[Slowhand] John Mayalls 70th

[Matthew Brown]

I was at this show and have to say it was excellent, Claptons playing was
certainly not low in the mix on the day.  Mick Taylor heald his own though.

I have not seen the DVD as have been put off by the negative comments it has
always received on the digest.

Are there any boots of this circulating?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bluesman13" <bluesman13 at yahoo.com>
To: <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 3:09 PM
Subject: [Slowhand] John Mayalls 70th



> >>>>>

> Clapton's guitar is indeed exceptionally low in the

> mix throughout. On

> the duet numbers it was practically inaudible. The

> real shame is that

> they used selections from the original Beano

> recordings for the menus.

>

> Hard to think that Clapton would spoil his own legacy

> this way; given the attention/tributes/honour he's

> recently paid to Cream and Derek & the Dominos.

> <<<<<<

>

> Not only is EC's guitar low, but his playing was IMO

> boring. Not agressive, not biting, low and boring. I

> was rally looking forward to watching this and I was

> very disappointed in this concert as on paper, it

> seems like a winner. The best player by far, is

> Mayall's guitar player, Buddy Whittington. Clapton's

> playing on this DVD reminds me a lot of his playing on

> the SRV Tribute DVD.

>

>

> In EC's defense though, can you imagine the pressure

> on him to duplicate the feeling, tone, and

> aggressiveness of the original? That, of course is not

> possible, as EC is longer that person at that time in

> his life.

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