[Slowhand] Eric rants and raves continued

[Scott Wallenberg]

If Eric did another  From the Cradle   what do you think it would sound 
like?

In my opinion it would sound just like a repeat of From the Cradle. or Me 
and Mr. Johnson
He is not going to re-invent the wheel...his blues playing is what it is. I 
happen to love it but more covers of Blues tunes would get a kind of 
redundant.

FTC and the accompanying tour had Lee Dixon trotting out endless varieties 
of guitars which certainly helped to provide lots of nice tonal changes but 
in the end it was still Eric's fingers and there really aren't any new 
"blues" licks coming.

There is a fascinating interview in Vintage Guitar magazine Feb 2007 issue 
interviewing Eric and JJ together which details almost every track on 
Escondido.
Interestingly on  Don't Cry Sister Eric actually did all the guitars and 
taught himself the JJ Cale parts, the harmonizing lines and overdubs.
That's probably one of the coolest things on the record to me and shows that 
if Eric wants to learn something new he can.

JJ also mentions how he plays After Midnight different almost every night to 
change things up and Eric counters that he likes to keep the arrangements 
the same and just let the solos vary.

Eric also mentioned about playing in a trio again with Cream  "If I were to 
do it again, I'd learn to play in a way that wasn't so manic.There must be 
better ways to do the trio thing"

JJ says that Eric was sitting on his porch playing licks that he has never 
ever heard Eric play. When JJ said Eric should record that, Eric replied 
"there are somethings that should just go in the air"




Scott