[Slowhand] Excerpt from an interview

[Kelly Murphy]

Eddy,

Very interesting (and cool).  Thanks for sharing.

"All music I write is meant to be listened to by Eric Clapton"

That's how I feel.  Well, also Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan. lol ;o)

-Kelly
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eddy Pollet Thuis" <eddy.pollet at pandora.be>
To: <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 9:55 AM
Subject: [Slowhand] Excerpt from an interview


> Hi all,
>
> Just an excerpt from an interview with a young Belgian bicycle racer,
called
> Francesco Planckaert . He is a young racer at the beginning of a career as
a
> professional, but his father  (Eddy Planckaert) has had a great career, in
> which he won the green jersey in the Tour de France, and some big races
like
> Paris-Roubaix .
> After having been forced to stop cycling due to a problem with his back,
> Eddy invested his money in a wood business in Latvia, which went broke,
and
> so he returned to Belgium, trying to make some money with a small guest
> house, and being the main person in a reality soap (comparable to the
> Ozbournes) . Of course, Francesco also appears in the series, and as such
> has gained some popularity which he tried to exploit by releasing a single
> "We're doing allright" ... his first passion is music, not racing .
Anyway,
> in an interview he said the following :
>
> "... I have another good reason for wanting to become a really big racer :
I
> want to earn the respect of Lance Armstrong . That done, I'll ask him to
> introduce me to his GF Sheryl Crow, who was once the GF of Eric Clapton .
> She could then bring me into contact with her ex, and if that God would
> listen for just one minute to the blues that I wrote here on top of a hill
> in the Ardennes, I'll be forever grateful to bicycle racing . All music I
> write is meant to be listened to by Eric Clapton . ..."
>
> and a bit further he answers the following to the question " And what
music
> you listen to while training ?"
> "Race against the Machine helps me to get through the pain limit  . And
> besides that, some live CD's from Eric Clapton, Dire Straits and Gary
Moore
> ."
>
> I just thought this was fun to know,
>
> Eddy
>
>