[Slowhand] still don't like Doyle

[Robert]

Perhaps it was not his fault. You said the sound was not
that great. Perhaps the sound guys like Doyle and crank up
his volume or perhaps they are trying to coax Eric into
playing louder. I think a lot of long time Eric fans are
getting defensive with Doyle onstage with Eric. Especially
since Doyle is getting a lot of free reign from Eric to
solo. I do have to say that Doyle really has not cut loose,
like he's capable of, because it's Eric's show. Eric will
never play like Doyle and Doyle will never play like Eric.
They are pretty unique and great in their own right. 

> ATTACHMENT part 3.2 message/rfc822 
> From: "Steve" <smevans at tds.net>
> To: <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 06:34:18 -0500
> Subject: [Slowhand] still don't like doyle
> 
> Just my opinion, and those of an informal poll in
> Milwaukee last night, so
> no flames please.  Look, for the most part Doyle plays
> the part of band
> member very well...heck several last night mentioned he
> just flat out looked
> bored with being there, but why does he feel it his place
> to play louder
> than the rest of the band when he feels like it?  Man he
> just ruined a few
> songs last night with his total lack of concern for his
> volume.  I don't
> know if he was attempting to get the rest of the band to
> follow his lead and
> crank it up a notch perhaps? .....but he would play some
> of his parts SO
> LOUD that it just unbalanced the entire band.  I know EC
> must really see
> great things in Doyle or he would not employ him...but
> that does not mean I
> have to like him.
> I think the Milwaukee show got off to a slow start.  The
> sound folks just
> took too long in finding EC's vocals.  The Robert Johnson
> set was my
> personal favorite part of the show, but it was mixed to
> the house so loudly
> that the set lost the intimate feeling it might have
> otherwise produced.
> And of course the crowd came to hear the hits plain and
> simple.  Nothing
> gets the drunks out of their seats and spilling beers
> like Cocaine (the
> song).  And speaking of drunks...the two women behind me
> who just had to
> sing along to wonderful tonight should have had a couple
> more drinks so they
> could have just passed out and spared us all the pain
> their screeching.
> They had to bring in the folks with the mops twice to
> deal with the drinks
> they were spilling all over the place.
> If EC ever tours again after this jaunt around the world,
> I'm saving up to
> go back to Europe where the crowds are there to enjoy the
> music, not to see
> how much they can drink in two hours.
> And in closing, let me say Robert Randolph (sorry if
> spelled incorrectly) is
> one of the most talented young players around.  When he
> joined EC's band for
> the encore he was playing things that had EC just shaking
> his head with a
> grin a mile wide on his face...no doubt that EC is
> impressed with this young
> man.  I've not seen EC smile so much in years!
> This was my first EC show in 25 years that I have gone to
> without my wife
> who passed away two years ago.  I know she had the best
> seat in the house.
> 
> Steve...Madison, WI