! With that title, the psycho-clapton-stalker-chicks will be coming out of the woodwork for sure! Good grief, batten down the hatches, it's going to be a bumpy ride - the plaster casters will be wanting to interview EC about "Mr. Johnson" all the time. On a less frivolous note, one can only hope that the Setlist Generator is completely reprogrammed for the upcoming shows, with as much new material as possible! Perhaps EC will play the previously unknown 30th RJ song, "Lead Foot Blues". Cheers, Mark From deltanick at comcast.net Sun Jan 18 15:00:22 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Sun Jan 18 14:59:34 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Me & M ... Message-ID: <000901c3ddfd$b506ec20$29263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> >> Eric['s] next CD releases on March 16 with the title "Me & Mr. Johnson." << Reminds me of that old song, "Me & Mrs. Jones," we've got a thing going on ... DeltaNick From pigpen at esper.com Sun Jan 18 15:05:36 2004 From: pigpen at esper.com (Pat Toth) Date: Sun Jan 18 15:06:52 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] free burn Message-ID: <003a01c3ddfe$9b531190$5f146fd8@patrickw5945nz> SD'ers I have recently recieved a copy of the Buddy Guy/EC concert of 7-24-01. Those of you that have this show and it's not called "Stone Crazy" well....you need it First 5 folks to contact me I will do for nuthin....(in the U.S only) Contact me privately AND J. Roe.....contact me Pat From scottw at frazmtn.com Sun Jan 18 23:07:32 2004 From: scottw at frazmtn.com (Scott Wallenberg) Date: Sun Jan 18 23:07:38 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC Reptile movie Message-ID: <019d01c3de41$c45ee620$f807c841@youro0kwkw9jwc> http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.objectif-cinema.com/interviews/172a.php&prev=/search%3Fq%3DJana%2BBokova%2B%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8 Scott Wallenberg From sbrashers at adelphia.net Sun Jan 18 23:16:26 2004 From: sbrashers at adelphia.net (Steven Brashers) Date: Sun Jan 18 23:18:56 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Legends offer Message-ID: <001c01c3de43$01dbe830$6701a8c0@21797domain.local> Thanks to Peter Gordon of Nuneaton, England, I'm offering CD-R copies to the first three people who email me. The only cost is to make a similar offer for free copies on the Digest once you receive your copy. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040118/a921daf9/attachment.htm From deltanick at comcast.net Sun Jan 18 23:33:50 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Sun Jan 18 23:32:47 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Jack O The Green: Small World Big Band Friends 3 Message-ID: <000a01c3de45$6fd14040$29263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> Folks, I cannot emphasize how GOOD this album is! It's got something for everyone. EC appears on two tracks, and plays some nice guitar. But the songs -- most of 'em, at least -- are great ... not just good, but great. The album begins with an excellent Buddy Guy tune, "She Suits Me To A Tee." Don't let the beginning fool you. It's a barnburner. This is Buddy at his best. And the Solomon Burke & Eric Clapton tracks are great, with a helping hand from Mr. Slowhand on guitar. Burke's vocals are particularly good, and the songs are sublime. The remainder of the tracks are mostly equally as good. I'd describe most of them them as early, pre-Motown R&B, just good, passionate songs. I don't go much for big bands, but if I were to recommend one, it'd be Jools Holland & His Rhythm And Blues Orchestra. You will sing along with this album. I found myself dancing to it ... and I don't dance! I hear rumors that this album will be released on a Warner label here in the US this year. But you can order it today from Amazon UK, at http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000VD5PQ/ref=ase_joolsholland/026-5113824-9117215. Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, "Jack O The Green: Small World Big Band Friends 3" (Radar, Warner Music UK Ltd., distributed in the UK by The Entertainment Network [RADAR001CD; 25646 12682], 17 November 2003, UK) 1. She Suits Me To A Tee - Buddy Guy 2. Misfit - Terri Walker 3. You Really Got A Hold On Me - Smokey Robinson 4. I Think It's Going To Rain Today - David Gray 5. Message To My Son - Solomon Burke & Eric Clapton 6. Just To Be Home With You - Shane McGowan 7. Play It Sam - Steve Earle 8. Kiss Of Love - Nick Cave & Sam Brown 9. I Told The Truth - Paul Rodgers 10. Please Can I Talk - Sugababes 11. Boys - Ringo Starr 12. When I Get Home - Ruby Turner 13. Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think) - Prince Buster 14. Sweet If You Like - Eliza Carthy 15. Cry Myself To Sleep - Michael McDonald Featuring Candy Dulfer 16. Shutting The Doors - Kirsty MacColl 17. Washing Of The Water - Peter Gabriel 18. Jack O The Green - Suggs 19. Ooh La La - Ronnie Wood 20. Mabel - Solomon Burke & Eric Clapton 21. I'll Be Seeing You - Jimmy Scott DeltaNick From apuraja8 at hotmail.com Sun Jan 18 23:55:52 2004 From: apuraja8 at hotmail.com (Apurva Parikh) Date: Sun Jan 18 23:56:23 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] album titles?? Message-ID: Someone in last digest mentioned a March 16 release, before we've heard march 30.. what is the source of the march 16 date, also the title will< I am sure, commence many a post about Clapton and his Johnson.. _________________________________________________________________ Find high-speed ‘net deals — comparison-shop your local providers here. https://broadband.msn.com From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Mon Jan 19 11:42:03 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Mon Jan 19 11:42:12 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Who were Mary J Blige's Backup Singers at Crossroads Benefit? Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6BF1@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Who were the 2 women whom Mary J. Blige brought along for her segment of the show as backing singers at Eric's Benefit Concert for the Crossroads Centre at Antigua on 30 June 1999? Note that I'm not referring to Tessa Nile and Katie Kissoon were on backing vocals for most of the concert. 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Perhaps, if we in the digest got involved, inquired (particularly those in Europe), asked questions - we could get the latest news and/or demonstrate that there is interest and a market. Those of you who are in "the business" might have privileged sources of information/contacts. Mel Boss darmel@sbcglobal.net From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Tue Jan 20 16:45:40 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Tue Jan 20 16:45:51 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] 'The Last Fling' : Guildford Civic Hall, 4 January 2004 Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701BF9D2F@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Here's a link to the Beyond the Pale review of the show, which featured Eric from a point onwards: http://www.procolharum.com/004/040104_gb+friends1.htm Kevin NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040120/49def153/attachment.htm From lskett at yahoo.com Tue Jan 20 22:02:54 2004 From: lskett at yahoo.com (Lisa) Date: Tue Jan 20 22:02:57 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC and Friends - film Message-ID: <20040121030254.91764.qmail@web11508.mail.yahoo.com> I had the pleasure of viewing this film at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City last year. It was a wonderfully personal documentary of Eric Clapton and his band during the tour. The Impressions were on tour with him at that time as well. The film maker truly caught the warm relationships between Eric Clapton , the Impressions and his band members - Andy Fairweather Low, Chris Stainton, Nathan East, Steve Ferrone, etc. I do hope this is released for consumers. It would make a great addition to any EC fan collection. Lisa From sbrashers at adelphia.net Wed Jan 21 01:26:44 2004 From: sbrashers at adelphia.net (Steven Brashers) Date: Wed Jan 21 01:28:59 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Legends offer closed **nm Message-ID: <001a01c3dfe7$8a9d2620$6701a8c0@21797domain.local> nm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040121/c8c951d7/attachment.htm From rtcb at comcast.net Wed Jan 21 12:26:31 2004 From: rtcb at comcast.net (Richard Batty) Date: Wed Jan 21 12:27:04 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Me & Mr. Johnson tracks? Message-ID: Haven?t seen anything on this, so I decided to take a look at the booklet that came with ?The Complete Recordings? by Robert Johnson. RJ recorded 29 songs with 41 total versions. To my knowledge, EC has recorded or performed the following: 1. Kindhearted Woman Blues (live- Crossroads 2) 2. Sweet Home Chicago (frequent closer on the FTC tour) 3. Rambling On My Mind (Bluesbreakers album, various 1970s live versions, live at Celebration of American Music) 4. When You Got a Good Friend (Japan 2003 shows) 5. Come on in My Kitchen (live in 1993 / 1994 FTC shows) 6. Terraplane Blues (live in 1993 / 1994 FTC shows) 7. 32-20 Blues (live in 1993 / 1994 FTC shows) 8. Cross Road Blues (live Cream, D&tD and many live shows to present) 9. Walking Blues (1993 RAH shows, Unplugged) 10. I?m A Steady Rollin? Man (461 Ocean Boulevard album and various 1970s live shows) 11. From Four Till Late (Fresh Cream, various FTC shows 1994-5) 12. Malted Milk (live in 1994 / 1995 FTC shows, Unplugged) 13. Milkcow?s Calf Blues (various live 1970s shows) That leaves unperformed or unrecorded: 1. I Believe I?ll Dust My Broom 2. Phonograph Blues 3. They?re Red Hot 4. Dead Shrimp Blues 5. Last Fair Deal Gone Down 6. Preaching Blues (Up Jumped the Devil) 7. If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day 8. Stones in My Passway 9. Hellhound on My Trail 10. Little Queen of Spades 11. Drunken Hearted Man 12. Me and the Devil Blues 13. Stop Breakin? Down Blues 14. Traveling Riverside Blues 15. Honeymoon Blues 16. Love in Vain It will be interesting to see if EC focuses on songs he has not previously recorded or released in live versions or if he rearranges songs he has previously covered. I would guess the only certainty at this point would be ?When You Got a Good Friend? since it was performed in Japan last year. I?m really excited to hear this ?sort of? FTC 2. Richard -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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But Old and New world are also getting closer again: Pat agreed to send me the Buddy Guy/EC concert of 7-24-01 as a CDR. I will redistribute it either in Europe on the common laws or to make a European tree either, depending on the interest. So mail me privately, include your will becoming a branch! Best Fred Germany/Cologne off for four or five days now in Fraserburgh/Aberdeenshire or Banffshire/Scotland -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040121/cfb1c43d/attachment.htm From gwornex at yahoo.com Wed Jan 21 16:53:57 2004 From: gwornex at yahoo.com (Greg W) Date: Wed Jan 21 16:53:59 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC's new release Message-ID: <20040121215357.41306.qmail@web12505.mail.yahoo.com> I heard EC's first choice for the title of his new album was 'I LOVE MY JOHNSON' but record company exec's were a little nervous about that............... G.W. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus From gaefvill at tin.it Wed Jan 21 17:31:54 2004 From: gaefvill at tin.it (Gaetano Villari) Date: Wed Jan 21 17:34:57 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RJ's "IBIDMB" by Eric Message-ID: <400EFDDA.00000B.01204@ABCD-8103BC416A> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 494 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040121/4990e175/attachment.gif From deltanick at comcast.net Wed Jan 21 21:08:32 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Wed Jan 21 21:07:55 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: "Me & Mr. Johnson" Tracks Message-ID: <003501c3e08c$a2f4c7a0$29263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> >> That leaves unperformed or unrecorded: 1. I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom 14. Traveling Riverside Blues << Actually, EC has recorded the above two tracks as well: "Dust My Broom" was played -- and recorded illegitimately -- on 3 August 2002 at the Ferrari Maserati Festival, Brands Hatch Race Track, Kent, England, with his "other" band (Gary Brooker, Dave Bronze, etc.) And back during the '60s, EC could not understand all of Robert Johnson's words on "Cross Roads Blues," so he added words from Johnson's "Traveling Riverside Blues" and came up with what we know today as "Crossroads," as recorded by Cream on "Wheels Of Fire" in 1968. DeltaNick From r_laude at gmx.de Thu Jan 22 06:47:50 2004 From: r_laude at gmx.de (Robert Laude) Date: Thu Jan 22 06:48:23 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Some thoughts on EC in Japan and Slow Blues Message-ID: <22415.1074772070@www38.gmx.net> Hi to you all, after listening to the "Once a dream" recording from the opening night in Japan 2003 I must say that for me Clapton and Steve Gadd are back. I nearly lost all my interest in Clapton's music after the Pilgrim-Tour, cause I didn't like his new approach to his singing, the guitar style was just boring and uninspired and the band on the Reptile-tour never really cooked. Especially Steve Gadd was a major dissappointment on the Reptile-shows I listened too, cause he never really pushed the band and never really hit the drums. The low point of the last years for me is "One more car, one more rider" which is one of the lamest and uninspired (official) live recordings I own.But judging from the above mentioned recording all that changed to my ears. EC has a guitar tone again, his singing doesn' sound so forced and Steve Gadd kicks and grooves again. But after listening to the Kindhearted Woman-version I wondered if EC has lost his phantasy and inspiration on slow blues numbers. I think what I mean here started on the Reptile-Tour. It didn't make a difference if he played "HYELAW", "Five long years" or "Stormy monday" - the music was basically always the same, he just changed the lyrics. And it feels the same with "Kindhearted woman". If you are a lazy person and have a band that isn't that fit in playing the blues, it might be understandable. But from a musician like Clapton and a band like his I expect a liitle bit more than that...? But I have got back my faith in Clapton after hearing that Japanese show and don't worry anymore that the concerts in Germany are going to be a major disappointment. -- +++ GMX - die erste Adresse f?r Mail, Message, More +++ Bis 31.1.: TopMail + Digicam f?r nur 29 EUR http://www.gmx.net/topmail From TOMUCITYMO at aol.com Thu Jan 22 08:26:03 2004 From: TOMUCITYMO at aol.com (TOMUCITYMO@aol.com) Date: Thu Jan 22 08:26:36 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Dust My Broom Message-ID: <27.4fca7980.2d41296b@aol.com> Richard Batty provided a nice list of the Robert Johnson songs EC has and has not recorded and performed. Dust My Broom was in the unperformed list. Recently, EC did this song, at Brand's Hatch in August 2003. Versions of this song are attributed to Robert Johnson and later Elmore James Tom -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I expect studio versions of Kindhearted Woman Blues and When You Need a Good Friend since they were played in Japan in 2003. Will EC focus on the songs he hasn?t recorded? Or will he rearrange ones he has already done? Will the album be all electric or will there be acoustic songs? FTC had both. Riding With the King had the acoustic version of Key to the Highway after the electric version on Layla. I think the 1993-4 version of Terraplane Blues is great. How many songs will be covered? Most of the Johnson originals are not much over 2 minutes long. At 2.5 minutes each, one could fit all 29 songs on one CD. However, I don?t expect this since EC would most likely do longer versions complete with solos. In any case, it will be great to see what EC does to these songs. One has only to listen to Cream?s Crossroads versus Johnson?s original to see the potential. Richard -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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As all traders know, there is a lot of outtake material from the "461" sessions to add to the new release. I'm not sure what Universal is planning for "Disraeli Gears", though. Most of the Cream outtakes were lost in the 1976 Atlantic Records vault fire, and the BBC sessions from that era were legitimately released last year. Maybe they've found some recordings no one knew existed... From n.seidenberg at comcast.net Thu Jan 22 13:14:20 2004 From: n.seidenberg at comcast.net (Noah Seidenberg) Date: Thu Jan 22 13:14:53 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: "Me & Mr. Johnson" Tracks Message-ID: <20040122181451.B1C0F8BF67@six.pairlist.net> Delta Nick, I always wondered why the Cream version was slightly different as far as the lyric. Very interesting, it makes sense, EC probably played Robert Johnson LP's over and over and played along with them until he came up with his own version, but still a cover version. I am excited about the 2 new albums and another US tour but what I wonder is why after each tour and album he says he is retiring. I will never believe this again. Noah -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040122/b35a38a0/attachment.htm From AvalancheScott at earthlink.net Thu Jan 22 14:04:22 2004 From: AvalancheScott at earthlink.net (Scott Peterson) Date: Thu Jan 22 14:04:27 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Some thoughts on EC in Japan and Slow Blues In-Reply-To: <20040122170001.930B78C04A@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: Back on 1/22/04 at 12:00 PM, Robert Laude was known to say: after listening to the "Once a dream" recording from the opening night in Japan 2003 I must say that for me Clapton and Steve Gadd are back. I nearly lost all my interest in Clapton's music after the Pilgrim-Tour, cause I didn't like his new approach to his singing, the guitar style was just boring and uninspired and the band on the Reptile-tour never really cooked. Especially Steve Gadd was a major dissappointment on the Reptile-shows I listened too, cause he never really pushed the band and never really hit the drums. The low point of the last years for me is "One more car, one more rider" which is one of the lamest and uninspired (official) live recordings I own.But judging from the above mentioned recording all that changed to my ears. EC has a guitar tone again, his singing doesn' sound so forced and Steve Gadd kicks and grooves again. It's so interesting that you should say this. I'm in the middle of "One More Car, One More Rider" for the first time, and I was stunned by Steve Gadd's playing. Gadd's one of the greatest drummers in history, and perhaps its most versatile ever, but he's just somnolent on this thing. I've been meaning to write and see if anyone else noticed this, and I'm please that I'm not the only one and that he seems to be back to his old form. So far, however, Clapton's playing has seemed better than I'd be lead to believe--not phenomenal, by his standards at least, but quite nice indeed. Scott Peterson AvalancheScott@earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040122/b132f2ae/attachment.htm From AvalancheScott at earthlink.net Thu Jan 22 14:10:47 2004 From: AvalancheScott at earthlink.net (Scott Peterson) Date: Thu Jan 22 14:10:52 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Recurring songs In-Reply-To: <20040122170001.930B78C04A@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: When watching "One More Car, One More Rider," something I noticed was that he kept "My Father's Eyes" in the setlist; it's fairly rare, it seems, for a song to stay around after that album's tour is over. So, for instance, Clapton played about a half dozen songs from "Behind the Sun" in 1985, but only "Same Old Blues" hung around afterwards for any subsequent tours on a regular basis (please correct me if I'm mistaken; setlists are most definitely not my forte). Likewise, it seemed like about half the "August" album was played during that tour, but few if any tunes stuck around in later years. Same with "Money and Cigarettes," "Another Ticket" and so on and so forth. So what songs, from the past, oh, say, twenty years, have became staples along the lines of "Cocaine"--likely to be played with regularity on subsequent tours? Scott Peterson AvalancheScott@earthlink.net From apuraja8 at hotmail.com Thu Jan 22 19:03:32 2004 From: apuraja8 at hotmail.com (Apurva Parikh) Date: Thu Jan 22 19:04:04 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] reequest: Rolling Stone 1993 Cover article? Message-ID: Does anyone have a link to the article from 1993 Rollingstone, clapton on the cover, where they do in depth look at his career and rate all his albums? I thouhght i had seen it online a while bacjk, but if anyone knows of a website that has the article transcribed, much thanks AAP _________________________________________________________________ Let the new MSN Premium Internet Software make the most of your high-speed experience. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=byoa/prem&ST=1 From deltanick at comcast.net Thu Jan 22 21:51:50 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Thu Jan 22 21:51:15 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Some thoughts on EC in Japan and Slow Blues Message-ID: <006b01c3e15b$d9d20880$29263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> >> I nearly lost all my interest in Clapton's music ... the guitar style was just boring and uninspired and the band on the Reptile-tour never really cooked. Especially Steve Gadd was a major dissappointment on the Reptile-shows I listened too, cause he never really pushed the band and never really hit the drums. The low point of the last years for me is "One more car, one more rider" which is one of the lamest and uninspired (official) live recordings I own. << >> It's so interesting that you should say this. I'm in the middle of "One More Car, One More Rider" for the first time, and I was stunned by Steve Gadd's playing. Gadd's one of the greatest drummers in history, and perhaps its most versatile ever, but he's just somnolent on this thing ... Clapton's playing has seemed ... not phenomenal, by his standards at least << Sound familiar? DeltaNick From ChucklesIV at aol.com Thu Jan 22 22:20:24 2004 From: ChucklesIV at aol.com (ChucklesIV@aol.com) Date: Thu Jan 22 22:20:58 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Dust My Broom Message-ID: <12.3b412227.2d41ecf8@aol.com> Wasn't "Dust My Broom" also done while recording with Duane Allman during the Layla Sessions as seen on the 20th Anniversary Box Set? Bill -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040122/fc87fe6f/attachment.htm From LukPac at lukpac.org Thu Jan 22 22:22:00 2004 From: LukPac at lukpac.org (Luke Pacholski) Date: Thu Jan 22 22:22:38 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] new Universal "Deluxe Editions" Message-ID: John, re: >I'm not sure what Universal is >planning for "Disraeli Gears", though. Most of the Cream outtakes were >lost in the 1976 Atlantic Records vault fire, and the BBC sessions from >that era were legitimately released last year. Maybe they've found some >recordings no one knew existed... I asked Bill Levenson about this a few months ago, and at that time the project was on hold, specifically because the BBC tracks had already been used. While I don't have the e-mail handy, I *thought* I remember him mentioning that some of the demos would now be in stereo. It seems fairly certain the mono mix will be included. I know at one point Bill had wanted to do a DE of Fresh Cream, including the mono and stereo mixes. I've mentioned that it would be neat to see a complete remix of that album, syncing up the two generations of multitracks similar to the Pet Sounds remix. At the very least it would be nice to have I'm So Glad in stereo. Luke -- http://lukpac.org/ From apuraja8 at hotmail.com Thu Jan 22 23:16:16 2004 From: apuraja8 at hotmail.com (Apurva Parikh) Date: Thu Jan 22 23:16:49 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] drumming, RJ, etc Message-ID: Funny, all the comments about Gadd's drumming, I guess i never listened to any of Eric's post Cream work with an ear for the drumming. I've always felt that EC's band post dominoes/cream were basically great session drummers, but not outstanding virtuosos. I know Gadd is a legend in his own right, but it never struck me that any of EC"s band drummers of the past were showy.. As far as what to expect on the Johnson tribute album, I would expect a mix of slide, acoustic, and full band interpreations, since we do know that Bramhall, Preston, et al worked on some of the songs at least. I would think he'd cover some of the more obscure songs, and not do malted milk, crossroads, et al the songs he's done in the past.. I expect a lot more slide and finger picking on this record, it would also make sense that the japan tour featured this style of playing, since that what he had been doing in the studio.. for another good R. johnson tribute check out the peter green splinter group's first record.. _________________________________________________________________ Rethink your business approach for the new year with the helpful tips here. http://special.msn.com/bcentral/prep04.armx From JacoP at charter.net Thu Jan 22 23:26:05 2004 From: JacoP at charter.net (John Sanna) Date: Thu Jan 22 23:31:11 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Disraeli Gears References: <20040123025117.0DD3E8C318@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <002f01c3e169$04423790$5eedfea9@VAIO> >>I'm not sure what Universal is planning for "Disraeli Gears", though. Most of the Cream outtakes were lost in the 1976 Atlantic Records vault fire Mark ran into the burning building and saved them. http://www.geetarz.org/reviews/clapton/lost-disraeli-gears-demos.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040122/e5681b7a/attachment.htm From jerome.vuibert at fleximage.fr Fri Jan 23 03:04:14 2004 From: jerome.vuibert at fleximage.fr (=?iso-8859-1?Q?J=E9r=F4me_Vuibert?=) Date: Fri Jan 23 03:06:15 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Eric Clapton Featuring Act in Paris Message-ID: <003201c3e187$7dfea1e0$ca40b80a@WKSADSL11> Hi Slowhanders. A reader of my site wrote me yesterday, telling me he saw in concert Robert Randolph & the Family Band on Monday, and that they announced as being the featuring act of Eric Clapton for his venue in Paris. Thanks it is not Doyle Bramhall :-) For more details about this group : www.robertrandolph.net Jerome Vuibert Eric Clapton OnLine www.clapton-online.com From r_laude at gmx.de Fri Jan 23 06:54:50 2004 From: r_laude at gmx.de (Robert Laude) Date: Fri Jan 23 06:55:25 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Steve Gadd Message-ID: <31285.1074858890@www47.gmx.net> >> I nearly lost all my interest in Clapton's music ... the guitar style was just boring and uninspired and the band on the Reptile-tour never really cooked. Especially Steve Gadd was a major dissappointment on the Reptile-shows I listened too, cause he never really pushed the band and never really hit the drums. The low point of the last years for me is "One more car, one more rider" which is one of the lamest and uninspired (official) live recordings I own. << >> It's so interesting that you should say this. I'm in the middle of "One More Car, One More Rider" for the first time, and I was stunned by Steve Gadd's playing. Gadd's one of the greatest drummers in history, and perhaps its most versatile ever, but he's just somnolent on this thing ... Clapton's playing has seemed ... not phenomenal, by his standards at least << Hi, puh, I'm reliefed. I thought I'd be burned with flaming comments on how I dare to criticise a drummer icon like Gadd...:-) Si it's nice to see that there are others out there as well who pay attention to the drummer and feel the same disappointment on Gadds's performances in the last time. To get an idea what and how Steve Gadd can play the drums and how much he can push others I strongly recommend the following jazz record: Michel Petruccuani: Trio in Tokyo (Dreyfus Label I think) It's Michel Petrucciani on piano (he joint EC for the encore of the Paris concert on the Pilgrim-tour), Anthony jackson on bass and Steve Gadd on drums - and the concert is just marvellous. It's a joy to hear how these three top musicians push each other. Just listen to "Cantabile" or the famous intro to "So what" that is played here by Gadd. Really, it's great stuff and you should check it out. Many greetings to you all Robert -- +++ GMX - die erste Adresse f?r Mail, Message, More +++ Bis 31.1.: TopMail + Digicam f?r nur 29 EUR http://www.gmx.net/topmail From daniel at hayesinstrument.com Fri Jan 23 09:02:49 2004 From: daniel at hayesinstrument.com (Daniel Shearon) Date: Fri Jan 23 09:02:55 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] dvd audio Message-ID: <000001c3e1b9$96cccf30$0c02a8c0@Daniel> Can anyone suggest a good (hopefully free) solution to pull audio tracks off a video dvd? Thanks in advance. DS --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.561 / Virus Database: 353 - Release Date: 1/13/2004 From smangano at solartestinglabs.com Fri Jan 23 09:12:00 2004 From: smangano at solartestinglabs.com (Sam Mangano) Date: Fri Jan 23 09:07:48 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] concert staples Message-ID: <12ee01c3e1ba$dec93200$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> it seems to me that his "staples" end up being the deeply personal songs he writes on occasion. so as "wonderful tonite" and "layla" are lock picks for every show, it seems that "MFE", "Bell Bottom Blues", "River of Tears" and "tears in heaven" are being added to that list over the last 5 years since the pilgrim tour. --------------------------------------------- "Beauty is only a lightswitch away." - Unknown From crocketo at tele2adsl.dk Fri Jan 23 12:01:34 2004 From: crocketo at tele2adsl.dk (Kristian Frellsen) Date: Fri Jan 23 12:01:33 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] DC++ hub Message-ID: <002601c3e1d2$8eb9aa20$fdcb8e81@putte> Hi all. I just wanna know whats happened to the Slaowhand DC++ hub? I haven't been able to connect the past couple of days! Anyone know why?? Greets Kristian "Want what you have, don't have what you want" - Eric Clapton -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040123/7317f6eb/attachment.htm From bluez4u2 at yahoo.com Fri Jan 23 12:09:25 2004 From: bluez4u2 at yahoo.com (Robert) Date: Fri Jan 23 12:09:28 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 28 In-Reply-To: <20040123170002.19CE48C98D@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <20040123170925.83157.qmail@web13809.mail.yahoo.com> Bramhall II is playing in Eric's band. If Eric thinks that highly of him, then he must be doing something right. He's been working with Eric on and off for the past 2 or 3 years now. Perhaps it's because Eric needs somebody to help him write songs. I don't think Eric has written anything great since his tribute song to Connor. > To: > > Hi Slowhanders. > > A reader of my site wrote me yesterday, telling me he saw > in concert Robert > Randolph & the Family Band on Monday, and that they > announced as being the > featuring act of Eric Clapton for his venue in Paris. > Thanks it is not Doyle Bramhall :-) > > For more details about this group : > www.robertrandolph.net > > > Jerome Vuibert > Eric Clapton OnLine > www.clapton-online.com > ===== Emin Boztepe Martial Arts System Austin, Texas Integrated survival skills for the 21st century Wing Tzun kung fu - Street-Defense http://www.awtk.us From ijwthstd at yahoo.com Fri Jan 23 12:10:25 2004 From: ijwthstd at yahoo.com (ijwthstd) Date: Fri Jan 23 12:10:56 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: dvd audio In-Reply-To: <20040123170003.3BC4A8C993@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <20040123171025.72912.qmail@web41109.mail.yahoo.com> >Can anyone suggest a good (hopefully free) solution to pull audio tracks >off a video dvd? Thanks in advance. Personally I go out of the optical out on the DVD player to the optical in on a standalone CD burner. No idea how to do it on a computer though ===== __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ From ndeane01 at yahoo.com Fri Jan 23 13:16:49 2004 From: ndeane01 at yahoo.com (Norm Deane) Date: Fri Jan 23 13:16:51 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] dvd audio Message-ID: <20040123181649.32195.qmail@web13125.mail.yahoo.com> I used Total Recorder, http://www.highcriteria.com , to extract the audio from the Hyde Park and EC and Friends Crossroads Benefit concerts. Worked great! --Norm >> Message: 7 >> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:02:49 -0600 >> From: "Daniel Shearon" >> Subject: [Slowhand] dvd audio >> To: >> Message-ID: <000001c3e1b9$96cccf30$0c02a8c0@Daniel> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" >> >> Can anyone suggest a good (hopefully free) solution >> to pull audio tracks off a video dvd? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> DS --- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Fri Jan 23 16:13:59 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Fri Jan 23 16:14:17 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Eric Clapton Featuring Act in Paris Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701BF9D33@sunwex01.arivia.kom> I understood from a post a while back that Doyle would be part of Eric's band. -----Original Message----- From: J?r?me Vuibert [mailto:jerome.vuibert@fleximage.fr] Sent: 23 January 2004 10:04 To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Subject: [Slowhand] Eric Clapton Featuring Act in Paris Hi Slowhanders. A reader of my site wrote me yesterday, telling me he saw in concert Robert Randolph & the Family Band on Monday, and that they announced as being the featuring act of Eric Clapton for his venue in Paris. Thanks it is not Doyle Bramhall :-) For more details about this group : www.robertrandolph.net Jerome Vuibert Eric Clapton OnLine www.clapton-online.com NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From n.seidenberg at comcast.net Sat Jan 24 12:14:09 2004 From: n.seidenberg at comcast.net (Noah Seidenberg) Date: Sat Jan 24 12:14:35 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: dvd audio Message-ID: <20040124171433.E2DE88C403@six.pairlist.net> "Can anyone suggest a good (hopefully free) solution to pull audio tracks >off a video dvd? Thanks in advance" Check out this site, this will give you the answers and software for any VCD, DVD, Audio conversion etc. Noah http://www.dvdrhelp.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040124/8e5fe48a/attachment.htm From kend74 at hotmail.com Sat Jan 24 13:29:04 2004 From: kend74 at hotmail.com (kend huskie) Date: Sat Jan 24 13:29:37 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Cream A Secret History Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040124/a222378c/attachment.htm From jfw at insightbb.com Sat Jan 24 14:14:09 2004 From: jfw at insightbb.com (John Whitney) Date: Sat Jan 24 14:14:49 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] The players Message-ID: <003301c3e2ae$3e715ef0$97fcdd0c@VAIO> Ok, I admit it. Sometimes, I do not read thoroughly my Digest. Now, I have admitted it. So, I now feel guilt-free asking a question that so many others already know. Exactly who is playing in Eric's band on this tour? I understand that Gadd and Bramhall are there on their respective instruments. But, what about Andy F-L and the rest of the "regulars"? Also, does anyone know of any copies of the Japan shows to seed to the Digest? I have seen and heard virtually nothing of significance about the tour. Am I alone? John From slowhandnj at comcast.net Sun Jan 25 00:27:03 2004 From: slowhandnj at comcast.net (ToeKneeF) Date: Sun Jan 25 00:28:09 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: DVD Audio Message-ID: <401353A7.8030907@comcast.net> Daniel, I use DVD Audio Ripper from ImTOO Software. It cost me $29 but is well worth it. I can extract to .wav or .mp3 formats. very intuitive interface....................T -- "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. " Benjamin Franklin From r_laude at gmx.de Sun Jan 25 13:27:02 2004 From: r_laude at gmx.de (Robert Laude) Date: Sun Jan 25 13:27:35 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Japan tape-tree Message-ID: <16930.1075055222@www45.gmx.net> Hi, John Whitney is right. There should be a tape-tree with a show from Japan 2003. I got some very good sounding shows and would gladly share it with you all. Unfortunately I don't have the time to organise a tape-tree. But if someone out there is willing to organize one, I would send her/him a show for free. I think "Once a dream" from the opening night in Hiroshima would be the best choice as it features the most tracks. Soundquality is a Aud6 I would say and the playing is great. So, tell me what you think. All the best to you Robert -- +++ GMX - die erste Adresse f?r Mail, Message, More +++ Bis 31.1.: TopMail + Digicam f?r nur 29 EUR http://www.gmx.net/topmail From s_gene_lee at yahoo.com Sun Jan 25 14:10:33 2004 From: s_gene_lee at yahoo.com (S. Gene Lee) Date: Sun Jan 25 14:10:35 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] live recordings swaps Message-ID: <20040125191033.23221.qmail@web10504.mail.yahoo.com> Would much like to get copies of Albert Hall '90 quartet show 1/24, blues show, and the Dominoes Filmore sets. I have available : Another Page, Caught in Act, Slowhand Blues. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ From mark at inna.net Sun Jan 25 16:21:08 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Sun Jan 25 16:20:14 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] New Clapto-Toys Pt. 1 Message-ID: <031201c3e389$26b8b610$0100a8c0@littleboy> It looks like there will be new Clapto-Toys to amuse guitar players here in the new year. On the guitar front, currently the only Clapton models available from Fender are the production model and Custom Shop "Masterbuilt" models. The "Masterbuilt" models are built by one of five "Master" builders at the Custom Shop and are extrememly expensive. Now, Fender will be adding an option in the middle, for what they term a "Team Built" custom shop model. Here are some relevant posts from the Fender Forum (http://www.fenderforum.com): -------- "According to two Custom Shop dealers, whom I spoke with today, a Team Built Eric Clapton will be available this year in Mercedes Blue, Midnight Blue and Black. The suggested retail price will be $2,931.00. With a 40% discount that should put a new Team Built Clapton at around $1,750.00, which is about half the price of a Master Built". There has been some discussion as to which colors will be offered (The Midnight Blue was used at "Pavarotti and Friends" and appears blue/black, Mercedes Blue is actually a black-green paint and looks blue under certain lighting, and was used on the "Hyde Park" concerts among others) , and here's a description of the difference between "Midnight Blue" and "Mercedes Blue" from the builder of those instruments, Mark Kendrick: "Let us not be confused any longer... Originally, Eric picked the Midnight Blue color from the PPG catalog or catalouge, depending on what side of the large pond you live. After he determined that the Midnight Blue color, or colour, appeared too black under stage lights. He had Lee Dickson send me a color, or colour sample/chip, from Daimler/Benz in Germany. The chip included the description and color/colour code from the OEM. When the guitar was sent to Olympic Studios in England's green and pleasant land, Eric promptly took the guitar outside to make sure it matched the C36 AMG Green/Black Mercedes Benz, that he drove to the studio. It matched. Lee, sent me a photo of the event. Confused?... let the urban legend begin here. Kendrick" ---------- More on part two... Mark From mark at inna.net Sun Jan 25 16:34:56 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Sun Jan 25 16:34:03 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] New Clapto-Toys Pt. 2 Message-ID: <031c01c3e38b$149cde50$0100a8c0@littleboy> Also new from Fender this year, I am certain everyone on the list is familiar with the Tweed Twins EC used beginning with "From the Cradle" and until the end of the U.S. leg of the Reptile Tour in 2001. Four were built, these amps were copies of EC's "holy grail" personal 1956 5E8-A Tweed Twin and were constructed by John Suhr (at that time a Master Builder at Fender) in his garage. These amps had some variation from stock specifications, for instance Suhr has told me that they used late 60s "swiss cheese" Oxford speakers that had been reconed. This from Mike Eldred, manager of the Fender Custom Shop: "Yes. It will be there. All the information we had about Clapton's Tweed Twin was sent to the engineers who designed the new one, and they had some really cool original ones in Scottsdale as well." Even better news, Fender will be using Eminence built speakers in these copies but not the typical Eminence speakers - Ted Weber of WeberVST (a maker of high quality speakers - www.webervst.com) designed the speakers for the reissue and the parts have been sourced from Weber. Definitely a step up from the normal (cheap) eminence and reissue (poor) Jensen speakers used in the majority of current Fender production. No other details at this point, of course I have already begun to pester my local Fender Dealer ;) Cheers, Mark From mark at inna.net Sun Jan 25 16:49:34 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Sun Jan 25 16:48:40 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] New Clapto-Toys Pt. 3 Message-ID: <032c01c3e38d$1fdf07f0$0100a8c0@littleboy> Also from the NAMM show, one rumor I have been completely unable to confirm, but I have heard that it has been proposed that Fender produce the "Slowhand Digest Delta Nick Eric Clapton Signature Model Stratocaster". This guitar will be incorporate Delta Nick's suggested refinements and will include: - mahogany body and neck - figured, carved maple top - 24 3/4" scale rosewood fingerboard with trapezoid inlays - vintage keystone tuners - nickel ABR-1 bridge and lightweight stop tailpiece - two humbucking pickups No one at Fender will confirm this or provide any details, but one of my spies at the NAMM show took this picture of the new model: http://www.geetarz.org/geetarz/deltanick-strat.jpg I have also been told that as a special part of the DeltaNick Stratocaster package, the Fender Setlist Generator software will be changed and will not allow any song to be played that was recorded after 1969. If the player decides to deviate from the programmed setlist, a second battery contained in the back panel will apply a painful but harmless shock to the user through the guitar strings if "Wonderful Tonight" or "Lay Down Sally" is played. Production samples will be sent to Mr. Clapton for his approval, we will see if he likes the changes! I will submit more information about this model as it becomes available.... Cheers, Mark From deltanick at comcast.net Sun Jan 25 17:10:35 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Sun Jan 25 17:10:36 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: New Clapto-Toys Pt. 3 Message-ID: <000e01c3fbec$2df52500$29263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> >> Also from the NAMM show, one rumor I have been completely unable to confirm, but I have heard that it has been proposed that Fender produce the "Slowhand Digest Delta Nick Eric Clapton Signature Model Stratocaster" << This is disinformation. I have NOT endorsed this model. It's a cheap Korean knock-off. Also, the Set List Generator (SLG) doesn't work in anything but a Strat. I know: I invented it! Furthermore, this guitar has an "auto-pilot" mode (you feed punched-hole sheet music into the SLG+ and it plays itself), but sounds suspiciously like a 2001 Staples Center show. BTW, I own the patent on both the SLG and SLG+, and will sue anyone for un-licensed, unauthorized use. And the SLG software is copy-protected (magic markers will not work either). I hear that Dolby is attempting to "reverse engineer" the SLG and SLG+. Their version, however, is based on the Microsoft MIDI kernel, and sounds like $#IT. DeltaNick From mark at inna.net Sun Jan 25 19:56:29 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Sun Jan 25 19:57:04 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Cover Art Requests Message-ID: <042201c3e3a7$5b932780$0100a8c0@littleboy> > Looking for cover scans for the following titles: > Boston 68 - Boston, Mass. - April 5, 1968 > Dazed in Detroit - Detroit, Mi. - October 8, 1968 > Kleinhans Music Hall - Buffalo, New York - October 29, 1970 > Memorial Auditorium - Sacramento, CA - Novemnber 17, 1970 > The Lost Tapes - 1970 - 1971 > War Memorial Stadium - Buffalo, New York - July 6, 1974 > Living On Blues Power Volume 1 - Miami, Florida - June 11, 1975 > Sunshine of '75 - Madison, Wi. - August 7, 1975 > Private Gig - Hemel Hempsted - July 29, 1976 > Layla (Oil Well) -Santa Monica, Ca. - February 11, 1978 > The Pros and Cons of Live Touring - Earl's Court - June 22, 1984 > What's Real? - Wembley Stadium, London - July 7, 1984 > Sting ... Like a Bee - Milan, Italy - December 6, 1985 > Srange Brew Blues - October 9, 1987 > At the Max to the End - Rolling Stones - Los Angeles, Ca. - October 19, 1989 > > Mny new updates / scans / information available at: > > http://www.geetarz.org > > Thanks to all that have contributed! From JacoP at charter.net Sun Jan 25 22:58:09 2004 From: JacoP at charter.net (John Sanna) Date: Sun Jan 25 23:00:06 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] DVD freeze References: <20040125170002.2D5058C2E6@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <002001c3e3c0$9cd274d0$5eedfea9@VAIO> I have recently started burning DVD's and would like to take a still from each to make cover art. Does anyone know how to grab a still from a DVD image? Thanks. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Eric Clapton Budokan Theater, Tokyo, Japan October 25-27, 1993 "Into The Fire" (Mid Valley) Lineage: Original Silvers => CDR => CDR => EAC => FLAC Conversion Track Listing: Disc 1: (1) Malted Milk (3:48) (2) Terraplane Blues (3:54) (3) How Long Blues (3:20) (4) 32-20 (3:32) (5) Kidman Blues (2:37) (6) County Jail Blues (3:20) (7) 44 (5:54) (8) Blues Leave Me Alone (4:16) (9) Tell Me Mama (3:35) (10) White Room (7:15) (11) Badge (5:55) (12) Wonderful Tonight (7:30) (13) Stone Free (5:01) Total time: 60:05 Disc 2: (1) The Circus Left Town (4:55) (2) Tears In Heaven (4:41) (3) Crossroads (6:51) (4) Tearing Us Apart (6:27) (5) Groaning The Blues (7:36) (6) Cocaine (7:00) (7) T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness (7:37) (8) Layla (8:48) Total time: 53:59 Commentary on this disc can be found here: http://www.geetarz.org/reviews/clap...to-the-fire.htm This is a great show -- the setlist covers the whole span of EC's career, and it seems that he always plays a little better in Japan. This is a compilation of three nights at the Budokan, apparently mixed for a radio broadcast that never happened. Note: There are a couple of warts on here: - Very slight diginoise at the beginning of disc 1, track 5 - A couple of small pops on disc 2, track 8 I don't think there is much I could do with diginoise in any case, but I decided that with my limited skill in audio processing software, it is likely that I would do more harm than good. I don't think the problems are likely to be noticeable unless you are listening for them; however, you may wish to delete the pops during "Layla." Total size (compressed): 707 mb Total size (uncompressed): about 1.12 GB -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From Artaarias at aol.com Mon Jan 26 12:13:39 2004 From: Artaarias at aol.com (Artaarias@aol.com) Date: Mon Jan 26 12:15:25 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Toots Taps Clapton, Richards Message-ID: <4DDDB4F1.01606DBE.022CCD68@aol.com> Though over the past four decades reggae legend Toots Hibbert has hardly needed more accompaniment than his equally revered backing ensemble the Maytals, for his new album, Toots has enlisted a multi-genre, multi-generation group of guests. Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Trey Anastasio, the Roots, Ben Harper, Ryan Adams and No Doubt are just a few of the acts to lend a hand on True Love, a fifteen-song set due April 6th on V2. True Love opens with Toots and Willie Nelson's duet on Nelson's own "Still Is Still Moving to Me," but the majority of the album finds the reggae troupe and their guests dusting off old Toots and the Maytals classics like "Pressure Drop" (featuring Eric Clapton), "Time Tough" (Ryan Adams) and "Monkey Man" (No Doubt). Born in the Jamaican countryside, Hibbert relocated to Kingston in the early Sixties and formed his first ensemble, the Vikings. By 1964, he dubbed his ensemble the Maytals, and the group was known for its soulful vocal approach and live wire performances. Hibbert's 1968 song "Do the Reggay" is credited with introducing the term that would define a genre. True Love track list: Still Is Still Moving to Me (with Willie Nelson) True Love Is Hard to Find (Bonnie Raitt) Pressure Drop (Eric Clapton) Time Tough (Ryan Adams) Bam Bam (Shaggy and Rahzel) 54-46 Was My Number (Jeff Beck) Monkey Man (No Doubt) Sweet and Dandy (Trey Anastasio) Funky Kingston (Bootsy Collins and the Roots) Reggae Got Soul (Ken Boothe and Marcia Griffiths) Never Grow Old (Terry Hall and the Skatalites) Take a Trip (Bunny Wailer and Eric Clapton) Love Gonna Walk Out on Me (Ben Harper) Careless Ethiopians (Keith Richards) Blame on Me (Rachel Yamagate) http://www.rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?nid=19231 From Jbroh1 at netscape.net Mon Jan 26 14:35:39 2004 From: Jbroh1 at netscape.net (John Broholm) Date: Mon Jan 26 14:36:12 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 31 Message-ID: <6C0822C5.0F8DA902.0004BB4E@netscape.net> >>>Would much like to get copies of Albert Hall '90 quartet show 1/24, blues show, and the Dominoes Filmore sets. I have available : Another Page, Caught in Act, Slowhand Blues.<<< The Dominoes actually didn't play the Fillmore. They played Berkeley Community Theater. There are audience recordings around, but I don't know how good they are. One night included Neil Schoen (I KNOW I've blown the spelling), the other was the one I attended and enjoyed immensely. John Broholm mailto:jbroh1@netscape.net __________________________________________________________________ New! Unlimited Netscape Internet Service. Only $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Act now to get a personalized email address! Netscape. Just the Net You Need. From llt58 at hotmail.com Mon Jan 26 17:02:49 2004 From: llt58 at hotmail.com (Loraine Taylor) Date: Mon Jan 26 17:03:21 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] VCR alert: B.B. King Message-ID: For those who missed the A&E program "A&E Live by Request Starring B.B. King & Friends", its going to be rebroadcast this Sunday on the A&E program, "Breakfast With The Arts". Here's the info: Loraine ROCKONTV guide to music on television Show: Breakfast With The Arts Episode: 02/01/2004 Network: (A&E) A&E Network Date: Sunday - February 01, 2004 Time: 08:00 am - 10:00 am ET Featured Artists Jeff Beck, B.B. King About: 02/01/2004 B.B. King & Friends. An encore presentation of "A&E Live by Request Starring B.B. King & Friends". The legendary blues master treated legions of fans to a live performance where viewers phoned and e-mailed their song requests. Taped live at John Jay College in New York City, the evening was hosted by Mark McEwen of CBS's "The Early Show", with special guest Jeff Beck. CC [TV G] _________________________________________________________________ Let the new MSN Premium Internet Software make the most of your high-speed experience. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=byoa/prem&ST=1 From scottw at frazmtn.com Mon Jan 26 18:11:08 2004 From: scottw at frazmtn.com (Scott Wallenberg) Date: Mon Jan 26 18:11:21 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] video to DVD transfer Message-ID: <01bb01c3e461$b3022a10$df07c841@youro0kwkw9jwc> I am trying with Dazzle/Pinnacle 8 and am not impressed with the quality of the playback either, seems like VCD quality . However transferring to my stand alone Philips DVD-R 985 is a snap. Scott Wallenberg From mark at inna.net Mon Jan 26 20:57:18 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Mon Jan 26 22:27:46 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] DVD freeze References: <20040125170002.2D5058C2E6@six.pairlist.net> <002001c3e3c0$9cd274d0$5eedfea9@VAIO> Message-ID: <00a801c3e485$a4a27780$0100a8c0@littleboy> ----- Original Message ----- From: John Sanna To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 10:58 PM Subject: [Slowhand] DVD freeze >I have recently started burning DVD's and >would like to take a still from each to make >cover art. Does anyone know how to grab >a still from a DVD image? Thanks. Some software DVD players will do this with ease - I use PowerDVD. Keep in mind that due to the interlaced nature of video, picture quality won't look as good as it does on screen! Cheers, Mark From Ken_Norris at umit.maine.edu Tue Jan 27 10:22:24 2004 From: Ken_Norris at umit.maine.edu (Ken Norris) Date: Tue Jan 27 10:22:30 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Bluesbreaking Message-ID: Would someone be willing to burn me a copy of Bluesbreaking? The administrator of this tree has once again (three times now) failed to deliver. Best, Ken From AvalancheScott at earthlink.net Tue Jan 27 11:50:43 2004 From: AvalancheScott at earthlink.net (Scott Peterson) Date: Tue Jan 27 11:50:57 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC's drummers In-Reply-To: <20040123170001.EA58B8C98C@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: Apurva wrote: Funny, all the comments about Gadd's drumming, I guess i never listened to any of Eric's post Cream work with an ear for the drumming. I've always felt that EC's band post dominoes/cream were basically great session drummers, but not outstanding virtuosos. I know Gadd is a legend in his own right, but it never struck me that any of EC"s band drummers of the past were showy.. Not so much virtuosos, per se, as great drummers who really kicked the band in the ass. The two I'm thinking of in particular are Jamie Oldaker and Phil Collins. Both are versatile and tasteful but are also outspoken (musically, that is--I have no idea what Oldaker's like on a personal level) and provided an inordinate amount of the energy musically. Actually, there are places where I think Collins comes close to overplaying...but doesn't quite, which adds the friction I believe Clapton needs. Steve Ferrone's certainly an outstanding drummer and may very well do the same thing, but I haven't heard enough to say one way or the other. Steve Gadd, I would have thought, would most definitely have filled the role admirably, which is why I was so disappointed in what I've heard of him on the "Reptile" tour, and why I'm pleased that he's apparently regained his form. Incidentally, one of my least favorite drummers ever, Ginger Baker, has said pretty much this same thing about EC needing a drummer who'll push him. And before anyone jumps on me, yes, Ginger's great on a technical level, I just don't care for his style. Best, Scott Peterson AvalancheScott@earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040127/d3b7b424/attachment.htm From kend74 at hotmail.com Tue Jan 27 12:56:28 2004 From: kend74 at hotmail.com (kend huskie) Date: Tue Jan 27 12:57:01 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Cream/Sessions or Secret History Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040127/95d9c19f/attachment.htm From b.vantnoordende at chello.nl Tue Jan 27 13:52:30 2004 From: b.vantnoordende at chello.nl (Ben van 't Noordeinde) Date: Tue Jan 27 13:53:16 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] ISO cover art Cream 1966 - 1968 Sirens Sweetly Singing, BBC sessions (2 cd) Message-ID: <031801c3e506$ba6bfe70$663da33e@dhr5h8heezt76z> The subject says it all. please contact Ben b.vantnoordende@chello.nl -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040127/5c92444b/attachment.htm From crosscutsaw at hotmail.com Wed Jan 28 12:05:32 2004 From: crosscutsaw at hotmail.com (Crosscut Saw) Date: Wed Jan 28 12:06:04 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Yardbirds Era Message-ID: I was wondering if EC is still playing great Yardbirds tune in concert ? Got to Hurry, I aint got you, Train kept a'rollin, ... I would have take any of those rather than still another 'Wonderfull...' on One more Car. Hehe ;-) Martin _________________________________________________________________ MSN Search, le moteur de recherche qui pense comme vous ! http://fr.ca.search.msn.com/ From gwornex at yahoo.com Wed Jan 28 13:47:11 2004 From: gwornex at yahoo.com (Greg W) Date: Wed Jan 28 13:47:15 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Disreali Gears re-release Message-ID: <20040128184711.91130.qmail@web12501.mail.yahoo.com> I imagine this new release of 'Gear's' may include the demo session's that were done in London before they went to NY in April '67. These have been availiable as bootlegs for some time. See Graeme's Cream site for a good history. g.w. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ From vdv64 at yahoo.com Thu Jan 29 06:19:25 2004 From: vdv64 at yahoo.com (=?iso-8859-1?q?PM?=) Date: Thu Jan 29 06:19:26 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Offer Legends-Gods Meeting In-Reply-To: <20040126144436.6B29B8C4B6@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <20040129111925.47377.qmail@web60301.mail.yahoo.com> Hi slowhanders, thanks to Juanma from Spain I can and will offer the Gods Meeting (2cds) to four of you out there. First come, first serve. But please spread the music and reoffer it to others here in the digest. Promised ? Greetings Peter Mit sch?nen Gr??en von Yahoo! Mail - http://mail.yahoo.de From jpayling at ozemail.com.au Thu Jan 29 07:15:02 2004 From: jpayling at ozemail.com.au (Justin Ayling) Date: Thu Jan 29 07:11:31 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Japan tape-tree Message-ID: <005d01c3e661$86f49d20$443d54d2@oemcomputer> Hi I am new to the site but would love to help! I am interested in 2003 japan shows I do have shows to trade so please get in touch! Thanks! Justin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040129/805d6200/attachment.htm From quadzila at optonline.net Thu Jan 29 11:04:27 2004 From: quadzila at optonline.net (Dan) Date: Thu Jan 29 11:05:38 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Bobfest DVDR Trade? Message-ID: <003d01c3e681$924ebff0$3ff75643@cv320450a> Hi All, I'm trying to get a copy of the Oct. 16, 1992 "Bobfest" DVDR in NTSC format. If interested, please contact me off list for a possible trade. Thanks! Dan Quadzila@optonline.net From quadzila at optonline.net Thu Jan 29 14:24:15 2004 From: quadzila at optonline.net (Dan) Date: Thu Jan 29 14:25:26 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Free Burn II Message-ID: <008301c3e69d$7bc0c230$3ff75643@cv320450a> Hi All, Thanks to fellow SD'er Pat T., I can offer 3 listers a copy of the 2 CD, 7/24/01 "Stone Crazy" set w/Buddy Guy. It's a great Aud. 4 recording. Sorry, for $$ reasons, got to limit it to US addresses. If you're able, please reoffer back to the list. 1st responders get it. Dan Quadzila@optonline.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040129/29572f43/attachment.htm From deltanick at comcast.net Fri Jan 30 05:35:06 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Fri Jan 30 05:34:04 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Tosh Tribute Message-ID: <003401c3e71c$ba4fd340$29263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> EC appeared on a tribute to Peter Tosh last year. Anyone have the prticulars on this album (title, label, track list, etc.)? DeltaNick From StormyKnight at bellsouth.net Fri Jan 30 07:30:26 2004 From: StormyKnight at bellsouth.net (Donn Bullock) Date: Fri Jan 30 07:30:13 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE Yardbirds era Message-ID: <002701c3e72c$d963a7b0$2201a8c0@01BACLAN01> You'll have to explain to me how EC every plyed on Train Kept a Rollin'? Especially since it wasn't written until after he had left. I'd love to hear EC play this great Jeff Beck Era tune. From apuraja8 at hotmail.com Fri Jan 30 12:11:32 2004 From: apuraja8 at hotmail.com (Apurva Parikh) Date: Fri Jan 30 12:11:39 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] buddy guy/ec show problems? Message-ID: Anyone have any problems with Disc 2 of the show? It wouldn't play on any of my cd players.. _________________________________________________________________ Check out the new MSN 9 Dial-up — fast & reliable Internet access with prime features! http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=dialup/home&ST=1 From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Fri Jan 30 12:31:16 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Fri Jan 30 12:31:23 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Tosh Tribute Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6BF9@sunwex01.arivia.kom> http://www.ptosh.com/docs/april_release.pdf Here's the press release from 7 April 2003. It's stated that the album = will be released early this year (2004), but I think it's more likely = that it will be done closer to the international music festival and = museum opening mentioned in the article. Kevin EC appeared on a tribute to Peter Tosh last year. Anyone have the = prticulars on this album (title, label, track list, etc.)? DeltaNick NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is = subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found = at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the = disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy = thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) = 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Fri Jan 30 12:45:16 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Fri Jan 30 12:45:21 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Tosh Tribute Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701BF9D67@sunwex01.arivia.kom> According to: www.rootzreggae.com/Rootz-Reggae/ToshTributeUpdate.htm the = album is called "The Baddest: the Peter Tosh Tribute Album", from what I = can see from the preview. I can't seem to access the site. EC appeared on a tribute to Peter Tosh last year. Anyone have the = prticulars on this album (title, label, track list, etc.)? DeltaNick NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is = subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found = at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the = disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy = thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) = 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From vdv64 at yahoo.com Fri Jan 30 13:03:08 2004 From: vdv64 at yahoo.com (=?iso-8859-1?q?PM?=) Date: Fri Jan 30 13:03:11 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Gods Meeting offer closed Message-ID: <20040130180308.45290.qmail@web60304.mail.yahoo.com> Hi all, sorry, I'm late with closing that offer. I was busy abroad and could not even read my mails. For reoffers look out for: MrManUnitedFan Andy (US) John Smith (US) Nero Moodley (South Africa) without burner: Stuart Cowie Pls mail me your snail-mail addresses privately - I've got only one till now. Greetings Peter Mit sch?nen Gr??en von Yahoo! Mail - http://mail.yahoo.de From slowhandnj at comcast.net Fri Jan 30 13:14:23 2004 From: slowhandnj at comcast.net (ToeKneeF) Date: Fri Jan 30 13:14:59 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Stone Crazy Set - Freebie Offer Message-ID: <401A9EFF.1080503@comcast.net> Thanks 2 the generosity of Pat Toth, I have received the "Stone Crazy" set. It's an audience recording and not a complete show but has been re-mastered to be superior to what's out there. The 2 songs Buddy plays on with Eric are worth having and very entertaining. I will offer a free set to the first 3 responses from those w/Burners who will offer it back to the digest, and the first 2 responses w/o burners. Please include full mailing address when replying. -- "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. " Benjamin Franklin From quadzila at optonline.net Fri Jan 30 14:08:00 2004 From: quadzila at optonline.net (Dan) Date: Fri Jan 30 14:09:11 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Free Burn II closed Message-ID: <007701c3e764$60d4cad0$3ff75643@cv320450a> Look for Jay S., Rick W. or Steve R. to offer "Stone Crazy" back to the group if you were interested. Dan Quadzila@optonline.net From dennis at powersys.com Fri Jan 30 14:26:13 2004 From: dennis at powersys.com (Dennis Huibregtse) Date: Fri Jan 30 14:26:46 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Train Kept a Rollin' Message-ID: Correction: Train Kept a Rollin' was written years before the Yardbirds even existed. This was organically recorded by the Rock n' Roll Trio in the mid-fifties - with a red-hot Roy Burleson on guitar - and was written, I believe, by Dorsey Burnette. Although JB played on the Yardbirds recording of this, EC may have indeed played it with the group in earlier days. Delta Nick - any details? Anything in the Set List Generator archive? Dennis ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 07:30:26 -0500 From: "Donn Bullock" Subject: [Slowhand] RE Yardbirds era To: Message-ID: <002701c3e72c$d963a7b0$2201a8c0@01BACLAN01> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" You'll have to explain to me how EC every plyed on ? Especially since it wasn't written until after he had left. I'd love to hear EC play this great Jeff Beck Era tune. ------------------------------ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040130/cb09664c/attachment.htm From Artaarias at aol.com Fri Jan 30 15:37:01 2004 From: Artaarias at aol.com (Artaarias@aol.com) Date: Fri Jan 30 15:37:12 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Tosh Tribute Message-ID: <353E9FA2.71AB611B.022CCD68@aol.com> Originally reported on 02/26/2003: KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reggae community website) - A new tribute album to Peter Tosh will include covers of the late reggae singer's songs by musicians including Eric Clapton and rap group Cypress Hill. Eight songs on "The Peter Tosh Tribute Album" are earlier covers, including Clapton's 1974 version of "Whatcha Gonna Do" and Jerry Garcia's 1991 cover "Stop That Train," Atlanta-based producer Mike Malott said. Other covers include Ben Harper playing "I Am That I Am," and Cypress Hill performing "Legalize It," one of Tosh's trademark songs advocating the legalization of marijuana. http://www.top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=4637 >>EC appeared on a tribute to Peter Tosh last year. Anyone have the prticulars on this album (title, label, track list, etc.)? DeltaNick<< From trevork1 at iinet.net.au Fri Jan 30 17:26:54 2004 From: trevork1 at iinet.net.au (Trevor) Date: Fri Jan 30 17:27:06 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re-Peter Tosh Tribute Album Message-ID: <000001c3e780$2b6c8bf0$adc63bcb@xp> This album was scheduled for release in 2004. The title, I believe will be "The Baddest:The Peter Tosh Tribute Album" The track listing is reported to be:- Martha Davis/The Motels Pick Myself Up Eric Clapton Whatcha Gonna Do Jerry Garcia Stop That Train Bob Andy The Toughest Cypress Hill Legalize It Jimmie Vaughan Stepping Razor Bad Brains African Lasana Badele Times Are Changing Ben Harper I Am That I Am Donald Kinsey Johnny B Goode Andrew Tosh Get Up, Stand Up Sean Paul No Nuclear War Edi Fitzroy Burial Tippa Irie w/Better Chemistry Till Your Well Runs Dry Luciano Moses The Prophet Tracks TBA by:- Slash Jeffrey Gaines Lucky Dube Maxi Priest David Lindley Aswad The Clapton contribution is reported to be a 1974 version of Whatcha Gonna Do Trevor Kempin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040131/444418f9/attachment.htm From dennis.weisinger at milliman.com Fri Jan 30 18:27:06 2004 From: dennis.weisinger at milliman.com (dennis.weisinger@milliman.com) Date: Fri Jan 30 18:27:14 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Hyde Park site Message-ID: I generally don't post here but I came across this site with some great info on the Hyde Park show with some cool pics. I thought you all might find it very interesting. http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/ebony/546/hyde-park-6-7-69.html ************************************************************************************** This communication is intended solely for the addressee and is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Unless indicated to the contrary: it does not constitute professional advice or opinions upon which reliance may be made by the addressee or any other party, and it should be considered to be a work in progress. ************************************************************************************** From deltanick at comcast.net Fri Jan 30 22:17:51 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Fri Jan 30 22:16:50 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Train Kept A Rollin' Message-ID: <000b01c3e7a8$cf79e4e0$29263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> I remember that the Jeff Beck-era Yardbirds "rewrote" a classic blues song -- so they wouldn't have to pay royalties -- for the movie "Blow Up." I think "Train Kept A-Rollin'" became "Stroll On," although I'm not sure. I'm not too familiar with the non-EC Yardbirds. As far as EC goes, never heard of him or the Yardbirds playing "Train Kept A- Rollin,'" until EC was gone and Beck joined the band. DeltaNick From kend74 at hotmail.com Fri Jan 30 23:24:05 2004 From: kend74 at hotmail.com (kend huskie) Date: Fri Jan 30 23:24:07 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Cream Rarities Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040131/56db7294/attachment.htm From crocketo at tele2adsl.dk Sat Jan 31 14:31:10 2004 From: crocketo at tele2adsl.dk (Kristian Frellsen) Date: Sat Jan 31 05:31:42 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Eric Clapton & his rolling hotel? References: <20040130222707.3BF6B8C1A1@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <005f01c3e830$caf9f940$fdcb8e81@BIG1> I've read about the documentary called "Eric Clapton & his rolling hotel, many times. Does anyone know if its available to buy anywhere or if it's possible to download it somewhere? /KF From crosscutsaw at hotmail.com Sat Jan 31 14:33:04 2004 From: crosscutsaw at hotmail.com (Crosscut Saw) Date: Sat Jan 31 15:01:14 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Train Kept A Rollin' Message-ID: This is important, no ? This particular one can almost be pinpoint as the openning act of 'Heavy Blues Rock' ? la Led Zep. This is what I have: On a Yardbird compilation : 'Train kept a Rolling' (Bradshaw, Mann, Kay), Featuring Eric Clapton, first released January, 1966 on U.S. album "Having a Rave Up" On a Jeff Beck compilation: Stroll on (Bradshaw, Mann, Kay) Stroll On is Beck, no questions. But Train Kept A Rollin' ? _________________________________________________________________ MSN Search, le moteur de recherche qui pense comme vous ! http://fr.ca.search.msn.com/ From kblanto at yahoo.com Sat Jan 31 18:24:19 2004 From: kblanto at yahoo.com (kavin blanton) Date: Sat Jan 31 18:24:21 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Gods meeting and Stone Crazy Message-ID: <20040131232419.97835.qmail@web41812.mail.yahoo.com> If anyone out there has "God's Meeting" or "Stone Crazy" (burned of course becasue they are not been released other wise. I have been trying to get them but am always to late and never get them I have other stuff, of EC's that are rare if people want to trade. Please Please contact me if you are willing to give me a copy or trade or whatever. Thanks, Kavin PS write me at: kblanto@yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ From deltanick at comcast.net Sat Jan 31 18:25:40 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Sat Jan 31 18:24:52 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Train Kept A-Rollin' Message-ID: <004001c3e851$8a2ff6a0$29263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> >> This is what I have: On a Yardbird compilation: 'Train kept a Rolling' (Bradshaw, Mann, Kay), Featuring Eric Clapton, first released January, 1966 on U.S. album "Having a Rave Up" << Sorry, but your notes are in error. Jeff Beck, not Eric Clapton, recorded "Train Kept A-Rollin'" with the Yardbirds. The song was recorded, in fact, in the U.S., on the Yardbirds' first visit to these shores. Liner notes for this song included with the Yardbirds, "Ultimate!" (Rhino Entertainment Co. [R2 79825], 31 July 2001, 2xCD), are listed immediately below this paragraph. The lower-case "b" on the second line, following the songwriters' names, indicates that Jeff Beck was the guitarist (a "c" would have indicated Clapton; the "C" on the last line refers to something else). Also, Clapton quit the Yardbirds in March 1965, making the dates of this recording too late for his participation. In fact, Clapton's first visit to the U.S. was in March-April 1967. Train Kept A-Rollin’ [3:25] (Tiny Bradshaw/Sydney Nathan/Howie Kay) b Engineered by SAM PHILLIPS & ROY HALEE Recorded at SAM PHILLIPS RECORDING SERVICE, Madison Ave., Memphis, TN (9/12/65); COLUMBIA RECORDING STUDIOS, New York, NY (9/21/65-9/22/65) [US] Having A Rave Up With The Yardbirds (11/15/65) C Furthermore, the liner notes of all my other Yardbirds recordings, when they indicate anything, state that Beck -- not Clapton -- played on this song. Finally, the authoritative source on everything Yardbirds is this book: Greg Russo, "Yardbirds: The Ultimate Rave-Up" (ISBN: 0-9648157-3-7), Crossfire Publications, Floral Park, New York, 1997. There have been 3 editions of the book, and all have listed Beck, not Clapton, as the guitarist on this song. This URL explains the transition of the song into "Stroll On": http://www.yardbirds.org/songs/trainstroll.html DeltaNick From gwornex at yahoo.com Sun Feb 1 13:53:22 2004 From: gwornex at yahoo.com (Greg W) Date: Sun Feb 1 13:53:25 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] train kept a rolllin talk Message-ID: <20040201185322.78452.qmail@web12507.mail.yahoo.com> Train Kept a rollin musings: The 'Stroll On' version in the movie 'Blow Up' is an interesting one to see as it is a rare glimpse of the group when Beck and Page were playing in the band. The set is a reproduction of one of the Ricky Tick clubs at the time. The director has Beck smash his guitar up the end of the song ala Pete Townsend, although I don't think this was normally part of the Yardbird's act........ A spirited rendition of 'Train' can be heard on the Yardbird's BBC sessions which were recorded in Dec. '65. G.W. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ From slowhandnj at comcast.net Sun Feb 1 14:53:47 2004 From: slowhandnj at comcast.net (ToeKneeF) Date: Sun Feb 1 14:54:26 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Train Kept A Rollin' Message-ID: <401D594B.7060003@comcast.net> "Having A Raveup" was more representative of the Jeff Beck era Yatdbirds than the Clapton era Yardbirds. Although 1 side featured material from "Five Live Yardbirds", the other mostly featured Jeff Beck studio sessions. It is not uncommon for recordso fo that period to be grossly mislabeled with incorrect attribution. I can't tell you how many Eric Clapton and the Yardbirds rareties CDs I've seen which are really just material from the Jimmy Page sessions. If they think it will sell copies, they'll put whatever attribution they want to on it. A check of the available sources, however, indicates that Eric never recorded this song with the Yardbirds....................T -- "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. " Benjamin Franklin From mark at inna.net Sun Feb 1 20:32:50 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Sun Feb 1 20:31:24 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Which one of you? Message-ID: <016501c3e92c$796e2400$0100a8c0@littleboy> Okay, so which one of you jumped on the poor (idiot) seller? LOL. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3701502487&category=38075 I am figuring by his plea "PLEASE, no more Cream history", that Nick went into "War and Peace" mode and fired all barrels? Kinda funny... Mark From guitarbob at valink.com Mon Feb 2 07:27:26 2004 From: guitarbob at valink.com (Bob Welsh) Date: Mon Feb 2 07:27:27 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] MP3's Message-ID: <20040202122726.71180.qmail@itonami.pair.com> Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by guitarbob@valink.com (Bob Welsh) on: Monday, February, 2, 2004 at 07:27:26 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- message: Anyone using kazaa can find my extensive library of live clapton boots by finding the user "claptononly@kazaa". That's the best I can do right now til I can find a dns aliasing service to use. submit value=: Submit Query --------------------------------------------------------------------------- REMOTE_HOST: 151.199.107.236 REMOTE_ADDR: 151.199.107.236 From Greenbuggyj at aol.com Mon Feb 2 12:30:33 2004 From: Greenbuggyj at aol.com (Greenbuggyj@aol.com) Date: Mon Feb 2 12:30:49 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton A.A.Meeting CD Message-ID: <93.38b00b52.2d4fe339@aol.com> Anyone know what this offering is about on Ebay? Is it part of an A.A. program or someone secretly taping? Thanks. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040202/071b401a/attachment.htm From scottw at frazmtn.com Mon Feb 2 12:53:50 2004 From: scottw at frazmtn.com (Scott Wallenberg) Date: Mon Feb 2 12:53:57 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC Hiroshima show offer! Message-ID: <006e01c3e9b5$86e89e10$f907c841@youro0kwkw9jwc> For US Slowhanders only... I am offering the 11-15-03 Clapton show from Green Arena in Hiroshima as a b&p. I think this is a fabulous show...Eric is in fine voice and the song arrangements and playing are really enjoyable. Actually fun to hear Can't find my way home, Knockin' On Heaven's Door and Sheriff again...even Lay Down Sally! To get your copy, please follow these instructions. Send 2 80 minute blank cd-r's plus a return envelope..pre-addressed and return postage affixed. Send to: Scott Wallenberg EC Japan offer 5200 Frazier Mtn. Pk. Rd. Frazier Park, CA 93225 From fischfry at optonline.net Mon Feb 2 13:48:49 2004 From: fischfry at optonline.net (Barry Fisch) Date: Mon Feb 2 13:52:30 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC Rare CD's Available Message-ID: <000101c3e9bd$d01c1d20$2bb6b818@default> I've decided to unload some of my EC Japanese imports. All are real, not CDR's, and unplayed. If you are interested in any, please email me at fischfry@optonline.net. 1. REMARK YOU MADE - Complete August Japan tour box set 1987 (10 CD's, limited edition of 300) 2. FIRST IMPRESSION - Philips Arena Atlanta 5-21-01(2 CD) 3. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE IN EVERY CROWD Jamaica '74 (2 CD) 4. TWO MORE CARS, TWO MORE RIDERS Madrid Feb 22 &23 2001 (4 CD) 5. COMPLETE JAPAN TOUR 1988 8CD set plus 1 DVD (limited edition of 300) 6. JUST FOR YOU - COMPLETE JAPAN TOUR 2003 - 36 CD box set (limited edition of 300) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040202/92e06e02/attachment.htm From lskett at yahoo.com Mon Feb 2 21:13:51 2004 From: lskett at yahoo.com (Lisa) Date: Mon Feb 2 21:13:53 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Me and Mr. Johnson Message-ID: <20040203021351.41960.qmail@web11506.mail.yahoo.com> http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040202005102&newsLang=en> All Headlines     February 02, 2004 09:00 AM US Eastern Timezone ``Me And Mr. Johnson'': Eric Clapton Honors Robert Johnson on New Album BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2004--Eric Clapton pays a unique tribute to seminal blues innovator Robert Johnson on "Me And Mr. Johnson," his latest Duck/Reprise Records album, set for release March 23rd. Long known for his love of deep blues, Clapton's expression of Johnson's music stands alongside the Englishman's strongest achievements, and ranks as one of modern blues' most moving accomplishments. "It is a remarkable thing to have been driven and influenced all of my life by the work of one man," Clapton says. "And even though I accept that it has always been the keystone of my musical foundation, I still would not regard it as an obsession; instead, I prefer to think of it as a landmark that I navigate by, whenever I feel myself going adrift. I am talking, of course, about the work of Robert Johnson. "Up until I heard his music, everything I had ever heard seemed as if it was dressed up for a shop window somewhere, so that when I heard him for the first time, it was like he was singing only for himself, and now and then, maybe God. At first, it scared me in its intensity, and I could only take it in small doses. Then I would build up strength and take a little more, but I could never really get away from it, and in the end, it spoiled me for everything else. "Now, after all these years, his music is like my oldest friend, always in the back of my head, and on the horizon. It is the finest music I have ever heard. I have always trusted its purity, and I always will." "Me And Mr. Johnson" features Clapton renditions of fourteen of the twenty-nine songs written and recorded by the mythic Mississippi blues master over the course of his brief career in the 1930s. Robert Johnson is often called the greatest blues man of all time, someone who not only inspired Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and other Chicago urban blues titans, but also was a huge influence on the Rolling Stones and the Allman Brothers Band in the development of rock 'n' roll during the 1960s and 1970s. Sixteen-time Grammy Award winner and the only triple Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Eric Clapton has recorded a number of Robert Johnson songs in the past, in previous bands like John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and Cream, as well as a solo artist, but this marks the first time he has dedicated an entire album to the legendary blues pioneer. "Me And Mr. Johnson" joins such acclaimed recent offerings as 1994's "From The Cradle" and 2000's collaboration with B.B. King, "Riding With The King," in Eric Clapton's ongoing exploration of his rich musical roots. Produced by Eric Clapton and Simon Climie, "Me And Mr. Johnson" features the following Robert Johnson perennials: "When You Got A Good Friend," "Little Queen Of Spades," "They're Red Hot," "Me And The Devil Blues," "Traveling Riverside Blues," "Last Fair Deal Gone Down," "Stop Breakin' Down Blues," "Milkcow's Calf Blues," "Kindhearted Woman Blues," "Come On In My Kitchen," "If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day," "Love In Vain," "32-20 Blues" and "Hellhound On My Trail." Joining Eric Clapton on "Me And Mr. Johnson" are such longtime studio stalwarts as Andy Fairweather Low (guitar), Doyle Bramhall II (guitar), Billy Preston (keyboards), Jerry Portnoy (harmonica), Nathan East (bass) and Steve Gadd (drums). Contacts Reprise Records Bill Bentley, 818-953-3671 bill.bentley@wbr.com or The Lippin Group Ronnie Lippin, 323-965-1990 ronnie@lippingroup.com From Ken_Norris at umit.maine.edu Tue Feb 3 10:41:24 2004 From: Ken_Norris at umit.maine.edu (Ken Norris) Date: Tue Feb 3 10:41:32 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Fiesta of Blues Message-ID: Looking back over the past ten years there really has been something of a fiesta of EC blues releases. Maybe not as much as we would like, but still. >From The Cradle Crossroads 2 Blues Riding With The King and the Robert Johnson album on the horizon. Maybe from here on out every OTHER album will be a blues album. Best, Ken From Mal.Barker at btinternet.com Tue Feb 3 12:37:30 2004 From: Mal.Barker at btinternet.com (Mal Barker) Date: Tue Feb 3 12:37:37 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] FS: 'JUST FOR YOU'......JAPAN TOUR 36CD BOX Message-ID: <000f01c3ea7c$6765b970$86917ad5@D2MLTP0J> I have one spare copy of the newly released mammoth box set... 'JUST FOR YOU' - '18 DAYS' - THE COMPLETE JAPAN TOUR 2003 36CD BOX SET. This is an original issue on the Japanese EC is Here label (NOT CD-RS!) Contains ALL 18 shows complete in excellent audience quality. If anyone is interested in this - please email me privately. Thanks Mal Mal.Barker@btinternet.com From jfw at insightbb.com Tue Feb 3 15:20:58 2004 From: jfw at insightbb.com (John Whitney) Date: Tue Feb 3 15:21:05 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Unknown recording Message-ID: <000201c3ea93$3ca31a40$97fcdd0c@VAIO> Sorry, but I need a little help. I have just come across a 3 cd show by Eric Clapton, from the Reptile Tour, and it has a total of 39 tracks on the 3 cds. It has the following track order on the first cd: Key To The Highway/ Reptile/ Got You On My Mind/ Tears In Heaven/ Bell Bottom Blues/Layla/Change the World/My Father's Eyes/River of Tears/Goin Down Slow/She's Gone/Travellin' Light/Have You Ever Loved A Woman/Stormy Monday. Can anyone help me offline to identify this excellent audience recording? I cannot determine either the date or location. This foolish trader sent the show to several folks, and managed to NOT mark the copy I retained for myself. Please help a wayward soul! Also, a recent computer crash cost me all of my EC sites. I have lost the URL for the discography that gives me all the information I am now seeking. Could a kind soul also tell me the site I am seeking? It is the site that has the artwork and everything I have used for years. I feel bewildered and bereft without it. Thanks, ever so much. John From Peter.Russell at directory.reed.edu Tue Feb 3 19:14:17 2004 From: Peter.Russell at directory.reed.edu (Peter Russell) Date: Tue Feb 3 19:21:55 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] 'World Of Pain' live? Message-ID: <19532462@rosencrantz.reed.edu> Did Cream ever perform 'World Of Pain' live? Peter Russell yeast@reed.edu From Cobhome at aol.com Tue Feb 3 20:21:00 2004 From: Cobhome at aol.com (Cobhome@aol.com) Date: Tue Feb 3 20:21:11 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] AA MTG TAPE Message-ID: <111.2dba435c.2d51a2fc@aol.com> I do not know what this is about - this aa meeting tape being offered on ebay - but I recall a few years ago someone made public a tape made by Anthony Hopkins to be used by people in AA - I recall Hopkins sued the guy - as a tape such as this is part of the AA pledge of "anonymity" - I would hope no one would infringe on EC or the other people attending this meetings privacy by buying this Just my thought. Cecelia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040203/6a9c54e7/attachment.htm From vdv64 at yahoo.com Wed Feb 4 02:19:44 2004 From: vdv64 at yahoo.com (=?iso-8859-1?q?PM?=) Date: Wed Feb 4 02:19:45 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] ISO EC Rainbow Theatre 1/13/73 25th Year Edition In-Reply-To: <20040203170003.C4B5B8C2A9@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <20040204071944.7783.qmail@web60305.mail.yahoo.com> Hi slowhanders, this set did not find the way back to me after being borrowed away for a copy :( So I'm looking for someone to do a trade for it with me. What I have to offer is not rare, nevertheless I hope you can find something in my list. You can find it here: http://8ung.at/galart/boots/boots.htm Greetings Peter Mit sch?nen Gr??en von Yahoo! Mail - http://mail.yahoo.de From roante04 at yahoo.co.uk Wed Feb 4 06:39:25 2004 From: roante04 at yahoo.co.uk (=?iso-8859-1?q?a=20linden?=) Date: Wed Feb 4 06:39:26 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] world of pain live? Message-ID: <20040204113925.84213.qmail@web25008.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Hi, There's at least one recording of Cream performing World of Pain. Cream did a gig at the Marquee Club, London, 23rd May 1967. They performed many tracks from the newly recorded Disraeli Gears (Sunshine of your love, World of Pain, Dance the Night Away, Tales of Brave Ulysses, We're Going Wrong, Outside Woman Blues and after a few dates only SOYL, Tales of Brave Ulysses and We're Going Wrong stayed in their setlist. World of Pain live is for instance on Disraeli Gears Live (unofficial audience recording) Peace Ande ""Did Cream ever perform 'World Of Pain' live? Peter Russell yeast at reed.edu"" ___________________________________________________________ BT Yahoo! Broadband - Free modem offer, sign up online today and save ?80 http://btyahoo.yahoo.co.uk From desosa at fiat.com Wed Feb 4 11:13:55 2004 From: desosa at fiat.com (FERNANDEZ de SOSA Juan Manuel) Date: Wed Feb 4 11:12:34 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 41 Message-ID: <6754CD43E415D411B32E00508B6D28D202AAF20C@ex1madntd01.its.it> Thanks to Pat Toth I can offer copies of Stone Crazy to interested SDs in Europe. Write me privately to desosa@fiat.com All the best, Juanma From darmel at sbcglobal.net Wed Feb 4 13:55:38 2004 From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (darmel@sbcglobal.net) Date: Wed Feb 4 13:54:17 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Jack O The Green: Small World Big Band Friends 3 Message-ID: <010201c3eb50$7b1aa280$64fdd10a@MELBOSS> On a rave review from DN, I searched and found a "used" copy of Jools Holland - "Jack O The Green: Small World Big Band Friends 3" via Amazon for about $22 (including sh), and I have to add my 2 cents and say that I am far less enamored with this recording. The RStarr submission was, as most RS products, embarrassingly bad. The Burks/WC submissions were quite good but devoid of Eric's vocal. I like the BuddyG submission. The Sam Brown number didn't do much for me. Nothing else was memorable (for me). I have listened to it twice so far - I am not sure if it is going to get better (for me). Just goes to show - to each his own. Thanks anyway DN! Mel Boss darmel@sbcglobal.net From quadzila at optonline.net Wed Feb 4 17:28:02 2004 From: quadzila at optonline.net (Dan) Date: Wed Feb 4 17:29:15 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Bobfest Video Question Message-ID: <004201c3eb6e$28d937c0$3ff75643@cv320450a> Hi All, I saw a copy of this for sale on ebay at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3383881641&category=41569 It says it's a rental copy. I've read elsewhere that this was only released on Laserdisc and not yet on DVD. Can anyone confirm this, is the ebay item a pirate? If so, I'm still seeking a copy if anybody is up for trading, thanks. Dan Quadzila@optonline.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040204/14c47513/attachment.htm From jnacca0408 at rogers.com Wed Feb 4 21:36:12 2004 From: jnacca0408 at rogers.com (JOHN NACCARATO) Date: Wed Feb 4 21:36:15 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Me and Mr. Johnson Message-ID: <000601c3eb90$d23d5a40$82149c18@D10RM611> Clear DayHello, now that we have the track list for the new album, I'd like to pose the question of whether or not the Japanese version will contain any bonus tracks. Does anyone out there have any insight into this? John From daniel at hayesinstrument.com Thu Feb 5 09:59:33 2004 From: daniel at hayesinstrument.com (Daniel Shearon) Date: Thu Feb 5 09:59:40 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Vince Gill, EC and the Grammies In-Reply-To: <20040204170004.86E988C200@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <000401c3ebf8$abda19c0$0c02a8c0@Daniel> There was an article in yesterday's edition of the Tennessean (www.tennessean.com) where Vince Gill was interviewed about the Grammys, Gill owning more Grammy awards than any other Country artist in history. In the article he recalls some of his favorite Grammy moments and among them is quote: "During the commercials, if you're at the show it's totally dark and you can't see anybody. So it's really dark in there, and I hear someone say 'I just want you to know I'm a big fan. I love your playing and find it very inspirational.' When the lights came up, I saw that it was Eric Clapton who'd said that." My thoughts exactly, for those who may not know before he hit it big in country music Vince was approached by Mark Knopfler to join Dire Straits. It is always nice to see how wide our man Slowhand's musical tastes really are. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.576 / Virus Database: 365 - Release Date: 1/30/2004 From Dale.Kalina at rrd.com Thu Feb 5 12:02:31 2004 From: Dale.Kalina at rrd.com (Dale.Kalina@rrd.com) Date: Thu Feb 5 12:03:00 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Dale G Kalina/US/DNY is out of the office. Message-ID: I will be out of the office starting 02/05/2004 and will not return until 02/09/2004. I will respond to your message when I return. From turbineltd at btconnect.com Thu Feb 5 12:29:53 2004 From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills) Date: Thu Feb 5 12:25:40 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Bobfest Video Question (Dan) Message-ID: <001101c3ec0d$ab05f450$0100a8c0@dellws410> Dan, I can't tell you about ebay etc. but STG has just offered 4xSVCD (MPEGS) of the concert, which fit nicely on one 4.7GB DVD. The bit torrent may still be active, it is ~3GBytes in size, so for most of us it's a 2-day download! The URL is: http://www.sharingthegroove.org/msgboard/showthread.php?s=&threadid=38810 The seeder notes: "I don't have any source information for this. I got it in a trade, it's pro-shot, clearly copied from the VHS that was once, but no longer, commercially available. There's a small static line across the bottom of the screen throughout ... it doesn't bother me at all, but if you're looking for perfection this is probably not for you. Other than that, it's flawless ... a fantastic show." If you luck-out, you may approach me for a copy. Regards, John From smangano at solartestinglabs.com Thu Feb 5 13:08:04 2004 From: smangano at solartestinglabs.com (Sam Mangano) Date: Thu Feb 5 13:03:49 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] japan offer Message-ID: <180701c3ec13$007e5940$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> hey all: i see my good friend scott wallenberg offered a b&p on the opening nite. however, even though it has less songs, the quality of the recording and performance by EC is MUCH better on the 12/12 budokan show (received from another good friend on this list). i cannot burn cdrs, but i would be willing to get a copy to scott for his offer. PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL ME FOR A COPY, I CANNOT HELP YOU OUT. random thoughts after listening to 3 boots from this tour: 1. a TON of guitar this time around, and obviously more bluesy than the last 2 tours. this set list reminds me when EC was working on FTC, and performed shows at the RAH IN 1993 that were a combo of greatest hits and pure blues stuff. 2. many different effects used by EC. fingerpicking, slide on mojo and hoochie, wah wah on cocaine..... 3. it sounds like bell bottom blues is electric this time around. 4. the recognizable crossroads riff is performed in a different time signature than the rest of this honkytonk version of the song (not a favorite version for me). 5. most inspired, hardest rocking solo on an acoustic i have ever heard during change the world, esp the referenced budokan show. 6. the opening note on the closing solo for white room sounds as if EC was poked with a cattle prod - its DEAFENING on the budokan show. 7. as much as the ladies and all who have it as their wedding song (including me) like to hear it live, Wonderful Tonite should be retired(but it won't). also holy mother, although a great song, isnt a great concert song. there are way too many slow portions throughout the set as it is, we dont need another..... 8. an amazing solo is done in cocaine now, rather than the drawling, country like picking that has been done by EC on that song the past 2 tours. 9. layla is SOOOO SLOOOOW! i wish gadd would pick up the pace, but i am sure he is under orders from EC. out sambo#8 --------------------------------------------- "Beauty is only a lightswitch away." - Unknown From mark at inna.net Thu Feb 5 22:01:18 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Thu Feb 5 21:59:49 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Bobfest Video Question References: <004201c3eb6e$28d937c0$3ff75643@cv320450a> Message-ID: <005701c3ec5d$7ed55650$0100a8c0@littleboy> ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 5:28 PM Subject: [Slowhand] Bobfest Video Question Hi All, I saw a copy of this for sale on ebay at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3383881641&category=41569 It says it's a rental copy. I've read elsewhere that this was only released on Laserdisc and not yet on DVD. Can anyone confirm this, is the ebay item a pirate? If so, I'm still seeking a copy if anybody is up for trading, thanks. ---- Dan, Definitely pirate - it's never been officially released on DVD AFAIK. Cheers, Mark From mark at inna.net Thu Feb 5 22:02:47 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Thu Feb 5 22:01:17 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Unknown recording References: <000201c3ea93$3ca31a40$97fcdd0c@VAIO> Message-ID: <006f01c3ec5d$b39e1020$0100a8c0@littleboy> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Whitney" To: Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 3:20 PM Subject: [Slowhand] Unknown recording Also, a recent computer crash cost me all of my EC sites. I have lost the URL for the discography that gives me all the information I am now seeking. Could a kind soul also tell me the site I am seeking? It is the site that has the artwork and everything I have used for years. I feel bewildered and bereft without it. John, Would that be: http://www.geetarz.org ? I hope so ... Cheers, Mark From scottw at frazmtn.com Fri Feb 6 04:05:08 2004 From: scottw at frazmtn.com (Scott Wallenberg) Date: Fri Feb 6 04:05:14 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] 2001 set "unknown recording Message-ID: <029001c3ec90$52904c20$ec07c841@youro0kwkw9jwc> John, I think you have the 3 disc compilation I put together of every song played on the 2001 Tour. Mark Deavult has the wonderful artwork done by Cheryl Donato and info at: http://www.geetarz.org/reviews/clapton/2001-tour-compilation.htm Scott W. From Dale.Kalina at rrd.com Fri Feb 6 12:03:27 2004 From: Dale.Kalina at rrd.com (Dale.Kalina@rrd.com) Date: Fri Feb 6 12:03:41 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Dale G Kalina/US/DNY is out of the office. Message-ID: I will be out of the office starting 02/05/2004 and will not return until 02/09/2004. I will respond to your message when I return. From Ken_Norris at umit.maine.edu Fri Feb 6 12:44:01 2004 From: Ken_Norris at umit.maine.edu (Ken Norris) Date: Fri Feb 6 12:44:11 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Set List Speculation Message-ID: So. . . do we think the upcoming tour will follow the Japanese Tour model, with 6 or 7 Me & Mr. Johnson songs being played among the hits (replacing Girl, Mojo, Hoochie Coochie Man) OR do we think he'll do an hour of blues and then an hour of hits OR do we think he'll be doing an all-blues show? Best, Ken From gretimo at yahoo.com Sat Feb 7 02:19:37 2004 From: gretimo at yahoo.com (Greg Timoteo) Date: Sat Feb 7 02:19:39 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Gods Meeting CDs Message-ID: <20040207071937.87254.qmail@web40102.mail.yahoo.com> Thanks to Ms. Steinhauer I was able to obtain a copy of the Gods Meeting by b & p. Unfortunately, we both don't have the play list nor artists. Would someone please be kind enough to post it once more for us? Any artwork for it? Thanks much. Greg --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040206/5065ae23/attachment.htm From slowhandnj at comcast.net Sat Feb 7 12:08:19 2004 From: slowhandnj at comcast.net (ToeKneeF) Date: Sat Feb 7 12:09:00 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Artwork for Gods Meeting Legends Message-ID: <40251B83.4030206@comcast.net> Greg, I made some artwork for my copy of GML which I will send to anyone who wants a copy (I have forwarded it to you as a seperate e-mail). -- "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. " Benjamin Franklin From darmel at sbcglobal.net Sat Feb 7 13:16:59 2004 From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (darmel@sbcglobal.net) Date: Sat Feb 7 13:15:37 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] God's Meeting Message-ID: <01b601c3eda6$94695170$64fdd10a@MELBOSS> Would someone on the Digest be good enough to describe "God's Meeting?" Venue? Date? Recording? Set list? Sorry, but I missed the original description. Thanks! Mel Boss mailto:darmel@sbcglobal.net From chrisd at hickorytech.net Sat Feb 7 16:50:16 2004 From: chrisd at hickorytech.net (Chris Daniels) Date: Sat Feb 7 16:50:19 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Legends Offer Message-ID: <40255D98.4040706@hickorytech.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040207/2281ba50/attachment.htm From solron at optonline.net Sat Feb 7 21:15:27 2004 From: solron at optonline.net (Sol Fischler) Date: Sat Feb 7 21:16:33 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] music lesson from eBay Message-ID: No Clapton content, but the politically minded, especially here in the States, should REALLY check out the auction at: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3659146377&category=367 Actually, as for EC content: since Mr. Radle's gone ... From slowhandnj at comcast.net Sun Feb 8 11:22:41 2004 From: slowhandnj at comcast.net (ToeKneeF) Date: Sun Feb 8 11:23:23 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Jeff Beck - Live Message-ID: <40266251.4020507@comcast.net> Last September, Jeff Beck played at B.B. King's Blues Club in NY. The set he performed was the then current set he was performing while opening for B.B. The Sept. 10 show was recorded and is available exclusively from http://www.jeffbeckbootlegs.com for $9.98 plus shipping. Although the site's name includes the term bootleg, this is an official release available only through the internet. If you want to hear a master of the guitar, at the top of his game this is a must have. As Eric Clapton is one of the masters of the blues guitar (and he's done considerable justice to his forays into Reggae and Country, as well) Jeff has to be considered one of the top 5 masters of the Rock guitar and his foray into Electronica has been most successful. YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS CD! ! !..............................T -- "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. " Benjamin Franklin From bill at relentlessmarketing.com Sun Feb 8 12:19:14 2004 From: bill at relentlessmarketing.com (Bill Robinson) Date: Sun Feb 8 12:21:31 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Kerry and the Electras Message-ID: <026101c3ee67$aed9fe30$868179a5@billlaptop> Hey Gang, While I found it amusing, I cannot think of anything less appealing to me than spending $2,500 hard-earned dollars on eBay for some "rare" record with Lurch playing bass on it in 1961. I'll tell ya, some people. "Non-Clapton content" indeed ... we couldn't get farther way from EC if we tried. Keep On Rockin' Bill -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040208/5a493a8d/attachment.htm From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Sun Feb 8 14:59:19 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Sun Feb 8 14:59:58 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Me and the Devil Blues Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C04@sunwex01.arivia.kom> After Eric was pressured to drop "Sick and Tired" from his 1998 tour set list because of it's violent lyrics against women, it's surprising to see that he is recording "Me and the Devil Blues". Here's an extract of some of the lyrics of "Me and the Devil Blues": "Early this morning when you knocked on my door (repeat) I said, 'Hello Satan, I believe it's time to go' Me and the Devil was walking side by side (repeat) I'm going to beat my woman until I get satisfied." I cannot speak for other countries of the world, but here, in South Africa, there is a concerted effort against the accepted practice in certain of our country's cultures of men believing they have a right to beat their woman and the woman accepting this as the norm. This is, of course, besides the fact that it happens in all societies to a greater or lesser extent. The bottom line is I hope Eric has had the sense to change the lyrics. It is no tribute to the blues or Robert Johnson to advocate such values. Kevin NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040208/c399dc94/attachment.htm From petergordon at lineone.net Sun Feb 8 17:20:59 2004 From: petergordon at lineone.net (Peter Gordon) Date: Sun Feb 8 17:24:27 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Green Arena, Hiroshima Message-ID: <002101c3ee92$40adbe30$6601a8c0@stratexnet.com> Thanks to Gary I have an absolutely superb 2CD recording of the opening night in Japan (Green Arena, Hiroshima 15th Nov 2003 ). I'm willing to start the weeding process by sending copies to the first 4 members (Non US) who send me their snail mail address privately. Apologies to those resident in the US but the last few weeds offered on this list were restricted to USA residents only so I think its only fair that as I balance this up. Personally I don't abide with geographical bias but somebody has to make a stand. Cheers Peter Gordon Nuneaton, England From mark at inna.net Sun Feb 8 19:52:54 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Sun Feb 8 19:51:24 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Artwork for Gods Meeting Legends References: <40251B83.4030206@comcast.net> Message-ID: <007f01c3eea7$0eaf6270$0100a8c0@littleboy> ----- Original Message ----- From: "ToeKneeF" To: ; "Slowhand List" Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 12:08 PM Subject: [Slowhand] Artwork for Gods Meeting Legends > Greg, > > I made some artwork for my copy of GML which I will send to anyone who > wants a copy (I have forwarded it to you as a seperate e-mail). Would it mebbe be easier simply to download the actual artwork? http://www.geetarz.org/reviews/clapton/legends-gods-meeting.htm Certainly there are enough shows out there with no artwork that are more deserving of precious free time, certainly no need to reinvent the wheel.... Cheers, Mark From slowhandnj at comcast.net Sun Feb 8 20:01:57 2004 From: slowhandnj at comcast.net (ToeKneeF) Date: Sun Feb 8 20:02:38 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Artwork for Gods Meeting Legends In-Reply-To: <007f01c3eea7$0eaf6270$0100a8c0@littleboy> References: <40251B83.4030206@comcast.net> <007f01c3eea7$0eaf6270$0100a8c0@littleboy> Message-ID: <4026DC05.2020002@comcast.net> Mark, Thanks 4 the "official" artwork. As I recall, at the time this made it's first go round on the digest as a freebie offer, there was no artwork being offered. As for the extra work, I usually take the original artwork and modify it for use in a 2-pocket CD sleeve, anyway. I find the sleeves are more compact than the jewel case.................T Mark Deavult wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ToeKneeF" > To: ; "Slowhand List" > Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 12:08 PM > Subject: [Slowhand] Artwork for Gods Meeting Legends > > > >>Greg, >> >>I made some artwork for my copy of GML which I will send to anyone who >>wants a copy (I have forwarded it to you as a seperate e-mail). > > > Would it mebbe be easier simply to download the actual artwork? > > http://www.geetarz.org/reviews/clapton/legends-gods-meeting.htm > > Certainly there are enough shows out there with no artwork that are more > deserving of precious free time, certainly no need to reinvent the wheel.... > > Cheers, > Mark > > > -- "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. " Benjamin Franklin From desosa at fiat.com Mon Feb 9 05:24:41 2004 From: desosa at fiat.com (FERNANDEZ de SOSA Juan Manuel) Date: Mon Feb 9 05:23:26 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 45 Message-ID: <6754CD43E415D411B32E00508B6D28D202AE4944@ex1madntd01.its.it> Message: 3 Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 23:19:37 -0800 (PST) From: Greg Timoteo Subject: [Slowhand] Gods Meeting CDs To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Message-ID: <20040207071937.87254.qmail@web40102.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Thanks to Ms. Steinhauer I was able to obtain a copy of the Gods Meeting by b & p. Unfortunately, we both don't have the play list nor artists. Would someone please be kind enough to post it once more for us? Any artwork for it? Thanks much. Grez You can find the play list and the artwork of this show in www.geetarz.org Search in July 4, 1997 (Gods Meeting or Legends Live in Montreux). Greetings, Juanma ------------------------------ From trevork1 at iinet.net.au Mon Feb 9 05:28:25 2004 From: trevork1 at iinet.net.au (Trevor) Date: Mon Feb 9 05:28:33 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re-God's Meeting In-Reply-To: <20040208170004.AED888C1C0@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <000001c3eef7$743c0850$c2c93bcb@xp> I will happily send the coverart of God's Meeting to anyone who contacts me privately Trevor Kempin -----Original Message----- From: slowhand-bounces@planet-torque.com [mailto:slowhand-bounces@planet-torque.com] On Behalf Of slowhand-request@planet-torque.com Sent: Monday, 9 February 2004 1:00 AM To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Subject: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 46 Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to slowhand@planet-torque.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to slowhand-request@planet-torque.com You can reach the person managing the list at slowhand-owner@planet-torque.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Artwork for Gods Meeting Legends (ToeKneeF) 2. God's Meeting (darmel@sbcglobal.net) 3. Legends Offer (Chris Daniels) 4. music lesson from eBay (Sol Fischler) 5. Jeff Beck - Live (ToeKneeF) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2004 12:08:19 -0500 From: ToeKneeF Subject: [Slowhand] Artwork for Gods Meeting Legends To: gretimo@yahoo.com, Slowhand List Message-ID: <40251B83.4030206@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Greg, I made some artwork for my copy of GML which I will send to anyone who wants a copy (I have forwarded it to you as a seperate e-mail). -- "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. " Benjamin Franklin ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 10:16:59 -0800 From: Subject: [Slowhand] God's Meeting To: Message-ID: <01b601c3eda6$94695170$64fdd10a@MELBOSS> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Would someone on the Digest be good enough to describe "God's Meeting?" Venue? Date? Recording? Set list? Sorry, but I missed the original description. Thanks! Mel Boss mailto:darmel@sbcglobal.net ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2004 15:50:16 -0600 From: Chris Daniels Subject: [Slowhand] Legends Offer To: Slowhand Digest Message-ID: <40255D98.4040706@hickorytech.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040207/2281ba50 /attachment-0001.htm ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2004 21:15:27 -0500 From: Sol Fischler Subject: [Slowhand] music lesson from eBay To: Slowhand Digest Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII No Clapton content, but the politically minded, especially here in the States, should REALLY check out the auction at: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3659146377&category=3 67 Actually, as for EC content: since Mr. Radle's gone ... ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 11:22:41 -0500 From: ToeKneeF Subject: [Slowhand] Jeff Beck - Live To: Slowhand List Message-ID: <40266251.4020507@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Last September, Jeff Beck played at B.B. King's Blues Club in NY. The set he performed was the then current set he was performing while opening for B.B. The Sept. 10 show was recorded and is available exclusively from http://www.jeffbeckbootlegs.com for $9.98 plus shipping. Although the site's name includes the term bootleg, this is an official release available only through the internet. If you want to hear a master of the guitar, at the top of his game this is a must have. As Eric Clapton is one of the masters of the blues guitar (and he's done considerable justice to his forays into Reggae and Country, as well) Jeff has to be considered one of the top 5 masters of the Rock guitar and his foray into Electronica has been most successful. YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS CD! ! !..............................T -- "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. " Benjamin Franklin ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Slowhand mailing list Slowhand@planet-torque.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand End of Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 46 *************************************** From petergordon at lineone.net Mon Feb 9 05:58:38 2004 From: petergordon at lineone.net (Peter Gordon) Date: Mon Feb 9 05:59:32 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Green Arena, Hiroshima - Weed Closed Message-ID: <006c01c3eefb$bd382080$6601a8c0@stratexnet.com> Within minutes of the Slowhand publication I'd received my 4 recipients for this excellent collection. Please look out for these folks offering to re-weed in the coming weeks. Cheers Peter Gordon Nuneaton, England From scottw at frazmtn.com Mon Feb 9 12:43:04 2004 From: scottw at frazmtn.com (Scott Wallenberg) Date: Mon Feb 9 12:43:15 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] 11-15 Hiroshima show offer Message-ID: <00e101c3ef34$2d38f070$fb07c841@youro0kwkw9jwc> Thanks for taking up the cause for the non-USA members. Since my offer was an open b&p to anyone USA. The extra forms for customs and no way to get return mail postage...I had to restrict it to USA only. I have already burned dozens of copies for the list so far so we should have the world covered soon! Scott From jbm90501 at yahoo.com Mon Feb 9 12:43:30 2004 From: jbm90501 at yahoo.com (James Fox) Date: Mon Feb 9 12:43:33 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] "Me and the Devil Blues" Message-ID: <20040209174330.15926.qmail@web11605.mail.yahoo.com> A previous post included the lyrics : "Early this morning when you knocked on my door (repeat) I said, 'Hello Satan, I believe it's time to go' Me and the Devil was walking side by side (repeat) I'm going to beat my woman until I get satisfied." Not to make fun of a serious concern, but do you think ol' Robert may have liked to win card games with his lady? - James __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html From liabar at tin.it Mon Feb 9 15:59:29 2004 From: liabar at tin.it (liabar@tin.it) Date: Mon Feb 9 15:59:44 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Gaetano, EC coming to Italy? Message-ID: <4017036A00015D5D@ims3c.cp.tin.it> I forward the following e-mail that reached me today: " -----Original Message----- From: liabar@tin.it [mailto:liabar@tin.it] Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 2:55 PM To: Bentley, Bill Subject: when Clapton's new album in Italy? Dear Mr Bentley, I wonder when next EC albom tribute to Johnson will appear in italy and if by chance will it be taken on tour on live shows in my country? As far as I know there are no dates. We are waiting for him to come and pay a musical visit over here. Will he be a guest of Pistoia Blues??? whose answer was: "I believe he is touring Italy, and I've forwarded your email to our international department. Thanks. " Gaetano, or any other Italian slowhander, do you know anything more? I have heard in Pistoia blues people are waiting for a BIG surprise. and that's in the second half of july. !!?!!! bye lia from Italy From emse_97 at yahoo.com Mon Feb 9 17:48:58 2004 From: emse_97 at yahoo.com (Ed Petry) Date: Mon Feb 9 17:48:59 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] ISO art for "You All Can Join In" In-Reply-To: <20040209170003.76C928C2F9@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <20040209224858.64540.qmail@web60603.mail.yahoo.com> Hi Everyone, Anyone have this artwork that will share? "You Can All Join In" - Wild Card - WC69-70 - qun 9 tracks on 1 CD. Blind Faith recorded at Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland on 14/08/69 Well All Right/ Presence of the Lord/ Sea of Joy/ Means to an End/ Do What You Like Derek & the Dominos 'previously uncirculated soundboard recorded in the USA in Autumn 1970 on ??/ ??/ 70 Got to Get Better in a Little While/ Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad/ Presence of the Lord/ Little Wing Thanks in advance. Cheers Ed __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html From guitarbob at valink.com Tue Feb 10 08:33:01 2004 From: guitarbob at valink.com (guitarbob@valink.com) Date: Tue Feb 10 08:33:04 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton boot MP3's Message-ID: <50554.151.199.107.236.1076419981.squirrel@webmail.valink.com> I have loaded up soulseek, on the recommendation of a member who says you can search by username to find files. Soulseek is available for free download at www.slsk.com, and the user you want to find is claptonmp3 there. I have shared all of my clapton items; additionally, I have shared a large body of recordings of bands I have played in, original and cover material. Enjoy! From crocketo at tele2adsl.dk Tue Feb 10 21:21:19 2004 From: crocketo at tele2adsl.dk (Kristian Frellsen) Date: Tue Feb 10 12:21:32 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] IMPORTANT- DO NOT DOWNLOAD SOULSEEK from slsk.com or slsk.org References: <20040210170002.0AA968C1EA@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <005101c3f045$bc7ec4a0$fdcb8e81@BIG1> Do not download soulseek from the abovementioned sites....It's a virus!! Instead download it from www.slsknet.org /Kristian Frellsen From smangano at solartestinglabs.com Tue Feb 10 13:25:10 2004 From: smangano at solartestinglabs.com (Sam Mangano) Date: Tue Feb 10 13:23:18 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] robert randolph Message-ID: <196201c3f003$3909d660$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> so what did everyone think of EC's possible opening act during the grammy's? in case you missed it, he was in between outkast and george clinton during the funk medley segment. i wouldnt mind seeing him, but i think he will go over just about as well as buckwheat zydeco and distant cousins did as openers on previous EC gigs - pretty much ignored.....however, that was a pretty neat way to play guitar!! out sambo8 --------------------------------------------- "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." - George Harrison From macca461 at hotmail.com Tue Feb 10 18:20:57 2004 From: macca461 at hotmail.com (Jon Maclean) Date: Tue Feb 10 18:21:00 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: Me and the Devil blues Message-ID: Kevin, While I in no way condone violence against women (or men for that matter), I do tend to feel that political correctness goes too far in some of these instances relating to music. It is only music after all, and perhaps that needs to be kept in perspective. I was disappointed to see "Sick and Tired" dropped from Eric's live set in 1998, although I could see his reasoning for doing so. Quite clearly Eric has never condoned violence of any kind either, and it would be wrong for any casual observers of his music to suggest otherwise. However, "Me and the Devil Blues" is effectively a traditional American blues song and in my view it would be inappropriate to alter the lyrics of the song as Johnson wrote it simply to satisfy public perception in this era. I don't wish to labour the point as there may be many of you who feel more strongly about this particular issue than I do (and particularly in countries such as your own), but sometimes I find political correctness can go just a little too far these days. Cheers, Jon > >Message: 2 >Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 21:59:19 +0200 >From: "Kevin Wilson" >Subject: [Slowhand] Me and the Devil Blues >To: "Slowhand Digest (E-mail)" >Message-ID: > <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C04@sunwex01.arivia.kom> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >After Eric was pressured to drop "Sick and Tired" from his 1998 tour set >list because of it's violent lyrics against women, it's surprising to see >that he is recording "Me and the Devil Blues". > >Here's an extract of some of the lyrics of "Me and the Devil Blues": > >"Early this morning when you knocked on my door (repeat) >I said, 'Hello Satan, I believe it's time to go' >Me and the Devil was walking side by side (repeat) >I'm going to beat my woman until I get satisfied." > >I cannot speak for other countries of the world, but here, in South Africa, >there is a concerted effort against the accepted practice in certain of our >country's cultures of men believing they have a right to beat their woman >and the woman accepting this as the norm. This is, of course, besides the >fact that it happens in all societies to a greater or lesser extent. > >The bottom line is I hope Eric has had the sense to change the lyrics. It >is no tribute to the blues or Robert Johnson to advocate such values. > >Kevin > _________________________________________________________________ Hot chart ringtones and polyphonics. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilemania/default.asp From guitarbob at valink.com Wed Feb 11 08:16:54 2004 From: guitarbob at valink.com (guitarbob@valink.com) Date: Wed Feb 11 08:16:55 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Update on soulseek server Message-ID: <50363.151.199.107.236.1076505414.squirrel@webmail.valink.com> I have created a room called Slowhand Digest that any users can go to, for conversation or questions. I am going to try to organize my files better, most of them are named whatever the individuals I got them from named them, so the song titles aren't always the file names. Darn my luck, I am going to have to listen to hundreds of great recordings of our man from the 90's so I can catalog them properly. The only downside of this arrangement I see versus a straight FTP is, darn it, it would be nice for people to be able to submit things to me I don't already have. If I opt for a straight FTP server I Will let you all know. I may also go back to using Hotline, which worked well before. If I do that I will let you know also. It requires a specific client to work with and I will be sure people know how to obtain that even if I have to put it on my website and allow people to FTP it down from there. From guitarbob at valink.com Wed Feb 11 09:16:34 2004 From: guitarbob at valink.com (guitarbob@valink.com) Date: Wed Feb 11 09:16:39 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] (no subject) Message-ID: <50999.151.199.107.236.1076508994.squirrel@webmail.valink.com> As a follow-up, here is where one can download the Hotline FTP client software. I will be installing Hotline 1.9.1 and configuring my router accordingly.... http://www.tucows.com/preview/193834.html From rickwilcox at utah.gov Wed Feb 11 12:14:41 2004 From: rickwilcox at utah.gov (Rick Wilcox) Date: Wed Feb 11 12:15:08 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Legends - Gods Meeting Message-ID: Thanks to our friend Juan Manuel, I have the Gods Meeting concert to offer to the first three slowhanders responding to this message. From g.abt at ucsm.ac.uk Wed Feb 11 12:37:56 2004 From: g.abt at ucsm.ac.uk (Abt, Grant) Date: Wed Feb 11 12:40:41 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Waiting, waiting... Message-ID: <238C3261CD6E534A98A5A7383A9A381B0135FE04@lanmail.ucsm.ac.uk> Evening viewers, Is it just me or is there a decided lack of pre-release information about EC's new CD? With less than 6 weeks before it's released, there is still nothing on the Reprise web site. There's information about some band that i've never heard of and probably never will who are releasing an album sometime in 2004 (like i care), yet an artist of the calibre of EC gets nothing!! Is this EC and his publicity people not getting the information out there?...or is it that the big wide world of music doesn't rate him that highly anymore? I suspect it's the former because even on EC's personal website, the new CD only gets a paragraph in the latest news section (hardly a fanfare!). Speaking of which, the latest info on his web page hasn't been change for about 9 months. Compare EC's website with someone like Ringo Starr's. Ringo updates his site with a personally recorded video every month, telling people what he's up to. I admit that i'm seeing all this from a very loyal and dedicated fans point of view. If i was viewing it from EC's point of view, and with knowledge of the type of person he is (that is quite private), then he probably sees no need to promote himself in that way. I understand that, but it is frustrating in an age where information is accessed, updated and consumed by the minute. That's one of the greatest things about the net, is that artists can get information to their fans regularly and from their own mouth, rather than through a journalist. Any comment? Grant. Lancaster, UK. ***** CONFIDENTIALITY & SECURITY DISCLAIMER ***** Please note the contents of this e-mail do not necessarily represent the policies or views of St Martins College. This e-mail message and any attachments may contain confidential information and should only be accessed by the intended recipient. If they have come to you in error please advise the sender by replying to this email and copy your reply to postmaster@ucsm.ac.uk. 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From scottw at frazmtn.com Wed Feb 11 13:23:11 2004 From: scottw at frazmtn.com (Scott Wallenberg) Date: Wed Feb 11 13:23:12 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Robert Randolph Message-ID: <00cd01c3f0cc$20041940$e507c841@youro0kwkw9jwc> I missed the Grammys appearance but I have seen Robert Randolph play on Austin City Limits and have his Live CD plus a few live shows with Derek Trucks ...Spectacular, in my opinion he is a genius. I only hope that EC let's him join in for an encore jam! Here's a link http://www.robertrandolph.net/ Scott From AvalancheScott at earthlink.net Wed Feb 11 21:57:37 2004 From: AvalancheScott at earthlink.net (Scott Peterson) Date: Wed Feb 11 21:57:41 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Political correctitude In-Reply-To: <20040211170002.9F12A8C227@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: Jon Maclean wrote: > While I in no way condone violence against women (or men for that matter), I > do tend to feel that political correctness goes too far in some of these > instances relating to music. It is only music after all, and perhaps that > needs to be kept in perspective. > > I was disappointed to see "Sick and Tired" dropped from Eric's live set in > 1998, although I could see his reasoning for doing so. Quite clearly Eric > has never condoned violence of any kind either, and it would be wrong for > any casual observers of his music to suggest otherwise. However, "Me and the > Devil Blues" is effectively a traditional American blues song and in my view > it would be inappropriate to alter the lyrics of the song as Johnson wrote > it simply to satisfy public perception in this era. I don't wish to labour > the point as there may be many of you who feel more strongly about this > particular issue than I do (and particularly in countries such as your own), > but sometimes I find political correctness can go just a little too far > these days. But times change and much of what was once considered acceptable is, thankfully, no longer so. In other words, would you still feel this same way if the song in question was written by a caucasian male a few decades earlier and used a racial term for, say, African-Americans that may have been considered appropriate in polite company in certain sections of the United States at the time but which we now would consider extremely offensive? Where does one draw the line? This doesn't seem like political correctness to me. This seems like appropriately recognizing that it's not the 1930s anymore. Scott Peterson AvalancheScott@earthlink.net From Cobhome at aol.com Wed Feb 11 22:37:50 2004 From: Cobhome at aol.com (Cobhome@aol.com) Date: Wed Feb 11 22:38:01 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Devil Blues Message-ID: <1c7.14fdcb14.2d5c4f0e@aol.com> EC has changed the lyrics to Robert Johnson songs before - most notably by inserting a verse in "Crossroads" that I believe is actually in Traveling Riverside Blues ( memory slow right now so could be wrong about which song he took it from ). I don't think this is an issue of "political correctness" but rather showing sensitivity - after all - if the lyric was "beat a black man til I'm satisfied" or "beat a gay man til I'm satisfied" would you see it as "political correctness" to alter the phrase or simply - an acknowledgement that people are hurt by such phrases - some "traditions" of human kind are best rejected - having said that - I can't wait to hear this CD!!!! Cecelia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040211/48dd3a0f/attachment.htm From crocketo at tele2adsl.dk Thu Feb 12 10:51:31 2004 From: crocketo at tele2adsl.dk (Kristian Frellsen) Date: Thu Feb 12 01:51:38 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Budokan Blues References: <20040211170003.4DC198C22C@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <01d901c3f180$158213a0$fdcb8e81@BIG1> For the record, Soulseek is back to normal again. But it appeared to have been hacked, when I tried to download the prog. But seems to be ok now. Sorry for any inconvience this may have caused you! Now for the real question. Recently I got my hands on a EC show called Budokan Blues. It appears to be the same as "wonderful Night" from 27 Oct. 1997, EXCEPT that it features 9 extra songs. These are Hoochie Coochie Man, Motherless Children. Malted Milk, Tore Down, Sinners Prayer, Born under a bad sign, Five long years, .44, Aint nobodys business, Driftin'. Just before or after each song there is an interview of some kind. Does anyone know where these songs come from, and if they are from the broadcast of "wonderful night"??? Regards /KF From roante04 at yahoo.co.uk Thu Feb 12 04:30:06 2004 From: roante04 at yahoo.co.uk (=?iso-8859-1?q?a=20linden?=) Date: Thu Feb 12 04:30:08 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Budokan Blues Message-ID: <20040212093006.68090.qmail@web25007.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Hi all, It sounds like those extra tracks could be from Live Rehearsals - Manhattan Center Studios, NYC - September 28, 1994. This was originally a video from the NBTB-tour rehearsals and was shown at least in Europe before the >From The Cradle tour. Cheers Ande """Now for the real question. Recently I got my hands on a EC show called Budokan Blues. It appears to be the same as "wonderful Night" from 27 Oct. 1997, EXCEPT that it features 9 extra songs. These are Hoochie Coochie Man, Motherless Children. Malted Milk, Tore Down, Sinners Prayer, Born under a bad sign, Five long years, .44, Aint nobodys business, Driftin'. Just before or after each song there is an interview of some kind. Does anyone know where these songs come from, and if they are from the broadcast of "wonderful night"??? """ ___________________________________________________________ BT Yahoo! Broadband - Free modem offer, sign up online today and save ?80 http://btyahoo.yahoo.co.uk From guitarbob at valink.com Thu Feb 12 08:08:29 2004 From: guitarbob at valink.com (guitarbob@valink.com) Date: Thu Feb 12 08:08:32 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Hotline server Message-ID: <50830.151.199.107.236.1076591309.squirrel@webmail.valink.com> IP: 151.199.107.236 login: Cream p/s: clapton You will need to get hotline client software, its available at tucows.com among other places. If you do a google search for "hotline client" it will take you there. Those who prefer straight FTP can use an FTP client of their choice and go to 151.199.107.236. Should take you right to all of the music I have. You will find the clapton material MOSTLY under the folder called "Hotline Server]Files" and they are split out by decade, along with an upload folder where new contributions go and a folder called New that is where I put things until I know where they really belong. I will try to streamline the FTP site to not have so many sub-directories. You will also find files under things like Bobs Box Set and Blues Set which are recordings of my own bands. Welcome to them, and comments are certainly welcome as well. From guitarbob at valink.com Thu Feb 12 13:40:20 2004 From: guitarbob at valink.com (guitarbob@valink.com) Date: Thu Feb 12 13:40:21 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Hotline update Message-ID: <50485.151.199.107.236.1076611220.squirrel@webmail.valink.com> Two additional accounts set up: yardbirds mayall both with password clapton Do me a favor and don't queue up more than 3 or 4 songs to download at a time, otherwise all my bandwidth is being used up and i can't do anything *laff* I will probably take soulseek offline or cut down the bandwidth I have allocated for it because some people have been queuing up as many as 10 or 12 songs at a time to download. I appreciate the interest in the vast amount of material I have but I'm running this server off my home DSL connection...... Bob From gourlayd2002 at yahoo.ca Fri Feb 13 17:43:13 2004 From: gourlayd2002 at yahoo.ca (David Gourlay) Date: Fri Feb 13 17:43:16 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Bob on Soulseek Message-ID: <20040213224313.43316.qmail@web20313.mail.yahoo.com> Thanks and many thanks to Bob for offering this up for us all. It is an excellent collection of material and I appreciate the work you have put into it to allow us to access it. Thanks ! David Gourlay --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040213/b7cf45b2/attachment.htm From gary.holderness at bbc.co.uk Sat Feb 14 05:23:41 2004 From: gary.holderness at bbc.co.uk (Gary Holderness) Date: Sat Feb 14 05:23:50 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] 4 Jap 2003 shows wanted Message-ID: <2E7D3F325C53D64289C66C4E6CDE6847917C80@bbcxue206.national.core.bbc.co.uk> Does anyone have the following shows they'd like to trade. 17/11/03 - Osaka Jo Hall - Black Curtains 20/11/03 - Osaka Jo Hall - Yellow Tigers 22/11/03 - Rainbow Hall, Nagoya - Reach the stars 26/11/03 - Yokohama Arena - Moon & star All the above are on the E&C World star label, Rozy project or Kamikaze releases will be fine though. Lots to trade ! Cheers, Gary BBCi at http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040214/c45c3b70/attachment.htm From Scott.Graves at virgin.net Sun Feb 15 05:09:12 2004 From: Scott.Graves at virgin.net (Scott Graves) Date: Sun Feb 15 05:09:44 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC Boots for sale Message-ID: <04b301c3f3ab$c27fd2e0$19ea6b51@scottpc> Hi Slowhanders, I've got a couple of original EC "imports" to get rid of (too many CDs about and not enough money) if anyone is interested. I'm not looking to rip anyone off, I just ask for what I paid for them "From the Heart" - 1 CD 1994 Tour rehearsals (excellent soundboard) "Another Page" - 2 CD 1992 Brighton concert (excellent sound again) mail me if you're interested. Some of you may have mailed me previously about these after a previous post I made. Apologies if I didn't reply but my email has been a bit crazy lately and I lost track of who I'd replied to and who I hadn't. Scott --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.558 / Virus Database: 350 - Release Date: 05/01/2004 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040215/30082766/attachment.htm From macca461 at hotmail.com Sun Feb 15 18:13:01 2004 From: macca461 at hotmail.com (Jon Maclean) Date: Sun Feb 15 18:13:03 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Waiting, waiting... Message-ID: I have always been greatly disappointed by the official EC website. The only thing I can think that has allowed it to be so information understated is that the webmasters realise there is little use in competing with the unofficial sites: Where's Eric!, Slowhand Tourography, EC FAQ, EC Bootography, Geetarz, and a few others, because they have it all covered. Perhaps the conscientious people involved in those sites can take a bow for having frightened a major record company out of this particular market area. Then again, perhaps the record company is just too lazy or disinterested to make the effort. Cheers, Jon Message: 2 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 17:37:56 -0000 From: "Abt, Grant" Subject: [Slowhand] Waiting, waiting... To: "'slowhand@planet-torque.com'" Message- Evening viewers, Is it just me or is there a decided lack of pre-release information about EC's new CD? With less than 6 weeks before it's released, there is still nothing on the Reprise web site. There's information about some band that i've never heard of and probably never will who are releasing an album sometime in 2004 (like i care), yet an artist of the calibre of EC gets nothing!! Is this EC and his publicity people not getting the information out there?...or is it that the big wide world of music doesn't rate him that highly anymore? I suspect it's the former because even on EC's personal website, the new CD only gets a paragraph in the latest news section (hardly a fanfare!). Speaking of which, the latest info on his web page hasn't been change for about 9 months. Compare EC's website with someone like Ringo Starr's. Ringo updates his site with a personally recorded video every month, telling people what he's up to. I admit that i'm seeing all this from a very loyal and dedicated fans point of view. If i was viewing it from EC's point of view, and with knowledge of the type of person he is (that is quite private), then he probably sees no need to promote himself in that way. I understand that, but it is frustrating in an age where information is accessed, updated and consumed by the minute. That's one of the greatest things about the net, is that artists can get information to their fans regularly and from their own mouth, rather than through a journalist. Any comment? Grant. Lancaster, UK. _________________________________________________________________ E-mail just got a whole lot better. New ninemsn Premium. Click here http://ninemsn.com.au/premium/landing.asp From deltanick at comcast.net Sun Feb 15 20:59:51 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Sun Feb 15 20:58:42 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Waiting, waiting... Message-ID: <008001c3f430$907fad80$29263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> >> Is it just me or is there a decided lack of pre-release information about EC's new CD? Any comment? << Why all the excitement over an album titled "Me And My Johnson"? From guitarbob at valink.com Mon Feb 16 07:20:52 2004 From: guitarbob at valink.com (guitarbob@valink.com) Date: Mon Feb 16 07:20:54 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] FTP Message-ID: <50199.151.199.107.236.1076934052.squirrel@webmail.valink.com> You are welcome, all who have posted about the MP3's I have put up. My preferred method is through the Hotline server because it uses the least amount of resources but if people only have access to soulseek I will try to make that available as well. It just really bogs down my system running all the time. I won't run Kazaa anymore for that reason, among others. The Hotline FTP server allows those of you with material I may not have to upload it. The most recent material I have dates to the middle of the year 2000 - any shows since then I definitely do not have and if anyone wishes to contribute by uploading, that would be great. If not, as I said before, the server is running anyway. Bob From Hanicram45 at aol.com Mon Feb 16 11:02:46 2004 From: Hanicram45 at aol.com (Hanicram45@aol.com) Date: Mon Feb 16 11:02:56 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] "help" Message-ID: <1d3.19d33794.2d6243a6@aol.com> "help" From AvalancheScott at earthlink.net Mon Feb 16 12:02:35 2004 From: AvalancheScott at earthlink.net (Scott Peterson) Date: Mon Feb 16 12:02:38 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Next... In-Reply-To: <20040216170002.7E90A8C15C@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: > From: Hanicram45@aol.com > Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 11:02:46 EST > To: slowhand@planet-torque.com > Subject: [Slowhand] "help" > > "help" "Rubber Soul" Scott Peterson AvalancheScott@earthlink.net From Claudio.Heitor at confagri.pt Mon Feb 16 12:24:59 2004 From: Claudio.Heitor at confagri.pt (Claudio Heitor) Date: Mon Feb 16 12:32:34 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Stone Crazy Message-ID: <11A7F1E47F821B4EA00A6A14CCA09D2747D3E1@confagris3.confagri.pt> Thaks to Juan de Sosa I have 3 copies of Stone Crazy to offer to the firs three person who contact me privatly Ant?nio Cl?udio Heitor CONFAGRI Confedera??o Nacional das Cooperativas Agr?colas e do Cr?dito Agr?cola de Portugal, CCRL Rua Maria Andrade, 13 1199 - 013 Lisboa Portugal Telf: 21 811 80 61 From darmel at sbcglobal.net Mon Feb 16 12:34:34 2004 From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (darmel@sbcglobal.net) Date: Mon Feb 16 12:33:04 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Secret Policemans Other Ball Message-ID: <012601c3f4b3$2562ef70$64fdd10a@MELBOSS> Please - would someone burn a copy of "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball" for me? Mel Boss From DLeblanc3 at purolator.com Mon Feb 16 12:32:36 2004 From: DLeblanc3 at purolator.com (Leblanc, Denis (CGI)) Date: Mon Feb 16 12:33:18 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] re-waiting, waiting... Message-ID: Are you kidding me? Don't tell me THAT'S the album title! Is EC nuts? Denis LeBlanc >> Is it just me or is there a decided lack of pre-release information about EC's new CD? Any comment? << >Why all the excitement over an album titled "Me And My Johnson"? From Claudio.Heitor at confagri.pt Mon Feb 16 12:26:31 2004 From: Claudio.Heitor at confagri.pt (Claudio Heitor) Date: Mon Feb 16 12:34:05 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Hiroshima 15/11/2003 Message-ID: <11A7F1E47F821B4EA00A6A14CCA09D2747D3E2@confagris3.confagri.pt> Thanks to Peter Gordon I have three copies of this show to the firs three person that contact me. Ant?nio Cl?udio Heitor CONFAGRI Confedera??o Nacional das Cooperativas Agr?colas e do Cr?dito Agr?cola de Portugal, CCRL Rua Maria Andrade, 13 1199 - 013 Lisboa Portugal Telf: 21 811 80 61 From crocketo at tele2adsl.dk Mon Feb 16 22:23:30 2004 From: crocketo at tele2adsl.dk (Kristian Frellsen) Date: Mon Feb 16 13:23:55 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Slowhand DC++ Hub? References: <20040216170003.1E9AE8C11D@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <00ef01c3f505$72ac9360$fdcb8e81@BIG1> Hi SH'ers. I know, I posted a similar question a whaile ago. But I'm curious to know what happened to the DC++ Hub? Will it go online soon - or is it closed for good? /Kristian Frellsen From Tildemarie at aol.com Mon Feb 16 16:39:45 2004 From: Tildemarie at aol.com (Tildemarie@aol.com) Date: Mon Feb 16 16:39:53 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RAH Tickets in London in May 2004 Message-ID: <1a1.20795188.2d6292a1@aol.com> I have four tickets I will not be using for Wednesday, May 5, 2004 Eric Clapton in Concert...Royal Albert Hall Choir East Row 4 Seats 19, 20, 21, 22 Contact me privately at Tildemarie@aol.com Thanks, Mimi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040216/66282d7b/attachment.htm From guitarbob at valink.com Tue Feb 17 12:14:34 2004 From: guitarbob at valink.com (guitarbob@valink.com) Date: Tue Feb 17 12:14:36 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Slowhand DC++ Hub? Message-ID: <50034.151.199.107.236.1077038074.squirrel@webmail.valink.com> I don't know much about that - what is/was it? I do know I have put up an FTP site devoted to swapping clapton mp3's and other info. you can use any ftp client (including INternet explorer) and go to 151.199.107.236, login as claptonmp3 with a password of bradbury, OR you can get the Hotline client software and utilize the Hotline Server that is the same site with a friendlier front-end interface than FTP..... From b.vantnoordende at chello.nl Tue Feb 17 12:25:34 2004 From: b.vantnoordende at chello.nl (Ben van 't Noordeinde) Date: Tue Feb 17 12:25:39 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] ISO these 3 recordings Message-ID: <05f901c3f57b$0d3670c0$e6075dd5@dhr5h8heezt76z> I?m looking for a copy from these 3 recordings First Impression Atlanta, Georgia - May 21, 2001 - EC Is Here Records California Streaking Sacramento - August 10, 2001 - 3BR Records Ringtrick National Exhibition Centre - Birmingham July 15, 1986 Mid Valley 023/024 please contact Ben b.vantnoordende@chello.nl -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In this circumstance you must not disclose, copy, distribute, use or rely on this email and you should permanently delete it. Security Warning: Please note that this e-mail has been created in the knowledge that Internet e-mail is not a 100% secure communications medium. It is advised that you understand and observe this lack of security when emailing us. Viruses: Although we have taken steps to ensure that this email and attachments are free from any virus, we cannot accept responsibility for email once it has left us. You should ensure that you have a suitable anti virus system in place and check the email upon receipt. From vdv64 at yahoo.com Tue Feb 17 14:09:28 2004 From: vdv64 at yahoo.com (=?iso-8859-1?q?PM?=) Date: Tue Feb 17 14:09:30 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand DC++ Hub? Message-ID: <20040217190928.39836.qmail@web60310.mail.yahoo.com> Hi Kristian, there are two slowhand dc++ hubs. One that really was or still is (?) online and one that I set up for just one or two hours :( Fact is, that my ISP first agreed with the hub. Then when I started running it for a test they literally killed my connection and no one did remember our agreement ... Great guys, I love them. Actually I'm using the home-office account from my wife but this one is capped at 1GB (nothing with other words). But since the failure with my old ISP I'm looking for another one that allows me to run a hub without exorbitant extra costs. I did not post further news, because imo it doesn't help anyone to read once more how stupid ISP-people can be and how hard it is to find a company that doesn't want even your last cent. Btw, I'm not the one to give up. Actually there will be an appointment with a manager of a telecom-company in the next days. First of all concerning an exhibition of fine arts - I'm a gallerist - but you can be quite sure there will be another agenda item too ;-) Keep fingers crossed. It would be nice to run a slowhand-shn-hub. Greetings Peter Mit sch?nen Gr??en von Yahoo! Mail - http://mail.yahoo.de From scottw at frazmtn.com Tue Feb 17 15:43:18 2004 From: scottw at frazmtn.com (Scott Wallenberg) Date: Tue Feb 17 15:46:35 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] `Me And Mr. Johnson'': Eric Clapton Honors Robert Johnson Message-ID: <014801c3f597$22d18890$d307c841@youro0kwkw9jwc> Correct title is: > ``Me And Mr. Johnson'': Eric Clapton Honors Robert Johnson on > New Album > > BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2004--Eric Clapton > pays a unique tribute to seminal blues innovator Robert Johnson > on "Me And Mr. Johnson," his latest Duck/Reprise Records album, > set for release March 23rd. Long known for his love of deep > blues, Clapton's expression of Johnson's music stands alongside > the Englishman's strongest achievements, and ranks as one of > modern blues' most moving accomplishments. > "It is a remarkable thing to have been driven and influenced all > of my life by the work of one man," Clapton says. "And even > though I accept that it has always been the keystone of my > musical foundation, I still would not regard it as an obsession; > instead, I prefer to think of it as a landmark that I navigate > by, whenever I feel myself going adrift. I am talking, of > course, about the work of Robert Johnson. > "Up until I heard his music, everything I had ever heard seemed > as if it was dressed up for a shop window somewhere, so that > when I heard him for the first time, it was like he was singing > only for himself, and now and then, maybe God. At first, it > scared me in its intensity, and I could only take it in small > doses. Then I would build up strength and take a little more, > but I could never really get away from it, and in the end, it > spoiled me for everything else. > "Now, after all these years, his music is like my oldest friend, > always in the back of my head, and on the horizon. It is the > finest music I have ever heard. I have always trusted its > purity, and I always will." > "Me And Mr. Johnson" features Clapton renditions of fourteen of > the twenty-nine songs written and recorded by the mythic > Mississippi blues master over the course of his brief career in > the 1930s. Robert Johnson is often called the greatest blues man > of all time, someone who not only inspired Muddy Waters, Howlin' > Wolf and other Chicago urban blues titans, but also was a huge > influence on the Rolling Stones and the Allman Brothers Band in > the development of rock 'n' roll during the 1960s and 1970s. > Sixteen-time Grammy Award winner and the only triple Rock and > Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Eric Clapton has recorded a number > of Robert Johnson songs in the past, in previous bands like John > Mayall's Bluesbreakers and Cream, as well as a solo artist, but > this marks the first time he has dedicated an entire album to > the legendary blues pioneer. "Me And Mr. Johnson" joins such > acclaimed recent offerings as 1994's "From The Cradle" and > 2000's collaboration with B.B. King, "Riding With The King," in > Eric Clapton's ongoing exploration of his rich musical roots. > Produced by Eric Clapton and Simon Climie, "Me And Mr. Johnson" > features the following Robert Johnson perennials: "When You Got > A Good Friend," "Little Queen Of Spades," "They're Red Hot," "Me > And The Devil Blues," "Traveling Riverside Blues," "Last Fair > Deal Gone Down," "Stop Breakin' Down Blues," "Milkcow's Calf > Blues," "Kindhearted Woman Blues," "Come On In My Kitchen," "If > I Had Possession Over Judgment Day," "Love In Vain," "32-20 > Blues" and "Hellhound On My Trail." > Joining Eric Clapton on "Me And Mr. Johnson" are such longtime > studio stalwarts as Andy Fairweather Low (guitar), Doyle > Bramhall II (guitar), Billy Preston (keyboards), Jerry Portnoy > (harmonica), Nathan East (bass) and Steve Gadd (drums). > > Scott Wallenberg From brooz461 at hotmail.com Tue Feb 17 18:46:19 2004 From: brooz461 at hotmail.com (Brooz Slowhand) Date: Tue Feb 17 18:46:21 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Rides Message-ID: Hey all, Just saw this--may be too little advance notice but the show is sure to be repeated. brooz Show: Rides Episode: Topless Network: (TLC) The Learning Channel Date: Wednesday - February 18, 2004 Time: 12:00 am - 01:00 am ET Featured Artists Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Van Halen About: Topless Roy Brizio is nothing less than a hot-rod icon. His client list reads like a who's who of the rock music industry. Recently, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck have both taken delivery of Brizio custom cars. This episode will focus on Roy's specialty -- the topless hot rod that is also known as the roadster. As we watch, he will be building a custom '32 Roadster for a legendary high-performance company within the automotive industry, Edelbrock. Cami Edelbrock, the granddaughter of Edelbrock's founder, will be personally involved with the design and engineering of the car. We'll explore the perfect marriage of hot rods and rock 'n' roll, a link that will be discussed by Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony. Another interview will feature rock legend Jeff Beck. We'll also have a look at one of Eric Clapton's cars and see why -- for some people -- you just can't separate rock from very cool rides _________________________________________________________________ Dream of owning a home? Find out how in the First-time Home Buying Guide. http://special.msn.com/home/firsthome.armx From CDonatto at aol.com Wed Feb 18 10:42:21 2004 From: CDonatto at aol.com (CDonatto@aol.com) Date: Wed Feb 18 10:42:33 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Political correctitude Message-ID: <59BC64FA.37A57793.0066AA18@aol.com> In a message dated 2/12/2004 12:00:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, slowhand-request@planet-torque.com writes: > > This doesn't seem like political correctness to me. This > seems like > appropriately recognizing that it's not the 1930s anymore. > > Scott Peterson > AvalancheScott@earthlink.net>> Keep in mind... alot of old blues lyrics had sexual undertones... "I'm going to beat my woman until I get satisfied." This line sure sounds like it to me. Cheryl From Kay.B.Chandler at jci.com Wed Feb 18 12:10:31 2004 From: Kay.B.Chandler at jci.com (Kay.B.Chandler@jci.com) Date: Wed Feb 18 12:11:12 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 57 Message-ID: wish someone would have posted the note about RIDES yesterday ... now I've missed it. From gaefvill at tin.it Wed Feb 18 12:48:26 2004 From: gaefvill at tin.it (Gaetano Villari) Date: Wed Feb 18 12:51:25 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] DC++ Hub Message-ID: <4033A56A.000017.01316@ABCD-8103BC416A> What's a DC++ Hub? Cheers Gaetano Villari Milano, I From kblanto at yahoo.com Wed Feb 18 17:57:32 2004 From: kblanto at yahoo.com (kavin blanton) Date: Wed Feb 18 17:57:34 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Derek and the Dominoes Live with Duwane Allman Message-ID: <20040218225732.28240.qmail@web41806.mail.yahoo.com> I was wondering if anyone has a copy of Derek and the Dominoes live with Duwane Allman. I have heard that there is a live recording out there with all of the band members including Duwane Allman. Please let me know if have it or can tell me where to find it. You can email me at: kblanto@yahoo.com Thanks ~Kavin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools From slowhandnj at comcast.net Wed Feb 18 18:08:59 2004 From: slowhandnj at comcast.net (ToeKneeF) Date: Wed Feb 18 18:09:43 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Here 'Tis - The Original Versions Of The Songs That Inspired Eric Clapton Message-ID: <4033F08B.8040205@comcast.net> While browsing thru Amazon.com's UK site, I found Here 'Tis - The Original Versions Of The Songs That Inspired Eric Clapton. Even though I have most of these songs, I don't have them conveniently packaged on 1 CD, so I ordered it. I am most stisfied with this CD, the sound quality is excellent and there are interesting albeit brief notes on each song. For those of you who want to hear the "music that inspired Eric", it's a great start. One major omission, NO Robert Johnson. Track list is: 1. Sitting on top of the world 2. After midnight 3. Willie and the hand jive 4. I wish you would 5. Too much monkey business 6. Further on up the road 7. Before you accuse me 8. Third degree 9. Smokestack lightning 10. Spoonful 11. It hurts me too 12. A certain girl 13. Hideaway 14. Have you ever loved a woman 15. Got love if you want it 16. Steppin' out 17. Blow wind blow 18. Standing around crying 19. Double trouble 20. Here 'tis T -- "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. " Benjamin Franklin From chrisd at hickorytech.net Wed Feb 18 22:33:31 2004 From: chrisd at hickorytech.net (Chris Daniels) Date: Wed Feb 18 22:33:31 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Legends offer Message-ID: <40342E8B.4050902@hickorytech.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Working at Madison branch during office remodeling; may not be available by phone or PC during that time. From quadzila at optonline.net Thu Feb 19 12:23:18 2004 From: quadzila at optonline.net (Dan) Date: Thu Feb 19 12:24:39 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Rides TV program Message-ID: <004201c3f70d$110372a0$3ff75643@cv320450a> Y'all didn't miss much EC content on the "Rides" TV show, They only showed Eric's baby blue roadster for a few seconds, EC was not on the program. They had Jeff Beck mingling w/others a car show and driving off in his custom roadster but no interviews. Dan Quadzila@optonline.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools From gaefvill at tin.it Thu Feb 19 13:50:03 2004 From: gaefvill at tin.it (Gaetano Villari) Date: Thu Feb 19 13:53:09 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Bob's FTP site Message-ID: <4035055B.000013.01720@ABCD-8103BC416A> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 494 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040219/387b0c54/attachment.gif From jfw at insightbb.com Thu Feb 19 16:42:08 2004 From: jfw at insightbb.com (John Whitney) Date: Thu Feb 19 16:42:23 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Legends Message-ID: <000001c3f731$39fa50b0$9ca3df0c@VAIO> With great thanks to our friend in Portugal, Ant?nio Heitor, I am able to offer 4 copies of "God's Meeting - Legends" recorded at Montreux in 1997. The first 4 Slowhanders emailing me with their postal address, with LEGENDS in the subject, will have them in the mail tomorrow. Enjoy! John Whitney From Thewho64 at cs.com Thu Feb 19 18:28:58 2004 From: Thewho64 at cs.com (Thewho64@cs.com) Date: Thu Feb 19 18:29:03 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] DVD's:EC,Tokyo 11/28 & 11/29 Message-ID: <6FB6CE07.3C2B6CE5.008320BD@cs.com> Complete shows on DVD. BUDOKAN 11/29/03 & 11/30/03 Email: thewho64@cs.com for details From Thewho64 at cs.com Thu Feb 19 18:30:10 2004 From: Thewho64 at cs.com (Thewho64@cs.com) Date: Thu Feb 19 18:30:15 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] DVD dates correction:11/29 & 11/30 Message-ID: <4907355B.19ACE3A9.008320BD@cs.com> The body of the message had the dates correct but not my subject. They are 11/29/03 & 11/30/03. From scottw at frazmtn.com Fri Feb 20 01:07:55 2004 From: scottw at frazmtn.com (Scott Wallenberg) Date: Fri Feb 20 01:08:01 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] 11-15-03 Japan B&P offer closed Message-ID: <035001c3f777$e2e28210$d307c841@youro0kwkw9jwc> As of today 2-20-04 I am closing down my b&p offer of the 11-15-03 Hiroshima show. I think I burned about 50 copies so look for other kind souls to offer this great show back to the list. Scott From carlo_van_gucht at hotmail.com Fri Feb 20 12:12:46 2004 From: carlo_van_gucht at hotmail.com (Carlo Van Gucht) Date: Fri Feb 20 12:12:48 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] me and mr. johnson Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Me And Mr. Johnson features Clapton renditions of fourteen of the twenty-nine songs written and recorded by the mythic Mississippi blues master over the course of his brief career in the 1930s. Robert Johnson is often called the greatest blues man of all time, someone who not only inspired Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and other Chicago urban blues titans, but also was a huge influence on the Rolling Stones and the Allman Brothers Band in the development of rock & roll during the 1960s and 1970s. "Now, after all these years, his music is like my oldest friend, always in the back of my head, and on the horizon. It is the finest music I have ever heard. 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DeltaNick From bob at grtasker.com Sat Feb 21 12:08:24 2004 From: bob at grtasker.com (Bob Tasker) Date: Sat Feb 21 12:08:26 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] US Tour Message-ID: <200402211708.i1LH8NsT020835@server0027.freedom2surf.net> Whilst there was no mention of dates, towards the end of a great interview with Paul Jones on Jazz FM (UK), EC confirmed that following the upcoming dates in Europe & the UK he'll be touring across America in the summer. As I say, no details, but coming from the man himself at least it confirms the rumours! Cheers, Bob From deltanick at comcast.net Sat Feb 21 12:24:47 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Sat Feb 21 12:24:11 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC Interview On "Jazz Me Blues," Jazz-FM Message-ID: <009801c3f89f$9b2fde80$29263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> Eric Clapton was interviewed on Paul Jones' "Jazz Me Blues" today on Jazz-FM, and I was able to tune in for part of the show on RealPlayer (which surprised me, as RealOne was not necessary). I should have tried earlier and would've heard the entire show. Judging from what I heard, I tuned in about mid-way through the show. Anyway, Jones and Clapton are old friends, having mutual friends (Tom McGuinness), having begun in the same band in 1962-1963 (the Roosters), and played together in a one-off studio band, Eric Clapton And The Powerhouse, on the 1966 album "What's Shakin'." Here are a few nuggets: EC would love to play in a Cream reunion again with both Jack Bruce (recuperating from, I believe, a liver transplant) and Ginger Baker (complaining that he cannot play as he used to, because of arthritis). Clearly not intending such a reunion to be a permanent thing, Clapton described the powerful effect that Cream's performance that the R&R HOF induction ceremony had on him back in 1993. They hadn't played in 25 years, but in EC's mind, they picked up, where they left off in 1968, without missing a stroke. EC's acoustic performance on Buddy Guy's "Crawling Kingsnake," a track on Guy's recent "Blues Singer" album, was an overdub. EC referred to providing the same thing, an overdub, for Jerry Lee Lewis just recently. This is something to watch out for this year. Jones played a track from "Riding With The King" and they discussed BB King. Clapton's reaction to the first time he heard BB King on record: "That's the blues?" The big band, swing sound, with all those horns didn't equate in Clapton's mind to the blues which he'd, until that time, heard. Clapton admitted that he was, at the time, much more into Freddie King. It took him a while to get into and learn to appreciate BB King. Jones played a track from Clapton's upcoming album, "Me And Mr. Johnson": "Milkcow's Calf Blues." It's a very good track, electric, featuring slide guitar and Jerry Portnoy's harmonica. It also includes the "Crossroads" riff, which Clapton referred to as the "'Crossroads' motif." "Milkcow's Calf Blues" is a studio track and sounds, to my ears, studio. Not sure on first listening, but I think there are overdubs. So, I guess this album will not be "live in the studio" as was "From The Cradle." Nevertheless, what I heard sounds very good, and EC sounds quite relaxed on the tune, which includes this vocal line: "How can you suck on another man's milkcow in the same town?" Tour band will be a bit different from the album band: Andy Fairweather Low will NOT tour, and wants to take some time off. Both Billy Preston and Chris Stainton (2 keyboards players) will tour with EC this year. Also, there will be TWO bass players: Nathan East and Steve ___ (didn't catch his last name). Near the end of the interview, Clapton, when asked, described "Pilgrim" as one of his favorite albums, which definitely was influenced by Curtis Mayfield, who was still alive at the time it was released. In fact, Clapton said that the album was dedicated to Mayfield. He then described how laborious an album it was to make, a process that was painstaking in its detail, and took a long time to get it right. Much of "Pilgrim" was not "translated" well on stage -- too linear -- and only several of its tunes were performed on stage beyond initial attempts. At the end of the interview, Jones again pushed Clapton on the Cream reunion and EC said that they'll "think and talk about it." Not sure, but it sounded to me like both Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker were a part of the group who will be thinking and talking, although that wasn't exactly clear. Also, it was clear that at least one other track from "Me And Mr. Johnson" was played earlier in the show, but I messed it. DeltaNick From Miami718 at aol.com Sat Feb 21 13:24:40 2004 From: Miami718 at aol.com (Miami718@aol.com) Date: Sat Feb 21 13:24:47 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC Hiroshima Message-ID: <48.2829db80.2d68fc68@aol.com> << As of today 2-20-04 I am closing down my b&p offer of the 11-15-03 Hiroshima show. I think I burned about 50 copies so look for other kind souls to offer this great show back to the list. >> Large thanks to Scott for his generosity! Since I've been enjoying this set, I'll pick up the torch - send an e-mail to MIAMI718@AOL.COM with "EC Hiroshima" in the Subject line and I'll get back to you with where to send your B&P. Cheers, Janet -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040221/d1f047aa/attachment.htm From e.c.collectables at btopenworld.com Sat Feb 21 15:34:30 2004 From: e.c.collectables at btopenworld.com (EC Collectables) Date: Sat Feb 21 15:34:35 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] 2004 EC Touring Band Revealed! Message-ID: <000b01c3f8ba$1c422bd0$ce6c7ad5@Mesh2002> During a two hour long live interview with Paul Jones on JazzFM this afternoon Eric revealed his new touring band.... EC : Guitar Vocals Billy Preston : Hammond Organ Chris Stainton : Keyboards Doyle Bramhall II : Guitar Nathan East : Bass Steve Gadd : Drums + 2 Girl Singers not named (Katie & Tessa possibly?) Sounds interesting, especially with Doyle hopefully pushing Eric a bit more than AFL was capable of.. Eric said that Andy Fairweather Low will not be on the tour (did I hear someone shouting hooray?!!) He also mentioned that a Cream reunion is a definite possibility - but not on a large scale - hope you were listening in Jack & Ginger! From Garret74 at aol.com Sat Feb 21 16:19:39 2004 From: Garret74 at aol.com (Garret74@aol.com) Date: Sat Feb 21 16:19:49 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] (no subject) Message-ID: <165.2b6517d8.2d69256b@aol.com> The artwork painting for EC's new album includes renderings of both of these photographs, including the "PC" version: no cigarette. DeltaNick Well you know, maybe if he'd quit smoking he'd still be alive... "I may have quit cigarettes, but that doesn't mean I don't smoke...." Lamely... Garret From moondog at siscom.net Sat Feb 21 17:33:56 2004 From: moondog at siscom.net (David Jenkins) Date: Sat Feb 21 17:55:30 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] ICE Message-ID: <001f01c3f8ca$cb6238c0$c81bfbd1@pcs0043> The new issue of ICE magazine (March 2004) contains a one page article on the new LP "Me and Mr. Johnson." From mckells at videotron.ca Sat Feb 21 17:59:58 2004 From: mckells at videotron.ca (Stephen McKellar) Date: Sat Feb 21 17:55:32 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Legends Message-ID: <4037E2EE.9070706@videotron.ca> Thanks to Chris Daniels i can offer 5 copies of "God's Meeting". Include your address. If you don't hear from me, you're not one of the five. You have to offer it up again tho. Steve McKellar From jfw at insightbb.com Sat Feb 21 19:09:40 2004 From: jfw at insightbb.com (John Whitney) Date: Sat Feb 21 19:09:47 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Legends Message-ID: <001801c3f8d8$2b3565d0$9ca3df0c@VAIO> I still have ONE Legends cd for the first reply with Legends in the Subject and your address for the mail. John Whitney From trevork1 at iinet.net.au Sat Feb 21 21:50:16 2004 From: trevork1 at iinet.net.au (Trevor) Date: Sat Feb 21 21:51:24 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re-John Lee Hooker w/Eric Clapton and others Message-ID: <000001c3f8ee$9b086770$9fc93bcb@xp> I have a CD called John Lee Hooker and Friends Twice As Nice which has 8 tracks. The cover art is very poor quality. From what I can make out it was recorded at the Saltwater Saloon Mid Valley on 9 March 1992.I cannot verify that. It is an Italian bootleg. EC appears on a recording of Boogie Chillen. I have searched the Net and cannot find this release anywhere. Other artists on this disc are:- John Hammond Ry Cooder Bonnie Riatt Johnny Johnson Albert Collins Booker T And some others that I cannot decipher on the cover art. Can anyone help me with some more info on this recording. Trevor -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Jones & Randy California Comment: With Ry Cooder, John Hammond, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray, Booker T Jones. .....................................oOo.................................... .. This was recently seeded on STG: http://www.sharingthegroove.org/msgboard/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31628 John From guitarbob at valink.com Sun Feb 22 09:48:55 2004 From: guitarbob at valink.com (guitarbob@valink.com) Date: Sun Feb 22 09:48:56 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Hotline server change Message-ID: <50583.141.152.71.245.1077461335.squirrel@webmail.valink.com> IP address changed by my ISP to 141.152.71.245 I am going to register with dynamic DNS and have a domain name, when I have it I will post it here and you won't have to use the IP anymore Bob From mangs8 at att.net Sun Feb 22 10:54:51 2004 From: mangs8 at att.net (mangs8@att.net) Date: Sun Feb 22 10:54:55 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] us tour thoughts Message-ID: <022220041554.8084.6e0a@att.net> 1. glad to hear backup singers will be along. the vocal harmonies on the japan shows left a lot to be desired. 2. i won't miss any soloing slots ec would have given afl, but i hope doyle studies the rhythm nuances and fills that afl has so thoughtfully provided over the years. 3. i am glad to get a chance to see billy preston live again. out sambo8 ps does anyone know if the ec interview this weekend is archived on the station's website or elsewhere on the net? From gaefvill at tin.it Sun Feb 22 12:05:16 2004 From: gaefvill at tin.it (Gaetano Villari) Date: Sun Feb 22 12:09:21 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Bob's FTP site Message-ID: <4038E14C.000019.01224@ABCD-8103BC416A> -------------------------------------------- Bob, I look forward to this, I've been trying for quite a while to access it unsuccessfully. Regards Gaetano, Milano, I (quote) >>>>>>>>>>>> Message: 2 Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 09:48:55 -0500 (EST) From: guitarbob@valink.com Subject: [Slowhand] Hotline server change To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Message-ID: <50583.141.152.71.245.1077461335.squirrel@webmail.valink.com> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 IP address changed by my ISP to 141.152.71.245 I am going to register with dynamic DNS and have a domain name, when I have it I will post it here and you won't have to use the IP anymore Bob >>>>>>>>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- From gaefvill at tin.it Sun Feb 22 12:07:11 2004 From: gaefvill at tin.it (Gaetano Villari) Date: Sun Feb 22 12:10:40 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Bob's FTP site Message-ID: <4038E1BF.00001B.01224@ABCD-8103BC416A> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From crocketo at tele2adsl.dk Mon Feb 23 14:04:20 2004 From: crocketo at tele2adsl.dk (Kristian Frellsen) Date: Mon Feb 23 05:04:26 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Buddy Guy's "Damn, Right I've got the blues" References: <20040222170002.63DD38BFE9@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <002401c3fa3f$d8055e60$fdcb8e81@BIG1> Hi SH'ers. Does any of you know which tracks EC appears on, on the above mentioned cd? Thx, in advance! /KF From desosa at fiat.com Mon Feb 23 10:23:15 2004 From: desosa at fiat.com (FERNANDEZ de SOSA Juan Manuel) Date: Mon Feb 23 10:22:17 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Green Arena - Hirosima Message-ID: <6754CD43E415D411B32E00508B6D28D202BB9530@ex1madntd01.its.it> Hi everybody! Thanks to the generosity of Peter Gordon I can offer copies of the Hirosima concert to the first three SD's to write me privately. Cheers, Juanma -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040223/e8fda20b/attachment.htm From ldnfatso1 at aol.com Mon Feb 23 12:11:44 2004 From: ldnfatso1 at aol.com (Steven Hurren) Date: Mon Feb 23 12:11:48 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Buddy Guy's "Damn, Right I've got the blues Message-ID: <403A3450.9020802@aol.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040223/30e6e7fc/attachment.htm From slowhandnj at comcast.net Mon Feb 23 12:59:06 2004 From: slowhandnj at comcast.net (ToeKneeF) Date: Mon Feb 23 12:59:51 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Damn Right......... Message-ID: <403A3F6A.20103@comcast.net> Kristian, EC is credited on Early In The Morning................T -- "...The issue is whether we want to live in a free society or whether we want to live under what amounts to a form of self-imposed totalitarianism, with the bewildered herd marginalized, directed elsewhere, terrified, screaming patriotic slogans, fearing for their lives and admiring with awe the leader who saved them from destruction, while the educated masses goose-step on command and repeat the slogans they're supposed to repeat..." Noam Chomsky in "Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda" From hugo.beer at ntlworld.com Mon Feb 23 13:26:18 2004 From: hugo.beer at ntlworld.com (Hugo Beer) Date: Mon Feb 23 13:26:06 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Buddy Guy's "Damm Right, I've Got The Blues Message-ID: <003101c3fa3a$87da3e60$ce110350@BEER> Eric Clapton plays on "Early In The Morning", which also includes Jeff Beck. Jeff Beck also plays on "Mustang Sally". Mark Knopfler plays on "Where Is The Next One Coming From". Hugo -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040223/ce0d88dc/attachment.htm From scottw at frazmtn.com Mon Feb 23 14:16:26 2004 From: scottw at frazmtn.com (Scott Wallenberg) Date: Mon Feb 23 14:16:36 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Mr. johnson tour? Message-ID: <010601c3fa41$8983a470$ee07c841@youro0kwkw9jwc> Highly unlikely....the songs would not really benefit from female background singers and Jerry Portnoy's playing is an integral part of the sound on M&MJ. I think we will hear the same basic set list as Japan :>( Scott From guitarbob at valink.com Mon Feb 23 15:37:40 2004 From: guitarbob at valink.com (guitarbob@valink.com) Date: Mon Feb 23 15:37:43 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] FTP update Message-ID: <50850.141.152.71.245.1077568660.squirrel@webmail.valink.com> Okay, I have registered with dynamic DNS and now each time my IP changes, it updates. If you use the following syntax, you should be able to get to the FTP now: ftp://claptonmp3.serveftp.org It will resolve to where you need to go. You SHOULD also be able to change the server info in Hotline client from the IP to that domain name and it will resolve to it as well. Please email me and let me know if this works. I am not sure I have the securities and permissions set quite right on the straight FTP server yet, I moved all the files and for some reason when I did that, it all sort of quit working. Bob From guitarbob at valink.com Mon Feb 23 15:54:06 2004 From: guitarbob at valink.com (guitarbob@valink.com) Date: Mon Feb 23 15:54:07 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] IP Message-ID: <50193.141.152.71.245.1077569646.squirrel@webmail.valink.com> On the off chance the dynamic DNS does not work, the IP address you want to go to is 141.152.71.245 From gwornex at yahoo.com Mon Feb 23 16:27:56 2004 From: gwornex at yahoo.com (Greg W) Date: Mon Feb 23 16:28:07 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Mayall Birthday DVD Message-ID: <20040223212756.36060.qmail@web12505.mail.yahoo.com> Looking for a copy of the Mayall 70th birthday DVD (not CD). I can do B&P or CD trade. List upon request. Greg W. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools From kend74 at hotmail.com Mon Feb 23 20:13:45 2004 From: kend74 at hotmail.com (kend huskie) Date: Mon Feb 23 20:13:48 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Cream-Alternates & Out-takes CD Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040224/1e3cd0b6/attachment.htm From dscripse at remc7.k12.mi.us Mon Feb 23 14:51:59 2004 From: dscripse at remc7.k12.mi.us (Dan Scripsema) Date: Mon Feb 23 20:54:45 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC Green Arena Message-ID: Hey I would like a copy of this show and I will offer it back Dan Scripsema c/o Jenison High School 2140 Bauer Rd. Jenison, Mi. 49428 From deltanick at comcast.net Mon Feb 23 21:39:41 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Mon Feb 23 21:38:47 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Me And Mr. Johnson - Preview Message-ID: <001f01c3fa7f$74d4ce80$29263744@aoldsl.net> I previewed "If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day" on AOL today. Sounds like an acoustic version of "Rollin' And Tumblin'." For those with AOL go to Keyword "First Listen" and follow from there. DeltaNick From desosa at fiat.com Tue Feb 24 05:12:51 2004 From: desosa at fiat.com (FERNANDEZ de SOSA Juan Manuel) Date: Tue Feb 24 05:11:39 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Green Arena - Hiroshima Message-ID: <6754CD43E415D411B32E00508B6D28D202BBA00E@ex1madntd01.its.it> Hi guys, the offer is now closed. This is a great concert and I'm receiving a lot of requests, so I have extended the offer from three to five. For other SDs interested, please write to the people to which I will send the CDs and ask them for a copy. I'm sure they will offer it again in the digest and you will obtain one without problem. The winners are: Lynn Steinhauer Dan Dunseith Andy Powell Kevin Wilson Carlo Van Gucht Greetings to everyone, Juanma -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040224/95a27bd7/attachment-0001.htm From lukelinus at yahoo.com Tue Feb 24 05:41:42 2004 From: lukelinus at yahoo.com (LukeLinus) Date: Tue Feb 24 05:41:45 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Stuttgart Ticket / DVD combo / CDR / CD / mp3s Message-ID: <20040224104142.23215.qmail@web21102.mail.yahoo.com> Hi everybody. various topics. Ticket: I am looking for a single ticket for the birthday show in stuttgart. Preferred sections 40-42,38,11-13 or 9. eMail me for reasonable offers. DVD: JPC.de has an unbelievable offer for the OMC,OMR combo. 2 CDs plus DVD for 9.99 Euro while supplies last. CDR: Is the Green Arena CDR a soundboard or audience recording ? CD: In Germany the new 14 track album is now confirmed to be out 3-22. I found cover art at jpc.de (I am not associated with jpc) mp3s: I like to have a brief overview of where most mp3-files are changing hands these days. Rather than searching on kazaa I am looking for groups of ec fans. I ve read about the ftp-server, sharing-the-groove and direct-connect here recently. For me it all comes down to choice and easy access. Speed is no problem. see you on the road best regards Peter / Germany last shows: Randy Newman next shows: EC ===== http://www.lukelinus.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools From carlo_van_gucht at hotmail.com Tue Feb 24 06:14:36 2004 From: carlo_van_gucht at hotmail.com (Carlo Van Gucht) Date: Tue Feb 24 06:14:38 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] hiroshima concert Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040224/d5c11bcf/attachment.htm From gaefvill at tin.it Tue Feb 24 11:21:52 2004 From: gaefvill at tin.it (Gaetano Villari) Date: Tue Feb 24 11:25:05 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Bob's site still not working Message-ID: <403B7A20.000003.01968@ABCD-8103BC416A> Bob, I've tried again both the ftp link and the IP address with no result. Is it me or is it still unavailable? Cheers Gaetano (quote:) ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 15:37:40 -0500 (EST) From: guitarbob@valink.com Subject: [Slowhand] FTP update (...) Okay, I have registered with dynamic DNS and now each time my IP changes, it updates. If you use the following syntax, you should be able to get to the FTP now: ftp://claptonmp3.serveftp.org It will resolve to where you need to go. You SHOULD also be able to change the server info in Hotline client from the IP to that domain name and it will resolve to it as well. Please email me and let me know if this works. I am not sure I have the securities and permissions set quite right on the straight FTP server yet, I moved all the files and for some reason when I did that, it all sort of quit working. Bob ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 15:54:06 -0500 (EST) From: guitarbob@valink.com Subject: [Slowhand] IP (...) On the off chance the dynamic DNS does not work, the IP address you want to go to is 141.152.71.245 From scottw at frazmtn.com Tue Feb 24 14:33:26 2004 From: scottw at frazmtn.com (Scott Wallenberg) Date: Tue Feb 24 14:33:39 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Blues exhibit in Chicago Message-ID: <012c01c3fb0d$141716f0$d407c841@youro0kwkw9jwc> MSI exhibit a noteworthy salute to Chicago blues January 30, 2004 Howlin' Wolf's 1950s stage jacket and harmonica, guitars belonging to Tampa Red, Muddy Waters and Robert Nighthawk, and rare films of legendary performers note Chicago's role in the growth of blues music inSweet Home Chicago: Big City Blues 1946-1966,opening Sunday at the Museum of Science and Industry. Visitors can learn to play the 12-bar blues on an interactive keyboard. Lights on the piano keyboard highlight your choices of notes while an audio track suggests effective note and rhythm choices. Concert posters, recording equipment, album covers, rare records and photographs will be presented, too. Guitars of John Lee Hooker and Eric Clapton also will be displayed. "Our city played a key role in the growth of blues music and the blues industry," said David Mosena, museum president. "But most of the once-great record companies, blues clubs and other spots are long gone. 'Sweet Home Chicago' introduces our guests to the people and places that helped provide a foundation for today's popular music." Artifacts are on loan from the careers of legendary Chicago blues artists Willie Dixon, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, Magic Sam, Charlie Musselwhite and Hound Dog Taylor. While the primary focus of the exhibit is the years between 1946 and 1966, it also includes an introduction to the earlier history of the blues in the Mississippi Delta and the causes and effects of the Great Migration. An interactive three-dimensional map traces the Great Migration. The "Segregation & Migration" section chronicles the development of a distinctive blues style in the Mississippi Delta, providing background on how and why the musicians moved in this style. Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood is presented as a thriving city within a city during the 1930s and early '40s, a mecca for African-American migrants from the South. Background is provided on both the general culture and the blues and jazz club culture of the era. "Crossroads" shows how during World War II, with another wave of Southern migrants in Chicago, accomplished blues musicians adapted their rougher, more down-home style to their new surroundings, creating a distinctive sound. The "Postwar Sound" area reveals how entrepreneurs began recording the new electrified country blues, building influential independent record labels. This kicked off a decade of creativity that changed the sound of the blues and, in so doing, helped start the rock 'n' roll revolution. "Maxwell Street" deals with the open-air market that played an important role in nurturing Chicago blues by providing a source of income and a meeting place for the city's blues musicians. This section also reveals how the characteristic ensemble sound of the Chicago blues was as much a product of unsung sidemen as revered stars. The "West Side Soul" section examines how a new generation of blues musicians, centered around the clubs and labels of Chicago's West Side, began updating the sound of the Chicago blues in the mid-1950s. The significant contributions women throughout the country made to the postwar blues scene are examined, too. "On the Road" shows how the music spread beyond Chicago's black neighborhoods. International tours and imported records brought Chicago blues across the Atlantic in the late 1950s and early '60s. The "Legacy" section summarizes how the Chicago blues not only revitalized guitar-based rock in the '60s but how its enduring influence has inspired artists through the present. Clubs like the Regal Theater, Club DeLisa, Checkerboard Lounge and the Savoy are recalled. Talented locals include Waters, Jimmy Reed, Jimmy Rogers, Lefty Bates and Dinah Washington. Interactive audio allows you to hear samples of Chicago blues songs, as well as stories of the music and city from musicians, producers and historians. The exhibit will run through June 13, the weekend of the Chicago Blues Fest. The museum is at 57th Street and Lake Shore Drive. Admission is $9 for adults, $5 for children ages 3-11 and $7.50 for seniors. Residents of the city of Chicago get a discount. Call (773) 684-1414. From smangano at solartestinglabs.com Tue Feb 24 16:04:23 2004 From: smangano at solartestinglabs.com (Sam Mangano) Date: Tue Feb 24 16:00:26 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] great website Message-ID: <00b901c3fb19$c8246b50$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> www.musicstack.com my only affiliation with this site is that it was created by a fellow clevelander. it is an online music marketplace with over 8 million titles (bigger than amazon and ebay combined according to the article i read). hard to find titles, collectibles and memorabilia from around the world, with ratings of sellers (like ebay) included. out sambo8 --------------------------------------------- "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." - George Harrison From g.abt at ucsm.ac.uk Wed Feb 25 07:44:56 2004 From: g.abt at ucsm.ac.uk (Abt, Grant) Date: Wed Feb 25 07:48:05 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Me & Mr Johnson 4 track EP at iTunes Message-ID: <238C3261CD6E534A98A5A7383A9A381B0135FE2A@lanmail.ucsm.ac.uk> Evening viewers, A 4 track EP from Me & Mr Johnson will be available from the iTunes music store (www.apple.com/itunes) on 2 March, according to EC's website. Unfortunately you have to be in the USA to buy tracks from the iTunes Music Store (don't get me started on that one!), but you can get a 30 s preview of each track. The CD is slated to be in stores on 30 March. Cheers, Grant. Lancaster, UK. ***** CONFIDENTIALITY & SECURITY DISCLAIMER ***** Please note the contents of this e-mail do not necessarily represent the policies or views of St Martins College. This e-mail message and any attachments may contain confidential information and should only be accessed by the intended recipient. If they have come to you in error please advise the sender by replying to this email and copy your reply to postmaster@ucsm.ac.uk. In this circumstance you must not disclose, copy, distribute, use or rely on this email and you should permanently delete it. Security Warning: Please note that this e-mail has been created in the knowledge that Internet e-mail is not a 100% secure communications medium. 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Clapton explains, "If I have long stretches when I haven't played much, I have to go through a whole callous-building process which gets really painful. "I've checked with other guitar players and they never seem to have that problem. I think it's a metabolic thing. I develop these calluses and I have to try to preserve them, so my left hand has to stay out of contact with hot water. It's a nightmare." __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools From smevans at tds.net Wed Feb 25 08:48:43 2004 From: smevans at tds.net (Steve) Date: Wed Feb 25 08:49:20 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Rotterdam tickets for sale In-Reply-To: <20040223170003.7C5FD8C1BE@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: I have two tickets for the April 12th Rotterdam show for sale. Contact me off list if interested. I'm selling for face value. Steve amstaff@tds.net From Thewho64 at cs.com Wed Feb 25 12:06:47 2004 From: Thewho64 at cs.com (Thewho64@cs.com) Date: Wed Feb 25 12:06:56 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] DVD:Japan 2003 shows! Message-ID: <35FECDBB.19F577C0.008320BD@cs.com> Japan shows, 11-29-03 and 11-30-03, available on DVD. Email thewho64@cs.com From Ken_Norris at umit.maine.edu Wed Feb 25 12:27:09 2004 From: Ken_Norris at umit.maine.edu (Ken Norris) Date: Wed Feb 25 12:27:45 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] iTunes EC EP Message-ID: I'm looking for someone who is going to be downloading the iTunes EC EP next Tuesday who would be willing to burn me a copy. I'll be happy to cost share + pay for the disc and postage. My computer is still running in the 9.2 systems range, and a systems upgrade is still a ways away. Best, Ken From vdv64 at yahoo.com Wed Feb 25 12:41:28 2004 From: vdv64 at yahoo.com (=?iso-8859-1?q?PM?=) Date: Wed Feb 25 12:41:31 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] ISO Tor*** from Finland (ec-trade related) Message-ID: <20040225174128.32289.qmail@web60306.mail.yahoo.com> Hi Torin (is that right ?) - you contacted me for a trade and sent me your list. Fool as I am I deleted the mail because of the attachment (limited space in the mailbox) pretty sure I had backed up the mail & list before. I did not obviously ... I apologize, please contact me off list. Greetings Peter Mit sch?nen Gr??en von Yahoo! Mail - http://mail.yahoo.de From lukelinus at yahoo.com Wed Feb 25 12:45:05 2004 From: lukelinus at yahoo.com (LukeLinus) Date: Wed Feb 25 12:45:09 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Michael Mittermeier presents 25 years of Saturday night live DVD Message-ID: <20040225174505.14321.qmail@web21103.mail.yahoo.com> A compilation of the above TV-show was released in Germany recently on double DVD, featuring among scetches and approx. 60 musical live appearances EC doing Wonderful tonight. Here is the full track listing: Disc 1: Intro Billy Joel - ‘Only The Good Die Young' John Belushi - ‘Beethoven ? ‘What'd I Say' Ray Charles - ‘What'd I Say' Carly Simon - ‘You're So Vain' Steve Martin - ‘King Tut' Jane Curtin, Laurie Newman, Gilda Radner, Chevy Chase - ‘Chevy's Girls' Grateful Dead - ‘Casey Jones' Simon & Garfunkel - ‘The Boxer' Paul Simon - ‘Still Crazy Turkey' Joe Cooker with John Belushi - ‘Feelin' Alright' Bill Murray - ‘Nick Winters' Elvis Costello - ‘Less Than Zero / Radio Radio' Andy Kaufman - ‘Blue Suede Shoes' Blues Brothers - ‘Soul Man' Patti Smith - ‘Gloria' Gilda Radner - ‘Candy Slice' Lorne Michaels - ‘Beatles Offer' Dan Aykroyd & Mick Jagger - ‘Synder / Jagger' Peter Tosh & Mick Jagger - ‘Don't Look Back' The Band - ‘The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down' Martin Short & Tina Turner - ‘Ed's In Love' Tina Turner - ‘Better Be Good To Me' Eddie Murphy - ‘James Brown's Hot Tub' James Brown - ‘I Got You (I Feel Good)' Billy Crystal & Ringo Starr - ‘Ringo & Sammy' Queen - ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love' Eddie Murphy - ‘Our Gang Records' Randy Newman - ‘I Love L.A.' Stevie Wonder - ‘Kannon Camera' Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest & Martin Short - ‘Joe Franklin Show' The Go-Go's - ‘We Got The Beat' Eddie Murphy & Joe Piscopo - ‘Ebony & Ivory' Rick James - ‘Superfreak' Rick Hall - ‘Big Suit' Talking Heads - ‘Take Me To The River' Spinal Tap - ‘Big Bottom' Eddie Murphy - ‘Little Richard Simmons Show' John Mellencamp - ‘Pink Houses' Eddie Murphy, Joe Piscopo & Julia Louis-Dreyfus - ‘Gumby's Christmas Special' Duran Duran - ‘Hungry Like The Wolf' The Bangles - ‘Haze Shade Of Winter' Mike Meyers, Dana Carvey & Aeorsmith - ‘Wayne's World / Roadie' Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - ‘Free Fallin´' Paul Simon - ‘Diamonds Of the Soles Of Her Shoes' Chris Farley & Patrick Swayze - ‘Chippendales' Neil Young - ‘Rockin' In The Free World' Dana Carvey - ‘Comeback (Choppin' Broccoli)' Disc 2: Roy Orbison - ‘O Pretty Woman' Jon Lovitz, Jerry Hall & Mick Jagger - ‘The Liar / Jerry Hall' The Pretenders - ‘Don't Get Me Wrong' Phil Hartman, Mike Myers, Chris Rock, Sting & SNL Cast - ‘Sinatra Group' Fine Young Cannibals - ‘She Drives Me Crazy' Dana Carvey, Valerie Bertinelli, Eddie van Halen & SNL Cast - ‘Dinner At The Van Halen's' Sting - ‘We'll Be Together' Elvis Costello - ‘Veronica' R.E.M. - ‘Losing My Religion' Mike Myers & Mick Jagger - ‘Point / Counterpoint' Sinead O'Connor - ‘War' Madonna - ‘Fever' Mike Myers, Dana Carvey & Madonna - ‘Wayne's World / Truth Or Dare' Aretha Franklin - ‘Chain Of Fools' Phil Hartman & Adam Sandler - ‘Sinatra Duets' Eric Clapton - ‘Wonderful Tonight' Kevin Nealon, Julia Sweeney, David Spade & Rob Schneider - ‘Juke Box Presents' Nirvana - ‘Rape Me' Adam Sandler - ‘Red Hooded Sweatshirt' Chris Farley & Paul McCartney - ‘The Chris Farley Show' Paul McCartney - ‘Hey Jude' En Vogue - ‘Free Your Mind' Counting Crows - ‘Round Here' Bruce Springsteen - ‘Living Proof' Michael Bolton & SNL Cast - ‘Raise Your Hands' Live - ‘I Alone' Ana Gasteyer, Cheri Oteri, Molly Shannon & Matthew Broderick - ‘Celine Dion Show' Mariah Carey - ‘Butterfly' No Doubt - ‘Don't Speak' Alanis Morisette - ‘Hand In My Pocket' Cheri Oteri, Will Ferrell & Paula Abdul - ‘Cheerleaders Camp' Spice Girls - ‘Wannabe' Garbage - ‘Special' Jon Lovitz, Ana Gasteyer & Tim Meadwos - ‘Jewel' Jewel - ‘Who Will Save Your Soul' Hanson - ‘Mmm Bop' Kevin Spacey, Beck, Michael Palin & SNL Cast - ‘Weed Doctor' Beck - ‘Where It's At' Snoop Doggy Dog - ‘Snoop's Upside Your Head' Metallica - ‘Fuel' Will Ferrell & Garth Brooks - ‘Devil Music' Garth Brooks - ‘Two Pina Coladas' Dave Matthews Band - ‘What Would You Say' Backstreet Boys - ‘All I Have To Give' Jimmy Fallon, Chris Parnell, Horatio Sanz, Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan & Joshua Jackson - ‘Seven Degrees Celsius On Tour' Ricky Martin - ‘Livin' La Vida Loca' U2 - ‘Elevation' sorry to take so much bandwith. best regards Peter / Germany ===== http://www.lukelinus.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools From Miami718 at aol.com Wed Feb 25 15:06:52 2004 From: Miami718 at aol.com (Miami718@aol.com) Date: Wed Feb 25 15:06:58 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand's Hand Problems Message-ID: <386B9904.26C1289E.007AB73D@aol.com> Rather a loaded Subject line, I suppose, in light of the "Mr. Johnson" thing, but anyway... << "I've checked with other guitar players and they never seem to have that problem. I think it's a metabolic thing. >> Other guitar players don't get callouses? Huh? Remember the stories about SRV using Super Glue to put his callouses back on after he'd knock them off? I can just hear the excuses at the EC homestead - "Sorry, dear, you'll have to bathe and change the kids, I can't get my hands wet..." Cheers, Janet From hwycall at hotmail.com Wed Feb 25 19:23:45 2004 From: hwycall at hotmail.com (John Creech) Date: Wed Feb 25 19:23:48 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand's Hand Problems & Gold Leaf Strat Message-ID: Hey everyone-- Interesting topic. As a semi-pro musician, I have the same problem-- I can build the callouses, but every so often the fingernail will become detached from the nail bed, especially on the ring finger of the left hand. Makes playing nearly impossible. Anyone else have this problem? I'd sure love to hear about anyone's solution to this problem-- heck, I'd even love to ask Eric about it, knowing now that he has the same issues. Also, on a different note, I saw on Snogod's website (great site by the way!) that EC's Gold Leaf Strat has "double isolation wiring." Can anyone tell me more about that? I'm replicating the guitar for a friend of mine and have everything I need-- except for the info about the "double isolation wiring." Any help is sincerely appreciated! Take care! John _________________________________________________________________ Store more e-mails with MSN Hotmail Extra Storage – 4 plans to choose from! http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/ From deltanick at comcast.net Wed Feb 25 20:50:39 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Wed Feb 25 20:52:33 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand's Hand Problems Message-ID: <001a01c3fc0b$54c5e100$29263744@aoldsl.net> >> Legendary guitarist Eric Clapton is preparing for his forthcoming world tour by experimenting with a range of hand treatments - to save his digits from painful calluses ... The musician, nicknamed Slowhand, douses his hands in witch hazel lotions before he strums for hours on his instrument during his gigs ... Clapton explains, "If I have long stretches when I haven't played much, I have to go through a whole callous-building process which gets really painful. << Maybe if he practised guitar a bit more often, he'd keep his calluses. I'm certain that the Slowhand Digest readers would appreciate the source of this report. DeltaNick From emse_97 at yahoo.com Thu Feb 26 12:25:28 2004 From: emse_97 at yahoo.com (Ed Petry) Date: Thu Feb 26 12:25:30 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] ISO Show from St. Louis - 25-Jul-74 In-Reply-To: <20040226170002.E99328C189@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <20040226172528.83132.qmail@web60609.mail.yahoo.com> Hi Everyone, I am looking for the following show. 25-Jul-74 Henry W. Kiel Municipal Auditorium St. Louis, Missouri (United States) Anyone out there have a copy that is willing to trade? Let me know off-line please -- emse_97@yahoo.com Thanks in advance. Cheers Ed __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools From Kay.B.Chandler at jci.com Thu Feb 26 12:30:29 2004 From: Kay.B.Chandler at jci.com (Kay.B.Chandler@jci.com) Date: Thu Feb 26 12:30:59 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 67 Message-ID: 2 items on Eric's hands: On the Concert for George and the John Mayall 70th B'day videos, I caught Eric "biting" off the edge of calluses.... or it could have been a hangnail. Also, over the past couple of years I've noticed after a serious solo he will "shake out" his left hand, whether to reestablish the bloodflow or to clear a cramp. Being very close to individuals w/arthritis (including myself) it is dismal to think that Eric could fall prey. Another effective treatment would be hot paraffin soaks. From Kay.B.Chandler at jci.com Thu Feb 26 12:43:02 2004 From: Kay.B.Chandler at jci.com (Kay.B.Chandler@jci.com) Date: Thu Feb 26 12:43:42 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] information about the Texas Guitar Festival Message-ID: http://sirius.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Sirius/CachedPage&c=FlexContent&cid=1074263721945 From nickieray at yahoo.com Thu Feb 26 12:48:39 2004 From: nickieray at yahoo.com (Nick Morris) Date: Thu Feb 26 12:48:42 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Replying to Delta Nick's response Message-ID: <20040226174839.75600.qmail@web12403.mail.yahoo.com> To Delta Nick & fellow Slowhanders, I found this at Rock 103 in Memphis. Copyright World Entertainment News Network 2004 I agree with your practicing statement. I know I lose mine if I don't practice. Message: 7 Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 20:50:39 -0500 From: "DeltaNick" Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand's Hand Problems To: "Slowhand Digest" Message-ID: <001a01c3fc0b$54c5e100$29263744@aoldsl.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="x-user-defined" Maybe if he practised guitar a bit more often, he'd keep his calluses. I'm certain that the Slowhand Digest readers would appreciate the source of this report. DeltaNick __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools From marco at whereseric.com Thu Feb 26 14:55:25 2004 From: marco at whereseric.com (Marco van Rooijen) Date: Thu Feb 26 14:55:25 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] ERIC CLAPTON PRESENTS THE CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVAL & CHRISTIE'S SECOND GUITAR AUCTION Message-ID: <000001c3fca2$7a9ee100$9600000a@marco> ERIC CLAPTON PRESENTS THE CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVAL JUNE 4 - 6 AT FAIR PARK IN DALLAS SUNDAY COTTON BOWL CONCERT TO FEATURE CLAPTON, ERIC JOHNSON, B.B. KING, BRIAN MAY, CARLOS SANTANA, STEVE VAI, JIMMIE VAUGHAN, JOE WALSH AND OTHERS TBA CHRISTIE'S SECOND GUITAR AUCTION TO BENEFIT CROSSROADS CENTRE TO BE HELD ON JUNE 24 IN NEW YORK Check out the Where's ERIC! website at www.whereseric.com for more details. Best regards, Marco. ================================================== Marco van Rooijen - marco@whereseric.com Web Co-ordinator Where's ERIC! - The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine Visit us on the web at: www.whereseric.com and www.ericclaptonfaq.com ================================================== From pigpen at esper.com Thu Feb 26 15:03:18 2004 From: pigpen at esper.com (Pat Toth) Date: Thu Feb 26 15:03:05 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Help with a show date Message-ID: <00c801c3fca3$97d0d3e0$8c146fd8@patrickw5945nz> Hope someone can help ! I've recieved a show awhile back and can't find a date to it. I believe it's from '81 tour but not sure about that either. Here's the set-list: Tulsa Time Laydown Sally Wonderful Tonight Worried Life Blues Stay Away From My Baby **a song with vocals from ?? maybe Gary Brooker? Country Boy - vocals Albert Lee Double Trouble Rita Mae Blow Wind Blow Bluespower Ramblin / HYELAW Cocaine Good aud recording. If you traded this to me OR you own a copy please contact me a let me know the date please. Thanks Pat -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040226/c86bb28d/attachment.htm From Artaarias at aol.com Thu Feb 26 17:33:45 2004 From: Artaarias at aol.com (Artaarias@aol.com) Date: Thu Feb 26 17:33:49 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton Festival To Benefit Crossroads Centre Message-ID: <120C3DF8.3CC10FB9.022CCD68@aol.com> Famed rock guitarist Eric Clapton will stage a one-time three-day music event in Dallas to raise funds for the Crossroads Centre. Set for June 4-6 at Fair Park, the Crossroads Guitar Festival will culminate in an all-star concert featuring Clapton, B.B. King, Carlos Santana, Queen's Brian May, Pat Metheny, Jimmy Vaughan and Joe Walsh, among others. Founded by Clapton in 1997, the Crossroads Centre is a chemical addiction treatment and education center that provides residential care, family and aftercare programs on the island of Antigua. The organization also operates a separate facility, the Bevon House, exclusively for Antiguan residents, and the local school-based education series "Breaking the Cycle." The all-day June 6 concert at the Cotton Bowl Stadium will boast Booker T & the MGs, as well as Vaughan and Clapton's touring groups as the house bands. Other guests include Doyle Bramhall II, J.J. Cale, Larry Carlton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, David Hidalgo, Eric Johnson, Sonny Landreth, Robert Randolph, Otis Rush, Hubert Sumlin, Dan Tyminski and Steve Vai. Over the three days, the Crossroads Guitar Festival will feature exhibits and clinics sponsored by U.S. musical instrument retailer Guitar Center. The second day will feature performances on three stages, one of which will be sponsored by Sirius Satellite Radio, which will broadcast from the festival. Opening day (4-9 p.m.) admission is priced at $15, while second day (1-9 p.m.) tickets are $30. Tickets for the festival's final day (11 p.m. Guitar Center Village opening; 1 p.m. Cotton Bowl concert) are $60. Tickets go on sale March 13 via Ticketmaster. All proceeds will benefit Crossroads Centre. In addition to the festival, New York auction house Christies will stage a June 24 guitar auction to benefit the facility. "Crossroads Guitar Auction ~ Eric Clapton and Friends for the Crossroads Centre" will feature more than 50 guitars owned by Clapton, along with instruments donated by the Who's Pete Townshend and Vai, among others. An exhibition of the guitars will be held in Dallas during the festival, as well as June 8-12 in Los Angeles and June 19-24 in New York. http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000445927 From fabiodwyer at hotmail.com Thu Feb 26 20:32:16 2004 From: fabiodwyer at hotmail.com (Fabio Dwyer) Date: Thu Feb 26 20:32:18 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re:Re: Slowhand's Hand Problems & Gold Leaf Strat Message-ID: >Hey everyone-- >Interesting topic. As a semi-pro musician, I have the same problem-- I can >build the callouses, but every so often the fingernail will become detached >from the nail bed, especially on the ring finger of the left hand. Makes >playing nearly impossible. Anyone else have this problem? I'd sure love >to hear about anyone's solution to this problem-- heck, I'd even love to >ask Eric about it, knowing now that he has the same issues.; format=flowed >John John, I believe, reading your explanation and re-reading Clapton's, that your not talking about the same problem; Clapton didn't metioned his fingernails detaching, he talked about, the digits parts of his fingers having or not having calluses, at least that's what I understood. I did have the same problem as you, some years ago, and the ring finger in my left hand (and the index) were the most painful ones indeed. I didn't do anything besides quit playing for 2 or 3 days, and change the strings gauges to 0.09 - I use 0.11 on the strat and 0.10 on my other guitars. It ocurred during a period of 4 or 5 months, and then healed naturally. Maybe changing the way you cut your fingernails can prevent that too. If none of these hints help you, try to play straight jazz guitar, where no bends or vibratos are allowed, or try to play left-handed-hahaha Sorry, I'm not making fun on your pain, but having a good humor about these little annoying problems helps a lot on finding solutions to them. Good luck, and long living to your (and EC's) fingers. Cheers, Fabio _________________________________________________________________ MSN Hotmail, o maior webmail do Brasil. http://www.hotmail.com From fabiodwyer at hotmail.com Thu Feb 26 20:37:48 2004 From: fabiodwyer at hotmail.com (Fabio Dwyer) Date: Thu Feb 26 20:37:50 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Crossroads Guitar Festival Message-ID: Just received that message from EC's site. Sounds veeerryyy yummy!!! I wish I could be a texan for a few days in june... Cheers, Fabio ................................................................................................................... Eric has announced a three-day Crossroads Guitar Festival to take place Friday, June 4 through Sunday, June 6 at Fair Park in Dallas. This one-time event, created for music enthusiasts around the globe, will raise money for Crossroads Centre Antigua, the treatment and education center founded in 1997 by Eric Clapton and now an independently run entity. This unique event at Fair Park will kick off Friday, June 4 with the opening of the Guitar Center Village, coordinated by Guitar Center, the national retailer of musical instruments. The festival will be the first of its kind to create a unique bridge between fans and musicians through leading guitar manufacturer exhibits and guitar clinics. Attendees will be offered once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to be in an intimate setting as artists give fans the ultimate look into their craft. The Guitar Center Village activities for Saturday, June 5 include live music performances on three stages. SIRIUS Satellite Radio, as a supporting sponsor will host one of these stages and will broadcast from the Festival. The Crossroads Guitar Festival culminates on Sunday, June 6 with an All-Star special benefit concert at the Cotton Bowl Stadium. The concert, which will begin at 1:00 p.m. and continue through Sunday evening will include performances by Eric Clapton and Doyle Bramhall II, J.J. Cale, Larry Carlton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, David Hidalgo, Eric Johnson, B.B. King, Sonny Landreth, Brian May, Pat Metheny, Robert Randolph, Otis Rush, Carlos Santana, Hubert Sumlin, Dan Tyminski, Steve Vai, Jimmie Vaughan, Joe Walsh and ZZ Top. The extraordinary ?house bands? will be none other than Booker T & The MG?s, Jimmie Vaughan?s band and Eric Clapton?s band. Other artists will be announced as details are confirmed. On June 24, 2004, Christie's, the New York based auction house will present "Crossroads Guitar Auction ~ Eric Clapton and Friends for the Crossroads Centre." This auction will feature more than fifty guitars personally owned by Eric Clapton, as well as a group of guitars donated by musician friends including Pete Townshend and Steve Vai. Pre-sale exhibitions will be organized in Dallas during the Festival (June 4-6), in Los Angeles (June 8-12) and New York (June 19-24). The proceeds of the sale will benefit the Crossroads Centre in Antigua. CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVAL HOURS Friday, June 4 4:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Guitar Center Village open to the public Saturday, June 5 1:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Guitar Center Village open to the public and live entertainment on three stages Sunday, June 6 11:00 a.m. Guitar Center Village open all day to the public & doors open to stadium 1:00 p.m. - TBD Cotton Bowl Concert Tickets to each day of the Crossroads Guitar Festival will be sold separately and will be available starting March 13 through Ticketmaster at http://www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets are priced $15 for Friday, $30 for Saturday and $60 for Sunday. About Crossroads: Founded in 1997, Crossroads Centre, Antigua was created to provide treatment and education to chemically dependent persons, those with other compulsive addictive behaviors, their families and significant others. Treatment is provided through residential care, family and aftercare programs. The pathway to recovery is founded on the movement toward a change in lifestyle. Crossroads Centre, Antigua also operates a 16 bed halfway-house called The Bevon House (exclusively for local Antiguan residents) and facilitates a school-based education series, Breaking the Cycle, in all local schools. http://www.crossroadsantigua.org http://ericclapton.com _________________________________________________________________ MSN Messenger: converse com os seus amigos online. http://messenger.msn.com.br From snogod at claptonweb.com Thu Feb 26 20:45:33 2004 From: snogod at claptonweb.com (Snogod) Date: Thu Feb 26 20:43:02 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] 4 songs of the upcoming album "Me & Mr Johnson" Message-ID: <00fd01c3fcd3$67c07130$a2dd9853@SNOGOD> E.C. Mainline Florida has the privilege and the honor to give you the chance to hear four songs of the upcoming album "Me & Mr Johnson" in agreement with Warner/ Reprise Record. This is a worldwide exclusivity. Please enjoy ! Snogod ________________________ E.C. Mainline Florida http://www.claptonweb.com From crossrodes at earthlink.net Thu Feb 26 21:15:56 2004 From: crossrodes at earthlink.net (Larry Jackson) Date: Thu Feb 26 21:16:04 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Slowhand's hand Message-ID: This is a sore (pun intended) subject with me since I was able to keep decent calluses on my fingers but arthritis gradually disabled my hands. I had to sell my guitars because they were a constant reminder that I could no longer play. It is disheartening to pick up an old friend and actually cry from the pain of trying to bar or pick. Medication blocks some of the pain but the stiffness remains. Hope our Man escapes this! Larry From Cobhome at aol.com Thu Feb 26 23:49:03 2004 From: Cobhome at aol.com (Cobhome@aol.com) Date: Thu Feb 26 23:49:06 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Callouses and other finger problems Message-ID: <63.28ac4dca.2d70263f@aol.com> I am not a guitarist - but do play piano and am an avid needleworker - ok - don't die laughing ! it is necessary to allow callouses to form on the fingers to prevent pain when playing or LOL - hand sewing - however- if you allow the callouses to become too thick - they will crack and that is terribly painful - they will also become infected yuck! The secret I have found is to file the callouses so they do not get too thick using the back side of an emery board - - also - people of british (celtic) heritage have a hereditary tendency to develop a condition wherein as they get older their fingertips tend to dry - crack etc - and blood flow is impaired - this condition is made worse by immersion in hot water - my doctor prescribed a cortisone cream which has helped - but hot paraffin treatements are very effective - repetitive motion will over the years will cause arthritic changes and nerve damage - I suspect EC is experiencing this - again - hot paraffin is very effective in helping this as well as range of motion exercises - one would think with EC's resources he could get good medical advice on this - but perhaps we need to chip in and buy him a hot paraffin bowl ! The relief from this treatment is just amazing for those of you who are experiencing these problems I very very much recommend it. Cecelia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040226/a3609bab/attachment.htm From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Fri Feb 27 01:58:10 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Fri Feb 27 01:58:19 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Cure for Clapton and the Boys Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C31@sunwex01.arivia.kom> The answer to Eric and his buddys' problem is quite obvious - a little Cream will cure all ills. The Dallas gig on 6 June would be perfect. The release will be an instant hit. I've even come up with a title: "Cream 2004: Sick, Lame and Lazy". NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. 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Buddy Guy will be playing at the Shepherds Bush Empire, London on July 8th 2004 http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=uk&query=detail&event=90437 Cheers Gary BBCi at http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040227/4570532c/attachment.htm From llt58 at hotmail.com Fri Feb 27 11:47:04 2004 From: llt58 at hotmail.com (Loraine Taylor) Date: Fri Feb 27 11:47:07 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] article "Born to the blues" in Saga Magazine Message-ID: The Current issue of Saga Magazine has an interview with EC in it. Click here (or cut and paste url): www.saga.co.uk/ magazine/article/2EB309AD-ADEC-4EFF-B249-8573A9ABDCD8_f.asp - 28k - Feb 25, 2004 - Loraine _________________________________________________________________ Get fast, reliable access with MSN 9 Dial-up. Click here for Special Offer! http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200361ave/direct/01/ From llt58 at hotmail.com Fri Feb 27 12:47:59 2004 From: llt58 at hotmail.com (Loraine Taylor) Date: Fri Feb 27 12:48:01 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] This link to the article may be better.... Message-ID: http://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/pages/article.asp?articleid=2EB309AD-ADEC-4EFF-B249-8573A9ABDCD8&libsubsection=story_in_full&bhcp=1 If that doesn't work, go to the Saga magazine home page: http://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/pages/index.asp?bhcp=1 You'll see the articles in the current (25 Feb, 2004) issue, scroll down and you'll see the EC article - its the sixth one on the list. Loraine _________________________________________________________________ Take off on a romantic weekend or a family adventure to these great U.S. locations. http://special.msn.com/local/hotdestinations.armx From darmel at sbcglobal.net Fri Feb 27 13:55:25 2004 From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (darmel@sbcglobal.net) Date: Fri Feb 27 13:53:46 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Me an Mr.Johnson Message-ID: <032501c3fd63$4333e550$64fdd10a@MELBOSS> Local radio station KFOG (streaming audio available) announced yesterday that they would be featuring Eric's new album next (New Releases) Thursday - March 4th. Mel Boss mailto:darmel@sbcglobal.net From Llrrbb4 at aol.com Fri Feb 27 13:56:43 2004 From: Llrrbb4 at aol.com (Llrrbb4@aol.com) Date: Fri Feb 27 13:57:10 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Me an Mr.Johnson Message-ID: <1d7.1ac74a7b.2d70eceb@aol.com> In a message dated 2/27/2004 12:54:03 PM Central Standard Time, darmel@sbcglobal.net writes: Local radio station KFOG (streaming audio available) announced yesterday that they would be featuring Eric's new album next (New Releases) Thursday - March 4th. wow...we already got it here (on the radio) Can't believe we are ahead of youze guyz -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040227/811767f0/attachment.htm From stallknecht at t-online.de Sat Feb 28 05:06:01 2004 From: stallknecht at t-online.de (Christian Stallknecht) Date: Sat Feb 28 05:05:43 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Tickets for Antwerpen Message-ID: <001501c3fde2$78982920$ac7ba8c0@WURM> Hello Slowhanders. I have to tickets for EC in Antwerpen standing 1st category. Let me know if you are interested! Christian From aandersen at mail.dk Sat Feb 28 05:31:42 2004 From: aandersen at mail.dk (Anna M.Andersen) Date: Sat Feb 28 05:31:49 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] FS: Tickets for Birmingham Fri 30th April Message-ID: <4CB8BD53-69D9-11D8-A29E-000A95DACB30@mail.dk> Hi As I have relocated to a different area I have to sell my 2 tickets for the EC gig in Birmingham on Friday the 30th April. I would like to see the tickets go to a slowhander rather than on e-bay. I'll sell them at ticket value + postage. The 2 tickets are among the very best in the house: Block A, row H, seats 17 and 18 (priced at 50 GBP) Please mail me at aandersen@mail.dk if you are interested. Kind Regards Anna From slowhandnj at comcast.net Sat Feb 28 09:00:38 2004 From: slowhandnj at comcast.net (ToeKneeF) Date: Sat Feb 28 09:01:26 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] THANK YOU - Snogod Message-ID: <40409F06.2000603@comcast.net> Since iTunes only acknowledges Windows 2000 or XP users (that's a complaint for another newsgroup), I had despaired of getting a preview listen of the 4 new tracks released to the internet. Then Snogod posted his message and I was in heaven. I really enjoyed these tracks and am now jonesin' for more.....THANK YOU, SNOGOD....c'mon March 23.......T -- "...The issue is whether we want to live in a free society or whether we want to live under what amounts to a form of self-imposed totalitarianism, with the bewildered herd marginalized, directed elsewhere, terrified, screaming patriotic slogans, fearing for their lives and admiring with awe the leader who saved them from destruction, while the educated masses goose-step on command and repeat the slogans they're supposed to repeat..." Noam Chomsky in "Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda" From rtcb at comcast.net Sat Feb 28 11:38:20 2004 From: rtcb at comcast.net (Richard Batty) Date: Sat Feb 28 11:38:24 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Robert Johnson songs update Message-ID: Now that we have the track listing for ?Me & Mr. Johnson?, I took a look at what this does for EC covering RJ. Between officially released studio and live versions and unofficial live versions, I believe the new album leaves us with just 6 of the total 29 songs RJ recorded unavailable in EC versions - Phonograph Blues, Dead Shrimp Blues, Preaching Blues (Up Jumped the Devil), Stones in My Passway, Drunken Hearted Man and Honeymoon Blues. We are missing official versions of 3 RJ songs (which are available in unofficial versions) - Sweet Home Chicago, Terraplane Blues and I Believe I? ll Dust My Broom. I?m somewhat disappointed that these 3 did not make Me & Mr. Johnson because I play the live versions a lot. I feel EC?s 1993-4 acoustic versions of Terraplane are pure Robert Johnson with the Crossroads riff used so dramatically in Cream?s version of Crossroads. I have been listening to the Ferrari Festival version of Dust My Broom and have always loved EC?s Elmore James slide style on songs like this and Blues Before Sunrise. However, having heard the 4 songs available for listening on the Where?s Eric site, I?m really looking forward to Me & Mr. Johnson. Being greedy, of course, I?m looking forward to the outtakes from this album and from From the Cradle when they are released in 2010!!! Richard -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040228/b226bf75/attachment.htm From deltanick at comcast.net Sat Feb 28 12:26:22 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Sat Feb 28 12:27:41 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Blues History NY Times Article Message-ID: <003e01c3fe1f$fcaf6420$29263744@aoldsl.net> An interesting and different view of the history of blues music appeared in today's NY Times. The article speaks of Robert Johnson's place in this history too, relegating him to a minor place until the 1960s. The article says that blues was pop rather than folk music. My only argument with this is that pop (popular) and folk really mean the same thing in the grand scale of things. Anyway, here's the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/28/arts/music/28BLUE.html?ex=1078988325&ei=1&en=58bb6c3cdbc9235c DeltaNick From AvalancheScott at earthlink.net Sat Feb 28 13:16:06 2004 From: AvalancheScott at earthlink.net (Scott Peterson) Date: Sat Feb 28 13:16:09 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Revisionists Sing New Blues History In-Reply-To: <20040228170001.DAFBC8C0C6@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: Revisionists Sing New Blues History By BEN SISARIO New York Times February 28, 2004 Robert Johnson left 29 songs and little else, but it was enough. Johnson has long since become the most famous blues singer of all time, reaching a level in the pantheon of American music occupied by figures like Woody Guthrie, Hank Williams and Elvis Presley. The myths inevitably grew up around him. Most writers who have dealt with him have found it impossible to resist the story of his deal with the devil, or the image of him pursued by "hellhounds." But as Johnson's popularity has grown ? the box set of his "Complete Recordings" (Columbia/Legacy) has sold nearly two million copies worldwide ? a growing number of music scholars have begun to question Johnson's place in the canon, and the received wisdom about blues history itself. Elijah Wald's new "Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues" (Amistad/HarperCollins) is one of the most contentious yet, daring to suggest that Johnson's primacy was largely a creation of white fans and music critics of the 1960's. "As far as the evolution of black music goes, Robert Johnson was an extremely minor figure," Mr. Wald writes, "and very little that happened in the decades following his death would have been affected if he had never played a note." With extensive research into the listening habits of the audience of the time, Mr. Wald describes a history of the blues that is markedly different from the one in accounts like Martin Scorsese's recent seven-part PBS series, "The Blues." In Mr. Wald's history, the principal players are not lonesome folk singers from dusty hamlets, but seasoned professionals riding the latest trends in black pop. They have names that are largely unknown today except among experts: Peetie Wheatstraw, Leroy Carr and Kokomo Arnold. And most of them were women. The kings of the blues were actually the queens of the blues: Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, and dozens of others now all but forgotten, singers like Ida Cox, Victoria Spivey and Sara Martin. Johnson, who died in 1938, emerges in Mr. Wald's account as a regional player eager to copy the latest hits. And he was only marginally successful. Just 11 of his songs were issued in his lifetime ? the biggest stars recorded well over 100 songs, Mr. Wald points out ? and his biggest hit, "Terraplane Blues," sold about 5,000 copies. Mr. Wald and other critics argue that the discrepancy between Johnson's stature and his accomplishments stems from a fundamental misunderstanding of blues music by later, mostly white, writers. Last year Barry Lee Pearson and Bill McCulloch's "Robert Johnson: Lost and Found" (University of Illinois Press) traced the paper trail of the Johnson myth through the decades and found that white critics and promoters were telling tall tales about him while he was still alive. The authors tracked down misleading articles about him dating to 1937, and reconstructed the comical spread of Johnson's Faust legend ? that he sold his soul to the devil at a Mississippi crossroads in return for his extraordinary gifts as a guitarist ? from a single, dubious 1966 interview with Johnson's friend and fellow blues musician Son House. Another book, Patricia R. Schroeder's "Robert Johnson, Mythmaking and Contemporary American Culture" (due from University of Illinois Press in July), traces the persistence of Johnson's image in the culture at large, from postage stamps to novels to plays. Johnson's myth, it suggests, is truly larger than his life. "This just adds to the legend of Johnson," said David Evans, a professor of music at the University of Memphis and a veteran blues researcher. "Like Elvis and Hank Williams and certain other stars, he can be all things to all people." Stopping for coffee at a Midtown hotel during his recent book tour, Mr. Wald explained that "the blues was pop music ? it simply wasn't folk music." He continued: "It was invented retroactively as black folk music, which brought a new set of standards to bear on it and created a whole new pantheon of heroes. Suddenly the people who were the biggest stars were too slick to be real." Johnson became a perfect model for the 1960's rock star. He lived hard, played like a man possessed and died young ? at around 27 ? in mysterious circumstances. No wonder he appealed to the Jim Morrison generation. The obsession with Johnson at the expense of almost all other blues singers, Mr. Wald suggests, has grossly distorted the history of the blues. Prewar blues musicians were much more versatile and pop oriented than is widely known; Mr. Wald notes that when Alan Lomax interviewed Muddy Waters in Mississippi in the early 1940's, he found that Waters's repertory included "Chattanooga Choo Choo" and seven Gene Autry songs ? more pop than blues. And the immediate origins of the blues, Mr. Wald writes, are most likely in black vaudeville, not in field hollers. The blues, in other words, was up-to-the-minute pop, a sign of urbanization, technology and sophistication, not primitivism or tradition. Not all historians agree with Mr. Wald's critique. Johnson may not have been a star, some say, but he had many important followers like Muddy Waters and Elmore James, who continued to play his songs in the decades after his death. And the blues queens, some argue, cannot really be considered neglected. John Szwed, a professor of anthropology and African-American studies at Yale and currently the Louis Armstrong visiting professor of jazz studies at Columbia, called them overvalued. "The classic women blues singers have always received more attention from jazz critics and historians, the folks who canonized the blues tradition," he said. Some critics also see a red herring in measuring importance in terms of raw pop appeal. "You can argue that Emily Dickinson wasn't that important," said Jeff Todd Titon, a professor of ethnomusicology at Brown. "Nobody in the 19th century was influenced by her poetry, not until literary critics got ahold of her." But the notion that Johnson's fortunes and the history of the blues have largely been decided by the white rock 'n' roll world appeals to many blues experts. "There are problems with the idea of the blues as a roots music," Mr. Titon said. "Because if so, then rock 'n' roll is the flower. It used to be that the flower was jazz, which is equally misleading. Blues is a music in and of itself." Mr. Wald has a looser definition. Blues music, as he sees it, is simply part of a continuum of black pop. Robert Johnson, Leroy Carr and Bessie Smith were not moaning field laborers. "They were Sam Cooke, they were Snoop Dogg, they were Aretha Franklin," he said. "That's what we've forgotten, and that's what a lot of white blues fans don't want them to be." From jfw at insightbb.com Sat Feb 28 13:18:35 2004 From: jfw at insightbb.com (John Whitney) Date: Sat Feb 28 13:18:44 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Japan shows (11-26 and 12-12, 2003) Message-ID: <003901c3fe27$4896fc20$9ca3df0c@VAIO> Greetings. I was pleased greatly when Scott offered the 11-15-2003 show to the Digest and produced over 50 copies to Digest readers. That was an amazingly gracious thing for him to do and I want to add my thanks to him for his gifts of the music. I only wish I could make the same commitment to the group as he made. But, my burner is an older model and I just cannot dedicate 50-55 hours to burn 50 sets. I now have the Clapton shows for 11-15-2003 (Yokohama) and 12-12-2003 (Tokyo - Budokhan). They both are audience recordings. As I give the shows a first listen, I can tell you that these are about the best concert recordings I have ever heard by the master! I would like to seed these 2 shows to the Digest. In order to get the greatest distribution of this largesse, I will offer only one show per person. I will send out three copies of each show. Therefore, the first six requests will get the show. I am sending them with the request that each person getting the show offer it back to the Digest when they get it. Those requesting the show should put JAPAN in the subject of the email, and must include their name and full address. Scott, please email me with your address, as I want to mail you a copy of both shows in gratitude for your efforts. May peace prevail. John Whitney From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Sat Feb 28 16:19:32 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Sat Feb 28 16:19:37 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] This link to the article may be better.... Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C32@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Reading the following extract from the Saga Magazine article, it leads the reader to assume that Eric spent exactly one day with his child in his entire life: "In August 1986, the couple had a son, Conor. Del Santo says Clapton found it almost impossible to adjust to fatherhood (she even claimed that his manager tried to persuade her to end the pregnancy). Finally, on March 19, 1991, Clapton met Lori and Conor in New York and took his little boy to the circus, their first outing together. "Afterwards, in Lori's words, 'Eric was so happy and said he wanted to look after Conor, cook for him and wash him all by himself. He had finally discovered what it meant to be a father.' The next day, just as he was getting ready to meet Lori and Conor, Clapton received a horrifying message. Conor had died after falling from a window of the building where he and Lori were staying." This, of course is not true. Here is an extract from a Lori de santo interview from May 1998: "The tragedy is that the day he finally realised what Conor meant to him was just the day before our son died." Prior to this, the '98 article mentions that they stayed together, as a family, for at least 3 years. NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From juergen.plasser at liwest.at Sat Feb 28 17:30:43 2004 From: juergen.plasser at liwest.at (Juergen R. Plasser) Date: Sat Feb 28 17:30:48 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Ticket for Munich 31st March Message-ID: <40411693.6000305@liwest.at> I need one ticket for the Munich show end of march! If anyone (from Germany) can help, please tell me. J?rgen From pkdippel at yahoo.com Sat Feb 28 22:09:06 2004 From: pkdippel at yahoo.com (Phil Dippel) Date: Sat Feb 28 22:09:07 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RAH May 5th Extra Pair Message-ID: <20040229030906.1923.qmail@web20419.mail.yahoo.com> Hi. I have one extra pair of tickets for the May 5th RAH show available. These seats are together in Circle T. Anyone interested in purchasing them at face value please contact me privately: phil@tcrentals.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools From apuraja8 at hotmail.com Sun Feb 29 12:53:52 2004 From: apuraja8 at hotmail.com (Apurva Parikh) Date: Sun Feb 29 12:53:55 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] ..i like what i heard so far Message-ID: Kudos to Scott for seeding the Japan 2003 show.. Some thoughts on the show and 4 songs from Me and Mr. J.("MAMJ"). Eric's playing in the Japan show is definitely a departure from past shows I have heard in the past 3 years or so. I don't know how to pinpoint it, little nuances are there.. On Nobody knows.. even some new vocal changes that are welcomed. Overall a good audience recording, and I like adding Stainton to the band. As for the MAMJ songs that have been available, my fears have been put to rest. YEs, the full band versions of these songs sound a bit much (how awesome would an entire record of just eric playing slide/acoustic/electric have been!) but it's tastefully done and the other two guitarists leave Eric with all the fun parts. INteresting to see how this will translate live, if they decide to play a lot of the songs live. I like when u got a good friend a lot and come in my kitchen. The arrangements are obviously very Reptile album sounding, but good interplay amongst a cracking band. Also, that jazz fm interview was amazing and as was the article that spoke about Eric's callouses. NO one ever brings up enough his health, and how that contributes to his playing. Eric is gonna promote this album rightly as album sales will be crucial for a covers record!! _________________________________________________________________ Get fast, reliable access with MSN 9 Dial-up. Click here for Special Offer! http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200361ave/direct/01/ From wschueer at t-online.de Sun Feb 29 13:16:22 2004 From: wschueer at t-online.de (Wolfgang Schueer) Date: Sun Feb 29 13:16:54 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Another Robert Johnson album Message-ID: In 1998 former Bluesbreaker's and Fleetwood Mac's guitarist Peter Green already released an album with songs of Robert Johnson. The album is entitled "The Robert Johnson Songbook". Like "Me and Mr. Johnson" it features also 14 songs. Looking at the tracklisting of EC's new album and Peter Green's earlier release you can find 8 songs both artists selected from Johnson's work: -When you got a good friend -Me and the devil -Last fair deal gone by -Stop breakin' down blues -Kind hearted woman blues -If I had possession over judgement day -Love in vain -32-20 blues It will be very interesting to hear how both musicians, who always refer to R. Johnson as their main musical influence, interpret the music of their hero. Wolfgang Schueer From turbineltd at btconnect.com Sun Feb 29 13:41:12 2004 From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills) Date: Sun Feb 29 13:36:28 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: Blues History NY Times Article (DeltaNick) Message-ID: <000f01c3fef3$9dd02dc0$0100a8c0@dellws410> Amazingly, it doesn't matter what has been said about RJ through the years; if Elijah Wald had stuck "King of Delta Blues Singers" on the record player and actually listened to it, he wouldn't have had a single justification to write a book in that vein. I'm not a musician, but when I first found and played that album in 1967, it totally astounded me with its originality and execution. John From deltanick at comcast.net Sun Feb 29 14:48:53 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Sun Feb 29 14:50:09 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: Blues History NY Times Article Message-ID: <000901c3fefd$11dec920$29263744@aoldsl.net> >> Amazingly, it doesn't matter what has been said about RJ through the years; if Elijah Wald had stuck "King of Delta Blues Singers" on the record player and actually listened to it, he wouldn't have had a single justification to write a book in that vein. I'm not a musician, but when I first found and played that album in 1967, it totally astounded me with its originality and execution. << Factually, Wald is probably correct. However, both "folk" and "pop" (which derives from "popular") BOTH meant popular, in that they were the music non-cultured masses, as opposed to music commissioned by royalty and the upper classes in the past (Mozart, Beethoven, etc). I would submit that today's meaning of "folk" has evolved, and denotes music-that-is-culturally-and-historically-popular, rather than "pop," which is CURRENTLY popular. If so, then Johnson and others like Son House and Charlie Patton can easily be considered "folk" music. DeltaNick From mickeyjaggero at yahoo.de Sun Feb 29 16:29:42 2004 From: mickeyjaggero at yahoo.de (=?iso-8859-1?q?Manfred=20Kunz?=) Date: Sun Feb 29 16:29:45 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] ISO: Minnesota Night 2CD Message-ID: <20040229212942.39059.qmail@web25208.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> I am looking for the original pressed edition of: E.C. Minnesota Night - 2CD Label: EC IS HERE Live in St. Paul, MN April 18, 1987 If you can help please contact me privately. Thank you. Manfred Mit sch?nen Gr??en von Yahoo! Mail - http://mail.yahoo.de From mckells at videotron.ca Sun Feb 29 17:16:20 2004 From: mckells at videotron.ca (Stephen McKellar) Date: Sun Feb 29 17:13:08 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Concert for George Message-ID: <404264B4.4010009@videotron.ca> I noticed that Vermont public tv is showing "Concert for George" on March 3 on Great Performances. I guess it'll show up on other PBS stations sometime later....or it may have shown up already. Steve McKellar From deltanick at comcast.net Sun Feb 29 20:54:49 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Sun Feb 29 20:56:10 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Looking For ... Message-ID: <001301c3ff30$2e207ce0$29263744@aoldsl.net> ... Long Beach Arena, 19 July 1974. Has anyone got it? Please contact me privately. DeltaNick From deltanick at comcast.net Mon Mar 1 05:52:55 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Mon Mar 1 05:52:05 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] "Me And Mr. Johnson" Artwork Message-ID: <003301c3ff7b$5a7e6900$29263744@aoldsl.net> The artwork for "Me And Mr. Johnson" is by Peter Blake, the same artist who did the "24 Nights" artwork. DeltaNick From peter_dennis_blandford_townshend at hotmail.com Mon Mar 1 13:10:38 2004 From: peter_dennis_blandford_townshend at hotmail.com (An English Boy) Date: Mon Mar 1 13:10:40 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Derek and the Dominoes Live with Duane Allman Message-ID: From: kavin blanton I was wondering if anyone has a copy of Derek and the Dominoes live with Duwane Allman. I have heard that there is a live recording out there with all of the band members including Duwane Allman. Please let me know if have it or can tell me where to find it. You can email me at: kblanto@yahoo.com Thanks ~Kavin ==== Yes there is such a thing, I have it somewhere, and sadly it is one of the most embarrassing things I have ever heard from these two great players. I anticipated it's arrival with much happiness, only to find that.......in fact, it reeks of drug induced apathy and sloppiness, making Jimmy Page's performance with Led Z at the 40th Anniversay of Atlantic Records in 1986 ther only thing worse in recent memory. Making matters worse is how poorly recorded this performance is. TheBlueOne~ (aka Lew Campbell) _________________________________________________________________ Dream of owning a home? Find out how in the First-time Home Buying Guide. http://special.msn.com/home/firsthome.armx From macca461 at hotmail.com Mon Mar 1 18:16:56 2004 From: macca461 at hotmail.com (Jon Maclean) Date: Mon Mar 1 18:16:59 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 70 Message-ID: Thanks for the tip Lorraine. I was intrigued to read that the original studio album Eric has also been working on was mentioned as being planned for May. I wonder if that is still the case or if it has been put back so as not to follow "Me & Mr Johnson" in such a short space of time. Cheers, Jon > >Message: 1 >Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 11:47:59 -0600 >From: "Loraine Taylor" >Subject: [Slowhand] This link to the article may be better.... >To: slowhand@planet-torque.com >Message-ID: >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > >http://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/pages/article.asp?articleid=2EB309AD-ADEC-4EFF-B249-8573A9ABDCD8&libsubsection=story_in_full&bhcp=1 > >If that doesn't work, go to the Saga magazine home page: >http://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/pages/index.asp?bhcp=1 > >You'll see the articles in the current (25 Feb, 2004) issue, scroll down >and you'll see the EC article - its the sixth one on the list. > >Loraine > _________________________________________________________________ Hot chart ringtones and polyphonics. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilemania/default.asp From fubar at visi.com Mon Mar 1 21:11:59 2004 From: fubar at visi.com (Jerad Hoff) Date: Mon Mar 1 21:12:04 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day Message-ID: I am not a blue historian, so I apologize for asking a question which I'm sure has an obvious answer. Was "Rollin' and Tumblin'" off Clapton's "Unplugged" album simply mis-titled, or was it some sort of collage that included "If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day"? I sure enjoy the four tracks that have been released so far. I can't wait for the rest of the album! Thanks, - Jerad From Artaarias at aol.com Tue Mar 2 01:58:00 2004 From: Artaarias at aol.com (Artaarias@aol.com) Date: Tue Mar 2 01:58:07 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton Puts 'Tears in Heaven' to Rest Message-ID: NEW YORK (AP) - Two of Eric Clapton's best-known songs are gone from his concert repertoire - perhaps for good. The guitar legend found, during a series of concerts in Japan a few months ago, that he couldn't perform ``Tears in Heaven'' and ``My Father's Eyes.'' The songs, both Grammy Award winners, deal with the loss of his 4-year-old son, Conor, who died when he fell from a New York apartment in 1991. ``I didn't feel the loss anymore, which is so much a part of performing those songs,'' he said in an interview with The Associated Press. ``I really have to connect with the feelings that were there when I wrote them,'' he said. ``They're kind of gone and I really don't want them to come back, particularly. My life is a different life now.'' He said he'd feel conflicted to sing the songs at a time when he's happy.``They probably need a rest,'' he said, ``and maybe I'll introduce them from a much more detached point of view.'' -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If so drop me a private E-mail off list = eddypauley@aol.com Cheers, Eddy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040302/c3c8affd/attachment.htm From ska946 at northwestern.edu Tue Mar 2 11:50:00 2004 From: ska946 at northwestern.edu (Sandra K. Anderson) Date: Tue Mar 2 11:51:14 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC Retires "Tears" and "Father's Eyes" Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20040302104517.01f96418@lulu.it.northwestern.edu> Spotted this newsbrief in the Chicago Sun-Times today: Two of his Grammy-winning songs 'need a rest,' Clapton says... Two of Eric Clapton's best-known songs are gone from his concert repertoire -- perhaps for good. The guitar legend found, during a series of concerts in Japan a few months ago, that he couldn't perform ''Tears in Heaven'' and ''My Father's Eyes.'' The songs, both Grammy Award winners, deal with the loss of his 4-year-old son, Conor, who died when he fell from a New York apartment in 1991. ''I didn't feel the loss anymore, which is so much a part of performing those songs,'' he told the Associated Press. ''I really have to connect with the feelings that were there when I wrote them. They're kind of gone and I really don't want them to come back, particularly. My life is a different life now.'' He said he'd feel conflicted to sing the songs at a time when he's happy. ''They probably need a rest,'' he said, ''and maybe I'll introduce them from a much more detached point of view.'' From mersondennis at hotmail.com Tue Mar 2 11:52:06 2004 From: mersondennis at hotmail.com (Dennis Merson) Date: Tue Mar 2 11:52:15 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC #3 Message-ID: EC reached the third position in the "all time best guitarist" poll for GUITAR PLAYER magazine (march edition, in the stores now, voted by the readers), with Jimmy and Stevie Ray in the first two places. If I remember it correctly Eric was followed by Page, Beck and Allmann. Other categories were: Guitar icon. Winner: J. Hendrix Best female. Winner: Bonnie Raitt ...and living legend: (tie) Eric Clapton & Jeff Beck I expected a more detailed article, but there was only a few pages. The magazine annonced that they would make justice to the world of guitarists after the (some would say) "horrible" rating in the Rolling Stone mag last autumn. One funny thing I'd like to comment on from the Jazz FM radio show, is that Eric seems to remember very badly from his early days. Among other things he believed that Cream lasted for 1,5 years (but it was approx summer 66 until november 68 if I remember it correctly), that Paul Jones were in the Roosters, and that the Howlin' Wolf London Sessions took place in 68'. Maybe this shows that Eric is looking more forward than behind him, and that he's not the kind of self-digger who constantly think and talk about his glorious past? Enjoy the new album when it arrives everyone! _________________________________________________________________ Tired of 56k? Get a FREE BT Broadband connection http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband From Bluescrazy at Compuserve.com Tue Mar 2 13:05:33 2004 From: Bluescrazy at Compuserve.com (Dave) Date: Tue Mar 2 13:11:12 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Royal Albert Hall : Two Friday May 7th Tickets Wanted Message-ID: <000201c40081$13acf620$0511e8c3@p2j6t4> If anyone has two spare tickets for the Friday 7th May show at the Royal Albert Hall for sell then please email me off digest. Email: bluescrazy@compuserve.com Regards Dave From fabiodwyer at hotmail.com Tue Mar 2 14:57:02 2004 From: fabiodwyer at hotmail.com (Fabio Dwyer) Date: Tue Mar 2 14:57:04 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] That Blues article Message-ID: I've been late with my readings, so just by now I finished to read the "Revisionists Sing New Blues History". The only thought that came to my mind after reading it was: What About Van Gogh? The guy sold just one of his paintings in his lifetime, and to his brother. That makes of him simply an invention from critics, that had no influence in art at all, since he didn't influenced anyone in his own generation? What about the genius minds ahead of their time? The same applies to Robert Johnson. Just my 2 cents. Fabio Dwyer _________________________________________________________________ MSN Hotmail, o maior webmail do Brasil. http://www.hotmail.com From Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au Tue Mar 2 19:58:23 2004 From: Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au (Jon Maclean) Date: Tue Mar 2 19:59:01 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: Robert Johnson Message-ID: He's a genius that Eric Clapton fellow.....he's got us all discussing and disecting Robert Johnson and blues in general, and I think it's the most interesting thread that we've had on the Digest for months........ Cheers, Jon >Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 18:41:12 -0000 > From: "John Mills" > Subject: [Slowhand] RE: Blues History NY Times Article (DeltaNick) > To: > Message-ID: <000f01c3fef3$9dd02dc0$0100a8c0@dellws410> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > Amazingly, it doesn't matter what has been said about RJ through the years; > if Elijah Wald had stuck "King of Delta Blues Singers" on the record player > and actually listened to it, he wouldn't have had a single justification to > write a book in that vein. I'm not a musician, but when I first found and > played that album in 1967, it totally astounded me with its originality and > execution. > > John > *************************************************************** This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the Department of Lands. This email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. *************************************************************** From vze24hrw at verizon.net Tue Mar 2 23:34:10 2004 From: vze24hrw at verizon.net (Len Moskowitz) Date: Tue Mar 2 23:34:11 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Concert For George (WNET In NYC) References: <20040302170002.7334F8C31C@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <0abf01c400d8$cd141d80$1c02a8c0@win98> WNET (PBS, channel 13) in NYC will be airing "Concert For George" on Wednesday March 3 at 9:00 PM and on Thursday March 4 at 12:00 AM. Len Moskowitz Core Sound www.core-sound.com From kblanto at yahoo.com Tue Mar 2 23:48:06 2004 From: kblanto at yahoo.com (kavin blanton) Date: Tue Mar 2 23:48:08 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] To "aka" lew Cambell Message-ID: <20040303044806.80104.qmail@web41804.mail.yahoo.com> If you have a copy and can find it can I get you to please please send me acopy no matter how bad it sounds. I really want it and sense I now know it exists I want it even more. Just send me an email at: kblanto@yahoo.com and we can work shipping arrangments and what ever else out, that is if you are willing to send me acopy of teh show with Derek and the Dominoes with Duane Allman. Thanks, ~Kavin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you’re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com From fubar at visi.com Wed Mar 3 01:12:26 2004 From: fubar at visi.com (Jerad Hoff) Date: Wed Mar 3 01:12:30 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Thanks to everyone Message-ID: Thanks to all of you who emailed me answers to my recent question regarding "Rollin' and Tumblin'" and "If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day". The general consensus was Muddy Waters lifted pieces of Robert Johnson's work, something that was common 'back in the day' and was generally accepted (in some cases appreciated). Thanks again, - Jerad From revbilly at usapathway.com Wed Mar 3 08:11:19 2004 From: revbilly at usapathway.com (Billy D. Strayhorn) Date: Wed Mar 3 08:11:24 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Crossroads Guitar Festival, June, Dallas References: <20040302170003.93F538C327@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <001801c40121$048f5f70$8f00a8c0@revbilly> Haven't posted anything in a long time but I'll bet everyone would love to hear about this. Sirius Satellite Radio announced that EC will be hosting the Crossroads Guitar Festival, June 4-6 in Dallas. He will also be hosting the blues show on March 19th. Follow the link for details. http://www.sirius.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Sirius/CachedPage&c=FlexContent&cid=1074263721945 Billy Strayhorn From bjanderson at prtcnet.org Wed Mar 3 11:08:50 2004 From: bjanderson at prtcnet.org (Brian Anderson) Date: Wed Mar 3 11:09:48 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Blackie Message-ID: <003201c40139$d274f360$bebba20c@computer> Hi all, Just heard on the radio that E.C. will be auctioning off his famous "Blackie" guitar in June to benefit the Crossroads Centre. He also mentioned an ES 335 that would be auctioned. He will be auctioning many guitars, but these were the two they chose to speak about. From gazza_kebab at yahoo.com Wed Mar 3 12:16:33 2004 From: gazza_kebab at yahoo.com (=?iso-8859-1?q?Me?=) Date: Wed Mar 3 12:16:36 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: Blackie Message-ID: <20040303171633.59972.qmail@web13126.mail.yahoo.com> There's no way in hell he would sell that one. That would truly be a kind of "ultimate" sacrifice for his cause. Bye, Gaz ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html From g.abt at ucsm.ac.uk Wed Mar 3 12:19:18 2004 From: g.abt at ucsm.ac.uk (Abt, Grant) Date: Wed Mar 3 12:22:39 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC No. 4 @ iTunes Message-ID: <238C3261CD6E534A98A5A7383A9A381B0135FE44@lanmail.ucsm.ac.uk> Evening viewers, EC is currently at No. 4 on the album list at iTunes for the Me and Mr Johnson EP. I guess that's a good start... Cheers, Grant. 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You should ensure that you have a suitable anti virus system in place and check the email upon receipt. From b.vantnoordende at chello.nl Wed Mar 3 12:50:06 2004 From: b.vantnoordende at chello.nl (Ben van 't Noordeinde) Date: Wed Mar 3 12:50:07 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] ISO cover art "Mr. Clapton goes to Washington" 1974 Message-ID: <00f801c4199b$b12da380$d53bc33e@dhr5h8heezt76z> I'm looking for the cover art from this 2 cd set: Eric Clapton `Mr Clapton Goes To Washington` Washington DC 11-12-74 please contact Ben b.vantnoordende@chello.nl -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040303/a79b58ae/attachment.htm From guitarbob at valink.com Wed Mar 3 16:35:27 2004 From: guitarbob at valink.com (guitarbob@valink.com) Date: Wed Mar 3 16:35:43 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] MP3 server IP change Message-ID: <50234.151.199.107.82.1078349727.squirrel@webmail.valink.com> IP changed to 151.199.107.82 You could also try claptonmp3.serveftp.org as the server address..... it SHOULD work From deltanick at comcast.net Wed Mar 3 21:41:21 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Wed Mar 3 21:41:32 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] "Me And Mr. Johnson" News Message-ID: <004801c40192$2e551f40$29263744@aoldsl.net> A couple of interesting items from the latest "ICE" magazine about "Me And Mr. Johnson" (Kurt Orzeck, “Eric Clapton Pays His Blues Dues,” "ICE," March 2004, p. 5): Although most of the album features the musicians listed here in parentheses (Eric Clapton: guitar; Doyle Bramhall II: guitar; Andy Fairweather Low: guitar; Billy Preston: keyboards; Nathan East: bass; Steve Gadd: drums; Jerry Portnoy: harmonica), the first track recorded was "Traveling Riverside Blues," which includes Pino Palladino (bass) and Jim Keltner (drums). “All songs were recorded live at Olympic Studios in London. As many as 15 takes were laid down for some cuts, although [co-producer Simon] Climie remarks that it wasn’t a matter of capturing a perfect performance as much as splicing together the highlights." I'm not sure exactly what this means, but it sounds to me as if the tracks are spliced together from live-in-the-studio performances. “Come On In My Kitchen” was initially recorded in an electric version, but an acoustic version will appear on the album. “The original electric version will appear for a limited time on iTunes.” I don't know when this track will be online, but if any of you out there has iTunes, I'd start checking daily right away. “More to-be-determined goodies will accompany a special-edition DVD Audio version of Me And Mr. Johnson.” DeltaNick From Thewho64 at cs.com Thu Mar 4 12:06:49 2004 From: Thewho64 at cs.com (Thewho64@cs.com) Date: Thu Mar 4 12:07:06 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] DVD's:Japan 2003 Message-ID: <5C0E8228.453B3829.008320BD@cs.com> 11/29/03 & 11/30/03 shows on DVD! Excellent quality! email thewho64@cs.com for info. From jbm90501 at yahoo.com Thu Mar 4 12:23:42 2004 From: jbm90501 at yahoo.com (James Fox) Date: Thu Mar 4 12:23:47 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] & Mr. Clapton Message-ID: <20040304172342.11041.qmail@web11606.mail.yahoo.com> Does anybody recall Eric talking about if he ever gave up something to become a better guitar player? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you’re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com From herman.lr at home.nl Thu Mar 4 12:56:41 2004 From: herman.lr at home.nl (Herman LR) Date: Thu Mar 4 12:56:52 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Hendrix Message-ID: <001501c40212$145ca7e0$0200a8c0@CopyDoos> Hi there, Being a big Carlos Santana fan, I wonder if there is any footage of the Hendrix tribute at the end of February. If yes, I'd be happy to trade for it! Thanks, Herman -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040304/045657ea/attachment.htm From apuraja8 at hotmail.com Thu Mar 4 13:22:44 2004 From: apuraja8 at hotmail.com (Apurva Parikh) Date: Thu Mar 4 13:22:46 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] tour- doyle on guitar Message-ID: Interesting note that Doyle B. II will be on 2nd guitar during the tour. I think this is great news. He'll add more sparks, and allthough Eric will solo just as much, it'll be interesting to see if they change the setlist and add more songs that showcase both guys.. _________________________________________________________________ Create a Job Alert on MSN Careers and enter for a chance to win $1000! http://msn.careerbuilder.com/promo/kaday.htm?siteid=CBMSN_1K&sc_extcmp=JS_JASweep_MSNHotm2 From slowhandfan1 at juno.com Thu Mar 4 15:55:23 2004 From: slowhandfan1 at juno.com (slowhandfan1@juno.com) Date: Thu Mar 4 15:57:50 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] (no subject) Message-ID: <20040304.125607.18463.1793517@webmail24.nyc.untd.com> It's hard to believe EC would part with his beloved "Blackie". But if he does, I say the final auction price will exceed $1,000,000.00.(That's USD) Any one else out there willing to throw out a number? Mark From emse_97 at yahoo.com Thu Mar 4 15:58:24 2004 From: emse_97 at yahoo.com (Ed Petry) Date: Thu Mar 4 15:58:26 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re-weed - 12-12-2003 (Tokyo - Budokhan). In-Reply-To: <20040304170004.3AAA28C498@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <20040304205824.94289.qmail@web60607.mail.yahoo.com> Hi everyone, Thanks to John, I now have the Clapton show from 12-12-2003 (Tokyo - Budokhan). It is an audience recording. I will send it to the first 2 pepole that respond to this email. Please put JAPAN in the subject line and include your promise to re-weed along with your name and snail mail address. I would also like to trade this show for the 11-15-2003 (Yokohama) show. So someone that needs this show that has that show please contact me. Cheers Ed __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you’re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com From deltanick at comcast.net Thu Mar 4 20:52:28 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Thu Mar 4 20:52:37 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Blackie Message-ID: <001a01c40254$84753a00$29263744@aoldsl.net> >> Just heard on the radio that E.C. will be auctioning off his famous "Blackie" guitar in June to benefit the Crossroads Centre. He also mentioned an ES 335 that would be auctioned. He will be auctioning many guitars, but these were the two they chose to speak about. << Thank goodness he's finally doing something good with that guitar. I would've gotten rid of it decades ago. It sounds like s#!t. DeltaNick From cas4ec at besonet.ch Fri Mar 5 03:40:50 2004 From: cas4ec at besonet.ch (cas4ec) Date: Fri Mar 5 03:40:55 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Coverart for Japan 2003 shows Message-ID: <200403050940.AA294453770@besonet.ch> Dear fellow slowhanders, I am desperately looking for coverart for the 18 Japan shows of Nov/Dec 2003. I found some on the geetarz-site, but not all of them. Also, they can be found on that Japanese junk-headz site, but only frontcovers and only in a very bad resolution (no sense in printing those, the result will be bad). Can anybody lead me to a site where I can download those covers in a reasonable resolution? Or can a kind soul even send them directly to me? Thanks in advance! 22 days to go until I will see Eric in concert in Zurich!! I wish you all a wonderful time! Chris ______________ ______________ ______________ QuickLine WebMail - http://www.quick-line.ch From marco at whereseric.com Fri Mar 5 14:02:40 2004 From: marco at whereseric.com (Marco van Rooijen) Date: Fri Mar 5 14:02:40 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Press release: Crossroads Guitar Auction - Eric Clapton and Friends for the Crossroads Centre - June 24, 2004 Message-ID: <000a01c402e4$6f7febf0$9600000a@marco> Crossroads Guitar Auction Eric Clapton and Friends for the Crossroads Centre June 24, 2004 "These guitars are the A-Team . What I am keeping back is just what I need to work with. I am selling the cream of my collection." - Eric Clapton, February 2004 On June 24, 1999, Christie's New York organized "A Selection of Eric Clapton's Guitars ~ In Aid of the Crossroads Centre", a sale that became legendary overnight. Exactly five years later, on June 24, 2004, Christie's will present the sequel when a group of 56 guitars, described by Eric Clapton as "the cream of my collection," as well as instruments donated by musician friends such as Pete Townshend, will be offered. Featuring iconic instruments such as 'Blackie' and the cherry-red 1964 Gibson ES-335, "Crossroads Guitar Auction ~ Eric Clapton and Friends for the Crossroads Centre", promises to be a worthy successor to the seminal 1999 sale. The proceeds of the sale will benefit the Crossroads Centre in Antigua. The complete press release from Christie's New York can be read on the Where's ERIC website at www.whereseric.com Keep on rockin', Marco. ================================================== Marco van Rooijen - marco@whereseric.com Web Co-ordinator Where's ERIC! - The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine Visit us on the web at: www.whereseric.com and www.ericclaptonfaq.com ================================================== From rhendriksen63 at hotmail.com Fri Mar 5 13:56:35 2004 From: rhendriksen63 at hotmail.com (Roel Hendriksen) Date: Fri Mar 5 14:23:00 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Blackie Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040305/4a8ac1d9/attachment.htm From smangano at solartestinglabs.com Fri Mar 5 14:37:08 2004 From: smangano at solartestinglabs.com (Sam Mangano) Date: Fri Mar 5 14:32:46 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] blackie 4 sale confirmed Message-ID: <045201c402e9$3feba5a0$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> yahoo had it on their home page. what did lennon's guitar go for last year? i predict, if brownie went for almost .5 million, then the holy grail should go over a million..... l8r sammy --------------------------------------------- "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." - George Harrison From daver at compute.com Fri Mar 5 15:02:00 2004 From: daver at compute.com (David P. Roberts) Date: Fri Mar 5 15:03:32 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Legends Artwork? Message-ID: I'm looking for Artwork for the God Legends discs that were offered here lately. As part of the deal, I'm offering them up to the first 3 people to respond to this posting. I'm also looking for a couple of trades: - Completely Unplugged - The Blues Concert - Derek and the Dominos - Live at the Fillmore. - One Night in Dallas - Les Trois Mousquetaires If you have them and are interested in trading, then I'll send you my trade list. I do EAC extracts and burn at 2x with Plextors. From korourke2 at wi.rr.com Fri Mar 5 17:25:28 2004 From: korourke2 at wi.rr.com (Kevin O'Rourke (Office)) Date: Fri Mar 5 17:26:25 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Blackie & Delta Nick References: <20040305170004.025EB8C375@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <000b01c40300$c3e36700$1c46350a@ISID02137KevinORourke> > >> Just heard on the radio that E.C. will be auctioning off his famous > "Blackie" guitar in June to benefit the Crossroads Centre. He also mentioned > an ES 335 that would be auctioned. He will be auctioning many guitars, but > these were the two they chose to speak about. << > > Thank goodness he's finally doing something good with that guitar. I > would've gotten rid of it decades ago. It sounds like s#!t. > DN, Should I assume that you are refering to the ES335 mentioned above? How could anybody not like that clean crisp Fender sound of Blackie? Tounge firmly planted in cheek..... Kevin From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Fri Mar 5 17:50:15 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Fri Mar 5 17:51:03 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] What's so great about Blackie? Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C3E@sunwex01.arivia.kom> What's so great about Blackie? The guitars used by George Terry sounded far superior. Mind you, so did George Terry, throughout most of the 70's. If he'd come to the fore in the 60's he'd be a guitar icon today. NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From annk3 at verizon.net Fri Mar 5 21:49:24 2004 From: annk3 at verizon.net (ann.kline3@verizon.net) Date: Fri Mar 5 21:49:28 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Japan 12-12-03 Message-ID: <009401c40325$a2ba5410$0902a8c0@yourpltq5gaydo> Thanks to John, I will offer 12-12 to the first five emails. I would also like to trade for the 11-15 show. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040305/a0d8c568/attachment.htm From mark at inna.net Fri Mar 5 22:21:57 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Fri Mar 5 22:20:05 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Coverart for Japan 2003 shows References: <200403050940.AA294453770@besonet.ch> Message-ID: <009f01c4032a$2f80daa0$0100a8c0@littleboy> ----- Original Message ----- From: "cas4ec" To: Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 3:40 AM Subject: [Slowhand] Coverart for Japan 2003 shows > Dear fellow slowhanders, > > I am desperately looking for coverart for the 18 Japan shows of Nov/Dec 2003. I found some on the geetarz-site, but not all of them. Also, they can be found on that Japanese junk-headz site, but only frontcovers and only in a very bad resolution (no sense in printing those, the result will be bad). > Please be aware that there are different sources/recordings for each of the Japan shows, please do NOT use the cover scans unless you are SURE you have that correct recording/release for a particular show. There are qualitative and quantatative differences, and the last thing we need is to have people pollute the trading pool. Not that you would, this is more of a general warning - please be careful. If you don't know the provenance for a particular show, please label it as such. There are dozens of CD labeling programs out there that will allow you to whip up a CD cover in a jiffy. Quite often the recordings available from private collectors are of higher quality than those released on bootlegs - and sometimes not. But things get weird awful fast once someone throws a monkey wrench in things by mislabeling a recording. It's hard enough trying to weed out and blacklist the mp3 dweebies ("gee, I have this concert where EC plays 'Layla', what date do you think it is??? I downloaded it and put on CD and I can trade it now") without trying to Sherlock Holmes our way through different versions of audience recordings. So far I've ID'd at least two seperate sources for each of the Japan shows, and at least three in some cases. Still working on sussing out the best recordings (and more importantly, the best performances) and will post results when research is complete! Cheers, Mark From b.vantnoordende at chello.nl Sat Mar 6 02:18:09 2004 From: b.vantnoordende at chello.nl (Ben van 't Noordeinde) Date: Sat Mar 6 02:18:30 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] "Mr. Clapton goes to Washington" 1974 information request Message-ID: <001201c4034b$37056ef0$d53bc33e@dhr5h8heezt76z> Received recently in a trade this 2 cd set: "Mr. Clapton goes to Washington" 11/12/74 tracklist CD1. 01: Let it grow 02: Can't find my way home 03: Let it rain 04: Little Rachel 05: Blues power 06: Willie and the hand jive 07: Badge CD2 01: Singin' the Blues 02: I shot the sheriff 03: Eyesight to the blind 04: Why does love got to be so sad? Guess date and location can't be correct. Could anybody help me any further with some information about these recordings? many thanks in advance for any help, Ben van 't Noordende b.vantnoordende@chello.nl -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040306/63ad4134/attachment-0001.htm From Dawn9330 at webtv.net Sat Mar 6 04:41:34 2004 From: Dawn9330 at webtv.net (Dawn Z.) Date: Sat Mar 6 04:41:38 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Japan Concert 12-26-03 Message-ID: <22412-40499CCE-33@storefull-3234.bay.webtv.net> I recently received this 2 CD-R Copy of Eric Clapton's Japan Concert 12-26-03 from John. I'm offering it up to the first 3 Digesters to e-mail me with the word JAPAN in Subject & their Full Name and Mailing Address. I'm also looking for someone willing to make me a copy of the 11-15-03 Clapton Japan Show. ****Dawn**** From cbird at ihug.com.au Sat Mar 6 05:46:43 2004 From: cbird at ihug.com.au (Carey Bird) Date: Sat Mar 6 05:46:50 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Blackie v Brownie Message-ID: <000f01c40368$50bea510$d58fadcb@birdies> I'm really interested to see that Blackie's up for sale given the importance Eric clearly attaches (or has attached) to it. But I wonder what it portends. Perhaps I should be glad. The proceeds will be going to a good (great) cause, and one that Eric identifies strongly with. Maybe it heralds the start of a new phase with EC's gear (perhaps a move back to a telecaster? :-). But then again, perhaps I should be fearful: does it signal that the music is not as important now as it once was (happily married, new child and all that). Anyway, personally, I'd pay more for Brownie than Blackie. Why? Brownie is THE Layla guitar (i.e. the guitar played on what is arguably Eric's best album) Brownie is not a parts special Brownie is a sunburst ... Of course, I recognise that for Eric Blackie was THE guitar for a long time. But if I was able to choose.. Then again, perhaps I'd simply buy both. Best Carey From cbird at ihug.com.au Sat Mar 6 05:52:30 2004 From: cbird at ihug.com.au (Carey Bird) Date: Sat Mar 6 05:52:36 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Blackie/Brownie & The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions Message-ID: <001501c40369$1fb40f40$d58fadcb@birdies> Anyone know for sure which guitar EC used on these sessions? The photos show a strat, and these sessions were only a few months before LAOALS, so it could have been Brownie. Do we know when (what date) the bits that went to make Blackie were acquired? Just curious. Carey From mrnybluesman at yahoo.com Sat Mar 6 10:30:22 2004 From: mrnybluesman at yahoo.com (Richie) Date: Sat Mar 6 10:30:24 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] legends Message-ID: <20040306153022.99631.qmail@web13304.mail.yahoo.com> Looking for the Legends cd's. Any help appreciated. thanks, Richie __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you’re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com From mrnybluesman at yahoo.com Sat Mar 6 10:31:34 2004 From: mrnybluesman at yahoo.com (Richie) Date: Sat Mar 6 10:31:35 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] US tour? Message-ID: <20040306153134.75372.qmail@web13309.mail.yahoo.com> Anyone have any inside info about a US tour? Thanks, Richie __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you’re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com From brooz461 at hotmail.com Sat Mar 6 11:09:27 2004 From: brooz461 at hotmail.com (Brooz Slowhand) Date: Sat Mar 6 11:09:29 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Robert "Slowhand" Johnson Message-ID: Were Robert Johnson's otherworldly sounds on his recordings the sounds he sang and played? John Gibbens: "An abiding mystery about Robert Johnson is the rpm conundrum. Is it true, as a Japanese musician told me it is widely held to be in Japan, that Robert Johnson’s records play way too fast? Should he actually sound much more like his great mentor, Son House?" This is a new one for me. I'm so used to hearing the existing recordings that the slowed down versions sounded unreal. But, after listening to them a few times... http://www.touched.co.uk/press/rjnote.html brooz _________________________________________________________________ One-click access to Hotmail from any Web page – download MSN Toolbar now! http://clk.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ From deltanick at comcast.net Sat Mar 6 12:17:29 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Sat Mar 6 12:17:31 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Blackie/Brownie & The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions Message-ID: <001201c4039e$e786be20$29263744@aoldsl.net> >> Anyone know for sure which guitar EC used on these sessions? The photos show a strat, and these sessions were only a few months before LAOALS, so it could have been Brownie. << I believe EC used Brownie on the Howlin' Wolf sessions. He didn't really begin using Blackie regularly until his return from self-imposed exile in 1974. And even then, he couldn't make up his mind between a Gibson Explorer and the Strat. Brownie was his Strat of choice before the self-imposed exile. >> Do we know when (what date) the bits that went to make Blackie were acquired? << I believe they were acquired in November 1970 in Nashville, as Derek & The Dominos were there to appear on "The Johnny Cash Show" on ABC TV. I think he bought them at the Sho-Bud shop. They were almost giving them away, $100 per Strat. Strats were not very popular back then, and were considered to be rather cheap guitars. DeltaNick From jnacca0408 at rogers.com Sat Mar 6 12:48:46 2004 From: jnacca0408 at rogers.com (JOHN NACCARATO) Date: Sat Mar 6 12:48:44 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Me and Mr. Johnson DVD Message-ID: <000701c403a3$4708d410$82149c18@D10RM611> Hello slowhanders, I've just come across a listing for a DVD release of "Me and Mr. Johnson" for April 20th. Does anyone have any information on this release? Is it an actual movie pertaining to the recording of the album or just the album being released in DVD audio? Any help would be appreciated. John From deltanick at comcast.net Sat Mar 6 16:20:08 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Sat Mar 6 16:20:11 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] "Me And Mr. Johnson" DVD Message-ID: <000a01c403c0$cda715a0$29263744@aoldsl.net> >> Hello slowhanders, I've just come across a listing for a DVD release of "Me and Mr. Johnson" for April 20th. Does anyone have any information on this release? Is it an actual movie pertaining to the recording of the album or just the album being released in DVD audio? Any help would be appreciated. << According to ICE magazine (March 2003, p. 5), “More to-be-determined goodies will accompany a special-edition DVD Audio version of Me And Mr. Johnson.” No release date was listed. “Come On In My Kitchen” was initially recorded in an electric version, but an acoustic version will appear on the [CD] album. “The original electric version will appear for a limited time on iTunes.” And I expect that this electric track may be on the DVD as well, along with some other possible items. DeltaNick From fabiodwyer at hotmail.com Sat Mar 6 16:46:51 2004 From: fabiodwyer at hotmail.com (Fabio Dwyer) Date: Sat Mar 6 16:46:54 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Robert Johnson Message-ID: Brooz Wrote: >>>Were Robert Johnson's otherworldly sounds on his recordings the sounds he >sang and played? >This is a new one for me. I'm so used to hearing the existing recordings >that the slowed down versions sounded unreal. But, after listening to them >a few times... http://www.touched.co.uk/press/rjnote.html >>brooz ---------------------- I strongly recommend you to check this article pointed by Brooz. It sounds to me as a real possibility, and, too my ears, the samples on this page sounds BETTER than the original recordings. Maybe we should mess with the rotation of Me & Mr. Johnson too. Check it out! Cheers, Fabio PS. I believe if we slow down the rotation of Pilgrim, it will sound like a Barry White record-hehehe _________________________________________________________________ MSN Hotmail, o maior webmail do Brasil. http://www.hotmail.com From Dawn9330 at webtv.net Sun Mar 7 09:45:44 2004 From: Dawn9330 at webtv.net (Dawn Z.) Date: Sun Mar 7 09:45:47 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] 11-26-03 Offer is Closed! Message-ID: <11412-404B3598-3@storefull-3232.bay.webtv.net> The 11-26-03 Offer I made is Now Closed! I decided to make more than 3 copies instead I'm making 15. Hopefully most can offer it back to the Digest when they get there copy. Here are the people I'm making copies for : 1)Bruce W. (USA) 2)James S. (USA) 3)Leo C. (Begium) 4)Stuart C. (Scotland) (Cannot make copies) 5)Ms. Jennifer H. (Canada) 6)Jonathan S. (USA) 7)Dan Scripsema (USA) I couldn't e-mail you to tell you that your getting a copy because your e-mail keep bouncing back!! 8)Shannon D. (USA) 9)Gaetano V. (Italy) 10)John Lesage ( ?) I Need Your Address! 11)Richard S. (USA) 12)Peter G. (England) 13)Steve M. (Canada) 14)Marvin M. (USA) 15) Marge R. (USA) I Hope You All Will Enjoy The Concert When You Get Your Copies!!! ****Dawn**** From JMorganMD at verizon.net Sun Mar 7 10:36:27 2004 From: JMorganMD at verizon.net (John Morgan) Date: Sun Mar 7 10:36:32 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Dallas Concert Message-ID: Does anyone have information on getting tickets to the Sunday June 6th Concert at the Cotton Bowl? Supposedly tickets are going on sale on ticketmaster's web site Saturday March 13th but the website only mentions tickets for the festival June 5th and 6th (not the main concert). -John From g.abt at ucsm.ac.uk Sun Mar 7 12:31:43 2004 From: g.abt at ucsm.ac.uk (Abt, Grant) Date: Sun Mar 7 12:35:18 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Guitarist Magazine Message-ID: <238C3261CD6E534A98A5A7383A9A381B0135FE4E@lanmail.ucsm.ac.uk> Evening viewers, Next month's 'Guitarist' magazine here in the UK will have a special on EC and his love of Robert Johnsons music. Cheers, Grant ------------------------ Grant Abt Ph.D. Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Physiology School of Sport and Outdoor Studies St Martin's College Lancaster LA13JD UK Ph. 44 (0)1524 526530 http://homepage.mac.com/gabt/index.htm "Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try." - Yoda ***** CONFIDENTIALITY & SECURITY DISCLAIMER ***** Please note the contents of this e-mail do not necessarily represent the policies or views of St Martins College. 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From marzellus at gmx.net Sun Mar 7 14:59:14 2004 From: marzellus at gmx.net (Marzellus Weinmann) Date: Sun Mar 7 14:59:21 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC collectors clothing & items Message-ID: I have to give away some of my EC collectors clothing & items: 1. Clapton Classics Red Wing Leatherjacket: Color mahagony US size S - will correspond to european size M new and unworn 2. Clapton Classics Red Wing Leatherjacket: light-coloured suede US size S - will correspond to european size M new and unworn 3. Clapton Classics Red Wing Shoes: Color mahagony size 7 - new and unworn: original packing 4. Clapton Classics Red Wing Shoes: light-coloured suede Size 6 1/2 - new and unworn: original packing 5. EC designed Choke Lined Lacket: Color black US size S - will correspond to european size M 6. EC designed Choke Rain Jacket: Color black US size M all clothings and shoes are new; I didn't wear it. if you are interested, please email me privately (marzellus@gmx.net). If you want to, I mail fotos of all products. I do not want to make business. I sell for the original prize. best marzellus -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 1888 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040307/04f23936/winmail.bin From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Sun Mar 7 15:34:37 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Sun Mar 7 15:35:25 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Robert Johnson Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701BF9EC7@sunwex01.arivia.kom> >>PS. I believe if we slow down the rotation of Pilgrim, it will sound like >> a Barry White record-hehehe Don't you mean speed up? NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From jbroholm at sbcglobal.net Sun Mar 7 18:04:32 2004 From: jbroholm at sbcglobal.net (John Broholm) Date: Sun Mar 7 18:04:35 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Robert Johnson sped up? Message-ID: <20040307230432.49593.qmail@web80109.mail.yahoo.com> Slowhanders: I like the essay that suggests Robert Johnson's recordings were sped up -- mostly because of the author's very careful cover-your-tail closing that says there's plenty of evidence against it. Two things: Johnson's recordings were made in two different locations months apart. Yet the sound is remarkably consistent. Now, the record producers of those days didn't exactly have Abbey Road's post-production capabilities. They probably struggled to get the wax cylinder up to speed, period. I can't say for sure, but it strikes me as a highly unlikely technical feat to keep that uniformity across all his recordings by doing the same processing to all of his songs. Other Slowhanders might be able to comment more fully. Second: There's no testimony, to my knowledge, from Johnny Shines, Henry Townsend (do I have that St. Louis bluesman's name right?) or Robert Jr. Lockwood to the effect that Johnson sounded any different on record than he did in person. They all played or ran around with him extensively. Nor is there anything in Son House's extensive interviews, for that matter -- at least, not that I know of or has been pointed out. Hey, maybe they were never asked, but it seems to me they've been asked just about everything they can remember about Johnson. But an interesting and provocative topic. John Broholm Lawrence, KS mailto:jbroholm@sbcglobal.net Brooz Wrote: >>>Were Robert Johnson's otherworldly sounds on his recordings the sounds he >sang and played? >This is a new one for me. I'm so used to hearing the existing recordings >that the slowed down versions sounded unreal. But, after listening to them >a few times... http://www.touched.co.uk/press/rjnote.html >>brooz From deltanick at comcast.net Sun Mar 7 19:38:56 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Sun Mar 7 19:38:59 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: EC collectors clothing & items Message-ID: <001501c404a5$bdad9080$29263744@aoldsl.net> >> I have to give away some of my EC collectors clothing & items << Spare us, please. DeltaNick From mark at inna.net Mon Mar 8 13:12:38 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Mon Mar 8 13:10:44 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: EC collectors clothing & items References: <001501c404a5$bdad9080$29263744@aoldsl.net> Message-ID: <004e01c40538$f1ee99f0$0100a8c0@littleboy> ----- Original Message ----- From: "DeltaNick" To: "Slowhand Digest" Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 7:38 PM Subject: [Slowhand] Re: EC collectors clothing & items > >> I have to give away some of my EC collectors clothing & items << > > Spare us, please. > > DeltaNick C'mon, Nick, give the guy a break. There are people who are into stuff like that. Hey, if he was selling EC's special hankie he wore during the Bluesbreaker sessions, you'd break a nail emailing the guy to buy it! Then send out the hankie's contents for an in-depth spectral analysis, and write an 800-page tome about it somewhere! Yeesh, relax.... ;) Mark From AvalancheScott at earthlink.net Mon Mar 8 13:59:53 2004 From: AvalancheScott at earthlink.net (Scott Peterson) Date: Mon Mar 8 13:59:56 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] First album not available? In-Reply-To: <20040308170002.092578C280@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: A friend noticed that neither Tower nor Amazon has Clapton's first solo album currently available (although you can get used copies at Amazon). Any particular reason I might have missed? Is it being reissued yet again, perhaps on SACD or something? Scott Peterson AvalancheScott@earthlink.net From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Mon Mar 8 14:08:51 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Mon Mar 8 14:12:14 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] 20 Dec 2003 Pics Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C3F@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Link to photographs of the 20 December 2003 No Stiletto Shoes / Procol Harum gig at Chiddingford, UK, with a certain Eric 'n' Crash in residence. http://www.procolharum.com/003/gb_friends-031220_chid-set.htm NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks - Sam King, Concord, NH From apuraja8 at hotmail.com Mon Mar 8 18:10:27 2004 From: apuraja8 at hotmail.com (Apurva Parikh) Date: Mon Mar 8 18:10:29 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RnR Hof Induction - George Message-ID: As u all know George Harrison is being inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. It would be nice if Eric would be there to perform, if not induct. I think Jeff Lynne is probably going to Induct George, but I am hopeful Eric would at least show up to perform. Also, ZZ top, the band that inducted Cream is going to be in the hall of fame this year.. A couple of EC tie ins to perhaps show although, I doubt he'd show for ZZ top. Happy waiting till the 30th!! AAP _________________________________________________________________ One-click access to Hotmail from any Web page – download MSN Toolbar now! http://clk.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ From deltanick at comcast.net Mon Mar 8 19:52:17 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Mon Mar 8 19:52:18 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: EC collectors clothing & items References: <001501c404a5$bdad9080$29263744@aoldsl.net> <004e01c40538$f1ee99f0$0100a8c0@littleboy> Message-ID: <002001c40570$c5beac20$29263744@aoldsl.net> >>> I have to give away some of my EC collectors clothing & items <<< >> Spare us, please. DeltaNick << > C'mon, Nick, give the guy a break. There are people who are into stuff like that. Hey, if he was selling EC's special hankie he wore during the Bluesbreaker sessions, you'd break a nail emailing the guy to buy it! Then send out the hankie's contents for an in-depth spectral analysis, and write an 800-page tome about it somewhere! Yeesh, relax ... Mark < EC didn't wear a hankie during the Blues Breakers sessions :o) DeltaNick From StonesUK99 at aol.com Mon Mar 8 23:35:41 2004 From: StonesUK99 at aol.com (StonesUK99@aol.com) Date: Mon Mar 8 23:35:51 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] attention Beatles fans... Message-ID: <125.2bb9ce9f.2d7ea39d@aol.com> BEATLES FANS' BRITISH INVASION As America celebrated the Beatles 40th anniversary last month, Liverpool Productions announced plans for their 21st annual "Magical History Tour." Beatles fans from throughout North America will be traveling to Liverpool for a British Invasion in reverse. This time, it will be the fans invading England! Whereas 40 years The Beatles brought Liverpool to the U.S., in 2004 there is a travel package that brings fans to Liverpool! This summer, hundreds of the most faithful invade Liverpool for "Beatle Week" as part of the 21st annual "Magical History Tour" from August 21-September 1, which takes them to all the Beatles homes, schools, clubs, homes, early hangouts and other sites in Liverpool, London and also Hamburg. ? The fully guided, professionally escorted tour includes visits to Penny Lane, Strawberry Field, the Cavern Club and all the places that fans have dreamed of someday visiting. A highlight of the tour is "Beatle Week" in Liverpool, featuring the International Beatles Convention, the Mersey Street Music Festival and the annual Liverpool Beatles Auction. There is also a VIP party in the London Hard Rock Caf? with special guests, and an exclusive concert at the Kaiserkeller club in Hamburg where the Beatles got their start. Travelers will experience every Beatles-related landmark in Hamburg, as well as in London and Liverpool. ? Fan will meet and greet many Beatle associates, relatives and dignitaries who take part in the annual festivities. On prior tours, fans have met Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Julian Lennon and many others. The tour is hosted by Beatles aficionado Charles F. Rosenay and Rene van Haarlem, editor of the international magazine "Beatles Unlimited." The Hamburg portion of the tour is hosted by legendary Beatles bodyguard Horst Fascher. Another unique aspect of the 40th Anniversary celebration is that America's greatest Beatles tribute bands will be "invading" the U.K. to play Liverpool during Beatles Week. Among the great groups performing will be New York's "The Fab Faux;" Ohio's "1964 The Tribute;" Liverpool, New York's "The Fab Five;" Chicago's "American English" and "British Export" and also "The Fab Four" and Tim Piper's "Working Class Hero" from Los Angeles. The tour is presented by Beatles fans for Beatles fans and is open to all ages. Space is limited. For further information, write: Liverpool Productions, 315 Derby Avenue, Orange, CT 06477 USA, phone toll-free (866) L-I-V-E-R-P-O-O-L-T-O-U-R or email LiverpoolTour@aol.com.?Outside the U.S., call (203) 795-4737. The website for the tour is www.LiverpoolTour.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040309/25e920e8/attachment.htm From darmel at sbcglobal.net Tue Mar 9 13:39:39 2004 From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (darmel@sbcglobal.net) Date: Tue Mar 9 13:37:49 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: EC collectors clothing & items Message-ID: <008201c40605$e1b19010$64fdd10a@MELBOSS> Think that a better response would have been - "Yeah, your right Mark. I was out of line. Sorry." >>> I have to give away some of my EC collectors clothing & items <<< >> Spare us, please. DeltaNick << > C'mon, Nick, give the guy a break. There are people who are into stuff like that. Hey, if he was selling EC's special hankie he wore during the Bluesbreaker sessions, you'd break a nail emailing the guy to buy it! Then send out the hankie's contents for an in-depth spectral analysis, and write an 800-page tome about it somewhere! Yeesh, relax ... Mark < EC didn't wear a hankie during the Blues Breakers sessions :o) DeltaNick Mel Boss mailto:darmel@sbcglobal.net From deltanick at comcast.net Tue Mar 9 20:52:55 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Tue Mar 9 20:52:59 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] 1973 Session? Message-ID: <003701c40642$68bad760$29263744@aoldsl.net> I've run across a listing, below, for a 1973 EC session. I've never heard of this particular one, and other than the Rainbow Theatre concert (13 January 1973), am totally unaware of EC participating in any recording sessions in 1973. Anyone have any insight on this one? LEWIS, JERRY LEE-London Sess.'73-(UK CD w/R.Gallagher, Page, Clapton, A.Lee) DeltaNick From guitarbob at valink.com Wed Mar 10 07:56:42 2004 From: guitarbob at valink.com (guitarbob@valink.com) Date: Wed Mar 10 07:56:58 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] MANY thanks Message-ID: <50907.151.199.107.82.1078923402.squirrel@webmail.valink.com> Several have uploaded material to my MP3 server. I would name you all but cannot remember everyone who has contributed and, well, I hate to leave anyone out. With the connect server back up and running, I have managed to collect some more material from martin (thanks man!) and it is presently in the "New Additions" area - Hiroshima show comes to mind. I am looking for a few shows if anyone has them - St Louis Keil Auditorium March 1998, Durham NC Duke Cameron Indoor stadium April 1985, and St Louis Keil Auditorium September 1994. If anyone has these please let me know! Thanks to all and enjoy! Bob From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Wed Mar 10 10:47:53 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Wed Mar 10 10:49:23 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] The Last Fling: 4 Jan 2004 - Pictures Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C47@sunwex01.arivia.kom> http://www.procolharum.com/004/040104_gb&friends5.htm http://www.procolharum.com/004/040104_gb-&_friends6.htm with Leo Sayer looking more haggard than Bob Dylan. http://www.procolharum.com/004/040104_gb-&_friends7.htm Good action shot of Eric http://www.procolharum.com/004/040104_gb-and-friends4.htm NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040310/3c32a8a9/attachment.htm From bsiever at wowway.com Wed Mar 10 12:14:11 2004 From: bsiever at wowway.com (bsiever@wowway.com) Date: Wed Mar 10 12:07:16 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] 04 Jan 2004 show In-Reply-To: <20040310170001.B69D68C044@six.pairlist.net> References: <20040310170001.B69D68C044@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <20040310170549.M74151@wowway.com> Anyone know if this show was recorded, if so, anyone willing to share it? Regards, Bryan From ChucklesIV at aol.com Wed Mar 10 12:25:42 2004 From: ChucklesIV at aol.com (ChucklesIV@aol.com) Date: Wed Mar 10 12:25:55 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Hotline Message-ID: <19f.21978516.2d80a996@aol.com> Hello, I am trying to use and upload to the new claptonmp3 pages, but I cannot get USER NAME or PASSWORD that will work. Can someone please send me all the information needed to log onto this server..... Thanks! Bill -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040310/0b494219/attachment.htm From slowhandnj at comcast.net Wed Mar 10 13:17:37 2004 From: slowhandnj at comcast.net (ToeKneeF) Date: Wed Mar 10 13:18:39 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: 1973 Session Message-ID: <404F5BC1.2010309@comcast.net> First there was the London Howling Wolf Sessions. This was such a hit that in very short order you had the London Chuck Berry Sessions ('72) and the London Jerry Lee Lewis Sessions ('73). I do not recall any mention of EC being a participant in the subsequent sessions. The London Chuck Berry Sessions were notable for unleashing My Ding-A-Ling on an unsuspecting world. Actually the "Live" side with Reelin & Rockin', My-Ding-A-Ling, and Johnny B. Goode, really rocked. A quick check of Roberty's Complete Sessions also fails to turn up any mention of a session with the "Killer". -- "...The issue is whether we want to live in a free society or whether we want to live under what amounts to a form of self-imposed totalitarianism, with the bewildered herd marginalized, directed elsewhere, terrified, screaming patriotic slogans, fearing for their lives and admiring with awe the leader who saved them from destruction, while the educated masses goose-step on command and repeat the slogans they're supposed to repeat..." Noam Chomsky in "Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda" From slowhandnj at comcast.net Wed Mar 10 13:29:51 2004 From: slowhandnj at comcast.net (ToeKneeF) Date: Wed Mar 10 13:30:44 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: London Sessions Message-ID: <404F5E9F.7010106@comcast.net> A friend just reminded me that the original "London Session" concept started in 1955 with the Big Bill Broonzy London Sessions. This was followed by 1958's Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee London Sessions, 1960's Memphis Slim London Sessions, and 1965's John Lee Hooker London Sessions. I believe there was also a London Muddy Waters Sessions in the 70's...............T -- "...The issue is whether we want to live in a free society or whether we want to live under what amounts to a form of self-imposed totalitarianism, with the bewildered herd marginalized, directed elsewhere, terrified, screaming patriotic slogans, fearing for their lives and admiring with awe the leader who saved them from destruction, while the educated masses goose-step on command and repeat the slogans they're supposed to repeat..." Noam Chomsky in "Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda" From slowhandnj at comcast.net Wed Mar 10 13:35:05 2004 From: slowhandnj at comcast.net (ToeKneeF) Date: Wed Mar 10 13:35:57 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: London Sessions 2 Message-ID: <404F5FD9.2090100@comcast.net> One final addition to the list........The London Bo Diddley Sessions!.................T -- "...The issue is whether we want to live in a free society or whether we want to live under what amounts to a form of self-imposed totalitarianism, with the bewildered herd marginalized, directed elsewhere, terrified, screaming patriotic slogans, fearing for their lives and admiring with awe the leader who saved them from destruction, while the educated masses goose-step on command and repeat the slogans they're supposed to repeat..." Noam Chomsky in "Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda" From mark at inna.net Thu Mar 11 12:54:01 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Thu Mar 11 12:52:02 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Finally! Live Aid on DVD... Message-ID: <010101c40791$d6dc2320$0100a8c0@littleboy> Glad to see the bootleggers are keeping the labels' feet to the fire! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3543059.stm From Rumcoke72 at aol.com Thu Mar 11 13:13:56 2004 From: Rumcoke72 at aol.com (Rumcoke72@aol.com) Date: Thu Mar 11 13:14:04 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Summer US Tour mentioned in RS article Message-ID: <569350B8.1EA61842.02943F57@aol.com> According to the new EC artle in RS, he will tour the US this summer. This is good news, excuse to go to the MSG and NY hopefully. From scottw at frazmtn.com Thu Mar 11 13:29:00 2004 From: scottw at frazmtn.com (Scott Wallenberg) Date: Thu Mar 11 13:30:07 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] London Sessions Message-ID: <08eb01c40796$de644aa0$c507c841@youro0kwkw9jwc> Don't forget Muddy Waters! Scott From scottw at frazmtn.com Thu Mar 11 13:48:24 2004 From: scottw at frazmtn.com (Scott Wallenberg) Date: Thu Mar 11 13:48:31 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Pilgrim Message-ID: <08ec01c40799$702f5f40$c507c841@youro0kwkw9jwc> I thought I would take a listen to Pilgrim the other day. It had been awhile and I was enjoying hearing some of the live tracks from Hiroshima show. I had too shut it off.....I found the drum machine tracks to be so in your face and annoying that I just had to stop! Thank Goodness Me and Mr. Johnson does not suffer from this. Scott From gaefvill at tin.it Thu Mar 11 14:44:46 2004 From: gaefvill at tin.it (Gaetano Villari) Date: Thu Mar 11 14:49:16 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] file-sharing clues required Message-ID: <4050C1AE.000014.00844@ABCD-8103BC416A> Hello Slowdigesters:) I've noticed reading the digest lately that there must exist terrific tools on the web allowing to share huge amounts of Eric's musical stuff by both up- and downloading material. I'd very much appreciate a merciful soul out there willing to give useful clues in order to access and use these archives I suspect that might help others as well - thanks very much in advance. Regards Gaetano From Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au Thu Mar 11 22:11:42 2004 From: Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au (Jon Maclean) Date: Thu Mar 11 22:12:10 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: 1973 Session Message-ID: I don't recall any mention of Eric being involved in that one either. Albert Lee and Rory Gallagher, yes, but no Eric. I have that on CD and found it quite flat. Jerry Lee just seemed to be going through the motions in my view. I've heard and seen footage of him at other times where he is much more inspired and animated. A dynamic and mesmerising performer in his prime. Perhaps he was teamed up with these English rock stars by management/record company encouragement and just wasn't that keen to be involved. Cheers, Jon Message: 3 Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:17:37 -0500 From: ToeKneeF Subject: [Slowhand] Re: 1973 Session To: deltanick@comcast.net, Slowhand List Message-ID: <404F5BC1.2010309@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed First there was the London Howling Wolf Sessions. This was such a hit that in very short order you had the London Chuck Berry Sessions ('72) and the London Jerry Lee Lewis Sessions ('73). I do not recall any mention of EC being a participant in the subsequent sessions. The London Chuck Berry Sessions were notable for unleashing My Ding-A-Ling on an unsuspecting world. Actually the "Live" side with Reelin & Rockin', My-Ding-A-Ling, and Johnny B. Goode, really rocked. A quick check of Roberty's Complete Sessions also fails to turn up any mention of a session with the "Killer" *************************************************************** This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the Department of Lands. This email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. *************************************************************** From Boultonus at aol.com Fri Mar 12 08:13:48 2004 From: Boultonus at aol.com (Boultonus@aol.com) Date: Fri Mar 12 08:13:53 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] US Tour starts Message-ID: <1d2.1be20ed5.2d83118c@aol.com> June 11th in Little Rock AR. Just after the Guitar Festival here in Dallas. It seems that the summer is going to be spent following Eric around the USA. Can't wait. Spring around the corner. Me and Mrs Johnson is in the shops in less than 3 weeks and a tour as well. That will make up for us not being able to make to the RAH, I guess. Tony -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040312/95df1517/attachment.htm From garlic at nara.ru Fri Mar 12 08:48:10 2004 From: garlic at nara.ru (Old Garlic) Date: Fri Mar 12 08:49:57 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC Interview on Mayall CD; SD Archive Message-ID: <001d01c40838$e1fd9660$16c3fea9@as> Hi, all here in our list! 1. On All Music Guide Internet-site I found out track-list of John Mayall CD "The Masters" (Spitfire, 2000). Track # 17 includes Interview With Eric Clapton. Have somebody that CD? What's the Interview? Can somebody tell a pair of words, what EC talk there about? 2. Help please! I am SD subscriber from 24 Sep 1999. But I was very-very ill and I missed SD issues from June 01, 2003 til Decemver 15, 2003. I'm aware, here are some new SD-Archives commands. But I'm not familiar. What those new retrieval commands are? Can somebody help me? Thanks in advance, Old Garlic= From slowhandnj at comcast.net Fri Mar 12 09:00:05 2004 From: slowhandnj at comcast.net (ToeKneeF) Date: Fri Mar 12 09:00:56 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Trouble Hits the Morganfield Family Message-ID: <4051C265.1040604@comcast.net> Sad to see that Muddy's daughter is not enjoying the fruits of her father's legacy. Police Seek Daughter of Muddy Waters GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - An arrest warrant was issued for the daughter of blues artist Muddy Waters in the 1996 murder of a 19-year-old man, authorities said. Timothy Harrington was shot and his death was linked to a drug deal, according to court records. His remains weren't found until 2000. After determining the identity of the remains, detectives focused on Waters' daughter, Rosalind Morganfield, 34, and David Myhand, 38, of Gainesville. Myhand was arrested Wednesday for first-degree murder and is being held without bond. Authorities believe Morganfield lives in the Hillsborough or Pinellas County area, although she has been seen in Gainesville in recent weeks. Alachua County Sheriff's Lt. Jim Troiano said investigators have talked with family members, friends and artists such as musician Bo Diddley. Muddy Waters, who was born McKinley Morganfield, died in 1983. -- "We trained hard; but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization"..............Petronis Arbiter, 210 B.C. From gazza_kebab at yahoo.com Fri Mar 12 10:05:55 2004 From: gazza_kebab at yahoo.com (=?iso-8859-1?q?Me?=) Date: Fri Mar 12 10:05:56 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Clappers at the EXPO Message-ID: <20040312150555.70591.qmail@web13125.mail.yahoo.com> Thought it might interest a few. Bye, Gaz http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/ article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000461163 ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html From gwornex at yahoo.com Fri Mar 12 12:32:23 2004 From: gwornex at yahoo.com (Greg W) Date: Fri Mar 12 12:32:25 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Jim Gordon (marginal EC releated) Message-ID: <20040312173223.18730.qmail@web12508.mail.yahoo.com> I was listenin to Nilsson's 'Jump into the Fire' the other day and went to the web to see who the drummer was on that album, and both Jim Gordon and Jim Keltner were listed on the credits. Does anyone know who did this particular song? I love the drum solo on this one. Would been a great one for Cream to cover...... g.w. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you’re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com From bluesview at comcast.net Sat Mar 13 12:10:55 2004 From: bluesview at comcast.net (Bluesview) Date: Sat Mar 13 12:09:57 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] See you at Clapton's Guitar Festival! Message-ID: <000f01c4091e$25ed6400$6401a8c0@attbi.com> Section 25 Row 10. Too bad the field is all standing room only. I have to have a seat, especially since it's going to last about 7 hours (I think??? 1:00 to 8:00). Hope to see you there. T.P. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040313/eaae4be8/attachment.htm From solron at optonline.net Sat Mar 13 15:03:36 2004 From: solron at optonline.net (Sol Fischler) Date: Sat Mar 13 15:02:45 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Jim Gordon/Jump Into the Fire In-Reply-To: <20040313170001.B8CDE8C2A1@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: Hey Greg -- The album credits Gordon with the drums & percussion on this particular track. The only two songs on Nilsson Schmilsson crediting Keltner with drums are Without You, and Down, where he shares the credit with Gordon. BTW -- much as I love Gordon's work on virtually everything he's done, the solo here never struck me as being really indicative of what he could do -- it has energy, but it's real repetetive and doesn't show any of the inventiveness he shows on so much of his other work. > > I was listenin to Nilsson's > 'Jump into the Fire' the other day and went to > the web to see who the drummer was on that album, and > both Jim Gordon and Jim Keltner were listed on the > credits. Does anyone know who did this particular > song? I love the drum solo on this one. Would been a > great one for Cream to cover...... > g.w. > From timshipp at hotmail.com Sat Mar 13 20:30:25 2004 From: timshipp at hotmail.com (tim shipp) Date: Sat Mar 13 20:30:28 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Seating for Dallas Message-ID: Hello, Anyone have a seating chart that reflects a concert layout for the Cotton Bowl? I'm assuming that "Field-Standing Room Only" means first come first served on the actual floor of the Cotton Bowl...could be really good or really bad. I purchased a lower level actual "seat" as well to be safe. _________________________________________________________________ Get business advice and resources to improve your work life, from bCentral. http://special.msn.com/bcentral/loudclear.armx From guitarbob at valink.com Sun Mar 14 02:27:03 2004 From: guitarbob at valink.com (guitarbob@valink.com) Date: Sun Mar 14 02:27:18 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] MP3 Hotline server Message-ID: <50681.151.199.107.82.1079249223.squirrel@webmail.valink.com> Please be considerate and do not monopolize time and connection bandwidth. I have had one particular user probably download 200 or more files, online constantly logged in for what looked to be at least 40 hours straight. I am donating my own personal DSL connection and only permitting a few users at a time online - please try to limit your downloads to one or two shows a session and log out to leave time and opportunity for other folks, or I will feel compelled to keep the server offline so I can use my own internet service.... Bob From iampigpen at comcast.net Sun Mar 14 11:32:34 2004 From: iampigpen at comcast.net (Pat Toth) Date: Sun Mar 14 11:32:37 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] non ec Message-ID: <001f01c409e1$f4953fd0$23e42f44@patrickw5945nz> To anyone that can help Are there were any computer whizzes out there who know how to repair a windows install and/or help resolve a DLL situation? I am having a problem with opening up EAC after I re-downloaded it. It comes up "wnasp32.dll file is corrupt. Sorry about taking up space, but please contact me. For those of you I'm in the middle of a trade with it may take a bit longer til I get this fixed. Thanx Pat From slowhandnj at comcast.net Sun Mar 14 12:19:32 2004 From: slowhandnj at comcast.net (ToeKneeF) Date: Sun Mar 14 12:20:26 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: non ec Message-ID: <40549424.30808@comcast.net> Pat, All you need to do is go to a dll site like http://www.dllfix.net or http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?wnaspi32 and download it to the same directory where your current file is located (usually system or system 32)......................T -- "We trained hard; but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization"..............Petronis Arbiter, 210 B.C. From winbill1 at ix.netcom.com Sun Mar 14 12:41:39 2004 From: winbill1 at ix.netcom.com (Bill Robinson) Date: Sun Mar 14 12:41:52 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Noam Chomsky Quote Message-ID: <10014939.1079286110592.JavaMail.root@ernie.psp.pas.earthlink.net> Hey Gang, I think we've all taken close note of ToeKneeF's Noam Chomsky quote; and certainly some of us might appreciate it, while others don't. None of us need it attached to his three posts in SD, Vol. 3, Issue 84. Obviously, ToeKneeF thinks it's cute and that Chomsky's uber-clever, however in my estimation Chomsky's a confirmed anti-Semite anarchist and traitor to the Democratic Capitalisitic American way of life. Either way we could probably do without the constant Chomsky quotes. Keep On Rockin' Bill From Thewho64 at cs.com Sun Mar 14 17:06:57 2004 From: Thewho64 at cs.com (Thewho64@cs.com) Date: Sun Mar 14 17:07:08 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] More JAPAN DVD's! Message-ID: <29328564.7BC880B5.008320BD@cs.com> Excellent,Superclose,tripod filmed shows direct from masters! 2 hrs each! 11-17-03 11-29-03 11-30-03 12-1303 email: thewho64@cs.com for more info. From kblanto at yahoo.com Sun Mar 14 20:13:25 2004 From: kblanto at yahoo.com (kavin blanton) Date: Sun Mar 14 20:13:27 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] John mayall and friends 70th B-day concert Message-ID: <20040315011325.49120.qmail@web41804.mail.yahoo.com> I heard that teh company who put the Mayall and friends 70th B-day concert is going to pull it from shelves so it will no longer be avaliable so I was wondering if anyone out there has heard anything about this. you can email personally or jsut post something up about it. Thanks, ~Kavin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com From alynn at centurytel.net Sun Mar 14 23:46:16 2004 From: alynn at centurytel.net (ALL) Date: Sun Mar 14 23:44:49 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton becomes A Fashion Designer Message-ID: <002101c40a48$740934e0$256c1d45@annalynn> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 6462 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040314/763560f5/attachment.jpg From Kevinjoan5 at aol.com Mon Mar 15 08:33:42 2004 From: Kevinjoan5 at aol.com (Kevinjoan5@aol.com) Date: Mon Mar 15 08:33:49 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 87 Message-ID: According to the seating chart my husband saw, there is a stage and a cat walk leading from the stage to a little platform. Apparently this "smaller" second stage will used by performers for solos. The area in front of the stage and extending to the back is reserved seating. Tickets have a G on them for ground. I have no idea where field "standing room only" could be as it isn't on any maps I've seen so far. There were plenty of reserved seats still left on Saturday afternoon. From apuraja8 at hotmail.com Mon Mar 15 10:17:46 2004 From: apuraja8 at hotmail.com (Apurva Parikh) Date: Mon Mar 15 10:17:49 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] guitar fest tickets Message-ID: I for one bought my tickets pretty early Sat AM, and I wasn't given any choice but field seats. Now I wish I had waited to perhaps get an actual seat instead of having to sit/stand in the sweltering June Texas heat/humidity. Does anyone have a foggy idea what time Eric would be taking the stage? Another interesting note, is that if you bought tickets to Sunday I think you have access to the Guitar Village or whatever it's called. I think that's a good perk for spending 60 bucks. -AAP _________________________________________________________________ Learn how to help protect your privacy and prevent fraud online at Tech Hacks & Scams. http://special.msn.com/msnbc/techsafety.armx From gazza_kebab at yahoo.com Mon Mar 15 11:45:29 2004 From: gazza_kebab at yahoo.com (=?iso-8859-1?q?Me?=) Date: Mon Mar 15 11:45:33 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Ronnie Wood on Clapton and alcohol Message-ID: <20040315164530.30868.qmail@web13125.mail.yahoo.com> This was taken from an interview with Ronnie Wood on the Sunday Mirror. "I'd hate to be in a position where I had to have a transplant, or be told 'one more drink and you're dead'. That would be awful. Poor old George Best. And Eric Clapton - if he has one more drink he's dead. He's lost most of his stomach. That's why he has given up." Bye, Gaz ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html From Boultonus at aol.com Mon Mar 15 11:58:04 2004 From: Boultonus at aol.com (Boultonus@aol.com) Date: Mon Mar 15 11:58:09 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: EC in Dallas Message-ID: <166.2cd57298.2d873a9c@aol.com> There is no indication as to where the stage is on the Ticketmaster seating plan, but my guess is that the seats being offered (I was offered section 10) are at the opposite end to where the stage will be. After all, they are the same $60 price as the standing tickets on the ground. It all seems very confusing to me. Tony In a message dated 03/15/2004 10:46:20 AM Central Standard Time, slowhand-request@planet-torque.com writes: According to the seating chart my husband saw, there is a stage and a cat walk leading from the stage to a little platform. Apparently this "smaller" second stage will used by performers for solos. The area in front of the stage and extending to the back is reserved seating. Tickets have a G on them for ground. I have no idea where field "standing room only" could be as it isn't on any maps I've seen so far. There were plenty of reserved seats still left on Saturday afternoon. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040315/2d067195/attachment.htm From bluesview at comcast.net Mon Mar 15 12:17:58 2004 From: bluesview at comcast.net (Bluesview) Date: Mon Mar 15 12:16:55 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: EC in Dallas (Boultonus@aol.com) Message-ID: <003001c40ab1$77001600$6401a8c0@attbi.com> It seems the stage is at the section 1,2,27,28 end. I questing here, but I got seats in section 25 and when I checked a few times later I noticed the seats available were going towards the section 14,15 area. Yes, I found it confusing too. At the very beginning of tickets sales only the field (standing room only). I wasn't going to stand for 7 hours, especially since the temperature will be at least in the mid to upper 90s. My understanding is all the tickets are $60 regardless of where they are. The price also includes the exhibit. Saturday there will be 3 stages at one of the other buildings at Fair Park instead of the Cotton Bowl. The lesser players will be playing then. The "stars" will be okaying on Sunday. By the way, Mark Knofler has been added to the bill. Terry -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040315/708e8786/attachment.htm From bluesview at comcast.net Mon Mar 15 12:26:07 2004 From: bluesview at comcast.net (Bluesview) Date: Mon Mar 15 12:25:05 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: guitar fest tickets (Apurva Parikh) Message-ID: <004b01c40ab2$99fa7140$6401a8c0@attbi.com> This is mostly a copy from another reply I posted. I hope it's helpful: It seems the stage is at the section 1,2,27,28 end. I guessing here, but I got seats in section 25 and when I checked a few times later I noticed the seats available were going towards the section 14,15 area. Yes, I found it confusing too. At the very beginning of tickets sales only the field (standing room only). I wasn't going to stand for 7 hours, especially since the temperature will be at least in the mid to upper 90s. My understanding is all the tickets are $60 regardless of where they are. The price also includes the exhibit. Saturday there will be 3 stages at one of the other buildings at Fair Park instead of the Cotton Bowl. The lesser players will be playing then. The "stars" will be okaying on Sunday. By the way, Mark Knofler has been added to the bill. Sunday show starts at 1:00 and ends at 8:00 (at least that's what the tenitive plan is). I suspect it will goes on for a while longer. I'm sure Eric will be the last act to play. 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So, be watching for them! :) ****Dawn**** From slowhandnj at comcast.net Mon Mar 15 19:54:21 2004 From: slowhandnj at comcast.net (ToeKneeF) Date: Mon Mar 15 19:55:17 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Sig Files Message-ID: <4056503D.6000707@comcast.net> As my post in SD V3 I88 shows, I changed my Sig before Mr. Bills rant. Having read his note, however, I am tempted to change it back. Really, Bill, I recognize your right to disagree with my choice of sig.....but don't think that gives you the right to dictate what is correct....or what others should see or hear..........in the famous words of one, Jim "The Dental Guy"........"Opinions are like teeth, everyone has them, and they ALL bite". -- "We trained hard; but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization"..............Petronis Arbiter, 210 B.C. From Duncan.McKie at infinity.co.nz Mon Mar 15 22:23:39 2004 From: Duncan.McKie at infinity.co.nz (Duncan McKie) Date: Mon Mar 15 22:23:48 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Heads up, alert Message-ID: In the next issue of the excellent UNCUT magazine, the Feature article is EC. Talking about his past etc and going thru tracks on his new CD. The Free CD is best/importatant blues as picked by EC For those not in the know UNCUT is a great read on Music/Movies each month there in one main in depth feature article, and also a (normally) related CD (recents issues Keith Richards Picks,Stones Covers, Songs that influenced Tommy an so on) It has filled the gap once occupied by 'Q' and then Mojo of excellent music writing. Due out in England April 1 (So will reach downunder about July) Cheers'n'Beers Duncan McKie The information contained in this email is privileged and confidential and intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are asked to respect that confidentiality and not disclose, copy or make use of its contents. If received in error you are asked to destroy this email and contact the sender immediately. Your assistance is appreciated. From crocketo at tele2adsl.dk Tue Mar 16 18:56:24 2004 From: crocketo at tele2adsl.dk (Kristian Frellsen) Date: Tue Mar 16 09:56:41 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] "This one's for Tad"?? Message-ID: <006f01c40bb2$4c29f980$fdcb8e81@BIG1> Hi all :-) In the beginning of BBB from Tokyo (Budokan, Dec.4th 2001) EC says: "This one's for Tad". Does anyone who this Tad (is it even spelled right :-) is/was? Thx in advance. KF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I wish that Mick Taylor had offered up his 'Paul to Eric to play on a couple of tunes,though. It looked like he was playing the 'Paul thru a Fender amp and I thought it sounded pretty sweet. g.w. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com From mersondennis at hotmail.com Tue Mar 16 14:32:31 2004 From: mersondennis at hotmail.com (Dennis Merson) Date: Tue Mar 16 14:32:33 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Stone Crazy offer Message-ID: Thanks to Juanma I can re-offer the brilliant 2-disc "Stone Crazy" to the first 3 Slowhanders who email me privately. This is a superb show from the Reptile tour, Chicago, and Buddy Guy guests. The artwork can be found at the Geetarz site. Don't forget to include your snail mail adress, and offer it back to the list! Cheers _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger From mickeyjaggero at yahoo.de Tue Mar 16 15:55:47 2004 From: mickeyjaggero at yahoo.de (=?iso-8859-1?q?Manfred=20Kunz?=) Date: Tue Mar 16 15:55:49 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: This one's for Tad ? Message-ID: <20040316205547.81440.qmail@web25207.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Hi, EC says: "This one's for Tak". Tak is his Japanese tour manager since the 70s. At the time of the show he was in hospital. All the best Manfred Mit sch?nen Gr??en von Yahoo! Mail - http://mail.yahoo.de From cbird at ihug.com.au Wed Mar 17 01:45:32 2004 From: cbird at ihug.com.au (Carey Bird) Date: Wed Mar 17 01:45:39 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC's guitar auction Message-ID: <000501c40beb$720cad30$6f98adcb@birdies> Apologies if this has already been posted. Here's a link to the stuff EC's selling at auction http://www.christies.com/promos/jun04/claptonGuitars/promo_gallery.asp Wish I could afford just one... Carey From martukemun at hotmail.com Wed Mar 17 05:03:38 2004 From: martukemun at hotmail.com (m r t) Date: Wed Mar 17 05:03:41 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Monday's Albert Hall Concert Message-ID: Don't know if anyone else from the list went to the "One Generation to another" gig at the Albert Hall on Monday. It was a charity gig with Bill Wyman, Jools Holland, Gary Broker, a few others ... and Eric. Only two highlights for me really - Gary Broker doing a fantastic version of "Whiter Shade of Pale" (as usual), and then Eric, who cam on towards the end, did only 3 songs, never said a word and left before the finale. But I must say he was very much on form, playing 2 Mr Johnson songs and sounding great. Shame he didn't stick around a bit longer. Martin _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch with absent friends - get MSN Messenger http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger From gaefvill at tin.it Wed Mar 17 06:52:35 2004 From: gaefvill at tin.it (Gaetano Villari) Date: Wed Mar 17 06:56:42 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Hotline server connection Message-ID: <40583C03.000005.01696@ABCD-8103BC416A> Hi Bob, Is your archive working? I've been trying to connect via Hotline with server number 141.152.71.245 using the three login names. After a couple of short sessions, it's repeatedly kicking me off ("connection timed out waiting for remote host"). Just to let you know. Regards Gaetano Villari From apuraja8 at hotmail.com Wed Mar 17 11:55:39 2004 From: apuraja8 at hotmail.com (Apurva Parikh) Date: Wed Mar 17 12:04:11 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] what's he got left Message-ID: saw the christies online picture gallery of what's being auctioned.. i see he's auctionining a lot of acoustics, but not as many electrics as I first thought. They only have Crash 3 listed, so he'll have his current Crash guitar still left and I assume some more acoustics, but which other electrics will he still have? He'll at least have the Les paul that he played in 2001, but not the L5 or the other guitar used to play reptile and somewhere. I wonder if anyone would take a stab as to what EC would still have in his arsenal... _________________________________________________________________ Free up your inbox with MSN Hotmail Extra Storage. Multiple plans available. http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/ From crocketo at tele2adsl.dk Wed Mar 17 21:06:13 2004 From: crocketo at tele2adsl.dk (Kristian Frellsen) Date: Wed Mar 17 12:07:32 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Stone Crazy offer References: Message-ID: <005701c40c8d$bc99e1e0$fdcb8e81@BIG1> Pick me :-) Regards Kristian Frellsen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Merson" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 11:32 AM Subject: [Slowhand] Stone Crazy offer > Thanks to Juanma I can re-offer the brilliant 2-disc "Stone Crazy" to the > first 3 Slowhanders who email me privately. > This is a superb show from the Reptile tour, Chicago, and Buddy Guy guests. > The artwork can be found at the Geetarz site. > Don't forget to include your snail mail adress, and offer it back to the > list! > > Cheers > > _________________________________________________________________ > It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! > http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger > > > From four61ob at yahoo.com Wed Mar 17 14:27:51 2004 From: four61ob at yahoo.com (ChriSparky) Date: Wed Mar 17 14:27:53 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Christie's richly illustrated auction catalogue...get your today ! Message-ID: <20040317192751.3990.qmail@web41013.mail.yahoo.com> can't buy one but I can atleast buy the catalogue, I have the catalogue from the 1st sale Eric did and its worth every cent ! below is info to order your copy...the woman I talked to just had to laugh when I inquired about the catalogue, she told me that she has been getting a lot og calls today with people ordering it. she ask where I was hearing about it and I told her about us "Slowhanders" on line....she told me to say Hi to all of you and thanks for getting the word out. ========= Crossroads Guitar Auction Eric Clapton and Friends for the Crossroads Centre Sale 1392 24 June 2004, 6:00 pm 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York Christie's richly illustrated auction catalogue will be available in May. If you order your copy by 7 April, the catalogue price will be $25 + shipping & handling, plus tax where applicable. After 7 April, the catalogue price will be $40. To order, please call: U.S. & Canada +1 800 395 6300 Outside U.S. & Canada +1 212 636 2500 United Kingdom, Europe & Rest of World +44 (0)20 7389 2820 Following the legendary sale of Eric Clapton guitars in 1999, Christie's once again offers at auction a group of fine guitars that Clapton describes as the "cream of my collection." Proceeds from the sale are to benefit the Crossroads Centre that Clapton founded in Antigua in 1997. Highlights include 'Blackie', the unique composite Fender Stratocaster, circa 1956, that Clapton played throughout the early 1970s until the mid 1980s; the 1964 cherry red Gibson ES-335, the second electric guitar he ever bought and the one most associated with his days with Cream; the 1937 Martin, 000-42, used extensively on The 'Unplugged' recording; and the Fender Stratocaster 'Crash 3' designed by famous street artist Crash and the first of Clapton's graffiti guitars to be offered at auction. Also featured are a group of pre-World War II C.F. Martin & Company guitars; a 12-string guitar co-designed by Clapton in 1969 with renowned guitar maker Tony Zemaitis; and guitars donated by musician friends such as Pete Townshend, Brian May and B.B. King. Please visit Christie's picture gallery to view highlights of this sale. Please visit us again in May for further details, to browse the catalogue or to leave absentee bids online. http://www.christies.com/promos/jun04/claptonGuitars/overview.asp __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com From gaefvill at tin.it Wed Mar 17 19:30:07 2004 From: gaefvill at tin.it (Gaetano Villari) Date: Wed Mar 17 19:34:59 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] new video glimpsed on Italian tv Message-ID: <4058ED8F.000005.00560@ABCD-8103BC416A> Hi everyone, just wanted to share my dismay for being unable to unchain my VCR while watching some footage from what looked like bits of a new video from M&MJ. Couldn't grasp the song's title (yet), shame on me! For Italian pals, I look forward to catching this again on La 7, or more wherever. Cheers Gaetano From mersondennis at hotmail.com Thu Mar 18 05:20:34 2004 From: mersondennis at hotmail.com (Dennis Merson) Date: Thu Mar 18 05:20:36 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Stone Crazy offer closed Message-ID: The Stone Crazy offer is now closed. Sorry to those who missed out due to huge response. The lucky three: Kristian Frellsen Alison Auerbach Andreas Smith Enjoy. _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch with absent friends - get MSN Messenger http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger From guitarbob at valink.com Thu Mar 18 08:30:11 2004 From: guitarbob at valink.com (guitarbob@valink.com) Date: Thu Mar 18 08:30:28 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] The Hotline server Message-ID: <50696.151.199.107.82.1079616611.squirrel@webmail.valink.com> Many thanks to a few who have contributed - I can't name names because I am afraid I will overlook someone. I have begun to painstakingly organize the material by decade and even by show, if I Can determine what show it is/was. I also thank Marteng for his connect server, where I found a copy of the very first concert I ever went to - Curtis Hixon Hall, December 1 1970, Derek & The Dominoes. I am still looking for a few shows - if anyone has St Louis '94 or St Louis '98, or Durham NC '85, I'd be much obliged if they could either upload them or tell me how I can get copies. What's the latest on Me & Mr Johnson? I haven't heard too much buzz about it coming out over the airwaves but then where I live the airwaves are dominated by C&W and traditional bluegrass stations. Rock on From GomeDoc at aol.com Thu Mar 18 12:17:57 2004 From: GomeDoc at aol.com (GomeDoc@aol.com) Date: Thu Mar 18 12:18:05 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Crash Clapton Message-ID: <24.516ffbef.2d8b33c5@aol.com> I have Crash Clapton # 2 as seen in Guitar Player Mag a few months ago...surprised to hear there is a #3... jS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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UNCUT mag with CD should be in your local Borders Book store in the next couple weeks ($8 US). 4. rolling stone article was a pleasant read, with some insightful tidbits. out sambo8 --------------------------------------------- "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." - George Harrison From aturner-aecgfw at nfld.net Thu Mar 18 13:54:12 2004 From: aturner-aecgfw at nfld.net (Ann Turner) Date: Thu Mar 18 13:55:37 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Crossroads Guitar Auction Message-ID: <002201c40d1a$674c9740$6801a8c0@ann> Hi all, I ordered my auction catalogue today too. I also have the catalogue from the 1st guitar auction - excellent. It's nice to have on hand just in case I win the lottery! Ann Turner -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040318/43ef2955/attachment.htm From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Thu Mar 18 15:36:52 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Thu Mar 18 15:37:34 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] On Offer: Green Arena Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C55@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Thanks to Juanma, I have 5 copies of "Green Arena" to offer: 3 people with burners, 2 people unable to burn (please specify). Audience recording from 15 November 2003: Green Arena, Hiroshima: JAPAN Highlight: "Kind Hearted Woman", which is light years away from the version on Crossroads 2 and an assurance that still Eric can - if he wants to. I doubt that it would have sounded better in any other era. The rest sounds like most other concerts since 1990, entertaining, shorter - and at times more rushed - renditions and solos. Kevin NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040318/3983f3f8/attachment.htm From gwornex at yahoo.com Thu Mar 18 18:08:59 2004 From: gwornex at yahoo.com (Greg W) Date: Thu Mar 18 18:11:01 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Christies auction Message-ID: <20040318230859.42630.qmail@web12503.mail.yahoo.com> One comment in the Christies catalogue interested me. The ES 335 is NOT the guitar I would most associate from his day's with Cream. The 'psychedelic' SG would fit that description, I believe, and it 'only' fetched about 150 grand ,I think, when it went on auction a couple of year's ago. Be interesting to see what the 335 gets. g.w. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com From dgkalina at sbcglobal.net Thu Mar 18 19:15:26 2004 From: dgkalina at sbcglobal.net (Dale Kalina) Date: Thu Mar 18 19:15:28 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] R&R Hall of Fame Message-ID: <20040319001526.55607.qmail@web80007.mail.yahoo.com> Not sure if this has already been posted. Dale Eric Clapton Declined Offer To Induct George Harrison Into Rock Hall (LAUNCH, 03/15/2004 3:00 PM) By LAUNCH Radio Networks Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne will be at Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony Monday (March 15) at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City to honor George Harrison. But they might not have been the first choice to speak on behalf of their Traveling Wilburys bandmate. Eric Clapton was asked to do it, but he passed on the offer. Clapton said he decided not to do it because he's getting ready for his next round of tour dates, and also because it's time someone else talked about Harrison. "On one hand, I have a lot of work to do," Clapton said. "I have slightly different personnel in the band, so it needs a proper input. And on the other hand, I think it will be befitting for someone else to do that induction. I mean, I think I've just been over-associated with George's memory, you know? There's no other reason than that--I just think that someone else needs to share in it." Having said that, Clapton is very happy that Harrison is being honored, and he said the last couple of years have shown how important Harrison really was. "The best thing that came out of his passing was that we all got to remember exactly what he'd contributed, you know, as much as any of the other guys--and maybe more so," Clapton said, "because it was an individual achievement. You know, Lennon and McCartney's one thing, and Paul is one thing, and John's one, but I think George--in my opinion, I found him, his work the most accessible, and the strongest, for me to tune in to." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040318/c685db88/attachment-0001.htm From KMaksin at NCICAP.org Thu Mar 18 19:28:31 2004 From: KMaksin at NCICAP.org (Ken Maksin) Date: Thu Mar 18 19:25:14 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] long time comin Message-ID: <46AD4BEC55E47248B97086AFCEC37DC95AFF9E@CAFS01> Los Angeles radio station's "Rock Report" mentioned this today- Eric Clapton at the Hollywood Bowl this summer. No further details provided. ken m -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040318/6f125b9e/attachment.htm From jen-tdg at rogers.com Thu Mar 18 19:33:54 2004 From: jen-tdg at rogers.com (Jennifer Herbert) Date: Thu Mar 18 19:38:39 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 93 References: <20040319001533.C264D8C1F6@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <002801c40d49$dc2432b0$f9503241@jennifermnm4xy> Hi Kevin I would like a copy of Green Arena please, I do have a burner. Jen 3 Hickory Tree Road Suite 2001 Toronto, Ontario Canada M9N 3W5 ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 7:15 PM Subject: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 93 > Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to > slowhand@planet-torque.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > slowhand-request@planet-torque.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > slowhand-owner@planet-torque.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Crash Clapton (GomeDoc@aol.com) > 2. ramblin' (Sam Mangano) > 3. Crossroads Guitar Auction (Ann Turner) > 4. On Offer: Stone Crazy (Kevin Wilson) > 5. On Offer: Green Arena (Kevin Wilson) > 6. Christies auction (Greg W) > 7. R&R Hall of Fame (Dale Kalina) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 12:17:57 EST > From: GomeDoc@aol.com > Subject: [Slowhand] Crash Clapton > To: slowhand@planet-torque.com > Message-ID: <24.516ffbef.2d8b33c5@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I have Crash Clapton # 2 as seen in Guitar Player Mag a few months > ago...surprised to hear there is a #3... > > jS > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040318/a168e258/att achment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 12:29:59 -0500 > From: "Sam Mangano" > Subject: [Slowhand] ramblin' > To: "'sd'" > Message-ID: <00eb01c40d0e$a3d9ce00$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > 1. heard the judgement day single on our local radio over the weekend. > > 2. the christies catalogue is a MUST purchase. > > 3. UNCUT mag with CD should be in your local Borders Book store in the next > couple weeks ($8 US). > > 4. rolling stone article was a pleasant read, with some insightful tidbits. > > out > sambo8 > > --------------------------------------------- > "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." - > George Harrison > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:24:12 -0330 > From: "Ann Turner" > Subject: [Slowhand] Crossroads Guitar Auction > To: > Message-ID: <002201c40d1a$674c9740$6801a8c0@ann> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi all, > I ordered my auction catalogue today too. I also have the catalogue from the 1st guitar auction - excellent. It's nice to have on hand just in case I win the lottery! > > Ann Turner > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040318/dbd1ecd0/att achment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 22:21:29 +0200 > From: "Kevin Wilson" > Subject: [Slowhand] On Offer: Stone Crazy > To: > Message-ID: > <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C54@sunwex01.arivia.kom> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Thanks to Anthony Fiallo, I have 5 copies of "Stone Crazy" to offer: 3 > people with burners, 2 people unable to burn (please specify). > > > > Audience recording from 24 July 2001: United Center, Chicago, Illinois: > U.S.A. > > > > Highlights: "I Want a Little Girl" with a neatly finger-picked solo from > Eric and of course "Stone Crazy" where Eric does his Buddy Guy thing, > along with his hero, just cause he can. Really awesome!!! > > > > Kevin > > > > > NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040318/43ef2955/att achment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 22:36:52 +0200 > From: "Kevin Wilson" > Subject: [Slowhand] On Offer: Green Arena > To: > Message-ID: > <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C55@sunwex01.arivia.kom> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Thanks to Juanma, I have 5 copies of "Green Arena" to offer: 3 people > with burners, 2 people unable to burn (please specify). > > > > Audience recording from 15 November 2003: Green Arena, Hiroshima: JAPAN > > > > Highlight: "Kind Hearted Woman", which is light years away from the > version on Crossroads 2 and an assurance that still Eric can - if he > wants to. I doubt that it would have sounded better in any other era. > The rest sounds like most other concerts since 1990, entertaining, > shorter - and at times more rushed - renditions and solos. > > > > Kevin > > > NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040318/3983f3f8/att achment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:08:59 -0800 (PST) > From: Greg W > Subject: [Slowhand] Christies auction > To: slowhand > Message-ID: <20040318230859.42630.qmail@web12503.mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > One comment in the Christies catalogue interested me. > The ES 335 is NOT the guitar I would most associate > from his day's with Cream. The 'psychedelic' > SG would fit that description, I believe, and it > 'only' fetched about 150 grand ,I think, when it went > on auction a couple of year's ago. Be interesting to > see what the 335 gets. > > g.w. > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:15:26 -0800 (PST) > From: Dale Kalina > Subject: [Slowhand] R&R Hall of Fame > To: slowhand@planet-torque.com > Message-ID: <20040319001526.55607.qmail@web80007.mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > Not sure if this has already been posted. > > > > Dale > > > > Eric Clapton Declined Offer To Induct George Harrison Into Rock Hall > (LAUNCH, 03/15/2004 3:00 PM) > > By LAUNCH Radio Networks > > Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne will be at Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony Monday (March 15) at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City to honor George Harrison. But they might not have been the first choice to speak on behalf of their Traveling Wilburys bandmate. Eric Clapton was asked to do it, but he passed on the offer. > > > > Clapton said he decided not to do it because he's getting ready for his next round of tour dates, and also because it's time someone else talked about Harrison. "On one hand, I have a lot of work to do," Clapton said. "I have slightly different personnel in the band, so it needs a proper input. And on the other hand, I think it will be befitting for someone else to do that induction. I mean, I think I've just been over-associated with George's memory, you know? There's no other reason than that--I just think that someone else needs to share in it." > > > > Having said that, Clapton is very happy that Harrison is being honored, and he said the last couple of years have shown how important Harrison really was. "The best thing that came out of his passing was that we all got to remember exactly what he'd contributed, you know, as much as any of the other guys--and maybe more so," Clapton said, "because it was an individual achievement. You know, Lennon and McCartney's one thing, and Paul is one thing, and John's one, but I think George--in my opinion, I found him, his work the most accessible, and the strongest, for me to tune in to." > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040318/c685db88/att achment.htm > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Slowhand mailing list > Slowhand@planet-torque.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand > > > End of Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 93 > *************************************** > From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Fri Mar 19 02:45:52 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Fri Mar 19 02:47:35 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Offer Closed: Stoone Crazy Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701BF9F43@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Copies will be sent to: 1. Greg Timoteo 2. Dale Kalina 3. Bruce Wilson 4. Nero Moodley 5. CB Kevin NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040319/402b1dd0/attachment.htm From Tildemarie at aol.com Fri Mar 19 06:28:48 2004 From: Tildemarie at aol.com (Tildemarie@aol.com) Date: Fri Mar 19 06:28:53 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Question...Robbie Robertson ??? At the Crossroads Benefit. Message-ID: When I think about all these wonderful artists and musicians at the upcoming benefit in June for Clapton's Crossroads benefit, I can't help but think it would be great to have someone like Robbie Robertson come on board for the performance also. And with the guitar promo... Well, all the more fitting! They both have worked in the past together on several projects, & I'd have to admit... On stage they kind of bring out a lighting-performance, a rivalry of sorts like in the good-old days. The last time I saw them on stage together was for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame! Dueling guitars! Very fun to watch! The energy! ;) Anyway, my question....For someone who might know these things... Would Eric have to invite Robbie or would Robbie volunteer--offer to become a part of the show and festivities? I would really like to start a request-drive here... Anyone second the motion? Best to All, Mimi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040319/cb88b159/attachment.htm From cbird at ihug.com.au Fri Mar 19 07:30:03 2004 From: cbird at ihug.com.au (Carey Bird) Date: Fri Mar 19 07:30:11 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Christies Auction References: <20040319001534.70DD38C214@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <006501c40dad$e8034c10$708fadcb@birdies> Greg W opined: > > The ES 335 is NOT the guitar I would most associate > from his day's with Cream. The 'psychedelic' > SG would fit that description, I believe, and it > 'only' fetched about 150 grand ,I think, when it went > on auction a couple of year's ago. Be interesting to > see what the 335 gets. > I couldn't agree more. I suppose the 335 connection is due to its featuring in the "Farewell Concert" footage (IIRC). On the other hand, I tend to associate it more with the late 80's Blues period: e.g. Hyde Park concert and the "Duets" set with Dr John. On second thoughts, when I think 335, I think of BB King... :-) Best Carey From jerome.vuibert at fleximage.fr Fri Mar 19 11:01:23 2004 From: jerome.vuibert at fleximage.fr (=?iso-8859-1?Q?J=E9r=F4me_Vuibert?=) Date: Fri Mar 19 11:03:20 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC at the first mediterranean guitar festival (french) Message-ID: <003a01c40dcb$6d965f30$ca40b80a@WKSADSL11> http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200403170813.html ----------------------- Premier festival m?diterran?en de la guitare Eric Clapton sera de la f?te Rafik Ammar, pr?sident du Centre culturel et sportif des jeunes (El Menzah VI) et ?galement pr?sident du Comit? d'organisation du premier Festival m?diterran?en de la guitare, a donn? hier, mardi, une conf?rence de presse au Centre de presse internationale de l'Agence tunisienne de communication ext?rieure (ATCE) au cours de laquelle il a pr?sent? les grandes lignes du programme et ? laquelle se sont joints Hichem Hemrit, directeur du festival, et Atef Lakhoua, son adjoint. Ce premier festival de la guitare, qui se d?roulera ? Tunis et ? El Menzah du 21 au 26 mars, co?ncidera, cette ann?e, avec la comm?moration des f?tes de l'Ind?pendance et de la Jeunesse. Ce festival constitue un hommage rendu ? la guitare qui v?hicule un message de paix, d'amour et de tol?rance dans une M?diterran?e tourment?e par des tensions et des conflits regrettables. Le conf?rencier a beaucoup insist? sur le haut niveau technique des jeunes talents de l'int?rieur du pays qui, en d?pit de l'isolement et de conditions souvent pr?caires, sont remarquables ? tous points de vue. Leurs prouesses sont prometteuses. Ce sont des jeunes des deux sexes des gouvernorats de Jendouba et du Kef. Parmi les invit?s du festival, il y a lieu de relever la pr?sence de la superstar de la guitare, le Britannique Eric Clapton. En raison de son formidable talent, le comit? a tenu ? lui rendre hommage. Le programme Le premier festival m?diterran?en de la guitare comprend trois volets : un festival in, un festival off et un Master Class. Le festival in d?butera au Th??tre municipal les 21 et 22 mars avec, en ouverture, un spectacle de Hichem Hemrit Jazz Band, du flamenco avec l'Espagnole Cecilia Braivoine et un blues rock avec le c?l?bre Eric Clapton. Le lendemain, toujours dans le m?me endroit, le Fran?ais Philippe Dufour et l'Italien Americo Piaggesi animeront un spectacle de jazz. Du 23 au 26 mars, le Centre culturel El Menzah VI accueillera des groupes de Tunisie, Palestine, Malte et du B?nin. Le festival off, celui-ci se d?roulera ? El Menzah VI et sur l'av. H.Bourguiba. Il s'agit de spectacles de rue tr?s pris?s des jeunes. Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal, World Music, Jazz et Flamenco sont au rendez-vous. Le programme Master Class d?butera le 22 mars et se poursuivra jusqu'au 26. Il sera anim? par Cecilia Braivoine (flamenco), Philippe Dufour (jazz br?silien), Evan Thompton de Malte (classique), Atef Lakhoua (Blues & Rock) et Hichem Hemrit (Jazz & Picking). From Mike.Stephens at erdc.usace.army.mil Fri Mar 19 11:18:56 2004 From: Mike.Stephens at erdc.usace.army.mil (Stephens, Mike ERDC-ITL-MS Contractor) Date: Fri Mar 19 11:19:24 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] 12-12-2003 offer Message-ID: <9C2D3D0C65B4574FB2177B8AB83190DC8312C8@wesmail03.wes.army.mil> thanks to ann (you know who you are) i can offer 4 copies of this show to the first four list members to contact me. -m "What? Me worry?" --- Alfred E. Newman -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks John Vancouver BC jwalasko@telus.net From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Fri Mar 19 15:46:59 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Fri Mar 19 15:48:06 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Offer Closed: Green Arena Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701BF9F59@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Discs will be going to: 1. Duncan McKie 2. Ken Maksin 3. Jennifer Herbert 4. Greg W 5. Joan Kovacs Kevin NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040319/8a51bed3/attachment.htm From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Fri Mar 19 15:58:21 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Fri Mar 19 15:59:18 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC at the first mediterranean guitar festival (french) Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701BF9F5A@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Great, would anyone care to read the Zulu version? -----Original Message----- From: J?r?me Vuibert [mailto:jerome.vuibert@fleximage.fr] Sent: 19 March 2004 18:01 To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Subject: [Slowhand] EC at the first mediterranean guitar festival (french) http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200403170813.html NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From gary at girolimon.com Fri Mar 19 21:36:25 2004 From: gary at girolimon.com (Gary Girolimon) Date: Fri Mar 19 21:36:42 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] iTunes In-Reply-To: <20040319001533.C264D8C1F6@six.pairlist.net> References: <20040319001533.C264D8C1F6@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <62406CA4-7A17-11D8-BA8E-000A95ED1242@girolimon.com> Love to see Clapton do this: The Grateful Dead has a long history of allowing fans to make bootleg recordings of their concerts. Over the years, countless bootleg Dead concert recordings have made their way onto the Internet, available for download through peer-to-peer file sharing services and elsewhere. From Weir's perspective, getting the Dead's own recordings of their shows is a natural progression. "What we wanna do is digitize our entire catalog, our entire collection of tapes ... and make that stuff available," said Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir. "I think iTunes is up to that." In fact, The Grateful Dead are already featured artists on the iTunes Music Store -- eight studio albums are available for download and purchase, including classics like Terrapin Station, Blues for Allah and In the Dark, the 1987 album that sports the Dead's only top 10 hit, "Touch of Grey." Steve Jobs even played a Dead track when he introduced the second-generation iTunes Music Store during last October's special music event in San Francisco. But thus far, the Dead's live music -- what the quintessential jam band is best known for -- has been absent from the store. Weir told the interviewer that the Dead has recorded all of its live shows since the late 60's "just so we could listen back, see what it sounded like and make any changes." What's more, said Weir jokingly, the iTunes Music Store's current track price is a bargain for value-conscious consumers. ""At 99 cents a tune, it's a pretty decent price, because most of our tunes are pretty long." -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1648 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040319/449fbfcf/attachment.bin From ddell at socal.rr.com Sat Mar 20 12:51:54 2004 From: ddell at socal.rr.com (Dave Dell) Date: Sat Mar 20 12:52:08 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Mayall documentary Message-ID: <00b301c40ea4$08688730$2802a8c0@dave> For some reason I stopped receviving the digest, so in case this didn' t go through last time, I will make this offer again: Thanks to Kevin I now have the John Mayall documentary Video CD. I'm offering it to the first 10 digest subscribers that write me and live in the US. Sorry, but I don't have time to make post office trips for international shipping (that's why I'm increasing the offer to 10 copies). If you don't hear back from me, then you didn't make the first 10. Dave From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Sat Mar 20 17:16:19 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Sat Mar 20 17:16:52 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] John Mayall: 70th Birthday Celebration Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C59@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Someone on the Digest mentioned earlier this week that John Mayall's 70th Birthday Concert was about to be pulled off the shelves. Well, it deserves to be! What a lousy recording. The vocals sound as though they have been picked up by the drum mikes and Eric's guitar (when it's audible), sounds as though it was recorded through the PA system. (I know Mayall did this to his own guitar on Turning Point, way back.) The drums are really upfront along with the bass and the horns fade in and out, without much apparent arrangement. I have audience recordings that sound better than this. Last year someone recommended that I don't bother with "Supershow", recorded in 1969 and I deferred getting it for months. Let me say, the sound on that recording far exceeds this 2003 recording. Course I might have a defective DVD, but I doubt it. My player's quite fine too - I tested it with a dozen other discs afterwards, just to make sure. I can't even comment on Eric's playing, it would be grossly irresponsible. Eric's management team are probably behind the drive to get the DVD off the shelves (pity they woke up too late), it's an embarrassment, an inaudible abortion. NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040321/344bf70d/attachment.htm From hugo.beer at ntlworld.com Sun Mar 21 05:58:42 2004 From: hugo.beer at ntlworld.com (Hugo Beer) Date: Sun Mar 21 05:58:38 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 96 References: <20040320170004.244EB8C283@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <000a01c40f33$794b6730$90110350@BEER> You ring 800 395 6300 in the US or 0207 7389 2820 in the UK to order your catalogues. There is a 40% discount for orders place before April 7 Hugo > Hello All, > How does one go about purchasing a catalogue of the guitars for auction > this summer? thanks. > > Ken > From mangs8 at att.net Sun Mar 21 12:10:56 2004 From: mangs8 at att.net (mangs8@att.net) Date: Sun Mar 21 12:10:59 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC listening party Message-ID: <032120041710.1430.1e42@att.net> thanks to my TIVO "clapton" wishlist, i saw in my future TO DO list that VH1 Classic will be having a 1 hour listening party for the new album on monday 3/29 at 11 am. out sambo8 From mark at inna.net Sun Mar 21 13:27:54 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Sun Mar 21 13:25:42 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] John Mayall: 70th Birthday Celebration References: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C59@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Message-ID: <064201c40f72$3b1a8a60$6b4bc9d1@littleboy> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kevin Wilson > To: slowhand@planet-torque.com > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 5:16 PM > Subject: [Slowhand] John Mayall: 70th Birthday Celebration > >Someone on the Digest mentioned earlier this week that John Mayall's 70th Birthday Concert was about to be pulled off the > shelves. Well, it deserves to be! > > *snip* > > I can't even comment on Eric's playing, it would be grossly irresponsible. Amen to that. I received the "70th Birthday" and "Walter Trout: Relentless" DVDs in the mail on the same day. The Mayall was watched once and now sits on the shelf where it will collect dust ... the other is still in the DVD player and gets a spin a couple times a week! The Mayall really does have all the energy and excitement of ... well, a 70th Birthday party. Perhaps they should have held the concert at a retirement home? Cheers, Mark << Insert generic, politically correct, non-denominational signature text here so as not to offend the oh-so-touchy. >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It was like Eric was saying "Hey, that was nice, some pretty flashy chops there...but don't mess with the master" : ) Dave From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Sun Mar 21 15:33:35 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Sun Mar 21 15:34:03 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] More Info Needed on One Generation 4 Another Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C5B@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Has anyone seen an in-depth review of last week's "One Generation 4 Another" concert with Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings. I know that Eric did 'When you got a good friend' and 'Little Queen of spades', followed by a nice version of 'Reconsider baby', and that he did not stay for the encore. He also debuted his Crash 3 Strat. I've seen one article riddled with mistakes like: This is the first time Eric and Bill Wyman have appeared on stage. And another that found Peter Green's contribution confusing, but the writer doesn't qualify his statement. I'm looking for info on who accompanied Eric and opinions of the music throughout the night. NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040321/c52520fc/attachment.htm From EddyPauley at aol.com Sun Mar 21 20:20:44 2004 From: EddyPauley at aol.com (EddyPauley@aol.com) Date: Sun Mar 21 20:20:52 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] ABB covers "Why Does Love Have To Be So Sad?" Message-ID: <48.2963b342.2d8f996c@aol.com> The Allman Brothers Band covered Derek and the Dominoes "Why Does Love Have To Be So Sad" Friday night at the Beacon in NYC. It was an excellent version. On Thursday they covered "Key To The Highway." Would appear someone in the band has a lot of respect for the work on the Layla album. If you are in the area I would highly recommend catching one of the remaining ABB shows at the Beacon as they are playing some outstanding shows. A completely different set list from day 1 to day 2 - no songs repeated. E.C. is scheduled to be interviewed by Matt Lauer on the NBC Today show Tuesday morning about the new CD - must be taped as he is supposed to play in Barcelona Wed.. Cheers, Eddy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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You can read about it and download the torrent here: http://www.sharingthegroove.org/msgboard/showthread.php?s=&threadid=51655 Jon From quadzila at optonline.net Mon Mar 22 09:17:30 2004 From: quadzila at optonline.net (Dan) Date: Mon Mar 22 09:18:55 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC on TV Message-ID: <000801c41018$69999970$3ff75643@cv320450a> Eric will be interviewed on NBC's Today show on 3/23 by Matt Lauer about the new CD. Show starts 7am ET. Dan Quadzila@optonline.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040322/3f53af0a/attachment.htm From Tildemarie at aol.com Mon Mar 22 09:43:10 2004 From: Tildemarie at aol.com (Tildemarie@aol.com) Date: Mon Mar 22 09:44:11 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] OT Fantastic Stranger on the Road Again... Message-ID: <106.2dd838d8.2d90557e@aol.com> Hi! Hope y'all don't mind spreading the word. If you know anyone who lives around Natchez, Mississippi or will be going there for the Spring Pilgrimage this coming weekend... I'll be having a booksigning for my book, Fantastic Stranger on Saturday Morning, March 27th from ten till twelve. Wish me luck! ;) PS... Some Bluesy Music, too. AND be sure to tell them... There's a nice little restaurant that serves delicious food and has LIVE Blues music called Biscuit & Blues on Main Street. Thanks, Mimi http://Tildemarie.homestead.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040322/26a992d0/attachment-0001.htm From tronsgaard at hotmail.com Mon Mar 22 11:16:03 2004 From: tronsgaard at hotmail.com (Brian Tronsgaard) Date: Mon Mar 22 11:16:12 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Layla '82. Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Indeed buddy's playing, while flashy and employing lots of over the top tricks was far more enteraining than Eric's by the book playing, trying to be the polite sideman, etc. The Dvd gets more playing time in my house, as opposed to the cd which just bores me at times, all the keyboard/horn solos, yaaawn.. If yu wanna hear the real deal, pop in Beano and smile. AAP _________________________________________________________________ Get rid of annoying pop-up ads with the new MSN Toolbar – FREE! http://clk.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200414ave/direct/01/ From lukelinus at yahoo.com Mon Mar 22 12:27:56 2004 From: lukelinus at yahoo.com (LukeLinus) Date: Mon Mar 22 12:28:04 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Germany: online, magazine and new CD Message-ID: <20040322172756.36473.qmail@web21112.mail.yahoo.com> Hi fellow slowhanders. I found a nice german article here: http://www.ard.de/boulevard/_beitrag/719/ In the weekly german magazine "Wirtschaftswoche" EC has a nice article with photos in the current magazine, available until wednesday this week. When I checked the online version still was with charge. The new CD was officially released here today. The packaging is very disappointing. Its a thin cardboard, no tray or plastic box. It looks like a promo in plastic wrap. There are stickers on the cardboard front cover, not on the plastic. One is for copy protection and the other is advertising some tracks. DONT remove them. Otherwise your front cover will be almost ruined like mine is now. There are no lyrics and none of the pictures has the famous cigarette. No band personel is listed anywhere on the CD. I havent heard it yet, but the packaging is very poor for a major release artist. It has 14 tracks though ;-) best regards Peter / Germany last shows: Randy Newman next shows: EC ===== http://www.lukelinus.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html From lukelinus at yahoo.com Mon Mar 22 12:41:54 2004 From: lukelinus at yahoo.com (LukeLinus) Date: Mon Mar 22 12:42:12 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Oooops, re: new CD Message-ID: <20040322174154.19498.qmail@web21113.mail.yahoo.com> To correct my own post: Found a paper inlay of band personel, still no lyrics. best regards Peter / Germany ===== http://www.lukelinus.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html From scottw at frazmtn.com Mon Mar 22 13:11:49 2004 From: scottw at frazmtn.com (Scott Wallenberg) Date: Mon Mar 22 13:12:01 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Layla 82 Message-ID: <012901c41039$291ca560$cc07c841@youro0kwkw9jwc> RSO re-released it as a single in the UK and it took off! This was in the period where Eric was recovering from his ulcerated stomach. Scott From marco at whereseric.com Mon Mar 22 17:43:56 2004 From: marco at whereseric.com (Marco van Rooijen) Date: Mon Mar 22 17:43:57 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] "Me and Mr. Johnson" - The Album Party! Message-ID: <000701c4105f$29583280$9600000a@marco> "Me and Mr. Johnson" - The Album Party! Together with Reprise Records, whereseric.com proudly presents The "Me and Mr. Johnson" Album Party. Enjoy Eric's new album now exclusively on whereseric.com! Best regards, Marco. ================================================== Marco van Rooijen - marco@whereseric.com Web Co-ordinator Where's ERIC! - The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine Visit us on the web at: www.whereseric.com and www.ericclaptonfaq.com ================================================== From RadioHcate at aol.com Mon Mar 22 19:53:55 2004 From: RadioHcate at aol.com (RadioHcate@aol.com) Date: Mon Mar 22 19:54:08 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Talkin' 'Bout Hard Times... Message-ID: <1e.25006f40.2d90e4a3@aol.com> I don't usually post to the digest these days, but I thought this article that I saw in "The New York Times" was worth making the effort. Rose ~~~~~~~ Blues Musicians Get Help Overcoming Hard Times By ANDREW JACOBS The New York Times March 21, 2004 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. ? No one ever said the blues was any way to make a living. Beverly (Guitar) Watkins knew that, and returned to cleaning offices in Atlanta when the Holiday Inn lounge gigs dried up. Broke even in good times, Little Freddie King survived by playing juke joints in New Orleans until old age left his body broken. Deprived of a steady income, he went without dentures or glasses, and one night, a heavy rain brought down the ceiling of his bedroom. Without an audience for his quirky style of music, Haskel (Whistling Britches) Thompson ended up in a Winston-Salem homeless shelter. >From the Appalachian highlands to the Mississippi Delta, musicians who got by on drink house tips and street corner busking have found themselves living in decaying mobile homes, formerly nimble fingers twisted with age, their homespun repertoires lost with their deaths. "These people are our culture, our folk musicians, and no one is looking after them," said the bluesman Taj Mahal. "We're always putting our hands over our heart and saying the Pledge of Allegiance and honoring Davy Crockett, yet we're allowing these people and their music to fall through the cracks." In the 1980's, while recording old-time mountain musicians in North Carolina, Tim Duffy came to a similar realization. As a student studying folklore at the University of North Carolina, he grew obsessed with preserving the sounds of these unheralded musicians. But as he traveled the rural South with recording equipment, he grew even more troubled by the poverty that left many artists without instruments and too strapped for heating oil or medicine. "Their music ended up in archives but the problem is no one gets to hear it," said Mr. Duffy, who lives in Hillsborough, N.C. "And the recordings don't put food on their table, it doesn't get them a gig." Over the last two decades, Mr. Duffy, 41, has turned his passion into a nonprofit organization, the Music Maker Foundation, which is part recording company, part artist management service and part social welfare agency. For those able to perform, the foundation he and his wife, Denise, run from their converted wood shop promotes roots music and offers artists a touring career; for those too old or sickly, he sends monthly checks that average $100. When unexpected hardships strike, as in the case of Little Freddie King's collapsing ceiling, Mr. Duffy provides emergency cash. When he learned that Mr. Thompson was living in a shelter, he arranged for him to stay with another Music Maker artist, Captain Luke Mayer, a smoky-voiced baritone who lives in a Winston-Salem housing project. Mr. Duffy also helps Mr. Mayer keep the van that ferries a half-dozen musicians to the grocery store, to doctors' appointments and to gigs around the state. More than 100 musicians are served by the foundation, which has arranged whirlwind tours for musicians like Ms. Watkins, who still performs on the streets of Atlanta, and has appeared at blues festivals across the country and in Europe. The foundation also puts CD's into the hands of men like Cootie Stark, a blind guitarist from Greenville, S.C., who had never had his music recorded until he met Mr. Duffy at age 68. Mr. Stark, now 77, one of the last surviving purveyors of the Piedmont Blues, has since taken to the stages of Lincoln Center, the Rockport Rhythm and Blues Festival at Newport and other concert venues around the world. He earns about $8,000 a year selling his CD's. "It should have happened 45 years ago, but I finally got a break," he said. In the process of helping the musicians, Mr. Duffy has helped cultivate new audiences who eagerly await the next Music Maker recording. Mr. Duffy has produced 45 CD's, and many of his artists can be booked for appearances through the foundation's Web site. A dozen artists recently had their work added to Apple Computer's iTunes site, which allows customers to download songs. William Ferris, author of the "Encyclopedia of Southern Culture," said popular interest in roots music had grown in recent years, especially after the PBS series produced by Martin Scorsese, "The Blues," and films like "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" and "Cold Mountain." "It's an exciting time for indigenous music," said Mr. Ferris, who is the associate director of the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Still, the bulk of these musicians, he said, live in anonymity, their lives dominated by the struggle to survive. "The blues has always been the stepchild in the family of American music." On his front porch in the morning cold, John Dee Holeman cradled his steel guitar and plucked out a mournful tune. Although slowed by a recent stroke, Mr. Holeman, 76, can still produce nearly 100 songs, many his own creations. "Fingers aren't as swift as they used to be," he complains, but they easily glide across the neck of Big Boss, the name he has given his guitar. He recalls how he taught himself to play as a child, stealthily grabbing a few moments on his half-brother's Silvertone during breaks from working the tobacco fields. "I'd come in for water and steal a tune and put it back just like it was." Mr. Holeman got his first guitar at 15, a $15 Sears, Roebuck model. As a teenager, he honed his style with Blind Boy Fuller, considered the father of the Piedmont Blues, a more buoyant version of the Mississippi Delta blues. Despite his talent, Mr. Holeman worked most of his life as a heavy machinery operator, with nights spent stripping the wood out of tobacco leaf at the Liggett Meyers factory up the street from his home in Hayti, Durham's historically black section. On weekends, he would play local drink houses, or birthday parties. In the 1970's, he began appearing at a blues festival in Durham. When Mr. Holeman met Mr. Duffy in the early 1990's, his world opened up. Mr. Duffy arranged for him to get his $1,200 guitar, made sure he had a steady supply of nutritional supplements and helped him record two CD's. Over the past decade Mr. Holeman has appeared at festivals in Washington, Turkey and Japan. He performed at the Library of Congress, and he took part in a State Department-financed cultural tour of Africa. "Sometimes people stop me on the street and say, `Aren't you famous?' " he said. "Now that's real nice." Another of Mr. Duffy's proud discoveries is Ms. Watkins, 64, whom he met a at a shopping mall in Atlanta. "She was prowling the sidewalk like Jimi Hendrix, flailing, playing the guitar behind her head, falling to her knees, as if she was performing for a packed concert hall," Mr. Duffy said. "She was on fire. I couldn't believe my eyes." Mr. Duffy gave her a $20 tip and said he wanted to help her reach a wider audience. "I'm ready," she says she told him. "Let's rock on." She was soon booked on a 42-city tour sponsored by Winston cigarettes that included a dozen other Music Maker acts. She has been to Italy, Portugal, France and Switzerland. "There are no lack of artists we could be helping," said Mr. Duffy, who said he raised about $500,000 last year in grants and donations. He pointed to a rack of digital audio tapes he said contained the raw material for 45 recordings. "I can't get them out fast enough," he said, adding that every year, three or four musicians die before he can get their music out. "I feel like I'm racing against time." http://www.musicmaker.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040322/73608d9a/attachment-0001.htm From Brooz at aol.com Mon Mar 22 20:05:30 2004 From: Brooz at aol.com (Brooz@aol.com) Date: Mon Mar 22 20:11:33 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] 11-26 offer Message-ID: <155.3083f940.2d90e75a@aol.com> Hey all, Thanks to Dawn, I am pleased to offer EC's 11-26-03 performance to Slowhanders who will continue to pass it on. If interested, e-mail your address with "11-26 offer" in subject line. brooz From rgabbard at fuse.net Mon Mar 22 21:03:25 2004 From: rgabbard at fuse.net (Rob Gabbard) Date: Mon Mar 22 21:03:33 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Me and Mr Johnson playlist Message-ID: <20040323020331.VURY1963.smtp3.fuse.net@clapton> Here's a WMA playlist you can use to stream Me and Mr Johnson. Clip the rest of this message and save it to somefilename.asx and then load that into Windows Media Player. These are the 96kbit versions.... Eric Clapton | Me and Mr Johnson Eric Clapton When You Got A Good Friend Eric Clapton Little Queen of Spades Eric Clapton Theyre Red Hot Eric Clapton Me And The Devil Blues Eric Clapton Traveling Riverside Blues Eric Clapton Last Fair Deal Gone Eric Clapton Stop Breakin Down Blues Eric Clapton Milkcows Calf Blues Eric Clapton Kind Hearted Woman Blues Eric Clapton Come On In My Kitchen Eric Clapton If I Had Possession Of Judgement Day Eric Clapton Love In Vain Eric Clapton 3230 Blues Eric Clapton Hellhound On My Tail From apuraja8 at hotmail.com Mon Mar 22 23:14:19 2004 From: apuraja8 at hotmail.com (Apurva Parikh) Date: Mon Mar 22 23:21:14 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] mr. j first thoughts Message-ID: Having listened to the four preview tracks already i knew pretty much to expect.. Robert Johnson done by Clapton and his excellent band. It won't be scary or as honest as the original, but the arrangements will probably have more "things" going on... First off, I think anything EC does these days we'll find things to complain about. I liked Reptile but didn't like A LOT of it style wise. I guess since he's gone back to blues on this cd, that will make a lot of people happy. However, of course there will be things I don't think we'll like: too many cooks spoliing the simple songs, overdone arrangements, and superflous organ solos.. Eric's playing is fine, a little laborious sounding, but of course being the blues a lot of the licks/solos are repetitive. It's funny how much his playing sounds (not tonewise, but stylistically) like BB's from the Riding With King Album. Hardly a complaint, but just an indication of where his studio playing is going.. I wished there was more acoustic on this album, just Eric and his acoustic.. Anyways, I like Stop braking down blues, hellhound on my trail, travelling riverside, kind hearted woman, the most. Eric's singing has been really his strength in the studio, something he's focused on, and like his gutiar playing, i think it's too precise, lacking the passion (what people called over signing) That FTC had. Of course that album was covers, but Eric completely making his. This album is dedicated to Robert Johnson, and while the arrangements are different, it's not always for the better. Love in Vain could have been amazing, They're red hot sounds carny-ish... The band is good, production is good, I am excited to see what setlists will be in Europe with Doyle playing no.2 should be a different dynamic.. Well, I am gonna give this a few more listens, of course buying it next week!! Thanks whereseric.com!1 AAP _________________________________________________________________ Find a broadband plan that fits. Great local deals on high-speed Internet access. http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200360ave/direct/01/ From greghilker at gmx.de Tue Mar 23 01:12:48 2004 From: greghilker at gmx.de (Greg) Date: Tue Mar 23 01:13:37 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Germany: online, magazine and new CD Message-ID: <405FD560.7040800@gmx.de> Peter wrote: Subject: [Slowhand] Germany: online, magazine and new CD From: LukeLinus Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 09:27:56 -0800 (PST) To: slowhand digest [..snip..] The new CD was officially released here today. The packaging is very disappointing. Its a thin cardboard, no tray or plastic box. It looks like a promo in plastic wrap. There are stickers on the cardboard front cover, not on the plastic. One is for copy protection and the other is advertising some tracks. DONT remove them. Otherwise your front cover will be almost ruined like mine is now. There are no lyrics and none of the pictures has the famous cigarette. No band personel is listed anywhere on the CD. I havent heard it yet, but the packaging is very poor for a major release artist. It has 14 tracks though best regards Peter / Germany _________________________________________________________________ Hi, I'm also in Germany and my copy of "Me and Mr. Johnson" came in the mail from Amazon.de on Monday. My packaging is just fine - jewel case, booklet with pictures and credits. No lyrics, though... What ticks me off is the copy protection. This ist the 1st CD I've bought with copy protection and the only reason that happened is that I pre-ordered it from Amazon. Sch?ne Gr??e, Greg Hilker-Schmele From cbird at ihug.com.au Tue Mar 23 02:18:13 2004 From: cbird at ihug.com.au (Carey Bird) Date: Tue Mar 23 02:18:20 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Me & Mr Johnson Message-ID: <001e01c410a7$0196cf20$e583adcb@birdies> Recently posted at the Fender Forum site: ---------------------------------------------------------- By DAVID BAUDER Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Of course, Eric Clapton remembers the first time he heard Robert Johnson's music. He was 15. Already an aspiring blues guitarist, he would play a limited repertoire in the corner of a pub. Clapton and a friend used to buy blues albums, unheard, simply because they were intrigued by pictures on the cover. One day, his friend brought a copy of Johnson's "King of the Delta Blues" album to the pub. The friend didn't particularly like it. "I didn't know quite what to make of it, either," said Clapton, who nearly 45 years later has recorded an album solely composed of the late Johnson's songs. The CD, "Me and Mr. Johnson," will be released next Tuesday. "It was the first record I'd heard that didn't have any kind of attempt to be entertaining," he said. "It was just simply what it was. As I listened to it more and more, it got stronger each time I would go back to it. It was my first experience of music happening that way, that each time you listened to it something more would be revealed." He heard the attributes of adolescence - low self-esteem, loneliness, sexual desire and frustration - expressed in raw form through Johnson's voice and guitar. "It became like a beacon to me, that album," Clapton said in an interview with The Associated Press. It still is. Throughout his career, Clapton has repeatedly turned to Johnson when he found himself drifting musically. "I get in touch with the little boy, the adolescent, again and I find that very invigorating," he said. "It's like when people tell me, 'My wife and I got married to 'Wonderful Tonight.' I mean, from my point of view, 'Wonderful Tonight' is a nice little song, but for someone else, it has tremendous significance. It all has to do with what they experienced." The Mississippi-born Johnson recorded only a few dozen songs in the 1930s, but became the prototype blues legend when he died at 27 under mysterious circumstances. Nearly two years ago, Clapton and his band went into the studio to lay some groundwork for a new album. They worked on a few original compositions and some covers, including one Johnson song, "Travelin' Riverside Blues." When Clapton brought a CD of the session's highlights home, he found that all he wanted to listen to was the Johnson song. The band returned to the studio last summer, again with the intent to make a conventional album. But Clapton had a little exercise in mind. Every time the band reached an impasse in recording, he'd suggest they play a Johnson song. For fun. "All the time, I kind of intuitively knew that I was going to make a Robert Johnson album," he said. For Clapton, it was almost a case of now or never for paying tribute to his childhood idol. He's turning 60 next year and, he said, "I'm not sure when I 'm going to be on the decline." One of the reasons it took him so long is that he was unsure of an approach. Do you try to stay true to Johnson's original recordings or use them as a starting point for new interpretations? "It has taken me to this stage in my career or my life to be man enough to tackle it," he said. He told his band to perform the compositions as if they were in a bar playing an ordinary blues song, and the words were all they knew. "That way, the album gets to have some different flavors," he said. "Otherwise, everything would wind up sounding pretty much the same." Normally, a record company would recoil in horror when a big star wanted to make a cover album. But Clapton's history with blues obviously runs deep. When he's explored it, most notably with the "From the Cradle" album, his fans have responded. Clapton is preoccupied with two other projects this spring. He's organizing a three-day guitar festival, planned for June 4-6 in Dallas, to raise money for Crossroads Centre Antigua, the drug and alcohol treatment center he founded in 1997. Clapton is also auctioning off guitars as another fundraiser for the Crossroads Centre. Clapton will perform at his own guitar festival, of course, along with Carlos Santana, Steve Vai, Robert Cray, B.B. King, Brian May, Joe Walsh, Jimmy Vaughan and others. Clapton has mentioned, during his 2001 "Reptile" tour, that it might be his last extended concert tour. But with the Dallas festival on the horizon, he and his band will hit the road. "I can't just do that (the Dallas performance) because I'd no way be able to play well," he said. "We've got to be in pretty good shape. We've got to do a tour first just to get ready. We're touring Europe through March and April to warm up." Then, following Dallas, he'll do a tour of the United States "to kind of wind down." The guitar auction will take place on June 24 in Christie's, the New York auction house. Clapton is donating more than 50 of his own guitars, with other instruments donated by Vai and Pete Townshend. It includes a cherry red Gibson Clapton bought "with my first real money from the Yardbirds," that has the case with Cream stamped on it. "I've used it all through my career," he said. "It's the first proper electric guitar I ever had. That one is probably the most valuable." He'll hold back a couple of guitars to work with and then build up his collection again. "You're talking about people coming out (of the treatment center) with a new life," he said. "What's a guitar?" From jp at hansen.net.nz Tue Mar 23 02:40:14 2004 From: jp at hansen.net.nz (JP Hansen) Date: Tue Mar 23 02:40:25 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Prince covering Clapton's WMGGW solo at RR Hall of Fame inductions Message-ID: <4060929E.10871.52510F@localhost> Hi All, Wow. haven't posted anything here for several years, but I came across this gem when looking online for info of another of my favourite artists, Prince. Last week he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame along with George Harrison. At the all star jam at the end, Prince played alongside Tom Petty, Jeff Lynn and Dhani Harrison on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". Prince's contribution to the performance is a mind blowing take on Clapton's original "Weeps" solo. I think Dhani's face during the solo says it all really! I know Clapton admires Prince immensely, and they've jammed a few times over the years. Eric also chose Purple Rain as one of his 'desert island discs' many years back. Anyway, thought you'd all appreciate the opportunity to listen to a cover of one of Eric's solos, and perhaps compare it to Eric's own recent "Weeps" solo at the Harrison Tribute concert. Here's the link I found on the prince board- not the whole song unfortunately, just Prince's solo... http://www.tomhouy.com/prince/rrhof2.wmv I'd recommend saving it to your hard drive (it's around 6 MB) before playing it. Regards, Jon-Paul. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040323/5b7696c6/attachment.htm From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Tue Mar 23 04:09:23 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Tue Mar 23 04:10:07 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: Mayall DVD Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C5C@sunwex01.arivia.kom> You want to hear a decent live recording of the type of music most people on the Digest enjoy? Then listen to Van Morrison's "A Night in San Francisco". It contains many songs covered by Eric over the years, features a number of Blues legends who transparently fit into the mix, is entertaining, has many extraordinary organ, sax, piano and guitar solos, has extended versions and is well rounded with better and lesser known tunes interspersed with one another. It is the de facto standard by which I judge live performances. Don't get me wrong, I am a Clapton fan first and foremost, but I've yet to enjoy a LIVE band as much as on this Van Morrison recording. And Van's voice, to me, is as great as Eric's guitar. Also, Eric insists on continually plodding his way through umpteenth versions of songs like "I Shot the Sheriff", getting to his solos (which are normally standard re-workings) long into the song. Here too he can take a tip from Van's approach (and spare us the boredom) by doing medleys of his memorable stuff. After all, there is so much of it around. It's time he changed his band too, they're too well paid and not nearly hungry enough. Will changing Andy with DBII bring about the great hoped for change? - I somehow doubt it. I only hope it's not a repeat of the George Terry era with Eric being blown off stage by someone else using watered down versions of his own licks. -----Original Message----- From: Apurva Parikh [mailto:apuraja8@hotmail.com] Sent: 22 March 2004 19:01 To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Subject: [Slowhand] RE: Mayall DVD The Dvd gets more playing time in my house, as opposed to the cd which just bores me at times, all the keyboard/horn solos, yaaawn.. If yu wanna hear the real deal, pop in Beano and smile. NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From Kay.B.Chandler at jci.com Tue Mar 23 04:13:17 2004 From: Kay.B.Chandler at jci.com (Kay.B.Chandler@jci.com) Date: Tue Mar 23 04:14:08 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Kay B Chandler/CORP/Johnson_Controls is out of the office. Message-ID: I will be out of the office starting 03/23/2004 and will not return until 03/26/2004. attending training; for help, call 414 524 7500 From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Tue Mar 23 07:40:41 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Tue Mar 23 07:41:01 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] mr. j first thoughts Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701BF9F69@sunwex01.arivia.kom> I think the only time Eric used overproduction to great effect was on the 2 blues numbers on "No Reason to Cry", namely "Double Trouble" and "County Jail". -----Original Message----- From: Apurva Parikh [mailto:apuraja8@hotmail.com] Sent: 23 March 2004 06:14 To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Subject: [Slowhand] mr. j first thoughts * snip * overdone arrangements, and superflous organ solos.. * NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From g.abt at ucsm.ac.uk Tue Mar 23 08:34:57 2004 From: g.abt at ucsm.ac.uk (Abt, Grant) Date: Tue Mar 23 08:38:54 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Me & Mr Johnson Message-ID: <238C3261CD6E534A98A5A7383A9A381B0135FE74@lanmail.ucsm.ac.uk> Evening viewers, Got the CD yesterday. I must say first off that i've never been able to get into RJ....except for "They're Red Hot", which i really like. So, i was really looking forward to hearing how EC would tackle this tune. After listening to the full CD, "They're Red Hot" is the track that stands out for me, and i'm glad he's done a good version. As for the other songs, i guess like every EC CD, there's something that you can take from every song. His singing is really good, especially on a couple when he goes into high pitched "whooooos". I'm a little dissapointed by just about every song starting in the same way, but this is how RJ started most songs. The biggest difference between M&MJ and FTC is the explicit lack of solos. Because of that, you tend to get the impression that many songs are the same but with different words. This was not the case on FTC, where the style changed quite a lot. So, am i happy with my purchase....yes. They're Red Hot will make it onto my favourites on my iPod, so that's always a good test for me! and for me it's introduced me to RJ again, but in a different context. I might go back and listen to the originals now... Cheers, Grant. Lancaster, UK. ***** CONFIDENTIALITY & SECURITY DISCLAIMER ***** Please note the contents of this e-mail do not necessarily represent the policies or views of St Martins College. 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From simon.george5 at ntlworld.com Tue Mar 23 09:50:22 2004 From: simon.george5 at ntlworld.com (Simon George) Date: Tue Mar 23 09:50:39 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] me & Mr J copy protection. Message-ID: <002b01c410e6$2bdf8d50$5ce869d5@MAIN> Anyone know how to get around the copy protection? I read something a little while ago but I've forgotten how. I dont want to make illicit copies, just make a copy for the car so the original doesnt get scratched. Thanks, Simon p.s. for what its worth, I love the album so far, but was a little disappointed that he didn't do at least one song in its 'original' form, i.e. one man and an acoustic guitar. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Anderson) Date: Tue Mar 23 11:10:32 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Critic's Review of "Me and Mr. J" Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20040323093609.01ef33a0@lulu.it.northwestern.edu> Review of "Me and Mr. Johnson" by Chicago Sun-Times Entertainment Critic Lloyd Sachs (From Sunday, March 21st) Here is an excerpt: "That Clapton is re-reaffirming his commitment to the blues will be met with measured enthusiasm by those who recall the imitative effects of his 1994 album of blues revivalism, "From the Cradle." Striving for the gritty authenticity of such greats as Muddy Waters and Elmore James, he strained so hard to sound authentic, trying on voices like short-brimmed hats, he nearly canceled out the rewards of his electrifying, heartfelt playing. Happily, "Me and Mr. Johnson" isn't like that. It's a relaxed but still hard-edged performance that, while avoiding the blessed excess of Clapton's days as a guitar god, stays comfortably in the rock idiom. Eschewing the growling and groaning and painfully bent strings that define the styles of so many white bluesmeisters, Clapton sells the music not as a freeze-dried form, but as something with chart potential. To hear him rise to the buoyant choruses of "They're Red Hot," one of Johnson's ungloomy classics, is to hear someone who has come to terms with his identity as a popular artist and learned to be true to his sources without imitating them -- just as Johnson did at a time when blues was not the minority interest it is now among African Americans, but a popular form that inspired all kinds of styles in such masters as Son House, Skip James and Lonnie Johnson." "Me and Mr. Johnson" probably shouldn't be played alongside Johnson's landmark "King of the Delta Blues Singers." The originals are so deep -- scary deep, with bottomless possibilities for discovery -- while offering up pleasures that are so much on the surface that they singe and stroke your senses simultaneously. Clapton's renditions have a more churning kind of impact. He has spoken of needing a second guitarist to capture the complicated arrangements Johnson pulled off by his lonesome. But so what? In the end, purity is in the eye of the beholder, isn't it?" You can find the entire article at: http://www.suntimes.com/output/sachs/sho-sunday-sax21.html Happy reading! Sandy From four61ob at yahoo.com Tue Mar 23 11:24:07 2004 From: four61ob at yahoo.com (ChriSparky) Date: Tue Mar 23 11:24:10 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC on the Today show Message-ID: <20040323162407.76064.qmail@web41004.mail.yahoo.com> a link to the video http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4584867/ In an industry where pop icon status has been taken over by the likes of Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson, only a few legends stand out. One of them is Eric Clapton. “Today” host Matt Lauer talked to Clapton about his new CD coming out today, "Me and Mr. Johnson," a tribute to one of his icons, blues guitarist Robert Johnson. Robert who? Yes, it might surprise you to know the man who inspired him the most was a relatively unknown blues icon from Mississippi. Johnson, who had a brief career in the 1930s, died young, at the age of 27. Matt Lauer: “How did you become exposed to him?” Eric Clapton: “Someone had his (first) album and played it to me and that was it. And I was I was completely bowled over.” Clapton's latest CD is a tribute to Johnson, covering 14 of his songs. Lauer: “Let me read you what you said about him. ‘His music is like my oldest friend, always in the back of my head and on the horizon. It's the finest music I've ever heard. I've always trusted its purity. And I always will.’ I don't know what more you could say....” Clapton: “Well that one, I just wrote that just now. (Laughter) I mean that, (Laughter) but that is true. That's exactly the way it affected me, it motivated me to be a musician.” Johnson not only left an impact on Clapton, but he left his mark in the world of blues with his signature "boogie bass line." Lauer: “The boogie bass line.” Clapton: “Can I show you?” Lauer: “I'd like you to.” Clapton: “It's like -- it's what Jimmy Reed....” Lauer: “No, don't play the guitar, Eric, please.” (Laughter) Clapton: “It's just simply, (Music) just simply that. But with Robert Johnson it would be (Music). So that's an intro and then he would go.” (Music). Lauer: “I mean that to me sounds like the beginning of almost every blues song I've ever heard.” Clapton: “Exactly, well I never heard anyone do that before on the guitar, before Robert Johnson.” Today, his peers say the same thing about Clapton. His flair for the guitar has earned him the nickname “Slow Hand.” But no matter how successful, Clapton always goes back to his first true love, the blues. Lauer: “Robert Johnson said when he was asked to describe the blues, ‘the blues is a low-down aching chill.’ Looking at your life, and childhood situations with you have been documented, and drug and alcohol abuse and the loss of a child, is that that low-down aching chill?” Clapton: “Yeah. I suppose it is.” Lauer: “Nowadays, married, young daughter, daughter from a previous relationship, happy?” Clapton: “Very happy.” Lauer: “Is it hard to play the blues when you're happy?” Clapton: “Not at all. (Laughter) I've recovered from a lot of things. But I can get in touch with those things anytime I like, or even, if I don't want to. If I sometimes will just get a flashback out of the blue without any expectation and I want to cry about something that's happened in my life. As much as I've grieved and mourned and gone through the processes, those things still come back. I mean, it is part of me.” Johnson's influence on Clapton went well beyond his music. His drug and alcohol rehab facility is named "Crossroads," in Antigua, after a Johnson song. Founded in 1997, the center has been a passion of Clapton’s ever since. Clapton: “I haven't had any of that stuff in my system for nearly 16 years. And my life has seriously gotten better. And it's an inside job. It's like on the outside, not too much has changed. There's always been money and stuff and a career and music and things like that moving around my life. But I never really felt really good about me. So that's what needed to change was… I had all this stuff when I was 21. And I still wanted to die on (Laughter) a daily basis.” And now, at the age of 58, Clapton continues to work on his music as he takes his place in history. He's won 16 Grammys, and is a triple inductee into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Lauer: “A couple of years ago you dominated the Grammys. I look at the Grammys this year and it was very much R&B and hip-hop. And it was Beyonce, Outkast and Justin Timberlake. How hard is it for a guy like you to keep in contact with the younger music buyer? And do you even care about it?” Clapton: “No, I don't. I mean, I'm not really concerned about their interest in me. I'm more concerned about my interest in them.” Lauer: “What is your interest in them?” Clapton: “Well it's difficult. I mean, I'm getting curmudgeonly, you know. And I really have to work hard to stop that (from) taking over my perception of things because my first instinct is to do what any old guy does around anything that's new and young and modern, is to just reject it out of hand. I mean that's the one thing that I find really difficult about the aging process, is that you just inherit this kind of intolerance. My hope is if they are aware of me, that they'll listen to it and like the music for itself.” __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html From marco at whereseric.com Tue Mar 23 15:53:24 2004 From: marco at whereseric.com (Marco van Rooijen) Date: Tue Mar 23 15:53:23 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] "Me and Mr. Johnson" - The Album Party! continued Message-ID: <000001c41118$e300bc20$9600000a@marco> More exclusive articles are added on The "Me and Mr. Johnson" Album Party at whereseric.com: > Listen to the new album now! > Watch and listen to Eric Clapton talking about "Me and Mr. Johnson"! > Read the moretotheblues interview with Eric Clapton about the new record! I hope you all will enjoy all this great Eric Clapton stuff. Regards, Marco. ================================================== Marco van Rooijen - marco@whereseric.com Web Co-ordinator Where's ERIC! - The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine Visit us on the web at: www.whereseric.com and www.ericclaptonfaq.com ================================================== From mark at inna.net Tue Mar 23 17:08:58 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Tue Mar 23 17:06:48 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC on the Today show References: <20040323162407.76064.qmail@web41004.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <010a01c41123$71e92990$0100a8c0@littleboy> > Clapton: Well it's difficult. I mean, I'm getting > curmudgeonly, you know. And I really have to work hard > to stop that (from) taking over my perception of > things because my first instinct is to do what any old > guy does around anything that's new and young and > modern, is to just reject it out of hand. I mean > that's the one thing that I find really difficult > about the aging process, is that you just inherit this > kind of intolerance. My hope is if they are aware of > me, that they'll listen to it and like the music for > itself. Hmmm, interesting, the question was put to EC in a general sense about music buyers in general, his answer might just as well be aimed at many of his fans, including some on this list . The "Today" interview wasn't bad at all, and although short, longer and more in depth than I expected from a morning show whose format typically is more suited to a remote control armed housewife with ADD who thinks "USA Today" is an overly complicated newspaper. One point of note: in among the footage (Hyde Park '96, Live '85, Prince's Trust 1986, Cream Farewell etc.) they did manage to slip in a few bits of "Nothing But the Blues", so whatever complications have derailed its official release apparently aren't enough to stop clips from being shown on TV. Perhaps, one day .... Mark From MissZR1 at aol.com Tue Mar 23 17:13:26 2004 From: MissZR1 at aol.com (MissZR1@aol.com) Date: Tue Mar 23 17:13:56 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] please unsubscribe!! thanks!!!!! Message-ID: <1cd.1cbfa9ac.2d921086@aol.com> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040323/31a4d778/attachment.htm From gazza_kebab at yahoo.com Tue Mar 23 18:20:16 2004 From: gazza_kebab at yahoo.com (=?iso-8859-1?q?Me?=) Date: Tue Mar 23 18:22:29 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Reprise contact Message-ID: <20040323232016.96690.qmail@web13123.mail.yahoo.com> I am the entertainment editor at a college newspaper here in Florida (we just won best private college in the state for the third year in a row). I have many contacts with artist representatives at Warner Bros. and Reprise. I am planning on dedicating my whole section for the next issue to Me and Mr. Johnson next week. I was wondering if anyone has any contacts for Eric at Reprise. I'm looking for press material, good quality pics and maybe authorization to use parts of interviews he's given recently. I appreciate anyone's help. If I can pull this through, I'll post the website for our newspaper so everyone can see it (our online eidtion gets 140.000 hits a month). Thanks again, Gaz ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html From greghilker at gmx.de Wed Mar 24 01:21:59 2004 From: greghilker at gmx.de (Greg) Date: Wed Mar 24 01:23:00 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] me & Mr J copy protection. Message-ID: <40612907.4030900@gmx.de> ___________________________________________________________________________ Subject: [Slowhand] me & Mr J copy protection. From: "Simon George" Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:50:22 -0000 Anyone know how to get around the copy protection? I read something a little while ago but I've forgotten how. I dont want to make illicit copies, just make a copy for the car so the original doesnt get scratched. Thanks, Simon ___________________________________________________________________________ I made myself a copy for the car, too, like this: If you have a program which can "rip" a CD, do this: - turn off the "auto run" feature for your CD Drive (it's not a bug it's a feature) - put M&MJ in your CD drive - your "ripper" program will see the audio tracks - rip the CD to WAV files and then burn a CD from them There's a 15th track on the CD in session #2 which wastes 219.9 MB -- that's up to 20 minutes of Eric's music we didn't get because WBros's marketing suits felt they had to "copy protect" it... BTW, my CD has the "Compact Disc Digital Audio" trademark on it, meaning that it is certified to comply with the CD specs from Philips. That probably isn't true... Hope this helps, Greg Hilker-Schmele From jerome.vuibert at fleximage.fr Wed Mar 24 04:06:35 2004 From: jerome.vuibert at fleximage.fr (=?iso-8859-1?Q?J=E9r=F4me_Vuibert?=) Date: Wed Mar 24 04:04:34 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Eric Clapton on Me and Mr. Johnson Message-ID: <000c01c4117f$4f318260$ca40b80a@WKSADSL11> Eric Clapton on Me and Mr. Johnson Dial-up http://www.warnerreprise.com/asx/ec_mjsv_56-v.asx High speed / Broadband http://www.warnerreprise.com/asx/ec_mjsv_100-v.asx http://www.warnerreprise.com/asx/ec_mjsv_300-v.asx http://www.warnerreprise.com/asx/ec_mjsv_450-v.asx Jerome Eric Clapton On-Line http://www.clapton-online.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040324/9bca8373/attachment.htm From slowhandnj at comcast.net Wed Mar 24 07:37:37 2004 From: slowhandnj at comcast.net (ToeKneeF) Date: Wed Mar 24 07:38:35 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] New Offerings from EC Message-ID: <40618111.1050106@comcast.net> According to the latest issue of ICE, we can expect some new offerings from EC. Due out in April is "The Stratocaster Chronicles, Celebrating 50 Years of the Fender Strat" a coffee-table book with the forward penned by EC. May 4 sees the release of a Jimi Hendrix tribute disc "Power of Soul". Eric's contribution will be "Burning of the Midnight Lamp". On the track, he is joined by Chic alumni Nile Rodgers and the late Bernard Edwards. Can't wait to hear the wah-wah! -- "...The issue is whether we want to live in a free society or whether we want to live under what amounts to a form of self-imposed totalitarianism, with the bewildered herd marginalized, directed elsewhere, terrified, screaming patriotic slogans, fearing for their lives and admiring with awe the leader who saved them from destruction, while the educated masses goose-step on command and repeat the slogans they're supposed to repeat..." Noam Chomsky in "Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda" From Brooz at aol.com Wed Mar 24 07:46:28 2004 From: Brooz at aol.com (Brooz@aol.com) Date: Wed Mar 24 07:46:42 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: 11-26 offer Message-ID: <68.3cb87820.2d92dd24@aol.com> My part of the 11-26-03 offer is closed. Copies will be sent to: Juanma Kevin David Eric Frederic They will offer additional copies for those interested. brooz PS to Dawn: Many thanks for this great sounding concert! (My e-mails to you bounced back) From ddell at socal.rr.com Wed Mar 24 11:08:30 2004 From: ddell at socal.rr.com (Dave Dell) Date: Wed Mar 24 11:08:36 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Mayall VCD Message-ID: <004001c411ba$404a7ff0$2802a8c0@dave> Somehow I ended up with 11 names for the Mayall VCD. Since I no longer knew who was last : ), you each will receive a copy. Sorry to repeat myself, but those receving the VCD are: Cecelia O'Brien Greg Timoteo Sam Mangano Tom Lachajczyk John Whitney Marvin McGee Kris Stewart Dan Dunseith Steve Booth Joan Kovacs Marge Ruppel The discs will go out today. Enjoy, Dave (who is impatiently waiting for March 30th :) From ChucklesIV at aol.com Wed Mar 24 12:20:32 2004 From: ChucklesIV at aol.com (ChucklesIV@aol.com) Date: Wed Mar 24 12:20:45 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Burning of the Midnight Lamp Message-ID: Hey gang, yes that POWER OF SOUL album sounds great to me. Now, here is the question for all you buffs out there....is this a NEW version of Midnight Lamp or simply the one he recorded during the STONE FREE tribute sessions back in 92? So far, the only known recording of EC doing Midnight Lamp is at the 1993 Show for Chemical Dependency with Joe Cocker. It is one of the best bootleg songs I have of Clapton....and yes, the WAH WAH is amazing. What do we know, so far, about the new studio album Clapton is working on. Me and Mr. Johnson is due out next week on hard copy, when should we expect a new album of original material? I think I heard a release date of August? And who the hell posted that interview on WHERES ERIC.com from the blues magazine?? Talk about hard to read...I can't believe someone sat down and typed the man saying "um". Bill -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html From apuraja8 at hotmail.com Wed Mar 24 12:22:00 2004 From: apuraja8 at hotmail.com (Apurva Parikh) Date: Wed Mar 24 12:48:04 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC in the MEDIA!!!/Ramblings/Musings Message-ID: Ramblings, musings.. 1. Today show interview was very well done. Matt Lauer seems to be a genuine Eric Clapton and music fan, having done his research, alluding to childhood problems, etc.. Although it's common knowledge, he seemed very informed and asked good questins. Would have liked to have heard more Eric playing acoustic! That was a funny bit. 2. The short version of the Reprise video interview was good. I was intrigued by the part when Eric is saying how he consciously thinks of what RJ would do if he were alive, when approaching his music.. I wonder RJ rolled in his grave several times when Eric did Lay Down Sally, WOnderful tonight and all that 70's country/pop/schlock.. haha 3. is there a "long" version of the interview from Reprise? 4. vh1.com you can hear the entire album streaming or song by song.. 5. Prince, hello, you are a guitar god in my book. I didnt know or think you were before, but after hearing your solo at the RnR Hall of fame... WOW.... 6. Does Eric have 1 or 2 daughters with his current wife?? 7. I am still holding hope for the Eric Clapton documentary that was shot prior to Reptile and was screened at Tribeca, to come out one day!!!! 8. I hope we get Crash 3 at the Dallas guitar fest, the one he played at the Wyman RAH conert, it was Crash 3, right???????? 9. I wish Eric had gone to the RnR Hall of Fame event if not to present but just watch. I think he coul dhave done more justice to George's legacy than Petty/Lynne. But i understand he has a tour to prep for.. 10. I think all of us should set apart a day to listen to all of eric's "blues" recordings starting with : Five Live Y'birds, Beano, Layla album, Fresh Cream, EC Was Here, FTC, Unplugged, Riding W/King, and Me and mr. J.. Just one day of all Eric and the blues... I plan on doing something like this aftert he 30th.. Will report my findings!!!! -Peace, love and the blues.. AAP _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ From ska946 at northwestern.edu Wed Mar 24 14:55:16 2004 From: ska946 at northwestern.edu (Sandra K. Anderson) Date: Wed Mar 24 14:55:34 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] "Live in Japan" Re-Released Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20040324132747.01c94560@lulu.it.northwestern.edu> George Harrison's Dark Horse Catalog, including "Cloud 9" and "Live in Japan," has been re-mastered and re-released (perhaps to coincide with George's induction into the RnR Hall of Fame?). I was in Border's Music yesterday and spotted a special GH display. To my delight, one copy of "Live in Japan" (Hybrid SuperAudioCD) was on the shelf. I bought it and had a great time last night listening to the interplay between George and Eric (the second guitarist!). BTW, Chuck Leavell's keyboard work is amazing. As you probably recall, George and Eric (backed by Eric's band) embarked on a 12-date tour of Japan in December 1991. The music included in the album was recorded in Tokyo & Osaka. This was Harrison's first tour since 1974, and the first time that George and Eric had appeared together in a full concert since 'The Concert for Bangladesh' in 1971. One other surprise at Border's: To promote EC's new album, they had reprints of the cover of "Me and Mr. Johnson" (small square CD sized cards) with information about the album's release on the back. The cards could be scanned at the digital listening stations to preview tracks. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to try it. Sandy From mark at inna.net Wed Mar 24 18:38:27 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Wed Mar 24 18:36:14 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] please unsubscribe!! thanks!!!!! References: <1cd.1cbfa9ac.2d921086@aol.com> Message-ID: <016e01c411f9$1c3ec0a0$0100a8c0@littleboy> ----- Original Message ----- From: MissZR1@aol.com To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 5:13 PM Subject: [Slowhand] please unsubscribe!! thanks!!!!! ------ Y'all do know I love it when people as this, yes? First, ask your Internet Provider to mail you an Unsubscribing Kit. Then follow these directions. The kit will most likely be the standard no-fault type. Depending on requirements, System A and/or System B can be used. When operating System A, depress lever and a plastic dalkron unsubscriber will be dispensed through the slot immediately underneath. When you have fastened the adhesive lip, attach connection marked by the large "X" outlet hose. Twist the silver- coloured ring one inch below the connection point until you feel it lock. The kit is now ready for use. The Cin-Eliminator is activated by the small switch on the lip. When securing, twist the ring back to its initial condition, so that the two orange lines meet. Disconnect. Place the dalkron unsubscriber in the vacuum receptacle to the rear. Activate by pressing the blue button. The controls for System B are located on the opposite side. The red release switch places the Cin-Eliminator into position; it can be adjusted manually up or down by pressing the blue manual release button. The opening is self- adjusting. To secure after use, press the green button, which simultaneously activates the evaporator and returns the Cin-Eliminator to its storage position. You may log off if the green exit light is on over the evaporator . If the red light is illuminated, one of the Cin-Eliminator requirements has not been properly implemented. Press the "List Guy" call button on the right of the evaporator . He will secure all facilities from his control panel. To use the Auto-Unsub, first undress and place all your clothes in the clothes rack. Put on the velcro slippers located in the cabinet immediately below. Enter the shower, taking the entire kit with you. On the control panel to your upper right upon entering you will see a "Shower seal" button. Press to activate. A green light will then be illuminated immediately below. On the intensity knob, select the desired setting. Now depress the Auto-Unsub activation lever. Bathe normally. The Auto-Unsub will automatically go off after three minutes unless you activate the "Manual off" override switch by flipping it up. When you are ready to leave, press the blue "Shower seal" release button. The door will open and you may leave. Please remove the velcro slippers and place them in their container. If you prefer the ultrasonic log-off mode, press the indicated blue button. When the twin panels open, pull forward by rings A & B. The knob to the left, just below the blue light, has three settings, low, medium or high. For normal use, the medium setting is suggested. After these settings have been made, you can activate the device by switching to the "ON" position the clearly marked red switch. If during the unsubscribing operation, you wish to change the settings, place the "manual off" override switch in the "OFF" position. You may now make the change and repeat the cycle. When the green exit light goes on, you may log off and have lunch. Please close the door behind you. Barring that, you could of course simply follow the INSTRUCTIONS printed at the beginning of each digest which tell you how to UNSUBSCRIBE. Hope this helps, Mark From deltanick at comcast.net Wed Mar 24 21:24:06 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Wed Mar 24 21:23:34 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: please unsubscribe!! thanks!!!!! Message-ID: <002401c41210$3fbacd00$29263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> Mark, I follow everything until this part: >> On the intensity knob, select the desired setting. << How do I know what the desired setting is? This is what a really what's SO frustrating about these directions. They always leave out the most important information, and I'm stuck in my shower, everything is soaking wet, and the freakin' green light is illuminated! DeltaNick From deltanick at comcast.net Wed Mar 24 21:29:45 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Wed Mar 24 21:29:05 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] "Live in Japan" Re-Released Message-ID: <002f01c41211$09b94fa0$29263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> >> George Harrison's Dark Horse Catalog, including "Cloud 9" and "Live in Japan," has been re-mastered and re-released << ... and Slowhand is on not just 2, but 3 of these new releases: "Cloud Nine," "Live In Japan, and EC plays the guitar intro to track one on the album "George Harrison" as well. DeltaNick From guitarbob at valink.com Thu Mar 25 00:02:53 2004 From: guitarbob at valink.com (guitarbob@valink.com) Date: Thu Mar 25 00:03:09 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Hotline update Message-ID: <50174.141.152.69.56.1080190973.squirrel@webmail.valink.com> DNS name still same: claptonmp3.serveftp.org for those who use the IP instead, it changed to: 141.152.69.56 From roante04 at yahoo.co.uk Thu Mar 25 02:43:06 2004 From: roante04 at yahoo.co.uk (=?iso-8859-1?q?a=20linden?=) Date: Thu Mar 25 02:43:09 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Mr. Johnson Message-ID: <20040325074306.55323.qmail@web25010.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Hi all, I think EC's new album Me and Mr. Johnson needs quite a few careful listens before it starts to open up. As most blues albums at first the songs sound too similar, but after hearing this album about 5 times I'm very satisfied with Eric's versions of some of the best blues songs ever written. At this time Traveling Riverside Blues, Stop Breakin' Down Blues, Little Quenn Of Spades , If I Had Possession of Judgement Day and Hellhound On My Trail sound the strongest and are definately among the best versions ever made of these songs. Milkcow's Calf Blues is one of the best and convincing things Clapton has ever made. Clapton's singing and playing is mature and the overall sound very soulful and relaxed but still churning and edgy the way a good blues does. No guitar heroics found here, but the band is great and swinging in the way, that makes me wait for the dates I'll see them live in Copenhagen and at RAH. Cheers Ande ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html From marco at whereseric.com Thu Mar 25 05:23:58 2004 From: marco at whereseric.com (Marco / Where's ERIC!) Date: Thu Mar 25 05:09:35 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Setlist Barcelona show, 24 March 2004 Message-ID: <407B75D6@twigger.nl> You are not dreaming, he really did play "Got to get better..." and it was awesome!! More later... on www.whereseric.com ! Setlist 24 March 2004 - Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain Let it Rain Hoochie Coochie Man Bell Bottom Blues Walk out in the Rain I shot the Sheriff When you?ve got a Good Friend Milk Cow Blues Kind Hearted Woman Blues They?re Red Hot Hellhound on my Trail Change the World Got to get Better in a little While I Wanna Little Girl Badge Wonderful Tonight Cocaine Layla encore: Sunshine of your Love ================================================== Marco van Rooijen - marco@whereseric.com Web Co-ordinator Where's ERIC! - The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine Visit us on the web at: www.whereseric.com and www.ericclaptonfaq.com ================================================== From bob at grtasker.com Thu Mar 25 05:54:53 2004 From: bob at grtasker.com (Bob Tasker) Date: Thu Mar 25 05:55:07 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: please unsubscribe!! thanks!!!!! In-Reply-To: <002401c41210$3fbacd00$29263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> Message-ID: <200403251055.i2PAt3dA001057@server0027.freedom2surf.net> YOU think you've got problems???? My velcro slippers proved to be too much of a temptation, & now I'm attached to the ceiling shower - now the room is upside down, & the shower's pointing UP. Yikes! Cheers, Bob (I must have temporarily got in touch with my feminine side - as a man I'm exempt from reading instructions!) > -----Original Message----- > From: DeltaNick [mailto:deltanick@comcast.net] > Sent: 25 March 2004 02:24 > To: Slowhand Digest > Subject: [Slowhand] Re: please unsubscribe!! thanks!!!!! > > Mark, > > I follow everything until this part: > > >> On the intensity knob, select the desired setting. << > > How do I know what the desired setting is? > > This is what a really what's SO frustrating about these > directions. They always leave out the most important > information, and I'm stuck in my shower, everything is > soaking wet, and the freakin' green light is illuminated! > > DeltaNick > > > From gaefvill at tin.it Thu Mar 25 06:37:55 2004 From: gaefvill at tin.it (Gaetano Villari) Date: Thu Mar 25 06:41:39 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] please unsubscribe!! thanks!!!!! (B) Message-ID: <4062C493.000003.01220@ABCD-8103BC416A> Mark, Two questions.1)Do you know if any European retailer can provide a laser interface for the built-in evaporator before March 30th? 2)Does it also apply to the short-term storage of System B? I've been testing a few beta-versions of the ultrasonic log-off mode for a major German company and suggest high mode instead of medium is the most suitable setting of the knob for daily use. Otherwise, the blue light won't stop flashing until the knob is slowly rotated counterclockwise twice. This may cause electrocution while operating the "Shower seal" button before bathing, needing extra care if dealt with. Thanks. Gaetano >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Message: 5 Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:38:27 -0500 From: "Mark Deavult" Subject: Re: [Slowhand] please unsubscribe!! thanks!!!!! To: Cc: "Slowhand List" Message-ID: <016e01c411f9$1c3ec0a0$0100a8c0@littleboy> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ----- Original Message ----- From: MissZR1@aol.com To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 5:13 PM Subject: [Slowhand] please unsubscribe!! thanks!!!!! ------ Y'all do know I love it when people as this, yes? First, ask your Internet Provider to mail you an Unsubscribing Kit. Then follow these directions. The kit will most likely be the standard no-fault type. Depending on requirements, System A and/or System B can be used. When operating System A, depress lever and a plastic dalkron unsubscriber will be dispensed through the slot immediately underneath. When you have fastened the adhesive lip, attach connection marked by the large "X" outlet hose. Twist the silver- coloured ring one inch below the connection point until you feel it lock. The kit is now ready for use. The Cin-Eliminator is activated by the small switch on the lip. When securing, twist the ring back to its initial condition, so that the two orange lines meet. Disconnect. Place the dalkron unsubscriber in the vacuum receptacle to the rear. Activate by pressing the blue button. The controls for System B are located on the opposite side. The red release switch places the Cin-Eliminator into position; it can be adjusted manually up or down by pressing the blue manual release button. The opening is self- adjusting. To secure after use, press the green button, which simultaneously activates the evaporator and returns the Cin-Eliminator to its storage position. You may log off if the green exit light is on over the evaporator . If the red light is illuminated, one of the Cin-Eliminator requirements has not been properly implemented. Press the "List Guy" call button on the right of the evaporator . He will secure all facilities from his control panel. To use the Auto-Unsub, first undress and place all your clothes in the clothes rack. Put on the velcro slippers located in the cabinet immediately below. Enter the shower, taking the entire kit with you. On the control panel to your upper right upon entering you will see a "Shower seal" button. Press to activate. A green light will then be illuminated immediately below. On the intensity knob, select the desired setting. Now depress the Auto-Unsub activation lever. Bathe normally. The Auto-Unsub will automatically go off after three minutes unless you activate the "Manual off" override switch by flipping it up. When you are ready to leave, press the blue "Shower seal" release button. The door will open and you may leave. Please remove the velcro slippers and place them in their container. If you prefer the ultrasonic log-off mode, press the indicated blue button. When the twin panels open, pull forward by rings A & B. The knob to the left, just below the blue light, has three settings, low, medium or high. For normal use, the medium setting is suggested. After these settings have been made, you can activate the device by switching to the "ON" position the clearly marked red switch. If during the unsubscribing operation, you wish to change the settings, place the "manual off" override switch in the "OFF" position. You may now make the change and repeat the cycle. When the green exit light goes on, you may log off and have lunch. Please close the door behind you. Barring that, you could of course simply follow the INSTRUCTIONS printed at the beginning of each digest which tell you how to UNSUBSCRIBE. Hope this helps, Mark >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From TOMUCITYMO at aol.com Thu Mar 25 07:29:17 2004 From: TOMUCITYMO at aol.com (TOMUCITYMO@aol.com) Date: Thu Mar 25 07:29:22 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] stupid pet tricks Message-ID: <69FBA1DA.51C3A2F3.0C126BB6@aol.com> Our cockatiel can whistle Sunshine of Your Love. However, I wish EC would play something else for his encore. Tom From slowhandnj at comcast.net Thu Mar 25 07:32:55 2004 From: slowhandnj at comcast.net (ToeKneeF) Date: Thu Mar 25 07:33:53 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Burning of the Midnight Lamp Message-ID: <4062D177.3050906@comcast.net> Mark D. had the same question..........my response was..........Although ICE states that "....Aside from previously released material from the deceased Hooker and Vaughan, all material is newly recorded." I have my doubts. The press release at JimiHendrix.com states that the Santana contribution was recorded in 1995. Since Bernard Edwards died in 1996, I am inclined to believe that this was probably recorded during the sessions for "Stone Free"....................T -- "...The issue is whether we want to live in a free society or whether we want to live under what amounts to a form of self-imposed totalitarianism, with the bewildered herd marginalized, directed elsewhere, terrified, screaming patriotic slogans, fearing for their lives and admiring with awe the leader who saved them from destruction, while the educated masses goose-step on command and repeat the slogans they're supposed to repeat..." Noam Chomsky in "Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda" From slowhandnj at comcast.net Thu Mar 25 07:41:59 2004 From: slowhandnj at comcast.net (ToeKneeF) Date: Thu Mar 25 07:42:57 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Burning of the Midnight Lamp Message-ID: <4062D397.1070305@comcast.net> CORRECTION: That was Kevin W not Mark D that had the question re: BOTML. -- "We trained hard; but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization"..............Petronis Arbiter, 210 B.C. From mark at inna.net Thu Mar 25 08:28:16 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Thu Mar 25 08:26:18 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: please unsubscribe!! thanks!!!!! References: <002401c41210$3fbacd00$29263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> Message-ID: <063a01c4126d$093a2fc0$0100a8c0@littleboy> ----- Original Message ----- From: "DeltaNick" To: "Slowhand Digest" Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 9:24 PM Subject: [Slowhand] Re: please unsubscribe!! thanks!!!!! > This is what a really what's SO frustrating about these directions. They > always leave out the most important information, and I'm stuck in my shower, > everything is soaking wet, and the freakin' green light is illuminated! Nick, You need to get one of those waterproof AM/FM/CD Player stereos for your shower! Pop in "Beano" and you won't mind your befuddlement! Cheers, Mark From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Thu Mar 25 10:27:50 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Thu Mar 25 10:27:57 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Setlist Barcelona show, 24 March 2004 Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701BF9F8C@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Wow, there's hope for Roll It Over - Revo Ti Llor -----Original Message----- From: Marco / Where's ERIC! [mailto:marco@whereseric.com] Sent: 25 March 2004 12:24 To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Subject: [Slowhand] Setlist Barcelona show, 24 March 2004 You are not dreaming, he really did play "Got to get better..." and it was awesome!! More later... on www.whereseric.com ! NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Thu Mar 25 13:06:06 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Thu Mar 25 13:06:13 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Comment re: Barcelona Tour Set List Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C60@sunwex01.arivia.kom> "Walk Out in the Rain"?!!? The Bob Dylan/Helena Springs song from "Backless"? Eric sure knows how to throw a curveball. I can't remember offhand that he ever performed this live. Doubt if it's ever exactly been on anyone's wish list. NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040325/636cc0c5/attachment.htm From marco at whereseric.com Thu Mar 25 13:07:02 2004 From: marco at whereseric.com (Marco van Rooijen) Date: Thu Mar 25 13:06:58 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Setlist 24 March 2004 - Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain Message-ID: <002c01c41293$fafdb540$9600000a@marco> You are not dreaming, he really did play "Got to get better..." and it was awesome!! More later... on www.whereseric.com ! Setlist 24 March 2004 - Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain Let it Rain Hoochie Coochie Man Bell Bottom Blues Walk out in the Rain I shot the Sheriff When you?ve got a Good Friend Milk Cow Blues Kind Hearted Woman Blues They?re Red Hot Hellhound on my Trail Change the World Got to get Better in a little While I Wanna Little Girl Badge Wonderful Tonight Cocaine Layla encore: Sunshine of your Love ================================================== Marco van Rooijen - marco@whereseric.com Web Co-ordinator Where's ERIC! - The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine Visit us on the web at: www.whereseric.com and www.ericclaptonfaq.com ================================================== From mark at inna.net Thu Mar 25 13:25:02 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Thu Mar 25 13:22:46 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] please unsubscribe!! thanks!!!!! (B) References: <4062C493.000003.01220@ABCD-8103BC416A> Message-ID: <007101c41296$7df921d0$0100a8c0@littleboy> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gaetano Villari" To: "Slowhand Digest" Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 6:37 AM Subject: Re: [Slowhand] please unsubscribe!! thanks!!!!! (B) > > Mark, > Two questions.1)Do you know if any European retailer can provide a laser Hello Gaetano, I apologise, I did not make it clear that the directions given were only for US readers using 110/120 volt wall current. An adaptor will be required for european current! And, since they are upside down and spinning backwards on the globe, please note that Aussie subscribers should perform all steps in reverse order while standing on their heads. Thank you for your cooperation, we now return you to our regularly scheduled bickering. Cheers, Mark PS Why hasn't anyone sent me a copy of Barcelona yet???? From mark at inna.net Thu Mar 25 13:29:50 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Thu Mar 25 13:27:34 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] stupid pet tricks References: <69FBA1DA.51C3A2F3.0C126BB6@aol.com> Message-ID: <008a01c41297$2985e920$0100a8c0@littleboy> ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 7:29 AM Subject: [Slowhand] stupid pet tricks > Our cockatiel can whistle Sunshine of Your Love. However, I wish EC would play something else for his encore. Yes, but does the bird whistle the "Blue Moon" solo correctly, or as a Slowhander put it back during the 1998 tour, "did he play IT during Sunshine?". Given the changes posted in the setlists, at this point, you won't hear me complain. Not even about "Wonderful Tonight". I mean, "Walk out in the Rain"??? I feel faint. It's obvious, aliens have come to earth and EC has been replaced by a Pod Person! Cheers, Mark From smangano at solartestinglabs.com Thu Mar 25 13:34:26 2004 From: smangano at solartestinglabs.com (Sam Mangano) Date: Thu Mar 25 13:29:58 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] thoughts on apurva's post/Prince performance Message-ID: <02e101c41297$cdf1e400$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> 1. Today show interview was very well done. Matt Lauer seems to be a genuine Eric Clapton and music fan, having done his research, alluding to childhood problems, etc.. Although it's common knowledge, he seemed very informed and asked good questins. Would have liked to have heard more Eric playing acoustic! That was a funny bit. ---------------------------------------------------- I agree. especially after the 2 part interview that the Today show did back when the first auction occurred, it didnt surprise me that the quality and points covered were so well done in only a 5 minute segment. did you catch matt's comment at the end of the interview? shaking his head back and forth, he simply said "i love my job". --------------------------------------------------------- 5. Prince, hello, you are a guitar god in my book. I didnt know or think you were before, but after hearing your solo at the RnR Hall of fame... WOW.... ------------------------------------------------------ i finally got around to viewing prince's closing solo last nite. WOW is right!! if anyone remembers last year i sent out a post marvelling at his effortless guitar prowess after seeing him live. looking forward to his return engagement here in cleveland 4/17. good thing eric didnt show up to the induction ceremony, he would have been scared seeing prince play like EC used to! (not talking about the hendrix-like antics, but just about the ferocity and attack that is few and far between in EC's solos anymore). during prince's live show, he does a slow blues number, and the touch and feel that is displayed is eerily reminiscent of EC, esp. when he closes his eyes, rears his head back, and just takes off to some other place ala EC. ---------------------------------------------------- 6. Does Eric have 1 or 2 daughters with his current wife?? ---------------------------------------------------- mistake on lauer's part, he has 2 daughters now. and with no explanation when they showed a picture of EC with melia, one would think it was his older daughter ruth... -------------------------------------------------------- 7. I am still holding hope for the Eric Clapton documentary that was shot prior to Reptile and was screened at Tribeca, to come out one day!!!! ------------------------------------------------------- i second that motion!! ---------------------------------------------------- 8. I hope we get Crash 3 at the Dallas guitar fest, the one he played at the Wyman RAH conert, it was Crash 3, right???????? ----------------------------------------------------- yes, it was crash 3 and will be in the auction after the cotton bowl. -------------------------------------------------- 9. I wish Eric had gone to the RnR Hall of Fame event if not to present but just watch. I think he coul dhave done more justice to George's legacy than Petty/Lynne. But i understand he has a tour to prep for.. ---------------------------------------------------- i thought petty did a fine job. ----------------------------------------------------- 10. I think all of us should set apart a day to listen to all of eric's "blues" recordings starting with : Five Live Y'birds, Beano, Layla album, Fresh Cream, EC Was Here, FTC, Unplugged, Riding W/King, and Me and mr. J.. Just one day of all Eric and the blues... I plan on doing something like this aftert he 30th.. Will report my findings!!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- great idea!! out sambo8 --------------------------------------------- "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." - George Harrison From smangano at solartestinglabs.com Thu Mar 25 13:43:07 2004 From: smangano at solartestinglabs.com (Sam Mangano) Date: Thu Mar 25 13:38:40 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] 3 reviews Message-ID: <02e301c41299$048cd050$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> got these from the yahoo newsgroup list. after listening to the album online, i tend to agree with the globe review. the dallas review has an interesting note on an album called the "roots of robert johnson". enjoy! sambo8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- Message: 2 Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:27:30 -0500 From: "SXG" Subject: musical legend who inspired Eric Clapton http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/lifestyle/sfl-robtjohnsonmar23,0,432247 2.story?coll=sfla-features-headlines The musical legend who inspired Eric Clapton?s new album is remembered as Faustian schemer or hard-working performer By Randy Lewis Los Angeles Times Posted March 23 2004 Paying tribute to the man he considers his biggest influence, Eric Clapton is devoting an entire album to the music of blues legend Robert Johnson. But one question concerning Me & Mr. Johnson, arriving March 23, is which Johnson Clapton is saluting: the mythical figure who, according to folklore, in rural Mississippi in the 1930s traded his soul for astonishing musical skills, or the real-world musician who was just trying to make a living. Both are in evidence in the 14 songs Clapton interprets. Hellhound on My Trail and Me and the Devil Blues both evoke a haunted man battling supernatural forces, while They're Red Hot, a bawdy number full of double entendres, comes off as a crowd pleaser. The two views of Johnson, an influence on generations of musicians from Muddy Waters to Bob Dylan to the White Stripes' Jack White, have been competing since the singer died in 1938 at age 27 from poisoning, leaving just 29 songs. Clapton's album, along with a provocative new book, is reigniting the long-running conversation about the blues man. "As far as the evolution of black music goes, Robert Johnson was an extremely minor figure, and very little that happened in the decades following his death would have been affected if he had never played a note," musician and author Elijah Wald writes in his just-published Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues, in which he challenges the image of Johnson as a mythical musical genius. In aiming to demystify him, Wald argues that the mystique surrounding Johnson was either created or amplified by white writers, musicians and fans, most of whom discovered him after Columbia Records put out the 1961 collection of his recordings, King of the Delta Blues Singers, that first caught Clapton's ear. The fact that Johnson died young, in a violent way, Wald says, also helped romanticize him to Clapton (who vaulted to rock-guitar stardom with his version of Johnson's Crossroads), the Rolling Stones and other '60s British rockers who lionized American blues musicians. "Johnson was not a demon-haired oddity from the primeval delta but a brilliant and savvy pop musician, and he deserves to be respected as such, rather than worshipped as a weird rock deity," Wald said. Wald is not without his critics. "In order to make the argument that addled white people created this absurd myth, [you] have to... vastly overstate the supposed centrality of the sold-his-soul business, and... be very careful not to actually listen," says pop music critic and author Greil Marcus, who examined Johnson's legacy in his 1975 book Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music. In the new album, Clapton avoids replicating the stark intimacy of Johnson's original solo acoustic recordings, relying instead on electrified full-band arrangements. In an interview for the album's press kit, Clapton admits that as a teenager he was fascinated by the legends about Johnson (whose estate is now controlled by his 73-year-old son, Claud). But taking on the music of his hero four decades later, Clapton says: "I prefer to steer away from superstition and mystification of these things because, I think in a way, it cheapens it all somehow. If it's as easy as that, then anyone can do it. You just can't sign your soul over to the devil and get what you want or become a genius or whatever... I think he was just incredibly gifted, and he found how to make the most of that." The Los Angeles Times is a Tribune Co. newspaper. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:28:10 -0500 From: "SXG" Subject: Clapton's tasty blues lack fire ordered my copy yesterday - Amazon wanted $13.99, but Best Buy had it for only $11.99 with free delivery http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2004/03/23/claptons_tasty_b lues_lack_fire/ Clapton's tasty blues lack fire By Steve Morse, Globe Staff, 3/23/2004 Eric Clapton played the blues with fire and abandon when he was younger, but has matured into more of a blues scholar in his later years. There's nothing to be ashamed of on his new tribute to blues pioneer Robert Johnson, "Me and Mr. Johnson" (Reprise). The care and devotion to the medium remains the same, but this is mostly a tasteful, velvet-glove look at the blues rather than anything filled with the explosiveness of his days in Cream or Derek & the Dominos. It's a great album if you're a blues purist, but just a good album if you're expecting runaway passion and sweat-drenched solos. Suffice it to say that Stevie Ray Vaughan (and a younger Clapton) might have done these songs differently. And there's nothing that sends shivers up the spine like Aerosmith's "Baby, Please Don't Go," the new retro single from the group's blues album, "Honkin' on Bobo," which is due out March 30. Clapton's disciple role is the big story of his tribute to Johnson, the Mississippi bluesman who wrote and recorded 29 songs, of which 14 are on this new CD. Much of the disc is impeccably recorded, and there are a few exciting flashes on "If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day" (with Clapton on electric slide guitar), the jump-bluesy "They're Red Hot" (with pianist Billy Preston and Boston harmonica ace Jerry Portnoy nearly stealing the show), and "Little Queen of Spades," with Clapton heating up on guitar before the song ends too soon. It's instructive to note that only five of the 14 songs are over four minutes in length, and none is over five minutes. Thus, Clapton never stretches too far or takes the listener on the journeys of old. It's hard to believe that this is the same man who used to play some endless (and endlessly fascinating) solos in Cream. He's a picture of economy today. He still has the chops, but the reckless adventuring is gone. For example, his version of Johnson's "Traveling Riverside Blues" is tasty, but no match for the Led Zeppelin version. Still, this is an enjoyable album if you set aside Clapton's larger-than-life legacy. He sings compellingly on the country-blues of "Come on in My Kitchen" and the stomp of "Stop Breakin' Down Blues," though he misses the scary intensity at the heart of "32-20 Blues" and "Hell Hound on My Trail." It's great that Clapton is keeping Johnson's memory alive -- and look for him to do more of that on an expected tour this summer -- but you need to scale down your expectations to fully appreciate his mission. ? Copyright 2004 Globe Newspaper Company. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:29:33 -0500 From: "SXG" Subject: Eric Clapton pays tribute to Delta legend Robert Johnson http://www.whas11.com/sharedcontent/features/jazzblues2/032104cccamusicclapt on.a0b80e29.html Eric Clapton pays tribute to Delta legend Robert Johnson March 19, 2004 By THOR CHRISTENSEN / The Dallas Morning News When blues legend Robert Johnson's complete recordings came out on CD in 1990, Eric Clapton wrote in the liner notes that "his best songs have never been covered by anyone else, at least not successfully, because how are you going to do them?" Fourteen years later, he's finally figured it out. On the swaggering Me & Mr. Johnson, Slowhand does his idol justice by loosening up and refusing to play the songs with too much reverence. Backed by the rollicking piano of Billy Preston and the rhythm guitar of Dallas' Doyle Bramhall II, Mr. Clapton transforms Mr. Johnson's acoustic Delta blues into high-voltage Chicago blues: "Love in Vain" has the pile-driving energy of Bob Dylan's "Rainy Day Women No. 12 & 35," and Mr. Clapton turns "32-20 Blues" from murder song into a joyous New Orleans-style celebration. English blokes don't always make good blues singers. But unlike Mick Jagger, who wears a Southern drawl like it was feather boa, Mr. Clapton takes a more subtle approach to blues singing. And at age 58, his tenor has enough grit and weight to sound right at home on haunted classics such as "Hellhound on My Trail" and "Me and the Devil Blues" - two of the 13 songs Mr. Johnson cut in Dallas in 1937, months before his death at age 27. Eric Clapton Grade: B+ Me & Mr. Johnson (Reprise) Available at online music sites March 23; in stores March 30 The only problem with Me and Mr. Johnson is it adds more fuel to the myth of Robert Johnson as the single greatest figure in the blues. In the media notes accompanying the CD, Mr. Clapton says he's been "driven and influenced all of my life by the work of one man." But as the fascinating Back to the Crossroads: The Roots of Robert Johnson points out, these songs were actually the work of many men. In Mr. Johnson's day, playing the blues was like the Wild West - everyone stole from one another, and the copyright lawyers had yet to ride into town. Various Artists Grade: A Back to the Crossroads: The Roots of Robert Johnson (Yazoo) In stores now Back to the Crossroads rounds up 23 scratchy recordings from the '20s and '30s from which Mr. Johnson borrowed liberally - including works by Son House, Charley Patton and Blind Lemon Jefferson. Many of the cases are clear-cut, like Kokomo Arnold's "Kokomo Blues," which became Mr. Johnson's "Sweet Home Chicago," and Skip James' "22-20 Blues," which turned into "32-20 Blues." But other songs show just how convoluted blues history can be: Mr. Johnson's "Come On In My Kitchen" sounds suspiciously like Tampa Red's "Things 'Bout Coming My Way," which sounds suspiciously like a cross between the earlier blues standards "You Got to Move" and "Sitting On Top of the World." As Back to the Crossroads reminds us, blues singers were busy mixing and matching songs 75 years before the advent of DJ "mash-ups." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ________________________________________________________________________ --------------------------------------------- "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." - George Harrison From lukelinus at yahoo.com Thu Mar 25 13:45:07 2004 From: lukelinus at yahoo.com (LukeLinus) Date: Thu Mar 25 13:45:09 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Prince at HOF Ceremony Message-ID: <20040325184507.89423.qmail@web21109.mail.yahoo.com> Hi, the link provided on this digest is dead now. Could someone please send the file to my private aol eMail address (lukelinus at aol.com). Not the yahoo address on top of this message. I can handle any size. Thanks so much best regards Peter / Germany last shows: Randy Newman next shows: EC ===== http://www.lukelinus.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html From smangano at solartestinglabs.com Thu Mar 25 13:53:41 2004 From: smangano at solartestinglabs.com (Sam Mangano) Date: Thu Mar 25 13:49:11 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] cancel setlist generator repair order Message-ID: <02e401c4129a$7e7c85d0$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> Given the changes posted in the setlists, at this point, you won't hear me complain. Not even about "Wonderful Tonight". I mean, "Walk out in the Rain"??? I feel faint. It's obvious, aliens have come to earth and EC has been replaced by a Pod Person! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------- who is in charge of repairs to the setlist generator? if you know his identity, please lock him up and throw away the key!! this setlist is a refreshing departure, even if it isnt changed again for another year!! out sammy From apuraja8 at hotmail.com Thu Mar 25 13:51:20 2004 From: apuraja8 at hotmail.com (Apurva Parikh) Date: Thu Mar 25 14:00:34 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] upon further listening/reading Message-ID: I think if anything, MaMJ(Me and Mr. JOhnson) needs repeated listenings and I for one am holding out my complete verdict on where this ranks in Clapton's works until I after get the cd and listen to it through a proper stereo. I can sense there is a lot of subltely on this record as opposed the in your face (at times) that FTC was.. In any case, the reviews that I've read from the press are somewhat a mixed bag, as expected with EC's studio works. SOme people loved Pilgrim, some simply hated it.. Some reviewers like David Fricke, Anthony DeCurtis, big Clapton supporters love almost all that he does, but others hate him for whatever reason. I think its expected that his record will get mixed reviews because those who will review it based on listening to RJ's work won't like it, but those who put the cd in the context that these are interpreations, might understand the songs a little better, IMO. Thanks Sam, for answering my questions.. I thought I was going crazy when I thought EC had two daughters, but mistakes happen by all... Man that moretotheblues.com interview is a good read. I take it that was Eric's main press junket, as I see other writers quoting from that article. The most interesting bits are reading about how hard it is for Eric to write songs, and how he went about recording MaMJ.. Also, it's interesting how the interviewer takes Eric through each track on the new cd, and even gets Eric to talk about the Stones versions of Love in Vain and Stop Breaking Down, i for one prefer the Stones versions over Erics but that might change next week! And yes, Keith Richards comments about Robert's guitar playing, it has to be two people, is right on, nice that Eric commented on that as well. Dissapointing that the other record with all new material won't be out till next year, Eric hinted. But i guess that makes sense if he's going to be touring all summer and we'll have MaMJ to digest as well as the live shows!! What a setlist from the first night.. Let it Rain!, Got to Get better!!! But still Wonderful Tongiht.. Retire that song mate! Cheers, AAP _________________________________________________________________ Check out MSN PC Safety & Security to help ensure your PC is protected and safe. http://specials.msn.com/msn/security.asp From mark at inna.net Thu Mar 25 15:03:40 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Thu Mar 25 15:01:23 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] "Live in Japan" Re-Released References: <5.1.0.14.2.20040324132747.01c94560@lulu.it.northwestern.edu> Message-ID: <011e01c412a4$457887c0$0100a8c0@littleboy> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra K. Anderson" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 2:55 PM Subject: [Slowhand] "Live in Japan" Re-Released > George Harrison's Dark Horse Catalog, including "Cloud 9" and "Live in > Japan," has been re-mastered and re-released (perhaps to coincide with > George's induction into the RnR Hall of Fame?). Most excellent, and long overdue. I can't wait to hear the remaster, to be honest I have always preferred the audience recordings to the official CD release as the mix was rather dead and dull sounding to me. For list members, I'd like to share one of my favorite performances from that tour, "Fourth Night Revisited", this is an audience recording of the December 5, 1991 show in Nagoya, Japan from that tour. I'll mail copies to the first three respondants who can correctly answer the following trivia question: when, and for what occasion, did EC do this: http://www.geetarz.org/reviews/clapton/bateric-small.jpg Hopefully the lucky winners will pass on the goodies to others. It's up to them if they would like to torture others with trivia questions! You can find the details and scans for the release at the following link: http://www.geetarz.org/reviews/clapton/4th-night-revisited.htm Cheers, Mark From smangano at solartestinglabs.com Thu Mar 25 15:15:19 2004 From: smangano at solartestinglabs.com (Sam Mangano) Date: Thu Mar 25 15:10:49 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] us tour opening act Message-ID: <02e801c412a5$e6035b60$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> i guess it wont be robert randolf and the family band, since they are opening for the dave matthews band summer tour...... --------------------------------------------- "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." - George Harrison From arkerdoc36 at hotmail.com Thu Mar 25 16:31:25 2004 From: arkerdoc36 at hotmail.com (dj Beaton) Date: Thu Mar 25 16:55:47 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] An EC Downpour! Message-ID: I must say that I'm excited about seeing "Let It Rain" and "Walk Out in the Rain" in the set list. Add any other rain songs and I'll be glad to see 'em. I'm all for anything I haven't seen EC play a squillion times. dj, with umbrella in hand _________________________________________________________________ Get tax tips, tools and access to IRS forms – all in one place at MSN Money! http://moneycentral.msn.com/tax/home.asp From mowdamowda at hotmail.com Thu Mar 25 17:20:32 2004 From: mowdamowda at hotmail.com (Shanahan) Date: Thu Mar 25 17:20:33 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] please unsubscribe!! thanks!!!!! Message-ID: Well, thanks for the thought Mark, but it?s a little late. I followed the instructions to the letter, THREE TIMES, and of course it didn?t work (I will now try the Aussie variation). And by the way, wasn?t there supposed to be a special promo bonus offer of free Random Set Generators to the first 20 to successfully unsubscribe. Is this still on? Regards Tone >Hello Gaetano, >I apologise, I did not make it clear that the directions given were only for >US readers using 110/120 volt wall current. 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DeltaNick From rtcb at comcast.net Fri Mar 26 01:50:02 2004 From: rtcb at comcast.net (Richard Batty) Date: Fri Mar 26 01:50:05 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Rolling Stone Immortal 50 Message-ID: I know I am biased because I have been an EC fan since 1966. But I am really puzzled that EC did not make this list. The selectors did include many bona fide folks (Springsteen, The Edge, Jackson Browne, Santana, Keith Richards etc.) so it wasn?t just a young fan or critics vote. With the body of varied work EC has produced (whether you like various periods or not), he is the only 3-time inductee to the R&R Hall of Fame. While people may have different favorites, I cannot think of anybody who epitomizes rock guitar as EC does. As a friend of mine says about Hendrix or Jim Morrison, death was a great career move. I like the Doors but Morrison died 33 years ago. Ditto Janis Joplin. I don?t dispute the Stones but can anyone name a memorable song of theirs since perhaps ?Start Me Up? in 1982, 22 years ago! Ditto the Who and Beach Boys. Ditto Velvet Underground, Simon & Garfunkel and various others. The Clash, Bo Diddley, Public Enemy, The Ramones, Run-DMC, Patti Smith, solo John Lennon, Madonna and no EC? Influential maybe but immortal? I think EC would be revered like Hendrix if he had died in the early 1970s. Maybe he is not immortal because he doesn?t try to bring attention to himself like some of these artists and because he is still producing great music. Who has produced the diversity of work that EC has? The seminal Beano collaboration, the boundary breaking of Cream, the Layla album, pop albums, a Curtis Mayfield influenced album (Pilgrim), the incorporation of reggae into rock, virtually inventing the Unplugged format, great soundtracks, an array of guest appearances from ?While My Guitar? to Liona Boyd to Zucchero to Billy Preston to the Rolling Stones and many more, the much admired From the Cradle and now Me and Mr. Johnson. Maybe I can be pacified because EC is still active, still alive, still producing great music with integrity and that?s why he didn?t get voted to this list. I feel better now. Richard -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040325/b257b930/attachment.htm From rhendriksen63 at hotmail.com Fri Mar 26 03:35:10 2004 From: rhendriksen63 at hotmail.com (Roel Hendriksen) Date: Fri Mar 26 03:35:15 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: please unsubscribe!! thanks!!!!! Message-ID: >PS Why hasn't anyone sent me a copy of Barcelona yet???? Doesn't America already have a copy of Bar?elona somewhere?? Greetz, Roel _________________________________________________________________ Chatten met je online vrienden via MSN Messenger. http://messenger.msn.nl/ From turbineltd at btconnect.com Fri Mar 26 04:52:43 2004 From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills) Date: Fri Mar 26 04:52:19 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] please unsubscribe!! thanks!!!!! Message-ID: <003801c41318$1e008570$0100a8c0@dellws410> This sketch is getting silly! However Tony, under the "Misrepresentation of Goods Act, (1974)", I have to inform you that because Eric has a finite number of songs, it can only be a "Pseudo Random Set-List Generator". BTW, what happened to the "Free Life-Time Unsubscription" John From jen-tdg at rogers.com Fri Mar 26 06:42:18 2004 From: jen-tdg at rogers.com (Jennifer Herbert) Date: Fri Mar 26 06:47:49 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Japan CD offer Message-ID: <00a601c41327$64b2fac0$f9503241@jennifermnm4xy> Hi all, Thanks to various people including Juanma & Dawn on this list , I am pleased to offer EC's 11-26-03 & 11-27-03 performances to 3 Slowhanders who will continue to pass it on. Also available is "God's Meeting" If interested, e-mail your address. Jen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Bell Bottom Blues sounded great with Doyle on electric guitar, the Sheriff intro has been changed and featured a good solo at the end..... Then came the Robert Johnson tracks.... four blues numbers which gave all the band members the opportunity to take their own solos.... and then came some chords which I first thought belonged to She's Gone...... I mean, it didn't sound like She's Gone and sounded more like Got To Get Better..... but it could NOT be GTGB.... how could Eric perform that song ??? Last time he played that song was 1971.... that was before I was even born!!! My heart was telling me it really WAS while my head was saying "no, no, no... it can't be, it can't be..." The suspense was killing me but it lasted just a few seconds..... I went mad when Eric sang the first verse..... I loved the feeling.... I have been praying and praying for years Eric performed live sometime both this song and also Tell Me That You Love Me....... You see..... He dug up GTGB and he played Walk Out from the Backless album...... At this point I won't say Clapton is God..... but he must be..... He couldn't have heard my prayers otherwise!!!!! Change The World was the only song which saw Eric with an acoustic guitar and then, once in electric mode again, came Little Girl and the classics Badge, Wonderful, Cocaine and Layla.... The whole band seemed to be in a very good mood..... that's no news for Nathan..... I could see Doyle changing smiles with his guitar technician once and again.... would have loved to know what was going on..... Two things I didn't like much last Wednesday.... 1) the encore still is Sunshine.....it was good but I think even that one deserves a break...... It wouldn't have been too bad if at least a Billy Preston song had followed.... and 2) GTGB was shortened from its 13 original minutes live to just 6... ;-) Reviews were excellent next morning both in TV and newspapers....... 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John From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Fri Mar 26 08:07:44 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Fri Mar 26 08:07:52 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Burning Of The Midnight Lamp Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C61@sunwex01.arivia.kom> It was meant that he actually recorded it at the time of "Stone Free" and (probably) "You Must Believe Me" (in tribute to Curtis Mayfield), given that Bernard Edwards died in 1996 and considering it's the same people accompanying Clapton as at that time (in the early 90's). -----Original Message----- From: DeltaNick [mailto:deltanick@comcast.net] Sent: 26 March 2004 04:38 To: Slowhand Digest Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Burning Of The Midnight Lamp >> [I]s this a NEW version of Midnight Lamp or simply the one he recorded during the STONE FREE tribute sessions back in 92? << Sorry, but on the "Stone Free" tribute album to Jimi Hendrix, Clapton did not play "Burning Of The Midnight Lamp." He played "Stone Free." DeltaNick NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From mark at inna.net Fri Mar 26 08:38:50 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Fri Mar 26 08:36:34 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Burning Of The Midnight Lamp References: <002d01c412db$613ad580$78263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> Message-ID: <022901c41337$ad43b080$0100a8c0@littleboy> Nick, EC recorded more than one song for the tribute, Stone Free was simply the only one released on it (and IMHO, blows away the Hendrix version). He did record "Burning" at the session, and played it live at least once shortly thereafter: http://www.geetarz.org/reviews/clapton/feelinalright.htm Cheers, Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "DeltaNick" To: "Slowhand Digest" Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 9:38 PM Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Burning Of The Midnight Lamp > >> [I]s this a NEW version of Midnight Lamp or simply the one he recorded > during the STONE FREE tribute sessions back in 92? << > > Sorry, but on the "Stone Free" tribute album to Jimi Hendrix, Clapton did > not play "Burning Of The Midnight Lamp." > > He played "Stone Free." > > DeltaNick > > > From smangano at solartestinglabs.com Fri Mar 26 09:56:03 2004 From: smangano at solartestinglabs.com (Sam Mangano) Date: Fri Mar 26 09:51:22 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] blues tour Message-ID: <032501c41342$7672c9a0$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> check your local listings for the blues tour with the following artists (cleveland on 4/25): pinetop perkins little milton ruth brown lil ed howard tate bobby rush ike turner robert lockwood jr (robert johnsons stepson) alvin hart walter washington and the roadmasters muddy waters blues band (including jerry portney from EC's FTC tour) note: artists subject to change out sambo8 --------------------------------------------- "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." - George Harrison From smangano at solartestinglabs.com Fri Mar 26 10:25:29 2004 From: smangano at solartestinglabs.com (Sam Mangano) Date: Fri Mar 26 10:20:49 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] barcelona q's Message-ID: <033001c41346$93359fa0$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> 1. how was robert randolph as an opener? 2. were the girl singers tessa and katie? thanks sam --------------------------------------------- "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." - George Harrison From meesaboogie at yahoo.co.uk Fri Mar 26 11:52:32 2004 From: meesaboogie at yahoo.co.uk (=?iso-8859-1?q?Leo=20Coomans?=) Date: Fri Mar 26 11:52:34 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Offer : Yokohama Hall 26-11-2003 Message-ID: <20040326165232.51566.qmail@web86101.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> With many thanks to Dawn in the US, I can re-offer this 2 disc audio-set. I'll pick ad random if there's any interest. Please reply to this email-address : meesaboogie@netscape.net with an address and a promise to re-offer. Leo. ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html From darmel at sbcglobal.net Fri Mar 26 12:36:43 2004 From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (darmel@sbcglobal.net) Date: Fri Mar 26 12:34:39 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Rolling Stone Immortal 50 Message-ID: <00ae01c41358$e7f995c0$64fdd10a@MELBOSS> Well said, Richard. I often think that EC is an 'easy mark' for criticism since he is 'on top,' secure, adjusted and not afraid to take chances with his music (techno, samba, a focus on voice over guitar). I (fans) don't always like it, but I respect it. Perhaps, 'easy mark' is also the reason certain reviewers consistently lambaste him. "...I know I am biased because I have been an EC fan since 1966. But I am really puzzled that EC did not make this list... I think EC would be revered like Hendrix if he had died in the early 1970s. Maybe he is not immortal because he doesn_t try to bring attention to himself like some of these artists and because he is still producing great music." Mel Boss mailto:darmel@sbcglobal.net From ChucklesIV at aol.com Fri Mar 26 13:29:32 2004 From: ChucklesIV at aol.com (ChucklesIV@aol.com) Date: Fri Mar 26 13:29:38 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Midnight Lamp Message-ID: <1c7.16e36bcd.2d95d08c@aol.com> Delta Nick Almighty, dig a little deeper and you will know that EC recorded BOTH STONE FREE and THE BURNING OF THE MIDNIGHT LAMP for the Stone Free Tribute Album. While Stone Free went on to be the album title and featured song, Midnight Lamp is sitting in a vault somewhere. Bill -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Monday: Me and mr. j, and martin scorceses robert johnson compilation cd (coincided with PBS specials) Tuesday: FTC Wednesday: Live blues (1995 europe tour) thursday: Riding with King Friday: bits of unplugged and beano.... Man so much music, but so rewarding, I recommend it to all. Anyways, listening to Robert Johnson's original work after listening to Eric's interpretations was very good experience. I listened to the Johnson original material at night, while driving home from work, the music really is haunting. While I don't think I ever respected his talent enough, I definitely always knew his music was scary and like listening to an intimate conversaiotn, like Eric has saidin interviews. But... There's so much subtlety in the Johnson stuff it takes 4-5 listens to digest it. It may seem simple on the surface, but you listen to the litte things Robert J. does with his voice it's awesome stuff. And to hear Eric sing like this is very cool and you see how much Eric's singing has grown from Ramblin.. on Beano. Eric's blues is so consistent, especially the acoustic live stuff, Terraplane, from Four till 8, I can hear his passion, so to speak. The Riding With the king and mr. Johnson guitar work is similar to me, except, Mr. J album at times has jazzy feel to it (L5' usage perhaps), but I would have to say, going back to Beano, it's like damn,t he voice caught up with the guitar, and now eric's voice is his voice and his guitar is there as a secondary unit, not the main thing. This all probably summarizes what you already know, but its hard to type and put into words the depth of emotions and range in feelings these albums elicit. And I haven't even gone back to the Cream stuff!! maybe this weekend AAP _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ From jalynch_80 at hotmail.com Fri Mar 26 14:48:00 2004 From: jalynch_80 at hotmail.com (Jason Lynch) Date: Fri Mar 26 14:48:01 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Interview Message-ID: I don't know about anyone else, but I had a really hard time reading the huge interview that has been posted about a few times, so I copied it and did a bit of editing. Anyway, I don't have a website and it is too large to send to the digest, but if someone is willing I will send my edited version (with all the ums and uhs taken out) to you so it can be posted on a website and more people can enjoy it. Just email me off list if you're willing. Jason _________________________________________________________________ Find a broadband plan that fits. Great local deals on high-speed Internet access. http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200360ave/direct/01/ From smangano at solartestinglabs.com Fri Mar 26 15:08:03 2004 From: smangano at solartestinglabs.com (Sam Mangano) Date: Fri Mar 26 15:03:17 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC listening party on vh1 CLASSIC Message-ID: <034b01c4136e$0bef77f0$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> not vh1, but vh1 CLASSIC - just wanted to make sure no one else was confused like my buddy scott! -----Original Message----- From: Sam Mangano [mailto:smangano@solartestinglabs.com] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 3:06 PM To: 'Scott Wallenberg' Subject: RE: VH-1 TV my tivo said its 11am on monday 3/29 on vh1 CLASSIC. so does the vh1classic program schedule page on the internet. if its like other listening parties i have seen, they will play the same 5 minute montage of video footage on the screen, with the album playing as the audio in the background, and some "pop up" type bubbles of info as well. -----Original Message----- From: Scott Wallenberg [mailto:scottw@frazmtn.com] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 2:45 PM To: Sam Mangano Subject: VH-1 TV Sam, I have checked my dish network listings for a week. Can't find that album party listed anywhere???? Scott Wallenberg Publisher Racer X/Road Racer X 5200 Frazier Mtn. Pk. Rd. Frazier Park, CA 93225 661/245-2422 661/245-2421 fax From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Fri Mar 26 16:04:49 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Fri Mar 26 16:04:55 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Me and Mr Johnson Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C62@sunwex01.arivia.kom> I bought the "Me and Mr Johnson" CD tonight. Definitely copy protected. Refuses to play in my laptop, never mind copy. Came in a jewel box with an 8 page (well, 7 worthwhile pages really) booklet. Has markings of the local distributor, Gallo alongside Reprise and Duck Records. The tracks are numbered in Roman numerals. No lyrics. 9 photos on page 6 from which the cover was obviously painted - only difference is that not one of the photos has the "freaked-out" glare Eric has on the cover painting. I resisted listening to the links available from various sites over the last week and had only listened to "Little Queen of Spades" at the time of the Paul Jones Interview. All told, this is one of the two most Clapton-like tunes on the CD. The other is "Kind Hearted Woman Blues". Though not upfront the guitar playing is reminiscent of "Losing Hand". "They're Red Hot" is pure joy and a great performance. You can really imagine Eric sitting on a street corner with a hat at his feet, singing his heart out for a few coins. But, as we know that is not the case and Eric can afford to create an aura that he is about to break into a blistering slide solo on "Last Fair Deal Going Down" and instead simply stop the music at around 2:35 - I wonder if there's a slide solo hidden somewhere in the Pro Tools. The delivery of the amusing Johnson lyric on "Stop Breakin' Down Blues" is amazing. The rest of the tracks are performed at shuffle pace and some are less enjoyable. A few come across with a heaviness (as though the performers are weighted down. Sure it's the Blues, but I would have preferred a more loose delivery). I don't think Jerry Portnoy adds much value to the recording and I, once again, need to say that Eric should give other supporting musicians that are hungrier a chance. Perhaps another engineering/production team would be a welcomed change. Overall, I doubt this is a recording to entertain you in the car. Well, on to listen no 2, 3..... NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From scottw at frazmtn.com Fri Mar 26 16:33:31 2004 From: scottw at frazmtn.com (Scott Wallenberg) Date: Fri Mar 26 16:33:36 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] New set list! Message-ID: <032401c41379$fd835630$f207c841@youro0kwkw9jwc> Wow, Walk out in the Rain..one of my favorites.... last done in 78 on Backless tour. GTGBIALW!! can't wait to hear it. Let's hope we can get copies out to all our fellow digesters. I will of course be glad to help spread copies. Scott From mckells at videotron.ca Fri Mar 26 17:17:02 2004 From: mckells at videotron.ca (Stephen McKellar) Date: Fri Mar 26 17:16:52 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Hiroshima offer closed Message-ID: <4064ABDE.1000504@videotron.ca> I've got my 6 for the Hiroshima set. Offer's closed. Steve From jen-tdg at rogers.com Fri Mar 26 19:38:45 2004 From: jen-tdg at rogers.com (Jennifer Herbert) Date: Fri Mar 26 19:44:18 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Japan CD offer Message-ID: <014401c41393$dcf3ec30$f9503241@jennifermnm4xy> The respondents to my offer were: Manuel Wedemeier Kevin Wilson Peter Meier Dale Kalina Wes Gabbard David Sucher All will receive their desired cd's. Now, where is the Barcelona bootleg? :)))))) Jen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040326/3ac44113/attachment-0001.htm From Miami718 at aol.com Sat Mar 27 14:03:41 2004 From: Miami718 at aol.com (Miami718@aol.com) Date: Sat Mar 27 14:03:51 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Batman Message-ID: <145.2577a086.2d972a0d@aol.com> Mark, has anyone answered your question yet? (Freakin AOL has only been allowing selective SDs to pass through to my mailbox lately, had to go catch up on Yahoo... ) << For list members, I'd like to share one of my favorite performances from that tour, "Fourth Night Revisited", this is an audience recording of the December 5, 1991 show in Nagoya, Japan from that tour. I'll mail copies to the first three respondants who can correctly answer the following trivia question: when, and for what occasion, did EC do this: http://www.geetarz.org/reviews/clapton/bateric-small.jpg >> I have the photos from the Musician magazines when they appeared, but I neglected to save the accompanying text, so, thanks to the EC FAQ: "Batman exposes himself during the annual treasure hunt from London's Chelsea Harbour to Monte Carlo on 18th July 1994 to raise funds for the Chemical Dependency Centre." On my birthday, no less (just the date, not the year :-) Cheers, Janet -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Cheers Gaetano From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Sat Mar 27 15:39:35 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Sat Mar 27 15:39:41 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Me and Mr Johnson Not a Family Car Favourite Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701BF9F98@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Well, the CD went through the family car test today and after a half hour the wife decided to comment that I should change the dreary music as it was putting the teenagers to sleep. So, it was back to Linkin Park for the rest of the trip. NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. 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URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040327/47bcf921/attachment.htm From mark at inna.net Sat Mar 27 20:44:52 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Sat Mar 27 20:42:43 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Crash Interviews Message-ID: <005e01c41466$44d13ec0$0100a8c0@littleboy> Online interview with John "Crash" Matos... http://www.stratcollector.com/newsdesk/archives/000188.html From mangs8 at att.net Sat Mar 27 21:50:11 2004 From: mangs8 at att.net (mangs8@att.net) Date: Sat Mar 27 21:50:12 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] borders scan cards Message-ID: <032820040250.1396.2fce@att.net> i checked out my borders book store, and they did not have a digital kiosk to scan the cardboard cards that were out on the table (they had a bar code on the back which would scan to let you listen to the tracks). there were about 100 of the cards on the desk (they have the album cover on them and are the size of a cd cover), so i took a bunch to laminate and make drink coasters out of for my own rock n roll hall of fame bar area (with featured clapton wing). out sambo8 From ijwthstd at yahoo.com Sat Mar 27 22:43:48 2004 From: ijwthstd at yahoo.com (ijwthstd) Date: Sat Mar 27 22:43:50 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 110 In-Reply-To: <20040327004419.740AF8C366@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <20040328034348.80005.qmail@web41106.mail.yahoo.com> > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 14:11:51 -0500 > From: Len Moskowitz > > Did anyone record the Barcelona concert? > > > Len M. > I did! But these crummy core sound mics only recorded it in one channel so I taped over it. ===== __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html From rtcb at comcast.net Sun Mar 28 13:42:12 2004 From: rtcb at comcast.net (Richard Batty) Date: Sun Mar 28 13:42:16 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] My letter to Rolling Stone... Message-ID: I have never been moved to write to Rolling Stone before but as my previous post about their Immortal 50 List indicated, I was shocked by EC?s absence. Here is what I wrote to them: ?Dear Rolling Stone, I was astonished not to see Eric Clapton listed in your Immortal 50. I would suggest that EC is synonymous with rock & blues guitar. As the person who motivated Eddie Van Halen to pick up the electric guitar and the only three-time member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, EC?s career span is equaled perhaps only by the Rolling Stones. From the Yardbirds to the legendary collaboration with John Mayall to the groundbreaking of Cream to one of the all-time great rock albums in ?Layla?, Clapton has embraced styles as varied as pop, the jazz of the Legends supergroup, his 1990 concerto with orchestra, the Curtis Mayfield-influenced ?Pilgrim? album, the all-blues ?From The Cradle?, his duet album with BB King, his anonymous TDF techno project and now the tribute to Robert Johnson. Clapton virtually invented the popularity of the Unplugged format. His session work is possibly unmatched ranging from The Beatles (as well as John Lennon and George Harrison individually), Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, the Rolling Stones, Liona Boyd, Freddie King, Buddy Guy, Billy Preston, Richie Sambora, Zucchero and many more. One would be hard pressed to name an artist who has had the same span of popular success from Cream to ?Tears in Heaven? and now ?Me and Mr. Johnson?. As great as they are, artists like the Beatles (including individual members), Stones and The Who are all living off past glories. Name one great album or song in recent memory from these artists or many others on your Immortal 50 list. I personally feel Clapton is almost taken for granted because of his longevity. He would be a legend like Jimi Hendrix if he had died after Cream. Clapton does not seek attention. He makes the news in spite of himself and seeks it mainly for his Crossroads rehab center in Antigua. Perhaps he suffers as regards lists of this type because he is still making music with impeccable integrity over forty years after starting out. It is ironic that he did not make your Immortal list ? the man who was angry that Jimi Hendrix did not take him with him back in 1970 has truly proven to be just that, immortal. After all, as was painted on the wall in London in the mid-sixties, ?Clapton is God?, and God by definition is immortal. Richard Batty Originally from near Ripley, Surrey but now near San Francisco? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040328/cb09d4c5/attachment.htm From ddell at socal.rr.com Sun Mar 28 14:50:55 2004 From: ddell at socal.rr.com (Dave Dell) Date: Sun Mar 28 14:50:55 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Mr Johnson Message-ID: <002301c414fd$fc2c9c80$2802a8c0@dave> I bought the download version of the new album yesterday and was disappointed it wasn't more in the FTC era mode (in other words more blues guitar from EC of course!). I've listened to it several times and though I still find it wanting in terms of guitar interest, Eric's treatment of these often peculiar songs is very good. There are a couple of nice solos in "Little Queen of Spades" and "Kind Hearted Woman", but that's about it for any guitar highlights, and they are all too brief. "Travelin' Riverside Blues" felt like it was just crying for a blistering solo from our man, but alas my "love (of EC's guitar work) was in vain" in that hope...sorry, couldn't resist. On the very positive side, Eric's vocals in this recording are excellent. I'm looking forward to hearing live versions on some of these songs, where Eric is always more adventuresome than in the studio. I have one of the Japan shows and "Kind Hearted Woman" is very good from that one. I'd like to see him a couple of times this year live, assuming he plays a fairly extensive US tour. Nowadays, with each of Eric's shows I find myself wondering if it will be the last time I get to enjoy him live. As others have dicussed here and Eric has indicated himself in recent years, it seems doubftul he will continue on anything like BB King has all these years as far as live shows go. Dave From craigdchilds at yahoo.com Sun Mar 28 16:29:07 2004 From: craigdchilds at yahoo.com (Craig Childs) Date: Sun Mar 28 16:29:10 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Is Me & Mr Johson released yet? Message-ID: <20040328212907.40182.qmail@web20607.mail.yahoo.com> I thought the release date for the album was 3/23. Many of you on the Digest are already writing reviews. But none of the stores in my area (Memphis, TN) carry the album yet. They have all told me the street date is March 30. Anybody know what's going on? --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040328/33504d1a/attachment.htm From turbineltd at btconnect.com Sun Mar 28 17:18:16 2004 From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills) Date: Sun Mar 28 17:17:40 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Prince R&R HOF Video Message-ID: <000b01c41512$94bc4ea0$0100a8c0@dellws410> Peeps, For those of you wanting a quality video of the above, there is a torrent at STG: http://www.sharingthegroove.org/msgboard/showthread.php?s=&threadid=52698 Enjoy. John From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Mon Mar 29 00:57:41 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Mon Mar 29 00:57:51 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] waiting since Reptile tour/message in a bottle (noSting-related content) Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C63@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Eric: " Listen babe, just want to tell you I'm doing a tour again so that my playing will be okay at the big event in Dallas in June." Melia: "Well, I'm putting my foot down. I'm not following you around like a shadow changing Ella Mae's diapers and singing nursery rhymes to Julie Rose while you mess around with those Italian models again." Eric: "So, you're saying I can go on tour if I leave out Italy." Melia: "Aargh, MEN" -----Original Message----- From: Gaetano Villari [mailto:gaefvill@tin.it] Sent: 27 March 2004 22:13 To: Slowhand Digest Subject: [Slowhand] waiting since Reptile tour/message in a bottle (noSting-related content) Hi all, Before getting back to some careful M&MJ listening as often lately, I need to give a weep of pain from Italy that just can't spare the list tonight: ^Eric, why on Earth no show this time round?^. We look forward to attending next one. Faithfully, as ever. Cheers Gaetano NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Mon Mar 29 03:25:15 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Mon Mar 29 03:25:32 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: MAMJ Car Favorite? Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C64@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Oh I enjoy it too, one of the better tracks. Eric should release it as a single. Sort of sending around the hat for contributions to the Crossroads Centre. I'm dead serious about this. It's different enough to be a hit. Wonder if Eric's intention with this release was to see if he could get the minimum out of his supporting band? He should have hired someone like Blues Traveler. Typically they're ignored by the oldies, as they were in Blues Brothers 2000. -----Original Message----- From: Scott Wallenberg [mailto:scottw@frazmtn.com] Sent: 29 March 2004 10:12 To: Kevin Wilson Subject: MAMJ Car Favorite? My 13 month old Loves "They're Red Hot" .... When he hears it he starts boppin!!! Scott NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From gaefvill at tin.it Mon Mar 29 05:36:39 2004 From: gaefvill at tin.it (Gaetano Villari) Date: Mon Mar 29 05:40:40 2004 Subject: Rif: RE: [Slowhand] waiting since Reptile tour/message in a bottle (no Sting-related content) References: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C63@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Message-ID: <4067FC37.000005.01932@ABCD-8103BC416A> Eric: Ok, let's do the last US one to raise lots and then move for good to that big church in Milan providing enough room for the kids... DEEP sigh ;) G -------Messaggio originale------- Da: Kevin Wilson Data: 03/29/04 07:57:54 A: Gaetano Villari Cc: slowhand@planet-torque.com Oggetto: RE: [Slowhand] waiting since Reptile tour/message in a bottle (noSting-related content) Eric: " Listen babe, just want to tell you I'm doing a tour again so that my playing will be okay at the big event in Dallas in June." Melia: "Well, I'm putting my foot down. I'm not following you around like a shadow changing Ella Mae's diapers and singing nursery rhymes to Julie Rose while you mess around with those Italian models again." Eric: "So, you're saying I can go on tour if I leave out Italy." Melia: "Aargh, MEN" -----Original Message----- From: Gaetano Villari [mailto:gaefvill@tin.it] Sent: 27 March 2004 22:13 To: Slowhand Digest Subject: [Slowhand] waiting since Reptile tour/message in a bottle (noSting-related content) Hi all, Before getting back to some careful M&MJ listening as often lately, I need to give a weep of pain from Italy that just can't spare the list tonight: ^Eric, why on Earth no show this time round?^. We look forward to attending next one. Faithfully, as ever. Cheers Gaetano NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From simon.george5 at ntlworld.com Mon Mar 29 07:18:28 2004 From: simon.george5 at ntlworld.com (Simon George) Date: Mon Mar 29 07:18:39 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton playing at home 'ban' lifted Message-ID: <005a01c41587$f206d9c0$2ce869d5@MAIN> dont know if anyone saw this in todays Daily Mirror, Apparently for the last couple of years, Clapton has been banned from playing guitar in the house by his 3yr old daughter, Julie, he says, " I think she's afraid it gets more attention than she does". Now, however, she is happy to hear him play as long as she can put on her ballet shoes and dance along to the music. Anyone reckon on Clapton playing Swan Lake during the set in a year or two? :p Simon -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040329/983d540e/attachment.htm From texasbluboy at houston.rr.com Mon Mar 29 08:18:48 2004 From: texasbluboy at houston.rr.com (TexasBluBoy) Date: Mon Mar 29 08:19:16 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] No Long Solo's Give Me The Blues.... Message-ID: <40682238.DA37F08@houston.rr.com> To all of us that are talking about the album lacking in solo's from Eric on his album, Me & Mr. Johnson. Remember that Robert Johnson only had one solo on his entire catalog of songs. If you listen everyone of them, there was only one song that had a solo in it. I apologize for not doing more research to recall the name of the song that the solo was in, but, I have known for several years, after thinking myself about the lack of solo's in Eric's work when he does almost any Johnson's songs. Then someone brought to my attention that Johnson never did solo's, and there is only one instance of him actually having a guitar solo in one of his songs. I guess back then they didn't feel the need for a solo in the middle of the song or as a bridge to another part of the song, plus most of Johnson's songs were the length of what was required back for radio play, under 3 and a 1/2 minutes. Please don't shoot me, I'm only the messenger. Regards, Daniel"TexasBluBoy"Kimball -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040329/3e9e803c/attachment.htm From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Mon Mar 29 08:53:41 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Mon Mar 29 08:53:53 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Uniform for European Tour Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C68@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Eric's uniform for this tour seems to be the Concert for Bangla Desh blues. 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From smangano at solartestinglabs.com Mon Mar 29 13:22:11 2004 From: smangano at solartestinglabs.com (Sam Mangano) Date: Mon Mar 29 13:16:47 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] daily mirror rip off Message-ID: <03fe01c415ba$c157beb0$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> those quotes were taken from the rolling stone article of 2 weeks ago.... out sambo8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:18:28 +0100 From: "Simon George" Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton playing at home 'ban' lifted To: Message-ID: <005a01c41587$f206d9c0$2ce869d5@MAIN> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" dont know if anyone saw this in todays Daily Mirror, Apparently for the last couple of years, Clapton has been banned from playing guitar in the house by his 3yr old daughter, Julie, he says, " I think she's afraid it gets more attention than she does". Now, however, she is happy to hear him play as long as she can put on her ballet shoes and dance along to the music. Anyone reckon on Clapton playing Swan Lake during the set in a year or two? :p Simon --------------------------------------------- "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." - George Harrison From mark at inna.net Mon Mar 29 13:26:18 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Mon Mar 29 13:24:03 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Barcelona Recorded? References: <033001c41346$93359fa0$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> <018e01c41366$31d43800$1c02a8c0@win98> Message-ID: <00a201c415bb$552e45a0$0100a8c0@littleboy> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Len Moskowitz" To: "'sd'" Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 2:11 PM Subject: [Slowhand] Barcelona Recorded? > Did anyone record the Barcelona concert? > > > Len M. Yes, Len, it was recorded. Of course, we are all still waiting for you to tree your recording of the 4 February 2001 show: ------- slowhand Digest Volume 01 : Issue 30 Wednesday, February 7, 2001 Hi to all, I'm Len Moskowitz, and I was on the mailing list long ago, dropped out for a few years, and now I'm happy to be back. I was very lucky (thanks to a lovely lady friend) to see Eric at Royal Albert Hall this past Sunday night, the second show of the Reptile Tour. 'Twas a wonderful show. The new songs from Reptile were pleasant enough at first hearing. The Impressions (four wonderful singers) were great fun. And Eric closed the two-song encore with "Somewhere, Over The Rainbow!" *snip* I taped the show to DAT. I'll consider tree-ing it after the album comes out -- wouldn't want to hurt Eric's sales. ------- You elected to hold onto the show because you were concerned that the "evil, nasty bootleggers" would actually do the unthinkable and get copies to people who would enjoy it. Perish the thought, that someone who enjoys the music but does not have the time, effort, or anything to trade might have inadvertently been able to enjoy the recording. This is an interesting ethical position for someone who makes his living selling a "stealth microphone" of course. So, in order to be intellectually consistent, you should hope that the taper of the Barcelona show keep it to himself, never to see the light of day. It's somewhat hypocritical that you would request a copy of a show on the SD when you caused such a tiff about this very subject a few years back. Mark From meesaboogie at yahoo.co.uk Mon Mar 29 13:28:36 2004 From: meesaboogie at yahoo.co.uk (=?iso-8859-1?q?Leo=20Coomans?=) Date: Mon Mar 29 13:28:38 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Yokohama 26-11-2003 offer closed Message-ID: <20040329182836.96813.qmail@web86104.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Disk will go out to : Chris Daniels in the US Bob Tasker in the UK. Leo. ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html From peter_dennis_blandford_townshend at hotmail.com Mon Mar 29 14:06:51 2004 From: peter_dennis_blandford_townshend at hotmail.com (An English Boy) Date: Mon Mar 29 14:06:58 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Peter Green ~ "Mail On Sunday" article Message-ID: Rock legend told to ditch his band - by order of his Government minders ONE of Britain's greatest music legends is at the centre of an extraordinary wrangle over his career and private life. Friends of troubled Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green say a Government-run legal body which controls his money wants to break up the band credited with rescuing him from obscurity. Members of the Peter Green Splinter Group insist only they can look after him and nurture his talent. But Green's family says officials are acting in his best interests and protecting him from people who want to profit from him financially. Now there are fears that the guitarist could be plunged back into the drugs and mental health nightmare that nearly killed him a decade ago. Fans were shocked when the Public Guardianship Office decided Green, 57, should leave the group. It claimed he was in danger from another band member and insisted he was better off without them. But the move appeared to have backfired this month after Green's first solo outing was panned by critics. And The Mail on Sunday reveals today how Green's career is again in doubt, amid claims that the PGO, controlled by Lord Chancellor Charles Falconer's Constitutional Affairs Department, 'kidnapped' Green to keep him away from the band. Born in Bethnal Green, East London, Peter Green shot to stardom in the Sixties as Fleetwood Mac's lead guitarist. His compositions, such as Albatross and Black Magic Woman, were hits worldwide. As recently as 1996, Mojo magazine voted him one of the top three rock guitarists of all time, alongside Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. But Green loathed his success. Turning to drugs, he became increasingly unstable. He left the band in 1970 and became a hermit. In 1977 he was arrested after threatening his accountant with a rifle for trying to give him a royalty cheque. Diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, Green spent several years in and out of mental institutions where he was given electric shock treatment. When lifelong friend and fellow guitarist Nigel Watson tracked him down in the Nineties, Green's fingernails were six inches long and he was unable to play a note. Watson nursed him back to health and taught him to play guitar again. In 1996 the pair formed Splinter Group, which has recorded four albums and performed nearly 1,000 concerts, all to widespread acclaim. Watson protected the deeply introverted Green on and off stage. It was Watson who arranged for his affairs to be handed to the PGO, an official body set up to safeguard the financial interests of the infirm or mentally ill. It pays Green £250 a week and invests the rest of his £30,000-a-year earnings. Green is said to have complained to friends about the PGO's control. 'He said they wouldn't even let him buy a new guitar,' said one. Now the PGO has turned the tables on Watson and obtained an injunction banning him from contact with Green or speaking publicly about the musician. However, last week, the High Court threw out its bid to keep the dispute secret. Watson's friends believe the PGO wants to launch Green as a major star and help him earn another fortune. But they say that will lead to a repeat of his breakdown. Green disappeared in December after the PGO announced he was leaving Splinter Group. Friends tracked him to Sweden, where he had been for three months with the agency's full knowledge. The PGO said it acted to safeguard the guitarist, but some claim it 'kidnapped' him to break his links with the band. 'Peter cannot cope on his own,' said a friend. 'Nigel is the only person who understands him and his music, and the group takes care of all his needs. 'Separating them is cruel and could be dangerous. He doesn't want to be rich, he just wants to play guitar.' Manager Arthur Anderson said:'The PGO won't tell us where he is. We're desperately worried.' The agency's actions have been defended by Green's older brother Michael, a guitar tutor who lives in Peacehaven, East Sussex. 'It was Peter's decision to leave the band,' he said. 'He was unhappy and getting stressed.' And a PGO spokesman said: 'The Public Guardianship Office has a statutory duty to act in the best interests of its clients, who are vulnerable people. We cannot talk about individual cases and have a duty to maintain confidentiality at all times.' For more information: www.petergreen-splintergroup.co.uk/ _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ From guitarbob at valink.com Mon Mar 29 14:30:30 2004 From: guitarbob at valink.com (guitarbob@valink.com) Date: Mon Mar 29 14:30:49 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] New IP for Hotline... Message-ID: <50315.151.199.96.89.1080588630.squirrel@webmail.valink.com> 151.199.96.89 Dunno why it changed without reason but.. oh well. Sorry for the inconvenience. Sorry also that the server was down part of the weekend - my daughter was visiting and for some reason the thing got shut down. From mark at inna.net Mon Mar 29 15:33:05 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Mon Mar 29 15:30:51 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Batman References: <145.2577a086.2d972a0d@aol.com> Message-ID: <026601c415cd$0b405160$0100a8c0@littleboy> ----- Original Message ----- From: Miami718@aol.com To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 2:03 PM Subject: [Slowhand] Batman Mark, has anyone answered your question yet? (Freakin AOL has only been allowing selective SDs to pass through to my mailbox lately, had to go catch up on Yahoo... ) << For list members, I'd like to share one of my favorite performances from that tour, "Fourth Night Revisited", this is an audience recording of the December 5, 1991 show in Nagoya, Japan from that tour. I'll mail copies to the first three respondants who can correctly answer the following trivia question: when, and for what occasion, did EC do this: http://www.geetarz.org/reviews/clapton/bateric-small.jpg >> I have the photos from the Musician magazines when they appeared, but I neglected to save the accompanying text, so, thanks to the EC FAQ: "Batman exposes himself during the annual treasure hunt from London's Chelsea Harbour to Monte Carlo on 18th July 1994 to raise funds for the Chemical Dependency Centre." ------- Janet is of course correct! The winners were: Eric Lacroix Loraine Taylor Juan Manuel Fern?ndez de Sosa Werner Haas Now, it will be up to them to see if they would like to ask trivia questions of their own to pass on the shows! Mark From peter_dennis_blandford_townshend at hotmail.com Mon Mar 29 18:23:07 2004 From: peter_dennis_blandford_townshend at hotmail.com (An English Boy) Date: Mon Mar 29 18:23:09 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] The Artiste formerly known ASS ~ covering Clapton's WMGGW solo at RR H o' F Message-ID: Surely JP is having a joke upon we George Harrison and Eric Clapton followers, eh? While some of us get a little behind in our reading, it appears that others like a little "behind" in their music. Lew~ Check my recent post below to another list regarding the same subject matter: >From: "Connie Mosley" >Subject: [MobyGrape1] R & R HOF >Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 11:11:07 -0800 >Maybe Little STeven can help MG make the HOF.I really was picturing them on >stage performing Omaha on Sunday night. > >I was sooooooooooooo impressed with Prince, duh, again.I loved Dhani >grinning ear to ear when Prince joined the band. === I _know_ how much you dig Prince, Connie, but his *performance* of falling off the stage and into some guy's arms who then pushed him back up (all choreographed to the hilt) to the standing position, followed by his departing strut at the end of "WMGGWeeps" was way out of line. (bet I'm sound like Bob talkin' ....huh?  ;->) While Prince's guitar playing was enjoyable, it was over the top and out of context for the music and honour being bestowed upon George Harrison. Lew~ === Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:40:14 +1200 From: JP Hansen Subject: [Slowhand] Prince covering Clapton's WMGGW solo at RR Hall of Fame inductions To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Wow. haven't posted anything here for several years, but I came across this gem when looking online for info of another of my favourite artists, Prince. Last week he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame along with George Harrison. At the all star jam at the end, Prince played alongside Tom Petty, Jeff Lynn and Dhani Harrison on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". Prince's contribution to the performance is a mind blowing take on Clapton's original "Weeps" solo. I think Dhani's face during the solo says it all really! I know Clapton admires Prince immensely, and they've jammed a few times over the years. Eric also chose Purple Rain as one of his 'desert island discs' many years back. Anyway, thought you'd all appreciate the opportunity to listen to a cover of one of Eric's solos, and perhaps compare it to Eric's own recent "Weeps" solo at the Harrison Tribute concert. Here's the link I found on the prince board- not the whole song unfortunately, just Prince's solo... http://www.tomhouy.com/prince/rrhof2.wmv I'd recommend saving it to your hard drive (it's around 6 MB) before playing it. Regards, Jon-Paul. _________________________________________________________________ Get tax tips, tools and access to IRS forms – all in one place at MSN Money! http://moneycentral.msn.com/tax/home.asp From stallknecht at t-online.de Tue Mar 30 00:27:25 2004 From: stallknecht at t-online.de (Christian Stallknecht) Date: Tue Mar 30 00:25:27 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ERIC!!! Message-ID: <001601c41617$afb35180$ac7ba8c0@WURM> See you tonight in Stuttgart to celebrate this special day. Christian From double0blues at earthlink.net Mon Mar 29 18:00:27 2004 From: double0blues at earthlink.net (LDD) Date: Tue Mar 30 00:56:22 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RAH Message-ID: <4068AA8B.1030202@earthlink.net> Hi, We have two extra tickets for EC's Wednesday May 5th show at the Royal Albert Hall. Circle W, Row 1, Seats 164 & 165. We are offering them to digest subcribers at cost plus postage. E-mail us if you're interested. Thanks and......... Happy Birthday, Eric! From sasso at immediando.com Tue Mar 30 03:16:14 2004 From: sasso at immediando.com (Roberto Sasso) Date: Tue Mar 30 03:16:38 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Gods Meeting Offer + RAH Tickets request Message-ID: <141EFB830F50B845974D38404745F78B1B364C@svposta.immediando.com> Thanks to Rick Wilcox, I received The Gods Meeting CD's (Legends live in Montreux - July 4, 1997). I'm offering a copy to the first 3 respondants (please reply off-list specifying your snail mail address). Also... I have a dream, which is to see EC at the RAH on May 7-8. I live in Italy, but unfortunately there are no plans for Italian shows on this tour. I know this is a long shot, but if anyone can help me find tickets, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks, ciao! Roberto Sasso From mark at inna.net Tue Mar 30 03:51:30 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Tue Mar 30 03:49:13 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Tasty Treats Message-ID: <004401c41634$32bf6110$0100a8c0@littleboy> I don't know what most of it says, but the pictures sure look tasty! http://www.musicland.co.jp/tokka/shin_ticket/ticket.html Mark From desosa at fiat.com Tue Mar 30 04:22:31 2004 From: desosa at fiat.com (FERNANDEZ de SOSA Juan Manuel) Date: Tue Mar 30 04:20:57 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Prince WMGGWeeps solo Message-ID: <6754CD43E415D411B32E00508B6D28D202DAB1FB@ex1madntd01.its.it> Hi John-Paul! Can you explain me the procedure to save the Prince solo to hard disk? BTW, I have heard it one time but now it's impossible to access that page (FatCow web hosting 404 Error). Thanks Juanma -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040330/b504d760/attachment.htm From Dawn9330 at webtv.net Tue Mar 30 05:51:46 2004 From: Dawn9330 at webtv.net (Dawn Z.) Date: Tue Mar 30 05:51:47 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] 11-26-03 Japan Concert Message-ID: <20231-40695142-4550@storefull-3232.bay.webtv.net> I have had some trouble contacting some people to let them know I sent out there disc's for this show on Monday March 29th. So, I'm letting them know it here. They are: 1)Dan Scripsema 2)Shannon D. Dew ****Dawn**** H-A-P-P-Y 59th B-I-R-T-H-D-A-Y ERIC! From vdv64 at yahoo.com Tue Mar 30 06:12:20 2004 From: vdv64 at yahoo.com (=?iso-8859-1?q?PM?=) Date: Tue Mar 30 06:12:22 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] no dc++ hub for ec shows Message-ID: <20040330111220.65413.qmail@web60308.mail.yahoo.com> Dear friends, I have to give up my plan to open a dc-hub dedicated to sharing ec's music in high quality (shn) at least for now. It's too expensive at regular prices. Recently I've tried to find an isp to host it for a special price. It seems not only to be a question of money, the isp-companies I contacted fear obviously the troubles if people is sharing material protected by copyright. I'm sad and sorry, obviously I was too optimistic. Kind regards Peter Mit sch?nen Gr??en von Yahoo! Mail - http://mail.yahoo.de From lenmoskowitz at optonline.net Tue Mar 30 08:27:32 2004 From: lenmoskowitz at optonline.net (Len Moskowitz) Date: Tue Mar 30 08:26:47 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Barcelona Recorded? References: <20040330055626.743DD8C2F5@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <00a501c4165a$c1a68540$1c02a8c0@win98> Marc Devault wrote: > Of course, we are all still waiting for you to tree your recording of the 4 > February 2001 show: > ... > > It's somewhat hypocritical that you would request a copy of a show on the SD > when you caused such a tiff about this very subject a few years back. If I recall correctly, a very high quality recording of that show was tree'd as "Somewhere Over London", distributed via this group. Coincidentally, it was recorded with Core Sound (my company's) High End Binaural mics! And some of those tracks ended up on that tour's 3-CD compilation, also distributed via this group. Anyone have a copy of Barcelona? Len Moskowitz From mkilgelmann at arnet.com.ar Tue Mar 30 03:56:43 2004 From: mkilgelmann at arnet.com.ar (Maxi Kilgelmann) Date: Tue Mar 30 08:57:37 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] New IP for Hotline... Message-ID: <4069364B.6000603@arnet.com.ar> First of all, Hi everybody, I absolutely newbie in this list. Introducing me, I'm an Argentinian fan of E.P.C. and I'm so envid you for all the posibilities you guys have to see, listen and enyoy him playing live. Second, what is this ip you change it, sorry if I intromise in things that I'm a total newbie. Third I'm totaly out of my mind, concerning the recolections of those materials of E.P.C. shows. Ok SALUDOS A TODOS!!!! (a few words in spanish) Maxi Kilgelmann Santa Fe Argentina From smangano at solartestinglabs.com Tue Mar 30 09:53:00 2004 From: smangano at solartestinglabs.com (Sam Mangano) Date: Tue Mar 30 09:48:26 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] prince redux Message-ID: <046601c41666$b312b740$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> lew said: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ I _know_ how much you dig Prince, Connie, but his *performance* of falling off the stage and into some guy's arms who then pushed him back up (all choreographed to the hilt) to the standing position, followed by his departing strut at the end of "WMGGWeeps" was way out of line. (bet I'm sound like Bob talkin' ....huh? ;->) While Prince's guitar playing was enjoyable, it was over the top and out of context for the music and honour being bestowed upon George Harrison. Lew~ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- God forbid anyone actually tries to entertain the crowd at one of these proceedings!! These are celebrations, and even though it was kinda over the top, it was a nice departure from seeing a bunch of guys standing around and strumming morosely. Even with all the antics, Prince didnt miss a note, and his "strut" off stage was eerily reminiscent of EC's after knowing he just knocked the crowd's socks off with one of his performances. Dhani was quoted backstage during one of the commercial fadeouts about "where is prince? he was great" (or something to that effect) with a big grin on his face. If it was OK by harrisons son, it should be ok with everyone else. out sambo8 --------------------------------------------- "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." - George Harrison From smangano at solartestinglabs.com Tue Mar 30 09:58:34 2004 From: smangano at solartestinglabs.com (Sam Mangano) Date: Tue Mar 30 09:53:57 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] vh1 classic listening party Message-ID: <047101c41667$7a2eb360$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> for those who missed it, vh1classic put together a 4 minute video montage that repeated on a loop, while the new album tracks played in the background. there were no "pop up" bubbles of info during the broadcast. the footage was comprised of about 50% OMCOMR dvd footage, 20% clips from the black and white reptile tour rehearsal documentary film that was shown in NY at the tribeca film festival, and 20% random clips from EC's various videos. question: who is the session drummer that played in the video of "Motherless Child". i always thought it was jim capaldi, but after seeing the traffic rnr hof induction ceremonies, i know its not him. out sambo8 ps just went back to backless to hear "walk out in the rain". out of all that 70's pablum that was recorded, that is one of my favorites! also, is Got to Get Better in a Little While off his solo debut record?? --------------------------------------------- "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." - George Harrison From smangano at solartestinglabs.com Tue Mar 30 10:03:47 2004 From: smangano at solartestinglabs.com (Sam Mangano) Date: Tue Mar 30 09:59:10 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] time mag article Message-ID: <047301c41668$349275c0$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040405-605509,00.html Different Moods of Indigo New CDs from Aerosmith and Eric Clapton show that the blues can hit where you least expect them By JOSH TYRANGIEL Monday, Apr. 05, 2004 The blues are the only style of music that is also a state of being. Listen to blues pioneers like Blind Lemon Jefferson, Son House and Muddy Waters, and you might presume that this state has something to do with being short on cash and long on melanin. But Johnny Cash, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Charlie Musselwhite proved that you don't have to be poor and black to play the blues; you just have to be miserable and expressive. So you shouldn't dismiss the new blues cover albums by Eric Clapton and Aerosmith simply because both acts are richer, whiter and scarier to look at than Dick Cheney. Clapton's blues credentials are impeccable. He first played with Sonny Boy Williamson in 1963, and his worship of Delta legends Buddy Guy and B.B. King has been acknowledged over the years by both in their use of him as a producer and collaborator. The spandexed sybarites in Aerosmith have never been much for tradition, which makes their blues obsession more subversive and dynamic. On the surface they churn out big, dumb power ballads, but Joe Perry's wailing guitar lines and Steven Tyler's lyrics ("I was cryin' when I met you/Now I'm tryin' to forget you") would have Leadbelly nodding in recognition. Clapton and Aerosmith both know their blues, but playing blues classics convincingly is another matter. Clapton sets the bigger challenge for himself on Me and Mr. Johnson by covering 14 tracks by Robert Johnson, the most miserable Mississippian ever to strum a guitar. When he died, Johnson was 27 and had only 29 songs to his name. Clapton says those recordings (which are just Johnson and his Gibson L-1, no accompaniment) are the finest music ever made, which leads to a conceptual dilemma: if Clapton mimics Johnson's superior minimalism, he has added nothing; if he tinkers, he risks ruining perfection. He's damned both ways. Johnson would have appreciated the double bind, but it's hard to guess what he'd make of Me and Mr. Johnson. Clapton adds a full band and as much as two minutes in length to some of Johnson's songs. The guitar playing is predictably spectacular, but in stretching the songs Clapton strips them of their intensity. His vocals don't help matters. He's ecstatic to be covering his idol, but his exuberance increases the disconnection between the music and the material. Johnson was one dark dude; when he sang, "There's a hellhound on my trail," you believed him. When Clapton sings the same line, you wonder if the hound's name is Patches. The only genuine emotion Clapton musters is reverence. Aerosmith has never revered anything but its own double entendres, which gives it a distinct creative advantage when dipping into the past. Honkin' on Bobo isn't burdened by respect or ambition. It's just a bunch of ragged blues covers (and one bluesy original) seemingly selected with the aid of a dart board (Aretha Franklin? Fleetwood Mac?), but other than a disastrously sincere take on Jesus Is on the Main Line, Honkin' on Bobo is full of clamorous charm. Perry isn't the guitarist that Clapton is, but his picking has a slutty vocal quality that's perfect for Bo Diddley's Road Runner and Muddy Waters' I'm Ready. It also plays well off Tyler's singing, which increasingly sounds less human and more like a rogue trumpet. Tyler can still hit all the notes, often at the same time, and his explosive incomprehensibility on Big Joe Williams' Baby, Please Don't Go will leave you laughing - in a good way. It's unclear exactly what Tyler is feeling (though it might be in his pants) but he's definitely feeling something, and Honkin' on Bobo is a reminder that the blues don't need to be profound, they just need to be profoundly felt. >From the Apr. 05, 2004 issue of TIME magazine -------------------------------------------- "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." - George Harrison From gaefvill at tin.it Tue Mar 30 09:55:37 2004 From: gaefvill at tin.it (Gaetano Villari) Date: Tue Mar 30 09:59:36 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Prince R&R HOF Video Message-ID: <40698A69.000005.02152@ABCD-8103BC416A> Hi John, I've downloaded the big .rar archive with BitTorrent through the STG link, but my Windows Media Player was unable to show any images, just providing the audio. The necessary codecs aren't found according to the message showing; still no way after getting them. Any help welcome (Mark Deavult, hope no ceiling-hanging radar is needed). Thanks. Gaetano >>>>>>>>>>> Peeps, For those of you wanting a quality video of the above, there is a torrent at STG: http://www.sharingthegroove.org/msgboard/showthread php?s=&threadid=52698 Enjoy. John From bob.rost at fuse.net Tue Mar 30 10:47:00 2004 From: bob.rost at fuse.net (bob.rost@fuse.net) Date: Tue Mar 30 10:47:02 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] APB for Monte Tourville Message-ID: <20040330154700.OUOZ17964.smtp2.fuse.net@smtp.fuse.net> If Monte Tourville is still reading the digest, could you contact me ASAP at bob.rost@fuse.net? Someone is interested in using one of you pictures of Eric Clapton playing his Les Paul during the Reptile tour. Thanks, Bob From mark at inna.net Tue Mar 30 11:00:00 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Tue Mar 30 10:57:53 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] vh1 classic listening party References: <047101c41667$7a2eb360$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> Message-ID: <004f01c41670$0f292740$0100a8c0@littleboy> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Mangano" To: "'sd'" Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 9:58 AM Subject: [Slowhand] vh1 classic listening party > for those who missed it, vh1classic put together a 4 minute video montage > that repeated on a loop, while the new album tracks played in the > background. there were no "pop up" bubbles of info during the broadcast. the > footage was comprised of about 50% OMCOMR dvd footage, 20% clips from the > black and white reptile tour rehearsal documentary film that was shown in NY > at the tribeca film festival, and 20% random clips from EC's various videos. And then the funny part - they HAD to stick "Wonderful Tonight" from "24 Nights" in there at the end. I can hear 'em now negotiating with the VH1 folks ... "Hey Eric, we'd like to sponsor a 'listening party' to promote the new album" "Great! But make sure you put WT in there ... man it drives the SD crowd nuts that I play it at every &^#% show, throwing it in there at the end of the blues stuff will drive them over the edge ... he he he" Mark From smangano at solartestinglabs.com Tue Mar 30 11:41:25 2004 From: smangano at solartestinglabs.com (Sam Mangano) Date: Tue Mar 30 11:36:47 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] vh1 classic listening party In-Reply-To: <004f01c41670$0f292740$0100a8c0@littleboy> Message-ID: <049e01c41675$d816bcd0$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> that WAS cheesy (esp. with the extended katie vocal scatting at the end)!! however, i checked my emotions and picked up both my twin daughters for their first dance with daddy, and all was well in my world. mom missed out on our wedding song, but someone had to hold the video camera! out sambo8 -----Original Message----- From: Mark Deavult [mailto:mark@inna.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 11:00 AM To: Sam Mangano Cc: Slowhand List Subject: Re: [Slowhand] vh1 classic listening party ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Mangano" To: "'sd'" Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 9:58 AM Subject: [Slowhand] vh1 classic listening party > for those who missed it, vh1classic put together a 4 minute video montage > that repeated on a loop, while the new album tracks played in the > background. there were no "pop up" bubbles of info during the broadcast. the > footage was comprised of about 50% OMCOMR dvd footage, 20% clips from the > black and white reptile tour rehearsal documentary film that was shown in NY > at the tribeca film festival, and 20% random clips from EC's various videos. And then the funny part - they HAD to stick "Wonderful Tonight" from "24 Nights" in there at the end. I can hear 'em now negotiating with the VH1 folks ... "Hey Eric, we'd like to sponsor a 'listening party' to promote the new album" "Great! But make sure you put WT in there ... man it drives the SD crowd nuts that I play it at every &^#% show, throwing it in there at the end of the blues stuff will drive them over the edge ... he he he" Mark From st at natmaskinen.dk Tue Mar 30 12:10:17 2004 From: st at natmaskinen.dk (=?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Thomassen?=) Date: Tue Mar 30 12:10:29 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Double Trouble Message-ID: <000e01c41679$e06a8e30$0301a8c0@rudevang> No matter what I do I get two of each post. If I unsubscribe it doesn't change anything apart only get one post. There seems to be one that I can't get rid of. Best wishes S?ren Thomassen www.superchamp.dk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040330/56aa9459/attachment.htm From quadzila at optonline.net Tue Mar 30 13:07:35 2004 From: quadzila at optonline.net (Dan) Date: Tue Mar 30 13:08:51 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] To Celebrate The Mans Birthday Message-ID: <002001c41681$e10d6440$3ff75643@cv320450a> I'd like to offer up to the first 3 responders a DVD-R copy of the 11/2/88 show, see http://www.geetarz.org/reviews/clapton/tokyo-88-dvd-r.htm. 2 copies will go to burnerless folk and 1 to the 1st responder w/a burner that promises to offer it back to the group. On a low budget and have to keep it limited to US responders only. Dan Quadzila@optonline.net From ddsnw at attglobal.net Tue Mar 30 13:34:19 2004 From: ddsnw at attglobal.net (Monte Tourville) Date: Tue Mar 30 13:34:52 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Back on the planet Message-ID: <001a01c41685$9e9605f0$550b6420@default> Greetings slowhanders- Back on the planet. Have been saving the digest to disc for about a year for reference, but not able to read each one. If you've been trying to contact me (Hi Bob) feel free. Best wishes, Monte Tourville ddsnw@attglobal.net From apuraja8 at hotmail.com Tue Mar 30 13:37:02 2004 From: apuraja8 at hotmail.com (Apurva Parikh) Date: Tue Mar 30 16:08:28 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Guitar Fest Seat assignments? Message-ID: Hey SD'ers.... Just wanted to ask the group a quick question about the Guitar Fest in June. Did anyone who purchased the "field" level tickets get their ticket with a Row/Seat assignment? I did.. Row was something like GA9 any seat number associated was given as well for my tickets.. Interesting, will it just be open field or actually row/seats like floor seating in an arena Just curious if anyone saw the same thing on their tickets.. Anyways, happy listening to Me. and Mr. J!!! -AAP _________________________________________________________________ Get reliable access on MSN 9 Dial-up. 3 months for the price of 1! (Limited-time offer) http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup&pgmarket=en-us&ST=1/go/onm00200361ave/direct/01/ From deltanick at comcast.net Wed Mar 31 06:03:24 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Wed Mar 31 06:05:18 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] John Mayer Joins Eric Clapton Crossroads Festival Message-ID: <000801c4170f$c981ece0$78263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> According to Undercover.com, John Mayer will perform at Fair Park in Dallas on June 6 as part of Eric Clapton Presents the Crossroads Guitar Festival. http://www.undercover.com.au/news/2004/mar04/20040331_johnmayer.html DeltaNick From pcml2001 at libertysurf.fr Wed Mar 31 07:16:01 2004 From: pcml2001 at libertysurf.fr (pcml2001) Date: Wed Mar 31 07:16:14 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Setlist Zenith d'Auvergne 26/03/2004 Message-ID: <051301c41719$ee74a6a0$1134640a@brgm.fr> Hi everybody, Here is the setlist played by EC and his band during his venue at the Zenith d'Auvergne in Clermont-Ferrand, France on 26/03/2004 : Let it rain Hoochie coochie man Walk out Bell bottom blues Change the world When you got a good friend Milk cow Kind hearted woman Hot tamales Hell hound Have you ever loved a woman I shot the sheriff Holy mother Got to get better Want a little girl Badge Wonderful tonight Cocaine Layla encores : Sunshine Mojo (with Robert Randolph) This setlist was given to me by the engineer at the soundboard. "Have you ever loved a woman" was added by EC during the concert. It seems to me that it was because he felt in a good mood for solos. This song wasn't planed in the anticipated setlist and I'm not sure to have putted it at the right chronological place. Before EC's concert, a first part was performed by Robert Randolph (on pedal steel guitar) and the family band. He was back on stage for the last encore. Philippe *** Le contenu de cet e-mail et de ses pi?ces jointes est destin? ? l'usage exclusif du (des) destinataire(s) express?ment d?sign?(s) comme tel(s). En cas de r?ception de cet e-mail par erreur, le signaler ? son exp?diteur et ne pas en divulguer le contenu. L'absence de virus a ?t? v?rifi? ? l'?mission du message. Il convient n?anmoins de v?rifier l'absence de corruption ? sa r?ception. The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. They are intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager or the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to anyone or make copies. eSafe scanned this email for viruses, vandals and malicious content. *** From pcml2001 at libertysurf.fr Wed Mar 31 07:29:10 2004 From: pcml2001 at libertysurf.fr (pcml2001) Date: Wed Mar 31 07:29:20 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC's carpet Message-ID: <052701c4171b$c485b7b0$1134640a@brgm.fr> Hello all, The stage of the venue of EC at the Zenith d'Auvergne (Clermont-Ferrand, France on 26/03/2004) was surrounded by two big screens displaying images from video cameras. From a top camera view, I noticed that EC was on a carpet. A kind of old oriental carpet, 1.5 m by 2 m wide, the same you might have in your sitting room between your sofa and your TV. Does anyone know more about that ? Is it the EC's favourite he takes away for every venue ? Philippe *** Le contenu de cet e-mail et de ses pi?ces jointes est destin? ? l'usage exclusif du (des) destinataire(s) express?ment d?sign?(s) comme tel(s). En cas de r?ception de cet e-mail par erreur, le signaler ? son exp?diteur et ne pas en divulguer le contenu. L'absence de virus a ?t? v?rifi? ? l'?mission du message. Il convient n?anmoins de v?rifier l'absence de corruption ? sa r?ception. The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. They are intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager or the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to anyone or make copies. eSafe scanned this email for viruses, vandals and malicious content. *** From smangano at solartestinglabs.com Wed Mar 31 10:20:09 2004 From: smangano at solartestinglabs.com (Sam Mangano) Date: Wed Mar 31 10:15:20 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] cleveland 7/10 Message-ID: <04f801c41733$a86133d0$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> clear channel website cc.com has gund arena in cleveland listed for this summer (no other dates). i will try and confirm with my concert club. out sambo8 --------------------------------------------- "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." - George Harrison From bluesview at comcast.net Wed Mar 31 12:20:02 2004 From: bluesview at comcast.net (Bluesview) Date: Wed Mar 31 12:17:20 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: Guitar Fest Seat assignments? (Apurva Parikh) - General Admission on Field. Message-ID: <001801c41744$6798d220$6401a8c0@attbi.com> The field area is General Admission (IE: GA = General Admission). The only reserved seats (or seats for that matter) are in the stands. Bluesview -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040331/f7cce89b/attachment.htm From smangano at solartestinglabs.com Wed Mar 31 12:24:59 2004 From: smangano at solartestinglabs.com (Sam Mangano) Date: Wed Mar 31 12:20:05 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] concert carpet... Message-ID: <050e01c41745$186d8730$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> ...was debuted at start of reptile tour at RAH. i saw it up close and doesnt look anything different than any other oriental carpet. although i am sure he can afford a new one, its probably the same one from before. out sambo8 --------------------------------------------- "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." - George Harrison From scottw at frazmtn.com Wed Mar 31 13:37:06 2004 From: scottw at frazmtn.com (Scott Wallenberg) Date: Wed Mar 31 13:37:15 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC on NPR Message-ID: <02e601c4174f$2c20f870$d307c841@youro0kwkw9jwc> There was an EC interview yesterday morning on NPR, where he talks about the album and Mr. Johnson himself. You can listen at www.npr.org, or try this link http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1798862 From rgreen at innervisionsinternet.com Wed Mar 31 13:43:05 2004 From: rgreen at innervisionsinternet.com (Robert F. Green) Date: Wed Mar 31 13:38:55 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 114 References: <20040330055628.092AB8C362@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <004a01c41750$0ca85f00$f079050a@direcway.com> I honestly do not see the big deal about that solo. Its good for sure, but its a bunch of masturbation. Some open note runs up the neck with the same riffs being used over and over. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 12:56 AM Subject: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 114 > Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to > slowhand@planet-torque.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > slowhand-request@planet-torque.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > slowhand-owner@planet-torque.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. daily mirror rip off (Sam Mangano) > 2. Re: Barcelona Recorded? (Mark Deavult) > 3. Yokohama 26-11-2003 offer closed (Leo Coomans) > 4. Peter Green ~ "Mail On Sunday" article (An English Boy) > 5. New IP for Hotline... (guitarbob@valink.com) > 6. Re: Batman (Mark Deavult) > 7. The Artiste formerly known ASS ~ covering Clapton's WMGGW > solo at RR H o' F (An English Boy) > 8. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ERIC!!! (Christian Stallknecht) > 9. RAH (LDD) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:22:11 -0500 > From: "Sam Mangano" > Subject: [Slowhand] daily mirror rip off > To: "'sd'" > Message-ID: <03fe01c415ba$c157beb0$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > those quotes were taken from the rolling stone article of 2 weeks ago.... > > out > sambo8 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > --------------------------- > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:18:28 +0100 > From: "Simon George" > Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton playing at home 'ban' lifted > To: > Message-ID: <005a01c41587$f206d9c0$2ce869d5@MAIN> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > dont know if anyone saw this in todays Daily Mirror, > Apparently for the last couple of years, Clapton has been banned > from playing guitar in the house by his 3yr old daughter, Julie, he says, " > I think she's afraid it gets more attention than she does". Now, however, > she is happy to hear him play as long as she can put on her ballet shoes and > dance along to the music. > > Anyone reckon on Clapton playing Swan Lake during the set in > a year or two? :p > > Simon > > > --------------------------------------------- > "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." - > George Harrison > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:26:18 -0500 > From: "Mark Deavult" > Subject: Re: [Slowhand] Barcelona Recorded? > To: "Len Moskowitz" > Cc: "Slowhand List" > Message-ID: <00a201c415bb$552e45a0$0100a8c0@littleboy> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Len Moskowitz" > To: "'sd'" > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 2:11 PM > Subject: [Slowhand] Barcelona Recorded? > > > > Did anyone record the Barcelona concert? > > > > > > Len M. > > Yes, Len, it was recorded. > > Of course, we are all still waiting for you to tree your recording of the 4 > February 2001 show: > > ------- > > slowhand Digest Volume 01 : Issue 30 > Wednesday, February 7, 2001 > > Hi to all, > > I'm Len Moskowitz, and I was on the mailing list long ago, dropped out for a > few years, and now I'm happy to be back. > > I was very lucky (thanks to a lovely lady friend) to see Eric at Royal > Albert Hall this past Sunday night, the second show of the Reptile Tour. > 'Twas a wonderful show. The new songs from Reptile were pleasant enough at > first hearing. The Impressions (four wonderful singers) were great fun. > And Eric closed the two-song encore with "Somewhere, Over The Rainbow!" > > *snip* > > I taped the show to DAT. I'll consider tree-ing it after the album comes > out -- wouldn't want to hurt Eric's sales. > > ------- > > You elected to hold onto the show because you were concerned that the "evil, > nasty bootleggers" would actually do the unthinkable and get copies to > people who would enjoy it. Perish the thought, that someone who enjoys the > music but does not have the time, effort, or anything to trade might have > inadvertently been able to enjoy the recording. This is an interesting > ethical position for someone who makes his living selling a "stealth > microphone" of course. So, in order to be intellectually consistent, you > should hope that the taper of the Barcelona show keep it to himself, never > to see the light of day. > > It's somewhat hypocritical that you would request a copy of a show on the SD > when you caused such a tiff about this very subject a few years back. > > Mark > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 19:28:36 +0100 (BST) > From: Leo Coomans > Subject: [Slowhand] Yokohama 26-11-2003 offer closed > To: slowhand@planet-torque.com > Message-ID: <20040329182836.96813.qmail@web86104.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Disk will go out to : > Chris Daniels in the US > Bob Tasker in the UK. > Leo. > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" > your friends today! Download Messenger Now > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 11:06:51 -0800 > From: "An English Boy" > Subject: [Slowhand] Peter Green ~ "Mail On Sunday" article > To: BlueLewsFretboard@yahoogroups.com > Cc: jeffbeckappreciationsociety@yahoogroups.com, > Mulepiss@yahoogroups.com, petergreensfleetwoodmac@yahoogroups.com, > slowhand@planet-torque.com > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > > > > Rock legend told to ditch his band - by order of his Government minders > > > ONE of Britain's greatest music legends is at the centre of an > extraordinary wrangle over his career and private life. > > Friends of troubled Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green say a > Government-run legal body which controls his money wants to break up > the band credited with rescuing him from obscurity. > > Members of the Peter Green Splinter Group insist only they can look > after him and nurture his talent. > > But Green's family says officials are acting in his best interests and > protecting him from people who want to profit from him financially. > > Now there are fears that the guitarist could be plunged back into the > drugs and mental health nightmare that nearly killed him a decade ago. > > Fans were shocked when the Public Guardianship Office decided Green, > 57, should leave the group. It claimed he was in danger from another > band member and insisted he was better off without them. > > But the move appeared to have backfired this month after Green's first > solo outing was panned by critics. And The Mail on Sunday reveals today > how Green's career is again in doubt, amid claims that the PGO, > controlled by Lord Chancellor Charles > > Falconer's Constitutional Affairs Department, 'kidnapped' Green to keep > him away from the band. > > Born in Bethnal Green, East London, Peter Green shot to stardom in the > Sixties as Fleetwood Mac's lead guitarist. His compositions, such as > Albatross and Black Magic Woman, were hits worldwide. As recently as > 1996, Mojo magazine voted him one of the top three rock guitarists of > all time, alongside Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. > > But Green loathed his success. Turning to drugs, he became increasingly > unstable. He left the band in 1970 and became a hermit. In 1977 he was > arrested after threatening his accountant with a rifle for trying to > give him a royalty cheque. > > Diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, Green spent several years in and > out of mental institutions where he was given electric shock treatment. > > When lifelong friend and fellow guitarist Nigel Watson tracked him down > in the Nineties, Green's fingernails were six inches long and he was > unable to play a note. Watson nursed him back to health and taught him > to play guitar again. > > In 1996 the pair formed Splinter Group, which has recorded four albums > and performed nearly 1,000 concerts, all to widespread acclaim. > > Watson protected the deeply introverted Green on and off stage. It was > Watson who arranged for his affairs to be handed to the PGO, an > official body set up to safeguard the financial interests of the infirm > or mentally ill. It pays Green ?250 a week and invests the rest of his > ?30,000-a-year earnings. Green is said to have complained to friends > about the PGO's control. 'He said they wouldn't even let him buy a new > guitar,' said one. > > Now the PGO has turned the tables on Watson and obtained an injunction > banning him from contact with Green or speaking publicly about the > musician. However, last week, the High Court threw out its bid to keep > the dispute secret. > > Watson's friends believe the PGO wants to launch Green as a major star > and help him earn another fortune. But they say that will lead to a > repeat of his breakdown. > > Green disappeared in December after the PGO announced he was leaving > Splinter Group. > > Friends tracked him to Sweden, where he had been for three months with > the agency's full knowledge. The PGO said it acted to safeguard the > guitarist, but some claim it 'kidnapped' him to break his links with > the band. > > 'Peter cannot cope on his own,' said a friend. 'Nigel is the only > person who understands him and his music, and the group takes care of > all his needs. > > 'Separating them is cruel and could be dangerous. He doesn't want to be > rich, he just wants to play guitar.' > > Manager Arthur Anderson said:'The PGO won't tell us where he is. We're > desperately worried.' > > The agency's actions have been defended by Green's older brother > Michael, a guitar tutor who lives in Peacehaven, East Sussex. 'It was > Peter's decision to leave the band,' he said. 'He was unhappy and > getting stressed.' > > And a PGO spokesman said: 'The Public Guardianship Office has a > statutory duty to act in the best interests of its clients, who are > vulnerable people. We cannot talk about individual cases and have a > duty to maintain confidentiality at all times.' > > > > For more information: > www.petergreen-splintergroup.co.uk/ > > _________________________________________________________________ > FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now! > http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 14:30:30 -0500 (EST) > From: guitarbob@valink.com > Subject: [Slowhand] New IP for Hotline... > To: slowhand@planet-torque.com > Message-ID: > <50315.151.199.96.89.1080588630.squirrel@webmail.valink.com> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > 151.199.96.89 > > Dunno why it changed without reason but.. oh well. Sorry for the > inconvenience. Sorry also that the server was down part of the weekend - > my daughter was visiting and for some reason the thing got shut down. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 15:33:05 -0500 > From: "Mark Deavult" > Subject: Re: [Slowhand] Batman > To: > Cc: "Slowhand List" > Message-ID: <026601c415cd$0b405160$0100a8c0@littleboy> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Miami718@aol.com > To: slowhand@planet-torque.com > Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 2:03 PM > Subject: [Slowhand] Batman > > > Mark, has anyone answered your question yet? (Freakin AOL has only been > allowing selective SDs to pass through to my mailbox lately, had to go catch > up on Yahoo... ) > > << For list members, I'd like to share one of my favorite performances from > that tour, "Fourth Night Revisited", this is an audience recording of the > December 5, 1991 show in Nagoya, Japan from that tour. I'll mail copies to > the first three respondants who can correctly answer the following trivia > question: when, and for what occasion, did EC do this: > http://www.geetarz.org/reviews/clapton/bateric-small.jpg >> > > I have the photos from the Musician magazines when they appeared, but I > neglected to save the accompanying text, so, thanks to the EC FAQ: "Batman > exposes himself during the annual treasure hunt from London's Chelsea > Harbour to Monte Carlo on 18th July 1994 to raise funds for the Chemical > Dependency Centre." > > ------- > > Janet is of course correct! The winners were: > > Eric Lacroix > Loraine Taylor > Juan Manuel Fern?ndez de Sosa > Werner Haas > > Now, it will be up to them to see if they would like to ask trivia questions > of their own to pass on the shows! > > Mark > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 15:23:07 -0800 > From: "An English Boy" > Subject: [Slowhand] The Artiste formerly known ASS ~ covering > Clapton's WMGGW solo at RR H o' F > To: BlueLewsFretboard@yahoogroups.com > Cc: slowhand@planet-torque.com > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > > Surely JP is having a joke upon we George Harrison and Eric Clapton > followers, eh? > > While some of us get a little behind in our reading, it appears that others > like a little "behind" in their music. > > Lew~ > > Check my recent post below to another list regarding the same subject > matter: > > > >From: "Connie Mosley" > > >Subject: [MobyGrape1] R & R HOF > >Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 11:11:07 -0800 > > >Maybe Little STeven can help MG make the HOF.I really was picturing them on > >stage performing Omaha on Sunday night. > > > >I was sooooooooooooo impressed with Prince, duh, again.I loved Dhani > >grinning ear to ear when Prince joined the band. > > > === > > > I _know_ how much you dig Prince, Connie, but his *performance* > of falling off the stage and into some guy's arms who then pushed > him back up (all choreographed to the hilt) to the standing position, > followed by his departing strut at the end of "WMGGWeeps" was > way out of line. (bet I'm sound like Bob talkin' ....huh? ;->) > > While Prince's guitar playing was enjoyable, it was over the top and out of > context for the music and honour being bestowed upon George Harrison. > > Lew~ > > > === > > > Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:40:14 +1200 > From: JP Hansen > Subject: [Slowhand] Prince covering Clapton's WMGGW solo at RR Hall of > Fame inductions > To: slowhand@planet-torque.com > > > Wow. haven't posted anything here for several years, but I came across this > gem when looking online for info of another of my favourite artists, Prince. > Last week he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame along with > George Harrison. At the all star jam at the end, Prince played alongside > Tom Petty, Jeff Lynn and Dhani Harrison on "While My Guitar Gently > Weeps". > > Prince's contribution to the performance is a mind blowing take on > Clapton's original "Weeps" solo. I think Dhani's face during the solo says > it > all really! > > I know Clapton admires Prince immensely, and they've jammed a few times > over the years. Eric also chose Purple Rain as one of his 'desert island > discs' many years back. > > Anyway, thought you'd all appreciate the opportunity to listen to a cover of > one of Eric's solos, and perhaps compare it to Eric's own recent "Weeps" > solo at the Harrison Tribute concert. > > Here's the link I found on the prince board- not the whole song > unfortunately, just Prince's solo... > > http://www.tomhouy.com/prince/rrhof2.wmv > > I'd recommend saving it to your hard drive (it's around 6 MB) before playing > it. > > Regards, > Jon-Paul. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get tax tips, tools and access to IRS forms - all in one place at MSN Money! > http://moneycentral.msn.com/tax/home.asp > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 07:27:25 +0200 > From: "Christian Stallknecht" > Subject: [Slowhand] HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ERIC!!! > To: > Message-ID: <001601c41617$afb35180$ac7ba8c0@WURM> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > See you tonight in Stuttgart to celebrate this special day. > > Christian > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 23:00:27 +0000 > From: LDD > Subject: [Slowhand] RAH > To: slowhand@planet-torque.com > Message-ID: <4068AA8B.1030202@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > Hi, > We have two extra tickets for EC's Wednesday May 5th show at the Royal > Albert Hall. > Circle W, Row 1, Seats 164 & 165. > We are offering them to digest subcribers at cost plus postage. > E-mail us if you're interested. > Thanks and......... > Happy Birthday, Eric! > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Slowhand mailing list > Slowhand@planet-torque.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand > > > End of Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 114 > **************************************** > From Kay.B.Chandler at jci.com Wed Mar 31 13:37:42 2004 From: Kay.B.Chandler at jci.com (Kay.B.Chandler@jci.com) Date: Wed Mar 31 13:39:48 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 117 In-Reply-To: <20040331170002.831578C0C2@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: I'm sure there would be many grateful digest-ers if some kind soul would decipher the lyrics for M&MJ and post them. I'll never figure them out on my own. Ain't it great? cheers! KC From slowhand at salisbury.net Wed Mar 31 15:14:10 2004 From: slowhand at salisbury.net (Steve Proctor) Date: Wed Mar 31 15:14:47 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Crossroads Guitar Festival Lineup Message-ID: <003601c4175c$baad5bd0$5671a43f@SteveProctor> The addition of John Mayer is not the only change in the Crossroads Guitar Festival list of performers. www.ericclapton.com and www.guitarcenter.com are now also including Vince Gill, Neal Schon, Jerry Douglas, John McLaughlin and James Taylor and John Mayer. Sadly, J. J. Cale is no longer listed. Neither is Mark Knopfler, as was previously reported on the Digest. Knopfler's web site does not mention an appearance, although one of his guitars will be included in those auctioned on June 24, 2004. Here is the complete list as of today: Eric Clapton, Doyle Bramhall II, Larry Carlton, Robert Cray, Vince Gill, Buddy Guy, David Hidalgo, Eric Johnson, B.B. King, Sonny Landreth, Brian May, John Mayer, Pat Metheny, Otis Rush, Carlos Santana, Neal Schon, Hubert Sumlin, James Taylor, Dan Tyminski, Steve Vai, Jimmie Vaughan, Joe Walsh, ZZ Top, Jerry Douglas, John McLaughlin, and Robert Randolph. The extraordinary "house bands" will be none other than Booker T & The MG's, Jimmie Vaughan's band and Eric Clapton's band -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Did anyone notice if it was on stage at One Generation 4 Another on 15 March 2004? -----Original Message----- From: Sam Mangano [mailto:smangano@solartestinglabs.com] Sent: 31 March 2004 19:25 To: 'sd' Subject: [Slowhand] concert carpet... ...was debuted at start of reptile tour at RAH. i saw it up close and doesnt look anything different than any other oriental carpet. although i am sure he can afford a new one, its probably the same one from before. out sambo8 --------------------------------------------- "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." - George Harrison NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Wed Mar 31 16:06:53 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Wed Mar 31 16:07:01 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] One Generation 4 Another Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701BF9FC1@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Has anyone read if there are plans to release the "One Generation 4 Another" concert on CD or DVD? And, on the subject of Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings, "Anyway the Wind Blows" and "Struttin' Our Stuff" (both of which feature Eric) have permanent places in the family car's CD shuttle. They're often requested by the teenagers - after they've had their dose of Linkin Park. NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. 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URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040331/7ed4800b/attachment.htm From slowhandnj at comcast.net Wed Mar 31 17:03:32 2004 From: slowhandnj at comcast.net (ToeKneeF) Date: Wed Mar 31 17:04:33 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 118 In-Reply-To: <20040331201452.9C8DD8BF95@six.pairlist.net> References: <20040331201452.9C8DD8BF95@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <406B4034.40504@comcast.net> Robert, It is extremely bad form to reply to the digest and copy the entire digest in your message. Please learn how to "edit" your e-mails.....T > Subject: > [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 114 > From: > "Robert F. Green" > Date: > Wed, 31 Mar 2004 13:43:05 -0500 > To: > > > > I honestly do not see the big deal about that solo. Its good for sure, but > its a bunch of masturbation. Some open note runs up the neck with the same > riffs being used over and over. -- "We trained hard; but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization"..............Petronis Arbiter, 210 B.C. From JacoP at charter.net Wed Mar 31 19:10:10 2004 From: JacoP at charter.net (John Sanna) Date: Wed Mar 31 19:09:04 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Non EC content References: <20040331170003.CFFD68C0B2@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <000801c4177d$b2cb8650$6401a8c0@VAIO> Does anyone know how to convert PAL DVD's to NTSC? I received a DVD-R from a guy in Europe which is not region coded, but is a PAL. It plays fine in my computer, but I would like to be able to watch on my home unit. I have lots of software for ripping DVD's, removing region codes, getting around copy protection, but I cant get this to work. Thanks. From seger001 at gold.tc.umn.edu Wed Mar 31 20:41:24 2004 From: seger001 at gold.tc.umn.edu (Pat Seger) Date: Wed Mar 31 20:35:07 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Cotton Bowl question Message-ID: Sorry if this has already been covered. Does anyone have a seating chart for the Guitar Fest at the Cotton Bowl - where will the stage be? The ticketb****** just has the generic diagram. Also, does anyone have the name of a relatively honest ticket broker in Dallas. I am thinking of ways to spend my tax refund, and the auction looks to be too steep, so I am thinking of alternatives. Pat ---- Pat Seger seger001@gold.tc.umn.edu From mckells at videotron.ca Wed Mar 31 20:48:26 2004 From: mckells at videotron.ca (Stephen McKellar) Date: Wed Mar 31 20:48:11 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] CUT AND PASTE Message-ID: <406B74EA.80902@videotron.ca> PleasePleasePleasePleasePlease cut and paste the pertinent parts of the digest you want to respond to and not reply to the whole issue. Your posts mean nothing when we have to guess what you're referring to..........SERENITY NOW!!!! From jerome.vuibert at fleximage.fr Thu Apr 1 01:59:33 2004 From: jerome.vuibert at fleximage.fr (=?iso-8859-1?Q?J=E9r=F4me_Vuibert?=) Date: Thu Apr 1 01:59:29 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re:EC's carpet Message-ID: <000a01c417b6$e32d2590$ca40b80a@WKSADSL11> It seems it is the same as the one he used for the Reptile Tour. I have already noticed that in his last Paris show. Jerome www.clapton-online.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From pcml2001 at libertysurf.fr Thu Apr 1 02:21:32 2004 From: pcml2001 at libertysurf.fr (pcml2001) Date: Thu Apr 1 02:21:49 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Setlist Zenith d'Auvergne 26/03/2004 Message-ID: <05e501c417b9$f544c550$1134640a@brgm.fr> Hi everybody, Here is the setlist played by EC and his band during his venue at the Zenith d'Auvergne in Clermont-Ferrand, France on 26/03/2004 : Let it rain Hoochie coochie man Walk out Bell bottom blues Change the world When you got a good friend Milk cow Kind hearted woman Hot tamales Hell hound Have you ever loved a woman I shot the sheriff Holy mother Got to get better Want a little girl Badge Wonderful tonight Cocaine Layla encores : Sunshine Mojo (with Robert Randolph) This setlist was given to me by the engineer at the soundboard. "Have you ever loved a woman" was added by EC during the concert. It seems to me that it was because he felt in a good mood for solos. This song wasn't planed in the anticipated setlist and I'm not sure to have putted it at the right chronological place. Before EC's concert, a first part was performed by Robert Randolph (on pedal steel guitar) and the family band. He was back on stage for the last encore. Philippe *** Le contenu de cet e-mail et de ses pi?ces jointes est destin? ? l'usage exclusif du (des) destinataire(s) express?ment d?sign?(s) comme tel(s). En cas de r?ception de cet e-mail par erreur, le signaler ? son exp?diteur et ne pas en divulguer le contenu. L'absence de virus a ?t? v?rifi? ? l'?mission du message. Il convient n?anmoins de v?rifier l'absence de corruption ? sa r?ception. The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. They are intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager or the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to anyone or make copies. eSafe scanned this email for viruses, vandals and malicious content. *** From dhkessler at yahoo.com Thu Apr 1 06:16:37 2004 From: dhkessler at yahoo.com (David Kessler) Date: Thu Apr 1 06:16:39 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC and the Crickets Message-ID: <20040401111637.93594.qmail@web21105.mail.yahoo.com> Wall Street Journal article 3/31 profiling Crickets and other Backukps says that "..a new cd debuting this summer titled The Crickets and their Buddies features stars such as Eric Clapton joining them in updated versions of the old classics.: I think that JJ Allison was on the Eric Clapton album along with Bobby Whitlock, Delaney and Bonnie, Leon Russell, Carl Radle, and others but can't remember whether he sang on any other albums. Should be interesting to hear those songs. On a second topic -- The Rolling Stone Immortals --can't see Marvin Gaye, Velvet Underground, U2 Fats Domino, Clash, Sly Stone, Public enemy, Michael Jackson masonna Patti Smith on the list and even elton John on the list ahead of EC. Who knows what those guys making the selections were doing. But atleast in the same issue Tower Records has a full page add titled immortal Eric Clapton with a listing of his landmark recordings to honor 50 yrs rock __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ From mark at inna.net Thu Apr 1 08:49:16 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Thu Apr 1 08:46:56 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Non EC content References: <20040331170003.CFFD68C0B2@six.pairlist.net> <000801c4177d$b2cb8650$6401a8c0@VAIO> Message-ID: <03bf01c417f0$20bd4000$0100a8c0@littleboy> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Sanna" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 7:10 PM Subject: [Slowhand] Non EC content > Does anyone know how to convert PAL DVD's to NTSC? I received a DVD-R from > a guy in Europe which is not region coded, but is a PAL. It plays fine in > my computer, but I would like to be able to watch on my home unit. I have > lots of software for ripping DVD's, removing region codes, getting around > copy protection, but I cant get this to work. Thanks. > Hello John, It's a sticky problem, and unfortunately there seems to be no clear method for "fixing" it. Most PAL players will play NTSC as well, but the reverse is rarely true. This gets compounded by the fact that some players actually want a region code present, so a "no code" or "zero code" disc will not play either. Some players are also quite fussy about insisting that the region code match the video format. And last but not least, discs created by consumers have a wealth of problems of their own, since all too many use software and options that don't confirm to DVD-spec completely. "It works on my player" is a standard refrain, but that doesn't ensure compatibility. As one example, DVD spec requires that the audio format for NTSC discs be either PCM or Dolby Digital, and for PAL discs to be either MPEG-2 audio or Dolby Digital. An NTSC disc with MPEG 2 audio, or a PAL disc with PCM are actually "illegal" and although they will play on most players there are those that implement the DVD-Spec more carefully and will refuse to do so. I have battled the same problem with PAL discs, since my main player (Sony 715P) is quite fussy about most of this stuff. Like you, I've gone in with all the normal toolkit and reauthored, changed region codes, stripped region codes, forced region codes, the works, and my solution has been most inelegant - buy a hacked or multicode player! Cheers, Mark From Steve.terrington at ntlworld.com Thu Apr 1 11:34:59 2004 From: Steve.terrington at ntlworld.com (Steve) Date: Thu Apr 1 11:53:08 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Milkcow calf blues In-Reply-To: <20040331201454.1A2358C0D0@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <000001c41807$496797a0$e8566051@computer1> Anyone know if there is any connection with this song and Elvis Presleys Milk Cow Blues Boogie? Seems to have a similar theme, but can't find my copy to check the composer. Is it a rework of Robert Johnson's Milkcow Calf Blues or do you reckon someone ripped it off? From mark at inna.net Thu Apr 1 16:37:33 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Thu Apr 1 16:36:19 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Second Boston 1974? Message-ID: <008f01c41831$a42db6e0$0100a8c0@littleboy> Can anyone verify that there was a second Clapton performance in Boston, Mass., on September 30, 1974? I checked the Tourography which does not list this date, however it's quite likely since the concerts bracketing this date are Long Island and Montreal and Boston is after all sort of in the middle. I ask because this is the date listed on "Give Me One More Day" on the Slunky label, and as always with boot labels it is good to double check all dates! Cheers, Mark From gaefvill at tin.it Thu Apr 1 17:39:12 2004 From: gaefvill at tin.it (Gaetano Villari) Date: Thu Apr 1 17:42:55 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] antistatic carpet Message-ID: <406C9A10.000003.00916@ABCD-8103BC416A> Hi, as for the oriental rug used by Eric on stage, I found a very practical explanation (they get static) given by Lee Dickson in a ToneQuest Report interview read in the interview section of Snogod's http://www.claptonweb com. Other interesting details are provided on the matter. Cheers Gaetano From Brooz at aol.com Thu Apr 1 20:33:02 2004 From: Brooz at aol.com (Brooz@aol.com) Date: Thu Apr 1 20:33:06 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] 12-12 offer Message-ID: <74.3a5c22f2.2d9e1cce@aol.com> Hey Claptonians, If MAMJ is not enough and you must hear more EC, I can, thanks to Ann's generosity, offer EC's 12-12-03 performance to Slowhanders who will continue to pass it on. If interested, e-mail your address with "12-12 offer" in subject line. Got to get better in a little while, brooz From JEngel2000 at cableone.net Thu Apr 1 23:03:04 2004 From: JEngel2000 at cableone.net (Jeff Engelmann) Date: Thu Apr 1 23:03:59 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] M & M J lyrics References: <20040331201452.9C8DD8BF95@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <002001c41867$666e0180$6400a8c0@computer> >I'm sure there would be many grateful digest-ers if some kind soul would >decipher the lyrics for M&MJ and post them. >I'll never figure them out on my own. >Ain't it great? >cheers! >KC I would recommend getting your hands on the Robert Johnson originals with the booklet inside. It contains the lyrics and lots of background notes, including remarks by EC for all the completists out there. Regards, Jeff From cas4ec at besonet.ch Fri Apr 2 03:09:12 2004 From: cas4ec at besonet.ch (cas4ec) Date: Fri Apr 2 03:09:15 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Presley's Milk Cow Blues Boogie Message-ID: <200404021009.AA842793020@besonet.ch> Steve, I looked it up on my Elvis Presley LP "The SUN Collection". The writer of Elvis' "Milk Cow Blues Boogie" is called ARNOLD, no mention of Robert Johnson. I did not give it a listen, will do this evening when back from work. But I guess it is a different song than the one Clapton interpretates on his new album. Take care Chris ______________ ______________ ______________ QuickLine WebMail - http://www.quick-line.ch From vdimitroff at ntlworld.com Fri Apr 2 06:43:51 2004 From: vdimitroff at ntlworld.com (V. Dimitroff) Date: Fri Apr 2 07:10:16 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Unique CD and interview in UNCUT magazine Message-ID: <009b01c418a7$c7e58790$0100a8c0@oemcomputer> The MAMJ album has triggered a flood of interviews in all media, but the one in the latest UNCUT magazine is exceptionally good, rich in (very personal) detail and photographs, some of them rare. To top it all, the usual cover CD of the magazine is this time called Strange Brew - 15 tunes of Eric's own choice and exclusive compilation (great blues stuff, bit NOT ONLY ;o) - see list below), nicely designed with repro autograph and 70's photo. Both the mag and CD would be a treasure for any Slowhander! Vlado Twyford, UK PS - the CD contents, as chosen by EC: 1. Freddy King - I Love The Woman 2. Robert Johnson - Kindhearted Woman Blues 3. John Lee Hooker - Hobo Blues 4. Bukka White - Special Stream Line 5. Elmore James - Hand In Hand 6. Wes Montgomery - For Heaven's Sake 7. Blind Willie McTell - Statesboro Blues 8. Thelonius Monk - Crepuscule With Nellie 9. Leroy Carr - Alabama Woman Blues 10. Luciano Pavarotti - Che Gelida Manina 11. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Chock House Blues 12. Louis Armstrong & The Hot Five - Struttin' With Some Barbecue 13. Choeur De L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal - Pavane, op 50 14. Pat Metheny Group - Another Life 15. Mississippi John Hurt - Frankie & Albert -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040402/d261857d/attachment.htm From john at Infra.be Fri Apr 2 11:52:06 2004 From: john at Infra.be (John Lesage) Date: Fri Apr 2 11:49:02 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Thanks to Dawn for Yokohama CD Message-ID: <340475CD08DE264D80FB7CDF2C65905F507E@sbs2003srv.Infra.local> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Dimitroff" Subject: [Slowhand] Unique CD and interview in UNCUT magazine To: Message-ID: <009b01c418a7$c7e58790$0100a8c0@oemcomputer> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The MAMJ album has triggered a flood of interviews in all media, but the one in the latest UNCUT magazine is exceptionally good ********************************************************* i was anxiously awaiting the arrival of this mag, but the april issue at borders that just came out this week had to do with the WHO. what is the date of the magazine with the clapton info, May? the march issue here had jimi hendrix.... regards sam --------------------------------------------- "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." - George Harrison From scottw at frazmtn.com Fri Apr 2 15:48:40 2004 From: scottw at frazmtn.com (Scott Wallenberg) Date: Fri Apr 2 15:48:46 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Milk Cow Blues..Kokomo Arnold Message-ID: <04f001c418f3$e258da90$d307c841@youro0kwkw9jwc> Totally different version by Presley also covered by Dylan http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=mn0041629&sid=698 Scott From gwornex at yahoo.com Fri Apr 2 17:03:19 2004 From: gwornex at yahoo.com (Greg W) Date: Fri Apr 2 17:03:28 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] MAMJ reviews Message-ID: <20040402220319.24364.qmail@web12505.mail.yahoo.com> I haven't seen any review's/impressions of 'Me and Mr. Johnson' on here. I heard it on 'Listening Party' on VH1 classics and am heartily unimpressed, but I'd be interested in hearing what other's have to say. g.w. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ From bjanderson at prtcnet.org Fri Apr 2 17:43:13 2004 From: bjanderson at prtcnet.org (Brian Anderson) Date: Fri Apr 2 17:43:41 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Guitar Festival Tickets Message-ID: <000d01c41903$e28accc0$07bba20c@computer> Hello Slowhanders, I apologize in advance if this is inappropriate, but I have two (2) tickets for the guitar festival in Dallas, TX for the main Sunday show at the Cotton Bowl that I need to sell. Due to conflict with my schedule, I will not be able to attend. Tickets are General Admission. If interested, contact me by e-mail (off the digest) and make offer. Thanks Brian From gary at girolimon.com Fri Apr 2 18:20:45 2004 From: gary at girolimon.com (Gary Girolimon) Date: Fri Apr 2 18:20:50 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Second Boston 1974 In-Reply-To: <20040402170005.408CE8C7E7@six.pairlist.net> References: <20040402170005.408CE8C7E7@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <5E29F1DC-84FC-11D8-8A71-000A95EA3A92@girolimon.com> On Apr 2, 2004, at 12:00 PM, Mark Deavult" wrote: > Can anyone verify that there was a second Clapton performance in > Boston, > Mass., on September 30, 1974? I checked the Tourography which does > not list > this date, however it's quite likely since the concerts bracketing > this date > are Long Island and Montreal and Boston is after all sort of in the > middle. I can't vouch for the exact date, but yes, there was a second Boston concert around that time during the 1974 tour. I was at both. The thing that I still remember from the fall show was a great Little Wing. Gary From jwalasko at telus.net Fri Apr 2 19:58:51 2004 From: jwalasko at telus.net (John Walasko) Date: Fri Apr 2 19:59:56 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: Me & M J lyrics Message-ID: <126C2248-850A-11D8-AC9B-000393DABF4E@telus.net> Hi, In digest 121, "Jeff Engelmann" wrote the following regarding Robert Johnson lyrics; >I would recommend getting your hands on the Robert Johnson originals with >the booklet inside. It contains the lyrics and lots of background notes, >including remarks by EC for all the completists out there. I'm going to give a different take on the liner notes and transcribed lyrics in the Robert Johnson "Complete Recordings" set put out by Columbia/Sony. A historian named Stephen LaVere did the transcriptions (he also wrote the liner notes) and I think sometimes he goes a bit overboard. For instance, in "Preaching Blues", Johnson sings; "I can study rain... ... I been studyin' the rain" and LaVere describes these lines as "phonetically correct, although meaningless." After reading a few observations like that, I never bothered with the transcribed lyrics again and preferred to listen for myself. From blues4jr at aol.com Fri Apr 2 20:39:55 2004 From: blues4jr at aol.com (blues4jr@aol.com) Date: Fri Apr 2 20:40:01 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] 2004 U.S. Tour Message-ID: <4077ECF5.770DDF72.00955D93@aol.com> Anybody else notice that at www.ericclapton.com in the EC Store section on the back of the t-shirt it shows the 2004 U.S. cities schedule? Or, has it been announced and I'm just behind the times? John Roe From mlists at sinknet.net Sat Apr 3 00:29:14 2004 From: mlists at sinknet.net (Christopher Sink) Date: Sat Apr 3 00:29:23 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] New EC/Blackie/Crash3 wallpaper Message-ID: <406E4BAA.7040402@sinknet.net> Hello Slowhanders! I really loved the hi-res photos of Blackie and Crash3 that are posted on Christie's website and thought I'd make some new wallpaper images for myself. I'll be glad to share them with anyone interested. There are various versions and resolutions so feel free to take whatever you like best. Enjoy: http://www.sinknet.net/clapton/wallpaper/index.htm Christopher@Florida From phaworth at bigpond.net.au Sat Apr 3 02:47:41 2004 From: phaworth at bigpond.net.au (Peter Haworth) Date: Sat Apr 3 02:47:37 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Oz fans - Concert for George Message-ID: <013b01c4194f$f1980880$0100000a@ADSL> Heads up for Oz fans, Concert for George being broadcast next Friday night (Good Friday) on ABC at 8.30pm - no adverts, so get the VCR ready!!!!! Peter from the state of Tas in the land of Oz From gaefvill at tin.it Sat Apr 3 04:34:11 2004 From: gaefvill at tin.it (Gaetano Villari) Date: Sat Apr 3 04:39:06 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] ec IS here Message-ID: <406E8513.000003.01812@ABCD-8103BC416A> Check it out! http://www.uncut.net/ SLURP!!! Gaetano From nothin-but-the-blues at bis.midco.net Sat Apr 3 07:01:32 2004 From: nothin-but-the-blues at bis.midco.net (Josh H) Date: Sat Apr 3 07:01:31 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Crossroads Guitar Festival Message-ID: <000501c41973$68113c70$caa8dc18@desktop> PBS will be televising the highlights from the festival on their show Great Perfomances. Date and time TBA. Stay up-to-date at the site: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/guitargods/ Josh From Brooz at aol.com Sat Apr 3 11:34:48 2004 From: Brooz at aol.com (Brooz@aol.com) Date: Sat Apr 3 11:35:01 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: 12-12 offer Message-ID: Hi Claptonians, My part of the 12-12-03 EC offer is now closed. Thanks to all who agreed to pass it on and to Ann who provided my copy. I had a lot of replies so will send out a couple more than usual. Look for these SDers to share the music: Peter Richard Apurva James Marge John Kristian Got to get better in a little while, brooz From vdimitroff at ntlworld.com Sat Apr 3 11:52:48 2004 From: vdimitroff at ntlworld.com (V. Dimitroff) Date: Sat Apr 3 11:52:45 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] UNCUT Magazine Message-ID: <001a01c4199c$1b4c3bf0$0100a8c0@oemcomputer> In response to interest among non-UK Slowhanders re how to get the magazine and CD, here are a couple of ideas: The obvious first choice is the magazine's own website: http://www.uncut.co.uk where you can see the current issue cover and contents (our man prominently displayed) as well as the cover CD. There is the option to subscribe online, and the subscription bonus this month also happens to be a 'regular' Clapton album, unfortunately the titles on offer are too familiar to Slowhanders (Unplugged and Cream of Clapton). The minimum period to subscribe is 3 months and the magazine is well worth it - one of the best sources on music (and cinema, too). Very well balanced between classic (roots) and contemporary music (where 'contemporary' is also very roots-y), it contains rare/exclusive articles and interviews and the monthly CDs are compilations that I can bet would appeal to most Slowhanders, often with gems that have led me to buy otherwise unsuspected albums and artists. Those CDs in themselves form a valuable part of my music collection. The editors apparently share my own musical tastes (LOL ;o))) ) and it's amazing how a seemingly broad range of genres and styles (Americana to jazz and country to punk) are brought together under some invisible shared quality (probably the 'roots' element).. Enough recommending it.. If you don't want to subscribe for even 3 months, you can wait till next month and buy the current issue as a 'back' issue (there is a Buy Back Issues option on the site). Finally, the title is becoming so popular, that I imagine the large(r) newspaper and magazine distributors in major countries would be importing and selling it through the main newsagent chains - ask for it in your nearest large outlet. I hope this helps - Cheerz, V. P.S. Just a clarification (if someone overlooked or misunderstood my previous posting): the CD with this month's UNCUT Magazine is _compiled_ by EC, not performed by him. These are recordings by the original artists representing our man's current listening and tastes - still well worth having, and a good listen, too (including Pavarotti, for all guitar freaks).. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040403/f38b6d2a/attachment-0001.htm From bluez4u2 at yahoo.com Sat Apr 3 12:06:10 2004 From: bluez4u2 at yahoo.com (Robert) Date: Sat Apr 3 12:06:12 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 122 In-Reply-To: <20040403165246.040B78C7DB@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <20040403170610.97606.qmail@web13801.mail.yahoo.com> The US dates are probably already in the can but they are holding back so that folks buy tickets for the Guitar Festival first. --- slowhand-request@planet-torque.com wrote: > Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to > slowhand@planet-torque.com > > > From: blues4jr@aol.com > Subject: [Slowhand] 2004 U.S. Tour > CC: iampigpen@comcast.net > Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 20:39:55 -0500 > To: slowhand@planet-torque.com > > Anybody else notice that at www.ericclapton.com in the EC > Store section on the back of the t-shirt it shows the > 2004 U.S. cities schedule? Or, has it been announced and > I'm just behind the times? > > John Roe > > ===== Emin Boztepe Martial Arts-Austin Metro area Wing Tzun (Wing Chun) Kung Fu Bruce Lee's original art http://www.awtk.us (512) 970-8392 Vote! From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Sat Apr 3 13:50:48 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Sat Apr 3 13:50:53 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Jools Holland: Friends 3 Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C6F@sunwex01.arivia.kom> For those looking for Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra: "Jack O the Green (Small World Big Band Friends 3)" please note that I picked up this release with a shorter title simply called Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra: "Friends 3". Also, instead of having Holland prancing through a psychedelic tree of notes coming from a trumpeter sitting on a rocking horse, it has a black and white picture of Holland sitting on a pavement (sidewalk). The writing is in red letters and all the featured artists are named on the front cover. There is also a booklet of 16 pages and (with much appreciation by me) it actually gives the dates of the sessions. It features the same 21 songs named before with Eric on guitar only on Solomon Burke's 2 numbers: "Message to My Son" and "Mabel". Eric's solos are good, though, as usual, not dominating, no doubt out of deference to the artist he is serving at that point in time. NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From Tildemarie at aol.com Sat Apr 3 17:34:12 2004 From: Tildemarie at aol.com (Tildemarie@aol.com) Date: Sat Apr 3 17:34:19 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] If You'd like to see Robbie Robertson appear at the Crossroads Concert in Dallas Message-ID: Hi, I thought I took care of this business awhile back but just realized I hadn't... If you'd like to see what it's all about you can go to Tracey's site first and read about it... www.ahroo.com/basement.html AND then, if you feel so inclined... here is the site that has the petition. http://www.petitionpetition.com/cgi/petition.cgi?id=6802 Best to you and always, Mimi :) http://Tildemarie.homestead.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040403/9f5c50df/attachment.htm From mckells at videotron.ca Sun Apr 4 10:11:57 2004 From: mckells at videotron.ca (Stephen McKellar) Date: Sun Apr 4 10:14:08 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Yokohama Message-ID: <407017AD.200@videotron.ca> Thanks to Dawn i have the 11/26/03 show for 5 randomly picked digesters. Steve From twarner34 at comcast.net Sun Apr 4 10:31:04 2004 From: twarner34 at comcast.net (Tracy Warner) Date: Sun Apr 4 10:24:07 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Cream...Harrison Message-ID: <000701c41a51$762313e0$63ec3544@newhvn01.in.comcast.net> Any details yet on Cream "First U.S. Tour'' scheduled for release on April 13? Anyone know if the Harrison "Live in Japan" recent re-release is a compatible SACD hybrid or a straight SACD only? From M.Prehn at t-online.de Sun Apr 4 10:27:00 2004 From: M.Prehn at t-online.de (M.Prehn) Date: Sun Apr 4 10:28:37 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Derek and the Dominos bootleg "G" Message-ID: <1BA8bh-1U5jVo0@fwd02.sul.t-online.com> Hi folks, has anyone a copy of that bootleg and is willing to trade? Please, contact me offlist. Greetings, Mike From Dehlau at t-online.de Sun Apr 4 13:31:52 2004 From: Dehlau at t-online.de (Arne) Date: Sun Apr 4 13:40:20 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] US Dates References: <20040404160004.85C818C9C3@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <1BABTM-0dLMrA0@fwd04.sul.t-online.com> Because I just bought one at the Hannover Gig, I can confirm that US Tour Dates are already on the back of the Tour-Shirts. Sorry, right now I'm too lazy to transcribe them. Bye X-Sample From deltanick at comcast.net Sun Apr 4 15:25:39 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Sun Apr 4 15:24:35 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Cream ... Harrison Message-ID: <000801c41a7a$9de9e420$78263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> >> Any details yet on Cream "First U.S. Tour'' scheduled for release on April 13? Anyone know if the Harrison "Live in Japan" recent re-release is a compatible SACD hybrid or a straight SACD only? << 1. The Cream "First U.S. Tour" is an interview disc -- no music -- that's been around for years. The first in a series of interview discs from the archives of Don Paulsen who was the editor of Hit Parade magazine & a photo/journalist for Rolling Stone in the 60s. Featuring interviews with Ginger Baker (tracks 1-9), Eric Clapton (tracks 10-27), including Clapton's first interview in America in 1967, and Jack Bruce (tracks 28-37). The package comes complete with previously unpublished photos & notes by Paulsen himself. Acadia. 2004. 2. The newly remastered George Harrison, "Live In Japan" CD is a hybrid disc, including two formats: it plays on regular CD and SACD players. DeltaNick From weedweed at tiscali.fr Sun Apr 4 17:34:56 2004 From: weedweed at tiscali.fr (=?iso-8859-1?Q?weedweed@tiscali.fr?=) Date: Sun Apr 4 17:34:57 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Yokohama Message-ID: Hi Steve, I am interested by this one : 11/26/03 Will reweed if I win. Jean-Yves BOUILLET 57, rue Bellanger 37000 TOURS FRANCE Regards, JYB ******ADSL Tiscali, le Haut d?bit au meilleur prix ****** Avec Tiscali, profitez de l'ADSL au meilleur prix partout en France ! Pour profiter de cette offre exceptionnelle, cliquez ici : http://register.tiscali.fr/adsl Sous r?serve d'?ligibilit? ? l'ADSL. From jbm90501 at yahoo.com Sun Apr 4 17:54:54 2004 From: jbm90501 at yahoo.com (James Fox) Date: Sun Apr 4 17:54:56 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] new blues site Message-ID: <20040404215454.15564.qmail@web11605.mail.yahoo.com> My friend Colin has a new blues site www.losangelesblues.com It would be nice if some people could support it by using the the forum. Make suggestions, talk about blues musicians. There are recent photos of Marcy Levy with Barry Goldberg at a blues performance. There's a page that has a list of musicians & site links that can help you remember who played with who. If you plan to be in southern California you can see who will be playing by looking at the blues clubs page. If anybody ever hears that a member of Clapton's band is going to play with somebody at one of those locations let me know or send a message to that site & we'll get photos. enjoy, J.Fox __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ From jbroholm at sbcglobal.net Sun Apr 4 18:51:40 2004 From: jbroholm at sbcglobal.net (John Broholm) Date: Sun Apr 4 18:51:41 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Hiroshima show Message-ID: <20040404225140.26721.qmail@web80106.mail.yahoo.com> Thanks to Janet (some time back) I have a copy of the Hiroshima show. Just in case the demand isn't tapped out, if anybody wants it, send me your mailing address. I'll take up to five people, including one outside the U.S. Could someone remind me what was the date of that show? Thanks. John Broholm jbroholm@sbcglobal.net From jbroholm at sbcglobal.net Sun Apr 4 18:59:33 2004 From: jbroholm at sbcglobal.net (John Broholm) Date: Sun Apr 4 18:59:36 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Kokomo Arnold and Milk Cow Message-ID: <20040404225933.51347.qmail@web80109.mail.yahoo.com> Slowhanders: Concerning Elvis, EC and Milk Cow Blues... the excellent Yazoo collection Roots of Robert Johnson includes a Kokomo Arnold version from which Johnson drew, though he didn't copy. Probably the same deal for Elvis, though I'm not familiar with his version so I can't say for sure. Anyway, that's the likely reason for "Arnold" getting the writing credit on Presley's version. Looks like he & Johnson drew from the same source, but I gather from other posts their versions don't sound much alike. BTW, "excellent Yazoo collection" is probably a redundancy. I may have sent this thought to the wrong address a couple of days ago. If it's a repeat and I just didn't see my own post in the Digest, my apologies. John Broholm Lawrence, KS From alicema at comcast.net Sun Apr 4 20:32:19 2004 From: alicema at comcast.net (alicema@comcast.net) Date: Sun Apr 4 20:32:22 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] blues article/RJohnson- no EC content Message-ID: <040520040032.6037.4070A913000BAA1A000017952200735446FF9E929A9C9693@comcast.net> In Sunday April 4, 2004 Chicago Sun-Times, there is an interesting article "Searching for the Blues in its Birthplace" about Robert Johnson and others- www.suntimes.com/output/entertainment It is the first of a series of articles. From jerome.vuibert at fleximage.fr Mon Apr 5 03:41:17 2004 From: jerome.vuibert at fleximage.fr (=?iso-8859-1?Q?J=E9r=F4me_Vuibert?=) Date: Mon Apr 5 03:41:21 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Me & Mr. Johnson Lyrics & Tabs Message-ID: <003601c41ae1$6196e7e0$ca40b80a@WKSADSL11> Hi Slowhanders. Due to previous mails on the list, I have put on my site lyrics and tabs of Me & Mr. Johson on-line. They are Robert Johnson Lyrics, so some differences cold appear with EC album. They are available : * from "Me and Mr Johsnon" description * lyric list * tablature list. Jerome www.clapton-online.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The package comes complete with previously unpublished photos & notes by Paulsen himself. Acadia. 2004. Cover: http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00016POFY.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg From desosa at fiat.com Mon Apr 5 07:23:37 2004 From: desosa at fiat.com (FERNANDEZ de SOSA Juan Manuel) Date: Mon Apr 5 07:22:00 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] 11-26 offer Message-ID: <6754CD43E415D411B32E00508B6D28D202E0B33C@ex1madntd01.its.it> Thanks to Brooze I can offer the November 26, 2003 EC concert to the first three SDs to write me privately. Juanma -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040405/a1ca4750/attachment-0001.htm From wbeggs at coriell.umdnj.edu Mon Apr 5 08:25:38 2004 From: wbeggs at coriell.umdnj.edu (Bill Beggs) Date: Mon Apr 5 08:33:03 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] 11-26-03 Message-ID: I have 11-26-03 from Dawn (thanks). I can send to first 4 people to respond. I would like to get it to some wothout burners as well. those with burners must reseed. Bill B. She Walks Like A Bearded Rainbow... As always, your Clapton list gets mine. From wbeggs at coriell.umdnj.edu Mon Apr 5 08:27:09 2004 From: wbeggs at coriell.umdnj.edu (Bill Beggs) Date: Mon Apr 5 08:34:29 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] 12-12-03 Message-ID: I have 12-12-03 from Mike (thanks). I can send to first 4 people to respond. I would also like to get it to some wothout burners as well. Please specify (burner or not). those with burners must reseed. Bill B. She Walks Like A Bearded Rainbow... As always, your Clapton list gets mine. From smangano at solartestinglabs.com Mon Apr 5 10:00:44 2004 From: smangano at solartestinglabs.com (Sam Mangano) Date: Mon Apr 5 10:03:11 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] 30 city tour tshirt Message-ID: <06c401c41b16$64750e80$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> dal SA hou NO little rock mia orl atl greenville DC albany philly NYC worchester toronto buff cle col det ind chi mil st paul omaha kc den sea port sf LA if this is anything like the tshirt from the reptile tour, this is the order that he will appear also (no dates confirmed other than little rock and cleveland on 7/10, and he usually doesnt play many back to back dates, so you can do the math to figure out when he might appear near you). i would guess the NYC date will coincide with the christies auction 6/24. i will be planning a slowhander get together for the cleveland show (sat afternoon at rock hall, dinner at Fat Fish Blues club, show at Gund arena). hope to see my friends again in columbus (EC's inlaws hometown). maybe philly (my inlaws), too, although june is mostly booked up for me right now.... out sambo8 --------------------------------------------- "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." - George Harrison From rgreen at innervisionsinternet.com Mon Apr 5 10:24:51 2004 From: rgreen at innervisionsinternet.com (Robert F. Green) Date: Mon Apr 5 10:21:02 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] This disc is a true dud References: <20040403165248.094BD8C7DF@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <08c001c41b19$c739c1c0$f079050a@direcway.com> I am the biggest EC fan going and I think the album is a dud. I will only listen to it cleaning the house on Sundays. For someone who loves RJ's music so much it does not show on the disc. This is some poor overdone production, There is no pain or longing in the music. EC seems to merely being trying to sing at his best. This is about 1/100th as good as From The Cradle. I am just so disappointed that he plays with little emotion. Now I realize that he is doing a tribute and that RJ did not have many solos in his songs, but this is 2004 and Clapton needed to bring RJ's music to the masses and it falls flat. I would never suggest to an aspiring musician or to a Blues fan that they "need" to get this disc. At this point it seems that Clapton neglects his fans to the point of no return. He is being snobbish with respects to not letting his freak flag fly on the guitar any more. His last 3 discs have not had anything on them that put the classic EC stamp to it. Hopefully he continues to play great live, because that is the only thing saving his guitar God status right now. Imagine if SRV released a disc like this? The disc as a whole is boring. Way too much time perfecting the songs with a larger arrangement. His work on the Unplugged disc is far better than this with half of the practice. Its time to dump his entire band and start playing with people that put emotion into what they are doing. EC, get rid of the ProTools! ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 12:52 PM Subject: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 122 > Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to > slowhand@planet-torque.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > slowhand-request@planet-torque.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > slowhand-owner@planet-torque.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. uncut mag question (Sam Mangano) > 2. Milk Cow Blues..Kokomo Arnold (Scott Wallenberg) > 3. MAMJ reviews (Greg W) > 4. Guitar Festival Tickets (Brian Anderson) > 5. Re: Second Boston 1974 (Gary Girolimon) > 6. RE: Me & M J lyrics (John Walasko) > 7. 2004 U.S. Tour (blues4jr@aol.com) > 8. New EC/Blackie/Crash3 wallpaper (Christopher Sink) > 9. Oz fans - Concert for George (Peter Haworth) > 10. ec IS here (Gaetano Villari) > 11. Crossroads Guitar Festival (Josh H) > 12. Re: 12-12 offer (Brooz@aol.com) > 13. UNCUT Magazine (V. Dimitroff) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 14:16:04 -0500 > From: "Sam Mangano" > Subject: [Slowhand] uncut mag question > To: "'sd'" > Message-ID: <061501c418e6$f1f33890$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 12:43:51 +0100 > From: "V. Dimitroff" > Subject: [Slowhand] Unique CD and interview in UNCUT magazine > To: > Message-ID: <009b01c418a7$c7e58790$0100a8c0@oemcomputer> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > The MAMJ album has triggered a flood of interviews in all media, but the > one in the latest UNCUT magazine is exceptionally good > ********************************************************* > i was anxiously awaiting the arrival of this mag, but the april issue at > borders that just came out this week had to do with the WHO. what is the > date of the magazine with the clapton info, May? the march issue here had > jimi hendrix.... > > regards > sam > > --------------------------------------------- > "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." - > George Harrison > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 12:48:40 -0800 > From: "Scott Wallenberg" > Subject: [Slowhand] Milk Cow Blues..Kokomo Arnold > To: "Slowhander" > Message-ID: <04f001c418f3$e258da90$d307c841@youro0kwkw9jwc> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > Totally different version by Presley also covered by Dylan > > http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=mn0041629&sid=698 > > > Scott > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 14:03:19 -0800 (PST) > From: Greg W > Subject: [Slowhand] MAMJ reviews > To: slowhand > Message-ID: <20040402220319.24364.qmail@web12505.mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I haven't seen any review's/impressions of > 'Me and Mr. Johnson' on here. I heard it on 'Listening > Party' on VH1 classics and am heartily unimpressed, > but I'd be interested in hearing what other's > have to say. > g.w. > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway > http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 17:43:13 -0500 > From: "Brian Anderson" > Subject: [Slowhand] Guitar Festival Tickets > To: > Message-ID: <000d01c41903$e28accc0$07bba20c@computer> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello Slowhanders, > > I apologize in advance if this is inappropriate, but I have two (2) > tickets for the guitar festival in Dallas, TX for the main Sunday show at > the Cotton Bowl that I need to sell. Due to conflict with my schedule, I > will not be able to attend. > > Tickets are General Admission. If interested, contact me by e-mail (off > the digest) and make offer. > > Thanks > Brian > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 18:20:45 -0500 > From: Gary Girolimon > Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Second Boston 1974 > To: slowhand@planet-torque.com > Message-ID: <5E29F1DC-84FC-11D8-8A71-000A95EA3A92@girolimon.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > > On Apr 2, 2004, at 12:00 PM, Mark Deavult" wrote: > > > Can anyone verify that there was a second Clapton performance in > > Boston, > > Mass., on September 30, 1974? I checked the Tourography which does > > not list > > this date, however it's quite likely since the concerts bracketing > > this date > > are Long Island and Montreal and Boston is after all sort of in the > > middle. > > I can't vouch for the exact date, but yes, there was a second Boston > concert around that time during the 1974 tour. I was at both. The thing > that I still remember from the fall show was a great Little Wing. > > Gary > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 16:58:51 -0800 > From: John Walasko > Subject: [Slowhand] RE: Me & M J lyrics > To: Slowhand Digest > Message-ID: <126C2248-850A-11D8-AC9B-000393DABF4E@telus.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > Hi, > > In digest 121, "Jeff Engelmann" wrote the > following regarding Robert Johnson lyrics; > > >I would recommend getting your hands on the Robert Johnson originals > with > >the booklet inside. It contains the lyrics and lots of background > notes, > >including remarks by EC for all the completists out there. > > I'm going to give a different take on the liner notes and transcribed > lyrics in the Robert Johnson "Complete Recordings" set put out by > Columbia/Sony. A historian named Stephen LaVere did the transcriptions > (he also wrote the liner notes) and I think sometimes he goes a bit > overboard. For instance, in "Preaching Blues", Johnson sings; > > "I can study rain... ... I been studyin' the rain" > > and LaVere describes these lines as "phonetically correct, although > meaningless." After reading a few observations like that, I never > bothered with the transcribed lyrics again and preferred to listen for > myself. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 20:39:55 -0500 > From: blues4jr@aol.com > Subject: [Slowhand] 2004 U.S. Tour > To: slowhand@planet-torque.com > Cc: iampigpen@comcast.net > Message-ID: <4077ECF5.770DDF72.00955D93@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Anybody else notice that at www.ericclapton.com in the EC Store section on the back of the t-shirt it shows the 2004 U.S. cities schedule? Or, has it been announced and I'm just behind the times? > > John Roe > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2004 00:29:14 -0500 > From: Christopher Sink > Subject: [Slowhand] New EC/Blackie/Crash3 wallpaper > To: slowhand@planet-torque.com > Cc: glenn@welchhome.com, zuzoo@comcast.net, keith@kah731.com > Message-ID: <406E4BAA.7040402@sinknet.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > Hello Slowhanders! I really loved the hi-res photos of Blackie and > Crash3 that are posted on Christie's website and thought I'd make some > new wallpaper images for myself. I'll be glad to share them with anyone > interested. There are various versions and resolutions so feel free to > take whatever you like best. > > Enjoy: > http://www.sinknet.net/clapton/wallpaper/index.htm > > Christopher@Florida > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 17:47:41 +1000 > From: "Peter Haworth" > Subject: [Slowhand] Oz fans - Concert for George > To: > Message-ID: <013b01c4194f$f1980880$0100000a@ADSL> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Heads up for Oz fans, Concert for George being broadcast next Friday night > (Good Friday) on ABC at 8.30pm - no adverts, so get the VCR ready!!!!! > > Peter from the state of Tas in the land of Oz > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 11:34:11 +0200 (ora legale Europa occidentale) > From: "Gaetano Villari" > Subject: [Slowhand] ec IS here > To: "Slowhand Digest" > Message-ID: <406E8513.000003.01812@ABCD-8103BC416A> > Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Check it out! > http://www.uncut.net/ > SLURP!!! > > Gaetano > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 06:01:32 -0600 > From: "Josh H" > Subject: [Slowhand] Crossroads Guitar Festival > To: "Slowhand Digest" > Message-ID: <000501c41973$68113c70$caa8dc18@desktop> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > PBS will be televising the highlights from the festival on their show Great > Perfomances. Date and time TBA. Stay up-to-date at the site: > > > http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/guitargods/ > > > > Josh > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 11:34:48 EST > From: Brooz@aol.com > Subject: [Slowhand] Re: 12-12 offer > To: slowhand@planet-torque.com > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Hi Claptonians, > > My part of the 12-12-03 EC offer is now closed. Thanks to all who agreed to > pass it on and to Ann who provided my copy. I had a lot of replies so will > send out a couple more than usual. Look for these SDers to share the music: > > Peter > Richard > Apurva > James > Marge > John > Kristian > > Got to get better in a little while, > brooz > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 17:52:48 +0100 > From: "V. Dimitroff" > Subject: [Slowhand] UNCUT Magazine > To: > Message-ID: <001a01c4199c$1b4c3bf0$0100a8c0@oemcomputer> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > In response to interest among non-UK Slowhanders re how to get the > magazine and CD, here are a couple of ideas: > > The obvious first choice is the magazine's own website: > http://www.uncut.co.uk where you can see the current issue cover and > contents (our man prominently displayed) as well as the cover CD. There > is the option to subscribe online, and the subscription bonus this month > also happens to be a 'regular' Clapton album, unfortunately the titles > on offer are too familiar to Slowhanders (Unplugged and Cream of > Clapton). > > The minimum period to subscribe is 3 months and the magazine is well > worth it - one of the best sources on music (and cinema, too). Very well > balanced between classic (roots) and contemporary music (where > 'contemporary' is also very roots-y), it contains rare/exclusive > articles and interviews and the monthly CDs are compilations that I can > bet would appeal to most Slowhanders, often with gems that have led me > to buy otherwise unsuspected albums and artists. Those CDs in themselves > form a valuable part of my music collection. The editors apparently > share my own musical tastes (LOL ;o))) ) and it's amazing how a > seemingly broad range of genres and styles (Americana to jazz and > country to punk) are brought together under some invisible shared > quality (probably the 'roots' element).. Enough recommending it.. > > If you don't want to subscribe for even 3 months, you can wait till next > month and buy the current issue as a 'back' issue (there is a Buy Back > Issues option on the site). > > Finally, the title is becoming so popular, that I imagine the large(r) > newspaper and magazine distributors in major countries would be > importing and selling it through the main newsagent chains - ask for it > in your nearest large outlet. > > I hope this helps - > > Cheerz, > V. > > P.S. Just a clarification (if someone overlooked or misunderstood my > previous posting): the CD with this month's UNCUT Magazine is _compiled_ > by EC, not performed by him. These are recordings by the original > artists representing our man's current listening and tastes - still well > worth having, and a good listen, too (including Pavarotti, for all > guitar freaks).. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040403/f38b6d2a/att achment.htm > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Slowhand mailing list > Slowhand@planet-torque.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand > > > End of Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 122 > **************************************** > From fischfry at optonline.net Mon Apr 5 11:20:06 2004 From: fischfry at optonline.net (fischfry@optonline.net) Date: Mon Apr 5 11:21:01 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Crickets CD Info Message-ID: Here's a URL that has the info on the upcoming Crickets CD featuring EC, among others: http://www.sovereignartists.com/thecrickets.html Barry From fred.frome at koeln.de Mon Apr 5 11:27:40 2004 From: fred.frome at koeln.de (Fred Frome Lptp) Date: Mon Apr 5 11:31:14 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] poor Hannover, April 2nd Message-ID: <00cd01c41b22$a95a9360$1530a8c0@FOFROMELaptop> a quite short but different setlist 2nd April 2004 - Preussag Arena, Hannover, Germany Let it Rain Hoochie Coochie Man Bell Bottom Blues Got to get Better in a little While the few RJ?s: Milk Cow Blues When you?ve got a Good Friend* Kind Hearted Woman Blues They?re Red Hot I shot the Sheriff I Wanna Little Girl Change the World Have you ever loved a woman Badge** Wonderful Tonight Cocaine*** Layla encore: (with Robert Randolph) Sunshine of your Love/Mojo (with Robert Randolph) Nobody was announced but EC sometimes even said "Dankeschon". The two ladies were a little bit strange for HCman, from MPoV. The worst was a very bad sound management (see -*, supp. pedal caused by the otherwise fine sliding Doyle) EC soloed sparse but excellent, supported and accompanied by Doyle who esp. on Layla resembled Duane Alman! This from my point of view is the reason for his being part of the show and all the fine 34 years old titles played in dear remeberance! See you all lateron, Fred (Antverp, Cologne, Glasgow) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040405/256f0fcc/attachment-0001.htm From peter_dennis_blandford_townshend at hotmail.com Mon Apr 5 12:14:58 2004 From: peter_dennis_blandford_townshend at hotmail.com (An English Boy) Date: Mon Apr 5 12:15:01 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] This disc is a true dud Message-ID: From: "Robert F. Green" Its time to dump his entire band and start playing with people that put emotion into what they are doing.  === It's been time for Clapton to do this since the demise of Cream, Blind Faith, or at the latest, Derek and the Dominos. His Yuppie, play by the numbers, emotionless, non-sweating hired-hands as supporting musicians have made for some pretty sad moments over the last 30+ years. Dis the lot, join or form a band, and get on with it, Eric. This LP is a disgrace and embarrassment, and _does NOTHING_ to promote Robert Johnson's legacy, maybe even hinders it. White Bread fodder at its worst. Lew~ _________________________________________________________________ Limited-time offer: Fast, reliable MSN 9 Dial-up Internet access FREE for 2 months! http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup&pgmarket=en-us&ST=1/go/onm00200361ave/direct/01/ From fred.frome at koeln.de Mon Apr 5 12:59:12 2004 From: fred.frome at koeln.de (Fred Frome Lptp) Date: Mon Apr 5 13:02:06 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] spare tx Antverp/Glasgow Message-ID: <015101c41b2f$5b664b60$1530a8c0@FOFROMELaptop> Friends, for some family reason I have left four tickets, namely: 2 for Antverp at 9th Apr., in block 132, row 32, presale value 51,50 Euro each and 2 for Glasgow?s SECC at 26th Apr. block BB, row AA, presale value 43,85 GBP each if interested pls mail directly or to business address (see addressees). I will be all Good Friday together with my brother in Antwerp so direct xchange possible. Same for Scotland, my wife and I will be on holiday 16th-24rd Apr. (Kerry to Dublin) and 23rd to 27th (Edinburgh to Glasgow) So I even would agree for exchange 2 Glasgow tx with 2 Dublin tx, too! (hope my wife would appreciate) Fred&Gisela Frome Cologn, mobil +49-175 72 15 906 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040405/20e3d53c/attachment.htm From mat at thinkopensource.com Mon Apr 5 13:19:57 2004 From: mat at thinkopensource.com (Mathew Jones) Date: Mon Apr 5 13:19:56 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] 30 city tour tshirt In-Reply-To: <20040405153119.90E2D8C3DA@six.pairlist.net> References: <20040405153119.90E2D8C3DA@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <4071953D.8080704@thinkopensource.com> > sf Interesting to see San Francisco in the list, considering we dont have a large indoor arena in the city. The only real suitable place would be Pac Bell Park, but this is an outdoor venue. While i would love to see clapton play here, you cant really rely on good old SF weather. Any thoughts on this from other slowhanders? Mat From gwornex at yahoo.com Mon Apr 5 13:50:01 2004 From: gwornex at yahoo.com (Greg W) Date: Mon Apr 5 13:50:04 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] re: Cream first us tour cd Message-ID: <20040405175001.2369.qmail@web12504.mail.yahoo.com> The Cream CD 'first US tour' is ALL interview's with the band and contains no music as I understand it, unfortunately. g.w. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ From claptofan at yahoo.com Mon Apr 5 14:44:58 2004 From: claptofan at yahoo.com (Claptofan) Date: Mon Apr 5 14:45:11 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] 11-26-2003 Message-ID: <20040405184458.46438.qmail@web41110.mail.yahoo.com> i can send out 5 copies of the 2 disc set to the first 5 posters. however, i will not be able to get the discs out for 2-3 weeks as i am currnetly working on a horrific schedule. eric epstein __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ From slowhandnj at comcast.net Mon Apr 5 15:51:19 2004 From: slowhandnj at comcast.net (ToeKneeF) Date: Mon Apr 5 15:52:22 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Crickets CD Info Message-ID: <4071B8B7.3090309@comcast.net> Barry, Thank you for providing the Cricket's link. I had seen the discussion regarding the Crickets CD but was prepared to dismiss it as a reissue of the previous (forgettable) work EC did with the Crickets. "Rocking 50's Rock "N' Roll" and "That'll Be the Day" were not particularly stellar examples of EC's session contributions. But when I went to the web site, it mentioned that the EC collaboration was a recently recorded version of.......a legendary 'lost' Crickets song "Someone, Someone" that features a brilliant performance by Eric Clapton........now I have something to look forward to!! -- "We trained hard; but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization"..............Petronis Arbiter, 210 B.C. From jsets at adelphia.net Mon Apr 5 19:16:05 2004 From: jsets at adelphia.net (JSETS) Date: Mon Apr 5 19:27:39 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] re:This disc is a true dud Message-ID: <20040405231526.SERT21898.mta11.adelphia.net@pcroom> Everybody is entitled to there opinion and I am not going to attack yours. Although Me And Mr. Johnson doesn't have the fire and attack as From The Cradle. It is still a good album although it does come across very country blues at times. So I got out my very old Rolling Stone record guide from the early eighties and the reviewer gave Robert Johnson original lp 5 stars and also called him one of the greatest country blues artists ever (not an exact quote). So I think the album was done out of Respect for Robert Johnson songs and Eric was trying to be true to the songs(People should always remember that jamming to the blues was a White boy( Led Zeppelin and such) invention it wasn't apart of most of the original blues music).And I would think it would be hard to arrange some of the songs in a band format without losing the original feel of Robert's songs, to me would be very hard to re-do because so much of his lyrics contained slang phrases that the casual listener wouldn't understand or care to. So this will not be nowhere near as popular as From The Cradle. The main problem with Me And Mr. Johnson is the production. From The Cradle was done live in the studio with very little overdubs. Eric needs to lose protools and Simon Climie ( Sorry Simon). His production is much too slick for a blues album and Protools doesn't need to be used on a Blues album(Is there anymore producers left from The Tom Dowd school of producing). I would rather take the Neil Young approach to making an album to quote one of his album titles "Ragged Glory". It hurts me to add this quote from Keith Richards and I will bleep the profanity he used. This is about the new stones album. Keith has always got his jabs in on Eric. We're doing it the old-fashioned way," Jagger said, speaking from the studio where he was preparing to overdub vocals onto the first single, "Seven Year Silence", coincidentally the title of the album. "No more session musicians on guitars, no more drum machines - we've got Charlie [Watts, the Stones' longtime drummer], what machines do we need?" Legendary guitarist Keith Richards, sitting on a sofa nearby, chimed in. "We're not f*$@ing Eric Clapton - we aren't mellowing out on Robert Johnson, here. This is rock and roll, the way it's meant to be heard." Sorry for rambling on my mind James Powered by Plaxo ... Want a signature like this? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040405/a9a05c69/attachment-0001.htm From wbeggs at coriell.umdnj.edu Mon Apr 5 19:11:13 2004 From: wbeggs at coriell.umdnj.edu (wbeggs@coriell.umdnj.edu) Date: Mon Apr 5 19:30:59 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] 12-12-03 offer closed Message-ID: <1081206673.4071e79189513@webmail.coriell.org> sorry but the 12-12-03 offer is now closed. I will accomadate as many of you as I can. If you do not recieve an email from me you did not get it. Bill B ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ From blues4jr at aol.com Mon Apr 5 19:57:13 2004 From: blues4jr at aol.com (blues4jr@aol.com) Date: Mon Apr 5 19:57:17 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Interesting post by Lew~ Message-ID: <4A03C460.0BC6BA01.00955D93@aol.com> Don't know where to start with this one. First of all, it is his opinion, and I guess I respect that. BUT - dump the lot of musicians in ECs band...Steve Gadd and (especially) Nathan East are very highly respected musicians in their own right. Others on Me & Mr. Johnson - Ummm, Billy Preston, Jerry Portnoy and Jim Keltner...pretty good bunch there too. Join a band??? What? Like the Stones? Think they would do an all blues CD? Let alone 2. EC is doing his thing and his band consists of some of the finest musicians in the industry. And Lew~, if you don't see the emotion in what EC is doing, you are really missing out. Oh, and by the way, I like Me & Mr. Johnson. But that's just my opinion. John Roe From gwornex at yahoo.com Mon Apr 5 20:10:57 2004 From: gwornex at yahoo.com (Greg W) Date: Mon Apr 5 20:11:00 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] interesting poster on ebay Message-ID: <20040406001057.82639.qmail@web12504.mail.yahoo.com> Saw this poster for sale on Ebay and had a good laugh. Dylan concert Feb. 13 1966 with Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac and Hendrix.....Amazing isn't it??? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3807034475&category=15196 g.w. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ From mckells at videotron.ca Mon Apr 5 21:24:11 2004 From: mckells at videotron.ca (Stephen McKellar) Date: Mon Apr 5 21:23:54 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Yokohama closed Message-ID: <407206BB.6070300@videotron.ca> I have the 5 recipients. They are Jean Yves , Dave , Brent, Lisa and Will From mark at inna.net Mon Apr 5 21:35:07 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Mon Apr 5 21:32:42 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Cover Art Requests Message-ID: <016001c41b77$65b20440$0100a8c0@littleboy> Hello All, Looking for cover art scans for the following: New Member First Appearance - March 8, 1979 - ECDR Come Back to God - July 23, 1974 - Slunky Dry Your Eyes - March 25, 2003 - Mid Valley Enjoyable Beautiful Angels - September 14, 1999 - Natural Woman Records The Real Legends - November 17, 1994 - EC Is Here Ringtrick - 1986 - Mid Valley Spiritual Tools - 12/31/97 Teenage Cancer Trust - 3/25/2003 Please mail any submissions to mailto:geetarz@geetarz.org and I will post for everyone to enjoy! Also, if anyone has photos taken at any of the recent (or past) gigs and would like to share them, I would be more than happy to add them to the photo section of the site. Cheers, Mark From deltanick at comcast.net Mon Apr 5 21:58:12 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Mon Apr 5 22:10:40 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: interesting poster on ebay Message-ID: <00c801c41b7a$9e407140$78263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> >> Saw this poster for sale on Ebay and had a good laugh. Dylan concert Feb. 13 1966 with Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac and Hendrix.....Amazing isn't it??? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3807034475&category=15196 << Very interesting indeed. Led Zeppelin was still 2 years away, Clapton was in John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers, Fleetwood Mac was still over a year away, And Jimi Hendrix had not yet been "discovered. Plus, I do not believe that Dylan was in England during Febraury 1966. DeltaNick From rtcb at comcast.net Mon Apr 5 22:02:34 2004 From: rtcb at comcast.net (Richard Batty) Date: Mon Apr 5 22:11:09 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Me and Mr. Johnson - what might have been Message-ID: The discussion of ?Me and Mr. Johnson? is an interesting one. EC has immense reverence for RJ?s music. As much as he respects his other blues influences, he doesn?t speak about them in the same way that he speaks about RJ. I remember a quote where EC said he thought The Band, at the time of ?Music from Big Pink? was the direction he wanted to take the blues. So it is probably no surprise that he approached this latest endeavor as he did. What is still surprising to me, however, is how much was added to the original versions on ?From the Cradle?. Maybe this is why some people feel disappointed in ?Me and Mr. Johnson?. I like ?Me and Mr. Johnson? and respect EC?s approach to RJ?s music. But given what he did to ?Crossroads Blues? with Cream?s version of ?Crossroads? , it would have been interesting to see what he would have done back in the Cream days with the whole RJ catalogue. Richard -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040405/b1590c88/attachment.htm From timshipp at hotmail.com Mon Apr 5 22:02:51 2004 From: timshipp at hotmail.com (tim shipp) Date: Mon Apr 5 22:11:14 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton/Johnson/Lyrics/Chicago Sun Times Message-ID: While I enjoy parts of "Me and Mr. Johnson", I do agree that it falls far short of what I'd hoped for. Clapton alone with an acoustic guitar (pick-ups or no) playing these songs without slick production values would have been fantastic. He could have added his own personal touches in this format and made it his own unique tribute in that manner. I have been fascinated with the entire Robert Johnson story for many years...not the "sold my soul to the devil" and "hey, where is THE crossroads" B.S." so many folks can't get past. In that time, I've devoured everything written and I've spoken at some length with Honeyboy Edwards (who was with RJ when he was poisoned), and have gotten to know Steve Lavere. Over many years I've researched delta sites from the Abbey and Leatherman Plantation in Robinsonville,(back before the casino's) Friars Point, Drew, Dockery's, Rosedale, Clarksdale and Stovalls, Tutweiler and Hazelhurst to Tush Hog's Star of the West Plantation, Baptist Town, and the three grave sites around Greenwood. Steve Lavere is probably the foremost Robert Johnson researcher active today. Mack McCormick is oftentimes cited as the mystical answer to every mysterious Robert Johnson question, and some of his research was the basis for Guralnick's "Searching for Robert Johnson" outline. For years, McCormick teased us with promises of "Biography of a Phantom", which was to answer all the questions. Sadly, nothing's ever been published, and McCormick, who lives a reclusive life suffering from bouts of manic depression, says the project is dead...he has no interest in finishing the work. The true research in the last 15-20 years has been done by Steve Lavere. Steve is the individual who found Rosie Eskridge, the 90+ year old lady who was present at Robert Johnson's burial. (the Chicago Sun Times article so far is full of inacuracies...a somewhat juvenile attempt to rehash what MANY others have already documented ad nauseum.) Steve Lavere was one of the producers of the Columbia Box set, and he is the individual who found some of Johnson's last known relatives and made them wealthy with the publishing rights to the music. He is the one who found and now owns the known photographs of Robert Johnson (one more exists...but it's a long story), and some of Johnsons only known artifacts/possessions. Steve has interviewed and documented 60+ actual friends and relatives of RJ...including finding Willie Mae Powell (Love In Vain). Lavere has spent major portions of his life pursuing the Robert Johnson story. He wrote the Columbia box liner notes and transcribed the lyrics. I write all of this to preface something concerning the lyrics of Johnson's songs. One day, I sat down with Lavere and listened to the previously unpublished alternate take of Traveling Riverside Blues. As we listened to the song, at every slight difference, every change of tone and inflection in Johnson's voice...every subtle difference, we would immediately recognise it and glance at each other and make note of the differences. When you listen to the tunes hundreds and hundereds of times, they become automatic parts of your sub-conscious.....you don't even have to think about them....they're automatic. One thing I find troubling in "Me and Mr. Johnson" are the instances in which Clapton either changes or simply doesn't understand some of the lyrics.....changes like leaves "spinning" on the trees and "street" rider as I hear them...to name a couple, make me pause. I fully understand that many bluesmen changed, made up, interchanged lyrics...they had to be creative when playing a 15-20 minute run in a Jook House on a Saturday night...but for Clapton to claim Johnsons music as "his oldest friend" and the original lyrics not to be a sub conscious, almost automatic thought process distracts me as I listen to "Me and Mr..." _________________________________________________________________ Free up your inbox with MSN Hotmail Extra Storage! Multiple plans available. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=hotmail/es2&ST=1/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/ From klaassen at coastweb.de Tue Apr 6 02:20:31 2004 From: klaassen at coastweb.de (Gerd Klaassen) Date: Tue Apr 6 02:24:47 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] MAMJ Message-ID: <40724C2F.8030409@coastweb.de> "Eric needs to lose protools and Simon Climie ( Sorry Simon)." Exactly. After hearing EC playing the acoustic slide version of Ramblin' from a boot I thought this must be a great album. But it is lame and overproduced. I planned a web page like I've done for his other great ones, but now I decided to stop it. Since Climie startet producing EC there was in my opinion no good album, including the BB King one, sorry. /Gerd http://www.12bar.de From Kay.B.Chandler at jci.com Tue Apr 6 02:27:57 2004 From: Kay.B.Chandler at jci.com (Kay.B.Chandler@jci.com) Date: Tue Apr 6 02:28:44 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Kay B Chandler/CORP/Johnson_Controls is out of the office. Message-ID: I will be out of the office starting 04/06/2004 and will not return until 04/30/2004. From jerome.vuibert at fleximage.fr Tue Apr 6 03:13:32 2004 From: jerome.vuibert at fleximage.fr (=?iso-8859-1?Q?J=E9r=F4me_Vuibert?=) Date: Tue Apr 6 03:13:33 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC here and there Message-ID: <002601c41ba6$ab2a8c70$ca40b80a@WKSADSL11> Hello Slowhanders. As EC will be on stage tonight in Paris, I have noticed his presence in different places the last days. 1. Metro Metro is a free newspaper distributed in the parisian undergrounds. An article about M&MJ has been published. I have reproduced it there (in french only) : http://www.clapton-online.com/clapton/albums/ec77.html 2. Hair I have seen last week in paris the musical comedy Hair (the one remastered by David Gilmour). During the Hair song, a video is displayed on the back of the stage showing artist with long hair. And there is Eric among them. But no the hairier picture i know from him. 3. 20 minutes Another free newspaper distributed in the parisian undergrounds. But htis time, it is for a commercial about the last french biography about God. 4. In which hotel in Paris is ? I won't tell you but find a "greek" hotel near the Champs Elys?e, and you will find him till tomorrow. Jerome www.clapton-online.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040406/91992bcc/attachment.htm From turbineltd at btconnect.com Tue Apr 6 03:17:40 2004 From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills) Date: Tue Apr 6 03:18:01 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] DN's April Fool's Joke Message-ID: <000f01c41ba7$3fe3ab30$0100a8c0@dellws410> I hear that Robert Johnson was touted to appear at that concert Nick. You really ought to get out more! John From turbineltd at btconnect.com Tue Apr 6 03:21:06 2004 From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills) Date: Tue Apr 6 03:20:11 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] I really should read the whole digest first!!!!! Message-ID: <001501c41ba7$ba24d180$0100a8c0@dellws410> Sorry Nick, I should have directed my comments towards GW. John From ChucklesIV at aol.com Tue Apr 6 03:28:09 2004 From: ChucklesIV at aol.com (ChucklesIV@aol.com) Date: Tue Apr 6 03:44:10 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] over produced? Message-ID: <96.795fa35.2da3b609@aol.com> Clapton overproduced NOW??? remember AUGUST !?! The new album rocks, the band is FANTASTIC. take it from someone who saw them all on the front row in New Orleans in 2001. Doyle, Billy, Andy, Nathan, Steve...SHOW ME A BETTER GROUP?! Clapton is in top form on tour, with a great new album of blues and an original effort on the way. He's off of drugs and drink, still making GREAT music for all of us to enjoy. He is still giving his 110% and is a role model to all of us. ...and for all those who doubt... he is STILL the BEST GUITARIST alive... So Stop Complaining! at 59, the man still has it. God bless ya, Eric! Bill in New Orleans -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040406/3618dd92/attachment.htm From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Tue Apr 6 03:34:25 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Tue Apr 6 03:44:16 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Crickets CD Info Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C73@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Looks to me like a very craftily worded statement. "Recently" in this case may very well be March 2000, after all, Greg Landanyi was the producer of that session of 3 EC tribute songs tribute to Buddy Holly. Also, why is the song "lost", I'm sure it was covered by the Everly Brothers or Cliff Richard or the Kingston Trio (or someone of their ilk) in their time. Of the 3 tracks, from the 2000 session, only "Someone Someone" sounded like a song, albeit with Eric and his smooth, but subdued solo. The other two ("Maybe Baby" and "Peggy Sue") were a production mess. -----Original Message----- From: ToeKneeF [mailto:slowhandnj@comcast.net] Sent: 05 April 2004 21:51 To: fischfry@optonline.net; Slowhand List Subject: [Slowhand] Crickets CD Info Barry, Thank you for providing the Cricket's link. I had seen the discussion regarding the Crickets CD but was prepared to dismiss it as a reissue of the previous (forgettable) work EC did with the Crickets. "Rocking 50's Rock "N' Roll" and "That'll Be the Day" were not particularly stellar examples of EC's session contributions. But when I went to the web site, it mentioned that the EC collaboration was a recently recorded version of.......a legendary 'lost' Crickets song "Someone, Someone" that features a brilliant performance by Eric Clapton........now I have something to look forward to!! NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From cbird at ihug.com.au Tue Apr 6 03:36:00 2004 From: cbird at ihug.com.au (Carey Bird) Date: Tue Apr 6 03:44:21 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re MAMJ References: <20040406062454.EEB898C9E7@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <000901c41ba9$cf8db490$488cadcb@birdies> Gerd Klaasen wrote: "I planned a web page like I've done for his other great ones, but now I decided to stop it." Hey Gerd, as an aspiring guitarist and huge EC fan, your website is one of the best around. On behalf of many, many thanks for all your efforts. But I'm a bit surprised that you dont like M&MJ (or RWTK - but that's another topic). While I respect your opinion, I think there's some great blues guitar playing on M&MJ. Yes, its not up front with extended solos, but there's some tasty fills and licks on these tracks. For a beginner like me, its actually easier to try and copy/master some of these single position fills instead of extended solos that jump all over the fingerboard. While it may not be your favourite EC disk, I really hope you re-consider your decision not to do a page based on it. I think you could get some really interesting "beginners" licks out of it. Anyways, best to you and thanks again for your site. Carey Bird From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Tue Apr 6 03:42:56 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Tue Apr 6 03:44:26 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] re:This disc is a true dud Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C74@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Richards is probably still upset that he wasn't even able to cut baby teeth on "Cocaine" and "Layla" at the Ritz back in November 1986. Eric also pitched up at Stones' concerts in 1989 and blew everyone off stage. Who needs Cream when Eric's in the house! _____ From: JSETS [mailto:jsets@adelphia.net] Sent: 06 April 2004 01:16 To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Subject: [Slowhand] re:This disc is a true dud *snip* Legendary guitarist Keith Richards, sitting on a sofa nearby, chimed in. "We're not f*$@ing Eric Clapton - we aren't mellowing out on Robert Johnson, here. This is rock and roll, the way it's meant to be heard." Sorry for rambling on my mind James Powered by Plaxo ... Want a signature like this? NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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So I?ve cut and pasted bits and pieces from Yardbirds, Powerhouse, Mayall, Blind Faith, Dominos all over this new release and IT?S GREAT! Mind you it has now become a three disc set, but I ain?t bored. He plays it now exactly as I want. Hell I?m never going to buy another Clapton release ever again. I can?t trust him to make the record I want. Tone --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.618 / Virus Database: 397 - Release Date: 9/03/2004 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040406/2e602342/attachment.htm From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Tue Apr 6 04:33:44 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Tue Apr 6 04:33:48 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Eric - Mathematically Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C75@sunwex01.arivia.kom> What makes someone like Eric perform at 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they would like to see him give more than 100%? We have all seen those posts where someone says he gave more than 100% in the good old days. Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer why he has changed. It even suggests a solution: If: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z is represented as: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Then... H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K for Eric is 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98% and K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E of his music is 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96% But... A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E to his craft is 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100% Although... B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T is 2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103% And... look how far Eric giving in to our demands will get him... A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G = 1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 127% So, we can then conclude, with mathematical certainty, that while hard work and knowledge will get Eric close to perfection, and attitude will get him there, it'll take bullshit and ass kissing to get him over the top. Perhaps this is what he really gave up on - way back. NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Tue Apr 6 04:44:42 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Tue Apr 6 04:44:48 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Me & Mr J Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C76@sunwex01.arivia.kom> On Friday I loaned 3 discs to a colleague at work for the weekend. She is not a Clapton fan, as such, but enjoys Blues and Indian music. The discs were: (i.) Beano, (ii.) LAOALS & (iii.) Me and Mr Johnson. The results: Beano: Enjoyed. Layla & ....: Did not like it. M&MJ: Very good, listened to it most of the weekend. Well, I had a lot of negative things to say about the album over a week ago, because it did not live up to my expectations. But I have to admit I missed it over the weekend. I listened to it with love and appreciation last night. Hope he performs "Stop Breakin' Down Blues" in concert soon. It's a fun number. NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040406/488d7753/attachment.htm From desosa at fiat.com Tue Apr 6 05:27:15 2004 From: desosa at fiat.com (FERNANDEZ de SOSA Juan Manuel) Date: Tue Apr 6 05:25:42 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] M&MJ Message-ID: <6754CD43E415D411B32E00508B6D28D202E0C046@ex1madntd01.its.it> Bill wrote: "Clapton overproduced NOW??? remember AUGUST !?! The new album rocks, the band is FANTASTIC. take it from someone who saw them all on the front row in New Orleans in 2001. Doyle, Billy, Andy, Nathan, Steve...SHOW ME A BETTER GROUP?! Clapton is in top form on tour, with a great new album of blues and an original effort on the way. He's off of drugs and drink, still making GREAT music for all of us to enjoy. He is still giving his 110% and is a role model to all of us. ...and for all those who doubt... he is STILL the BEST GUITARIST alive... So Stop Complaining! at 59, the man still has it. God bless ya, Eric! Bill in New Orleans" Thanks Bill, I thought I was the only one enjoying the new EC album. I don't know if there's passion on it or not, I only know that the music is good and that, as homage to Robert Johnson, is very well done. And agree with what you say about the quality of the musicians that have recorded with him. What are you looking for, guys? Cream quit many years ago, and Clapton is 59 years old! I like so much what EC is doing now and can't imagine why you are so critic with this album, for me is pure Robert Johnson blues made by one of the bests in the 21st Century. I was really surprised by the overproduced Pilgrim, although the same songs sounded much better live (being my favourites River of Tears, Going Down Slow and She's Gone), but this is not the case. I hope Eric will do another album with new songs written by him but, in the meanwhile, enjoy Me and Mr. Johnson. Come on Eric, keep on the good work! (Sorry for my poor English) Juanma (from Spain) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C77@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Tone, you've made a slight mistake (quite understandable because CoolEdit is not ProTools) - you left out repetitions of "Cat's Squirrel" on each track - to give it the Cream's final tour feeling. _____ From: Shanahan [mailto:mowdamowda@hotmail.com] Sent: 06 April 2004 10:17 To: Slowhand Subject: [Slowhand] Boring M&MJ, bored! board! bawd! Now this may not be helpful for all who dislike M&MJ, BUT, it works fine for me. I can't stand the fact that Eric only fluffed up "Love in Vain" just a little. What I've done (with the help of Cooledit) to rectify this is a slight insertion. Just after he sings "to the station" the first time, I've slotted in 14 minutes of the instrumental jam from "Spoonful" live at Winterland. This was so successful that I overdubbed Page's great guitar work from Zep's 'Travelling Riverside Blues' over Erics. It didn't quite work so I added an additional 10 minutes from Bonzo's 'Moby Dick' and hoowee did that work a treat. So I've cut and pasted bits and pieces from Yardbirds, Powerhouse, Mayall, Blind Faith, Dominos all over this new release and IT"S GREAT! Mind you it has now become a three disc set, but I ain't bored. He plays it now exactly as I want. Hell I'm never going to buy another Clapton release ever again. I can't trust him to make the record I want. Tone NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Dylan concert >>> Feb. > 13 1966 with Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac and > Hendrix.....Amazing isn't > it??? > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? > ViewItem&item=3807034475&category=15196 > << > > Very interesting indeed. > > Led Zeppelin was still 2 years away, > > Clapton was in John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers, > > Fleetwood Mac was still over a year away, > > And Jimi Hendrix had not yet been "discovered. > > Plus, I do not believe that Dylan was in England during Febraury 1966. > > DeltaNick From alynn at centurytel.net Tue Apr 6 07:17:25 2004 From: alynn at centurytel.net (ALL) Date: Tue Apr 6 07:15:47 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Current Musicians Message-ID: <008301c41bc8$bebec900$85681d45@annalynn> Would much rather see him get rid of Andy Fairweather Low. Steve Gad is one of the best drum players there are, Eric Talks about how well Nathan East can harmonize to anything and Billy Preston is the best piano players that I have seen playing with him. Just my opinion....everyone has one. AL Don't know where to start with this one. First of all, it is his opinion, and I guess I respect that. BUT - dump the lot of musicians in ECs band...Steve Gadd and (especially) Nathan East are very highly respected musicians in their own right. Others on Me & Mr. Johnson - Ummm, Billy Preston, Jerry Portnoy and Jim Keltner...pretty good bunch there too. Join a band??? What? Like the Stones? Think they would do an all blues CD? Let alone 2. EC is doing his thing and his band consists of some of the finest musicians in the industry. And Lew~, if you don't see the emotion in what EC is doing, you are really missing out. Oh, and by the way, I like Me & Mr. Johnson. But that's just my opinion. John Roe blues4jr@aol.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040406/590426ef/attachment.htm From roante04 at yahoo.co.uk Tue Apr 6 09:06:33 2004 From: roante04 at yahoo.co.uk (=?iso-8859-1?q?a=20linden?=) Date: Tue Apr 6 09:06:35 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Me and Mr. Johnson over produced?? Message-ID: <20040406130633.72281.qmail@web25001.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Hi all, Among all the usual complaints about Simon Climie and his production, I'd like to disagree. I enjoy listening to music, that's produced up to todays standards and I think Simon has done a great job on all albums he's been involved with Eric. I think Riding with the King was one of the best sounding albums ever by anyone. Me and Mr. Johnson is rockier, but the sound still has the same warmth. EC's current band is the best there is and it's always great to hear master musicians, who don't need to prove anything, they just play the right notes in the right places. I think this kind of musicianship is what EC has been striving for over 30 years and it's great he has stayed on this track, although he's been getting much abuse for this. I'd like to thank EC once again for a great musical experience. Hope to see more of it on 16th of April. Keep on Growing Ande ____________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html From ddell at socal.rr.com Tue Apr 6 10:03:59 2004 From: ddell at socal.rr.com (Dave Dell) Date: Tue Apr 6 10:04:04 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] M&MJ Message-ID: <012701c41be0$028fcfa0$2802a8c0@dave> I like the new album now a lot better than I did at first listen. As I said before I thought this was going to be a more guiitar oriented offering, but alas it's not. So, I just take it for what it is, some very well done interpretations of these songs. I do like the solos on Queen of Spades & Kindhearted Woman...not electrifying like we all know Eric is capable of, but very nice work. Dave From bluez4u2 at yahoo.com Tue Apr 6 10:10:07 2004 From: bluez4u2 at yahoo.com (Robert) Date: Tue Apr 6 10:10:09 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 129 In-Reply-To: <20040406092547.7BA4D8C6B2@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <20040406141007.26967.qmail@web13805.mail.yahoo.com> I got the M&MJ cd yesterday and found it to be pretty good. I guess because I've been listening to Robert Johnson for a few years and knew the songs. I found Eric's versions of them to be a refreshing new take on them. I'm also a big fan of Doyle Bramhall II so that is also part of the reason for liking the CD. Incidentally, Eric is featured in the new Guitar Player magazine due in stores soon. I subscribe so I got mine in the mail a couple of days ago. In the interview he says that he already has another album in the can. It has some originals in it and Doyle also played on it. He also is asked about the critisizm he gets for not playing guitar. He says he's gotten used to it. Other cool revelations on there too. Look for it. --- slowhand-request@planet-torque.com wrote: > Thanks Bill, I thought I was the only one enjoying the > new EC album. I don't > know if there's passion on it or not, I only know that > the music is good and > that, as homage to Robert Johnson, is very well done. And > agree with what > you say about the quality of the musicians that have > recorded with him. What > are you looking for, guys? Cream quit many years ago, and > Clapton is 59 > years old! I like so much what EC is doing now and can't > imagine why you are > so critic with this album, for me is pure Robert Johnson > blues made by one > of the bests in the 21st Century. I was really surprised > by the overproduced > Pilgrim, although the same songs sounded much better live > (being my > favourites River of Tears, Going Down Slow and She's > Gone), but this is not > the case. I hope Eric will do another album with new > songs written by him > but, in the meanwhile, enjoy Me and Mr. Johnson. > > Come on Eric, keep on the good work! > > (Sorry for my poor English) > > Juanma (from Spain) ===== Emin Boztepe Martial Arts-Austin Metro area Wing Tzun (Wing Chun) Kung Fu Bruce Lee's original art http://www.awtk.us (512) 970-8392 Vote! From ddell at socal.rr.com Tue Apr 6 10:14:57 2004 From: ddell at socal.rr.com (Dave Dell) Date: Tue Apr 6 10:15:01 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] ODB Message-ID: <019e01c41be1$8a680180$2802a8c0@dave> April 6, 2004 Valley Of The Shadow Read: Psalm 23 Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me. -Psalm 23:4 Bible In One Year: 1 Samuel 4-6; Luke 9:1-17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Darkness upon darkness. Sorrow upon sorrow. Pain upon pain. Anguish upon anguish. That's death. Death is a fearful visitor, snatching away people who are precious to us and leaving us behind to mourn, grieve, and wonder. It blocks the light that before had shined so freely and easily on our lives. Whether we're facing the prospect of dying, or dealing with the death of a loved one, death can be devastating. It can sap our energy, change our plans, overwhelm our soul, alter our outlook, test our faith, steal our joy, and challenge our assumptions about life's purposes. When we walk through the deep valley, we feel swallowed up by the shadow and come face-to-face with fear. The frantic emptiness of our loss threatens the comfort that previously originated from our trust in God, and so we grow afraid. Afraid of our future. Afraid to enjoy life again. Yet in that valley, under that shadow, we can say to the Lord, "I will fear no evil; for You are with me" (Psalm 23:4). His loving arms never let us go. He is always with us. Slowly at first, but most assuredly, He provides comfort and release from the darkness. He gives light. He leads us out. Eventually, we escape the valley of the shadow. -Dave Branon We need not ponder death with fear, Though what's ahead we cannot see; For we who put our faith in Christ Look forward to eternity. -Sper Death separates us for a time; Christ will reunite us forever. From eric.lacroix at free.fr Tue Apr 6 10:31:39 2004 From: eric.lacroix at free.fr (Eric Lacroix) Date: Tue Apr 6 10:31:31 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] "Fourth Night Revisited" offer Message-ID: <1081261899.3056.4.camel@slowhand> Thanks to Mark, I'm able to offer 3 copies of "Fourth Night Revisited" , audience recording from 91' George Harrison Japan tour. (http://www.geetarz.org/reviews/clapton/4th-night-revisited.htm) Since I live in France, european slowhanders are prefered, but I'll send them worldwide whatever. Cheers, Eric. From smangano at solartestinglabs.com Tue Apr 6 11:06:40 2004 From: smangano at solartestinglabs.com (Sam Mangano) Date: Tue Apr 6 11:01:29 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] couple notes Message-ID: <071701c41be8$c4b538b0$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> 1. carey wrote: But I'm a bit surprised that you dont like M&MJ (or RWTK - but that's another topic). While I respect your opinion, I think there's some great blues guitar playing on M&MJ. Yes, its not up front with extended solos, but there's some tasty fills and licks on these tracks. --------------------------------------------- when i plunk money down for an EC album, i want to hear EC. Climie has buried the few solos on the album with brushed cymbals from gadd, or tooting from Portney. and there are a lot of interesting, subtle fills going on in the background by doyle and andy that are basically inaudible. loved preston's contribution, and the rhythm section of gadd/east is rock solid. the album is growing on me, but i will still listen to FTC 10 times before i would listne to MAMJ or RWTK once. BRING BACK RUSS TITELMAN (or anyone who doesnt use protools)!! thank god for live bootlegs, because the studio stuff is not cutting it for me much anymore.....god forbid when he passes on, because his noteworthy legacy will not be in evidence on many albums. and the only recent official live album is a pedestrian (compared to other live stops on the tour) OMCOMR performance from LA after being up all nite with a screaming daughter. 2. kevin wrote: Richards is probably still upset that he wasn't even able to cut baby teeth on "Cocaine" and "Layla" at the Ritz back in November 1986. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- yeah, what a dismal guest performance by him on that boot! dude has a lot of nerve opening his piehole...... out sambo8 From troublette at optonline.net Tue Apr 6 11:18:42 2004 From: troublette at optonline.net (troublette@optonline.net) Date: Tue Apr 6 11:19:34 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Simon Climie Message-ID: <1fab061fd9b7.1fd9b71fab06@optonline.net> To those who both like and dislike Climie's production - I'm left wondering if anyone has bothered to read the credits on any of the last few CDs? Climie is not the sole producer and cannot be praised or blamed for the entire package. Credits read "Co-produced by Eric Clapton and Simon Climie" - so, if you love or hate the production values, EC should be assigned 50% of the praise or blame. He's in the production booth and has input. Simon isn't doing all of the work on his own and I doubt that he holds that much sway over Eric's recorded output. If EC didn't like it, the material would not have made it onto a CD. Just my two cents....and now back to lurking. Linda From scott.graves at amsjv.com Tue Apr 6 11:25:35 2004 From: scott.graves at amsjv.com (Graves, Scott) Date: Tue Apr 6 11:21:54 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC in UK mags Message-ID: <22CE8E75BE6AD3119A9800508B0FF7E9038D2822@nmex02.nm.dsx.bae.co.uk> Just thought I'd point out that EC is featured in at least three UK mags this month:- Guitarist Guitar Magazine Uncut Guitarist features a lengthy piece on EC, Lee Dickson and his guitars. Also features a great moody portrait photo of Eric. Guitar Magazine is similar. From memory, not such a long article though. Uncut is quite superb, featuring a long interview with Eric going through his whole career. If any of you US fans are desperate to get copies, I'll try to help a couple of you out (although obviously, I won't be able to send 50 copies overseas for time reasons). Scott Graves London UK ******************************************************************** This email and any attachments are confidential to the intended recipient and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender. You should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose or distribute its contents to any other person. ******************************************************************** From eric.lacroix at free.fr Tue Apr 6 11:49:29 2004 From: eric.lacroix at free.fr (Eric Lacroix) Date: Tue Apr 6 11:49:20 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: "Fourth Night Revisited" offer Message-ID: <1081266568.1124.5.camel@slowhand> Ok, stop sending e-mails. Three copies of "Fourth Night Revisited" will be send to the USA, Netherland and South Africa. Cheers, Eric. From tracyo at CLEMSON.EDU Tue Apr 6 11:35:17 2004 From: tracyo at CLEMSON.EDU (Tracy Outlaw) Date: Tue Apr 6 12:14:26 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Me and Mr. Johnson In-Reply-To: <20040406150131.9AABE8C0CF@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20040406111421.00ba9a88@mail.clemson.edu> I LOVE the new cd. For whoever it was who only plays it while cleaning the house, read the liner note that Eric put in--about the quote from Robert Johnson. Eric isn't playing for us, he's playing for himself. I'm glad to hear it. He's given an homage to the hellhound on his trail. I love Layla and Pretending and all the old stuff. But we can't keep him in the 70s and 80s forever. What do you want him to be: Britney Spears? I personally don't. I like to hear him play to the limits. I'd buy his cd if it were his renditions of David Allen Coe and Hank Williams, Jr. tunes. I'd buy it if he did the Alphabet Song with every possible blues riff on all 14 tracks. I enjoy his music, his genius, and his talent for making everything his. Trust him. Of COURSE the thing is digitalized and amplified and all that other stuff they do in a studio. Believe you me, if the Devil gave Robert Johnson all trappings of our 2004 electronic wizardry at that crossroads, he would have taken it, used it, and we wouldn't be able to keep up. He's happy, he still kicks ass, and the cd is wonderful. Love him for the artist he is and continues to grow to be. 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Look for it in stores soon. --- slowhand-request@planet-torque.com wrote: > Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to > ATTACHMENT part 3.1 message/rfc822 > > To those who both like and dislike Climie's production - > I'm left wondering if anyone has bothered to read the > credits on any of the last few CDs? > > Climie is not the sole producer and cannot be praised or > blamed for the entire package. Credits read "Co-produced > by Eric Clapton and Simon Climie" - so, if you love or > hate the production values, EC should be assigned 50% of > the praise or blame. He's in the production booth and has > input. Simon isn't doing all of the work on his own and I > doubt that he holds that much sway over Eric's recorded > output. If EC didn't like it, the material would not have > made it onto a CD. > > Just my two cents....and now back to lurking. > Linda > ===== Emin Boztepe Martial Arts-Austin Metro area Wing Tzun (Wing Chun) Kung Fu Bruce Lee's original art http://www.awtk.us (512) 970-8392 Vote! From Cobhome at aol.com Tue Apr 6 13:58:35 2004 From: Cobhome at aol.com (Cobhome@aol.com) Date: Tue Apr 6 13:58:48 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC's Recent Work Message-ID: I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the opinions of everyone here about the new cd and EC's recent work. Just would like to add a few thoughts of my own. Ok - M&MJ is not the greatest blues recording ever made - but I am enjoying it and I .think it is a more accessible version of Johnson's music which may get people who otherwise would not listen to the original interested in his songs. And this may have been his intent. Yeah - I was hopeing for a recording that would knock my socks off and reinterpret Johnson's work in a way which gave us something new to understand about that music. While I recall the criticisms leveled against FTC - as being too imitative - that too was a cd I absolutely enjoyed and still listen to - and again I suspect that EC was attempting to honor the originals by being true to those originals - not being "imitative". Those of us on this list who are more "mature in years" migth recall that EC's work in the 70's was criticised widely cause it was too "mellow" and that his work in the 80's was criticised for being too "pop". Yet EC just went on - ignoring those criticisms - which tells me he is gonna do whatever he wants to - as long as we keep buying his cd's! As for the Clymie- protools discussion - I was amazed to read some remarks credited to EC - where he said he does not really think you should use protools and digital enhancements - but Simon likes it so he lets it go. In this sense - EC is responsible for the production of those CD's and maybe we should stop blaming Simon I am puzzled as to why he would release albums that are done in a manner that he himself says he does not approve of ?? As for EC's age - that is nonsense to think that his age prevents him from doing superior work - or giving it his all - Dylan , Neil Young are two examples of musicians in EC's age group who still do relevant and interesting work - age does not stop one from making well crafted CD's. I think Dylan has turned himself into one of our most outstanding bluesman And finally - re: the Keith remark - I saw a post on another list which said Keith did not make these remarks - that they came from a RS site where posters were sort of fantasizing about how Keith might react to the CD - Cecelia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040406/3c0da51e/attachment.htm From klaassen at coastweb.de Tue Apr 6 14:39:49 2004 From: klaassen at coastweb.de (Gerd Klaassen) Date: Tue Apr 6 14:40:00 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] MAMJ, II. Message-ID: <4072F975.60504@coastweb.de> It's nice to see so many different opinions about MAMJ and the way it was produced. I have heard the originals from RJ and yes, EC's versions have their moments and his bandmates are all quite good, but if I compare it to the RJ tunes from Unplugged or the recent Ramblin' (no big solo but breathtaking!) it sounds somehow too relaxed/unispired for me. Maybe the upcoming live shows will improve this, as they have done it with some Pilgrim songs. Finally, EC was the co-producer, that's right, but he started this job with Simon, and since then the studio albums are not my taste. Maybe EC should try another, more Blues based producer and focus more on his axe? /Gerd http://www.12bar.de (I'm doing a poll for my next project, if MAMJ wins, I'll start it.) From bjorn at xnet.is Tue Apr 6 16:14:27 2004 From: bjorn at xnet.is (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_Erlingsson?=) Date: Tue Apr 6 16:13:26 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Hiroshima Message-ID: Thanks to Lynn I can offer 5 copies of the Hiroshima show to the first five to contact me privately with full name and mailing address. Bjorn -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040406/ba393db0/attachment.htm From Garret74 at aol.com Tue Apr 6 18:39:17 2004 From: Garret74 at aol.com (Garret74@aol.com) Date: Tue Apr 6 18:39:23 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Eric's new album Message-ID: <160.2dcec649.2da48b95@aol.com> >>>>Oh, and by the way, I like Me & Mr. Johnson. But that's just my opinion.<<<< >>>Steve Gadd and (especially) Nathan East are very highly respected musicians in their own right. Others on Me & Mr. Johnson - Ummm, Billy Preston, Jerry Portnoy and Jim Keltner...pretty good bunch there too. <<< I know I know I know...It seems we've walked into the twilight zone, where most of these people want Eric to play like he did when he was with the Bluesbreakers, or Cream, or Derek, forever and ever ad infinite, and will criticize him for any moves he makes which do not fit into the milieux into which they think he must make himself fit. I certainly wouldn't criticize the band, which is first rate- maybe the best damn band I've ever heard! Now you can certainly find a lot to bitch about when you talk about the style of Pilgrim or Reptile; one can certainly take exception with the path Eric has chosen to take there. However, the playing on these albums, whether you like the style or not, is excellent. I happen to like these albums, but not nearly as much as I like Johnson- which I consider a four star album, equal if not better than Riding with The King. (although not as good as Cradle). I think Eric captures the essence of Robert Johnson in a modern interpretation- the songs are very much more upbeat and have a current, more modern style to them without losing any of the existential angst of Johnson's music....Hellbound on my Trail is especially moving to me. So, while everyone has their opinions and is entitled to them, I know from whilst your opinions come... Garret From r_laude at gmx.de Tue Apr 6 18:44:42 2004 From: r_laude at gmx.de (Robert Laude) Date: Tue Apr 6 18:44:44 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Some thougts about the "Me and Mr. Johnson" debate Message-ID: <9389.1081291482@www24.gmx.net> It's interesting to follow the ongoing debate over "Me and Mr. Johnson" and I would like to add some thoughts about that discussion and the record. I felt like many of you, when I first listened to it. I was a bit disappointed. Of course it is not that spectacular a record like "From the cradle" was. You really have to listen to the songs, otherwise they all sound the same, more or less. But it is much more relaxed and has a distinctive sound that "From the cradle" with EC's effort to copy all the different guitartones and to sing like the original artists did. But I don't listen to "From the cradle" very often, because it sounds too forced to me. I prefer live recordings of that tour and even there I always skip the Chicago Blues section with those songs by Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf and Jimmy Rodgers. They add nothing to the originals. And the 1993 blues concerts were much better that "FTC" and that tour anyway. But that is another story After a closer listen to "Me and Mr. Johnson" I thought: Well, EC has probably recorded a record that is more a tribute to the sound of the Chess records than to Robert Johnson. I don't know why, it kind of remembers me of let's say "Muddy Waters sings Big Bill Broonzy / Folk singer". It's the wonderful warm sound and the discipline not to play those long solos we all whish for. But to come back to the discussion here on the digests. It sounds like a lot of people here are still waiting that EC releases a real GREAT album. Like "Layla", "461 Ocean Boulevard" or maybe even "Unplugged". An album like Dylan's "Time out of mind" or Neil Young's "Ragged glory" and "Sleeps with angels". Records that sound interesting, disturbing, challenging, records that bring new life to the career, record which critics rave about. EC needs such a record very much in my opinion (and also the Stones. Who listens to "Bridges to Babylon" or the one before. So Keith can shut up ). But I have given up hoping that he will release such an album. He just isn't an artist like Dylan or Young when it comes to songwriting and I am convinced a GREAT record can never be one of cover versions. It's about the songs, not the guitarplaying. That doesn't mean that I don't like his music anymore, I just have decided for myself that I can't ignore his output from the last decade or so and what he says in interviews. And that, and not my dreams, is all I can base my judgement on. He doesn't want to be the guitar hero. OK, so why should I wait for him to play like in 1967 or 1974 again? He isn't a good songwriter. OK, so why should I wait that he writes songs like Dylan or Young? I take him for what he is now. Someone who is big into pop tunes and occasionally brings out blues records that (always) lack that certain fire. But still I love his music more than anyone else's. In a recent interview he was asked what he thinks his legacy will be. And he said something like to bring people to listen to the blues who otherwise wouldn't. That says it all to me and with that in mind I can make sense of his blues records. And he probably is very successful in that. I wouldn't be a bluesfan, I probably wouldn't be fan of any of the music I love, if I hadn't loved his music first. What I'm trying to say is that you shouldn't expect records of EC that he cannot or don't want to deliver. I mean just listen to all the record he did after "Layla" and you know what to expect and what not to expect. Relax and enjoy the music he plays now because there is no other. Robert PS: What sucks most about "Me and Mr. Johnson" is the damn copy protection and that it can't be played with a normal media player. My computer always breaks down completely when I listen to it. If all the huge record companies would go bankrup in the next two years I wouldn't mind really. PPS: Dear Dave Dell, stop your missionaring mails. I am sure there are lots of other digests in the net where it is appropiate, but not here. At least that's what I think. Thank you Robert -- NEU : GMX Internet.FreeDSL Ab sofort DSL-Tarif ohne Grundgeb?hr: http://www.gmx.net/info From TigerPurr1 at aol.com Tue Apr 6 19:47:13 2004 From: TigerPurr1 at aol.com (TigerPurr1@aol.com) Date: Tue Apr 6 19:47:17 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Keith's Remark Message-ID: <33.46496f55.2da49b81@aol.com> In a message dated 4/6/04 6:40:39 PM, Cecelia writes: << And finally - re: the Keith remark - I saw a post on another list which said Keith did not make these remarks - that they came from a RS site where posters were sort of fantasizing about how Keith might react to the CD - >> The Keith remark about EC was from a Stones fan's April's Fool's Day joke purporting to be a current interview with Jagger, Richards, Watts and Wood who in the interview are in the studio recording a new album. Actually the statement about EC was the only thing I didn't question as seeming far fetched in the whole pseudo interview - just because it sounded like something Keith would say about one one Jagger's or Elton John's albums. Debbie Tiger "And Staples Girls are so extraaaaaavagant...I just don't have that much driiiiivvvvvvel..." - Alan, 2/12/03 From owlnut at verizon.net Tue Apr 6 20:08:57 2004 From: owlnut at verizon.net (owlnut@verizon.net) Date: Tue Apr 6 20:09:01 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 130 Message-ID: <40734699.1090705@verizon.net> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: [Slowhand] Re: interesting poster on ebay From: Gary Girolimon Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 06:22:37 -0400 To: slowhand@planet-torque.com On Apr 6, 2004, at 2:24 AM, DeltaNick wrote: You missed one: The Worcester Centrum (MA) didn't open until 1982! > >>> Saw this poster for sale on Ebay and had a good laugh. Dylan >>> concert Feb. >> > 13 1966 with Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac and > Hendrix.....Amazing isn't > it??? > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? > ViewItem&item=3807034475&category=15196 > << > > Very interesting indeed. > > Led Zeppelin was still 2 years away, > > Clapton was in John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers, > > Fleetwood Mac was still over a year away, > > And Jimi Hendrix had not yet been "discovered. > > Plus, I do not believe that Dylan was in England during Febraury 1966. > > DeltaNick On February 13, 1966, Dylan played in Norfolk, VA. Beth -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040406/1cacfec0/attachment.htm From ddell at socal.rr.com Tue Apr 6 23:35:03 2004 From: ddell at socal.rr.com (Dave Dell) Date: Tue Apr 6 23:35:07 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] SORRY! Message-ID: <00d001c41c51$50230ea0$2802a8c0@dave> Sorry everyone, the Our Daily Bread Christian post obviously wasn't meant for this list. How I got that one on here I can't imagine Again, my apologies......this isn't supposed to be a religion list unless it's in the context of EC's music. : ) Dave From roante04 at yahoo.co.uk Wed Apr 7 02:18:23 2004 From: roante04 at yahoo.co.uk (=?iso-8859-1?q?a=20linden?=) Date: Wed Apr 7 02:18:27 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Current discussion Message-ID: <20040407061823.46880.qmail@web25010.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Hi all, It?s great to have some life on this old list after months of inactivity. I agree on the whole with Garret and Robert Laude in their opinions of M&Mr.J. As for the copy protection, it's very easy to "break", just rip the audio tracks to your hard drive with for instance EAC or Nero and burn a new audio disc of these tracks. Of course this is only for private use, I hope everybody buys their official copy of this great personal tribute to Robert Johnson. The Keith Richards quote was off the mark, was it a joke or not. If you compare Clapton's output from the last 15 years to that of Rolling Stones' (or maybe anybody else) there's no comparison. EC has made great albums: Journeyman, Unplugged, From the Cradle, TDF, Pilgrim, Riding with the King, Reptile, OMCOMR, Concert for George, Me & Mr. Johnson. The Rolling Stones at the same time have tried to act as a group of teenagers, not realising they are over 60. Of the old school of superstars, only Dylan and Neil Young (and our EC) have had the courage to make music that's not trying to recreate the past glories, well IMHO anyway ;*). Eric and the band, see you on 16th of April Keep on growing (make sure you play it!!) Ande ____________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Wed Apr 7 02:58:20 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Wed Apr 7 02:58:36 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Nuances on M&MJ Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C7C@sunwex01.arivia.kom> "Milkcow's Calf Blues" starts with a throwback/salute to the Immediate All-Stars session Eric did with Jimmy Page in 1966. As with 'Riding with the King', it appears as though Doyle Bramhall has been mixed to the right and AFL to the left. NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. 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There is not even a plastic insert glued onto the cardboard to hold the disk. Rather, the disk slides into the cardboard sleeve and is impossible to remove without putting your fingers all over both surfaces. :-( At least there does not seem to be any copy protection so I can "back-up" the disk for everyday use and leave the original in the sleeve (If there is copy protection then it dont work too well...:-) I'd be interested to hear how this disk is being packaged elsewhere. Regards Carey PS I liked this disk from the first listen, and the more I hear it, the more I like it. From klaassen at coastweb.de Wed Apr 7 08:11:42 2004 From: klaassen at coastweb.de (Gerd Klaassen) Date: Wed Apr 7 08:10:41 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] More details on MAMJ Message-ID: <4073EFFE.80105@coastweb.de> Not only refusing to tour through Italy, EC (or his cover illustrator) ignored the old Roman numerals - look at track 9 (VIV instead of IX) ;) /Gerd http://www.12bar.de (update: MAMJ seems to win...) From dgkalina at sbcglobal.net Wed Apr 7 09:14:40 2004 From: dgkalina at sbcglobal.net (Dale Kalina) Date: Wed Apr 7 09:14:42 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Stone Crazy Offer Message-ID: <20040407131440.19688.qmail@web80006.mail.yahoo.com> Thanks to Kevin, I have received a copy of "Stone Crazy", the July 24 EC show from the United Center with Buddy Guy. I will send copies to the first three Slowhanders who respond to this message with a mailing address and a promise to offer copies back to the group. Dale -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040407/5b75db2f/attachment.htm From aks112778 at hotmail.com Wed Apr 7 09:23:31 2004 From: aks112778 at hotmail.com (Ken simpson) Date: Wed Apr 7 09:24:35 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Eric Clapton in Uncut Magazine Message-ID: Hello All, A poster in one of the recent digests referred to EC being on the cover and featured in this months's Uncut Magazine. I went to Borders (in the US) and they have the April issue but Pete Townshend is on the cover and there is little or no EC content. Was it the March issue that he was featured in? Or a special edition? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Ken >From: slowhand-request@planet-torque.com >Reply-To: slowhand@planet-torque.com >To: slowhand@planet-torque.com >Subject: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 134 >Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 06:32:37 -0400 (EDT) > >Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to > slowhand@planet-torque.com > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > slowhand-request@planet-torque.com > >You can reach the person managing the list at > slowhand-owner@planet-torque.com > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..." >Today's Topics: > > 1. Some thougts about the "Me and Mr. Johnson" debate (Robert Laude) > 2. Re: Keith's Remark (TigerPurr1@aol.com) > 3. Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 130 (owlnut@verizon.net) > 4. SORRY! (Dave Dell) > 5. Current discussion (a linden) > 6. Nuances on M&MJ (Kevin Wilson) > 7. 3 american concerts confirmed (J?r?me Vuibert) ><< message5.txt >> ><< message8.txt >> ><< message10.txt >> ><< message14.txt >> ><< message16.txt >> ><< message18.txt >> ><< message22.txt >> >_______________________________________________ >Slowhand mailing list >Slowhand@planet-torque.com >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand _________________________________________________________________ Persistent heartburn? Check out Digestive Health & Wellness for information and advice. http://gerd.msn.com/default.asp From wschueer at t-online.de Wed Apr 7 11:31:34 2004 From: wschueer at t-online.de (Wolfgang Schueer) Date: Wed Apr 7 11:32:04 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Dortmund Ticket Message-ID: I have one spare ticket for the Dortmund show (14 April). If interested please contact me privately. I am asking face value (65,50 EUR) plus postage. The seat is in block 116 left, row 11. Wolfgang -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040407/7122272f/attachment.htm From gaefvill at tin.it Wed Apr 7 12:16:11 2004 From: gaefvill at tin.it (Gaetano Villari) Date: Wed Apr 7 12:20:25 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] bad luck and trouble with Italy Message-ID: <4074294B.00000F.01932@ABCD-8103BC416A> Gerd, we call it "stirring a knife into the wound" :-) ... Gaetano, I Message: 2 Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 14:11:42 +0200 From: Gerd Klaassen Subject: [Slowhand] More details on MAMJ To: digest Message-ID: <4073EFFE.80105@coastweb.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Not only refusing to tour through Italy, EC (or his cover illustrator) ignored the old Roman numerals - look at track 9 (VIV instead of IX) ;) /Gerd http://www.12bar.de (update: MAMJ seems to win...) From sandwking at comcast.net Wed Apr 7 12:40:56 2004 From: sandwking at comcast.net (sandwking@comcast.net) Date: Wed Apr 7 12:41:00 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 135 Message-ID: <040720041640.11793.40742F18000D952C00002E112200751150FF98919694889B919E@comcast.net> Re: the Clapton packaging. Same here in the U.S. Perhaps its the "arty sleeve" to go with those fancy Italian suits syndrome. Too bad. The music more than makes up for this shortcoming. I'm sure that future releases of the album will probably include a jewel case (given similar releases by other artists). On another note: too bad E.C. is selling his cherry 335 from the Cream days, although it is definitely for a good cause. I hope a either a musician purchases it (so we can hear it) or it is placed in a museum (where we all can look at it). If some obscure collector purchases the guitar, it will be effectively lost. - Sam > Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to > slowhand@planet-torque.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > slowhand-request@planet-torque.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > slowhand-owner@planet-torque.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..." > Today's Topics: > > 1. M&MJ - crappy packaging & copy protection (Carey Bird) > 2. More details on MAMJ (Gerd Klaassen) > 3. Stone Crazy Offer (Dale Kalina) > 4. Eric Clapton in Uncut Magazine (Ken simpson) > 5. Dortmund Ticket (Wolfgang Schueer) > _______________________________________________ > Slowhand mailing list > Slowhand@planet-torque.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand From debby at avalonrecords.com Wed Apr 7 12:55:11 2004 From: debby at avalonrecords.com (Debby) Date: Wed Apr 7 13:03:53 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Me & Mr. Johnson Packaging Message-ID: <20040407165514.KJLY26615.mta9.adelphia.net@pikachu> Hi, Cary Bird! Yes, we have the same paper packaging here in the US. It reminds me a lot of how LP's were packaged, except you're right, there needs to be some sort of inner sleeve to protect the CD itself. I don't know the reasoning behind it, unless it's meant to be sort of retro. I personally don't mind, being ecology-minded, paper is better than plastic. I wonder if any of the paper is recycled? :-) As far as the content, I really am enjoying this CD. EC helped make me a blues fan, and I love hearing him play & sing the blues. I think it's cool that he doesn't just record what he thinks will be a top 40 hit. BTW, are any Slowhanders going to attend the Guitar Fest in Dallas? My daughter & I plan to attend Saturday and Sunday, June 5 and 6. It's going to be great! I missed seeing EC in 2001, so this will help make up for it. Hopefully I will see him in Miami, too. Blessings, all! Debby J. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040407/f43b2077/attachment.htm From dgkalina at sbcglobal.net Wed Apr 7 13:05:41 2004 From: dgkalina at sbcglobal.net (Dale Kalina) Date: Wed Apr 7 13:05:43 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Stone Crazy Offer CLOSED Message-ID: <20040407170541.77232.qmail@web80011.mail.yahoo.com> I had multiple requests within minutes of the Digest appearing. Look for Nick in Texas, Gaetano in Italy, and Gregg in Florida to re-offer this show. Dale -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040407/44d8cdd8/attachment.htm From dgkalina at sbcglobal.net Wed Apr 7 14:14:45 2004 From: dgkalina at sbcglobal.net (Dale Kalina) Date: Wed Apr 7 14:15:13 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] US TouR - ERROR Message-ID: <20040407181445.82072.qmail@web80006.mail.yahoo.com> Oops! The Ticketmaster information for the Boston Tweeter Center show in my previous post was correct. However, I was a little too eager to cut and paste the LiveDaily.com information. I was off by a few years on this one. Sorry. Dale -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040407/3dcc53ae/attachment.htm From smangano at solartestinglabs.com Wed Apr 7 14:46:58 2004 From: smangano at solartestinglabs.com (Sam Mangano) Date: Wed Apr 7 14:41:27 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] uncut mag/packaging Message-ID: <079a01c41cd0$b5967bd0$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> 1. packaging of MAMJ is the same everywhere, with cardboard only. 2. uncut mag is MAY issue, due in borders stores in a few weeks. they also carry the other UK mags that will have EC articles in the next month issues as well (guitar player, et al). out sambo8 --------------------------------------------- "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." - George Harrison From napsolo1964 at yahoo.com Wed Apr 7 15:25:34 2004 From: napsolo1964 at yahoo.com (Napoleon Solo) Date: Wed Apr 7 15:25:36 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC at RAH Saturday May 8 : ticket for sale Message-ID: <20040407192534.81076.qmail@web13004.mail.yahoo.com> I have one spare ticket for EC at the RAH on Saturday May 8. It's a Box Seat (left hand side as you look at the stage) and is for sale at its face value of 65 quid (i.e. no additional ticketbastard etc. booking fee). All sensible currencies accepted (pounds, dollars, Yen, rare EC boot CDs), but no euros (obviously). Interested folks should email me at napsolo1964@yahoo.com with the following information : 1. Full Name (always a useful starter) 2. Work Address/Landline Phone Number where I can catch them during a weekday (or intended hotel/hotel phone number for prospective visitors to London in May along with current work or home landline phone number) Tossers responding with such literary masterpieces as "Yeah mate I'll have that ticket" will be unceremoniously deleted or, if I bump into any of the bearded fraternity of computer geeks round these parts, quite possibly find themselves irretrievably subscribed to countless Star Trek discussion lists (rendering their email boxes permanently overloaded with utter drivel). I'm online again tomorrow, but to give everybody a fair crack of the whip I won't pick from responders until Thursday April 15 when I return from holiday. Pete __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ From apuraja8 at hotmail.com Wed Apr 7 15:44:46 2004 From: apuraja8 at hotmail.com (Apurva Parikh) Date: Wed Apr 7 15:44:48 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] what i'd liked to have seen in MAMJ Message-ID: Well I thought i'd chime in with my 2 cents about the album, since i've had a week or so to let it sink in. I haven't listened to it more than 3 times all the way through, its just not compelling enough to listen. Laid back production, lazy almost, no "bite", but this is alas clapton in his latter days working with a comfortable situation.. If i Had a time machine and all doing powers, I would have liked to have heard Just EC and acoustic or electric doing all the songs... no other guitarists. I know he could do it.. But option no.2... HAs anyone heard the album Buddy Guy album Sweet tea?? Very dark, production, scary at times, rough sounding, not polished, in your face live studio recording. Forgot the producers' name, I think last name was herring I think. I would have liked ot have heard him produce a couple of the tracks or the whole album to give it that scary, intimate, LOUD feel that Sweet Tea had... If you have this album you'll know what I mean.. AAP _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 From cbird at ihug.com.au Wed Apr 7 16:02:51 2004 From: cbird at ihug.com.au (Carey Bird) Date: Wed Apr 7 16:02:56 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: more details on M&MJ References: <20040407160005.86D998C141@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <002e01c41cdb$4efd86b0$4082adcb@birdies> Gerd wrote: > > EC > (or his cover illustrator) ignored the old > Roman numerals - look at track 9 (VIV instead > of IX) ;) > The notation was clearly supervised by Steve Gadd (everyone knows drummers cant count :-)) From Duncan.McKie at infinity.co.nz Wed Apr 7 16:34:46 2004 From: Duncan.McKie at infinity.co.nz (Duncan McKie) Date: Wed Apr 7 16:34:51 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] M&MJ- several things Message-ID: Was complaining to the wife about seeming lack of passion and real bite in M&MJ and she said she's not surprised. He's 59 now, happily married with children. He's beaten his addictions and would be as content as you could imagine. Thinking about it she's right. Maybe it's 10/15 years too late for EC to do a real blues album, so I listened to it again with new ears and heard it as a celebration of RJ and damn it sounds better. Still not the hard edge cutting blues we'd like to hear, but a celebration of one of last century's important figures (Much like BB Kings Louis Jordan tribute last year) and a celebration of what EC has been thru and the personal demons he has bettered. If you want to hear a more "authentic" tribute to RJ try a listen to the excelent Telark compilation "Hellhound on my trail-songs of RJ" lots of different artists, but more of keeping to the feel of RJ. Equally as good as M&MJ and also as flawed in it's own way, yet still a 5 star disc. Just my 5c Cheers'n'Beers Duncan McKie The information contained in this email is privileged and confidential and intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are asked to respect that confidentiality and not disclose, copy or make use of its contents. If received in error you are asked to destroy this email and contact the sender immediately. Your assistance is appreciated. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040408/a812dd79/attachment-0001.htm From dgkalina at sbcglobal.net Wed Apr 7 16:57:43 2004 From: dgkalina at sbcglobal.net (Dale Kalina) Date: Wed Apr 7 16:57:46 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] US Tour Ticket Sales Message-ID: <20040407205743.40681.qmail@web80009.mail.yahoo.com> For some reason, my post containing this information (plus some other misinformation that fortunately did not get posted but for which I have already apologized) did not make it to the Digest. 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URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040407/d9c52a3e/attachment.htm From roy-wirth at sbcglobal.net Wed Apr 7 16:04:42 2004 From: roy-wirth at sbcglobal.net (roy-wirth) Date: Wed Apr 7 17:00:22 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0100387FA3AD4748?brand=&artistid=768018&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1 Message-ID: <000501c41cdb$920e1af0$6401a8c0@home> Eric Clapton, Mansfield MA 7/3/04 Tickets on Sale at TicketMaster From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Wed Apr 7 17:27:32 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Wed Apr 7 17:27:44 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] M&MJ - crappy packaging & copy protection Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C80@sunwex01.arivia.kom> In South Africa it's distributed through a local supplier, Gallo Records, with the cover forming part of an 8 page booklet and in a standard jewel case. -----Original Message----- From: Carey Bird [mailto:cbird@ihug.com.au] Sent: 07 April 2004 13:59 To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Subject: [Slowhand] M&MJ - crappy packaging & copy protection I'd be interested to hear how this disk is being packaged elsewhere. NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Wed Apr 7 17:32:48 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Wed Apr 7 17:32:57 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] More details on MAMJ Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701BFA00A@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Yeah, it should have been VIVA for the great track. -----Original Message----- From: Gerd Klaassen [mailto:klaassen@coastweb.de] Sent: 07 April 2004 14:12 To: digest Subject: [Slowhand] More details on MAMJ Not only refusing to tour through Italy, EC (or his cover illustrator) ignored the old Roman numerals - look at track 9 (VIV instead of IX) ;) /Gerd http://www.12bar.de (update: MAMJ seems to win...) NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From lukelinus at yahoo.com Wed Apr 7 18:34:20 2004 From: lukelinus at yahoo.com (LukeLinus) Date: Wed Apr 7 18:34:22 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] M&MJ Packaging Message-ID: <20040407223420.36334.qmail@web21102.mail.yahoo.com> Both formats are available now in Europe. Some online retailers like amazon.de specifically indicate jewelcase or digipak. They can differ in price at the same retailer. best regards Peter / Germany last shows: Randy Newman next shows: EC ===== http://www.lukelinus.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ From owlnut at verizon.net Wed Apr 7 20:38:46 2004 From: owlnut at verizon.net (owlnut@verizon.net) Date: Wed Apr 7 20:38:53 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Eric Clapton Sets Digital Sales Record; Me And Mr. Johnson Album Also Debuts at #6 on Billboard 200 Message-ID: <40749F16.8050601@verizon.net> This is a result of a Google search: April 07, 2004 09:00 AM US Eastern Timezone Eric Clapton Sets Digital Sales Record; Me And Mr. Johnson Album Also Debuts at #6 on Billboard 200 LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 2004--Me And Mr. Johnson, Eric Clapton's brilliant tribute to the music of blues pioneer Robert Johnson, broke records when it was offered for sale at digital music stores late last month. The fourteen-song collection, produced by the artist and Simon Climie, and featuring such Robert Johnson classics as "Kind Hearted Woman Blues," "Come On In My Kitchen" and "Hell Hound On My Trail," was made available on March 23, a week before its official release at retail on such digital outlets as applemusic.com, napster.com, musicmatch.com, listen.com, buymusic.com. and liquidaudio.com, as well as the Warner Bros. Records Digital Music Store. As a result, Me And Mr. Johnson racked up more pre-sale digital orders than any other artist release in Warner Music Group history. It's a trend that continues with high demand for the album at retail outlets following its March 30th release, resulting in a debut at #6 on Billboard's Top 200 album sales chart this week. In other Eric Clapton news, the guitarist will perform a series of U.S. dates this summer with a full itinerary to be announced as available. The tour will kick off with the Crossroads Guitar Festival in Dallas on June 4, 5 and 6. Contacts The Lippin Group Ronnie Lippin Ronnie@lippingroup.com or Reprise Records Bill Bentley Bill.Bentley@wbr.com Beth -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From iampigpen at comcast.net Wed Apr 7 20:51:23 2004 From: iampigpen at comcast.net (Pat Toth) Date: Wed Apr 7 20:50:58 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton boots for trade Message-ID: <016301c41d03$9e0101b0$23e42f44@ec8x1kiczpwoih> Slowhanders I have many Clapton boots for trade and just wanted to let those interested to contact me privately for a probable trade. I am looking for shows with different boot labels so if you've traded with me in the past (and there are MANY of you out there) please contact me again with a list or web site to go to. Looking for anything from Tip-Top Condition (Cream) to Hand Jive ('74) to A Blues Evening ('90) - Clapton Is God (Montreux) to many others. Just needing some trades Thanks for the space Pat -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040407/68a3b678/attachment.htm From owlnut at verizon.net Wed Apr 7 21:03:35 2004 From: owlnut at verizon.net (owlnut@verizon.net) Date: Wed Apr 7 21:03:40 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] US concert dates Message-ID: <4074A4E7.80604@verizon.net> Another Google search - US concert dates: April 07, 2004 04:19 PM US Eastern Timezone Eric Clapton to Tour North America; Two-Month Tour Launches With Guitar Festival to Benefit Crossroads Centre and Follows Release of ``Me And Mr. Johnson'' CD LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 2004--Eric Clapton has announced a North American tour that will kick off with an extraordinary Crossroads Guitar Festival to be held in Dallas, TX, June 4, 5 and 6. Three days of music and guitar-related activities to benefit the Crossroads Centre Antigua will culminate on Sunday, June 6 with an All-Star concert at the Cotton Bowl Stadium. The concert will include performances by Eric Clapton and Doyle Bramhall II, Larry Carlton, Robert Cray, Vince Gill, Buddy Guy, David Hidalgo, Eric Johnson, B.B. King, Sonny Landreth, Brian May, John Mayer, Pat Metheny, Otis Rush, Carlos Santana, Neal Schon, Hubert Sumlin, James Taylor, Dan Tyminski, Steve Vai, Jimmie Vaughan, Joe Walsh, ZZ Top and others. On June 24, 2004, five years following Eric Clapton's record-setting guitar auction to benefit Crossroads Centre, Christie's, the New York-based auction house, will present "Crossroads Guitar Auction - Eric Clapton and Friends for the Crossroads Centre." This auction will feature more than fifty guitars personally owned by Eric Clapton, as well as guitars from musician friends including Pete Townshend and Steve Vai. Pre-sale exhibitions will take place in Dallas during the Festival (June 4-6), in Los Angeles (June 8-12) and New York (June 19-24). The proceeds of the sale will benefit the Crossroads Centre in Antigua. Eric Clapton's new album, "Me And Mr. Johnson," released on March 30, features fourteen of the twenty-nine songs written and recorded in the 1930s by Robert Johnson, the mythic Mississippi blues master. Johnson is often called the greatest blues man of all time, someone who not only inspired Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and other Chicago urban blues titans, but also the Rolling Stones, Delaney and Bonnie, and the Allman Brothers Band. "Now, after all these years, his music is like my oldest friend, always in the back of my head, and on the horizon," commented Eric. "It is the finest music I have ever heard. I have always trusted its purity, and I always will." www.ericclapton.com www.crossroadsguitarfestival.org CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVAL June 4, 5, 6 Crossroads Guitar Festival Dallas, TX CHRISTIE'S GUITAR AUCTION June 24 Christie's Auction New York, NY 2004 ERIC CLAPTON TOUR ITINERARY June 9 Ford Center Oklahoma City, OK June 11 Alltel Arena Little Rock, AR June 12 New Orleans Arena New Orleans, LA June 14 St. Petersburg Times Forum St. Petersburg, FL June 15 Office Depot Center Ft. Lauderdale, FL June 16 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL June 18 Phillips Arena Atlanta, GA June 19 Bi-Lo Center Greenville, SC June 21 MCI Center Washington, DC June 23 Pepsi Arena Albany, NY June 26 Wachovia Center Philadelphia, PA June 28 Madison Square Garden New York, NY June 29 Madison Square Garden New York, NY June 30 Madison Square Garden New York, NY July 3 Tweeter Center Mansfield, MA July 4 Tweeter Center Mansfield, MA July 7 Air Canada Centre Toronto, ON July 9 HSBC Arena Buffalo, NY July 10 Gund Arena Cleveland, OH July 12 Nationwide Arena Columbus, OH July 13 Palace of Auburn Hills Detroit, MI July 15 Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN July 17 United Center Chicago, IL July 18 Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, MN July 20 Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI July 22 Qwest Center Omaha, NE July 24 Pepsi Center Arena Denver, CO July 27 Key Arena Seattle, WA July 28 Rose Garden Arena Portland, OR July 30 HP Pavilion San Jose, CA July 31 HP Pavilion San Jose, CA August 2 Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, CA Beth -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From guitarbob at valink.com Wed Apr 7 23:15:23 2004 From: guitarbob at valink.com (guitarbob@valink.com) Date: Wed Apr 7 23:15:38 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Hotline update Message-ID: <50917.151.199.96.89.1081394123.squirrel@webmail.valink.com> No, the address hasn't changed. I've done some housekeeping, you will find new contributions scattered from the Clapton 1960's through the Clapton 2000's sections thanks to Marteng, Mungo and others. Please feel free to offer up anything you may have by uploading it so that others might be able to get it. I am still seeking 4-10-98 Chicago, April 1985 Durham NC and St Louis, MO 1994 or 1998. Thanks. From fcs at global.co.za Tue Apr 6 06:56:51 2004 From: fcs at global.co.za (Stephen M Doherty, FCS) Date: Thu Apr 8 01:05:00 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] M&MJ TYPO Message-ID: <40728CF3.55584750@global.co.za> I have a South African copy and note that the ninth track, Kind Hearted Woman Blues, is numbered with by a Roman numeral "VIV" and not "IX" as is the accepted norm. Is it unique to SA or do we have a worldwide challenge to two thousand year old culture? -- Stephen M Doherty Financial Consultancy Services & Kapiti Broker Group P.O. Box 1919 Honeydew 2040 Johannesburg. Telephone (+27-11) 793-4871. Fax (+27-11) 793-6323. Cell 082-897-5299. Email: fcs@global.co.za From gaefvill at tin.it Thu Apr 8 05:39:19 2004 From: gaefvill at tin.it (Gaetano Villari) Date: Thu Apr 8 05:43:14 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] message for Juanma Fernandez de Sosa Message-ID: <40751DC7.000006.01996@ABCD-8103BC416A> Hi, apologies for stealing bandwidth for a private message: Juanma, please send me your full mailing address. Regards Gaetano Villari From hnumata at da2.so-net.ne.jp Thu Apr 8 07:34:57 2004 From: hnumata at da2.so-net.ne.jp (Hideyuki Numata) Date: Thu Apr 8 07:35:08 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Copenhagen Ticket need !! Message-ID: <20040408133036.A9B8.HNUMATA@da2.so-net.ne.jp> Hi, Slowhanders. Does someone have extra EC's ticket at Apr.17 Copenhagen ? I'm now in Denmark on business trip. If someone have, please contact me privacy. Regards, Hideyuki Numata. -- Hideyuki Numata From apuraja8 at hotmail.com Thu Apr 8 09:50:26 2004 From: apuraja8 at hotmail.com (Apurva Parikh) Date: Thu Apr 8 09:50:28 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] best books on Clapton? Message-ID: Hello SD'ers what are the consensus best biographies/books on Eric Clapton? I know Marc Roberty has written a couple, but of all the ones out there which are the best? -Thanks AAP _________________________________________________________________ MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page – FREE download! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ From apuraja8 at hotmail.com Thu Apr 8 12:13:28 2004 From: apuraja8 at hotmail.com (Apurva Parikh) Date: Thu Apr 8 12:13:32 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] US tour dates, texan feeling gipped Message-ID: I am surprised, Eric is not coming to Texas at all beyond the Guitar Fest. Didn't the tour t-shirts list Houston, SA at least as dates? I am hoping he comes at some point, just surprised, since he's already going to be in Dallas in Beginning of June.. SO where are all the Euro tour reports? He's keeping setlists relatively same it seems, switching a blues song here and there. not shocking.. -AAP _________________________________________________________________ Get rid of annoying pop-up ads with the new MSN Toolbar – FREE! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200414ave/direct/01/ From gaefvill at tin.it Thu Apr 8 12:10:07 2004 From: gaefvill at tin.it (Gaetano Villari) Date: Thu Apr 8 12:13:44 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Yokohama artwork wanted Message-ID: <4075795F.000008.01952@ABCD-8103BC416A> Hi all, does anybody out there know where any artwork for the Yokohama November 26th show can be found and/or anyone willing to kindly provide a cover? Thanks to Mark Deavult (Mark, thanks, I hadn't thought of the most obvious possibility shame on me!) I now know that 2 different recordings are available of that evening. The one I'm referring to misses Somewhere Over The Rainbow as the encore and is listed on http://www.geetarz.org/reviews/clapton/ as "Yokohama Arena", while the other one ("Before You Change Mind") has all songs and a worse sound quality. Thanks for helping. Cheers Gaetano From jstewart at Insight.com Thu Apr 8 12:17:45 2004 From: jstewart at Insight.com (Jason Stewart) Date: Thu Apr 8 12:17:47 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] NA Tour Message-ID: Why is he not playing Phoenix. Crap! Here are Clapton's North American tour dates: June 4-6: Dallas (Crossroads Guitar Festival) June 9: Oklahoma City (Ford Center) June 11: Little Rock, Ark. (Alltel Arena) June 12: New Orleans (New Orleans Arena) June 14: St. Petersburg, Fla. (St. Pete Times Forum) June 15: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Office Depot Center) June 16: Jacksonville, Fla. (Veterans Memorial Arena) June 18: Atlanta (Phillips Arena) June 19: Greenville, S.C. (Bi-Lo Center) June 21: Washington, D.C. (MCI Center) June 23: Albany, N.Y. (Pepsi Arena) June 26: Philadelphia (Wachovia Center) June 28-30: New York (Madison Square Garden) July 3-4: Mansfield, Mass. (Tweeter Center) July 7: Toronto (Air Canada Centre) July 9: Buffalo, N.Y. (HSBC Arena) July 10: Cleveland (Gund Arena) July 12: Columbus, Ohio (Nationwide Arena) July 13: Auburn Hills, Mich. (Palace of Auburn Hills) July 15: Indianapolis (Conseco Fieldhouse) July 17: Chicago (United Center) July 18: St. Paul, Minn. (Xcel Energy Center) July 20: Milwaukee (Bradley Center) July 22: Omaha, Neb. (Qwest Center) July 24: Denver (Pepsi Center) July 27: Seattle (Key Arena) July 28: Portland, Ore. (Rose Garden Arena) July 30-31: San Jose, Calif. (HP Pavilion) Aug. 2: Los Angeles (Hollywood Bowl) From turbineltd at btconnect.com Thu Apr 8 15:04:53 2004 From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills) Date: Thu Apr 8 15:03:55 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] VCR/Direct-to-Disc Alert - The Blues Message-ID: <000901c41d9c$604c3fd0$0100a8c0@dellws410> Okay fellow limeys, it's our turn to see this collection on the Free-to-View terrestrial digital channel, BBC-4. (Have you noticed the how encrypted channels are creeping in on the so called "Free-to-View" service?) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE BLUES Thursday 15 April - Friday 28 May 2004 BBC-4 Seven illuminating films about a musical genre that has influenced everything from rock 'n' roll to hip hop. Each programme is a very personal exploration of the blues by directors including Wim Wenders and Martin Scorsese. Think of it as a musical adventure... Martin Scorsese | Mike Figgis | Clint Eastwood | Marc Levin | Richard Pearce | Charles Burnett | Wim Wenders Feel Like Going Home - Martin Scorsese Thursday 15 April 9pm-10.25pm; rpt Friday 16 April 11pm-12.25am A homage to the Delta Blues that sees musician Corey Harris travel through Mississippi and West Africa, exploring the roots of the music. Includes archive performances by Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker. Red, White & Blues - Mike Figgis Thursday 22 April 9pm-10.35pm; rpt Friday 23 April 11pm-12.35am During the 1960s the UK saw an explosion of interest in jazz and folk music that led to a cross-fertilisation with blues. At the end of the programme Figgis brings together Tom Jones, Jeff Beck, Van Morrison, and others for a session. Piano Blues - Clint Eastwood Thursday 29 April 9.30pm-11pm; rpt Friday 23 April 11.30pm-1am A series of interviews and archive performances by stars of the blues piano, made by a director who has a life-long passion for the music and plays himself. Godfathers and Sons - Marc Levin Thursday 6 May 9pm-10.30pm; rpt Friday 7 May 11.10pm-12.40am Contemporary hip hop music comes face to face with blues heritage as Chuck D and Marshall Chess travel to Chicago and make an album with veteran musicians. The Road to Memphis - Richard Pearce Thursday 13 May 9pm-10.30pm; rpt Friday 14 May 11.20pm-12.50am Musical legend BB King is celebrated in this tribute to the city that saw the emergence of a new kind of blues. Includes performances by BB King, Bobby Rush, Ike Turner and Rufus Thomas. Warming by the Devil's Fire - Charles Burnett Thursday 20 May 9pm-10.30pm; rpt Friday 21 May 11.20pm-12.50am A semi-autobiographical story infused with the atmosphere of the blues. A young boy in 1950s Mississippi is caught between sacred gospel music and the profane sounds of the blues. The Soul of a Man - Wim Wenders Thursday 27 May 9pm-10.30pm; rpt Friday 28 May 11pm-12.30am A typically adventurous film from Wim Wenders looks at the lives of three of his favourite musicians: Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson and JB Lenoir. Some of the songs are covered by musicians like Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Lou Reed. From gwornex at yahoo.com Thu Apr 8 18:06:32 2004 From: gwornex at yahoo.com (Greg W) Date: Thu Apr 8 18:06:34 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Green Arena offer Message-ID: <20040408220632.36212.qmail@web12504.mail.yahoo.com> To all Thanks to Kevin I can offer back the (2) CD recording from Green Arena Hiroshima 11/03. First 4 slowhander's who respond will get copy. Hopefully you will be offered back to the group. g.w. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ From seger001 at gold.tc.umn.edu Thu Apr 8 21:07:38 2004 From: seger001 at gold.tc.umn.edu (Pat Seger) Date: Thu Apr 8 21:00:42 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] US TOUR DATES Message-ID: Wed 06/09/04 Oklahoma City, OK The Ford Center Fri 06/11/04 North Little Rock, AR Alltel Arena Sat 06/12/04 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena Mon 06/14/04 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum Tue 06/15/04 Sunrise, FL Office Depot Center Wed 06/16/04 Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville Veterans Mem. Arena Fri 06/18/04 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena Sat 06/19/04 Greenville, SC Bi Lo Center Mon 06/21/04 Washington, DC MCI Center Wed 06/23/04 Albany, NY Pepsi Arena Sat 06/26/04 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center Mon 06/28/04 New York, NY Madison Square Garden Tue 06/29/04 New York, NY Madison Square Garden Wed 06/30/04 New York, NY Madison Square Garden Sat 07/03/04 Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center Sun 07/04/04 Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center Wed 07/07/04 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre Fri 07/09/04 Buffalo, NY HSBC Arena Sat 07/10/04 Cleveland, OH Gund Arena Mon 07/12/04 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena Tue 07/13/04 Auburn Hills, MI Palace Of Auburn Hills Thu 07/15/04 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse Sat 07/17/04 Chicago, IL United Center Sun 07/18/04 Saint Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center Tue 07/20/04 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center Thu 07/22/04 Omaha, NE Qwest Center Omaha Sat 07/24/04 Denver, CO Pepsi Center Tue 07/27/04 Seattle, WA KeyArena at Seattle Center Wed 07/28/04 Portland, OR Rose Garden Arena ---- Pat Seger seger001@gold.tc.umn.edu From lskett at optonline.net Thu Apr 8 23:24:48 2004 From: lskett at optonline.net (Lskett) Date: Thu Apr 8 23:24:53 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] PBS in the USA to air highlights from Dallas Concert Message-ID: <7486A215-89D5-11D8-837F-000A95B9669C@optonline.net> PBS website announced that it will air highlights from the Cotton Bowl Concert on their Great Performances broadcast special. PBS is the Public Broadcasting Station in the United States http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/guitargods/ GUITAR GODS This June, a spectacular gathering of blues, rock, and jazz guitar greats will perform together on one concert stage, as the culminating event of Eric Clapton's three-day Crossroads Guitar Festival in Dallas. GREAT PERFORMANCES presents highlights from the all-day concert at the Cotton Bowl featuring a once-in-a-lifetime showcase of guitar luminaries performing rock 'n' roll and blues classics. Joining Clapton will be fellow axe legends Robert Cray, Carlos Santana, Steve Vai, Jimmy Vaughan, Joe Walsh, Buddy Guy, B. B. King, Brian May, Eric Johnson, J. J. Cale, David Hidalgo of Los Lobos, Pat Metheny, Hubert Sumlin, Dan Tyminski, Larry Carlton, Otis Rush, and Doyle Bramhall II, all backed by house bands led by Clapton, Vaughan, and Booker T & The MG's. From mark at inna.net Fri Apr 9 00:36:33 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Fri Apr 9 00:34:08 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Eric Clapton Sets Digital Sales Record; Me And Mr. Johnson Album Also Debuts at #6 on Billboard 200 References: <40749F16.8050601@verizon.net> Message-ID: <027901c41dec$3cf5de10$0100a8c0@littleboy> ----- Original Message ----- From: owlnut@verizon.net To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 8:38 PM Subject: [Slowhand] Eric Clapton Sets Digital Sales Record;Me And Mr. Johnson Album Also Debuts at #6 on Billboard 200 Eric Clapton Sets Digital Sales Record; Me And Mr. Johnson Album Also Debuts at #6 on Billboard 200 LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 2004--Me And Mr. Johnson, Eric Clapton's brilliant tribute to the music of blues pioneer Robert Johnson, broke records when it was offered for sale at digital music stores late last month. ------- *snip* Now, that is scary. The only way I've ever been able to comprehend the mp3 phenomenon since sound-quality wise it's "two steps forward, and three steps back" was that the draw of course was that the mp3 dweebies didn't actually PAY for anything they downloaded. Given a choice between something free (albeit stolen) and something purchased, the choice was to take poor sound quality for the free product. But I will admit to being literally astonished that given a choice between paying for mp3, or paying for cd-quality (which is even taking back seat to SACD etc.) people would still choose to download. Is it laziness? Instant gratification? Or are they all deaf? It will be interesting to see if these online sales have any real long term impact on the CD sales, in other words is it a different group of people who wouldn't have purchased the actual CD, or are they cannibalizing sales of the retail product? Cheers, Mark From mark at inna.net Fri Apr 9 01:28:42 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Fri Apr 9 01:26:23 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] TDF: Armani Collection References: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C78@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Message-ID: <036401c41df3$867f13b0$0100a8c0@littleboy> ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Wilson To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 6:07 AM Subject: [Slowhand] TDF: Armani Collection I have the TDF: Armani Collection on CD-R. The only problem is that the tracks flow into one another and whoever copied it, somewhere down the line, has left a 2 second gap between each track, which really detracts from the music. In many ways this recording is better than Retail Therapy and I would like to distribute it further. What I'm looking for is: Someone with the patience to bind the tracks together so that they flow transparently into one another. So, I'll send the disc to the person. They fix the tracks and send a fixed version back to me. I will then offer it to 5 people with burners and it'll take off from there. Kevin, An admirable idea, and you are right on with the music. Many of us are all too quick to chastise EC for staying within his personal "safe zone" when in fact he takes some great chances sometimes. The TDF material, no matter how much you like that style of music, is certainly out of the box for EC! But may I make a suggestion. *PLEASE* do not fix and distribute this CD as-is. If you do choose to go that route, put some additional material on there, make a comp, do something else, and distribute it with seperate cover art so that it can NOT be confused with the original. After all, the *point* of digital audio was that every copy would be exactly alike. Given the complexities of the redbook audio CD format, this gets a little more difficult, but it is still do-able. But it's a certainty that any pinhead who was not even able to burn a CD without gaps certainly was not extracting the audio properly in the first place (with EAC, since that is the only way to accurately and reliably do so) and certainly not burning properly. And I won't even get into C1, C2 errors, jitter, read/write offsets, etc. Heck, I'll bet that the rocket scientist who sent you the disc also used the cheapest generic media possible and burned as fast as possible on his el cheapo POS burner he got by collecting coupons. An impassioned plea: please, folks, if you aren't going to do it right, please, don't do it at all. Like the sign says at the swimming hole "Welcome to our OOL. Please notice there is no "P" in it, and please keep it that way!". Tactics like this are polluting the trading "pool" and causing grief and headaches all around. I have been trading and working with CD-R for eight years, and have seen more problem discs in the past year than I have in all the rest of the time, combined. Why? Junk media, cheap burners, high speed burning, and people who haven't taken the time to educate themselves. And then you get into the folks who take their old cassette, dub it to CD and then say "I have a copy of such-and-such boot" when it's not, and now, through the wonders of 21st century technology, we get the added wrinkle of the goober who downloads a poorly encoded (usually at a nice low bitrate, too) mp3 file, burns it to disc and then purports to trade that "original" cd. And like the late night commercial says, "Oh, wait, there's more!!!!" At least the CD trader types usually have some general clue as to which recording they have, even if it is screwed up, but the mp3 types aren't even in the right ballpark half the time. I love it when we get those "hey I downloaded EC playing Wonderful Tonight, can anyone tell me when this was??" questions. My personal favorite mislabeling of a show? Well, those of you who have scanned my site carefully will figure it out. Anybody who trades, should take note and care about these topics, because sooner or later, it will affect you. This has been brewing for some time, and it's getting worse - a lot worse. Not every recording is perfect, and everybody makes mistakes, but there is a minimum threshold of care that should be taken with this stuff. If you don't know - ask. There are plenty of people out there will be more than happy to help. In that vein, if you would like a clean copy of the "TDF: Armani" to pass along, I will be more than happy to provide it at my own expense. Then you can put the copy you received where it belongs - in the trash! Cheers, Mark -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040409/18eabd11/attachment-0001.htm From emse_97 at yahoo.com Fri Apr 9 06:52:10 2004 From: emse_97 at yahoo.com (Ed Petry) Date: Fri Apr 9 06:52:11 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Say it one more time (was TDF: Armani Collection) In-Reply-To: <20040409052631.F14E48C2CE@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <20040409105210.52499.qmail@web60609.mail.yahoo.com> Hi Everyone, Nomally in lurk mode and will quickly return BUT THIS NEEDS TO BE SAID AGAIN. Mark is totally correct and on top of this issue. DO NOT 'FIX' and PASS ON THE BAD DISC PEOPLE. Instead, do not trade with that person again... and tell them why. Let them educate themselves so their discs are correct. Original post below. Ed -------------------------------------------------- Message: 9 Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 01:28:42 -0400 From: "Mark Deavult" Subject: Re: [Slowhand] TDF: Armani Collection To: "Kevin Wilson" ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Wilson To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 6:07 AM Subject: [Slowhand] TDF: Armani Collection I have the TDF: Armani Collection on CD-R. The only problem is that the tracks flow into one another and whoever copied it, somewhere down the line, has left a 2 second gap between each track, which really detracts from the music. In many ways this recording is better than Retail Therapy and I would like to distribute it further. What I'm looking for is: Someone with the patience to bind the tracks together so that they flow transparently into one another. So, I'll send the disc to the person. They fix the tracks and send a fixed version back to me. I will then offer it to 5 people with burners and it'll take off from there. Kevin, An admirable idea, and you are right on with the music. Many of us are all too quick to chastise EC for staying within his personal "safe zone" when in fact he takes some great chances sometimes. The TDF material, no matter how much you like that style of music, is certainly out of the box for EC! But may I make a suggestion. *PLEASE* do not fix and distribute this CD as-is. If you do choose to go that route, put some additional material on there, make a comp, do something else, and distribute it with seperate cover art so that it can NOT be confused with the original. After all, the *point* of digital audio was that every copy would be exactly alike. Given the complexities of the redbook audio CD format, this gets a little more difficult, but it is still do-able. But it's a certainty that any pinhead who was not even able to burn a CD without gaps certainly was not extracting the audio properly in the first place (with EAC, since that is the only way to accurately and reliably do so) and certainly not burning properly. And I won't even get into C1, C2 errors, jitter, read/write offsets, etc. Heck, I'll bet that the rocket scientist who sent you the disc also used the cheapest generic media possible and burned as fast as possible on his el cheapo POS burner he got by collecting coupons. An impassioned plea: please, folks, if you aren't going to do it right, please, don't do it at all. Like the sign says at the swimming hole "Welcome to our OOL. Please notice there is no "P" in it, and please keep it that way!". Tactics like this are polluting the trading "pool" and causing grief and headaches all around. I have been trading and working with CD-R for eight years, and have seen more problem discs in the past year than I have in all the rest of the time, combined. Why? Junk media, cheap burners, high speed burning, and people who haven't taken the time to educate themselves. And then you get into the folks who take their old cassette, dub it to CD and then say "I have a copy of such-and-such boot" when it's not, and now, through the wonders of 21st century technology, we get the added wrinkle of the goober who downloads a poorly encoded (usually at a nice low bitrate, too) mp3 file, burns it to disc and then purports to trade that "original" cd. And like the late night commercial says, "Oh, wait, there's more!!!!" At least the CD trader types usually have some general clue as to which recording they have, even if it is screwed up, but the mp3 types aren't even in the right ballpark half the time. I love it when we get those "hey I downloaded EC playing Wonderful Tonight, can anyone tell me when this was??" questions. My personal favorite mislabeling of a show? Well, those of you who have scanned my site carefully will figure it out. Anybody who trades, should take note and care about these topics, because sooner or later, it will affect you. This has been brewing for some time, and it's getting worse - a lot worse. Not every recording is perfect, and everybody makes mistakes, but there is a minimum threshold of care that should be taken with this stuff. If you don't know - ask. There are plenty of people out there will be more than happy to help. In that vein, if you would like a clean copy of the "TDF: Armani" to pass along, I will be more than happy to provide it at my own expense. Then you can put the copy you received where it belongs - in the trash! Cheers, Mark __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ From cbird at ihug.com.au Fri Apr 9 08:28:35 2004 From: cbird at ihug.com.au (Carey Bird) Date: Fri Apr 9 08:28:42 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 139 References: <20040409052632.A60EC8C31D@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <000901c41e2e$2e2df830$1d80adcb@birdies> Jason Stewart despaired: "Why is he not playing Phoenix. Crap!" and then listed (by my count) 29 alternative North American gigs.... To which I respond: Ah Mate, at least he's coming to your continent. And seems to do so every year or two... The last time he came to Australia and/or NZ... (Jason, no offence intended, its just enought to give you the blues... :-) Regards Carey Bird From gwornex at yahoo.com Fri Apr 9 13:28:02 2004 From: gwornex at yahoo.com (Greg W) Date: Fri Apr 9 13:28:04 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] MAMJ retail success Message-ID: <20040409172802.85364.qmail@web12503.mail.yahoo.com> Well based on the sales number's for MAMJ, it seems EC has had a 'built in' fan base that have heartily supported him since the 'MTV Unplugged' album. This is an audience that enjoys professionally played, professionally produced records that make pleasent listening whilst soaking in one's hot tub. They will also provide a nice source of income for his new children's college fund.......Good strategy, Eric... g.w. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Fri Apr 9 14:41:25 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Fri Apr 9 14:41:36 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 139 Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C86@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Closest he got to South Africa was Swaziland, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique in July 1989. Never played here because it would have been politically incorrect and an extremely limiting career move at that time. Of course he landed in South Africa and even hired a grand piano for his concert here at the time and chartered a smaller flight to the neighbouring countries. He was apparently on the list of performers to play at the "SOS to the World" concert on Robben Island off the coast of Cape Town on 2 Feb 2003 (in a more conducive political climate), but the whole event fell through due to broadcast rights and sponsorship problems. The event happened later in the year in Cape Town as the "46664" concert, but Eric was on tour in Japan at the time. The last time I saw him live was in Swaziland in 1989, so I guess we'll have to start focussing on an overseas trip and plan it around one of Eric's concerts. -----Original Message----- From: Carey Bird [mailto:cbird@ihug.com.au] Sent: 09 April 2004 14:29 To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 139 * snip * The last time he came to Australia and/or NZ... NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. From roante04 at yahoo.co.uk Fri Apr 9 14:48:24 2004 From: roante04 at yahoo.co.uk (=?iso-8859-1?q?a=20linden?=) Date: Fri Apr 9 14:48:27 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Funding the gollege Message-ID: <20040409184824.259.qmail@web25002.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Hi all, In response to Greg W:s warm and intelligent message about his feelings of the motives behind the release of Me and Mr. Johnson a couple of words. It's of course very entertaining for us all to read these insults against EC from mr. Greg W. and I'm sure every new release gets it's fair share, thanks to Greg. It's always heartwarming to attack those who have succeeded. Well, anyway I think EC wasn't thinkin about money when he recorded Me and Mr. Johnson. I know he has hundreds of millions of that stuff and releasing a blues album isn't in fact a good way to get richer even for Mr. Clapton. But in the old good way let's keep bashing Slowhand the way we all know best here in Slowhand Digest. Keep on Growing... Ande ""Well based on the sales number's for MAMJ, it seems EC has had a 'built in' fan base that have heartily supported him since the 'MTV Unplugged' album. This is an audience that enjoys professionally played, professionally produced records that make pleasent listening whilst soaking in one's hot tub. They will also provide a nice source of income for his new children's college fund.......Good strategy, Eric... g.w. "" ____________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html From eddy.pollet at pandora.be Fri Apr 9 18:43:52 2004 From: eddy.pollet at pandora.be (POLLET Eddy) Date: Fri Apr 9 18:43:57 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Antwerp concert Message-ID: Hi all, I just got home from the Antwerp concert ... fabulous !!! I wouldn't be surprised if EC is kind of exercising for the Guitar event in June . The band is known I guess, and this was the setlist : Let it Rain Hoochie Coochie Man Bell Bottom Blues (on electric guitar) I shot the sheriff (much more reggae than Hyde Park with a first great solo, very rhythmical) the few RJ?s: Milk Cow Blues When you?ve got a Good Friend (not sure about the title .. I don't have MAMJ yet ... and fortunately ... there was a coupon for a 5 euro rebate on every seat) They?re Red Hot (really jazzy with solos from Preston and Stainton) Kind Hearted Woman Blues (with a very tasty solo from God himself) Got to get Better in a little While (with 2 solos from EC ... this one got the venue really going) I Wanna Little Girl (with good Preston solo) Change the World (first part on acoustic guitar, with short solo, then he switched to electric) Have you ever loved a woman (fantastic version ... with two long solos from EC and one from Preston in between ... EC really got going on this one) Badge (again some solo work from EC ... he was sweating and took off his glasses for the next song) Wonderful Tonight (again a solo, he often drops that in WT) Layla (a relatively slow electric version, with the coda, and again with some great guitar by the master) Cocaine (still without glasses ... followed Layla seamlessly, and EC excelled with the wah-wah ... he was really laughing at times and was enjoying himself) Then they disappeared from stage, to give the roadies the time necessary to put up Robert Randolp's gear, and when they came back for the encore, Eric started the riff from Willie and the hand jive, while introducing the band members ... and he even introduced himself ("... and on guitar ... yours truly !") before going into SOYL, where he duelled with Randolph ... great version, not too long, and with a solo relatively close to the original recording ... at least at the start of it . Last song was "Got my Mojo working", really uptempo, and he was still enjoying himself . Total time of the show was about two hours and the influence of Melia was clearly visible in the choice of the background singers :-) . EC seemed to have really enjoyed himself but also seemed rather tired when leaving the stage before and after the encore . His playing was excellent and so was his singing ... I have the impression that his voice got even stronger than on the Reptile tour . To end with, and only for those interested : he was wearing some baggy, blue pants, a white shirt (no T-shirt) and white shoes :-) . Don't miss him ... if he gets better with touring, you certainly are in for a treat ... and if anybody recorded this concert ... you know where to find me ... we'll work something out ! Eddy From kblanto at yahoo.com Fri Apr 9 19:54:08 2004 From: kblanto at yahoo.com (kavin blanton) Date: Fri Apr 9 19:54:11 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] W.C. Handy awards Message-ID: <20040409235408.91589.qmail@web41810.mail.yahoo.com> I have heard a rumor that Eric Clapton was going to be there. It is at the end of April. I was wonderin gif anyone out there can confirm that or has heard anything about. You can either reply back to the list or email me privately at kblanto@yahoo.com Thanks Kavin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ From deltanick at comcast.net Fri Apr 9 22:17:28 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Fri Apr 9 22:16:36 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Funding the gollege Message-ID: <003301c41ea1$f8cf0020$78263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> >> [R]eleasing a blues album isn't in fact a good way to get richer even for Mr. Clapton. << "Blues Breakers," "Spoonful," "I'm So Glad," Sittin' On Top Of The World," 'Steppin' Out," "Steady Rollin' Man," "Crossroads," "Ramblin' On My Mind," "Have You Ever Loved A Woman," 'From The Cradle" ... No, of course it's not. DeltaNick From fred.frome at koeln.de Sat Apr 10 01:48:24 2004 From: fred.frome at koeln.de (Fred Frome Lptp) Date: Sat Apr 10 02:17:58 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Fw: poor Hannover, April 2nd Message-ID: <002901c41ec3$314aacd0$1530a8c0@FOFROMELaptop> Dear SDs my real theme is AN OUTSTANDING GOOD FRIDAY Last night a crowded hall Sportpaleis in Antverp/Belgium saw but more so listened to an extrodinary compact and enjoying groop with the same line up as in Hannover roughly a week ago (see below). Though also Hannover what I call now Raw Spirit gets a more balanced judgement by the repeated listening (except the at times overpowered Doyle) this did not occur again at Sportpaleis. >From the first song on it was a different concert clear, crisp with Eric soloing extrodinary and responding with ALL of his feel and craft not only to Doyle but as well to Billy and Robert Randolph who appeared for the final part of SoYL (though I did not see him in his warm up!) Chris was compared to Billy more balanced and had a lot more of fine solos as well. Final started with WT and then a really fine Layla (you now that young man sliding the old times to Erics joy!) ended with a sharp switch over into Cocain (a different line up at least too!) The hall responded with standing ovations eager to get an encore! So Eric introduced the entire band to an intro which resembled Willy&the Handjive or even Xroads but it was again SoYL and Mojo and everybody on and off stage smiled and enjoyed this OUTSTANDING GOOD FRIDAY (as I would name it though it is Steve Gadd?s birthday as well as EC congratulated him while introducing. Have a Good Easter Time all together and hopefully a similar fine date with EC in the nearest future. I hope I will have this next Thursday here in Cologne Fred ----- Original Message ----- From: Fred Frome Lptp To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 5:27 PM Subject: poor Hannover, April 2nd a quite short but different setlist 2nd April 2004 - Preussag Arena, Hannover, Germany Let it Rain Hoochie Coochie Man Bell Bottom Blues Got to get Better in a little While the few RJ?s: Milk Cow Blues When you?ve got a Good Friend* Kind Hearted Woman Blues They?re Red Hot I shot the Sheriff I Wanna Little Girl Change the World Have you ever loved a woman Badge** Wonderful Tonight Cocaine*** Layla encore: (with Robert Randolph) Sunshine of your Love/Mojo (with Robert Randolph) Nobody was announced but EC sometimes even said "Dankeschon". The two ladies were a little bit strange for HCman, from MPoV. The worst was a very bad sound management (see -*, supp. pedal caused by the otherwise fine sliding Doyle) EC soloed sparse but excellent, supported and accompanied by Doyle who esp. on Layla resembled Duane Alman! This from my point of view is the reason for his being part of the show and all the fine 34 years old titles played in dear remeberance! See you all lateron, Fred (Antverp, Cologne, Glasgow) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040410/1b52e3a5/attachment.htm From john at Infra.be Sat Apr 10 06:05:21 2004 From: john at Infra.be (John Lesage) Date: Sat Apr 10 06:01:57 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] (no subject) Message-ID: <340475CD08DE264D80FB7CDF2C65905F50D7@sbs2003srv.Infra.local> Hi Slowhanders, I had the privilege to visit the concert last night in Antwerp. I have been following EC for the past 35 years and I am glad I was there yesterday too. In the beginning the concert had a little slow start (first 3 songs) but after that it was very good......... though everyone is entitled to have his/her own opinion....... For the past few days I have read criticism on the band and the fact EC is not willing to play enough solo's, well you were all WRONG. The band was ok and EC had solo's in virtual all songs (extremely good in I shot the sheriff, GTGBIAW, have you ever loved a woman and badge) Set list of Antwerp 9 april 1. let it rain 2. hoochie coochie man 3. bell bottom blues 4. I shot the sheriff 5. milk cow calf blues 6. when you got a good friend 7. they're red hot 8. kind hearted woman 9. GTGBIALW 10. I want a little girl 11. Change the world 12. have you ever loved a woman 13. badge 14. wonderful tonight 15. layla 16. cocaine encore to introduce the band on willy and the handjive 17. Sunshine of your love (with robert Randolph) 18. I got my mojo working (with robert Randolph) And I will meet you all again in Rotterdam tomorrow and Monday. After midnight it's gonna all peaches and cream!, John Lesage -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040410/e916f5a3/attachment-0001.htm From deltanick at comcast.net Sat Apr 10 07:47:36 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Sat Apr 10 07:46:43 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: (no subject) Message-ID: <000c01c41ef1$9f025ba0$78263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> >> For the past few days I have read criticism on the band and the fact EC is not willing to play enough solos, well you were all WRONG. << Wrong, or simply reviewing the latest record? DeltaNick From eddy.pollet at pandora.be Sat Apr 10 07:58:47 2004 From: eddy.pollet at pandora.be (POLLET Eddy) Date: Sat Apr 10 07:58:53 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Newspaper about Antwerp show Message-ID: Read in "De Gazet van Antwerpen" (Antwerp daily) this morning : On the frontpage with a small picture next to it : CLAPTON GOD AGAIN FOR A WHILE ANTWERP - Eric Clapton soloes very relaxed in a since long sold-out Sports Palace . Three generations - granddads, their children and their grandchildren - enjoyed a two hour long concert on friday night . The master guitarist, singing extremely well, made, for the first time in years, surprising choices from his songbook . On page 67, with another small picture next to it, ERIC CLAPTON **** NOTHING HAS TO, EVERYTHING CAN In a sold-out Sports Palace, rocklegend Eric Clapton convinced everybody that not all the fire has left his 59-year old body . Besides inspired versions of standards like I shot the sheriff, Cocaine and Layla, it were mainly the songs from his new album, an hommage to blueslegend Robert Johnson, that the public liked . Clapton, no longer in an Armani suit, but elegantly casually dressed, started the concert with a very old Let it rain, a choice that was an indication for what was to come . This time no routineous and supersafe greatest-hits-concert, but a well-thought selection from older and newer works, with -at the end- some songs that satisfied the more hit-sensitive fans . The fans could enjoy blistering versions of "When you've got a good friend" and "Hot Tamales (They're red hot)", two Robert Johnson songs in which the interaction between Clapton and second guitar player Doyle Bramhall II played the main part . Claptons solo on Kind Hearted Woman Blues gave goosebumps to the public . Real class clearly isn't limited by age . And the surprises kept on coming : at the first tones of GTGBIALW, one could see some older spectators take a look at each other with disbelief . It had to be the late seveties that Clapton had this in his setlist . Drooling !!! One remakeable thing : the freshness and the relaxed joy of playing which Clapton showed while strolling through his works . Perhaps due to the excellent band or perhaps because Clapton is in a phase of his life where nothing has to and everything is possible again . With the fans as absolute winners !!! A last remark from myself ... the sound quality was good, with a bit too much reverb, which hindered especially the piano playing by Chris Stainton ... it gave the impression that he was out of rhythm at certain moments . During the show there were JBL logo's displayed, so I guess JBL had a role in that . The lightshow was very good too, though nothing distracting, or never-seen-before . Eddy From roante04 at yahoo.co.uk Sat Apr 10 08:36:24 2004 From: roante04 at yahoo.co.uk (=?iso-8859-1?q?a=20linden?=) Date: Sat Apr 10 08:36:27 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re:Re: Funding the Gollege Message-ID: <20040410123624.72351.qmail@web25002.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> DeltaNick, of course you're right, all those blues songs have made Clapton lots of money. """Blues Breakers," "Spoonful," "I'm So Glad," Sittin' On Top Of The World," 'Steppin' Out," "Steady Rollin' Man," "Crossroads," "Ramblin' On My Mind," "Have You Ever Loved A Woman," 'From The Cradle" ...""" Anyway, I think you forgot maybe the best from the 1960's: Outside Woman Blues is easily nowadays my favourite Cream track and proves, that EC was even then a great "blues singer". After listening to Me and Mr. Johnson almost three weeks it sounds better and better to me and is definately in top 5 Clapton albums. EC introduces his favorite music to new audiences and as usual gets heavy criticism for the lack of Gibsons and heroic guitar solos, but it's Eric's choice. Clapton sees blues and Robert Johnson's songs as great music and not so much as a platform for guitar solos. He is used to getting the bad critics and stands behind his way of playing music admirably. Keep on growing.. Ande ____________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html From lukelinus at yahoo.com Sat Apr 10 09:10:21 2004 From: lukelinus at yahoo.com (LukeLinus) Date: Sat Apr 10 09:10:23 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Antwerp, 4-9 Message-ID: <20040410131021.13269.qmail@web21101.mail.yahoo.com> It was Steve Gadds birthday. show time: 1hr 53 min. Let it rain Hoochie coochie man Bell bottom blues I shot the sheriff Milkcows calf blues When you got a friend They re red hot Kind hearted woman blues Got to get better in a little while I want a little girl Change the world Have you ever loved a woman Badge Wonderful tonight Layla / Cocaine band intros Sunshine of your love (w/Robert Randolph) I got my mojo working (w/Robert Randolph) best regards see you on the road Peter / Germany last show: EC next show: EC ===== http://www.lukelinus.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html From ecwithme at qa2.so-net.ne.jp Sat Apr 10 10:23:52 2004 From: ecwithme at qa2.so-net.ne.jp (sato) Date: Sat Apr 10 10:26:06 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Legends at Montreux broadcast on 25th In-Reply-To: <20040409160004.5FA718C1C8@six.pairlist.net> References: <20040409160004.5FA718C1C8@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <20040410231934.CC9E.ECWITHME@qa2.so-net.ne.jp> On 25th April, Legends at Montreux to be aired on Japanese satellite TV station 'WOWOW'. The program will be about 95 minutes long. The information is here, written only in Japanese. http://www.wowow.co.jp/music/eric_crapton/ From deltanick at comcast.net Sat Apr 10 11:28:04 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Sat Apr 10 11:27:12 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Funding the Gollege Message-ID: <003701c41f10$6b245ee0$78263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> >> EC introduces his favorite music to new audiences and as usual gets heavy criticism for the lack of Gibsons and heroic guitar solos, but it's Eric's choice. Clapton sees blues and Robert Johnson's songs as great music and not so much as a platform for guitar solos. << They ARE great music, but could be made still BETTER. DeltaNick From ddell at socal.rr.com Sat Apr 10 13:07:29 2004 From: ddell at socal.rr.com (Dave Dell) Date: Sat Apr 10 13:07:29 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Uncut & Guitar Player mags Message-ID: <003001c41f1e$4e524170$2802a8c0@dave> Anyone have an idea of when the GP and Uncut mags featuring Eric will hit the US newstands? Thanks, Dave From ivanrussell at hotmail.com Sat Apr 10 13:28:03 2004 From: ivanrussell at hotmail.com (Ivan Russell) Date: Sat Apr 10 13:28:30 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC Stuff for sale Message-ID: Sorry for the waste of bandwidth... www.aciagency.com/boots.htm for details. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040410/469f911a/attachment.htm From roante04 at yahoo.co.uk Sat Apr 10 15:16:35 2004 From: roante04 at yahoo.co.uk (=?iso-8859-1?q?a=20linden?=) Date: Sat Apr 10 15:16:37 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: performing the Johnson blues better? Message-ID: <20040410191635.2080.qmail@web25009.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> DeltaNick, you said: ""They ARE great music, but could be made still BETTER. DeltaNick"" Yeps, that's always true, there's always somebody out there who can sing or play Robert Johnson's blues better than our Eric, but who cares, this digest is about the Clapton and his chosen way of playing music and for us EC's the right man to perform Robert's great blues legacy. If I have understood DeltaNicks' messages right over the years, according to Nick EC did one major mistake when he started to play Fenders. Well of course leaving John Mayall's Bluesbreakers was a great sin, too. I'm a great fan of EC's 60's stuff, but I've seen him also many times during the other decades of his career and I think he is a much more better artist nowadays. Being sober for something like 16 years has made this former alcohol and drug addict a beautiful performer, who can melt audiences hearts with his soulful singing and unique guitar playing. It's a bit strange there's still so many so called Clapton fans here on SD, who mainly try to put down his work. I'm sure they're very honest in their judgement, but maybe they are waiting for a miracle, that's gonna never happen. I think EC chose his path in 1968, when he agreed to break up Cream and. Anyway, I'm going to see EC in Copenhagen next Saturday and I know I'll see one of the best ever musicians once again thrill me like so few do, music from the heart. Keep on growing Ande ____________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html From deltanick at comcast.net Sat Apr 10 16:03:41 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Sat Apr 10 16:03:03 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: performing the Johnson blues better? Message-ID: <000c01c41f36$ec134f40$78263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> >> Yeps, that's always true, there's always somebody out there who can sing or play Robert Johnson's blues better than our Eric. << Again, you've misunderstood what I wrote. Let me make it crystal clear: I've heard Eric Clapton do a better job before, plenty of times. >> If I have understood DeltaNicks' messages right over the years, according to Nick EC did one major mistake when he started to play Fenders. << I don't like the tone. It sounds weak and puny, to my ears. Otherwise, I think you've understood little of what I've written. Clapton is my favorite artist. However, you keep referring to Cream, and I generally don't. Yes, I generally liked them, but I liked other phases of his career, both before and after, as much if not more. >> I'm a great fan of EC's 60's stuff, but I've seen him also many times during the other decades of his career and I think he is a much more better artist nowadays. << Singer? Yes, absolutely. Guitarist? In my opinion, not by a long shot. Many others would agree. Still others, such as yourself, would disagree. I will say this, however: nowadays, he's a much more boring guitarist, and does hardly anything new. He pretty much plays the same things, over and over, and pretty much the same way. Earlier in his career, he was THE cutting edge on guitar: the whole world noticed. He constantly and consistently pushed himself, attempted to do more, and he was successful. In comparison, he's a lazy guitarist today ... MUCH lazier. I believe that he's capable of so much more. >> Being sober for something like 16 years has made this former alcohol and drug addict a beautiful performer, who can melt audiences hearts with his soulful singing and unique guitar playing. << I fully agree. However, Eric Clapton was not addicted to drugs until his stints with Delaney & Bonnie or Derek And The Dominos (late 1969-1970). He was sober before that, smoked pot and did LSD, but he wasn't addicted to anything. And during his Mayall days, he's said that he pretty much lived the life of a monk, studying his craft. Mayall required his musicians to play sober, even kicked John McVie out of the band for being drunk. >> It's a bit strange there's still so many so called Clapton fans here on SD, who mainly try to put down his work. << You look at criticism as "putting down" his work. In the honest evaluation of many readers on this digest, they are only pointing out what they've noticed, some things rather obvious. Others are blind and can see no warts. As I indicated before, Clapton could burp and some folks here would lick it up. >> I think EC chose his path in 1968, when he agreed to break up Cream. << This is not a brilliant revelation; you're stating the obvious. However, between about 1970-1990, EC didn't know what his path was, and changed its direction numerous times, openly admitting so in interviews. Sometimes, the changes that EC made were for the better, at other times he was just following fads, same as lots of other people. Eric Clapton is NOT God, he's human. He makes mistakes, gets ill, becomes hungry, probably sometimes cuts himself shaving. He's a normal human being with exceptional talents. But those who think he can do no wrong attribute to him god-like status, which is both silly and juvenile. I plan on seeing EC when he comes through here in June. If the recent Japan shows are any indication, he's been playing much better than in recent years. DeltaNick From apuraja8 at hotmail.com Sat Apr 10 16:43:17 2004 From: apuraja8 at hotmail.com (Apurva Parikh) Date: Sat Apr 10 16:43:22 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] MAMJ Thread... Message-ID: I too was expecting a lot out of MAMJ, but as it came closer to release, alot of the press prior to it and in the past 5 years, Eric's always been saying he doesn't feel he needs to play long solos on studio records, therefore when I heard I wasn't as shocked. What I didnt like was the style of the arrangements, whether they were polished too much or whether it just sounded so "relaxed" i didn't like the album for those reasons. Eric's singing is good, his playing colors the songs, doesn't overpower.... I do wish Eric takes himself up on the offer and do a proper album with Buddy Guy.. he's repeatedly said he doesn't feel Buddy's playing has been captured properly on record. How awesome woudl Sweet Tea- type album be, with Eric playing on it as well. Suggest everyone listen to Sweet Tea.. real blues, are really scary.. _________________________________________________________________ Persistent heartburn? Check out Digestive Health & Wellness for information and advice. http://gerd.msn.com/default.asp From crossrodes at earthlink.net Sat Apr 10 19:21:46 2004 From: crossrodes at earthlink.net (Larry Jackson) Date: Sat Apr 10 19:22:12 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Funding the Gollege In-Reply-To: <20040410160002.1E8A68C2E5@six.pairlist.net> References: <20040410160002.1E8A68C2E5@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: >>> EC introduces his favorite music to new audiences and as usual gets >>> heavy > criticism for the lack of Gibsons and heroic guitar solos, but it's > Eric's > choice. Clapton sees blues and Robert Johnson's songs as great music > and not > so much as a platform for guitar solos. << > > They ARE great music, but could be made still BETTER. > Just exactly WHO will make it better? Larry -> I'm So Glad, I'm So Glad... that I pay zero attention to "reviews" on the SD! From mark at inna.net Sun Apr 11 09:05:17 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Sun Apr 11 09:02:50 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Vintage Guitar Interview Message-ID: <00e001c41fc5$a3cf32a0$0b4bc9d1@littleboy> Hello All, The June, 2004 Issue of "Vintage Guitar" magazine is "Special Slowhand Issue" and has a several different articles, including a special page on Blackie as well as several other guitars up for auction. There is also a detailed interview with EC that probably goes into areas you won't find in standard press coverage, more "gear" type questions. Some of EC's words are quite interesting, after all the debate about MaMJ on the Digest. Here are a couple interesting snippets: ---------- EC: "...I started wondering if we would benefit by even thinking about trying to do something like 'Hellhound on My Trail.' Because to me, some of those songs are incredibly difficult - or just appear to be undoable. And that was the chief one that I thought, well, I'll never ever ... And we actually had to work on that one. We had to listen to his version over and over again, and figure out, well ... there are a couple of things where he adds an extra bar, and we've got to change that. And there's an odd note there ... And we learned it as a band. We actually learned his piece as a band, and dissected it, and put it back together again." EC: "...we did everything live, and there are only a couple of songs where I overdubbed the vocal. I was amazed that we pulled it off." VG: Had you spent considerable time referring to the original Robert Johnson recordings? EC: Each time. You see, the real story of the album was that I was actually in the middle of another project. I had started an album of original compositions with my partner, Simon Climie, and we'd half-written a lot of stuff. I said to him "Let's try a little experiment. We've got the band here. When it gets difficult with our own stuff, let's kind of have a break, and go and do a version of a Robert Johnson song - just so we could clear our heads and come back to our stuff from that perspective." And that's the way it started. It was really just going to be an escape clause, and it actually became the powerful venture, and the one that had the most feeling.. ---------- Mark again - commenting on the album, in light of recent discussion, it's apparent that it's a fine line to travel. You can do a perfect note-for-note tribute (much like Jeff Beck's "Crazy Legs") or interpret the songs completely in your own way - which may lose the feel you are trying to capture. It seems that EC was really trying hard to capture both ideas! Cheers, Mark PS One mistake I've already caught, they have a picture on page 34 of EC during the Pilgrim tour, and it's labeled as "In 2001 with a Signature Model Strat". -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040411/b18001a8/attachment-0001.htm From mark at inna.net Sun Apr 11 09:28:05 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Sun Apr 11 09:25:38 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] EC Vintage Guitar Review, part 2 Message-ID: <00f301c41fc8$d320a9f0$0b4bc9d1@littleboy> "Vintage Guitar" interview with EC, part two: VG: How do you use different instruments to achieve particular tones and emotions? And how do they bring out different attributes in your playing? EC: It depends on what I'm trying to evoke. If I'm trying to evoke something from the '50s, I'll use an old Gibson. They're quite tricky to play because I use fairly thick strings on them, so they're louder and fatter. Bur it means that when I go to bend a note, I'm not going to be able to do exactly what I want. It's pretty resistant. So I end up playing - or attempting to play - a little like T-Bone Walker would play, with that kind of sound. So it's more of an implied bend than a full bend. ... I love those Alnicos [Mark here, most pickups use alnico magnets but in this case EC is referring to the special pickups Gibson used 1954-1957 on certain models, and NOT to humbucking pickups which also coincidentally use alnico magnets] but I have to dicker a lot with pickups so the bottom end isn't overwhelming, because they're really rich bass pickups. ... ... And I play with my fingers, too, which adds a whole other dimension to the way it's going to sound. And in fact, on most of that album, even with the Strat, I didn't use a pick at all. When you play live, I think there's something about using your fingers that gives it more intimacy. It's all an intuitive thing. If I play with a pick, it's a stage approach. I'm going for maximum attack and volume. And I really don't follow that thinking when I'm in the studio and when we're playing as an ensemble. I want to get inside the mix and so I'll use my fingers. When I'm using my fingers, I've got much more control about how subtle it could be. VG: How have your choices in gear evolved over the years? What are the most essential characteristics you need to hear when you're selecting an instrument? EC: Well, I think everything has got to have a very healthy midrange. I'm very suspicious of too much top end or too much bottom. I mean, I respect and love all of the brands, but I always found it most difficult to, for instance, get on with Gretsch because I'm not quite sure what they sound like.... ... And it's important that any of the guitars I play have healthy attack. What I've gotten used to - and I suppose I've become spoiled by - is those Lace Sensor pickups that Fender kind of evolved. And the problem is, of course, that they're really loud, and once you get used to that, it's difficult to go back to the old single coil. My old Strats are beautiful things, but when I plug them up, I think, where is it? [Mark's note: DeltaNick just had a seizure] ... But I still like to go back to the Gibson Alnicos or the humbuckers to get that richness. VG: Do you prefer newer guitars? EC: I think that Fender is doing pretty well with their contemporary stuff. They're the ones I would turn to for a contemporary guitar. [Mark's note: what would EC know, of course he loves 'em, they send him Masterbuilt stuff not the stuff off the production floor!!!]. But for a vintage guitar, I think Gibsons are unmatched, especially L-5s and Byrdlands. VG: Let's discuss the upcoming ... Auction .... EC: ...well, the ones I didn't want to sell the first time around! The 'A' team! ... VG: Are there any instruments you would absolutely never consider selling? EC: I think the Crash guitar I've used over the last five years will be mine forever. It's the multicolored Strat that's probably the one that's most recognized now. That was like the first of its kind. .... but I'd never part with the original. --------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040411/8c54fd18/attachment.htm From mckells at videotron.ca Sun Apr 11 09:31:00 2004 From: mckells at videotron.ca (Stephen McKellar) Date: Sun Apr 11 09:32:14 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Melia's Influence Message-ID: <40794894.3090909@videotron.ca> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040411/5af19bd9/attachment.htm From deltanick at comcast.net Sun Apr 11 09:46:21 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Sun Apr 11 09:45:23 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Funding the Gollege Message-ID: <001001c41fcb$5fa9c440$78263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> >> Just exactly WHO will make it better? << Duh!! I meant that Eric Clapton could have do a better job! DeltaNick From mark at inna.net Sun Apr 11 09:48:33 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Sun Apr 11 09:46:03 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] VG Interview, Part 3 Message-ID: <016001c41fcb$aef35020$0b4bc9d1@littleboy> VG: What about amplifiers? Are there any amps you'd never part with? EC: My Tweed Twin. I love that thing, but every time I use it, it blows up! When it's sounding good, that's the time to watch out! VG: What will you be playing on the upcoming tour? EC: The new Crash guitar, and I think I'll probably be using the Fender Twin - the copy Twin. [Mark: EC has apparently ditched the Cornell EC Amp] VG: What advice would you give to musicians on developing their own style and sound? EC: Listen. Really learn to listen. This most important thing is to listen, and enjoy listening, too. But it's not as easy as it sounds to listen without other stuff going on in your head. You know, just shut down the agendas and listen to what you hear. Listen to music all the time and enjoy it. VG: What do you listen to for enjoyment? EC: Anything. Anything. I love to listen to the blues, but I love to listen to jazz, too. I like 60s jazz a lot. It's where I go to relax. We're talking Clifford Brown and people like that, like Thelonious Monk. I listen to that a lot because it is refreshing and it feeds the other kinds of music that I play in a very indirect way. VG: Are you more inspired by listening to musicians who aren't guitar players? EC: Yes, very much. The people that I tried to emulate were actually players like King Curtis and Little Walter, who played with the same kind of attitude towards music, but their instruments were different - tenor sax and harmonica. And I was also inspired to play by Junior Walker. To play guitar like Junior Walker played saxophone is good fun. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040411/55b242a3/attachment.htm From Brooz at aol.com Sun Apr 11 11:50:48 2004 From: Brooz at aol.com (Brooz@aol.com) Date: Sun Apr 11 11:50:56 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Stone Crazy offer Message-ID: <143.263b7626.2daac358@aol.com> Hello again Claptonians, The hits keep comin'-- thanks to Kevin, I can offer EC's "Stone Crazy" performance to Slowhanders who will continue to pass it on. This is an audience recording from the United Center, Chicago, 24 July 2001. If interested, e-mail your address with "Stone Crazy offer" in the subject line. Got to get better in a little while, brooz From roante04 at yahoo.co.uk Sun Apr 11 12:00:06 2004 From: roante04 at yahoo.co.uk (=?iso-8859-1?q?a=20linden?=) Date: Sun Apr 11 12:00:08 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re:RE performing the Johnson blues better? Message-ID: <20040411160006.94297.qmail@web25001.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Hi all DeltaNick, just a couple comments and then I'll promise to stop ranting about these differences in our opinions ( well for now ;*)). DeltaNick, in a way you're right about Clapton's status as a guitar player diminishing, but I think that happened 36 years ago. At that time he was as you said the "cutting edge", but I think he noticed, that being a guitar god wasn't that a nice profession. Clapton wanted to be a respected musician, not the fastest gun in the world. He broke up Cream and downplayed the guitar solos in Blind Faith and during Derek & Dominos' last tour wasn't in good shape anymore. At that time (start of 1970's) there also arrived lots of young and flashy guitarists, who played progressive and heavy rock and in a way that old Clapton blues-rock style became somewhat dated. When EC came back from his heroin reclusion he put the guitar to the background where it stayed for about 10 drunken years. After sobering up EC started a long and satisfying journey back to the music he performs best, the blues. He could be a lazy guy, that's true, but I think that was the case in 60's, too. Not all the stuff he played then was so divine, just listen to bootlegs from Mayall, Cream, Blind Faith or D&D. In fact I think even his playing is nowadays most consistent and reflects his content person. He?s in control these days and even dares to oppose DeltaNick in his choice of guitars, musicians and material ;*). Me and Mr. Johnson is a great album, those who disagree are sadly wrong and will miss a lot of Clapton?s best tracks. The 2001 tour started fantastic in Europe and he played awesome shows, but maybe the tour was too long as he started to talk about retiring and the USA shows were really quite repetitious. I hope this summer DeltaNick and other faithful slowhanders will see EC at his best, the way he seems to be performing at the moment here in Europe. All the best Ande P.S. I don't worship everything EC does in fact much of the 70's stuff is guite bad. I think, that Delta?s favourite, Wonderful Tonight should rest for this tour and EC could add maybe Presence of the Lord and Little Wing to the setlist. ____________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html From deltanick at comcast.net Sun Apr 11 12:01:33 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Sun Apr 11 12:00:41 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Now I've Seen Everything! Message-ID: <003a01c41fde$42ec4e00$78263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> You'll NEVER guess who now has done a commercial for Victoria's Secret. -- Go to: http://www.victoriassecret.com/, -- then, click on "See the new Angels TV COMMERCIAL." This'll blow your mind. I actually saw the commercial on TV Friday night. DeltaNick From mark at inna.net Sun Apr 11 12:12:05 2004 From: mark at inna.net (Mark Deavult) Date: Sun Apr 11 12:09:32 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Stone Crazy offer References: <143.263b7626.2daac358@aol.com> Message-ID: <037e01c41fdf$bc40fc00$0b4bc9d1@littleboy> ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 11:50 AM Subject: [Slowhand] Stone Crazy offer > Hello again Claptonians, > > The hits keep comin'-- thanks to Kevin, I can offer EC's "Stone Crazy" > performance to Slowhanders who will continue to pass it on. This is an audience > recording from the United Center, Chicago, 24 July 2001 Even more precisely - there are two different recordings of the 7/24/01 show. The better of the two was incomplete. I got the two, to the wonderful Bill Fleming (who has fallen off the earth), who assembled the best available bits into one complete recording and tweaked it a bit. Well worth acquiring, and thanks for passing it on! Cheers, Mark From deltanick at comcast.net Sun Apr 11 12:17:33 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Sun Apr 11 12:16:46 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re:RE performing the Johnson blues better? Message-ID: <004001c41fe0$7efc0f00$78263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> Some people can discuss EC and his music, as I prefer to do, and some need to resort to personal attacks: >> He’s in control these days and even dares to oppose DeltaNick in his choice of guitars, musicians and material << >> I hope this summer DeltaNick and other faithful slowhanders will see EC at his best. << >> Delta’s favourite, Wonderful Tonight << >> If I have understood DeltaNicks' messages right over the years, according to Nick EC did one major mistake when he started to play Fenders. Well of course leaving John Mayall's Bluesbreakers was a great sin, too. << >> DeltaNick, of course you're right, all those blues songs have made Clapton lots of money. << >> EC introduces his favorite music to new audiences and as usual gets heavy criticism for the lack of Gibsons and heroic guitar solos << Let's just stick to discussing EC's music. DeltaNick From apuraja8 at hotmail.com Sun Apr 11 13:37:04 2004 From: apuraja8 at hotmail.com (Apurva Parikh) Date: Sun Apr 11 13:38:17 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Recent digest postings Message-ID: Good: Mark's transcription of the Vintage guitar interview, a lot of this material Eric hadn't discussed recently, even in the long interview that whereseric.com linked to. I don't and never understood how Eric thinks the Fender Lace pickups are so good and allow him to get the "fatness" of a gibson sound. Can someone explain? Also, it's cool that he talks about fingerpicking as opposed to using a pick, that's very evident from hearing the new record and some of the live stuff from Japan... It's a much more intimate stlye of playing, not my favorite Clapton type but it's good nonetheless. Re: the thread that the person started with Deltanick... Can we please agree that critiquing Eric's work is not "putting" him down!!! We're fans, some of us love everything, some of hear differently.. It deosn't make u less of a fan! Heck I may not like anything Eric did in the 70's/80's, but i still respect the mans work, but I happen to agree that he doesn't or hasn't put a priority on guitar playing the way I hoped he would have The man has gone through changes, he's gotten older, married, with new kids, new wife, new life. I've come to grips with the fact that he's not going to the guitar hero or the spitfire guitarist he was's 30-35 years ago. but think of it this way, the man peaked as a guitarist when he was in his early 20's! he had nowhere to go after that!! -AAP _________________________________________________________________ MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page – FREE download! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ From eddy.pollet at pandora.be Sun Apr 11 15:07:22 2004 From: eddy.pollet at pandora.be (POLLET Eddy) Date: Sun Apr 11 15:07:27 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Background singers In-Reply-To: <20040411160002.C5D088C1A9@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: the influence of Melia was clearly visible in the choice of the background singers ....... How so Eddy? To quote someone who's english is better than mine : "His backup singers are full bodied woman - LOL - not the svelte and pretty ladies he once had " Eddy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040411/b71bf1ae/attachment.htm From kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za Sun Apr 11 16:53:45 2004 From: kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za (Kevin Wilson) Date: Sun Apr 11 16:53:52 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Melia's Influence Message-ID: <6159F31F33EA1247987DD618D0559AE701FD6C88@sunwex01.arivia.kom> Perhaps this possible scenario from the Clapton household can answer your question: Melia: "Besides not going to Italy there's still ONE thing that's bothering me!" Eric: "But I told you just an hour ago that I love you!" Melia: "It's not that. You know what I'm talking about." Eric: "Well Ruthie will be sleeping till 12. Julie Rose has been watching kids programmes in the Family Room since 6 this morning - hasn't touched her breakfast yet. And you're on dayshift today's to change Ella Mae's diapers." Melia: "When will you ever understand me?" Eric: "Stop breaking down and say what you mean." Melia: "It's Katie and Tessa." Eric: "What about them. They're coming over for dinner on Friday." Melia: "I know. I invited them remember. And YOU'RE going to tell them that they're not going on tour with you." Eric: "What? But I thought that was why we're inviting them over." Melia: "Look, I've seen the way they ooh and aah on stage and stare at you and wink and smile. No wonder your fans say you don't play enough guitar. No, they're a distraction and you're not taking them along. I saw two girls backing Brian Ferry at the concert I went to last week. They're good enough. And another thing, it'll be great to use them on backing vocals on 'Hoochie Coochie Man' as well." Eric: "On what? Oh, whatever...." _____ From: Stephen McKellar [mailto:mckells@videotron.ca] Sent: 11 April 2004 15:31 To: EC Digest Subject: [Slowhand] Melia's Influence Subject: [Slowhand] Antwerp concert From: POLLET Eddy Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 00:43:52 +0200 the influence of Melia was clearly visible in the choice of the background singers :-) ....... How so Eddy? NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard arivia.kom email disclaimer which may be found at: http://www.arivia.co.za/disclaimer.htm. If you cannot access the disclaimer through the URL attached, and you wish to receive a copy thereof, please send an eMail to disclaimer@arivia.co.za or call (011) 233-0800. You will receive the disclaimer by return email or fax. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040411/67ec9175/attachment.htm From llrrbb4 at yahoo.com Sun Apr 11 17:31:05 2004 From: llrrbb4 at yahoo.com (Lauren Blatt) Date: Sun Apr 11 17:31:06 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Now I've Seen Everything! In-Reply-To: <20040411205355.DB30C8C20C@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <20040411213105.36078.qmail@web60001.mail.yahoo.com> You're way behind the times. That commercial has been out for a while now. Following up oon laasat years where you just heard Bob sing. And, what 63 year old guy wouldn't want to hang out with scantily clad VS models. More power to him!!! Nick wrote: > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 12:01:33 -0400 > > You'll NEVER guess who now has done a commercial for > Victoria's Secret. > > -- Go to: http://www.victoriassecret.com/, > > -- then, click on "See the new Angels TV > COMMERCIAL." > > This'll blow your mind. > > I actually saw the commercial on TV Friday night. > > DeltaNick > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html From rtcb at comcast.net Sun Apr 11 17:36:49 2004 From: rtcb at comcast.net (Richard Batty) Date: Sun Apr 11 17:36:52 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Criticism of EC... Message-ID: I think what I and some others on this list find tiring are the repeated negative comments about EC, parts of his career, his guitar choice or the suggestion that some things are fact when they are really just someone?s opinion. Personally I find it insulting for someone to say that EC could have done better on Me and Mr. Johnson. In recent interviews, EC talks about the band nailing certain tracks. He obviously feels he achieved what he and the band set out to do. I wonder if any of the people that post these types of comments would say these things to his face. Maybe they would have liked him to do things differently. Fine but that?s just that person?s opinion. ?Better? is not the same as ?different?. To say that EC peaked as a guitarist in the 60s or 70s is equally insulting, in my opinion. I wonder if the writer of such words would say that to his face. I also find it really annoying that certain people on this list say that those of us who don?t criticize EC just feel he can do no wrong. Maybe some of us just choose to comment on what we like and not harp on the things we like less. I personally prefer to be appreciative of EC, the many styles he has attempted and the fact that he didn?t go the way of Jimi Hendrix and many others. Richard (back to listening to the incredible solos and guitar tone with a Fender on non-Cream or Beano songs on the Hyde Park 1996 show) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040411/c35bedf8/attachment.htm From llrrbb4 at yahoo.com Sun Apr 11 17:39:22 2004 From: llrrbb4 at yahoo.com (Lauren Blatt) Date: Sun Apr 11 17:39:25 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Melia's influence In-Reply-To: <20040411205355.DB30C8C20C@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <20040411213922.15776.qmail@web60003.mail.yahoo.com> Oh? So now you have be skinny to be a good singer? Guess maybe you shouldn't go see any of the shows then, eh? Message: 6 Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 21:07:22 +0200 From: POLLET Eddy Subject: [Slowhand] Background singers To: Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" the influence of Melia was clearly visible in the choice of the background singers ....... How so Eddy? To quote someone who's english is better than mine : "His backup singers are full bodied woman - LOL - not the svelte and pretty ladies he once had " Eddy __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html From Brooz at aol.com Sun Apr 11 22:48:45 2004 From: Brooz at aol.com (Brooz@aol.com) Date: Sun Apr 11 22:48:55 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Stone Crazy offer Message-ID: <3d.3d17f6a9.2dab5d8d@aol.com> Thanks for that info, and thanks to you and Bill, wherever you are, for sharing EC's music. We don't always know or remember the origins of some of the recordings we get to hear from the SD. It's great when the music keeps spreading. (A couple years ago, I was offered a copy of a concert I had weeded a few months before--my baby had come home!) Best regards, brooz ------------------------------ > From: "Mark Deavult" > Subject: Re: [Slowhand] Stone Crazy offer > To: > Cc: "Slowhand List" > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 11:50 AM > Subject: [Slowhand] Stone Crazy offer > > > > Hello again Claptonians, > > > > The hits keep comin'-- thanks to Kevin, I can offer EC's "Stone Crazy" > > performance to Slowhanders who will continue to pass it on. This is an > audience > > recording from the United Center, Chicago, 24 July 2001 > > Even more precisely - there are two different recordings of the 7/24/01 > show. The better of the two was incomplete. I got the two, to the > wonderful Bill Fleming (who has fallen off the earth), who assembled the > best available bits into one complete recording and tweaked it a bit. Well > worth acquiring, and thanks for passing it on! > > Cheers, > Mark > From apuraja8 at hotmail.com Sun Apr 11 23:13:30 2004 From: apuraja8 at hotmail.com (Apurva Parikh) Date: Sun Apr 11 23:13:33 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] eric clapton biopic? Message-ID: Sd'ers.. Thanks to those of you who replied to my request asking for good Eric Clapton biographies.. I had a reason in asking, in that I am devoting some time to writing a screenplay about an Eric Clapton biopic.. Reading all the interviews he's been doing for MAMJ, has led me to believe that Eric's story, his life and his musical story are worth telling on the big screen. As a fan I have a different perspective, but I was hoping to gain new ones by reading/researching his life through print, film, the records themselves.. I know there is a hendrix bio in the works, but I think our boy Eric has a much more interesting, epic story that I think would set the story straight on this very private man's life. Of course, I am sure this will be a difficult task, and pinpointing a time in his life to focus on and narrow some of the scope would be tough, but I think I can do it.. SO I just wanted to let you folks know that was my intentions in asking.. And of course, asking for your blessings as would u think this is a good idea and would his fans be interested in something like this? Cheers, AAP _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ From M2inMD at aol.com Mon Apr 12 01:35:05 2004 From: M2inMD at aol.com (M2inMD@aol.com) Date: Mon Apr 12 01:37:32 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 144 Message-ID: Delta Nick, Yes, I saw the comercial a few weeks ago, He needs to get rid of the facial stings. However you can get a free CD if you buy something for Victoria Secrets. Maryann -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040412/6c1ea8f2/attachment.htm From M2inMD at aol.com Mon Apr 12 01:36:02 2004 From: M2inMD at aol.com (M2inMD@aol.com) Date: Mon Apr 12 01:37:39 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 144 Message-ID: <1a6.229fbcf5.2dab84c2@aol.com> I should have said something from Victoria Secrets, my cat jumped up on me Maryann -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040412/dd0b3fb0/attachment-0001.htm From wildquat at yahoo.com Mon Apr 12 02:29:12 2004 From: wildquat at yahoo.com (Wildquat) Date: Mon Apr 12 02:29:13 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] tickets Message-ID: <20040412062912.19014.qmail@web60708.mail.yahoo.com> Does anyone know when tickets will go on sale for the New Orleans show? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html From roante04 at yahoo.co.uk Mon Apr 12 03:50:09 2004 From: roante04 at yahoo.co.uk (=?iso-8859-1?q?a=20linden?=) Date: Mon Apr 12 03:50:11 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Criticism of EC... Message-ID: <20040412075009.9517.qmail@web25007.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Hi all, Great words from Richard Batty: ""Personally I find it insulting for someone to say that EC could have done better on Me and Mr. Johnson. In recent interviews, EC talks about the band nailing certain tracks. He obviously feels he achieved what he and the band set out to do. I wonder if any of the people that post these types of comments would say these things to his face. Maybe they would have liked him to do things differently. Fine but that's just that person's opinion. "Better" is not the same as "different"."" I agree also with these comments from Apurva Parikh: ""The man has gone through changes, he's gotten older, married, with new kids, new wife, new life. I've come to grips with the fact that he's not going to the guitar hero or the spitfire guitarist he was's 30-35 years ago. but think of it this way, the man peaked as a guitarist when he was in his early 20's! he had nowhere to go after that!!"" And then we all have our personal opinions and I think EC is nowadays a much better musician than in his 20's. This isn't a fact it's just my humble opinion and isn't meant to be a personal attack on He Whose Name Shouldn't Be Mentioned. Peace Ande ____________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html From M.Prehn at t-online.de Mon Apr 12 05:42:00 2004 From: M.Prehn at t-online.de (M.Prehn) Date: Mon Apr 12 05:54:15 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Melia's influence In-Reply-To: <20040412053742.616098C367@six.pairlist.net> References: <20040412053742.616098C367@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: <1BCxyK-0Qedvs0@fwd07.sul.t-online.com> Message: 4 Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 14:39:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Lauren Blatt Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Melia's influence To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Message-ID: <20040411213922.15776.qmail@web60003.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Oh? So now you have be skinny to be a good singer? Guess maybe you shouldn't go see any of the shows then, eh? - No, you don't have to be skinny, but do you have to wear such a short dress then? Mike -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040412/6e279f85/attachment.htm From trevork1 at iinet.net.au Mon Apr 12 07:32:22 2004 From: trevork1 at iinet.net.au (Trevor) Date: Mon Apr 12 07:32:55 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re-Criticism of EC- Digest No.145 Message-ID: <000001c42081$d347bae0$b2c93bcb@xp> Richard Batty..My 10 cents worth ..I personally believe that you have expressed the opinion of perhaps the majority of subscribers to this Digest. No one was twisting any arms for those others to buy the latest recording. There are plenty of opportunities to listen before you buy If those other contributors did, and didn't like it, then put it down to experience and don't buy any others and stop whining. Go buy some RAP and then you will probably appreciate good MUSIC. But be warned."I told you so" Wanna take any bets that the present European Tour and forthcoming U.S Tour concerts will be sold out to real EC fans who will come away at the end of the night saying."wow" and would be only too happy to go back again the next night. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040412/e0fe94fd/attachment.htm From eddy.pollet at pandora.be Mon Apr 12 10:53:55 2004 From: eddy.pollet at pandora.be (POLLET Eddy) Date: Mon Apr 12 10:54:00 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 145 In-Reply-To: <20040412053740.6EA968C1AB@six.pairlist.net> Message-ID: Lauren Blatt wrote : "Oh? So now you have be skinny to be a good singer? Guess maybe you shouldn't go see any of the shows then, eh?" I didn't write that ... It just struck me that the current background singers weren't exactly photo models and I imagined that Melia could have had to do something with this choice :-) I didn't say that they weren't good singers . And if someone attends an EC concert only because he likes to watch beautiful background singers (the kind appearing in about all video clips nowadays), he will be disappointed, but honestly, I don't think there are many people like that . Eddy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040412/deaafe60/attachment.htm From apuraja8 at hotmail.com Mon Apr 12 11:37:49 2004 From: apuraja8 at hotmail.com (Apurva Parikh) Date: Mon Apr 12 11:37:51 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re:.. Criticism of EC... Message-ID: ******************************************************* >I think what I and some others on this list find tiring are the repeated >negative comments about >EC, parts of his career, his guitar choice or the >suggestion that some things are fact when they >are really just someone’s >opinion. Of course that's what makes this digest and the internet so great... No one is right or wrong, that's the whole point of this digest! To share opinions. We're discussing and dissecting the music, basically. It's fun... Every artist makes choices, some fans approve some don't.. We can agree to disagree.. >Personally I find it insulting for someone to say that EC could have done >better on Me and Mr. >Johnson. In recent interviews, EC talks about the >band nailing certain tracks. He obviously feels >he achieved what he and >the band set out to do. I wonder if any of the people that post these > >types of comments would say these things to his face. Maybe they would >have liked him to do >things differently. Fine but that’s just that >person’s opinion. “Better” is not the same >as “different”. Yea Eric is quite proud of the album, it's something he's wanted to do for a long time. Speaking for myself, I wasn't 100% happy with the album, but I respect him for doing it. Doesn't mean I have agree with the artistic and production choices he made while recording. You're missing the point, unless you think every album EC does is perfect, just cause he says the band "nailed" it, there is always room for improvements, and opinions are great in this regard to share our thoughts and what not.. We all wouldn't be here if we didn't love Eric's music, but to say we're insulting him by offering our opinions, to me, is equally as insulting to me. >To say that EC peaked as a guitarist in the 60s or 70s is equally >insulting, in my opinion. I wonder >if the writer of such words would say >that to his face. Eric himself would agree that while he was playing with John Mayall his playing was at its highest level or at least he'd agree his chops were the best due tot he fact he was solely obsessed with playing the blues. But you'd be naive to think Eric is as good a guitarist in 2004 as we has in say 1966. I mean it's nothing wrong with that, he's almost 60, his priorities as an artist have changed, on the flip side he's a much better singer now than he was 30 years ago.. It's natural course of artistic evolution. >I also find it really annoying that certain people on this list say that >those of us who don’t criticize >EC just feel he can do no wrong. Maybe >some of us just choose to comment on what we like and >not harp on the >things we like less. I think you're missing the point of the digest!! We love Eric enough to rant/rave about his music, but yet we all still buy his music and enjoy different parts of it. I see nothing wrong in disagreeing about his choices or his music.. You're not doing any disservice to him if you don't like something or "harp" about things u like less. That's what this digest is for, to analyze the music! >I personally prefer to be appreciative of EC, the many styles he has >attempted and the fact that he >didn’t go the way of Jimi Hendrix and many >others. Eric's a survivor no doubt. But I don't prefer him to anyone else just cause he's outlived Allman, Hendrix, SRV, etc.. >Richard > >(back to listening to the incredible solos and guitar tone with a Fender on >non-Cream or Beano >songs on the Hyde Park 1996 show) _________________________________________________________________ Persistent heartburn? Check out Digestive Health & Wellness for information and advice. http://gerd.msn.com/default.asp From Garret74 at aol.com Mon Apr 12 13:06:24 2004 From: Garret74 at aol.com (Garret74@aol.com) Date: Mon Apr 12 13:06:27 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] (no subject) Message-ID: <50.2a95c712.2dac2690@aol.com> >>>They ARE great music, but could be made still BETTER.<<< Indeed, but that raises the question ... Couldn't everything be better? I mean, when does it stop being better and become best? or great? What constitutes a finished masterpiece? And should we hold a great artist up to producing a masterpiece all the time. I don't believe this album (M&MRJOHNSON) is a great masterpiece, but it is a very fine album..one of the best blues album's I've heard this year...( compare Aerosmith's Honking for Bobo). I think Layla was a masterpiece, although at the time of it's release it was largely ignored and/or panned. I think from the Cradle was pretty damn close to being a masterpiece...(it works for me, anyway.) I've never really thought the Mayall album (Beano) was a masterpiece, although it is a very good album. I think what was unique about that album was the emergence of Eric's style, which was different from anything else that had ever happened with the guitar up until that time. That album has some great moments on it (double crossing time still makes my hair stand on end). But that time has come and gone; now there are thousands of Clapton clones out there droning on and on with their stolen licks- licks that they stole from Clapton, who in turn stole all of his from Freddy King. Anyway, what constitutes better? Cheers... Garret From Garret74 at aol.com Mon Apr 12 13:18:16 2004 From: Garret74 at aol.com (Garret74@aol.com) Date: Mon Apr 12 13:18:27 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Gibson and Fender Message-ID: <46.4ba99c2a.2dac2958@aol.com> [Mark here, most pickups use alnico magnets but in this case EC is referring to the special pickups Gibson used 1954-1957 on certain models, and NOT to humbucking pickups which also coincidentally use alnico magnet] Mark, would those be the P-90 Pick-ups? BTW, I think the new Fender guitars, with the overloaded sensor or noiseless pickups, in there overdriven mode, have a sound every bit as biting as the Gibson's do...But they don't sound much like the old Fenders...and the sound of a 56 strat can be very lovely.... Garret From Garret74 at aol.com Mon Apr 12 13:27:20 2004 From: Garret74 at aol.com (Garret74@aol.com) Date: Mon Apr 12 13:27:29 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] (no subject) Message-ID: <92.823b53b.2dac2b78@aol.com> >>>I personally prefer to be appreciative of EC, the many styles he has attempted and the fact that he didn?t go the way of Jimi Hendrix and many others.<<< What!!?? You mean died? I think all of us could agree that we're glad that Eric isn't dead...(and sorry that Jimi, Stevie, and Dwayne are...) Anyway, I think that some of Clapton's critics in this forum are very astute...and I have no problem with valid criticisms of any artists work... Maybe the problem with Eric is that he's been too successful...Maybe success is the worst thing that can happen to an artist... The very unsucessful garret... From rtcb at comcast.net Mon Apr 12 13:33:25 2004 From: rtcb at comcast.net (Richard Batty) Date: Mon Apr 12 13:33:30 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: criticism of EC Message-ID: Apurva, I find this really funny. You write: ?Of course that's what makes this digest and the internet so great... No one is right or wrong, that's the whole point of this digest! To share opinions.? Then in almost the next sentence you say: ?Eric himself would agree that while he was playing with John Mayall his playing was at its highest level or at least he'd agree his chops were the best due tot he fact he was solely obsessed with playing the blues. But you'd be naive to think Eric is as good a guitarist in 2004 as we has in say 1966.? This is exactly my point. How the hell do you know that EC would agree with this? Do you talk to him regularly about this? Is this a fact or just your opinion? What was he doing in 1993 through 1995 if not being ?solely obsessed with playing the blues?? Who is being na?ve here? You also say: ?to say we're insulting him by offering our opinions, to me, is equally as insulting to me? My point was never about anyone?s opinions. Guess what, some people don?t like EC?s music at all. That is their choice to which they are entirely entitled. My irritation was with people making statements as if they were fact rather than opinions. Richard (now going back to listening to the poorer EC ?chops? of the 1995 Budokan blues shows) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040412/598f1b73/attachment.htm From r_laude at gmx.de Mon Apr 12 14:07:55 2004 From: r_laude at gmx.de (Robert Laude) Date: Mon Apr 12 14:07:57 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Concert thoughts Message-ID: <25912.1081793275@www43.gmx.net> Hi to you all, when I saw EC's concert in Frankfurt last Wednesday some thoughts were ramblin' on my mind about seeing and listening to his concerts live. It took me a long while to really get into his performance because I was always thinking "Oh, that version of I shot the sheriff he did on the xx.xx.xxxx. was better than this one" or "the groove on Bell Bottom Blues from the bootleg xy was better". I heard so many bootlegs and live concerts that I have my favourite version(s) of nearly all the songs he has played (except the Me & Mr. Johnson titels, of course)in Frankfurt. And it is nearly impossible for him to top these favourite versions. After reflecting on that I said to myself, stop comparing all the time, close your eyes, listen and enjoy the concert. And after that I had much more fun. I still wouldn't rank it under my top three EC concerts and in my oppinion the concerts from last year's Japan tour were better. But it was good fun and a very entertaining evening. And perhaps the next concert in Dortmund will be one of those nights you will never forget. Do some of you know the problem I was trying to describe, when you heard so much that you just can't be satisfied? All the best to you Robert -- NEU : GMX Internet.FreeDSL Ab sofort DSL-Tarif ohne Grundgeb?hr: http://www.gmx.net/info From smangano at solartestinglabs.com Mon Apr 12 14:16:45 2004 From: smangano at solartestinglabs.com (Sam Mangano) Date: Mon Apr 12 14:11:05 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] 2 comments Message-ID: <08f401c420ba$50f49a70$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> ande said: 1. At that time (start of 1970's) there also arrived lots of young and flashy guitarists, who played progressive and heavy rock and in a way that old Clapton blues-rock style became somewhat dated. clapton even named an album "theres one in every crowd", the working title of the album which was to also include the preface phrase "the greatest guitar player in the world". meaning, he was just one of many at that time. however, times have changed, and its a real waste of singular, unique talent not to play guitar like we all know he can play. at least flashes of it show up in concert, but he is the preeminent player in the world today, and it doesnt show on records....I like MAMJ, i just would like it better if he had more solos, or if the solos that are there werent drowned out by the production. 2. The 2001 tour started fantastic in Europe and he played awesome shows, but maybe the tour was too long as he started to talk about retiring and the USA shows were really quite repetitious. he started the retirement talk before the tour even started with his essay in the euro tour program..... out sambo8 -------------------------------------------- Why do I have to swear on the Bible in court when the Ten Commandments cannot be displayed in a federal building? From smangano at solartestinglabs.com Mon Apr 12 14:21:07 2004 From: smangano at solartestinglabs.com (Sam Mangano) Date: Mon Apr 12 14:15:26 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] edited interview Message-ID: <08f501c420ba$ecfaecd0$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> can someone post the link again to the edited interview that eliminated all the "uhs" that was originally on the whereseric.com website?? thanks in advance sambo8 -------------------------------------------- Why do I have to swear on the Bible in court when the Ten Commandments cannot be displayed in a federal building? From apuraja8 at hotmail.com Mon Apr 12 14:18:32 2004 From: apuraja8 at hotmail.com (Apurva Parikh) Date: Mon Apr 12 14:18:34 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] It's in the way that you use it.......... Message-ID: “Eric himself would agree that while he was playing with John Mayall his playing was at its highest level or at least he'd agree his chops were the best due tot he fact he was solely obsessed with playing the blues. But you'd be naive to think Eric is as good a guitarist in 2004 as we has in say 1966.” This is exactly my point. How the hell do you know that EC would agree with this? Do you talk to him regularly about this? Is this a fact or just your opinion? What was he doing in 1993 through 1995 if not being “solely obsessed with playing the blues”? Who is being naïve here? AAP: Dude, he's said this in past interviews, i am not mindlessly speculating..I left out the fact that in the Mayall days, he said since they were playing 2-3 shows a day, he obviously had more time to play/practice, etc... You also say: “to say we're insulting him by offering our opinions, to me, is equally as insulting to me” My point was never about anyone’s opinions. Guess what, some people don’t like EC’s music at all. That is their choice to which they are entirely entitled. My irritation was with people making statements as if they were fact rather than opinions. AAP: Well our man has given lots of interviews in his life, so a lot of this is going back to read what he's said and on many aspects he's been consistent about the past, etc. Richard (now going back to listening to the poorer EC “chops” of the 1995 Budokan blues shows) AAP: Going "batty" over this discussion! LOL. Cheers, this is funny.. _________________________________________________________________ Check out MSN PC Safety & Security to help ensure your PC is protected and safe. http://specials.msn.com/msn/security.asp From rtcb at comcast.net Mon Apr 12 14:18:38 2004 From: rtcb at comcast.net (Richard Batty) Date: Mon Apr 12 14:18:45 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: criticism of EC Message-ID: Apurva, Another thing you write: ?Eric himself would agree that while he was playing with John Mayall his playing was at its highest level or at least he'd agree his chops were the best due tot he fact he was solely obsessed with playing the blues. But you'd be naive to think Eric is as good a guitarist in 2004 as we has in say 1966. I mean it's nothing wrong with that, he's almost 60, his priorities as an artist have changed, on the flip side he's a much better singer now than he was 30 years ago.. It's natural course of artistic evolution.? Doesn?t it strike you as contradictory to say that EC is a better singer now because of the ?natural course of artistic evolution? but that this doesn?t apply to his guitar playing? Of course, I?m na?ve. So what the hell do I know Richard -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/slowhand/attachments/20040412/c23414c0/attachment.htm From smangano at solartestinglabs.com Mon Apr 12 14:32:54 2004 From: smangano at solartestinglabs.com (Sam Mangano) Date: Mon Apr 12 14:27:15 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] very good new interview Message-ID: <08f701c420bc$922e12d0$1f01a8c0@solar3.Domain> http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/thereview.cfm?id=408192004 A sentimental journey Eric Clapton. PA Picture NIGEL WILLIAMSON Given that he once inspired a spate of graffiti all over the land declaring ?CLAPTON IS GOD?, the first thing that strikes you about Britain?s best-known guitarist is his lack of rock star pretension. Dressed in white slacks and sweat shirt and with his customary week-old stubble, Eric ?Slowhand? Clapton gives a ?there?s-nothing-special-about-me? shrug and adopts a man-of-the-people air. He?s modest about his achievements, self-effacing about his music and finds an old-fashioned dignity in hard work. "I?ve now got a young family to support so I?ve got to go out and make my living again," he says. The immediate reaction to this has to be ?pull the other one, Eric?. Now 58, Clapton took his place on the ?rich list? of Britain?s 200 wealthiest citizens a decade ago and is one of the country?s 10 most affluent rock stars, in company such as Paul McCartney, Sting, Elton, Mick Jagger and Phil Collins. There?s little prospect of his two young daughters, three-year-old Julie Rose and one-year-old Emma May ever having to dress from the local thrift store. And yet here he is about to take to the road again as a travelling salesman making his living, with a tour that opens in Glasgow and culminates in a week of dates at the Royal Albert Hall next month. Despite his protestations, he doesn?t have to do it. But his fans are clearly grateful that he does. Tickets sold out within an hour of going on sale. Last month his new album, Me & Mr Johnson, went straight into the Top Ten in its week of release. It?s a record that finds him returning full circle to the music that first inspired him to pick up a guitar. Only the second all-blues album in his solo career, Me & Mr Johnson pays tribute to Robert Johnson, the legendary ?King of the Delta Blues?, who sang of the hell-hound on his trail, reputedly sold his soul to the devil and was murdered by a jealous husband in a Mississippi juke joint, years before Clapton was even born. Clapton has covered the Johnson songbook throughout his career, most famously in ?Crossroads?, his barnstorming showstopper when he was in Cream more than 30 years ago. An entire album of Johnson?s spooky, doom-laden songs seems like a Grammy-winner that has just been waiting to happen. What took him so long? "I?d always wanted to do it because I?ve been driven and influenced by him all my life. But I needed to become an old man first," Clapton says. "For years I never felt mature enough. I was intimidated. He?s always been the landmark I?ve navigated by whenever I?ve felt I?m going adrift." Some might take a covers album to suggest that the songwriting skills of the man who penned ?Layla?, ?Wonderful Tonight? and ?Tears In Heaven? have indeed gone adrift. Clapton began recording an album of his own compositions at the same time but eventually put the project on one side to concentrate on the blues songs. "I struggled writing about my present identity," he admits. "I spend two hours every morning with two babies. I give my energy to that and it has changed me incredibly. So it?s difficult for me to write anything that isn?t directly related to them. And it?s hard to figure out how to make that not too trite or sentimental." Yet nobody could doubt Clapton?s qualifications to sing the blues. Today we may be sitting in the comfort of his elegant Georgian townhouse in Chelsea. But he?s survived trauma and tragedy in his career and personal life to arrive here. On the surface, Clapton grew up in a safe and unexceptional suburban family in Surrey. Yet behind the lace curtains and gentility, his upbringing was anything but ordinary. His mother was 16 when he was born illegitimately and she soon gave him up for adoption to her own mother and step-father. Clapton was unaware of his real mother?s existence until she turned up again when he was about nine. To satisfy the mores of 1950s middle-class respectability, he was required to pass her off as his older sister. This strange childhood always made him feel like an outsider and music and art were his dual forms of escape. By the end of the 1960s, he was one of the biggest rock stars on the planet, having graduated from the Yardbirds and John Mayall?s Bluesbreakers to Cream and then to Blind Faith, the world? s first ?supergroup?. Yet by the early 1970s, it had all gone horribly wrong. He fell in love with Patti Boyd, the wife of his best friend, George Harrison. After writing ?Layla? as an expression of his then still unrequited love for her, he descended into heroin addiction. He spent three years sitting around his rock star mansion in Surrey taking narcotics and watching TV. Music lost its importance and he even sold some of his guitars to pay for his habit. "I wasn?t interested at all," he says. "I was disillusioned and bitter and scared of the outside world and what people wanted from me." His closet friends, such as Pete Townshend, feared he was about to follow Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison as the next rock?n?roll casualty. In an effort to help, Townshend set about organising a much-hyped ?comeback? concert at London?s Rainbow Theatre in 1973. "He was trying to save my life," Clapton says. "His motive was to get me to acknowledge I had some value and that people cared about me. But it had absolutely no effect on me. I continued to take those drugs and showed up and did the gig at the Rainbow and it meant absolutely nothing. I look back and I have feelings of remorse about that. I was responsible in that I had started taking the drug. But after that, the drug takes its own course." He eventually took a cure in the mid-1970s. Not that it did much good. "As much as that was a success in helping with the withdrawal symptoms of heroin addiction, it didn?t treat the root cause - which is that I have an addictive personality. So I went straight on to hard liquor. From the devil to the deep blue sea." He found that he could at least function while he was drinking and he returned successfully to making music. He spent the next dozen years making records and playing concerts in an alcoholic haze, drinking a bottle of brandy a day. "But it felt better, because with heroin I couldn?t leave the room. I?d take the phone of the hook and it would just be me and the TV," he says. "With alcohol, I could be very gregarious. I thought I?d woken up and come back to life. And in a way I had. But it was a weird life and eventually it led back to the same place." Some ill-chosen and drunken comments in support of the repatriation policies of Enoch Powell in 1976 at the start of his first British tour in six years sullied his reputation and turned him into a hate figure in punk rock circles.Yet he refuses to blame the booze and remains surprisingly unrepentant. "There?s no way I could be a racist. It would make no sense," he insists. But he still says that his view on the matter "hasn?t changed" and believes that Powell was "outrageously brave" and misunderstood. Yet by the 1980s, his career was on the slide for other reasons. When he recorded the album Behind The Sun in Montserrat in 1985, Warners rejected it as substandard and told him to try again. "They said it had no singles and no relevance to anything else that was out there and I needed to wake up and get with what?s going on," he recalls. It was a major blow to his ego. But after his manager told him the record company might drop him if he didn?t start selling some records again, he agreed to their demands and recut a far more overtly commercial album. "Instead of getting arrogant and outraged, I did the shrewd thing," he claims. It heralded a new, more middle-of-the-road style that was not to the taste of many of his old blues friends. Clapton, too, is honest enough to admit to his own reservations. "It was the beginning of a very conflicting period for me. I felt like I was selling out," he concedes. Around the same time, he finally quit drinking. He?d already had several health scares and been hospitalised. Yet he always slid back. This time it was more serious. "I needed a total internal collapse before I could stop," he recalls. "That moment they call ?the grace of despair?. It came and in a flash of clarity I saw I was going to die. I didn?t want to die, so I picked up a phone and asked for help. Bob?s your uncle, I was in treatment." That was in 1987 and although he still refers to himself as "an addict and an alcoholic", he hasn?t had a drink since. "That?s when I grabbed on to the notion of one day at a time and that?s been my programme ever since. Sixteen years of one day at a time." Yet in his new-found sobriety there was worse to come. In March 1991, immediately after he had completed a record-breaking run of 24 nights at the Royal Albert Hall, Conor, his four-year-old son by the actress Lori Del Santo, fell to his death from the window of a 53rd floor apartment in Manhattan. Clapton was traumatised and the old Eric would have resorted to heroin or brandy. Instead he sought solace in the healing power of music and drew strength from his recent battles conquering the demons of his addiction. "There?s a lot of shared grief in the fellowship of that recovery programme because there are a lot of people who have suffered extraordinary disasters and have not resorted to drugs or alcohol again," he says. "They lent a certain spiritual support that is hard to find anywhere else. There?s no reticence among people in recovery to confront these feelings because it?s part of what they have to do on a daily basis." When he wasn?t sharing his pain with sympathetic fellow addicts in recovery, he cradled his guitar. "I knew intuitively that if I played it would medicate me and calm me. The biggest problem was that I didn?t know what to think or feel and I went into a numb zone, which is the body defending itself because madness beckons in these situations. The only way to keep myself afloat was to play, I had a guitar in my hands all day until I went to sleep." Out of this therapy came some of his most moving songs, including ?My Father ?s Eyes? and ?Tears In Heaven?. "They just grew out of my hands. I didn?t stop them. I just played them over and over again. And it healed me and brought me back to life over a period of about a year," he recalls. Once Clapton felt he was ready to face the world again, he decided to devote himself to voluntary work in a well-known rehabilitation centre. "The death of my son brought home to me how magnificent it was to be able to stay sober and journey through something like that. I?d sit in rooms and talk to other people in recovery and say, ?I?m OK. I don?t drink and I don?t take drugs and I?m quite happy. I know that?s hard to believe given what has just happened. But you can take it from me and this is how it happens?. "That gave me a good deal of self-esteem and self-respect. It made me realise I had something to give that had come out of my experience that could help other people, outside of music." He also built his own rehabilitation centre in Antigua, called Crossroads, a project that led to him losing his manager of many years standing, who resigned in protest. "He thought it would swallow up all my time and money and maybe my career, too," Clapton says. "I felt abandoned and very scared. But sharing my recovery with other people had given me a strength and I felt I had to honour my commitment. I set myself the goal of building the place and thinking if I can just get one person sober then I will have done something worthwhile." The centre is now up and running and can list many success stories. Clapton, too, is grateful for another chance of happiness with his young family, enjoying a contentment he has seldom known in his life. "It?s one of my character defects that the best party is always down the road. When I get what I want, I just don?t want it any more. I?m getting a lot better now. But it?s marked my whole career," he admits. Perhaps it is because of, rather than despite, this restless attitude and his often troubled life that he has made so much memorable music. It?s a mighty legacy. With John Mayall?s Bluesbreakers he recorded the album that defined the 1960s British blues boom. As part of Cream he invented heavy rock and the power trio. He was one of the first white musicians to embrace reggae when he recorded Bob Marley?s ?I Shot The Sheriff?. And he has blossomed as a songwriter to pen such modern classics as ?Layla?, ?Wonderful Tonight? and ?Tears In Heaven?. Now he?s back where he started, singing and playing the blues. What gave a white middle-class boy from the leafy suburbs of post-war Surrey such an affinity with the music of poor, black sharecroppers in the Mississippi Delta in the early decades of the last century remains a mystery. Not least to Clapton. "On occasions in the past I?ve said it was something in my soul that recognised the sadness of the music," he says. "Yet I don?t think that can be true because I equally identify with a lot of classical music. But I think there was something about the solo bluesman and the knowledge that this guy was probably uneducated and a self-taught musician and was on the bottom rung of the social ladder. I saw something of real value in that. I still don?t really know why. I?d like to say it was something to do with my upbringing. But it would be very hard to find a tangible cause." Yet whatever the explanation, there is no doubt Clapton?s feel for the blues is profound and genuine. When he walked out on the Yardbirds in 1965, he claimed he?d quit because he wanted to play "pure, sincere and uncorrupted music". Over the years he admits he has at times strayed from that lofty ideal. "But at heart I still feel that way." Me and Mr Johnson is available now. Eric Clapton plays SECC, Glasgow, on April 26 -------------------------------------------- Why do I have to swear on the Bible in court when the Ten Commandments cannot be displayed in a federal building? From apuraja8 at hotmail.com Mon Apr 12 14:31:21 2004 From: apuraja8 at hotmail.com (Apurva Parikh) Date: Mon Apr 12 14:31:23 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] RE: EC Criticism Message-ID: No, I don't think necessarily his guitar playing had to evolve over time, and this is my opinion, maybe it's naive also, but I think it's probably a combination of evoluion and more concentration spent on his singing. As a blues guitarist, it's kind of hard to reinvent the wheel so to speak, but then again like I said before I could be naive and I am probably a mean person since I have been critical at times of Eric.. ----Original Message Follows---- From: slowhand-request@planet-torque.com Reply-To: slowhand@planet-torque.com To: slowhand@planet-torque.com Subject: Slowhand Digest, Vol 3, Issue 147 Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:27:15 -0400 (EDT) Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to slowhand@planet-torque.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to slowhand-request@planet-torque.com You can reach the person managing the list at slowhand-owner@planet-torque.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..." Today's Topics: 1. edited interview (Sam Mangano) 2. It's in the way that you use it.......... (Apurva Parikh) 3. RE: criticism of EC (Richard Batty) 4. very good new interview (Sam Mangano) << message5.txt >> << message7.txt >> << message9.txt >> << message13.txt >> _______________________________________________ Slowhand mailing list Slowhand@planet-torque.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand _________________________________________________________________ MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page – FREE download! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ From crossrodes at earthlink.net Mon Apr 12 15:44:05 2004 From: crossrodes at earthlink.net (Larry Jackson) Date: Mon Apr 12 15:44:29 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton experts Message-ID: Actually there are NO experts! Just a bunch of people who enjoy GREAT music. Each and every one of us likes or dislikes something EC has done or will do. But call them what you will - this digest is full of OPINIONS - nothing more! Climb down off those " I know more about Eric than you do" mountains and actually listen to the music. Stop pretending to read HIS mind. Stop stating opinion as fact. State your opinions knowing that we all have one (along with a**holes) and I'll bet yours stinks as much as mine. Larry-> From gourlayd2002 at yahoo.ca Mon Apr 12 16:38:36 2004 From: gourlayd2002 at yahoo.ca (David Gourlay) Date: Mon Apr 12 16:38:48 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Re: concert thoughts Message-ID: <20040412203836.28090.qmail@web20310.mail.yahoo.com> Hi there - Read your review of the Frankfurt EC show and can sympathize with you exactly on being at a Clapton show and comparing what seems to be the 15 different versions I have heard of a song like "I Shot the Sheriff" and "Crossroads". Let's admit it - we're unique. Being such a devoted and loyal fan base can sometimes (well, this is really the only exception) have its disadvantages as we never really appreciate the music in a live show as much as we can - especially when it is songs we know so well. I have tickets to see EC twice in May at the RAH and can't wait for the new songs from MAMJ and the other gems I have yet to hear live - than again, seeing EC live is such a rare pleasure that I partake in every 2-3 years and it really does not matter what he plays, seeing him and his presence is well worth the price of admission (including a flight from Canada :) Anyway - I hear you on the comparisons - I have often thought about that too - can be frustrating !! But as long as you enjoy the show and take it all in, it's always well worth it. David --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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There would have never been a 'Crossroad's' like we heard on WOF or a 'Spoonful' on 'Fresh Cream 'cause these actually deviated from the original's in sound and approach...... this ends my rant.... you may now return to your hot tub's....... g.w. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html From deltanick at comcast.net Mon Apr 12 21:53:21 2004 From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick) Date: Mon Apr 12 21:54:06 2004 Subject: [Slowhand] Criticism Message-ID: <002201c420fa$36bbb2c0$78263744@elictc01.md.comcast.net> >> I think what I and some others on this list find tiring are the repeated negative comments about EC, parts of his career, his guitar choice or the suggestion that some things are fact when they are really just someone’s opinion. << The notions of free expression of ideas and a healthy debate are enshrined in the foundations of all civilized societies. History has shown us the results of the opposite: the USSR, Nazi Germany, and the Taliban, to name just a few. No debate there, of course. So, we cannot discuss, have a kitchen debate? Let's see what Eric Clapton has to say about this: Barry Cleveland: In the early ‘70s, you began to move away from primarily guitar-based music to a more pop-based st