[Slowhand] On This Day in EC History - December 13

Almighty Geetarz almighty_geetarz at yahoo.com
Wed Dec 13 20:29:55 EST 2006


Observant readers will note that yesterday's post was also titled
"December 13". Either there are two December 13's this month, or I was
sleep deprived when I wrote the former. My apologies to any
triskaidekaphobiacs in the audience.

This is the actual "December 13" post, accept no substitutes. It was
delayed today by ... nothing. That's right, we awoke to nothing. No
lights, no water, no phone, no HEAT ... the power company has rectified
the situation (apparently light poles jump directly in front of cars
when it's foggy) and things are now approaching normal. Whatever that is.

At any rate ...

On this day in 1990, EC finished the epic 1990 world tour in Yokohama.
As a prelude to "A Remark You Made", the band offered a short rendition
of "Auld Lang Syne" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_lang_syne) as a
nod to the end of the tour, before tearing into the final performance of
"Layla" for the year. A fitting end to one of the best EC tours (and
bands) ever ...

http://www.geetarz.org/reviews/clapton/auld-lang-syne.htm

http://www.geetarz.org/tunez/12-13-auld-lang-syne.mp3

http://www.geetarz.org/tunez/12-13-auld-layla.mp3

Cheers,
AG

P.S. I am aware that "This Day in EC History" is a very lame title, but
I'm stumped and accepting suggestions for a replacement ...



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