[Slowhand] Winwood/Clapton

[Woff]

Talk about a half-hearted review :-)


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> Subject:

> [Slowhand] Winwood/Clapton

> From:

> "Kevin Wilson" <kevin.wilson at arivia.co.za>

> Date:

> Mon, 21 May 2007 12:03:50 +0200

> To:

> <slowhand at planet-torque.com>

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> To:

> <slowhand at planet-torque.com>

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> It seemed that everything happened in halves on Saturday night.

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> My broadband connection (what a joke) allowed me to view and listen to 

> half of each verse of each song.

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> Half of Blind Faith were represented.

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> They did half the songs from the Blind Faith album.

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> The performance and solos were half-hearted attempts.

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> Nothing was half as good as the Cream reunion.

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> I neglected to write down the names of the band members, and half 

> recall the they may have been:

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> Eric Clapton - Guitar & Vocals

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> Steve Winwood - Organ, Guitar & Vocals

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> Jose Neto - Guitar

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> Paul Booth -Organ & Sax

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> Davide Giovannini - Drums

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> Karl Vanden Bossche – Percussion

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> … but that may be a half-truth.

>

> Does anyone know the name of the first song Eric and Steve performed – 

> you know, the one with the half-inaudible vocals?

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> The Steve Winwood website is not half as informative as it could be.

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> To top it all, we had an announcer at the end of it all saying, “What 

> a great performance that was…”, whereas half the crowd were seen 

> dispersing halfway through the final number.

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> Will I spend half a month’s salary flying to the US to see this lot in 

> July? Not half friend! not half!

>

> Just my half cent worth.

>

> Kevin

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