From almighty_geetarz at yahoo.com  Thu Jan  1 15:34:46 2009
From: almighty_geetarz at yahoo.com (Almighty Geetarz)
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 12:34:46 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Slowhand] A big bowl of Soul Stew
Message-ID: <382086.26257.qm@web57208.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

Hello All,

a Happy New Year to you all, we went and had a healthy portion of "Soul Stew" with EC's bandmate last night.  Wish you all could have been there. With the recent passing of Delaney Bramlett, I can't think of a band that better embodies the vibe of the D&B&Friends band than the Soul Stew Revival.  

I hope '09 is great for all of you, and in the meantime if you want to listen, I've put it on my fave torrent sites:

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=229867

http://www.hungercity.org/details.php?id=4231

http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/showthread.php?t=68112

I'll get it up on archive.org in a few days, which means that those of you who don't torrent will have access as well.

Enjoy!
~G


      

From deltanick at comcast.net  Fri Jan  2 13:13:34 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick)
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 13:13:34 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Hollywood's Digital Dawdling
Message-ID: <8EEF3E58CF2D435588CF9B13B70A5DC1@4MT8H51>

Article supports my conjecture that those "in charge" of the entertainment industry are the worst sort: always were and always will be.

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_02/b4115061099814.htm

                DeltaNick

From greghilker at gmx.de  Sat Jan  3 12:21:11 2009
From: greghilker at gmx.de (Greg Hilker)
Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:21:11 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] Hollywood's Digital Dawdling
In-Reply-To: <mailman.50.1231002060.4648.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.50.1231002060.4648.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <495F9E87.2090806@gmx.de>

Nick,

You're absolutely right!

Sch?ne Gruesse aus Deutschland,
Greg Hilker-Schmele


Subject: [Slowhand] Hollywood's Digital Dawdling
From:    "DeltaNick" <deltanick at comcast.net>
Date:    Fri, 2 Jan 2009 13:13:34 -0500
To:      "Slowhand Digest" <slowhand at planet-torque.com>

Article supports my conjecture that those "in charge" of the entertainment industry are the worst sort: always were and always will be.

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_02/b4115061099814.htm

                DeltaNick



From candyear at earthlink.net  Sun Jan  4 14:11:17 2009
From: candyear at earthlink.net (David Strahl)
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 14:11:17 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] HOLLYWOOD'S DIGITAL DAWDLING
In-Reply-To: <mailman.46.1231088449.13472.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.46.1231088449.13472.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <283BAE40-0392-4A50-9B68-ECE15F8A497D@earthlink.net>

Hi,
I worked for Sony back in the day. When Michael Jackson (not so  
credible) said Tommy Mottola was the devil. I simply replied "I know  
that". It was awful. Like working for Bob Guccione or at a sleezy  
topless joint. It's hard to be sympathetic to an industry that  
doesn't deserve it. Look, remember, "CD's don't skip." Albums  
disappear and then reappear 3 times the price. The original CD's were  
horrible compared to the next wave of them but did you get a voucher  
for buying the crappy ones? Unfortunately big business can't figure  
out a way of making a profit without exploitation. You and I are the  
ones trying to make an "honest" living.
David
On Jan 4, 2009, at 12:00 PM, slowhand-request at planet-torque.com wrote:

> Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to
> 	slowhand at planet-torque.com
>
> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
> 	http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand
> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
> 	slowhand-request at planet-torque.com
>
> You can reach the person managing the list at
> 	slowhand-owner at planet-torque.com
>
> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..."
> Today's Topics:
>
>    1. Re: Hollywood's Digital Dawdling (Greg Hilker)
>
> From: Greg Hilker <greghilker at gmx.de>
> Date: January 3, 2009 12:21:11 PM EST
> To: Slowhand Digest <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
> Subject: Re: [Slowhand] Hollywood's Digital Dawdling
>
>
> Nick,
>
> You're absolutely right!
>
> Sch?ne Gruesse aus Deutschland,
> Greg Hilker-Schmele
>
>
> Subject: [Slowhand] Hollywood's Digital Dawdling
> From:    "DeltaNick" <deltanick at comcast.net>
> Date:    Fri, 2 Jan 2009 13:13:34 -0500
> To:      "Slowhand Digest" <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
>
> Article supports my conjecture that those "in charge" of the  
> entertainment industry are the worst sort: always were and always  
> will be.
>
> http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_02/b4115061099814.htm
>
>                DeltaNick
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Slowhand mailing list
> Slowhand at planet-torque.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand


From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Sun Jan  4 14:16:02 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 19:16:02 -0000
Subject: [Slowhand] Still essential after 40 years
Message-ID: <00af01c96ea0$e4b4d9d0$0200a8c0@GX270>

The guy makes a very valid point, but I think *we* all know it.

http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2009/01/04/still_essential_after_40_years/

Still essential after 40 years
2008 had some fine albums, but it's unlikely they'll measure up to 1968's

By Tristram Lozaw
Globe Correspondent / January 4, 2009

In 2008, a flurry of releases arrived to remind us of the inventive vibrancy
of the pop music scene . . . of four decades ago.

Albums by the Beatles, Stones, Jimi, Janis, Aretha, Marvin, Otis, Sly,
Miles, and Zappa were among the 1968 releases getting major play and press
last year. Fortieth anniversary sets reminded us of a time when imaginative
artistry ruled the pop charts, revealing numerous creative influences that
still permeate our culture.

The music business has changed dramatically in 40 years, but 1968 and 2008
bear comparison. Both were turbulent years with watershed presidential
elections, unpopular foreign wars, and major upheaval - social then,
financial now. 1968 saw the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., racial
tensions, and the ensuing riots; in 2008 we voted our first African-American
president into office.

Will the albums on 2008's best-of lists measure up to the astonishing number
of classics from 1968? A few decades from now, will we still consider
Coldplay, Vampire Weekend, Guns N' Roses, or TV on the Radio essential
listening?

One could argue, for those willing to dig a little deeper, that there's more
good music being recorded today than ever before. But the competition -
represented below with a small cross-section of 1968's seminal, enduring
records - is stiff. It seems highly unlikely that, 40 years from now, we'll
be humming Beyonc??'s "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" like we do Aretha's
"A Natural Woman."

JIMI HENDRIX "Electric Ladyland"
The mind-warping guitarist followed the rock pyrotechnics of his five-star
"Axis: Bold as Love" (also from 1968) with this groundbreaking double album,
a psychedelic masterpiece of soft soul, wild experimentation, and smoky
midnight jazz riffs, rereleased last month in a deluxe CD and DVD set.
"Jimi's records had opened up a whole new world for me," says
singer-producer Don Dixon (R.E.M., Smithereens). " 'Are You Experienced?'
replaced Otis [Redding] on my turntable until 'Electric Ladyland' came out
and replaced that. For me, it was the Holy Grail, the culmination of his
inimitable guitar style with a more soulful rhythm and vocal approach." Al
Kooper (of Blood, Sweat & Tears) and most of Traffic, who released their own
classics in 1968, also performed on the album.

JOHNNY CASH "Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison"
Jan. 13, 1968, the day the Man in Black walked into Folsom to perform for
the inmates, recorded a career-defining album and, as daughter Rosanne put
it, "came into the light," has been commemorated with an expanded "Legacy
Edition." " 'Folsom' is a statement about compassion and rebellion," says
Cash biographer Michael Streissguth. "It carried a message of prison reform
to the masses. While other musicians gave lip service to those on the
fringes of society, Cash met the disenfranchised on their own turf and
rolled tape." Bestor Cram, producer of the box set's DVD, adds, "There is
the vulnerable heart of a desperate man revealed with passion and intensity.
It's so authentic that you feel he can touch you."

JAMES BROWN "Live at the Apollo, Vol. II"
Brown's simulcast Boston Garden show, a day after Martin Luther King Jr.'s
1968 assassination, is credited with preventing an explosion of the city's
racial tensions. But it's the Godfather of Soul's earlier show at Harlem's
Apollo Theater that is remembered as one of the greatest concerts of last
century. "When James Brown says, 'I come here to do business!' we know he's
not just making an empty threat," says James Sullivan, author of "The
Hardest Working Man." "He was so hot creatively, he could take on Sinatra
one minute and Miles Davis the next. With Pee Wee Ellis newly in charge, the
band was never tougher. And even when JB stepped aside, he was the
undisputed star of the show: 'Spotlight on James Brown,' Bobby Byrd sings
[at the same concert]. 'He's the king of them all, y'all.' "

VELVET UNDERGROUND "White Light, White Heat"
Largely ignored when released, this proto-punk classic - with lyrics about
drugs, shock therapy, and transsexuals; noise-nasty improv; and 17-minute
closer "Sister Ray" - is one of rock's most influential artifacts. Electric
violist John Cale has described the cornerstone of glam, punk, and
experimental rock as "consciously anti-beauty," while the late guitarist
Sterling Morrison saw it as a reflection of the era's chaos: "We may have
been dragging each other off a cliff, but we were all definitely going in
the same direction."

BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY "Cheap Thrills"
Though "Cheap Thrills" doesn't get as much love as Janis Joplin's solo work,
it offers many of her gutsiest performances. With "Piece of My Heart,"
"Summertime," and a nine-minute "Ball and Chain," Janis introduced the grit
of the soul sisters and big-mama belters to rock. Big Brother bangs out
hard-rock laced with blues and acid, lending Joplin's vocals an urgent
passion. "Cheap Thrills" spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard charts,
succeeded by "Electric Ladyland."

ROLLING STONES "Beggars Banquet"
After 1967's "Their Satanic Majesties Request" experiment, "many feared that
the bad boys of rock had sacrificed their raw, bluesy edge to love, peace,
and flower power," writes Alan Clayson, author of "Legendary Sessions: The
Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet." "No need to worry, salvation was at hand
with 'Beggars Banquet.' " Anchored by "Sympathy for the Devil," "Street
Fighting Man," and "You Can't Always Get What You Want," the album was a
bracing return to celebrating the common man, with rock and country blues
reframed as social revolution.

FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION "We're Only in It for the Money " and
"Lumpy Gravy"
These pioneering albums by the late composer-satirist - with send-ups of the
summer of love and razor-blade edits that mashed together classical motifs
and barbed rock - are combined in "Lumpy Money"; an expanded 3-CD set with
alternate mixes is due out this month. "These two records are Frank's
masterworks," says Gail Zappa, Frank's wife and head of the Zappa Family
Trust. "[The solo] 'Lumpy Gravy' remains my personal favorite, and it was
right up there on Frank's list." "We're Only in It for the Money," one of
250 significant albums chosen by the Library of Congress for the National
Recording Registry (along with "At Folsom Prison" and "Switched-on Bach"),
is "an early attack on the massification [of bohemia that] hasn't so much
dated as found its context," wrote music critic Robert Christgau.

THE BEATLES "The Beatles" (The White Album)
Some have written that the expansive, eclectic scope of this album is the
sound of the band breaking up. That didn't stop it from becoming the 10th
best-selling album of all time. Nearly every track, from "Helter Skelter" to
"Blackbird," is a pop-culture fixture. Even the Vatican, having forgiven
John Lennon for claiming the Beatles were more popular than Christ, cited
the 30-song double album on its 40th anniversary as a groundbreaking
"magical musical anthology" with "pearls that even today remain
unparalleled. A listening experience like [this] is rare."

THE BAND "Music From Big Pink"
After its Basement Tapes sessions with Bob Dylan, the Band used the Big Pink
house to record a soulful, country-ish debut that changed the rock
landscape.

CREAM "Wheels of Fire"
The half-studio, half-live set of combustible power-trio rock 'n' blues,
featuring Eric Clapton's guitar scorching "Crossroads," was the first
platinum-selling double album. It was replaced at No. 1 by the Doors'
"Waiting for the Sun."

ARETHA FRANKLIN "Lady Soul"
Timeless crossover hits -"Chain of Fools," "A Natural Woman" - and an
all-star band.

SIMON & GARFUNKEL "Bookends" Folk-pop craft at its most appealing.

INCREDIBLE STRING BAND "The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter"
Incandescent minstrel foundations of modern folk.

WALTER (WENDY) CARLOS "Switched-On Bach"
Radical computer pop.

BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS "Child Is Father to the Man"
Al Kooper's seminal fusion of brass, rock, and jazz.

THE BYRDS "Sweetheart of the Rodeo"
Kickstarted the country-rock movement.

BLUE CHEER "Vincebus Eruptum"
The first grunge metal album?

THE DOORS "Waiting for the Sun"
The psychedelic prophets' only No. 1 album.

DR. JOHN "Gris Gris"
A voodoo swamp-soul gem.

JEFF BECK "Truth"
The guitar hero's most visionary metallic album.

ZOMBIES "Odessey and Oracle"
Full of chestnuts like "Time of the Season."

MARVIN GAYE "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
A breakthrough for the smoothest voice in soul.

THE KINKS "The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society"
Quintessential social commentary rock.

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL "Creedence Clearwater Revival"
The potent debut of Southern rock, John Fogerty-style.

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE "Crown of Creation"
Tuneful exploration of psychedelic possibilities.

OTIS REDDING "The Dock of the Bay"
Posthumous monument to Southern soul.

SLY & THE FAMILY STONE "Dance to the Music"
Revolutionary funk-pop grooves.

? Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company.


From jshortri at rmi.net  Sun Jan  4 23:46:57 2009
From: jshortri at rmi.net (John Shortridge)
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 21:46:57 -0700
Subject: [Slowhand] CDr giveaway
Message-ID: <20ED8BAE-995D-4C35-AD36-D63CF61805DE@rmi.net>

Hi,
I've got some Clapton recordings I'd like to give away. I'm weeding,  
and thought I'd offer these up. They are audience recordings, in  
jewel boxes with liner art.

Budokan NI Tokage / December 4, 2001
Buenos Aires / October 6, 2001
Royal Albert Hall / February 10, 2001
Las Vegas Boulevard / August 13, 2001
Somewhere Over London / Royal Albert Hall / February 4, 2001

Cheers,
John

********************************************
John Shortridge
jshortri at rmi.net

Raise your glass to the hard working people
Lets drink to the uncounted heads
Lets think of the wandering millions
Who need leaders but get gamblers instead
-Jagger / Richards

********************************************


From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Tue Jan  6 03:28:52 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 08:28:52 -0000
Subject: [Slowhand] JB&EC Concerts
Message-ID: <01a401c96fd8$cfc39410$0200a8c0@GX270>

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/01/05/guitar-gods-eric-clapton-jeff-beck-set-to-share-the-stage-at-japan-concerts/

Guitar Gods Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck Set to Share the Stage at Japan Concerts
1/5/09, 5:45 pm EST
Photo: Mazur/Wireimage

Two former Yardbirds are set to share the stage: Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck
have announced they'll play two shows together at Saitama, Japan's Super
Arena, on February 21st and 22nd. The duo have performed together at album
sessions, benefits and festivals in years past, but these concerts mark the
first time the pair have ever shared the bill for major arena shows. How
mighty are these two axmen? Clapton ranked Number Four on our list of the
100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, and Beck came in Number 14. If by some
chance you'll find yourself in Japan for this epic exhibition of guitar gods
(or you just happen to live in Japan), take note that tickets for these
concerts go on sale January 17th.

Both guitarists have roots in the Yardbirds, that blues-tinged British band
that also lists Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page among its famous alumni. After the
Yardbirds' hit "For Your Love," Clapton exited the band in 1965 out of
protest of the group's move from the blues to a new pop sound. Clapton's
replacement, ironically enough, was Jeff Beck, who was fired from the band
in 1968 before they ultimately disbanded. Jimmy Page formed a band in late
1968 called the new Yardbirds, but you more than likely know them by the
name Led Zeppelin.

Of course, Clapton and Beck went on to have pretty huge post-Yardbirds
careers as well: Clapton as a member of Cream, Blind Faith, Derek & The
Dominoes and a successful solo career, while Beck fronted the Jeff Beck Band
and also enjoyed a noteworthy solo run. And now, more than 40 years after
the original Yardbirds disbanded, the two will finally be together on a
stage in Japan.


From jyb.music at gmail.com  Wed Jan  7 10:37:11 2009
From: jyb.music at gmail.com (jyb music)
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 16:37:11 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] JB&EC Concerts
Message-ID: <91e726db0901070737l9f5909eubf43e5cb5d4c6566@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

Hum,

"Derek & The Dominoes"

Correct spelling is "Derek & The Dominos" without "e" ins't it?

"... while Beck fronted the Jeff Beck Band"
Strange that a journalist writing for such a paper like Rolling Stone is
doing that mistake.
Yes "Eric Clapton and Band" but definitively "Jeff Beck Group"


The important thing : will they broadcast the show?

From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Sun Jan 11 05:23:25 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 10:23:25 -0000
Subject: [Slowhand] SW Interview
Message-ID: <006b01c973d6$a8e3b260$0200a8c0@GX270>

and he pinches my joke ......

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2009/01/11/2009-01-11_tour_puts_steve_winwood_back_in_the_high-1.html

Tour puts Steve Winwood 'back in the high life'
BY PHIL ROURA
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Sunday, January 11th 2009, 4:00 AM

The grounds around Steve Winwood's 300-year-old manor house in
Gloucestershire, England, are covered with a glistening coat of ice that has
turned the area into a winter postcard scene.

"It's called hoar frost - that is h-o-a-r, so you won't be making a
mistake," Winwood explains with a mischievous laugh over the phone. "It is
actually quite nice."

Soon, however, he will be defrosting in Hawaii with a couple of concerts
before starting a tour of the Eastern Colonies in support of his hit CD,
"Nine Lives."

One of his biggest gigs will be at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods on Saturday in
the Grand Theater. It's one of the area's most-awaited concerts. Winwood
also plays the United Palace in upper Manhattan on Thursday and Friday and
the Wellmont in Montclair, N.J., on the 20th.

But on this day it is about relaxing.

"The [four] children are home from school, so it's been a good holiday,"
says Winwood as the family dog barks for attention. "We've just returned
from visiting some friends down the road. It is bitterly cold outside, but I
have a roaring fire going and everything is toasty warm. I love this place.
My wife and I have lived here for the past 40 years."

Some people have wondered about the new album's title. Could this possibly
be a swan song?

"You mean that maybe I've used up all of my nine lives?" he asks. "No, not
at all. I still have a lot to say. It's just that this is my ninth studio
album and it has nine songs on it."

The focus? "I like to look at it as a collection of fairly unrelated songs
that are a bit like a book of short stories."

The common thread? "It is the music, I think - rock, folk, jazz, R&B and
world music. They are things I have been comfortable with since I first
started."

That was at 15, when he and his brother Muff joined the Spencer Davis Group,
co-writing "Gimme Some Lovin' " and "I'm a Man." He left to form Traffic,
and in 1969, he met Eric Clapton and a connection clicked. They formed the
supergroup Blind Faith, and the bond has endured to this day, with Clapton
appearing on the compelling "Dirty City" track on "Nine Lives."

"I wanted to address urban problems - you know, crime and teenage
hooliganism," he explains.

Such as what sometimes breaks out at a soccer game?

"That's a good example. England is a very tribal country and English
football is particularly tribal," he explains. "For example, just 20 miles
down the road you can find people whose looks and accents are different.
They embrace their teams and follow them with tremendous passion."

Asked if he thinks music can bring social changes, Winwood says, "That's a
very interesting question. Neil Young says he doesn't think music can change
the world anymore, and I kind of agree with him. Maybe it did in the '50s,
'60s and '70s, but I'm not actually convinced of that. I mean, recycling our
garbage helps more than writing a song about recycling our garbage, doesn't
it?"

But writing a song about a social condition "can also highlight it" so it
can be improved. And that's what Winwood says he tries to do with "Raging
Sea" and "Hungry Man," through which he looks at Africa with a heavy heart.
"Here is this beautiful land with such a massive, rich culture, and it is so
ironic that it is also so troubled," says Winwood with a sigh. "So much
poverty. So many conflicts."

"Nine Lives" debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200 last May. The Daily
News' music critic, Jim Farber, wrote that "Winwood's voice retains its
choirboy resonance and spiraling wind power throughout the disk. An amiable
and engaging example of a master back in his element."

Still, Winwood frowns on being labeled. "So much nowadays is about putting
people in pigeonholes," he says. "I always like to take a mixture of
ingredients and make some kind of rich soup out of them. I'm just lucky
enough to still be around to do it."

On a cold winter's night, that's not a bad thing.


From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Mon Jan 12 13:09:05 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:09:05 -0000
Subject: [Slowhand] Musicians Will Honour Whisky Founder Elmer Valentine -
	(No EC Content)
Message-ID: <003b01c974e0$db5fba30$0200a8c0@GX270>

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=28188

Musicians Will Honor Whisky Founder Elmer Valentine
Posted: 2009-01-11
Discuss

SOURCE: All About Jazz Publicity

Man behind the Whisky and Roxy will have a street named for him.
Elmer Valentine, founder of the Whisky a Go-Go and co-founder of the Roxy
nightclubs on the Sunset Strip, will be memorialized.

On Jan. 26 some of the musicians whose careers he boosted will join in and a
street in West Hollywood renamed in his honor. Valentine died last month at
age 85.

Johnny Rivers, John Mayall and J.J. Cale are among performers who will play
at the Whisky for the event that Lou Adler, Valentine's longtime friend and
business partner, is helping to organize.

"It's great that those three were the first to confirm," Adler said Friday.
"Johnny Rivers, of course, was the opening act at the Whisky and had a lot
to do with establishing the place. And J.J. -- he originally was Johnny
Cale, but Elmer made him use J.J. and told him, 'We can't have two Johnnys
on the marquee.' "

A stretch of Larrabee Street near the corner of Sunset Boulevard, where the
Whisky sits, will be christened Elmer Valentine Way, Adler said. "It wasn't
difficult at all," he said. "I just called [West Hollywood Mayor Pro Tem]
Abbe Land. She's been around a long time, and they pushed it right through.
They realized it was important, and he deserved it."

The Whisky was the focal point of L.A.'s rock scene in the '60s and much of
the '70s, giving over its stage to future Rock and Roll Hall of Fame acts
including the Doors, the Byrds, the Who, Jimi Hendrix, Love, Buffalo
Springfield, Talking Heads and Elvis Costello.

"The Whisky was Mecca," Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist for the Doors, once
said. "It was the place in Los Angeles. It was probably the place in the
entire country."

randy.lewis at latimes.com


From info at whereseric.com  Sat Jan 17 12:06:26 2009
From: info at whereseric.com (Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine)
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:06:26 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] MELBOURNE CONCERT DATE CHANGE
Message-ID: <8cc10f7c0901170906w509264a2rbbd6835c165e390c@mail.gmail.com>

For those of you who may have missed this important news on
whereseric.comand / or
ericclapton.com:

*** ERIC CLAPTON'S MELBOURNE CONCERT WILL TAKE PLACE ON 10 MARCH AND NOT 11
MARCH ***

Due to a touring change, the Melbourne Concert will now take place on
Tuesday 10 March 2009 and not 11 March. All tickets purchased for the
original play date will be valid for the same seat for the new play date (10
March). Any ticket holders unable to attend on the new date must contact
Ticketek BEFORE 31 January 2009.
Ticketek website:  www.ticketek.com.au
Ticketek Telephone:   132-849

No other concert dates have been amended. The complete schedule is:
4 March - Auckland, New Zealand
7 March - Hunter Valley, Hope Estate, Australia
8 March - Sydney, Australia
10 March - Melbourne, Australia

Regards,
The Where's Eric! Team
email: info at whereseric.com

========================================================================

Where's Eric! - The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine
Established 1992

Visit us on the web at:
www.whereseric.com | www.ericclaptonfaq.com

========================================================================

From slowhand.net at gmail.com  Sat Jan 17 16:53:54 2009
From: slowhand.net at gmail.com (Steve)
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:53:54 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Nate news
Message-ID: <86128fd00901171353w176a69f5g284545ea550fcf40@mail.gmail.com>

 Here's a message I received from Nathan East.  Even if you don't get HBO,
you may want to try anyway.  I heard something on XM Radio that led me to
believe they may open up the channels and let everyone have access:

Happy New Year Steve !

 I'm here in Washington, D.C. to play the Obama Inaugural Concert!

*Scheduled to air on HBO this Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/PT*

*We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebratio**n at the Lincoln Memorial*
*
*
Beyonc?
Bono
Bruce Springsteen
Stevie Wonder
James Taylor
Josh Groban
Sheryl Crow
John Mellencamp
Garth Brooks
Herbie Hancock
Shakira
John Legend
Mary J. Blige
will.i.am
Usher
Jennifer Nettles
Heather Headley
Renee Fleming
Denzel Washington
Jamie Foxx
Queen Latifah
Martin Luther King III

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2009-01-12-inauguration-event_N.htm?csp=34

Should be lots of fun !!
Best in 2009!

Nate

From mangs88 at verizon.net  Sun Jan 18 13:57:37 2009
From: mangs88 at verizon.net (sam mangano)
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:57:37 -0600 (CST)
Subject: [Slowhand] hbo concert is free!
Message-ID: <387886105.53785301232305057434.JavaMail.javamailuser@localhost>

even if you dont have HBO, its a free HBO weekend for all 
cable/satellite subscribers. 2 showings are at 2:30pm and 7pm.

l8r
sammy

From cdonatto at yahoo.com  Mon Jan 19 13:00:33 2009
From: cdonatto at yahoo.com (Cheryl Donatto)
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:00:33 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Slowhand] Magazines
Message-ID: <216139.84438.qm@web54408.mail.yahoo.com>

Anybody here collect music magazines with articles, etc on EC? Most of them are from the mid-late 90s and early 2000s.
I've got a box of them that's headed for the trash unless someone wants them.
Send an email to let me know.

cheryl



      

From artaarias at yahoo.com  Wed Jan 21 19:50:49 2009
From: artaarias at yahoo.com (Art Arias)
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:50:49 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Slowhand] magazines
Message-ID: <577612.32198.qm@web110604.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

The trash?!?!?? so it's come to that now, huh??? Rubbish!!!


<<<Anybody here collect music magazines with articles, etc on EC? Most of them are from the mid-late 90s and early 2000s.
<<<I've got a box of them that's headed for the trash unless someone wants them.
<<<Send an email to let me know.

<<<cheryl



      

From artaarias at yahoo.com  Wed Jan 21 20:31:14 2009
From: artaarias at yahoo.com (Art Arias)
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:31:14 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Slowhand] Stacks of Wax
Message-ID: <937463.55460.qm@web110607.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

I haven't been keeping up with the latest topics on this list lately but I'd like to let you know of?the listening experience I had today.? Some of you know I live in the Los Angeles area and we get our share of junk programable rock, pop, alternative, etc. radio stations like any other major market here in the U.S., so I usually spend my listening time on HD Radio or personal CD's from my collection.? There is a fairly new station here I'd say about a year old that goes by "The Sound L.A.", and it?reminds me alot of FM radio in it's infancy where the DJ would play an eclectic variety of music from all sources available.? This stations DJ's play music that would go from the Allman Bros to the Young Rascals or Elvis Costello to Stevie Wonder, mixing it up pretty good altogether.? So last week they started advertising "Album Side Wednesday" where they would play a whole side of an album suggested by the listeners via email from midnight to
 midnight.? I was curious to hear what would get played but just forgot all about it, when I got into my car to go to work this morning and the DJ was just announcing side 1 of Elton Johns classic "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road".? What an enjoyable way to start a drive off with and following that was a full side of the Rolling Stones "Exile On Main Street"!? Wow, did my speakers get a workout and all of a sudden my driving went from 'hurry up and get there' to 'let's cruise' mode.? I was definately in no hurry to get there with full album sides rockin' out of my radio, and when I say album, I mean actual vinyl copies, no CD's, some from pristine 180 gram virgin vinyl half speed mastered copies and some weren't.? I couldn't help but grin when they put side 1 of Bob Dylans "Blonde On Blonde" and you could hear the hissing and ticks from the vinyl copy they were using, some even volunteered by the listeners collections as alot of these aren't easy to find
 anymore.? The day was filled with Santana, Bob Segar, Pink Floyd, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, The Cure, Genesis, The Pretenders, The Beatles?and much much more.? When I arrived at work I immediately emailed the station letting the DJ on duty how pleased I was with the drive in and would be happy if they could make it a regular feature in their programming schedule, at least once a month.? He emailed back telling me this was the second time they've done this with a huge positive response from it's listeners and would try to talk the programmers of the station into a monthly event.? He even read my letter on the air and it scares me that just when you find a station this good something happens where a conglomorate like Infinity radio group buys them out and turns them into an all spanish music station, something thats happened to most of the good stations here as of lately.? I would appreciate any feedback on this issue and am wondering if the
 radio stations in your areas who aren't playing the programed junk that makes them all sound like they belong on the AM dial were to find out about this concept from YOU, they might actually consider trying it out once to see what kind of reaction they receive.? You have nothing to lose and who knows, it's concept might actually spread.? My last words on this subject is:? Good Times!

Art Arias

P.S.? My EC content in this message is their playing a whole side of "Live At Budokan" and I am writing this.? Too Cool


      

From scott.graves at baesystems.com  Thu Jan 22 05:31:56 2009
From: scott.graves at baesystems.com (Graves, Scott (UK))
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:31:56 -0000
Subject: [Slowhand] Free EC Videos / CDs from UK
Message-ID: <2D05FEFE3B19E447B8E0D59A51240EE901801426@GLKMS2103.GREENLNK.NET>


Hi slowhanders, 

I decided recently to perform a massive clear out of my EC collection,
as I simply don't have the time to get any pleasure out of it anymore
(and the digital age means I use my PC for so much now).

As a result, I have a reasonable stack of EC videos to give away AND a
stack of concert CDs

Videos - Approx 15 tapes, some are US NTSC tapes that people have sent
me and the rest are UK PAL tapes that I've used to tape shows from the
TV. They go back to early 1990s RAH gigs, through to about 2004.
CDs - I've not finished sorting them all out yet but there's probably at
least 20 shows. Most are good quality (either soundboards or decent
audience) with tracklistings.

I'm happy to give them away - if you're local, you can pick them up or I
can post them (if you're happy to cover the postage costs, which could
be high for the VHS tapes)

Let me know if you're interested!!
 
Scott G
Surrey, England

********************************************************************
This email and any attachments are confidential to the intended
recipient and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended
recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender.
You should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose or
distribute its contents to any other person.
********************************************************************


From bluesgurl2000 at yahoo.com  Thu Jan 22 11:56:31 2009
From: bluesgurl2000 at yahoo.com (debi)
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:56:31 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Slowhand] Bootleg CDs - Clapton
Message-ID: <177129.36240.qm@web62301.mail.re1.yahoo.com>

If any of you are collectors of Clapton boots, I could use some help.
?
I have two 2-set CD boots, of which I am missing one CD of each.? Both happen to be among my personal favorites from my boot collection and would very much like to make the sets complete.? The missing CDs are:
?
Orchestra Nights - Feb 10, 1990 - missing CD#1
Wembley Arena - London - June 26, 1992 - missing CD#2
?
Of course I'm happy to reimburse postage or for that matter, provide you with?a trade from my collection if I have something of interest to you.
?
Thank you all kindly,
Debi?


      

From argyllhighlands at yahoo.co.uk  Sat Jan 24 18:56:45 2009
From: argyllhighlands at yahoo.co.uk (Declan Lewis)
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:56:45 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [Slowhand] ISO: DeltaNick (re:Mayall album with LIVE Peter Green
	era "The Stumble")
Message-ID: <499883.33810.qm@web25305.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

 Nick, or others 'in the know' ....

I recently read, in comments in regards to recent live Cream shows
posted on Wolfgang's Vault, of a John Mayall compilation album that
contains a 'live' & extended recording of "The Stumble" during Peter
Green's tenure with the Blues Breakers.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thank you,

Lew Campbell~ (still in the USA despite the misleading e-addy)


      

From kbw at mchsi.com  Sun Jan 25 10:54:47 2009
From: kbw at mchsi.com (Bruce Wilson)
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:54:47 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] Stumble
Message-ID: <470AD818C8ED4129B107829B092DDB87@Dell>

Possibly this collection has it (have not heard it myself).  Looks like a couple EC performances as well.

John Mayall - Essentially John Mayall (5 CDs - Eagle Records label)
This 5CD box set includes 4 CDs of recent material as well as 1CD of older material.
Padlock On The Blues
Along For The Ride
Stories
70th Birthday Concert
Exclusive Live Rarities (with tracks from the mid 1960s onward)

from http://www.chromeoxide.com/mayall.htm

also sound samples at http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fzfexqqrldke

From deltanick at comcast.net  Sun Jan 25 20:44:05 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (Nicholas Aleshin)
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:44:05 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers Recordings
Message-ID: <27BF4091-2564-4C1C-8AA4-97EC34FD0CEB@comcast.net>

Hmmm, forgot about this one, so I gave it another listen today. Yes,  
it's good, but I would say the studio version on A Hard Road is well- 
thought-out, and here Peter Green  throws a bunch of stuff together.  
Oh, yeah. I wish I could play like this, but I've heard Green play  
better on recordings with both Mayall and Fleetwood Mac. But it's  
good. The recording qulity's not the best, but good enough. Sounds  
like "The Stumble" was recorded by someone from his seat. The other  
recording with Pete Green is a live "Double Trouble," which is good  
too. Funny how I forgot these Pete Green tracks. But Peter Green was a  
stunningly expressive and beautiful guitar player with both Mayall's  
band and Fleetwood Mac, originally a blues band (it was originally  
called Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac).

I'm surprised Lew didn't get this box set ("Essentially John Mayall")  
when it came out. Another Decca release, "Live At The BBC," appeared  
at roughly the same time, with other live Clapton Bluesbreakers  
recordings, also previously available only via bootleg. If I remember  
correctly, I made a fuss over both of these here on the Slowhand  
Digest. But few seem actually interested in Clapton with Mayall, his  
formative and arguably best phase of guitarmanship, along with Cream.  
Most here seem to relish EC's Derek & The Dominos and solo phases, and  
not much more.

How about a shout here in the Slowhand Digest from all those who enjoy  
Clapton's John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers period! Let us know that  
you appreciate "Beano," "Stormy Monday," and that great, throaty,  
searing Les Paul tone (rather than that tinny Beach Boys sound).

				Nick

From scott.graves at baesystems.com  Mon Jan 26 12:20:47 2009
From: scott.graves at baesystems.com (Graves, Scott (UK))
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:20:47 -0000
Subject: [Slowhand] John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers Recordings
In-Reply-To: <27BF4091-2564-4C1C-8AA4-97EC34FD0CEB@comcast.net>
References: <27BF4091-2564-4C1C-8AA4-97EC34FD0CEB@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <2D05FEFE3B19E447B8E0D59A51240EE90182AA34@GLKMS2103.GREENLNK.NET>


 
Nick, 

"Beano"is one of my fave albums, especially the expanded version with
the extra stuff; for me, it's the combination of EC's stinging tone and
the raw aggression of a young man on top of his art. I love the Derek
years too but it's a different vibe completely. In fact, it amazes me
how different my favourite EC eras sound: Bluesbreakers, Dominos and the
>From the Cradle/Nothing but the blues years.

I love hearing info about the bluebreaker and dominos years, partly
because I wasn't around to enjoy them back then. I've been lucky enough
to see EC enough times over the past couple of decades to feel that I've
got my fill of great music but I still fantasise about seeing EC back in
the sixties and early seventies. My father saw Clapton with the
bluesbreakers a number of times at the Flamingo in London and even
though he's not a guitar nut like me, he still goes misty eyed when he
talks about EC, standing in the background making these amazing sounds. 

So Nick, from my viewpoint keep up the posts !!! I love reading them and
I'm sure there are a number of other lurkers who do too !!!

Scott




----- original message ---

Hmmm, forgot about this one, so I gave it another listen today. Yes,
it's good, but I would say the studio version on A Hard Road is well-
thought-out, and here Peter Green  throws a bunch of stuff together.  
Oh, yeah. I wish I could play like this, but I've heard Green play
better on recordings with both Mayall and Fleetwood Mac. But it's good.
The recording qulity's not the best, but good enough. Sounds like "The
Stumble" was recorded by someone from his seat. The other recording with
Pete Green is a live "Double Trouble," which is good too. Funny how I
forgot these Pete Green tracks. But Peter Green was a stunningly
expressive and beautiful guitar player with both Mayall's band and
Fleetwood Mac, originally a blues band (it was originally called Peter
Green's Fleetwood Mac).

I'm surprised Lew didn't get this box set ("Essentially John Mayall")
when it came out. Another Decca release, "Live At The BBC," appeared at
roughly the same time, with other live Clapton Bluesbreakers recordings,
also previously available only via bootleg. If I remember correctly, I
made a fuss over both of these here on the Slowhand Digest. But few seem
actually interested in Clapton with Mayall, his formative and arguably
best phase of guitarmanship, along with Cream.  
Most here seem to relish EC's Derek & The Dominos and solo phases, and
not much more.

How about a shout here in the Slowhand Digest from all those who enjoy
Clapton's John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers period! Let us know that you
appreciate "Beano," "Stormy Monday," and that great, throaty, searing
Les Paul tone (rather than that tinny Beach Boys sound).

				Nick

********************************************************************
This email and any attachments are confidential to the intended
recipient and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended
recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender.
You should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose or
distribute its contents to any other person.
********************************************************************


From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Mon Jan 26 12:51:22 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:51:22 -0000
Subject: [Slowhand] John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers Recordings
	(Nicholas Aleshin)
Message-ID: <00d301c97fde$b3c61420$0200a8c0@GX270>

There's not many wide-mouth frogs around here.

~~~~~~

Seriously folks, I have to put my hand up.

I bought the original UK Decca Mono version, in '67, which I loved until the day it was stolen.
It wasn't until '82, whilst I was in a record store in Washington DC, that I found a copy of the stereo version, out-of-print in the UK for many's the year.
I bought it on CD when it first emerged and then thanks to DN's ministrations, the Stereo+Mono version.

Latterly, I managed to get hold of an MFSL version and a couple of days ago, a rip from the original mono album at 24bit; 96kHz. Burnt to a video DVD, it's probably got the best sound of all for that blistering guitar. Mayall *is* correct when he states that it was meant to be heard in mono; the artificiality of the stereo field detracts from the listening experience.   

The following is from Prof. Stoned, who performed the rip:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
One of my favourite albums of the ol' master J.M. (together with 'A Hard Road').
For those who don't know this yet, this is as good as E.C. ever got as a guitarist.
Plus he made his vocal debut on this record.

A short explanation why I think this vinyl rip is so badly needed:

When this album first came out in 1966, there was only a mono mix.
At the time, monophonic was still the most popular format in the UK and 
with the expected sales for this LP in mind the record company thought a true 
stereo mix was unnecessary.
However, the album proved to be far more popular than initially expected 
and so in 1969 Decca ordered an unnamed house engineer to do a stereo remix. 
The album had been recorded on 4-track but still a lot of the magic of the original mix 
was lost in this remix and the engineer used Mayall's organ track in Hideaway 
which had been deliberately omitted from the original version. 
The stereo version just doesn't have the ballsy sound of the mono.

The stereo remix was consequently used for every LP and CD reissue ever since 
until a new remaster appeared in 2001 that had both the stereo and mono mixes. 
Unfortunately, the mastering by Jon Astley was pretty awful (nearly all dynamic range 
was sacrificed for more volume and it wasn't a very dynamic recording to begin with).
The 2CD Deluxe edition from 2007 (containing both stereo and mono mixes plus extra's) 
should have set the record straight, but once again the recordings were mastered 
pretty hot and also some digital noise reduction was added, 
resulting in a somewhat sterile and airless high-end. 
It should be said that the 2007 remaster arguably has better EQ than the original 
but I decided to leave the sound alone on this one. 

The bonustrack first appeared on the compilation 'Blues Anytime vol.2'
on the Immediate label in 1968, but had been recorded three years earlier (with Clapton).
'On top of the world' is a great catchy track and it was supposed to be the A-side of a 45rpm 
for Immediate coupled with an early take of Double Crossing Time but it never came out.
It was released officially on CD on a couple of Immediate compilations 
and a 'first-time-ever-in-stereo' remix appeared on the Deluxe Edition.
The mono mix here was ripped from an original UK press of 'Blues Anytime vol.2'.

The records were professionally and carefully cleaned in three steps using Audio Intelligent's 
Enzymantic formula, Super Cleaner Formula, and Ultra pure water on a VPI 16.5 
(using VPI brushes) and Nitty Gritty mini-pro 2. 
I spent a lot of time manually declicking the wave file (after Click Repair had already been 
applied with a medium setting) to make sure the cleanest and most natural sounding result 
possible was achieved. However, due to the age and the condition of the source it
was not possible to achieve a perfectly clean result. No EQ.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Google: "Prof. Stoned Mayall"

From joetoomey at eircom.net  Mon Jan 26 15:34:45 2009
From: joetoomey at eircom.net (Joe Toomey)
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:34:45 -0000
Subject: [Slowhand] Re : EC's sound
In-Reply-To: <mailman.73.1232989299.91293.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <639B64B04F464AFCBCACA541A3E3813A@DESKTOP>

Hey Nick

With some notable exceptions I've really enjoyed his sound from Yardbirds up
to now.  I'm particularly a big fan of his Bluesbreakers through Dominos
period.  I know there's a huge difference in sound & attack but I can
appreciate each for what it is.  Thanks for asking!

Joe

From deltanick at comcast.net  Mon Jan 26 20:03:36 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (Nicholas Aleshin)
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:03:36 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Fwd: John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers Recordings
	(Nicholas Aleshin)
References: <92E7D356-A38E-4D85-8014-55FEAEED753D@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <487B34E9-3FCC-4C28-8923-FB18BE773E18@comcast.net>

John,

That stereo explanation, by "Prof. Stoned Mayall" is flat wrong.  
First, in the Deluxe Edition, the producer (of the Deluxe Edition),  
Mark Powell, mentions that a mono mix was completed on 2 April 1966.  
He didn't mention a stereo mix, but then, why mention a "mono" mix,  
why not just "the mix."

Next "Beano" was released in the US in two versions on 6 February  
1967: mono and stereo. But the stereo wasn't released in the UK until  
December 1969, a gap of some 2 years. In fact, most new albums in the  
US were released in two versions, until stereo became the standard  
around 1970 (by that time, stereo LPs played perfectly on American  
mono record players). This reduced record company inventory nearly  
50%, resulting in a significant cost reduction.

I am partial to the stereo, simply because you can hear all the  
instruments, and hear 'em better. But what's interesting about this  
one is that the mixes are actually different. "Parchman Farm" stereo  
includes about 2 seconds extra on the intro. There's a guitar part  
during the intro to "Double Crossing Time" that doesn't appear on the  
stereo. If you listen closely to both, you will hear two distinct  
mixes, and not simply the two stereo tracks on one track. Also, volume  
levels vary. On "DCT" mono, EC's guitar volume increases during the  
start of his solo. It's not EC turning up the volume, but the mix  
engineer doing it: post production. However, on the stereo version,  
his guitar -- clearly feeding back -- is already at high volume,  
exactly the way it was recorded. So, here, the mono version is a bit  
manipulated. Just a few of the differences for illustration.

And on the stereo version, the guitar's tone is thicker throughout,  
there not being enough "bandwidth" on the mono for its fullness and  
all the other instruments. I know what Mayall has said about the mono  
version, as he wrote the same to me in private correspondence in 2001.  
However, I find the stereo fuller and more "true." I'm not arguing  
here, just making my points. Each to his own, as it's a classic album,  
and my favorite of all time. I see it occupies a similar position on  
your hit parade as well.

Anyway, "Prof. Stoned Mayall" provides an interesting review. We  
disagree on some points. Compare his review to mine:

- Stoned - http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1767938/6201776/

- DeltaNick - http://twtd.bluemountains.net.au/cream/Fresh/beanoreleases.html

				DeltaNick



From davemcaffee at hotmail.com  Mon Jan 26 20:36:50 2009
From: davemcaffee at hotmail.com (David McAffee)
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:36:50 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers Recordings
In-Reply-To: <27BF4091-2564-4C1C-8AA4-97EC34FD0CEB@comcast.net>
References: <27BF4091-2564-4C1C-8AA4-97EC34FD0CEB@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <BAY144-DS2CEE4461C3D84BEE888E3B6CB0@phx.gbl>

Here is my vote for "Double Crossing Time"

--------------------------------------------------
From: "Nicholas Aleshin" <deltanick at comcast.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 8:44 PM
To: "Slowhand Digest" <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
Subject: [Slowhand] John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers Recordings

> Hmmm, forgot about this one, so I gave it another listen today. Yes,  
> it's good, but I would say the studio version on A Hard Road is well- 
> thought-out, and here Peter Green  throws a bunch of stuff together.  
> Oh, yeah. I wish I could play like this, but I've heard Green play  
> better on recordings with both Mayall and Fleetwood Mac. But it's  
> good. The recording qulity's not the best, but good enough. Sounds  
> like "The Stumble" was recorded by someone from his seat. The other  
> recording with Pete Green is a live "Double Trouble," which is good  
> too. Funny how I forgot these Pete Green tracks. But Peter Green was a  
> stunningly expressive and beautiful guitar player with both Mayall's  
> band and Fleetwood Mac, originally a blues band (it was originally  
> called Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac).
> 
> I'm surprised Lew didn't get this box set ("Essentially John Mayall")  
> when it came out. Another Decca release, "Live At The BBC," appeared  
> at roughly the same time, with other live Clapton Bluesbreakers  
> recordings, also previously available only via bootleg. If I remember  
> correctly, I made a fuss over both of these here on the Slowhand  
> Digest. But few seem actually interested in Clapton with Mayall, his  
> formative and arguably best phase of guitarmanship, along with Cream.  
> Most here seem to relish EC's Derek & The Dominos and solo phases, and  
> not much more.
> 
> How about a shout here in the Slowhand Digest from all those who enjoy  
> Clapton's John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers period! Let us know that  
> you appreciate "Beano," "Stormy Monday," and that great, throaty,  
> searing Les Paul tone (rather than that tinny Beach Boys sound).
> 
> Nick
> 

From mowdamowda at hotmail.com  Mon Jan 26 21:53:03 2009
From: mowdamowda at hotmail.com (Shanahan)
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:53:03 +1100
Subject: [Slowhand] John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers Recordings
Message-ID: <BLU149-W24AC98C33283FF3D67283ACFCB0@phx.gbl>


Okay Nick,
 
You got me biting.  
 
My hands up for "Bluesbreakers", and anything else from this period, slightly before and just after (that reads as: with Yardbirds, with Page, with Powerehouse, the blues sessions and Cream)
 
Damn that Mayall fire, and damn the Atlantic fire as well.  
 
To quote Peter Green........'Oh well'.
 
Cheers
 
Tone
 
 
 
 
 

_________________________________________________________________
Need a new place to rent, share or buy? Let ninemsn property help
http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fninemsn%2Eseek%2Ecom%2Eau%2F%3Ftracking%3Dsk%3Atl%3Ask%3Anine%3A0%3Ahottag%3Achange&_t=757263783&_r=SEEK_tagline&_m=EXT

From deltanick at comcast.net  Tue Jan 27 06:03:16 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick)
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:03:16 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] The Slowhand Digest
Message-ID: <1409A62BF7BC4DB291BC5BBBBA94DED5@4MT8H51>

Wow, activity on the Slowhand Digest!

I thought there were more signs of life on Mars, until this discussoin of "Beano."

                DeltaNick

From greghilker at gmx.de  Tue Jan 27 12:18:17 2009
From: greghilker at gmx.de (Greg Hilker)
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:18:17 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers Recordings
Message-ID: <497F41D9.9010900@gmx.de>

Nick,

Great that you got a discussion going here! Beano is definitely *the* Clapton album to measure all others against. No question.

Second on my list is the "Legends" DVD (with David Sanborn, Marcus Miller, Joe Sample and Steve Gadd. EC shows such a range of playing ability and plays with sooo much feeling on that recording and it comes close to Beano IMHO.

Schoene Gruesse,
Greg Hilker-Schmele
Worms, Germany


From davemcaffee at hotmail.com  Tue Jan 27 18:40:42 2009
From: davemcaffee at hotmail.com (David McAffee)
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:40:42 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton on Les Paul
Message-ID: <BAY144-DS7D84F3846D613B48D5B60B6CB0@phx.gbl>

I saw this video on YouTube, While my Guitar Gently Weeps, with EC, Ringo, George Harrison and Elton John.  EC plays a sunburst Les Paul but it does not sound very magnificent.  Maybe it is not through a Marshall stack.

From davemcaffee at hotmail.com  Tue Jan 27 18:42:32 2009
From: davemcaffee at hotmail.com (David McAffee)
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:42:32 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton on Les Paul
Message-ID: <BAY144-DS54D897EB9B611878AF85FB6CB0@phx.gbl>

Sorry Here is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ITrQXES8kU


From: David McAffee 
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 6:40 PM
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com 
Subject: Clapton on Les Paul


I saw this video on YouTube, While my Guitar Gently Weeps, with EC, Ringo, George Harrison and Elton John.  EC plays a sunburst Les Paul but it does not sound very magnificent.  Maybe it is not through a Marshall stack.

From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Wed Jan 28 04:34:23 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:34:23 -0000
Subject: [Slowhand] At Whisky A Go-Go,
	applause for co-founder Elmer Valentine
Message-ID: <001201c9812b$9b33cd50$0200a8c0@GX270>

Obligatory EC content: Cream played here on September the 4th. 1967.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-valentine28-2009jan28,0,7823119.story

At Whisky A Go-Go, applause for co-founder Elmer Valentine
A crowd of admirers gathers to share memories of the late Valentine at the
landmark West Hollywood club.
By Randy Lewis
January 28, 2009

They came to West Hollywood on Monday night not to bury one of the
celebrated figures in L.A. music's storied past, but to praise him.

A few hundred family members, friends, former employees and just plain fans
of Whisky A Go-Go co-founder Elmer Valentine, who died at age 85 in
December, packed the venerated club he opened 45 years ago for a night of
toasts and music. The music was led by Johnny Rivers, whose extended
engagement as the Whisky's opening act in 1964 put the club and the singer
on the national map. Among those joining Rivers on Monday at the club that
helped launch countless careers were Stephen Stills, Byrds co-founder Chris
Hillman, South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela and British blues band leader
John Mayall.

Jack Nicholson, looking up to the stage from his spot on the floor about 15
feet back, described his longtime friend as "the man who looked like all
seven dwarfs." The actor said one of his favorite life quotes came from
Valentine, a Chicago cop who moved west to start a new life in the
entertainment business. "He used to say, 'Some people score and they never
know it. Jack, we scored, and we know it.' "

Doors drummer John Densmore didn't play, except for a quick drum roll he
rattled off in memory of Valentine before Rivers took the stage, but lauded
him as a rarity in the world of club owners, who as a group tend to elicit
more curses than compliments from musicians.

"I've gotta say, I never met a music club owner or promoter who cared more
about musicians and the people who made it than Elmer Valentine," said
Densmore, who showed up in what he called his "hippie jacket," a buckskin
number with fringed sleeves.

Densmore was caught up in conversation with Ronnie Haran Mellen, the
Whisky's original talent booker, who first spotted the Doors at another
club, the London Fog. "She came in on the last night we played there, the
night we were fired. She came back to Elmer and said, 'This is a band that
has to be our house band.' " Valentine agreed, and the Doors' run at the
club put it on the fast track on its path to becoming one of the most
celebrated rock bands of the era.

Chris Hillman laughed while recounting a night at the club in 1969 shortly
after he'd left the Byrds to start the Flying Burrito Brothers with Gram
Parsons. " Jerry Lee Lewis was there, and we were up there in the dressing
rooms," he said, pointing to the balcony. "Jerry Lee was telling Gram that
he'd taught the Beatles everything they knew and they'd be nothing without
him. I remember thinking at the time, 'This is great -- this is history.' "

Valentine's old friend and business partner Lou Adler and Adler's son Nic
organized Monday's tribute. "We waited a little bit after his passing to do
this," said Nic Adler, who now oversees operations at the Roxy, which
Valentine, his father and other partners opened in 1973. "Elmer wouldn't
have wanted any crying. He just would have wanted laughter and people
telling stories, and that's what is happening tonight."

The music Monday revolved around the Whisky's first wave of success in the
'60s, some reflecting tacitly or directly the musicians' formative
experiences on the Sunset Strip. Rivers, who recorded a string of live
albums at the Whisky, sang several of his mid-'60s hits, swampy Southern
pop-rock versions of Chuck Berry's "Memphis" and "Maybelline" as well as
"Secret Agent Man." Stills offered "For What It's Worth (Stop Hey What's
That Sound)" and "Love the One You're With." Hillman reeled off the Byrds'
"So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star."

The opening of the Whisky helped revive a part of Hollywood that had been a
destination for Clark Gable, Humphrey Bogart and other members of
Tinseltown's elite in the 1930s and '40s.

Folk music fans, who were plentiful in the late '50s and early '60s, had the
Ash Grove, the Troubadour, PJ's and McCabe's in Santa Monica, but rock music
hadn't yet established a beachhead.

Valentine, who was part owner of PJ's, came upon a foundering club on the
Sunset Strip called the Party that he wanted to take over. He offered Rivers
a one-year contract to open the club.

Valentine patterned his operation after a European discotheque called the
Whisky A Go-Go that he'd visited in Paris while on vacation the previous
summer, where patrons danced while deejays spun records, a form of nightlife
that hadn't caught on in the U.S. yet. Valentine hired female disc jockeys
to play records in the breaks between Rivers' three live sets each night so
patrons could continue dancing. Valentine is credited with starting the
go-go craze stateside.

"He put them above the bandstand," Rivers said. "They were right over my
head. That bandstand was so small -- it was only about 5 by 7 feet. . . .
Eventually, they had to put up a guard rail in front of the stage because
dancers would be swinging their arms and they kept hitting the mike stand
and whapping me in the mouth."

It was a mutually beneficial relationship. "After 'Memphis' came out, I
started getting offers for one-nighters," Rivers said, "and Elmer was nice
enough to let me out of the contract to do them. I went from making $350 a
week to $5,000 a night. And that was a lot of money then."

The Whisky became one of the focal points of L.A.'s mushrooming rock scene,
hosting future Hall of Fame acts such as the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield and
the Doors. Soon, international acts including the Who and the Kinks were
dropping in to play. In the '70s, it was also a breeding ground for
progressive and hard rock. Van Halen built much of its early following
through repeated appearances at the Whisky.

The club's fortunes ebbed and flowed over the years. Valentine and partner
Mario Maglieri stopped booking live rock acts for a time in the mid-'70s
when the folk singer-songwriting boom hit. They turned it into a dance club
and then devoted the room to stage musicals.

When the punk-rock revolution began around 1976, the Whisky returned to live
music, hosting the Runaways, X, the Motels and others on L.A.'s punk and
new-wave scene. And it imported such influential acts as the Ramones,
Talking Heads, Blondie, the Police and Elvis Costello.

Another lull came in the early '80s and the Whisky closed for a couple of
years, reopening during the pay-to-play era in Southland music, when bands
were required to pay up front for a performance slot and hope to generate a
profit by selling the tickets themselves.

"Elmer remained in the background -- he was kind of a shy person," Rivers
said. "But he always enjoyed showcasing new acts. He always wanted to give
talented young artists a break, and when one of them became successful, it
was almost like it was one of his kids."

randy.lewis at latimes.com


From simon.george5 at ntlworld.com  Wed Jan 28 10:32:22 2009
From: simon.george5 at ntlworld.com (Simon George)
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:32:22 -0000
Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton interviewed in 'Shooting Gazette'
Message-ID: <FF01FFAF8CD44C26817FCDA8C487A796@SimonPC>

For anyone interested there is a short interview witjh Clapton in the Uk magazine, 'Shooting Gazette'
www.shootinggazette.co.uk published today (although the article is not online, unfortunately).

    It talks, (obviously) about his hobby, how he got in to it, etc.
One quote I particularly like was "I got into it bacause of the children, some pigeons nested in the eaves of the house and were keeping them awake, I suppose I could've done it with an air-rifle, but I decided to get kitted up". I have visions of Clapton as some kind of Rambo character, weighed down with fire-arms, ammo, etc and some little pigeon quaking in its nest.
>From there apparently it was 'old friend' Gary Brooker who got him into field shooting.

Its only a page, so not really worth the price of the magazine for just that, but worth a read if you can find it.

Simon

From jnt.elliott at comcast.net  Wed Jan 28 11:04:35 2009
From: jnt.elliott at comcast.net (Jeff Elliott)
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:04:35 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers Recordings
In-Reply-To: <27BF4091-2564-4C1C-8AA4-97EC34FD0CEB@comcast.net>
References: <27BF4091-2564-4C1C-8AA4-97EC34FD0CEB@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <F0D415CFFFC847CB8B15293280A66E2C@1NVTLC1>

Nick,
	You've struck gold again!  Two thumbs up for "Beano" from me as
well.  This was another classic I copped from my big brother years ago and
when I started replacing my LPs with CDs in the late 80s (I know, I know.
I'm an idiot.  Thankfully I didn't get rid of the entire collection but I am
missing some of those great classics that were, surprise, quite easy to get
the resellers to buy from me.) it was one of the first new CDs I bought.
Unbelievably, it sat on the shelf for most of the 90s while I delved into
the drivel produced back then.  I rediscovered its greatness around the turn
of the century (does that sound ancient or what?) and it is in my regular
play list on my iPod.
	I know there has been discussion in the digest regarding EC's tone
and the fact that today you can get just about any axe/amp combination to
have a particular sound (the true explanation can be found in the hands of
the axe-man in my humble and unofficial opinion), but I find his
Bluesbreaker tone to be above reproach.  Remember, this was back in the days
before the multitude of effects were available and you had guys like
Hendrix, Clapton and Townsend using volume and built in tube distortion for
their sound.  Of course, Roger Mayer had a hand in Hendrix's sound but
that's another discussion.
	Mayall isn't a tremendous musician nor can he really sing, but he
always was capable of finding unbelievable talent and putting together a
great band.  For fun, check out his 70th birthday concert during which Mick
Taylor pays a visit only to walk off of stage right to allow the real
master, EC, step in stage left and steal the show.  Watching Mayall's eyes
tear up as Eric strolls onto the stage and the crowd erupts is worth it
alone.

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Nicholas Aleshin [mailto:deltanick at comcast.net] 
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 8:44 PM
To: Slowhand Digest
Subject: [Slowhand] John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers Recordings

Hmmm, forgot about this one, so I gave it another listen today. Yes,  
it's good, but I would say the studio version on A Hard Road is well- 
thought-out, and here Peter Green  throws a bunch of stuff together.  
Oh, yeah. I wish I could play like this, but I've heard Green play  
better on recordings with both Mayall and Fleetwood Mac. But it's  
good. The recording qulity's not the best, but good enough. Sounds  
like "The Stumble" was recorded by someone from his seat. The other  
recording with Pete Green is a live "Double Trouble," which is good  
too. Funny how I forgot these Pete Green tracks. But Peter Green was a  
stunningly expressive and beautiful guitar player with both Mayall's  
band and Fleetwood Mac, originally a blues band (it was originally  
called Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac).

I'm surprised Lew didn't get this box set ("Essentially John Mayall")  
when it came out. Another Decca release, "Live At The BBC," appeared  
at roughly the same time, with other live Clapton Bluesbreakers  
recordings, also previously available only via bootleg. If I remember  
correctly, I made a fuss over both of these here on the Slowhand  
Digest. But few seem actually interested in Clapton with Mayall, his  
formative and arguably best phase of guitarmanship, along with Cream.  
Most here seem to relish EC's Derek & The Dominos and solo phases, and  
not much more.

How about a shout here in the Slowhand Digest from all those who enjoy  
Clapton's John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers period! Let us know that  
you appreciate "Beano," "Stormy Monday," and that great, throaty,  
searing Les Paul tone (rather than that tinny Beach Boys sound).

				Nick


From bluesgurl2000 at yahoo.com  Wed Jan 28 13:50:53 2009
From: bluesgurl2000 at yahoo.com (debi)
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:50:53 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Slowhand] John Mayall & Thanks to The Kelly's
Message-ID: <170037.38328.qm@web62306.mail.re1.yahoo.com>

I agree it's great to see Slowhand come to life although the topic is not directly about "our man" so to speak, but John Mayall.
?
Actually, I'm grateful that Mayall is the topic as, I'm embarrassed to admit Clapton's time with Mayall is about the only era of his career that I don't know a lot about and I'm having fun learning by reading everyone's opinions.
?
Then I was astounded to get a notice?that the Sacramento Heritage Festival (my hometown; which is a cow town despite it's size of 1.5 mil) is bringing none other than John Mayall here February 15 for a harmonica blowout with the esteemed?Mr. Mayall, age 76, headlining.? I've never?had the honor of seeing Mayall.
?
Don't know how many of the readers are into the blues club scene, but if you are, you're probably familiar with the name(s) Rick Estrin (formerly headliner and harpist for "Little Charlie & the Nightcats of Chicago,) Kenny Neal guitarist from Baton Rouge, featured on a recent cover of Blues Revue magazine, whom I managed to catch last summer at another Heritage event.? Quite impressive.? Two other musicians that I'm unfamiliar with:? James Harman, harpist and Michael Burks, guitarist.? They will be joining Mayall for this event.
?
So the timing for all the Mayall talk on the Digest and?the news that he is headed my way makes for a great day for me indeed!?
?
If any Digest readers live in the Sac region and want details re the concert,?write and I'll provide the itinerary.? Better yet, let's meet and have a party.? The venue happens to be the best-kept secret in Sac; killer place to hear blues music.
?
On another note, I want to thank the Kelley's for their rapid response in coming thru for me regarding the 2 bootleg CDs that I requested in last week's Digest.? It seems no sooner was my request for help published and Jim and Linda had the CDs in the mail to me.
?
I also want to thank the many other Slowhanders from around the world who extended?offers of help in getting the CDs to me.? I always said Clapton fans are the best people and it's been proven again.? Thanks much.
?
Final note:? hello to Lia, my kindred spirit in Italy.
Deb?
?


      

From jnt.elliott at comcast.net  Wed Jan 28 14:46:32 2009
From: jnt.elliott at comcast.net (Jeff Elliott)
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:46:32 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton on Les Paul
In-Reply-To: <BAY144-DS54D897EB9B611878AF85FB6CB0@phx.gbl>
References: <BAY144-DS54D897EB9B611878AF85FB6CB0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <2D11EC78BE0642A990EF1D06C191E5E0@1NVTLC1>

While the sound is not vintage Clapton, or at least what many would expect
EC's tone to be, the work is so much better and involved than the only other
version of this I've seen which was George's Bangladesh benefit concert.
George, as I recall, had to coax Eric out of seclusion when he was in his
heroin phase and Eric's performance was certainly less than spectacular.

Cool video.  Thanks for sharing.

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: David McAffee [mailto:davemcaffee at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 6:43 PM
To: Slowhand Digest
Subject: Re: [Slowhand] Clapton on Les Paul

Sorry Here is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ITrQXES8kU


From: David McAffee 
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 6:40 PM
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com 
Subject: Clapton on Les Paul


I saw this video on YouTube, While my Guitar Gently Weeps, with EC, Ringo,
George Harrison and Elton John.  EC plays a sunburst Les Paul but it does
not sound very magnificent.  Maybe it is not through a Marshall stack.


From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Fri Jan 30 02:54:23 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:54:23 -0000
Subject: [Slowhand] Paul Jones w/EC
Message-ID: <010401c982af$fa94c030$0200a8c0@GX270>

Clappers seems to be making a concerted effort to re-visit his old musical
associates.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://home.nestor.minsk.by/jazz/news/2009/01/2903.html

Paul Jones Readies Solo Album 'Starting All Over Again'

Paul Jones is known to many as the singer and heart-throb of the British
Invasion band Manfred Mann - the voice on mid-'60s hits like "Do Wah Diddy,
" "Pretty Flamingo, " "Come Tomorrow" and "Sha La La." The new CD, Starting
All Over Again, is his first solo album in decades. It will be released on
March 10 on Collectors' Choice Music, marking it the first non-archival
release in the venerable reissue label's history. Backing Jones on the
project are musicians of no small esteem: Eric Clapton plays guitar on two
tracks ("Choose or Cop Out" and "Starting All Over Again") and is joined by
Jake Andrews, guitar; Tony Marsico (Plugz, Cruzados, Neil Young, John Doe,
Peter Case), bass; Alvino Bennett (LTD, Stevie Wonder, Bryan Ferry, Dave
Mason), drums; Mike Thompson (Eagles, Don Henley), piano and Hammond B3
organ; Ernie Watts (Rolling Stones, Thelonious Monk, Steely Dan), saxophone;
Darrell Leonard (Duane Allman, Freddie King, Smokey Robinson), trumpet; Tom
Junior Moran (Percy Sledge, Mick Taylor, Phil Seymour), saxophone; Mikael
Rickfors (The Hollies), backing vocals; Jake Andrews and several others.

The producer is Carla Olson, who has produced albums or tracks by Joe Louis
Walker, Phil Upchurch, Otis Rush, The Ventures, Taj Mahal and a host of
others, and who has recorded with Ry Cooder, Don Henley, Eric Johnson, John
Fogerty, Mick Taylor and Gene Clark. A&R was overseen by Saul Davis.

In the circuitous road from Manfred Mann in the '60s to the present, the
multitalented Jones recorded three solo albums in the '60s and turned to
acting - first in films and television, then on stage. His films include the
underground classics Privilege and The Committee. Among his television
credits are Z Cars, Space 1999 and The Sweeney. He also appeared in
productions for London's Royal National Theater and the Royal Shakespeare
Company, and has worked with directors Sir Richard Eyre, Peter Gill and Toby
Robertson. His gold albums include one for the original recording of Evita.
He also performs in The Manfreds, a band containing Jones and other Manfred
Mann alumni, and hosts a blues radio show on BBC's World Service.

The new album features "Lover To Cry, " penned by Jake Andrews, guitarist on
most of the album; "If You Love Me (Like You Say)" by bluesman Little
Johnnie Taylor; "Choose or Cop Out, " a Jones original featuring Clapton;
the title track "Starting All Over Again" by Stax soul star Johnnie Taylor,
also featuring Clapton; "I'm Gone, " originated by the Swedish band The
Creeps; "Philosopher's Stone, " a Van Morrison song; "Need to Know, "
written by British and Nigerian artist Ola Onabule; "Gratefully Blue, " an
Eric Bibb composition; "When He Comes, " written by Jones with ex-Hollies
member Mikael Rickfors; and an instrumental, "Alvino's Entourage." Also
included is a bonus track, "Big Blue Diamonds, " a duet between Jones and
Percy Sledge culled from Sledge's 2004 Shining Through the Rain album.

According to Jones, "Not that I knew it but I guess the reason I hadn't cut
an album in so long was that I needed to record the right one. And this sure
feels like the right one if I do say so myself! When producer Carla Olson
approached me about recording we agreed that material was number one. I
really wasn't writing a lot so we had to choose with care. After sending
songs to each other it was apparent quite early that we were on the same
page. We both wanted a variety of styles and tempos but it needed to sound
unified as well. Rock, pop, blues. Electric, acoustic. Bare bones, band with
horns and backup vocals. It's all there."

Added CCM label head Gordon Anderson, "This project is the exception that
proves the rule when it comes to our label putting out contemporary
recordings. The quality of this album, and the personnel on it, basically
made the decision to go ahead with our first-ever 'new' album an easy one."


From mrmuddy at suddenlink.net  Fri Jan 30 08:13:01 2009
From: mrmuddy at suddenlink.net (James Quarles)
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:13:01 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] Royal Albert Hall Tickets
Message-ID: <C141C46EE74045B6A8904070047FC256@JQ2>

Has anyone received or know when these tickets will be available? I have 
tickets for the May 16th show and according to web site, I thought they were 
to be FedEx'd out on January 22nd. Anyone got any info?

Later, James 


From llrrbb4 at yahoo.com  Fri Jan 30 12:49:01 2009
From: llrrbb4 at yahoo.com (Lauren Blatt)
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:49:01 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Slowhand] Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 18
In-Reply-To: <mailman.60.1233334861.56530.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <873107.74604.qm@web80014.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

When I purchased mine, I was told that they would be sent out in late March or early April

Has anyone received or know when these tickets will be available? I have tickets
for the May 16th show and according to web site, I thought they were to be
FedEx'd out on January 22nd. Anyone got any info?

Later, James 



From jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com  Fri Jan 30 17:46:52 2009
From: jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com (James Vlahakis)
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:46:52 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] FOR SALE - Martin D12-20 Owned by Yvonne Elliman and
 played by Clapton on Let it Grow (studio and concert)
Message-ID: <OF7D96D8CB.4D5DB305-ON8625754E.00724A25-8625754E.007D23ED@hinshawlaw.com>


Hello fellow Slowhanders:

An acquaintance of mine put me in contact with Mark Lane of Vintage Guitar 
Gems of Thousand Oaks, California.  Mark is attempting to assist Yvonne 
Elliman in selling a vintage Martin D12-20 that is owned by Yvonne 
Elliman.  Yvonne's owns the guitar now and owned the guitar during the 461 
Blvd. sessions. 

As set forth by Yvonne's authenticity letter, EC played tuned it up and 
played it on Let it Grow in the studio.  Eric also played this guitar on 
tour approximately circa 1974-76.  If you're interested in purchasing the 
guitar, please contact Mark Lane at cyberlane2 at earthlink.net.  He has 
photos and a signed authenticity letter from Yvonne.  The guitar comes in 
a hard case stenciled with "Eric Clapton Group" and a tour sticker. 
According to Mark, Eric is going to sign an updated authenticity letter. 
Also 5% of the proceeds will be donated to the Crossroads Antigua 
Treatment Center.


James C. Vlahakis


<p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is an Illinois registered limited liability
partnership that has elected to be governed by the Illinois Uniform 
Partnership Act (1997).

The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended
solely for the addressee(s) named in this message. This communication
is intended to be and to remain confidential and may be subject to
applicable attorney/client and/or work product privileges. If you are
not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been
addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply
e-mail and then delete this message and its attachments. Do not
deliver, distribute or copy this message and/or any attachments and if
you are not the intended recipient, do not disclose the contents or take
any action in reliance upon the information contained in this
communication or any attachments.</p>

From mowdamowda at hotmail.com  Sat Jan 31 09:14:51 2009
From: mowdamowda at hotmail.com (Shanahan)
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 01:14:51 +1100
Subject: [Slowhand] Jeff Beck tonight
Message-ID: <BLU149-W118ECBF939FB0DEBC9242FCFC70@phx.gbl>


Hey Slowhanders,
 
When Eric toured downunder in 2007, he broke his 18 year drought.
 
Jeff Beck broke his 32 year drought this month, and his final performance was in Sydney tonight, and what a performance.
 
If the opening number is Beck's Bolero, you know your in for a special night.
 
Superb show from start to finish, and especially nice to have a homecrowd welcome for Tal Wilkenfeld on bass.
 
Would give my first born to see he and Eric in Japan.
 
ahhhhhhhh............
 
 
Tone
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

_________________________________________________________________
It's simple! Sell your car for just $50
http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fsecure%2Dau%2Eimrworldwide%2Ecom%2Fcgi%2Dbin%2Fa%2Fci%5F450304%2Fet%5F2%2Fcg%5F801459%2Fpi%5F1004813%2Fai%5F859641&_t=762955845&_r=tig_OCT07&_m=EXT

From jnt.elliott at comcast.net  Sat Jan 31 10:43:42 2009
From: jnt.elliott at comcast.net (Jeff Elliott)
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:43:42 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Royal Albert Hall Tickets
In-Reply-To: <C141C46EE74045B6A8904070047FC256@JQ2>
References: <C141C46EE74045B6A8904070047FC256@JQ2>
Message-ID: <CF28302D78144EAAB6F50C18F6DEC16A@1NVTLC1>

James,
	We bought tickets for the show on the 19th but I believe our
electronic receipt said the tickets would not be mailed out any sooner than
two weeks prior to the show.  That makes us a bit antsy but don't know that
we can anything about it.  I'd be interested to read what others say about
this.

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: James Quarles [mailto:mrmuddy at suddenlink.net] 
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 8:13 AM
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Subject: [Slowhand] Royal Albert Hall Tickets

Has anyone received or know when these tickets will be available? I have 
tickets for the May 16th show and according to web site, I thought they were

to be FedEx'd out on January 22nd. Anyone got any info?

Later, James 




From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Wed Feb  4 08:07:58 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 13:07:58 -0000
Subject: [Slowhand] B.B. King,
	and John Mayall announce UK tour (No EC Content)
Message-ID: <009901c986c9$9d7e5320$0200a8c0@GX270>

B.B. King, and John Mayall announce UK tour
tickets go on sale on Friday

http://www.egigs.co.uk/index.php?a=12779

Guitaring legend B.B. King, the reigning king of the blues, is to come out
of retirement and return to the UK to embark on four arena concerts in June
2009.

The blues guitar icon will team up with the legendary British blues virtuoso
John Mayall to share a double bill for what is set to be one of the most
spectacular rhythm 'n' blues concert tours ever to hit the UK in years.

The tour kicks off at Manchester MEN Arena on Wednesday 24th June, and will
also take in venues the Birmingham NIA, Cardiff CIA, and London Wembley
Arena.

The three hour concerts will see John Mayall perform the first half, with
the second half performance by B.B. King.

The pair's tour dates are as follows:
Wed 24 June MEN Arena, Manchester
Thu 25 June NEC Arena, Birmingham
Sat 27 June Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff
Sun 28 June Wembley Arena, London

Tickets will go on sale from 9am, Friday 6th February, priced from ?39, to
?45 and eGigs will have links for you to buy them then.


From mangs88 at verizon.net  Fri Feb  6 12:04:43 2009
From: mangs88 at verizon.net (sam mangano)
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:04:43 -0600 (CST)
Subject: [Slowhand] bo diddley tribute at grammys/EC and allmans
Message-ID: <556898340.1434621233939884912.JavaMail.javamailuser@localhost>




SPECIAL BO DIDDLEY TRIBUTE TO FEATURE BUDDY GUY, B.B. KING, JOHN MAYER, 
AND KEITH URBAN. this sunday nite 2/8 on cbs at 8pm

also, according to recent rolling stone article, butch trucks (drummer 
for allmans and uncle to derek) has a website (his company is Moogis) 
that is streaming the upcoming beacon shows of which EC is rumored to be 
part of during a tribute to Duane Allman (allmans 40th anniversary 
tour). cost is $100 to see all 10 shows of their run at that venue.

i am going to see derek next wednesday at the cleveland House of 
Blues...

later,
sambo8


From kbw at mchsi.com  Fri Feb  6 22:14:44 2009
From: kbw at mchsi.com (Bruce Wilson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 21:14:44 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] Dewey RIP
Message-ID: <AE77DBF5E6354834ABE078B301F53A73@Dell>

Just heard that Dewey Martin passed -- best known as drummer in Buffalo Springfield.  Played their first album in memoriam and the Day Tripper riff in 'Baby Don't Scold Me' reminded me of EC's quote of same in the Bluesbreakers' 'What'd I Say.'  Later on, EC and a few of the BSers were busted for illegal acts and spent some time in jail in 1968.  Anyways, it's all connected.

From jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com  Sat Feb  7 12:03:25 2009
From: jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com (James Vlahakis)
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 11:03:25 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] James Vlahakis/HC01 is out of the office.
Message-ID: <OFCC6C1C0F.F42CAFA3-ON86257556.005DB28A-86257556.005DB28A@hinshawlaw.com>


I will be out of the office starting  02/04/2009 and will not return until 02/09/2009.

I will have limited access to email and voicemail.  If you need immediate assistance, please contact
my assistant Roberta Nickish at ext. 3508.


<p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is an Illinois registered limited liability
partnership that has elected to be governed by the Illinois Uniform 
Partnership Act (1997).

The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended
solely for the addressee(s) named in this message. This communication
is intended to be and to remain confidential and may be subject to
applicable attorney/client and/or work product privileges. If you are
not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been
addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply
e-mail and then delete this message and its attachments. Do not
deliver, distribute or copy this message and/or any attachments and if
you are not the intended recipient, do not disclose the contents or take
any action in reliance upon the information contained in this
communication or any attachments.</p>

From candyear at earthlink.net  Sat Feb  7 12:28:58 2009
From: candyear at earthlink.net (David Strahl)
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 12:28:58 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] sambo8 Bo Diddley...
In-Reply-To: <mailman.54.1234026058.15166.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.54.1234026058.15166.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <0D1A0878-C197-4286-864F-A8F8D5F4FBF5@earthlink.net>

If you are referring to the Allman Brothers at the Beacon this March,  
it's now 15 shows. Are you saying EC is doing them all? I seriously  
doubt it but you never know. At the last Beacon run they brought out  
Johnny Winter and David Sanborn the night I was there so it's a bit  
of a crap shoot as to who is sitting in.
David
On Feb 7, 2009, at 12:00 PM, slowhand-request at planet-torque.com wrote:

> Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to
> 	slowhand at planet-torque.com
>
> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
> 	http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand
> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
> 	slowhand-request at planet-torque.com
>
> You can reach the person managing the list at
> 	slowhand-owner at planet-torque.com
>
> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..."
> Today's Topics:
>
>    1. bo diddley tribute at grammys/EC and allmans (sam mangano)
>    2. Dewey RIP (Bruce Wilson)
>
> From: sam mangano <mangs88 at verizon.net>
> Date: February 6, 2009 12:04:43 PM EST
> To: sd <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
> Subject: [Slowhand] bo diddley tribute at grammys/EC and allmans
>
>
>
>
>
> SPECIAL BO DIDDLEY TRIBUTE TO FEATURE BUDDY GUY, B.B. KING, JOHN  
> MAYER, AND KEITH URBAN. this sunday nite 2/8 on cbs at 8pm
>
> also, according to recent rolling stone article, butch trucks  
> (drummer for allmans and uncle to derek) has a website (his company  
> is Moogis) that is streaming the upcoming beacon shows of which EC  
> is rumored to be part of during a tribute to Duane Allman (allmans  
> 40th anniversary tour). cost is $100 to see all 10 shows of their  
> run at that venue.
>
> i am going to see derek next wednesday at the cleveland House of  
> Blues...
>
> later,
> sambo8
>
>
>
>
>
> From: "Bruce Wilson" <kbw at mchsi.com>
> Date: February 6, 2009 10:14:44 PM EST
> To: <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
> Subject: [Slowhand] Dewey RIP
>
>
> Just heard that Dewey Martin passed -- best known as drummer in  
> Buffalo Springfield.  Played their first album in memoriam and the  
> Day Tripper riff in 'Baby Don't Scold Me' reminded me of EC's quote  
> of same in the Bluesbreakers' 'What'd I Say.'  Later on, EC and a  
> few of the BSers were busted for illegal acts and spent some time  
> in jail in 1968.  Anyways, it's all connected.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Slowhand mailing list
> Slowhand at planet-torque.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand


From mangs88 at verizon.net  Sun Feb  8 14:34:02 2009
From: mangs88 at verizon.net (Sam Mangano)
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:34:02 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] sambo8 Bo Diddley...
In-Reply-To: <0D1A0878-C197-4286-864F-A8F8D5F4FBF5@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <720B4A7D21CA42F185CE8520379C172F@manganoe038b9c>

David:

No, not all, I believe he will just be at one show, which one I do not know,
but will probably be revealed closer to the show. If I get the chance to
talk to Derek trucks this Wednesday, I will ask him! Otherwise, resident
slowhander Scott Wallenberg is usually in the know on all things
Allman....Scott, any insight?

L8r
sammy

-----Original Message-----
From: David Strahl [mailto:candyear at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 12:29 PM
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Subject: Re: [Slowhand] sambo8 Bo Diddley...

If you are referring to the Allman Brothers at the Beacon this March,  
it's now 15 shows. Are you saying EC is doing them all? I seriously  
doubt it but you never know. At the last Beacon run they brought out  
Johnny Winter and David Sanborn the night I was there so it's a bit  
of a crap shoot as to who is sitting in.
David
On Feb 7, 2009, at 12:00 PM, slowhand-request at planet-torque.com wrote:

> Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to
> 	slowhand at planet-torque.com
>
> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
> 	http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand
> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
> 	slowhand-request at planet-torque.com
>
> You can reach the person managing the list at
> 	slowhand-owner at planet-torque.com
>
> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..."
> Today's Topics:
>
>    1. bo diddley tribute at grammys/EC and allmans (sam mangano)
>    2. Dewey RIP (Bruce Wilson)
>
> From: sam mangano <mangs88 at verizon.net>
> Date: February 6, 2009 12:04:43 PM EST
> To: sd <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
> Subject: [Slowhand] bo diddley tribute at grammys/EC and allmans
>
>
>
>
>
> SPECIAL BO DIDDLEY TRIBUTE TO FEATURE BUDDY GUY, B.B. KING, JOHN  
> MAYER, AND KEITH URBAN. this sunday nite 2/8 on cbs at 8pm
>
> also, according to recent rolling stone article, butch trucks  
> (drummer for allmans and uncle to derek) has a website (his company  
> is Moogis) that is streaming the upcoming beacon shows of which EC  
> is rumored to be part of during a tribute to Duane Allman (allmans  
> 40th anniversary tour). cost is $100 to see all 10 shows of their  
> run at that venue.
>
> i am going to see derek next wednesday at the cleveland House of  
> Blues...
>
> later,
> sambo8
>
>
>
>
>
> From: "Bruce Wilson" <kbw at mchsi.com>
> Date: February 6, 2009 10:14:44 PM EST
> To: <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
> Subject: [Slowhand] Dewey RIP
>
>
> Just heard that Dewey Martin passed -- best known as drummer in  
> Buffalo Springfield.  Played their first album in memoriam and the  
> Day Tripper riff in 'Baby Don't Scold Me' reminded me of EC's quote  
> of same in the Bluesbreakers' 'What'd I Say.'  Later on, EC and a  
> few of the BSers were busted for illegal acts and spent some time  
> in jail in 1968.  Anyways, it's all connected.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Slowhand mailing list
> Slowhand at planet-torque.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand




From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Mon Feb  9 15:44:20 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 12:44:20 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Slowhand] Plant/Krauss!
Message-ID: <247862.79412.qm@web82602.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Sorry for the non-E post, but I am please with yesterday's Grammy results and needed to shout-out. I LIKED that album (RaisingSand)?from the first time I listened and it only grew from there not leaving the close proximity of my livingroom-grownup-stereo until just before the holidays, but it's back again and playing as I write!?What a happy-surprise that almost made listening to Timberlake, KiddR, pregnant-who(?) and some of the other lame-crap bearable (albeit more bearable on 'mute,' which was frequently employed during the evening). 
Hooray for crazy-Robert and lovely-Alison!
Mel
I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, 
or has a will of the kind that we experience in ourselves.

From mangs88 at verizon.net  Mon Feb  9 17:43:07 2009
From: mangs88 at verizon.net (sam mangano)
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:43:07 -0600 (CST)
Subject: [Slowhand] ec rumor/bo diddley tribute
Message-ID: <525624925.75591234219387402.JavaMail.javamailuser@localhost>

EC may be playing with the allmans on the 20th

did anyone else see the bo diddley tribute at the grammys? my tivo 
stopped recording right when it started because i had a power outage. i 
havent been able to find it posted on youtube or anywhere else yet? any 
help would be appreciated......

thanks
sammy

From jwalasko at telus.net  Mon Feb  9 19:15:19 2009
From: jwalasko at telus.net (John Walasko)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 16:15:19 -0800
Subject: [Slowhand] Guy Warren (percussionist from the 1969 Blind Faith
	sessions) R.I.P.
Message-ID: <9BBA4679-248E-4495-94A6-C1139FEF69DD@telus.net>

Guy Warren (a/k/a/ Kofi Ghanaba), percussionist and bandleader, died  
December 22 2008. He was 85.


I am 99% certain it was Guy Warren who played on recordings first  
released on the "Blind Faith: Deluxe Edition" 2 CD set. For some  
reason, "Guy Warner" is credited in the Deluxe Edition's liner notes.

Warren worked with Ginger Baker before and after the Blind Faith era.  
He also played with Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, and many others.


There is a good obit at the guardian.co.uk site:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/feb/07/obituary-kofi-ghanaba






Q  please consider the environment before printing this email





From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Wed Feb 11 14:23:46 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:23:46 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Slowhand] Super Jewelboxes
Message-ID: <140508.33594.qm@web82607.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

For those oldschool slowhanders who still have room for (and like) physical discs with jewelboxes, I have?two great sources for an upgraded jewelbox. Sleevetown - http://www.sleevetown.com/super-jewel-boxes.shtml

A second source (slightly better pricing)?for this product is http://www.jewelboxing.com/components.php?and contact 312 243-1107 ask for Michele or Dawson (30 for $40 including shipping via Paypal).

The super jewel box standard will hold multiple discs and is far superior quality to the norm. Their disc spindle is longer and will hold either one or two discs (and there is ample room for a third disc between the front-coverart leaves).

The manufacturer of the superjewel box is in Europe, Denmark I think.
Mel

From deltanick at comcast.net  Thu Feb 12 06:17:04 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick)
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:17:04 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton-Winwood 14-City US Tour In June
Message-ID: <6B118753AFDF4C81BB3467B165F61627@4MT8H51>

I can't believe nobody's posted this yet!

http://www.whereseric.com/news/2009/02/steve-winwood-eric-clapton-announce-us-tour-june-2009.html

                DeltaNick

From clwphils at tampabay.rr.com  Thu Feb 12 12:08:47 2009
From: clwphils at tampabay.rr.com (David Fynan)
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:08:47 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton-Winwood 14-City US Tour In June
In-Reply-To: <mailman.52.1234458074.95492.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.52.1234458074.95492.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <AE54B898-D115-4F67-B673-9E1D0AFC0D7D@tampabay.rr.com>

Sure hope they consider adding a few southeast dates to this tour.

From seger001 at umn.edu  Thu Feb 12 13:40:20 2009
From: seger001 at umn.edu (Pat Seger)
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:40:20 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] EC Access question
Message-ID: <FE3FA906-1341-4DAD-89A5-EE3936D4671C@umn.edu>

Curious - anyone who has joined ECAccess.  Have you found any  
advantage in obtaining tix?

From david.gourlay at oracle.com  Thu Feb 12 14:36:22 2009
From: david.gourlay at oracle.com (David Gourlay)
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:36:22 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton-Winwood 14-City US Tour In June
In-Reply-To: <6B118753AFDF4C81BB3467B165F61627@4MT8H51>
References: <6B118753AFDF4C81BB3467B165F61627@4MT8H51>
Message-ID: <20090212143622187.00000002316@dgourlay-us>

and the DVD of the original MSG shows ! 

-----Original Message-----
From: DeltaNick [mailto:deltanick at comcast.net] 
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 6:17 AM
To: Slowhand Digest
Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton-Winwood 14-City US Tour In June

I can't believe nobody's posted this yet!

http://www.whereseric.com/news/2009/02/steve-winwood-eric-clapton-announc=
e-us-tour-june-2009.html

                DeltaNick



From mangs88 at verizon.net  Fri Feb 13 15:04:30 2009
From: mangs88 at verizon.net (Sam Mangano)
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:04:30 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Derek Trucks
Message-ID: <65196F944A9546788040898844076FB4@manganoe038b9c>

Very good show at the House of Blues on Wed 2/11! Before the show, I googled
"trucks stage manager" and found a guy on "linked in" with a photo. When I
saw him hanging out by the bus, I introduced myself, told him I shot a lot
of pictures and had provided a CD to derek's business manager last year, and
if it wouldn't be too much trouble, could he get one of my 8x10's signed? He
was very nice, said "no problem", and told me to seek him out after the
show.

 

Very interesting show, outstanding lights to compliment the music. He did a
wide variety of songs, including about 3 blues tunes. I was even more
impressed with this band than I was at Crossroads Chicago. I included some
pictures (not very good, as there wasn't a lot of "white light" which is
good for photos) for your enjoyment. He saw the Head on a Stick crafted by
Dr Proctor and gave me a smile

 

After the show, I got my signed photo back while they were breaking down the
stage (about 20 minutes after they left the stage).In exchange, I gave the
stage manager the head on a stick. He said that they were great, but
couldn't remember where he saw it before. I told him "San Jose" and then he
remembered it.

 

 On the way out, there was a long line at the merchandise stand, which I
thought was kinda weird. However, at the front was Derek, signing things,
talking with people, taking pictures, etc. So, I waited another 20 minutes,
introduced myself to him and his bass player Todd, thanked him for signing
the picture I had left for him, and asked to take a picture with him. Not
having the head on a stick on me anymore, I didn't bother bringing it up
that I was the guy waving it in the crowd. Both he and Todd thanked "US" for
coming, and he stayed until the last fan in line got to meet him.

 

The show was taped and already is up on bt.etree.org according to Mark
Deavult, so enjoy!!

 

Regards,

Sam


From rick3080 at sbcglobal.net  Fri Feb 13 15:37:01 2009
From: rick3080 at sbcglobal.net (Rick Liskow)
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:37:01 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Slowhand] EC Access question
References: <mailman.60.1234544455.17614.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <104847.21443.qm@web82203.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

As of today, ECAccess has the dates and the venue listed, but there is no information available yet about pre-general public ticket sales.

Rick




________________________________
From: "slowhand-request at planet-torque.com" <slowhand-request at planet-torque.com>
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 9:00:55 AM
Subject: Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 26

Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to
??? slowhand at planet-torque.com

To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
??? http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand
or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
??? slowhand-request at planet-torque.com

You can reach the person managing the list at
??? slowhand-owner at planet-torque.com

When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..."
Today's Topics:

? 1. Re: Clapton-Winwood 14-City US Tour In June (David Fynan)
? 2. EC Access question (Pat Seger)
? 3. Re: Clapton-Winwood 14-City US Tour In June (David Gourlay)
and the DVD of the original MSG shows ! 

-----Original Message-----
From: DeltaNick [mailto:deltanick at comcast.net] 
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 6:17 AM
To: Slowhand Digest
Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton-Winwood 14-City US Tour In June

I can't believe nobody's posted this yet!

http://www.whereseric.com/news/2009/02/steve-winwood-eric-clapton-announc=
e-us-tour-june-2009.html

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? DeltaNick



_______________________________________________
Slowhand mailing list
Slowhand at planet-torque.com
http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand

From marlene1115 at verizon.net  Fri Feb 13 18:45:43 2009
From: marlene1115 at verizon.net (Marlene Opila)
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:45:43 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] EC with ABB at the Beacon
Message-ID: <A6243930E2BE493783016555F80EC466@StaplesPC>

Sam said:

I believe he will just be at one show, which one I do not know, 
but will probably be revealed closer to the show. If I get the chance to 
talk to Derek trucks this Wednesday, I will ask him!

Sam, did you forget to ask Derek this most important question??  I sure hope the following is true - I've got tickets for these shows!

Marlene


http://www.rollingstone.com/blogs/smokingsection/




More Details About Clapton Joining Allman Brothers at Beacon!!!

February 13, 2009 1:14 PM
We told you first right here in the Smoking Section that the Allman Brothers' epic 2009 stand at New York's Beacon Theater will serve as a tribute late guitar wizard Duane "Skydog" Allman. The fifteen dates in Manhattan -- between March 9th and March 28th -- will also celebrate the Allman's 40th anniversary, and marks 20 years since they began ripping shit up at the Beacon. 

Some of you didn't believe us when we said that Eric Clapton would be sitting in with the Allmans on select nights. You folks can suck it! Clapton WILL appear at two shows -- on March 19th and 20th!!!


We also predicted that Dickey Betts would return to join his former band, a claim that the Allmans' manager called "patently false."


We're sticking with our prediction! Why not!


And whether or not you catch a Clapton night, each and every one of the shows are going to be sick!!!

From candyear at earthlink.net  Sat Feb 14 13:33:14 2009
From: candyear at earthlink.net (David Strahl)
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:33:14 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Robben Ford and Jorma Kaukonen
Message-ID: <5C6D4909-AB47-4810-B685-1D1FD6161411@earthlink.net>

I saw a really great show in Poughkeepsie, NY  the other day. It was  
held at a beautiful venue, the Bardavon. A double bill featuring  
Robben Ford originally of the LA Express and Jorma Kaukonen of the  
Jefferson Airplane and subsequently Hot Tuna. Robben has an  
impressive resume having appeared on tour with George Harrison and  
countless other luminaries of the likes of Joni Mitchell. The show  
also featured a triple threat Ruthie Foster who opened with her own  
acoustic set and then came out later to join Robben's band. She is an  
amazing singer and equally adept on guitar and organ. Jorma did a  
short acoustic set followed by Robben and his band. Wow, Robben did a  
blistering set. Check him out if you have the opportunity. He's scary  
good. Jorma then joined Robben's band for a few electric numbers. The  
pairing was interesting and unexpectedly fine. They both have such  
different styles that it blended surprisingly well. The show stopper  
was Dylan's "You Gotta Serve Somebody" with each performer taking a  
verse. I never get tired of that song and their interpretation was  
grand. I couldn't imagine how they could follow that up. Well what  
better way then to follow it with yet another Dylan tune but this  
time a mellow version of "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright". Robben  
was so on point playing beautiful understated swells in and around  
the vocals. It was a thoroughly satisfying evening.
David Strahl

From mangs88 at verizon.net  Sat Feb 14 15:49:49 2009
From: mangs88 at verizon.net (sam mangano)
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:49:49 -0600 (CST)
Subject: [Slowhand] philly ticket warning
Message-ID: <555648747.13235081234644589455.JavaMail.javamailuser@localhost>

WE! is showing the philly tickets for winwood/clapton being on 
ticketmaster. be advised that the wachovia center does their own 
ticketing through their own website (www.wachoviacenter.com). i have 
learned this the past 2 summers buying shows for other artists there. 
they have not used ticketmaster for a number of years.

people trying to buy keith urban tickets learned this fact the hard way 
last week. the fanclub member presale was a nightmare. somehow i lucked 
out, but there were a lot of bitter fans that missed out wasting their 
time trying to go through ticketmaster to no avail, so double check 
before they go on-sale....

out
sambo8

From deltanick at comcast.net  Sun Feb 15 01:37:02 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (Nicholas Aleshin)
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:37:02 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] "Clapton & Winwood: Live From Madison Square Garden"
	CD/DVD Set, Spring 2009
Message-ID: <C7575D20-D06A-489C-87A0-C61B019FB212@comcast.net>

Just announced today, "Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood: Live From Madison  
Square Garden," including tracklist, coming in the Spring, a DVD and 2- 
CD set.

Also, a limited edition 2-CD/2-DVD set is currently available for pre- 
order.

http://www.whereseric.com/news/2009/02/eric-clapton-steve-winwood-madison-square-garden-concert-cd-dvd-release-coming-spring-2009.html

				DeltaNick


From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Tue Feb 17 05:09:32 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:09:32 -0000
Subject: [Slowhand] Va bene, Eric
Message-ID: <009401c990e7$d46edc10$0200a8c0@GX270>

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1147503/Old-Slowhand-Clapton-gets-bad-case-blues-crunch.html

Old Slowhand Clapton gets bad case of blues in crunch
By Rupert Steiner
Last updated at 8:04 AM on 17th February 2009

Rock oldie Eric Clapton has a bad case of the blues. Old slowhand is the
latest high profile celebrity hit by the credit crunch.

The guitarist saw his business slump into the red after taking a break from
producing new tracks and hitting the road.

The biggest drain on his ?140million fortune, according to latest figures,
is his 47.5m super cruiser Va Bene.

During the goods times, the floating gin palace - which features six
bedrooms, a jacuzzi, a weights room and a crew of 13 - is rented out at a
staggering ?179,000 a week. It was recently done up at a cost of ?3million.

But the boat was out of the water during the refit and the charter market
has been devastated by the most severe downturn since the Great Depression.
Marshbrook, the business set up by Clapton to manage his interests, saw its
income crash to ?4million from ?24million, according to the last annual
results.

That resulted in a loss of ?671,000 compared with a ?2.4million profit 12
months earlier.

Several years ago Clapton paid himself ?18.8million in dividends and salary.
But he has taken a haircut in 2008, declining to take a dividend but taking
a wage of ?1.5million.


From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Tue Feb 17 12:28:09 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:28:09 -0000
Subject: [Slowhand] What a Yacht we got
Message-ID: <00d101c99125$1a8ceab0$0200a8c0@GX270>

Okay, I got curious.....

This is what I call nice ;~)
http://www.eliteyacht.com/vabene.htm

"Onboard with Eric Clapton"
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/11/25/clapton.yacht/index.html

There's lots more if one Googles with "Va Bene" yacht".

Perhaps we few SDers could club together for a week.........

John 


From bluez4u2 at yahoo.com  Wed Feb 18 20:20:50 2009
From: bluez4u2 at yahoo.com (Robert)
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:20:50 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Slowhand] Arc Angels opening
In-Reply-To: <mailman.66.1234976492.1323.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.66.1234976492.1323.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <745316.22938.qm@web31808.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Looks like the opening band for Clapton's European tour will be the Arc Angels. 
Doyle Bramhall II, Charlie Sexton, and Chris Layton. Tommy Shannon will probably
not participate due to health reasons but I'm sure they will hire a capable bass player
to replace him in the band. Tour dates listed at the following site: http://www.myspace.com/arcangelsmusic

From mowdamowda at hotmail.com  Wed Feb 18 21:07:09 2009
From: mowdamowda at hotmail.com (Shanahan)
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:07:09 +1100
Subject: [Slowhand] What a Yacht we got
Message-ID: <BLU149-W51964D46A0FAFF896AF7F5CFB20@phx.gbl>


 

 

The yacht is mighty impressive but did anyone else notice the small print on the website?

 

For a substantial 'extra' on any one evening of your choosing (that is if you choose the deluxe hire of two weeks or more), you may have the pleasure of live vocal and acoustic entertainment performed by the owner, whilst you and your friends dine.

 

Kind of makes you want to fork out the bug bucks, don't it?

 

Cheers

 

Tone

 

 

_________________________________________________________________
Net yourself a bargain. Find great deals on eBay.
http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Frover%2Eebay%2Ecom%2Frover%2F1%2F705%2D10129%2D5668%2D323%2F4%3Fid%3D10&_t=763807330&_r=hotmailTAGLINES&_m=EXT

From mangs88 at verizon.net  Thu Feb 19 23:08:59 2009
From: mangs88 at verizon.net (sam mangano)
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:08:59 -0600 (CST)
Subject: [Slowhand] ec/winwood msg cd/dvd package
Message-ID: <1138553190.4676701235102939468.JavaMail.javamailuser@localhost>

As I am known to sniff out a deal, the deluxe package offered on steve 
winwood's website (www.stevewinwood.com) is far superior to EC's website 
in the fact that it substitutes the $10 EC store credit and 4 photos for 
a TShirt from the MSG Show, and offers you a chance to go into a drawing 
to win a Steve Winwood autographed guitar, all for the same price.

Also, it lets you just purchase the cd set or dvd sets alone (25 each), 
or the combo 2cd/2dvd set (50) without the program/poster/tshirt (not 
sure if that is an option or not on EC's site).....

l8r
sammy

From jsewell at wcgwave.ca  Fri Feb 20 19:34:28 2009
From: jsewell at wcgwave.ca (James Sewell)
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:34:28 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] EC/SW track listing?
Message-ID: <499F4C14.7040101@wcgwave.ca>

Is there a track listing yet?  It would be nice to know if there's 
different tracks on the 2CD vs. 2DVD sets.  So that one could know if 
it's worth it to buy the combo or just one or the other?


-James

From zettiproductions at gmail.com  Fri Feb 20 20:37:35 2009
From: zettiproductions at gmail.com (Zetti)
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:37:35 -0300
Subject: [Slowhand] EC/SW DVD set - no blu-ray ????
In-Reply-To: <mailman.64.1235149267.35169.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.64.1235149267.35169.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <499F5ADF.9060605@gmail.com>

Hi all,

Hasn't the show been filmed in HD ? Aren't they releasing a blu-ray disc 
? Or......will they wait until we all buy the SD DVD, and after that......?

Cheers,

Zetti

From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Sat Feb 21 04:23:43 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:23:43 -0000
Subject: [Slowhand] JJ Cale -" Roll On" w/EC
Message-ID: <004401c99406$1bb79320$0200a8c0@GX270>

Three full numbers from JJ Cale's forthcoming release "Roll On" may be heard
at the following URL:
http://www.jjcale.com/music.html

The first is the title track, featuring Eric.


From EddyPauley at aol.com  Sat Feb 21 11:04:21 2009
From: EddyPauley at aol.com (EddyPauley at aol.com)
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:04:21 EST
Subject: [Slowhand] Ticketmaster..........
Message-ID: <bde.3c2ecaff.36d18005@aol.com>

As you may be aware, tickets went onsale yesterday @ 10 AM on Ticketmaster 
for the EC/Winwood show in Washington, DC.

I checked Ticketmaster last night and the show was not sold out as 400 level 
seats were available.  Out of curiosity I decided to check stubhub one of the 
homes of Internet scalpers.  Stubhub showed a total of 1,786 tickets for sale 
for that particular event.  I have attended a lot of events at this venue, 
sporting and concerts, and the 1,786 tickets on Stubhub are approximately 11 
percent of the total seats that will be sold (depending on whether seats are sold 
behind the stage).  The number becomes even more alarming when you consider 
that the show was not sold out.  

Not surprisingly none of the tickets were offered for face value all were 
marked up considerably, x3 or x5, or more.  These are not fans buying and selling 
these tickets -- it is Internet scalpers.  

How is scalping on the Internet different from scalping on a street corner?  
Dude on the corner can get arrested depending on the location.  Internet 
scalping goes on unchecked.  

How do we know that Ticketmaster (which has it's own scalping website 
TicketsNow/TicketExchange) is not a willing partner in the scalping?     



**************
A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! 
(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1218822736x1201267884/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fww
w.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID%3D62%26bcd%3
DfebemailfooterNO62)

From EddyPauley at aol.com  Sat Feb 21 11:20:11 2009
From: EddyPauley at aol.com (EddyPauley at aol.com)
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:20:11 EST
Subject: [Slowhand] More on Ticketscamster.........
Message-ID: <c2d.5338d48d.36d183bb@aol.com>

>From a local DC TV station:

"On Your Side: Ticketmaster's Other Side"

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0209/594509.html


Also of interest..........
Hopefully there will also be an examination/discussion of online scalping 
activities:

Live Nation, Ticketmaster To Face Questioning Next Week

Friday, Feb. 20, 2009

Lawmakers will put Live Nation and Ticketmaster under extra scrutiny next 
week as two panels hear representatives discuss merger plans that are being 
reviewed by the Justice Department. The $2.5 billion all-stock deal, according to 
antitrust experts, could create a dominant force in the live music industry. 
Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman Herb Kohl, D-Wis.; Sen. Orrin 
Hatch, R-Utah; House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers and ranking member Lamar 
Smith are among those seeking more information. Kohl has scheduled a hearing 
Tuesday, while the House Judiciary Courts and Competition Policy Subcommittee 
will follow up Thursday. Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino and Ticketmaster CEO 
Irving Azoff will likely testify at both.As the hearings approach, the companies 
are ramping up their Washington lobbying efforts. Live Nation, which spun off 
from media conglomerate Clear Channel Communications in 2005, has hired Public 
Strategies and Brunswick Group to manage its image during the merger process 
and is working with attorneys at Latham & Watkins. The public affairs firm 
Abernathy MacGregor Group and law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher are also advising 
the two. Although representatives for both declined to comment in detail, they 
released a statement noting that even after the merger, they will "be of 
modest size, with a combined market cap of about $800 million." The companies argue 
that the deal, which they hope will close by the second quarter, will offer 
easier ticket purchases, more flexibility on seating options and increased 
exposure for artists. They also say it will be easier for fans to see their 
favorite artists. Their merger announcement came less than two months after 
Ticketmaster ended its 10-year contract with Live Nation after feuding over money 
generated from ticket service charges and control of customer data.Some lawmakers 
remain skeptical. "Any merger between two companies who would otherwise 
compete against each other raises significant antitrust concern when those companies 
already have significant market power," House Judiciary Courts and 
Competition Subcommittee Chairman Hank Johnson, D-Ga., said in a statement. Sen. Charles 
Schumer, D-N.Y., said the merger would "give a giant, new entity unrivaled 
power over concert-goers and the prices they pay to see their favorite artists 
and bands." Conyers noted the hearings would be the first test of the Obama 
administration's antitrust policy. In his campaign, Obama criticized the Bush 
administration for having "what may be the weakest record of antitrust 
enforcement of any administration in the last half century." The Bush Justice Department 
approved the merger of satellite radio rivals Sirius and XM, Verizon's 
purchase of Alltel Corp. and the pairing of AT&T and BellSouth.Another critic, 
American Antitrust Institute President Bert Foer, said the case will resonate with 
customers who use Ticketmaster and affiliated Web sites to purchase tickets at 
what they believe is already a steep mark-up. Regulators may be particularly 
concerned with the potential effect in the ticketing arena since Live Nation 
signed a deal with Ticketmaster rival SMG last September, he added. "What is 
happening could be seen as eliminating the competitor by buying it," Foer said. 
Creating what the merging firms call a better "artist-to-fan direct 
distribution platform" begs the question of whether smaller competitors can remain in 
the market, he said. A key challenge for Justice and the firms will be deciding 
if and how to divest substantial enough assets that the merged company is 
sufficiently competitive. "There may not be a solution to that other than stopping 
the merger," Foer warned.
by Andrew Noyes

National Journals CongressDaily

































**************
A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy 
steps! 
(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1218822736x1201267884/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID
%3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62)

From bluesgurl2000 at yahoo.com  Sun Feb 22 02:43:44 2009
From: bluesgurl2000 at yahoo.com (debi)
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:43:44 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Slowhand] Thanks to Cheryl Donatto/Hi to Dennis/Share ride?
Message-ID: <707260.51627.qm@web62307.mail.re1.yahoo.com>

A huge thank you to Cheryl for her generous spirit in sharing her Clapton magazine collection with fellow Slowhanders.? Received the mags and?treasure them.
?
A big hello to Dennis, who started out as an anonymous voice on the other end of a business phone call but became a gab fest about Clapton.? I was the probable culprit for bringing him up as?he is my favorite topic.)?? Next thing I know, he and I are making bets as to who is the greater fan and business issues be damned!? We had more important stuff to discuss like Clapton & Winwood.? I tell Dennis to check out the Slowhand Digest, only to be told he already subscribes!? While Clapton fans can be found in virtually every corner of the world, at the same time it's a small world indeed.
?
Finally, I'm looking for someone that lives in the Sacramento region who plans to attend the Clapton/Winwood concert in Oakland on June 29 who would be interested in car-pooling to the show.
?
Can't post without saying ciao to my my kindred spirit in Italy, Lia.? 
Debi


      

From norm.deane at gmail.com  Sun Feb 22 09:39:12 2009
From: norm.deane at gmail.com (Norm Deane)
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:39:12 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] Extra pair of tickets for Columbus
Message-ID: <798c5cb60902220639v47da97f7y4882d06bca1d96b0@mail.gmail.com>

I ended up with an extra pair of tickets for the Columbus show yesterday.
Will sell them at face value plus ticketmaster fees.

Section 124, row M seats 5-6. Total with ticketmaster fees was $331.85.

Thanks,

Norm

From jnt.elliott at comcast.net  Sun Feb 22 14:07:58 2009
From: jnt.elliott at comcast.net (Jeff Elliott)
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:07:58 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Ticketmaster..........
In-Reply-To: <bde.3c2ecaff.36d18005@aol.com>
References: <bde.3c2ecaff.36d18005@aol.com>
Message-ID: <DB70936646AB4439A6F04F74D9DBB06E@1NVTLC1>

Not only that, but there were tickets for the Washington, DC, show on
Stubhub a full day before the public sale started.  And if one is a member
of EC Access (not sure why I am any longer), there was no presale, only a
limited number of "special" tickets available.  I spent the first 15 mins on
Ticketmaster trying to get my "special tickets" only to find that they were
on the floor back in the back of the arena.  Hardly worth the effort.

So, who are these people that get their tickets prior to the public and then
turn them around on these re-sales sites?  It's frustrating because I'm
willing to pay good money for a show I'm going to see but I can't do it the
"legal" way and have to resort to the "scalper" sites.  And doing so only
perpetuates the problem.  It's a dilemma because the only real way to
discourage it is not to buy from these folks.

How exasperating!

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: EddyPauley at aol.com [mailto:EddyPauley at aol.com] 
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 11:04 AM
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Subject: [Slowhand] Ticketmaster..........

As you may be aware, tickets went onsale yesterday @ 10 AM on Ticketmaster 
for the EC/Winwood show in Washington, DC.

I checked Ticketmaster last night and the show was not sold out as 400 level

seats were available.  Out of curiosity I decided to check stubhub one of
the 
homes of Internet scalpers.  Stubhub showed a total of 1,786 tickets for
sale 
for that particular event.  I have attended a lot of events at this venue, 
sporting and concerts, and the 1,786 tickets on Stubhub are approximately 11

percent of the total seats that will be sold (depending on whether seats are
sold 
behind the stage).  The number becomes even more alarming when you consider 
that the show was not sold out.  

Not surprisingly none of the tickets were offered for face value all were 
marked up considerably, x3 or x5, or more.  These are not fans buying and
selling 
these tickets -- it is Internet scalpers.  

How is scalping on the Internet different from scalping on a street corner?

Dude on the corner can get arrested depending on the location.  Internet 
scalping goes on unchecked.  

How do we know that Ticketmaster (which has it's own scalping website 
TicketsNow/TicketExchange) is not a willing partner in the scalping?     



**************
A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! 
(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1218822736x1201267884/aol?redir=htt
p:%2F%2Fww
w.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID%3D62%26bcd
%3
DfebemailfooterNO62)



From dwayne.kryger at content-mgmt.com  Mon Feb 23 11:34:36 2009
From: dwayne.kryger at content-mgmt.com (Dwayne Kryger)
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:34:36 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Please Identify this Video
Message-ID: <4033B66D4EA3B942B8A44D16D31185BF015058C4@BE31.exg3.exghost.com>

A friend of mine sent me this YouTube link of George Harrison doing
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps":

  <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7qpfGVUd8c>


Does anyone recognize this?  When and where was it performed and who is
in the band.  I think that I recognize Eric Clapton, Ringo and Leon
Russell. Any information would be appreciated.

Dwayne




From crossrodes at earthlink.net  Mon Feb 23 12:54:08 2009
From: crossrodes at earthlink.net (crossrodes at earthlink.net)
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:54:08 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
Subject: [Slowhand] Please Identify this Video
Message-ID: <8494115.1235411648459.JavaMail.root@mswamui-blood.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

The clip is from The Bangladesh concert at MSG NY.

Larry

From pgaskell at btinternet.com  Mon Feb 23 18:52:35 2009
From: pgaskell at btinternet.com (PETER GASKELL)
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:52:35 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [Slowhand] while Eric's guitar gently weeps
Message-ID: <153645.19516.qm@web86511.mail.ird.yahoo.com>

?
Dwayne, your YouTube video looks to me like the Concert for Bangladesh, Madison Square Gardens August 1, 1971. 
Eric surprised everyone by turning up and playing lead on this song with a hollow-body Gibson Byrdland guitar unrehearsed. He said he made it hard for himself but he looks pretty relaxed about it.
I like the story that when George invited him to the recording of?the song on the White Album,?Eric had the effect of putting the Beatles on their best behaviour when he walked into the studio. A bit like the respect you'd show the messiah after he appeared at your wedding and turned the water into wine. 
Pedr

?
?




?

From jerome_vuibert at yahoo.fr  Tue Feb 24 02:23:38 2009
From: jerome_vuibert at yahoo.fr (=?iso-8859-1?Q?J=E9r=F4me_VUIBERT?=)
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:23:38 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [Slowhand] Re : Please Identify this Video (Dwayne Kryger)
Message-ID: <821100.8560.qm@web23104.mail.ird.yahoo.com>


As said below the video, it is from the Concert for Bengladesh.

Jerome



      

From trevork1 at iinet.net.au  Tue Feb 24 03:55:21 2009
From: trevork1 at iinet.net.au (Trevor)
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:55:21 +0900
Subject: [Slowhand] Re-Please Help Me Identify This Video
Message-ID: <001e01c9965d$a09e65b0$0200a8c0@trevor>

Dwayne,
The clip is from:-



The Concert for Bangla Desh
Madison Square Garden, August 1, 1971


Band Lineup
            George Harrison Vocals, Guitar 
            Eric Clapton Guitar 
            Jesse Ed Davis Guitar 
            Don Preston Guitar 
            Ringo Starr Drums 
            Jim Keltner Drums 
            Klaus Voormann Bass 
            Carl Radle Bass 
            Billy Preston Organ, Vocals 
            Leon Russell Piano, Vocals 
            Jim Price Horns 
            Jim Horn Saxophone 
            Chuck Findley Horns 
            Badfinger Backing Vocals 
            Claudia Linnear Backing Vocals 
            Jackie Kelso Backing Vocals 
            Dolores Hall Backing Vocals 



      Don't know if all of these artists appearered on that track. I cannot find my copy of the disc.  
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
     
     
     

     




E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.362)
Database version: 5.10630
http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/

From EddyPauley at aol.com  Tue Feb 24 07:43:31 2009
From: EddyPauley at aol.com (EddyPauley at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:43:31 EST
Subject: [Slowhand] Ticketmaster.......
Message-ID: <d2f.3a0756e0.36d54573@aol.com>

If you are concerned with Ticketmaster's business practices, such as Tickets 
showing up for sale on Internet Scalping web sites before the Tickets ever go 
on sale to the General Public, then please use the contact ph. number listed 
below:

SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Ticketmaster/Live Nation Merger
Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights Subcommittee hearing
on "The Ticketmaster/Live Nation (concert promoter) Merger: What Does
it Mean for Consumers and the Future of the Concert Business?"
Witnesses: Irving Azoff, CEO of Ticketmaster Entertainment,
? ? Inc., West Hollywood, Calif.; Michael Rapino,
? ? president and CEO of Live Nation, Inc., Beverly
? ? Hills, Calif.; Jerry Mickelson, chairman and
? ? executive vice president of JAM Productions,
? ? Chicago, Ill.; David Balto, senior fellow
? ? at the Center for American Progress; and Seth
? ? Hurwitz, co-owner, I.M.P. Productions and
? ? 9:30 Club
Location: 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building. 2:30 p.m.
Contact: 202-224-7703 http://judiciary.senate.gov

 


**************
A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy 
steps! 
(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1218822736x1201267884/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgI
D%3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62)

From mangs88 at verizon.net  Tue Feb 24 22:31:49 2009
From: mangs88 at verizon.net (sam mangano)
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:31:49 -0600 (CST)
Subject: [Slowhand] beck/clapton ronnie scott's posted on youtube
Message-ID: <704375393.10585701235532709589.JavaMail.javamailuser@localhost>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bxv52Ty3fQ

their song from jeff's dvd is posted.  "you need love" (which is 
reminiscent of zepplins whole lotta love lyrically) is the first song 
they had on the set list in japan, very cool how jeff plays along in the 
same cadence as EC's vocals.....

l8r
sammy

From mangs88 at verizon.net  Tue Feb 24 22:35:32 2009
From: mangs88 at verizon.net (sam mangano)
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:35:32 -0600 (CST)
Subject: [Slowhand] EC/beck encore in japan
Message-ID: <4242718.10589011235532932448.JavaMail.javamailuser@localhost>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izixcIn0iwE

abe is a beast on the drums!!

From mangs88 at verizon.net  Tue Feb 24 22:53:08 2009
From: mangs88 at verizon.net (sam mangano)
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:53:08 -0600 (CST)
Subject: [Slowhand] layla by the allman brothers
Message-ID: <1563378964.10606061235533988827.JavaMail.javamailuser@localhost>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz056DMgbdE&feature=related

fantastic vocals by warren haynes, amazing solo by Derek (talk about 
playing high on the frets!), this is an old video but worth taking 
another look...

l8r
sammy

From butting at ihug.co.nz  Wed Feb 25 00:06:23 2009
From: butting at ihug.co.nz (Bryce Utting)
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:06:23 +1300
Subject: [Slowhand] Auckland 4th March
Message-ID: <49A4D1CF.6000308@ihug.co.nz>

Hiya,

I've got a spare ticket thanks to a holiday clash -- anyone wanting a 
silver-section seat (row 29, $300), please gimme a holler.

Preference to anyone heading up from the Waikato who I can bludge a lift 
off!


butting

From Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au  Wed Feb 25 19:03:27 2009
From: Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au (Jon Maclean)
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:03:27 +1100
Subject: [Slowhand] Vale John Martyn
In-Reply-To: <mailman.66.1235062853.17218.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <4CF39E538334FD4FB540C279149C7EA90151B3C4@srv-bx-mail5.lands.nsw>

It hasn't been mentioned on the Digest yet, but last month the world
lost an exemplary musician in John Martyn. A superlative songwriter,
excellent guitarist and totally distinctive vocalist, Martyn was a
prodigious talent whose excessive lifestyle certainly shortened his
lifespan. Granted, the fact that his music was so totally unique coupled
with his uncompromising attitude meant that widespread success generally
eluded him. I consider myself most fortunate to have been touched by his
music, and only Eric Clapton and The Beatles have been more influential
in my musical direction. 

Over the years I have attempted, mostly in vain, to spread the word
about Martyn's music, and a common response I hear is "what kind of
music does he play?" Well, he played a mixture of folk, jazz, blues and
soul and moulded it in such a fashion that it sounded like no-one else.
Totally unique. It is impossible to nominate one album which summarises
Martyn, but "Solid Air", "One World" and "No Little Boy" would be good
starting points for the uninitiated. Clapton, Phil Collins and David
Gilmour were all fans and friends, and Eric appeared on "Glorious Fool"
and recorded one of Martyn's best-known compositions "May You Never" on
"Slowhand" in 1977.

Martyn certainly did not take himself too seriously and as far as I am
aware never developed a rock-star persona, or sought the fame to go with
it.
His wicked sense of humour often manifested itself onstage, particularly
when he worked with long-time collaborator Danny Thompson.
Martyn's loss only caused a minor ripple in the mainstream press, but
for me his loss is immense and he leaves a void no-one else can possibly
fill.

Jon



***************************************************************
This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the Department of  Lands. This email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses.
***************************************************************
Please consider the environment before printing this email.


From rick3080 at sbcglobal.net  Wed Feb 25 22:40:07 2009
From: rick3080 at sbcglobal.net (Rick Liskow)
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:40:07 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Slowhand] EC at the Budokan
References: <mailman.54.1235581259.46443.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <205650.12325.qm@web82208.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Decent audience recording of EC's Feb 15th show at the Budokan

http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=148


?



________________________________
From: "slowhand-request at planet-torque.com" <slowhand-request at planet-torque.com>
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 9:00:59 AM
Subject: Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 37

Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to
??? slowhand at planet-torque.com

To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
??? http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand
or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
??? slowhand-request at planet-torque.com

You can reach the person managing the list at
??? slowhand-owner at planet-torque.com

When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..."
Today's Topics:

? 1. beck/clapton ronnie scott's posted on youtube (sam mangano)
? 2. EC/beck encore in japan (sam mangano)
? 3. layla by the allman brothers (sam mangano)
? 4. Auckland 4th March (Bryce Utting)
Hiya,

I've got a spare ticket thanks to a holiday clash -- anyone wanting a silver-section seat (row 29, $300), please gimme a holler.

Preference to anyone heading up from the Waikato who I can bludge a lift off!


butting

_______________________________________________
Slowhand mailing list
Slowhand at planet-torque.com
http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand

From jyb.music at gmail.com  Thu Feb 26 11:07:18 2009
From: jyb.music at gmail.com (jyb music)
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:07:18 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] Eric Clapton show filmed
Message-ID: <91e726db0902260807y27afe7e4o12dd81e4f44f748f@mail.gmail.com>

Hi ,

Feb. 25th show was filmed by WOWOW Television for broadcast within Japan on
15 March.
(source whereseric.com)

Good news, I hope that it will a full performance broadcast.

Jean

From hubert.orbons at flinders.edu.au  Thu Feb 26 17:39:43 2009
From: hubert.orbons at flinders.edu.au (Hubert Orbons)
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:09:43 +1030
Subject: [Slowhand] Muso John Martyn and EC recording of show
In-Reply-To: <mailman.76.1235667666.74427.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.76.1235667666.74427.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <49A71A2F.7020107@flinders.edu.au>


>
> Subject:
> [Slowhand] Vale John Martyn
> From:
> "Jon Maclean" <Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au>
> Date:
> Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:03:27 +1100
> To:
> <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
>
> To:
> <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
>
>
> It hasn't been mentioned on the Digest yet, but last month the world
> lost an exemplary musician in John Martyn. A superlative songwriter,
> excellent guitarist and totally distinctive vocalist, Martyn was a
> prodigious talent whose excessive lifestyle certainly shortened his
> lifespan. Granted, the fact that his music was so totally unique coupled
> with his uncompromising attitude meant that widespread success generally
> eluded him. I consider myself most fortunate to have been touched by his
> music, and only Eric Clapton and The Beatles have been more influential
> in my musical direction. 
>
> Over the years I have attempted, mostly in vain, to spread the word
> about Martyn's music, and a common response I hear is "what kind of
> music does he play?" Well, he played a mixture of folk, jazz, blues and
> soul and moulded it in such a fashion that it sounded like no-one else.
> Totally unique. It is impossible to nominate one album which summarises
> Martyn, but "Solid Air", "One World" and "No Little Boy" would be good
> starting points for the uninitiated. Clapton, Phil Collins and David
> Gilmour were all fans and friends, and Eric appeared on "Glorious Fool"
> and recorded one of Martyn's best-known compositions "May You Never" on
> "Slowhand" in 1977.
>
> Martyn certainly did not take himself too seriously and as far as I am
> aware never developed a rock-star persona, or sought the fame to go with
> it.
> His wicked sense of humour often manifested itself onstage, particularly
> when he worked with long-time collaborator Danny Thompson.
> Martyn's loss only caused a minor ripple in the mainstream press, but
> for me his loss is immense and he leaves a void no-one else can possibly
> fill.
>
> Jon
>
>
>   
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject:
> [Slowhand] EC at the Budokan
> From:
> Rick Liskow <rick3080 at sbcglobal.net>
> Date:
> Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:40:07 -0800 (PST)
> To:
> slowhand at planet-torque.com
>
> To:
> slowhand at planet-torque.com
>
>
> Decent audience recording of EC's Feb 15th show at the Budokan
>
> http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=148
>
>
>   


From eddypauley at aol.com  Thu Feb 26 22:02:42 2009
From: eddypauley at aol.com (eddypauley at aol.com)
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:02:42 +0000
Subject: [Slowhand] Pascrell's Bill Will Aim To Curb Secondary Ticket Market
Message-ID: <2004650787-1235703816-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1737438861-@bxe1233.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>

Pascrell's Bill Will Aim To Curb Secondary Ticket Market 
Friday, Feb. 27, 2009
  
Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., who was among the first on Capitol Hill to publicly express concerns about a pending $2.5 billion merger between Live Nation and Ticketmaster, plans to introduce legislation that would ban the use of automated ticketing programs and attempt to reign in the secondary ticket market. Pascrell testified before a House Judiciary Courts and Competition Policy Subcommittee hearing Thursday after a similar examination was held by the Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee this week.
 
The forthcoming bill comes on the heels of a request he made this month for the FTC to launch an investigation into Ticketmaster's relationship with TicketsNow.com. In a widely publicized dust-up, Bruce Springsteen fans trying to buy tickets to the rocker's upcoming shows said that Ticketmaster directed them to its affiliate site that sells seats at a premium. Ticketmaster CEO Irving Azoff blamed the incident on a computer malfunction.
 
A Pascrell aide said the bill should be introduced within weeks and talks are under way with several senators who might sponsor companion legislation. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., has been one of the most outspoken critics of the merger on his side of the Hill and has argued that Ticketmaster should immediately sell TicketsNow.
 
Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman Herb Kohl, D-Wis., has no plans to introduce legislation in the near term but is reviewing the subject and the policy of paperless ticketing, a spokeswoman said.
 
Pascrell said the Springsteen flap is the opening act for what consumers could face if the merger is successful. "You don't have to have a Ph.D. in economics to see this for what it is: a naked attempt to dominate the concert marketplace," he said. Pascrell argued the combined entity would control nearly every aspect of the live music business "all the way down to the hot dogs and beer."
 
Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino, whose company has 140 music venues and more than 300 arenas, tried to downplay the firm's dominance.
 
He said his publicly held company's market share was 35 percent last year, its market cap is $250 million and it operates in "a highly competitive marketplace." Azoff, whose company processed more than 280 million tickets in 2007, argued the merger is designed to eliminate inefficiencies in the entertainment supply chain. The Justice Department antitrust division has confirmed that it is examining the arrangement.
 
by Andrew Noyes
 National Journals CongressDaily
Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

From kbw at mchsi.com  Thu Feb 26 22:38:49 2009
From: kbw at mchsi.com (Bruce Wilson)
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:38:49 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] EC & JB
Message-ID: <0A5AE2B2521149E88BDA917EEA0CA384@Dell>

Hope you checking out Youtube for the great Saitama videos.  In addition to the encore Sam mentioned, you can see much of EC & JB's inspired setlist, including their versions of Les McCann's 'Compared to What,' 'Here But I'm Gone' from Curtis Mayfield's last album, 'Outside Woman Blues,' and 'Wee Wee Baby.'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8s6s4WLtz0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsm6KkJ5MPo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obhQcbGf8ts&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luyatftvK3c&feature=related

By the time you read this, the rest of the set may be there...

From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Fri Feb 27 08:53:44 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:53:44 -0000
Subject: [Slowhand] Concert Vault - PG 19700424 Chalk Farm (Absolutely No EC
	content)
Message-ID: <01b301c998e2$cee0f550$0200a8c0@GX270>

A particularly GREAT concert awaits you at:
http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/dt/fleetwood-mac-concert/20053018-2365.html


From Jeff.Marchant at alc.com  Fri Feb 27 12:06:29 2009
From: Jeff.Marchant at alc.com (Jeff.Marchant at alc.com)
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:06:29 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Jeff Marchant is out of the office.
Message-ID: <OFDDB321C7.5B924659-ON8525756A.005DFA7B-8525756A.005DFA7B@alc.com>





I will be out of the office starting  02/27/2009 and will not return until
03/02/2009.

please contact Piyanka Pandey at 609-580-2968


From Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au  Sun Mar  1 23:34:25 2009
From: Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au (Jon Maclean)
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 15:34:25 +1100
Subject: [Slowhand] EC at the Budokan
In-Reply-To: <205650.12325.qm@web82208.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <4CF39E538334FD4FB540C279149C7EA90151B3D4@srv-bx-mail5.lands.nsw>

Thanks for the heads up Rick, that is well worth hearing.

Cheers,
Jon


-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Liskow [mailto:rick3080 at sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Thursday, 26 February 2009 2:40 PM
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Subject: [Slowhand] EC at the Budokan

Decent audience recording of EC's Feb 15th show at the Budokan

http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=148 



***************************************************************
This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the Department of  Lands. This email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses.
***************************************************************
Please consider the environment before printing this email.


From jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com  Mon Mar  2 14:22:34 2009
From: jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com (James Vlahakis)
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 13:22:34 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] Jeff Beck and Clapton Show now on the internet!
Message-ID: <OF20027BD5.46D663D5-ON8625756D.0069C17E-8625756D.006A6EE4@hinshawlaw.com>


http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=150#comment-2258
_____________________



<p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is an Illinois registered limited liability
partnership that has elected to be governed by the Illinois Uniform 
Partnership Act (1997).

The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended
solely for the addressee(s) named in this message. This communication
is intended to be and to remain confidential and may be subject to
applicable attorney/client and/or work product privileges. If you are
not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been
addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply
e-mail and then delete this message and its attachments. Do not
deliver, distribute or copy this message and/or any attachments and if
you are not the intended recipient, do not disclose the contents or take
any action in reliance upon the information contained in this
communication or any attachments.</p>

From trevork1 at iinet.net.au  Tue Mar  3 04:18:23 2009
From: trevork1 at iinet.net.au (Trevor)
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 18:18:23 +0900
Subject: [Slowhand] EC and Jeff Beck-Japan
Message-ID: <002b01c99be1$0073b660$0200a8c0@trevor>

Here's another good posting. EC and Jeff Beck in Japan. Saitama 21 Feb 2009



http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=150

Enjoy

Trevor



E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.362)
Database version: 5.10630
http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/

From rick3080 at sbcglobal.net  Tue Mar  3 16:08:11 2009
From: rick3080 at sbcglobal.net (Rick Liskow)
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 13:08:11 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Slowhand] EC & Jeff Beck in Japan
References: <mailman.48.1236013258.47690.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <7129.23905.qm@web82204.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I haven't listeded to this yet, so I am unsure of the quality.? But, here is a copy of?EC's and Jeff Beck's Feb 21st show in Japan.

http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=150?

Enjoy,
Rick




________________________________
From: "slowhand-request at planet-torque.com" <slowhand-request at planet-torque.com>
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Sent: Monday, March 2, 2009 9:00:58 AM
Subject: Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 41

Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to
??? slowhand at planet-torque.com

To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
??? http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand
or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
??? slowhand-request at planet-torque.com

You can reach the person managing the list at
??? slowhand-owner at planet-torque.com

When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..."
Today's Topics:

? 1. Re: EC at the Budokan (Jon Maclean)
Thanks for the heads up Rick, that is well worth hearing.

Cheers,
Jon


-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Liskow [mailto:rick3080 at sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Thursday, 26 February 2009 2:40 PM
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Subject: [Slowhand] EC at the Budokan

Decent audience recording of EC's Feb 15th show at the Budokan

http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=148 



***************************************************************
This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the Department of? Lands. This email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses.
***************************************************************
Please consider the environment before printing this email.


_______________________________________________
Slowhand mailing list
Slowhand at planet-torque.com
http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand

From david.gourlay at oracle.com  Wed Mar  4 12:09:27 2009
From: david.gourlay at oracle.com (David Gourlay)
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 12:09:27 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] EC & Jeff Beck in Japan
In-Reply-To: <7129.23905.qm@web82204.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <mailman.48.1236013258.47690.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
	<7129.23905.qm@web82204.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20090304120927437.00000002296@dgourlay-us>

I don't know about anyone else, Rick, but your messages come through all garbled !?! 

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Liskow [mailto:rick3080 at sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 4:08 PM
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Subject: [Slowhand] EC & Jeff Beck in Japan

I haven't listeded to this yet, so I am unsure of the quality.=A0 But, here=  is a copy of=A0EC's and Jeff Beck's Feb 21st show in Japan.=0A=0Ahttp://bi= gozine2.com/roio/?p=3D150=A0=0A=0AEnjoy,=0ARick=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A_____________=
___________________=0AFrom: "slowhand-request at planet-torque.com" <slowhand-=
request at planet-torque.com>=0ATo: slowhand at planet-torque.com=0ASent: Monday,=  March 2, 2009 9:00:58 AM=0ASubject: Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 41=0A= =0ASend Slowhand mailing list submissions to=0A=A0=A0=A0 slowhand at planet-to= rque.com=0A=0ATo subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit=0A= =A0=A0=A0 http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand=0Aor, via email= , send a message with subject or body 'help' to=0A=A0=A0=A0 slowhand-reques= t at planet-torque.com=0A=0AYou can reach the person managing the list at=0A= =A0=A0=A0 slowhand-owner at planet-torque.com=0A=0AWhen replying, please edit = your Subject line so it is more specific=0Athan "Re: Contents of Slowhand d= igest..."=0AToday's Topics:=0A=0A=A0 1. Re: EC at the Budokan (Jon Maclean)= =0AThanks for the heads up Rick, that is well worth hearing.=0A=0ACheers,= =0AJon=0A=0A=0A-----Original Message-----=0AFrom: Rick Liskow [mailto:rick3= 080 at sbcglobal.net] =0ASent: Thursday, 26 February 2009 2:40 PM=0ATo: slowha=
nd at planet-torque.com=0ASubject: [Slowhand] EC at the Budokan=0A=0ADecent au= dience recording of EC's Feb 15th show at the Budokan=0A=0Ahttp://bigozine2=
.com/roio/?p=3D148 =0A=0A=0A=0A********************************************=
*******************=0AThis message is intended for the addressee named and = may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient= , please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message a= re those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the=  Department of=A0 Lands. This email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper f= or the presence of computer viruses.=0A************************************=
***************************=0APlease consider the environment before printi= ng this email.=0A=0A=0A_______________________________________________=0ASl=
owhand mailing list=0ASlowhand at planet-torque.com=0Ahttp://six.pairlist.net/=
mailman/listinfo/slowhand=0A



From jsewell at wcgwave.ca  Wed Mar  4 19:24:09 2009
From: jsewell at wcgwave.ca (James Sewell)
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:24:09 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] EC & Jeff Beck in Japan
In-Reply-To: <7129.23905.qm@web82204.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <mailman.48.1236013258.47690.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
	<7129.23905.qm@web82204.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <49AF1BA9.7090405@wcgwave.ca>

I downloaded it yesterday and it's EXCELLENT, sound and performance wise.


-James

Rick Liskow wrote:
> I haven't listeded to this yet, so I am unsure of the quality.  But, here is a copy of EC's and Jeff Beck's Feb 21st show in Japan.
> 
> http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p0 
> 
> Enjoy,
> Rick


From Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au  Wed Mar  4 21:29:40 2009
From: Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au (Jon Maclean)
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 13:29:40 +1100
Subject: [Slowhand] EC Travelin' Alone
In-Reply-To: <009401c990e7$d46edc10$0200a8c0@GX270>
Message-ID: <4CF39E538334FD4FB540C279149C7EA90151B3E1@srv-bx-mail5.lands.nsw>

At the risk of getting some discussion going on this forum (lol), I was
wondering about the song "Travelin' Alone" currently being performed in
Clapton's set.
My best guess is that it is an obscure song originally recorded by
Melvin 'Lil Son' Jackson in the late 1940s. Judging by the lyrics, it
may also have been adapted later by Canned Heat as Big "Road Blues".
Can anyone confirm any of this?

Cheers,
Jon


***************************************************************
This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the Department of  Lands. This email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses.
***************************************************************
Please consider the environment before printing this email.


From trevork1 at iinet.net.au  Fri Mar  6 01:17:35 2009
From: trevork1 at iinet.net.au (Trevor)
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 15:17:35 +0900
Subject: [Slowhand] Travelling Alone
Message-ID: <001801c99e23$3e00bed0$0200a8c0@trevor>

Yes, Travelling Alone did appear on an album called Lil' Son Jackson Rockin' And Rollin' Vol. 1 (1948-1950) on Document Records
Interestingly the composer  Of Travelling Alone was not credited as Lil' Son Jackson . In fact no credt at all appeared.

 Don't know who it was.

Trevor







E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.362)
Database version: 5.10630
http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/

From jsewell at wcgwave.ca  Fri Mar  6 19:37:15 2009
From: jsewell at wcgwave.ca (James Sewell)
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:37:15 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] Here But I'm Gone
Message-ID: <49B1C1BB.1020503@wcgwave.ca>

I am super impressed by this song!  It's a great great song an performed 
fantastically on the EC/JB show that was posted earlier this week.  The 
whole show was great but this song really stood out.

Has EC ever performed it before?  I hadn't heard it.


-James

From marlene1115 at verizon.net  Sat Mar  7 14:29:00 2009
From: marlene1115 at verizon.net (Marlene Opila)
Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:29:00 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Here But I'm Gone
Message-ID: <876F65947A6C4B849648BF7112026855@StaplesPC>

It's a Curtis Mayfield song which EC has performed frequently at his solo shows since it debuted, I believe, at the Nottingham show in 2008.

<I am super impressed by this song!  It's a great great song an performed 
fantastically on the EC/JB show that was posted earlier this week.  The 
whole show was great but this song really stood out.

Has EC ever performed it before?  I hadn't heard it.>

From trevork1 at iinet.net.au  Sat Mar  7 22:53:15 2009
From: trevork1 at iinet.net.au (Trevor)
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 12:53:15 +0900
Subject: [Slowhand] Re-Here But I'm Gone
Message-ID: <001101c99fa1$69563c20$0200a8c0@trevor>

James,
Gotta say that I had never heard EC play this before the summer  2008 tour. But he certainly gave it an air then and he has certainly brought it out on the latest far east tour. In Europe it was played at:-
Koegnen, Norway 6.8.2008
Egilsholl, Norway 8.8.2008
Skandersborg, Norway 10.8.08 Leipzig 12.8.08
Kosciuszko Square, Poland, Gdymia, Oiland 14.8.0Berlib 15.8.08
Munich 17.8.08
Wisbaden, Germany 19.8.08
Zurich 20.8.08
Monte Carlo 22.8.08

In the Far East we had:-
Osaka, Japan 13.2.09
Tokyo 19.2.09
Saitama, Japan 21.2.09
Tokyo, Japan 24.2.09
Tokyo, Japan 28.2.09
Auckland. N.Z 4.3.09

Apologies if I mispelled some of these cities.

Maybe I missed some more

Trevor





E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.362)
Database version: 5.10630
http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/

From trevork1 at iinet.net.au  Sat Mar  7 23:02:56 2009
From: trevork1 at iinet.net.au (Trevor)
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 13:02:56 +0900
Subject: [Slowhand] Re- Here But I'm Gone
Message-ID: <001c01c99fa2$c36f4f20$0200a8c0@trevor>

Sorry guys, spelling mistakes.
Kosciuszko Square, Poland, Gdymia, Oiland  should read Poland.
14.8.0Berlib 15.8.08 should read Berlin 15.8.08

Too many long nights! But hey, I was trying

Trevor



E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.362)
Database version: 5.10630
http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/

From Daniel.Dunseith at corning.com  Sun Mar  8 05:37:15 2009
From: Daniel.Dunseith at corning.com (Daniel.Dunseith at corning.com)
Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:37:15 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] EC will be Peakin' at the Beacon-
Message-ID: <OF2D507793.FA8ACEC5-ON85257573.002E7FE9-85257573.0034D9CD@corning.com>

Hello All;

Here's the deal, the ABB open up this Monday, March 9th and run thru Sat. 
Mar 28 non-stop with Wednesday's off. The concept is a 'celebration of 20' 
 years of ABB doing this at the Beacon Theatre in NYC, which became a real 
good mock-up and re-creation of the Fillmore East days for the ABB after 
finally getting their act together back in '89. So they're making this a 
Jamboree in honour of Brother Duane Allman, first time he's ever been 
acknowledged IMHO in a visceral way. Anyhow, many guests are slated, with 
no guarantees or specifics; but you can log on to: www.moogis.com & and 
actually view the shows live for $125, plus a pletora of ABB shows in the 
'library' that are pretty good. This subscription is good for like a year 
or so, it's not a 'one time' thing. So if you're a ABB fan, it's great. If 
your're after EC, get a DVD recorder and you'll have it, because  he is 
definitely showing up. 

The kik is if you can plug your PC or laptop into your HDTV port with 
sound coming from another port....And you are there. I did it two weeks 
ago and there's an existing library of shows, mostly audio but with 3 live 
that you can view to ramp up and see, it works real well after some 
setting' adjustments, such as VGA= lowest. You'll need to buy a cable to 
hook to your PC or Laptop, to your HDTV which cost me $32. at Radioshack. 
It's basicsally a db9>db9. If you have a PC or MAC and not an HDTV, you 
can watch and listen with speakers. Don't know how you would 
record/capture, it would be a software thing, not my ballywick.

For info on the subscription and the genesis of this whole thing, go here:
www.moogis.com

This was hatched by, of all people, Butch Trucks, who is the longtime 
original drummer and Derek' s Uncle.  His idea was to deliver streaming 
content to the masses, since he saw conventional record sales migrating to 
vaporware for dinosaur rock bands like ABB, etc.

As far as Eric is concerned, yep- he's definitely accepted an invitation 
from Gregg Allman to show up and a lot of speculation is that it will be a 
Friday or Saturday, which leaves the obvious dates, and an important 
observation I made is that EC cancelled a gig in Ireland I think, anyway 
here's the dope from 'where's eric' official announcement-

"On 16 January 2009 it was announced that this concert will take place on 
10 March and NOT 11 March as previously announced due to a touring change. 
"
*copyright - 'where's eric?'
Go Here: www.whereseric.com

Actually turns out to be Australia he's leaving early, not Ireland where 
he actually continues the tour in May .But it really looks like he's 
hurrying back to somewhere for something, no?.  So, the  realization after 
reading the site news and obviously cutting & pasting just to please all 
of you. Be that as it may, my take is that god cancelled that to fly over 
here and be able to line up for the weekend of the 13th and/or 14th. I 
don't think he'll do anything more than 1 (One!) night cameo parachute in 
and out, aah la  EC typical. Altho, he does have a ton of free time until 
May. One of the offerings on the Moogis website is rehearsals, and a 
pretty cool clip is of Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes working out 'Only 
You Know And I Know'.  Uhmm...Go Figure. But that's just me.

I am not a schill for moogis. This is a new frontier, and I tip my cap to 
Butch Trucks for laboring on it ....This is defintely the new venue for 
Baby Boomers like us. 

Other rumoured guests are, (and my $0.02)

Dickie Betts -          No wonder why they won't commit to a lineup, he's 
probably the reason. Love him, mean it, but Mr. Betts, you got to show up 
man....and please stay away from Central Park!
Bonnie Bramlett-        RIP Delaney - we hardly knew ya', & thanks for the 
singing lessons. Sincere Condolences, very under-rated and truly a great 
RockStar. You are missed.
The kid from Phish-     Good Bet
Chuck Leavell-          Definitely, actually filled the void of Brother 
Duane on Southbound, B&S album and alot of other stuff during the 
transition.
Eric Clapton-            LOCK! 
Charlie Daniels -       Very Possible
Marshall Tucker -       Also Very Possible
Outlaws -               Too bad I gave up the drinkign eleven years ago. 
Dammit.
Scooter Herring -       Not Likely
Grateful Dead-          Big Possibiliy, peace parts tho. Think Franklin 
Tower.
John Mayer-             Just because he'd play in my basement if there 
were network cameras there...
Cher -                  One can hope.
Skynard-                Whatever it looks like anymore, Not exactly a 
longshot.

And don't think anyone show's up in duplicaton, in other words; they're 
each an entity unto their own.  Fifteen Nights of guest stars, do the 
math. Caveat is that their backbone culture was the JAM! I saw them at 
Watkins Glen with the Band, Dead and they did do a finale of Uncle Johns 
Band that was totally insane.  But that was 1975.

Cheers,
Allblue













----- Message from EddyPauley at aol.com on Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:10:10 EST 
-----

I don't know about solo dates but Clapton has accepted an invitation from 
Greg Allman to guest one night with the Allman Brothers Band in New York 
City at 
the ABB annual run at the Beacon Theater.

The ABB Beacon shows were canceled last year due to Gregg's health issues 
but 
he is fine now.

I wish EC would do multiple shows with the ABB but my guess is only 1 
night........maybe 2 if it's on a weekend.

Dates should be released any day now.  The ABB shows usually go for a 
little 
over 2 weeks and in the past have run during March.



----- Message from David McGee <keytohwy at mac.com> on Wed, 17 Dec 2008 
09:31:11 -0800 -----


From Daniel.Dunseith at corning.com  Sun Mar  8 05:45:29 2009
From: Daniel.Dunseith at corning.com (Daniel.Dunseith at corning.com)
Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:45:29 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] EC will be Peakin' at the Beacon-
Message-ID: <OF185562A9.23C9AB01-ON85257573.00358553-85257573.00359A9D@corning.com>

Hello All;

Here's the deal, the ABB open up this Monday, March 9th and run thru Sat. 
Mar 28 non-stop with Wednesday's off. The concept is a 'celebration of 20' 
 years of ABB doing this at the Beacon Theatre in NYC, which became a real 
good mock-up and re-creation of the Fillmore East days for the ABB after 
finally getting their act together back in '89. So they're making this a 
Jamboree in honour of Brother Duane Allman, first time he's ever been 
acknowledged IMHO in a visceral way. Anyhow, many guests are slated, with 
no guarantees or specifics; but you can log on to: www.moogis.com & and 
actually view the shows live for $125, plus a pletora of ABB shows in the 
'library' that are pretty good. This subscription is good for like a year 
or so, it's not a 'one time' thing. So if you're a ABB fan, it's great. If 
your're after EC, get a DVD recorder and you'll have it, because  he is 
definitely showing up. 

The kik is if you can plug your PC or laptop into your HDTV port with 
sound coming from another port....And you are there. I did it two weeks 
ago and there's an existing library of shows, mostly audio but with 3 live 
that you can view to ramp up and see, it works real well after some 
setting' adjustments, such as VGA= lowest. You'll need to buy a cable to 
hook to your PC or Laptop, to your HDTV which cost me $32. at Radioshack. 
It's basicsally a db9>db9. If you have a PC or MAC and not an HDTV, you 
can watch and listen with speakers. Don't know how you would 
record/capture, it would be a software thing, not my ballywick.

For info on the subscription and the genesis of this whole thing, go here:
www.moogis.com

This was hatched by, of all people, Butch Trucks, who is the longtime 
original drummer and Derek' s Uncle.  His idea was to deliver streaming 
content to the masses, since he saw conventional record sales migrating to 
vaporware for dinosaur rock bands like ABB, etc.

As far as Eric is concerned, yep- he's definitely accepted an invitation 
from Gregg Allman to show up and a lot of speculation is that it will be a 
Friday or Saturday, which leaves the obvious dates, and an important 
observation I made is that EC cancelled a gig in Ireland I think, anyway 
here's the dope from 'where's eric' official announcement-

"On 16 January 2009 it was announced that this concert will take place on 
10 March and NOT 11 March as previously announced due to a touring change. 
"
*copyright - 'where's eric?'
Go Here: www.whereseric.com

Actually turns out to be Australia he's leaving early, not Ireland where 
he actually continues the tour in May .But it really looks like he's 
hurrying back to somewhere for something, no?.  So, the  realization after 
reading the site news and obviously cutting & pasting just to please all 
of you. Be that as it may, my take is that god cancelled that to fly over 
here and be able to line up for the weekend of the 13th and/or 14th. I 
don't think he'll do anything more than 1 (One!) night cameo parachute in 
and out, aah la  EC typical. Altho, he does have a ton of free time until 
May. One of the offerings on the Moogis website is rehearsals, and a 
pretty cool clip is of Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes working out 'Only 
You Know And I Know'.  Uhmm...Go Figure. But that's just me.

I am not a schill for moogis. This is a new frontier, and I tip my cap to 
Butch Trucks for laboring on it ....This is defintely the new venue for 
Baby Boomers like us. 

Other rumoured guests are, (and my $0.02)

Dickie Betts -          No wonder why they won't commit to a lineup, he's 
probably the reason. Love him, mean it, but Mr. Betts, you got to show up 
man....and please stay away from Central Park!
Bonnie Bramlett-        RIP Delaney - we hardly knew ya', & thanks for the 
singing lessons. Sincere Condolences, very under-rated and truly a great 
RockStar. You are missed.
The kid from Phish-     Good Bet
Chuck Leavell-          Definitely, actually filled the void of Brother 
Duane on Southbound, B&S album and alot of other stuff during the 
transition.
Eric Clapton-            LOCK! 
Charlie Daniels -       Very Possible
Marshall Tucker -       Also Very Possible
Outlaws -               Too bad I gave up the drinkign eleven years ago. 
Dammit.
Scooter Herring -       Not Likely
Grateful Dead-          Big Possibiliy, peace parts tho. Think Franklin 
Tower.
John Mayer-             Just because he'd play in my basement if there 
were network cameras there...
Cher -                  One can hope.
Skynard-                Whatever it looks like anymore, Not exactly a 
longshot.

And don't think anyone show's up in duplicaton, in other words; they're 
each an entity unto their own.  Fifteen Nights of guest stars, do the 
math. Caveat is that their backbone culture was the JAM! I saw them at 
Watkins Glen with the Band, Dead and they did do a finale of Uncle Johns 
Band that was totally insane.  But that was 1975.

Cheers,
Allblue













----- Message from EddyPauley at aol.com on Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:10:10 EST 
-----

I don't know about solo dates but Clapton has accepted an invitation from 
Greg Allman to guest one night with the Allman Brothers Band in New York 
City at 
the ABB annual run at the Beacon Theater.

The ABB Beacon shows were canceled last year due to Gregg's health issues 
but 
he is fine now.

I wish EC would do multiple shows with the ABB but my guess is only 1 
night........maybe 2 if it's on a weekend.

Dates should be released any day now.  The ABB shows usually go for a 
little 
over 2 weeks and in the past have run during March.



----- Message from David McGee <keytohwy at mac.com> on Wed, 17 Dec 2008 
09:31:11 -0800 -----


From gabt at mac.com  Mon Mar  9 19:41:54 2009
From: gabt at mac.com (Dr Grant Abt)
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:41:54 +0000
Subject: [Slowhand] 'EC' on Harry Hill's TV Burp
Message-ID: <6164FB6B-0AE8-40AA-A63E-79911F22D284@mac.com>

Evening viewers,

EC made a 'guest' appearance on Harry Hill's TV Burp (http://www.itv.com/Entertainment/comedy/HarryHillsTVBurp/default.html 
) here in the UK. 'He' sang Layla right at the end of the show. You  
can catch the show again on Saturday 14th March at 6.15pm on ITV1 or  
Monday 16th March at 11.05pm on ITV1.

Cheers,

Grant.
-------------------
Dr Grant Abt
gabt at mac.com
http://www.boolicious.info




From mowdamowda at hotmail.com  Tue Mar 10 07:46:09 2009
From: mowdamowda at hotmail.com (Shanahan)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:46:09 +1100
Subject: [Slowhand] EC's between song banter
Message-ID: <BJENKFFMPGNMIJJKPLEHKEDNCAAA.mowdamowda@hotmail.com>

Hey Slowhanders,

Just saw Eric on Sunday night in Sydney.  Fantastic as usual.

We feel very privileged indeed downunder, two tours in as many years.

I have just had dinner with a couple of friends who saw Eric play the night
before in a Vineyard venue a few hours drive north of Sydney.

One had seen Eric last in Britain in the late 70's, for the other it was his
first time.

This couple love Eric and his music and thought the concert was brilliant,
though they are certainly not of the dedicated Slowhand variety and would
only possess about 10 or 15 CDs of his.

Now that that's out of the way I'll get to the point.

They loved the show but were surprised that Eric didn't speak to the
audience at all, except for thank you's.

For me, I don't care about the talk or even the 'thank you's' when it comes
to it.

When I thought back on all the gigs I've seen of Eric's I realise he rarely
addresses the audience.

Is this something that happens all over the world with our man, or does he
just have a beef with Australian audiences?

Can anyone shed any light on why he would be so limited, talk wise.

There were numerous times when he could have elaborated just a little.

For example when he finished the Curtis Mayfield song "Here But I'm Gone",
which BTW was absolutely outstanding and gave me chills (and I have never
heard the song before), he

could have mentioned any aspect of Curtis in passing.


For me, as I have said, EC only has to perform and I'm as happy as a pig in
shit, but I was at a loss to explain to my friends why Eric is so.

Cheers

Tone



From EFSCHUL at aol.com  Tue Mar 10 12:19:28 2009
From: EFSCHUL at aol.com (EFSCHUL at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:19:28 EDT
Subject: [Slowhand] EC's Between Song Banter
Message-ID: <bfd.5177e1ca.36e7ed10@aol.com>

 
I don't think EC banters much.
 
A "good evening", or "bon soir" here, and/or a "Thank you", there.  
 
I think that's the way its been since he's been on the wagon, so that would  
be about 20+ years, give or take a year.  
 
He did say a few words at the first night of the Cream reunion at the Rah  in 
May 2005 (and maybe a few words at the first night at MSG for the Cream  
reunion in Oct 2005 - but frankly I don't remember - I was too  excited!!).
 
In December 2002, at a private gig in England, EC introduced While  My Guitar 
Gently Weeps, with these words, "We're going to do one  for my pal George who 
passed away (pause) a little while ago".   This particular gig was about a 
month after the Concert for George (30 Nov  2002)
 
I don't think I've ever heard him say more than that.
 
Has anyone else?
 
2. EC's between song banter (Shanahan)

Message: 2
Date: Tue, 10  Mar 2009 22:46:09 +1100
From: "Shanahan"  <mowdamowda at hotmail.com>
Subject: [Slowhand] EC's between song  banter
To: "Slowhand Digest"  <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
Message-ID:  <BJENKFFMPGNMIJJKPLEHKEDNCAAA.mowdamowda at hotmail.com>
Content-Type:  text/plain;    charset="iso-8859-1"

Hey  Slowhanders,

Just saw Eric on Sunday night in Sydney.  Fantastic as  usual.

We feel very privileged indeed downunder, two tours in as many  years.

I have just had dinner with a couple of friends who saw Eric play  the night
before in a Vineyard venue a few hours drive north of  Sydney.

One had seen Eric last in Britain in the late 70's, for the other  it was his
first time.

This couple love Eric and his music and thought  the concert was brilliant,
though they are certainly not of the dedicated  Slowhand variety and would
only possess about 10 or 15 CDs of his.

Now  that that's out of the way I'll get to the point.

They loved the show but  were surprised that Eric didn't speak to the
audience at all, except for  thank you's.

For me, I don't care about the talk or even the 'thank  you's' when it comes
to it.

When I thought back on all the gigs I've  seen of Eric's I realise he rarely
addresses the audience.

Is this  something that happens all over the world with our man, or does he
just have  a beef with Australian audiences?

Can anyone shed any light on why he  would be so limited, talk wise.

There were numerous times when he could  have elaborated just a little.

For example when he finished the Curtis  Mayfield song "Here But I'm Gone",
which BTW was absolutely outstanding and  gave me chills (and I have never
heard the song before), he

could have  mentioned any aspect of Curtis in passing.

For me, as I have said, EC  only has to perform and I'm as happy as a pig in
shit, but I was at a loss to  explain to my friends why Eric is  so.

Cheers

Tone




------------------------------

_______________________________________________
Slowhand  mailing  list
Slowhand at planet-torque.com
http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand


End  of Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue  48
****************************************




**************Need a job? Find employment help in your area. 
(http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=employment_agencies&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000005)

From deltanick at comcast.net  Tue Mar 10 12:42:21 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (deltanick at comcast.net)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:42:21 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Slowhand] EC's Between Song Banter ...
Message-ID: <1664260282.1047351236703341894.JavaMail.root@sz0049a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net>

... could fit on the head of a pin. He just doesn't do it, never did, except when he was visibly drunk in the mid-1970s.

This little episode will illustrate:

I attended Cream's Farewell concert at Madison Square Garden, in NY on 2 November 1968. During the concert, my friend pointed out to me that EC was actually tapping his foot in time with the music. I had noticed this myself, before my friend mentioned it. Other than walking onto and off the stage that night, it was the most activity by EC we'd seen. And we'd both seen Cream several times before.

Today, he actually makes faces, walks around, even mimics a step or two of a dance in time with the music. So, what you saw in Australia is as animated as EC gets on stage.

Yes, Eric Clapton has really grown since the 1960s.

                DeltaNick



From gabt at mac.com  Tue Mar 10 16:22:20 2009
From: gabt at mac.com (Dr Grant Abt)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:22:20 +0000
Subject: [Slowhand] EC's banter
Message-ID: <54E7F567-E638-49AA-A1B1-2D290ADF62ED@mac.com>

G'day Tone,

I've seen EC many times and he rarely speaks between songs. I suspect  
he's actually quite shy in person and finds it difficult to say  
anything interesting between songs. I suspect he also thinks that  
people come to listen to the music and not listen to him ramble on.  
While I go to the concerts to hear the music, I agree with you that  
his concerts would be even better if he told a story or two. Being the  
legend he is he must have loads of stories about how songs came about  
or things that happend during their recording. Hearing about those  
things would be fasinating.

So, don't worry, he doesn't have a beef with Aussies, it's just his  
way. As a contrast, I went to see Bob Dylan a few years ago and he  
made EC look like he could talk for England!

Hooroo,

Grant.



From wdeli at aol.com  Tue Mar 10 23:21:49 2009
From: wdeli at aol.com (wdeli at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:21:49 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] talking
Message-ID: <8CB700FA63FD483-136C-2C9B@WEBMAIL-MZ27.sysops.aol.com>

tone,billsoho here,Charleston WV,USA,have seen ec on the last 4-5 tours & will see him in Columbus this summer,"thank you" is about all you get,a word of appreciation to one of the band mates & maybe a good night.its not you guys,same here, i guess he has done enough talking over the years,he can be very open & candid in interview,s,but othe than that it,s the fender talking,& when "he feels it" man does it talk.in my opionion & that,s what it is,the last time i can see that he felt was last year with winwood at MSG,before that the 94-95 nothing but the blues tour(i saw both),i have heard the recent shows with jeff beck were very good,do not get me wrong all the show,s i have been to were great,but i,m talkin about "feel in it"

From phaworth at bigpond.net.au  Wed Mar 11 03:40:32 2009
From: phaworth at bigpond.net.au (Peter Haworth)
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:40:32 +1100
Subject: [Slowhand] Melbourne Show 10th March
Message-ID: <B984752D2F644E6996FB6A62997FD7A4@STUDY>

Hi all

I saw my 4th EC concert last night - 1st late 80's, 2nd early 90's, 3rd last
year, and if I may be so bold, I thought last night was probably the best of
the 4 concerts.  EC was certainly on fire, and I think the smaller band
(without Derek Trucks etc) may have contributed to it as well.

Some unusual things though, firstly no support - on stage at 8pm, play for 2
hours with encore, off by 10.00pm.  I believe he had support at NZ and
Sydney gigs, but why not Melbourne??  2ndly, he only introduced Chris
Stainton and Doyle Bramhall during the show, no one else got a mention -
from memory everyone was introduced last time.  Also not sure if I really
took to the new drummer Abe Laboriel, and certainly the video shots from
behind him weren't too attractive.  Lastly EC's pale green Strat looked a
bit wishy washy, but there was no problem with any of the sounds coming from
it!!

Suspect this may the last time he'll ever tour Oz, but then again, I thought
that last time too!!!!!


Cheers


Peter


From NOAH.SEIDENBERG at cbexchange.com  Wed Mar 11 13:52:40 2009
From: NOAH.SEIDENBERG at cbexchange.com (SEIDENBERG, NOAH)
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:52:40 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] EC's Between Song Banter
Message-ID: <7E1C67E5-81E8-4F75-882B-1A3B058A09E7@mimectl>

It's been a long time since I posted but I read em all.

I am so excited about the EC Steve Winwood show here in Chicago, after seeing the duo at the Crossroads 2 I really feel like I will be complete, I saw Cream in London and now this. I scored 22 row dead center at the United Center right from ticketrip off on line, no scalper. I had just upgraded to the superfast 22 meg Comcast cable, I am sure that and my lightning speed typing did it.

Who cares if he does not talk between tunes. I want the music. If you want to hear the man talk, find an interview. EC is shy and talks through his axe.

Cheers

Noah

----------------------------------------------------------------------
"The information in this electronic mail message is the sender's 
confidential business and may be legally privileged. It is intended 
solely for the addressee(s). Access to this internet electronic mail 
message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended 
recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken 
or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be 
unlawful."

"The sender believes that this E-mail and any attachments were free 
of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and/or malicious code when sent. 
This message and its attachments could have been infected during 
transmission. By reading the message and opening any attachments, the
recipient accepts full responsibility for taking protective and 
remedial action about viruses and other defects. The sender's 
employer is not liable for any loss or damage arising in any way 
from this message or its attachments."

From simon.george5 at ntlworld.com  Thu Mar 12 11:01:17 2009
From: simon.george5 at ntlworld.com (Simon George)
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:01:17 -0000
Subject: [Slowhand] EC's Between Song Banter ...
In-Reply-To: <1664260282.1047351236703341894.JavaMail.root@sz0049a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net>
References: <1664260282.1047351236703341894.JavaMail.root@sz0049a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net>
Message-ID: <924BB92EF01B4965AF6D3E0B34F01ED2@SimonPC>

I think EC still smarts from that rant in the mid-70's when he nearly ruined 
his career.
Having seen EC regularly over the last 19 years, I can confirm that the odd 
wise crack and banter is all you get, I remember a little bit during the 
blues gigs he did in (correct me if I'm wrong) 1994 when he said a few words 
about how much it meant to him to put on those gigs, when you would've 
expected a little bit of background to each song, but he didnt. Apart from 
that, in all those years,  the between song stuff rarely goes beyond "thank 
you/good evening/good night" and introducing any new songs.
On one occasion I remember him saying, " No talking, notice, no talking, I 
dont know how to talk into these things (microphones), I always say too much 
and give myself away, or too little, so there'll  be no talking, I'll just 
play"
Simon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <deltanick at comcast.net>
To: <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 4:42 PM
Subject: [Slowhand] EC's Between Song Banter ...


> ... could fit on the head of a pin. He just doesn't do it, never did, 
> except when he was visibly drunk in the mid-1970s.
>
> This little episode will illustrate:
>
> I attended Cream's Farewell concert at Madison Square Garden, in NY on 2 
> November 1968. During the concert, my friend pointed out to me that EC was 
> actually tapping his foot in time with the music. I had noticed this 
> myself, before my friend mentioned it. Other than walking onto and off the 
> stage that night, it was the most activity by EC we'd seen. And we'd both 
> seen Cream several times before.
>
> Today, he actually makes faces, walks around, even mimics a step or two of 
> a dance in time with the music. So, what you saw in Australia is as 
> animated as EC gets on stage.
>
> Yes, Eric Clapton has really grown since the 1960s.
>
>                DeltaNick
>
>
>
> 


From jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com  Thu Mar 12 12:32:36 2009
From: jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com (James Vlahakis)
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:32:36 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Chatting between songs?  Here's a bad example!
Message-ID: <OFCEDA0919.D38DEE9A-ON86257577.005A1C28-86257577.005AE00C@hinshawlaw.com>


I know that the majority of us understand Clapton the man and his history 
and know why he doesn't  want or need to talk between songs.  To the 
casual fan or the unenlightened masses, here's a perfect example of why 
the "chatty" artists are sometimes fake.

Don't get me wrong, I'm a Paul McCartney fan (I enjoy his happiness and 
frivolity rather than John's anger or sarcasm).  On to my point,......

I've attended McCartney shows days and/or months apart where he says the 
same banter between songs!  Yes the SAME.  While it sounds like a jokey 
ad-lib, it's not.  The worst part is that his jokes fall flat because they 
are prepared. 

I'd rather have EC just play.....

P.S., I've met him an few times and to those who have met me you know I'm 
not the silent type.    That said, I find it very difficult to talk to him 
because (1) I get sort of nervous but (2) more importantly, he's a 
reserved person and is not loose with words (sobriety helps I'm sure).  In 
contrast, I met McCartney once and he was "hey, how are you , I saw you in 
the front row, you looked like you were having fun, where' you from?  Oh, 
Detroit?  Wow, there was a huge snow storm after one show, blah blah 
blah.").  Paul was even so kind to allow us to come meet him after on-site 
security guards tried to push us back.  Linda was there too and she was a 
hoot, reminding me to take the lens-cap off my camera, posing for photos, 
etc.  Darn it all, I should have given her my camera to take a shot with 
Paul!

-Enough of my non-EC tangent!

<p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is an Illinois registered limited liability
partnership that has elected to be governed by the Illinois Uniform 
Partnership Act (1997).

The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended
solely for the addressee(s) named in this message. This communication
is intended to be and to remain confidential and may be subject to
applicable attorney/client and/or work product privileges. If you are
not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been
addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply
e-mail and then delete this message and its attachments. Do not
deliver, distribute or copy this message and/or any attachments and if
you are not the intended recipient, do not disclose the contents or take
any action in reliance upon the information contained in this
communication or any attachments.</p>

From Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au  Thu Mar 12 22:23:51 2009
From: Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au (Jon Maclean)
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:23:51 +1100
Subject: [Slowhand] EC's Between Song Banter ...
In-Reply-To: <924BB92EF01B4965AF6D3E0B34F01ED2@SimonPC>
Message-ID: <4CF39E538334FD4FB540C279149C7EA90151B407@srv-bx-mail5.lands.nsw>

I also suspect that Eric takes his performances 100% seriously nowadays,
and has done for several years. Hence he is concentrating hard on the
performance, and a relaxed banter may not fit that scenario, for him at
least.

I can recall a motor racing driver out here in Australia several years
ago, an ex-patriot Canadian named Allan Moffat, who was totally focussed
on his racing and preparation to the point of rudeness to the press and
fans during a meet. He was generally perceived as arrogant, and was not
all that popular a driver here. After he retired I met him on a few
occasions and he could not have been more affable and charming. He was
one guy who probably was unable to mix business and pleasure.

Maybe to a lesser degree, Eric's attitude is like that too.

Cheers,
Jon


-----Original Message-----
From: Simon George [mailto:simon.george5 at ntlworld.com] 
Sent: Friday, 13 March 2009 2:01 AM
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Subject: Re: [Slowhand] EC's Between Song Banter ...

I think EC still smarts from that rant in the mid-70's when he nearly
ruined 
his career.
Having seen EC regularly over the last 19 years, I can confirm that the
odd 
wise crack and banter is all you get, I remember a little bit during the

blues gigs he did in (correct me if I'm wrong) 1994 when he said a few
words 
about how much it meant to him to put on those gigs, when you would've 
expected a little bit of background to each song, but he didnt. Apart
from 
that, in all those years,  the between song stuff rarely goes beyond
"thank 
you/good evening/good night" and introducing any new songs.
On one occasion I remember him saying, " No talking, notice, no talking,
I 
dont know how to talk into these things (microphones), I always say too
much 
and give myself away, or too little, so there'll  be no talking, I'll
just 
play"
Simon

***************************************************************
This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the Department of  Lands. This email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses.
***************************************************************
Please consider the environment before printing this email.


From finglas at finglas.karoo.co.uk  Fri Mar 13 03:55:45 2009
From: finglas at finglas.karoo.co.uk (JP Donohoe)
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:55:45 -0000
Subject: [Slowhand] Let your fingers do the talking Eric
Message-ID: <FB8D1EA300C244EC80D6809830CD0B1D@paddyw59ixl2ud>

Hi

 

EC was pretty chatty during the NBTB tour even if it was only to introduce
the songs and acknowledge their origins

 

My favourite EC quip is from a gig with Steve Gadd on drums (not sure which
tour though!)

 

Gadd launched into the wrong song and Eric says "whoa steady on Sea Biscuit"

 

 

 

I'm ok with EC being quiet; after all it's the music that counts.

 

Buddy Guy talks way too much even in the middle of songs so I prefer the EC
way

 

 

For a look at the relaxed and funny EC check out the rehearsals for the NBTB
tour, he's in fine form then but I bet he didn't do the same once the gig
had started later that day.


From candyear at earthlink.net  Fri Mar 13 14:16:31 2009
From: candyear at earthlink.net (David Strahl)
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:16:31 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand]  Chatting between songs?  Here's a bad example!
In-Reply-To: <mailman.50.1236960068.11195.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.50.1236960068.11195.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <5760780A-556E-4239-AFB2-BBE73B252D85@earthlink.net>

Hi,
I too have met EC a couple of times at my place of work. I'm a huge  
fan and got totally ga ga-ed. I talked with him for quite a while  
after the initial star struck stuff. He's very charming and  
forthcoming. We did speak about music which EC said "it's what he is  
most comfortable talking about" just like any other musician or music  
freak. People, he's no different than you or me just slightly more  
recognizable. He comes to play not BS.
David
On Mar 13, 2009, at 12:01 PM, slowhand-request at planet-torque.com wrote:

> [Slowhand] Chatting between songs?  Here's a bad example!


From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Fri Mar 13 16:38:09 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:38:09 -0000
Subject: [Slowhand] EC slated to appear at the Beacon on 19th. & 20th. March
Message-ID: <001701c9a41b$a38e8b30$0200a8c0@GX270>

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/03/13/last-night-at-the-beacon-with-the-allman-brothers-phish-edition/

Last Night at the Beacon With the Allman Brothers . Phish Edition
3/13/09, 2:35 pm EST
Photo: Scwartz/Getty

As the Allman Brothers Band get more comfortable in New York's Beacon
Theatre, their home for the rest of March, more friends are stopping by each
night to jam. Rolling Stone brought you a full report from night one, which
featured Taj Mahal and Levon Helm. Night two brought Johnny Winter and David
Hidalgo and Cesar Rojas of Los Lobos, who guested on cuts ranging from Jimi
Hendrix to Bob Dylan.
Last night's show upped the ante with living legend Buddy Guy, who led the
band through a pair of blues standards before being joined onstage by Trey
Anastasio and Page McConnell of Phish for first set-closer "Southbound."
Fresh off their highly successful reunion shows, Anastasio and McConnell
later added their own sound to "I Know You Rider" and "In Memory of
Elizabeth Reed."
Boz Scaggs has been confirmed to appear tonight, and Rolling Stone's Smoking
Section broke the news that Duane's old Derek and the Dominoes bandmate Eric
Clapton will be appearing on March 19th and 20th. The newest list of rumored
cameos counts Sheryl Crow, Billy Gibbons, Kid Rock, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh
among the possibilities. Many of the guests were chosen to help honor fallen
guitarist Duane Allman, whose sudden death in 1971 left a gaping hole
finally filled by slide-guitar prodigy Derek Trucks in 2000.
Gregg Allman, the band's patriarch, has denied on multiple occasions that
founding guitarist Dickey Betts will appear. Betts left the band after an
ugly dispute in 2000, but rampant speculation suggests an offer may have
been extended. His presence on the Beacon stage would reunite the four
surviving members of the original lineup (Allman, Betts, drummer Butch
Trucks and percussionist Jaimoe Johanson).
The sold-out, 15-night residency runs through March 28th. Live streaming
video of the entire rest of the run can be purchased at Moogis, a
live-concert video service started by the band's own Butch Trucks. The shows
mark 20 years of visits to the Beacon for the Brothers, who are celebrating
their 40th anniversary in 2009.

John Vilanova


From slowhand.net at gmail.com  Wed Mar 18 07:41:30 2009
From: slowhand.net at gmail.com (Steve)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:41:30 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] EC Banter
Message-ID: <86128fd00903180441q105ea318r3f58e947bddc6dd@mail.gmail.com>

EC was relatively chatty at the Crossroads 2 Festival.  At least relative to
his usual amount of banter.

While I am generally happy for EC to just play, I can think of a couple of
examples in which he perhaps should have said more.  At the Wantaugh show in
June of 2008, he dedicated "Before You Accuse Me" with a simple "This one's
for Bo."  It seemed a little pale compared to Robert Randolph's moment of
silence during "Bo Diddley."  I would have liked a little more of an
explanation for the casual fan, like Robbie Robertson did at the Crossroads
2 Festival.

Another example was the San Jose show in March of 2007.  It was Derek
Truck's last show.  Clapton did recognize Derek by extending his hand in
Derek's direction for a prolonged period of time.  Yet no verbal
recognition.  Hard core fans certainly recognized what he was communicating,
but I doubt the casual fan did.

Then again, who cares about the casual fan?  As long as they hear "Cocaine,"
"Wonderful Tonight" and "Layla," they'll be fine.

From deltanick at comcast.net  Thu Mar 19 23:35:54 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (Nicholas Aleshin)
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:35:54 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Bob Dylan's Toilet Angers Neighbor (No EC Content)
Message-ID: <92523CF1-0B9A-4A31-8717-D4070AA2C50C@comcast.net>

... and, in our "Cheap New Orleans Whorehouse" section, Bob Dylan's  
neighbor is angry about the smell of Dylan's toilet.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/416088/1/.html

From four61ob at gmail.com  Fri Mar 20 06:21:34 2009
From: four61ob at gmail.com (ChriSparky)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:21:34 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton Joins the Allman Brothers for "Layla" and Other
	Assorted Love Songs
Message-ID: <c1cda8e50903200321x71aed506s24da628f8bb3956e@mail.gmail.com>

 Eric Clapton joined the Allman Brothers Band for an extended portion of its
second set last night, marking his first appearance with the blues-rock
legends after four decades of collaborations with its members. His long
rumored appearance has been the source of considerable fan speculation since
the group announced that its annual Beacon residency would double as an
extended tribute to founding guitarist Duane Allman. In the early 1970s,
Duane Allman appeared on Clapton?s classic Derek & the Dominos album *Layla
and Other Assorted Love Songs* and clocked in two shows with the famed band.
Though Dickey Betts sat in with Slowhand on at least one occasion in the
1970s and Derek Trucks toured with the guitarist in 2006 and 2007, Clapton
has never performed with the Allman Brothers Band. The three-week run has
already seen guest spots from Duane Allman associates John Hammond, Bonnie
Bramlett, Johnny Winter and the members of Cowboy.

For the third time this month, the Allman Brothers opened its set with the
ditty ?Little Martha,? a rarely played track from *Eat a Peach* credited to
Duane Allman. The band then launched into a ferocious first set that
featured incredibly high energy versions of ?Statesboro Blues,? ?Done
Somebody Wrong,? ?Revival,? ?Woman Across the River? and ?Don?t Keep Me
Wonderin?.? The Allman Brothers Band?s only guest-free set then came to a
close with a playful version of the chestnut ?Whipping Post.?

As a rare treat, Gregg Allman opened his second set with a solo piano take
on ?Oncoming Traffic.? The keyboardist recorded a live version of the song
with his solo band in the 1970s and revived the number at the Beacon in 2005
and again earlier this week as a duet with Bramlett. The rest of the
Brothers then emerged for ?Come and Go Blues? and ?Good Morning Little
School Girl,? the latter of which featured Gov?t Mule keyboardist Danny
Louis on piano. While a considerable number of fans rushed the floor, Allman
introduced Eric Clapton as ?a real great player? and the guitarist took the
stage for the *Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs* number ?Key to Highway.?
Clapton proceeded to trade solos with Trucks and Warren Haynes on the Allman
Brothers Band jam ?Dreams? and another *Layla and Other Assorted Love
Songs*classic, ?Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad.? The latter song has
been a staple
in the Allman Brothers Band?s repertoire for years. In certain ways, the
group?s second set climaxed with a mammoth cover Jimi Hendrix?s ?Little
Wing? that featured a three-way guitar duel between Clapton, Haynes and
Trucks. The song, which is also appears on *Layla and Other Assorted Love
Songs*, was a frequent highlight on Clapton?s world tour with Trucks.

Susan Tedeschi then took the stage with the expanded ensemble for yet
another *Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs* number frequently covered by
the Allman Brothers Band, ?Anyday.? Unbeknownst to most, Clapton actually
plays slide on the recorded version of the cut, while Allman is credited as
the song?s rhythm guitarist. The band then left the stage for a quick encore
break, but returned with both Clapton and Louis for the anathematic version
of ?Layla? that left the entire audience of its feet. In total, the Allman
Brothers Band ran through six of Duane Allman?s eleven contributions to *Layla
and Other Assorted Love Songs *.

From four61ob at gmail.com  Fri Mar 20 18:00:33 2009
From: four61ob at gmail.com (Four61)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:00:33 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Fwd: clapton with abb videos..
References: <4E8F8DCA-45C2-4772-9382-410DDDB8BE73@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <9EB5FD9B-C93A-43E1-98BB-8A7608F39B9E@gmail.com>


> Check this out....
>> Here are some great videos from the Beacon run
>>
>> of the ABB with assorted guests:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/user/Wharfomatic

From jshortri at rmi.net  Sat Mar 21 16:08:30 2009
From: jshortri at rmi.net (John Shortridge)
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:08:30 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] Allmans & Clapton
In-Reply-To: <mailman.49.1237651250.74039.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.49.1237651250.74039.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <92238B5E-23DA-490C-A768-2766D5CCA671@rmi.net>

Hi,
I'm anxious to hear a recording from the 19th with Eric. I'm assuming  
they will be selling each night, however I haven't seen this night  
available yet.
I know it is early but is anyone aware of any good sound boards  
available yet?
I don't want to subscribe to Butch's website for the streaming  
because my connection is painfully slow.
John

From mowdamowda at hotmail.com  Sat Mar 21 23:19:26 2009
From: mowdamowda at hotmail.com (Shanahan)
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:19:26 +1100
Subject: [Slowhand] Here But I'm Gone
Message-ID: <BLU149-W435A62403A427640A7B379CF950@phx.gbl>


Hi Slowhanders,

 

After recently seeing Eric perform the Curtis Mayfield song Her But I'm Gone, I thought I'd listen once again to Mayfield's New World Order from which this song was taken.

 

It's obvious this album must have been a big influence on Eric's Pilgrim.

 

Anyway, I was really enjoying the album and thought all the songs, the performances and production were very good indeed, and then it hit me.

 

Maybe I'd better reserve my judgement until I can have it confirmed that there is NO drum machine on this album.

 

Of course if there is a drum machine on the album, I've made a big mistake and it's just a piece of crap (like that Pilgrim album).

 

I'll wait for clarification, but until then the CD will rest precariously on a ledge between my CD collection and the trash can.

 

Cheers

 

Tone

 

 

 

 

 

_________________________________________________________________
Looking to change your car this year? Find car news, reviews and more 
http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fsecure%2Dau%2Eimrworldwide%2Ecom%2Fcgi%2Dbin%2Fa%2Fci%5F450304%2Fet%5F2%2Fcg%5F801459%2Fpi%5F1004813%2Fai%5F859641&_t=762955845&_r=tig_OCT07&_m=EXT

From mangs88 at verizon.net  Sun Mar 22 12:16:01 2009
From: mangs88 at verizon.net (sam mangano)
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:16:01 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] allmans bootleg
Message-ID: <373041508.24629191237738561332.JavaMail.javamailuser@localhost>

i bet someone can make a SB boot from the moogis stream, hopefully 
sooner than later. the moogis streams are already on youtube, great 
stuff!

l8r
sammy

From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Sun Mar 22 14:17:42 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:17:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] DVD convert question
Message-ID: <769152.76276.qm@web82604.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

My new dvd-player, Sony dvp-sr200p is region-locked to not play pal. Apparently, too it is not hackable to over ride the lockkout according to my online research. If I copy a pal disc using nero, will it be converted to ntsc?
I just purchased from frys a copy of nero for $20 after $50 of rebates (cool, huh?), but haven't installed it as yet. Anyone know for certain? If not, I'll figure it out and post my findings.
Mel

From jshortri at rmi.net  Sun Mar 22 21:57:33 2009
From: jshortri at rmi.net (John Shortridge)
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:57:33 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] Here But I'm Gone
In-Reply-To: <mailman.45.1237737658.83243.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.45.1237737658.83243.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <B0BCB060-2BCF-4E2F-9EB2-8E5CDF07E8EF@rmi.net>

I remember when Eric won all the Grammys for Unplugged, he praised  
this album when accepting one of the awards. I think he said, "I  
think Curtis Mayfield's new album is really good."
John


> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:19:26 +1100
> From: Shanahan <mowdamowda at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Slowhand] Here But I'm Gone
> To: Slowhand <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
> Message-ID: <BLU149-W435A62403A427640A7B379CF950 at phx.gbl>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
>
> Hi Slowhanders,
>
> After recently seeing Eric perform the Curtis Mayfield song Her But  
> I'm Gone, I thought I'd listen once again to Mayfield's New World  
> Order from which this song was taken.
> It's obvious this album must have been a big influence on Eric's  
> Pilgrim.
> Anyway, I was really enjoying the album and thought all the songs,  
> the performances and production were very good indeed, and then it  
> hit me.
> Maybe I'd better reserve my judgement until I can have it confirmed  
> that there is NO drum machine on this album.
> Of course if there is a drum machine on the album, I've made a big  
> mistake and it's just a piece of crap (like that Pilgrim album).
> I'll wait for clarification, but until then the CD will rest  
> precariously on a ledge between my CD collection and the trash can.
> Cheers
>
> Tone

********************************************
John Shortridge
jshortri at rmi.net

Raise your glass to the hard working people
Lets drink to the uncounted heads
Lets think of the wandering millions
Who need leaders but get gamblers instead
-Jagger / Richards

********************************************


From jyb.music at gmail.com  Mon Mar 23 11:23:51 2009
From: jyb.music at gmail.com (jyb music)
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:23:51 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] No instant live recording at the Beacon?
Message-ID: <91e726db0903230823h558a9307o8c1780b3a4df87d9@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

I checked on ABB's site but apparently their past Beacon residencies were
not part of the instant live recording they put out on the market.

Any hope that 2009 will see a change and allow Clapton's fan worlwide to
listen to these special shows ?

Regards

Jean

From zep75 at btinternet.com  Mon Mar 23 13:46:46 2009
From: zep75 at btinternet.com (Zep75)
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:46:46 -0000
Subject: [Slowhand] Allmans Clapton
References: <mailman.44.1237737658.83243.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <65C6E36535CF471BB523417F78E727B7@proone>



Hey whats the streaming site you refer to John?
very interested
Cheers

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


> Today's Topics:
>
>   1. Allmans & Clapton (John Shortridge)
>   2. Here But I'm Gone (Shanahan)
>


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


> _______________________________________________
> Slowhand mailing list
> Slowhand at planet-torque.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand
>


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.23/2016 - Release Date: 03/21/09 
17:58:00


From NOAH.SEIDENBERG at cbexchange.com  Tue Mar 24 10:46:45 2009
From: NOAH.SEIDENBERG at cbexchange.com (SEIDENBERG, NOAH)
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:46:45 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] No instant live recording at the Beacon?
Message-ID: <C5C7A4B0-8AD5-4594-8A06-E35FC3A380EA@mimectl>

It won't be most likely because all the artists who played are all on different labels and it would be a nightmare for the lawyers. I will bet that it will not be for sale on the site. I watched the EC guest tunes on You Tube, nice......

Noah

"Hi,

I checked on ABB's site but apparently their past Beacon residencies were
not part of the instant live recording they put out on the market.

Any hope that 2009 will see a change and allow Clapton's fan worlwide to
listen to these special shows ?

Regards

Jean"

----------------------------------------------------------------------
"The information in this electronic mail message is the sender's 
confidential business and may be legally privileged. It is intended 
solely for the addressee(s). Access to this internet electronic mail 
message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended 
recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken 
or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be 
unlawful."

"The sender believes that this E-mail and any attachments were free 
of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and/or malicious code when sent. 
This message and its attachments could have been infected during 
transmission. By reading the message and opening any attachments, the
recipient accepts full responsibility for taking protective and 
remedial action about viruses and other defects. The sender's 
employer is not liable for any loss or damage arising in any way 
from this message or its attachments."

From jshortri at rmi.net  Tue Mar 24 14:02:15 2009
From: jshortri at rmi.net (John Shortridge)
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:02:15 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 58
In-Reply-To: <mailman.69.1237910485.20541.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.69.1237910485.20541.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <40375748-BF41-4215-8C11-6796889067F6@rmi.net>

Hi,
The streaming site is: http://www.moogis.com/
Butch Trucks started it. It is band new.
John

>
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:46:46 -0000
> From: "Zep75" <zep75 at btinternet.com>
> Subject: [Slowhand] Allmans Clapton
>
> Hey whats the streaming site you refer to John?
> very interested
> Cheers
>

********************************************
John Shortridge
jshortri at rmi.net

Raise your glass to the hard working people
Lets drink to the uncounted heads
Lets think of the wandering millions
Who need leaders but get gamblers instead
-Jagger / Richards

********************************************


From dshearon at gmail.com  Fri Mar 27 00:02:56 2009
From: dshearon at gmail.com (daniel shearon)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:02:56 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Nice Writeup about EC w/ ABB + videos
Message-ID: <f102988d0903262102v4c999dbay5d393db38b15f4a@mail.gmail.com>

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/beacon-allmans-clapton-320/


Daniel Shearon
GPS Specialist
Hayes Instrument Co.
daniel at hayesinstrument.com
dshearon at gmail.com

From mowdamowda at hotmail.com  Sat Mar 28 23:11:25 2009
From: mowdamowda at hotmail.com (Shanahan)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:11:25 +1000
Subject: [Slowhand] Proshot Satellite TV - Japan Feb 25th 2009
Message-ID: <BLU149-W364EE0B423A6EFAB819C2DCF8C0@phx.gbl>


 

 

Head up team:

 

The below is now on HungerCity:

 

http://www.hungercity.org/details.php?id=5190&hit=1

 

Eric Clapton
Title: Songs For Pity
Dates: Feb 25, 2009
Venue: Budokan Hall, Tokyo Japan.

Source: Ex+ Pro-Shot
Lineage: Satellite TV > PC > Movie Writer > You
Apporox: 116mins NTSC 6.18GB 

--------------------------------------------------------
Set
01: Tell The Truth
02: Key To The Highway
03: Hoochie Coochie Man
04: I Shot The Sheriff
05: Isn't It A Pity
06: Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad
07: Drifitn'
08: Travelin' Alone
09: That's Alright
10: Motherless Child
11: Running On Faith
12: Motherless Children
13: Little Queen Of Spades
14: Everything's Gonna Be Alright
15: Wonderful Tonight 
16: Layla
17: Cocaine
18: Crossroads

 

 

Cheers

 

Tone

 

 

_________________________________________________________________
Looking for a place to manage all your online stuff? Explore the new Windows Live .
http://www.microsoft.com/australia/windows/windowslive/

From mckells at videotron.ca  Sun Mar 29 16:06:03 2009
From: mckells at videotron.ca (Steve McKellar)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:06:03 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Bobby Whitlock
Message-ID: <49CFD4AB.3090609@videotron.ca>

Thanks to Tone for the EC pro shot update.
 I also found this on Hunger City

http://www.hungercity.org/details.php?id=4853

Bobby Whitlock
Bottom Line Club
New York City, NY
1992-10-29
NTSC Pro Shot


set list:

01 Ivory Jailor
02 It's only Midnight
03 Thorn Tree in the Garden (BW Solo Acoustic)
04 Yes, Yes, Yes
05 Keep on Growin'
06 Why does Love got to be So Sad
07 Layla

Musicians:

Bobby Whitlock - Vocal, Guitars, Piano & Keyboards
Stu Kimball - Guitar & Vocals
Johnny Antonapolis - Guitar
Dave Amaral - Bass
Steve Barrett - Drums
-------------- next part --------------

No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 8.5.285 / Virus Database: 270.11.31/2028 - Release Date: 03/28/09 07:16:00

From kbw at mchsi.com  Sun Mar 29 19:12:30 2009
From: kbw at mchsi.com (Bruce Wilson)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:12:30 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Peter Green
Message-ID: <68474F455AC74AAD8EBDB81A74C44997@Dell>

Is Peter Green back?  Stumbled across this performance but have heard nothing about a return.  Great to hear him play lead again without Nigel.

The Stumble  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TPRGY-V9Cg&feature=related

Albatross  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH9YBnJ1E4U&feature=player_embedded

From roberte at comcast.net  Mon Mar 30 13:02:35 2009
From: roberte at comcast.net (Robert Ender)
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:02:35 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] EC's 64th Brithday
Message-ID: <49D0FB2B.6090501@comcast.net>

How about Happy Birthday wishes to the man himself - March 30th.
Happy Birthday Mr. Clapton :-)


From ishraq99 at yahoo.com  Mon Mar 30 16:31:53 2009
From: ishraq99 at yahoo.com (Ishraq)
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:31:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] Happy Birthday EC!!
Message-ID: <867825.11963.qm@web36308.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

64 and there's so much more!!? Congrats and best wishes!

Also!!? Anyone who has FUSE on their cable or satellite can catch the ever ageless and timeless Jeff Beck and Bruce Springsteen, among other illustrious artists,?at the R&R Hall of Fame induction ceremony ~ live from the Museum in Cleveland, OH, on Saturday night from 9pm-1am ET.? Maybe EC will be in the audience!? I can't go live, but I'm dvr-ing it on my DISH.? 


      

From deltanick at comcast.net  Mon Mar 30 19:39:53 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (Nicholas Aleshin)
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:39:53 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Stand By Me (No EC Content)
References: <9BBB9B8FC9B743AA8201F4E985BB0C4E@PC314942260033>
Message-ID: <8F122320-ECC7-4E3B-BA13-3189DB70A502@comcast.net>

This is pretty good! Stick with it, it gets better as it goes on.

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2539741




From map47 at telus.net  Tue Mar 31 13:05:50 2009
From: map47 at telus.net (anthony plowden)
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:05:50 -0700
Subject: [Slowhand] happy birthday EC!
References: <mailman.62.1238515268.71565.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <395E9EC0629D4134BF6CFAE540F38577@mapp>

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EC!!!!!!
best wishes to the man himself,glad he is still out there ,hope he makes it 
to Canada in 2009! on XM radio on "deep tracks" they played his stuff all 
day including "live" stuff from all phases of his career as well as 
interview excerpts.regards map47 


From deltanick at comcast.net  Wed Apr  1 09:12:25 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (deltanick at comcast.net)
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 13:12:25 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Slowhand] Eric Clapton Backs Paul Jones On His New CD,
 "Starting All Over Again"
Message-ID: <707248508.2678831238591545383.JavaMail.root@sz0049a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net>

This is the article:
http://www.whereseric.com/news/2009/03/eric-clapton-featured-paul-jones-cd-starting-all-over-again-march-2009.html

And here's a link to the CD:
http://www.ccmusic.com/item.cfm?itemID=CCM20052

                                DeltaNick
 
 

From dkessler4466 at hotmail.com  Wed Apr  1 13:51:24 2009
From: dkessler4466 at hotmail.com (David Kessler)
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 13:51:24 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Excerpt from the Lefsetz letter about EC
Message-ID: <COL119-W20F715C6266244C5B06144DE8B0@phx.gbl>




Views from Bob Lefsetz

Somehow Eric Clapton has become known for a quiet song about his deceased son and a lame, slowed-down version of "Layla". One has to give him credit for his longevity on his 64th birthday, but the fumes he's living on are not three-dimensional. Not that we need to blame him so much as his audience.

When Eric was God, most people didn't know who he was. By time Cream announced it was breaking up and embarked on its victory lap the masses had been alerted, but they were celebrating what had already been, and Clapton had his mind on something new.

Like Blind Faith. And Delaney & Bonnie.

In retrospect, the finest moment on Blind Faith's one and only album belonged to Stevie Winwood. "Can't Find My Way Home" is a rock classic that has lost nothing in the ensuing forty years. But it was the now rarely heard on radio "Presence Of The Lord" that indicated where Eric Clapton was going. To a place based less on his guitar wizardry than his soul. Stevie Winwood was singing, but Clapton had composed the number. Afraid to step up to the mic and sing his own words, Clapton was looking to arrest us less with flash than meaning. It's like he'd been constructing Corvettes, and now he wanted to make Jaguars, all soft and sensuous.

Then Delaney Bramlett convinced Eric to sing.

Eric was a sideman in the man's band, and then he employed the southerner to produce his first solo album. Which was looked forward to by fans, but Eric had a limited number of acolytes at this point.. The masses were fans of Cream, maybe of Blind Faith, the demand for Eric Clapton's solo record was only marginally greater than that for his Delaney & Bonnie and Friends cohort Dave Mason's initial unaccompanied outing.

Released almost simultaneously with Eric Clapton's solo debut, Mr. Mason's "Alone Together" is a masterpiece, which suffered for being on the independent Blue Thumb label. On Columbia, it would have been a monster. But Dave moved to Big Red after this initial release, and has never equaled it.

Then again, that debut is why Dave can still tour today.

We don't see Eric Clapton's debut as his apotheosis today, that would be the "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" album. The solo debut was seen as a bit of a disappointment. It started off as a slow seller. Eventually "After Midnight" became one of his standards, "Blues Power" garnered significant airplay, but neither of them are the album's gems.

The second best track on the album closes it. The unmitigated joy of "Let It Rain" is infectious. If you put aside the expectations of heaviness evidenced in Clapton's previous bands, you could romp in this joyous escapade that rendered smiles on the faces of all who heard it. The riff, with the waterfall bass notes and piano adding accents, created a three-dimensional tableau that invited one inside. The break was even reminiscent of the one to come in "Layla"'s title cut.

But the best track on Eric Clapton's solo debut is a direct descendant of "Presence Of The Lord". "Easy Now" has an intimacy, sans the heaviness, but with Eric's thin, but genuine voice, the listener is enraptured!

"Holding you, you holding me
Everyone could see we were in ecstasy"

That's what "Easy Now" radiates, a release from the burden of being a guitar god, a guitar hero. You wonder why they break up the band... So the members can stretch in new directions. You'd have never heard "Easy Now" in Cream, it couldn't be performed in the context of Blind Faith, not in a group containing the superb voice of Stevie Winwood.

But alone, on a solo album, Eric Clapton's foray into full realization evidences a humanity absent all those Cream classics.

I'll agree that the debut solo album is not the definitive statement. But it eclipses so many of the comeback albums. "461 Ocean Boulevard" had its "Let It Rain" moment with "Mainline Florida" and its "Easy Now" track, "Let It Grow", but there was a confidence on that album lacking on the very first one, it was harder to feel close to the music, and the artist.

The very first solo album by Eric Clapton was a lark. "Easy Now" radiates the intimacy of "McCartney". I'd rather hear this track live than that lame remake of the Bob Marley classic. I feel sorry that Eric lost his young son, but "Tears In Heaven" is hobbled by Will Jennings' lyrics, they're a bit too heavy, a bit too overworked, whereas "Easy Now" is what a new love would sing upon accosting you in the rain, in the middle of the forest.

"Please remember that I want you to come too"

Clapton was inviting us in. Suddenly John Mayall, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker became minor figures, Eric Clapton was now truly a deity, based not solely on his fretwork, but his compositional skills and voicings. The best music touches us. "Easy Now" taps us on the shoulder lightly and then wraps itself around our heart. It may not be known by most, but it's not only the essence of Clapton, but music itself.


_________________________________________________________________
Windows Live?: Keep your life in sync.
http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_allup_1a_explore_042009

From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Wed Apr  1 19:20:28 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 16:20:28 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] E's BD
Message-ID: <689464.93894.qm@web82602.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I noticed that E shares birthday with?a notable?mix of artists: Celine Dion, Tracy Chapman, Norah Jones, MCHammer and Warren Beatty. 
Happy belated!
Mel

From deltanick at comcast.net  Wed Apr  1 19:26:20 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (Nicholas Aleshin)
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 19:26:20 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Online Sales Make Hot Tickets Harder to Get
Message-ID: <A68804D2-A334-4B1C-B161-5AA73A442527@comcast.net>


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/arts/music/01tickets.html?_r=1&nl=tech&emc=tech

From Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au  Wed Apr  1 20:53:01 2009
From: Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au (Jon Maclean)
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 11:53:01 +1100
Subject: [Slowhand] Cream Rehearsals April 2005
In-Reply-To: <mailman.72.1238601692.15062.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <4CF39E538334FD4FB540C279149C7EA90151B475@srv-bx-mail5.lands.nsw>

This is something of a trivia question, but can anyone tell me the name
of the studio/venue where Cream rehearsed for 3 weeks during April 2005,
prior to the Albert Hall shows?

Thanks,
Jon


***************************************************************
This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the Department of  Lands. This email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses.
***************************************************************
Please consider the environment before printing this email.


From slowhand.net at gmail.com  Thu Apr  2 12:44:01 2009
From: slowhand.net at gmail.com (Steve)
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 12:44:01 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Excerpt from the Lefsetz letter about EC
Message-ID: <86128fd00904020944n27f58965w83d16199fc2fbfaf@mail.gmail.com>

> "Please remember that I want you to come too"
> Clapton was inviting us in.

Uh, I don't think so.  The preceeding lyric would seem to indicate otherwise :o

From sally at wolke7.net  Thu Apr  2 13:19:16 2009
From: sally at wolke7.net (sally at wolke7.net)
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:19:16 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand] Cream Rehearsals April 2005
Message-ID: <20090402171916.249660@gmx.net>

Hi Jon,
the rehearsals were held at Bray Studios.

Regards

Sally
-- 
Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger geh?rt? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger01

From kbw at mchsi.com  Fri Apr  3 18:58:20 2009
From: kbw at mchsi.com (Bruce Wilson)
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 17:58:20 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] EC & ABB
Message-ID: <33373A23373B44EBA64C9FAF77B9D972@Dell>

hittinthenote.com is jammed up

from Where's Eric:

Clapton & The Allman Brothers: Historic NYC Concerts To Be Released On CD

Celebrating their 40th Anniversary this year, the Allman Brothers Band brought out surprise guests almost every night of their annual Beacon Theatre run. Gregg Allman said that these shows were to be a tribute to his late brother and founding band member, Duane, who died in 1971 at age 24. The Allman Brothers were also celebrating their 20th Anniversary of performing shows at New York City's Beacon Theatre.

On 19 and 20 March, Eric Clapton joined The Allman Brothers on stage. >From all accounts of those who were lucky enough to attend, the music was magic. One fan who reported in to Where's Eric! said, "Astonishing. I had anticipated Clapton playing humble sideman, but Eric's presence pushed the band through the roof from the moment he took the stage. As a confessed Cream-era devotee, seeing EC play in that scenario / venue was like a dream. Trucks / Haynes were appropriately unrestrained and there was never a condescending sense of 'staying out of Clapton's way.'" Another wrote, "The virtuosity of EC, Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes seemed almost overwhelming at times and Otiel Burbridge, the Allman Brothers' bassist, laid down amazingly tasty foundations for the three guitarists that were as solid as the Beacon Theatre itself."

Other guests over the 15 nights were Levon Helm, Taj Mahal, Boz Scaggs, Johnny Winter, Shery l Crow, Buddy Guy, Bonnie Bramlett, Bekka Bramlett, Susan Tedeschi, David Hidalgo (Los Lobos), John Hammond, and members of The Dead. 

All 15 shows are slated to be released on CD by Hittin' The Note. There will be no DVD release. The concerts are available for single-purchase or in a deluxe box set. The box set is designed to look like the Beacon Theatre's marquee and includes a bonus show - The Allman Brothers at Warren Haynes' 2008 Christmas jam - and 40 photos taken at the Beacon Theatre this year. 

The CDs are available exclusively from Hittin' The Note and will not be sold in stores or from other online vendors. Hittin' The Note is the official source for all Allman Brothers Merchandise. Orders can be placed online at www.hittinthenote.com or by calling 1-888-746-4616 (toll free U.S. only) or 1-770-640-1124 (international callers) Monday-Friday 10AM to 6PM EST.

From mangs88 at verizon.net  Sat Apr  4 11:12:51 2009
From: mangs88 at verizon.net (Sam Mangano)
Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:12:51 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Proshot Satellite TV - Japan Feb 25th 2009
In-Reply-To: <BLU149-W364EE0B423A6EFAB819C2DCF8C0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <9D901C46D1D240F49E2CCDBFC486C498@manganoe038b9c>

Was anyone able to get this? I have no problem getting audio torrents and
burning them to cd, but I cannot to the same with video torrents. 

L8r
sammy

-----Original Message-----
From: Shanahan [mailto:mowdamowda at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 11:11 PM
To: Slowhand
Subject: [Slowhand] Proshot Satellite TV - Japan Feb 25th 2009


 

 

Head up team:

 

The below is now on HungerCity:

 

http://www.hungercity.org/details.php?id=5190&hit=1

 

Eric Clapton
Title: Songs For Pity
Dates: Feb 25, 2009
Venue: Budokan Hall, Tokyo Japan.

Source: Ex+ Pro-Shot
Lineage: Satellite TV > PC > Movie Writer > You
Apporox: 116mins NTSC 6.18GB 

--------------------------------------------------------
Set
01: Tell The Truth
02: Key To The Highway
03: Hoochie Coochie Man
04: I Shot The Sheriff
05: Isn't It A Pity
06: Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad
07: Drifitn'
08: Travelin' Alone
09: That's Alright
10: Motherless Child
11: Running On Faith
12: Motherless Children
13: Little Queen Of Spades
14: Everything's Gonna Be Alright
15: Wonderful Tonight 
16: Layla
17: Cocaine
18: Crossroads

 

 

Cheers

 

Tone

 

 

_________________________________________________________________
Looking for a place to manage all your online stuff? Explore the new Windows
Live .
http://www.microsoft.com/australia/windows/windowslive/


From mangs88 at verizon.net  Sat Apr  4 11:50:50 2009
From: mangs88 at verizon.net (Sam Mangano)
Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:50:50 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] columbus ohio floor seats for sale
Message-ID: <3CE55CD3E79842D7B81FE72842B8EC0D@manganoe038b9c>

My neighbor bought 2 8th row, section 3 tickets for the Clapton/winwood show
on Monday 6/15 in columbus ohio for $500 from a broker (face was $340). He
now cannot attend, and before he puts them up on ebay, I told him I would
post it on our board first to see if there was any interest. He is just
trying to recoup what he paid.

 

Let me know if anyone is interested. They are hard tickets in hand. They can
be mailed free by priority mail or you can meet me at the show and get them,
as I have a single ticket in the 6th row center and am driving in from
Cleveland for the show.

 

If the show is cancelled for some reason, he can refund your money if the
tickets are returned to him, as he can get a refund from the broker only in
that circumstance.

 

Out

Sambo8


From EddyPauley at aol.com  Mon Apr  6 12:54:20 2009
From: EddyPauley at aol.com (EddyPauley at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 12:54:20 EDT
Subject: [Slowhand] U.S. Senator proposes waiting period for ticket resellers
Message-ID: <bef.42e8713c.370b8dbc@aol.com>

U.S. Senator proposes waiting period for ticket resellers

By JoAnne Allen
Reuters
Sunday, April 5, 2009; 11:50 PM 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sen. Charles Schumer on Sunday unveiled a proposal 
aimed at giving fans a better chance to buy hot concert tickets at face value 
before ticket resellers scoop them up and raise the prices. 

The proposed legislation would set a two-day waiting period from when tickets 
go on sale through normal channels before a ticket reseller can buy the 
tickets to put on the secondary market, Schumer, a New York Democrat, said in a 
statement. 

"The bottom line is we need to create a fair system where fans get first 
crack at good seats at a reasonable price," Schumer said. 

The measure would also require ticket reseller to register with the Federal 
Trade Commission to prevent fraudulent or anonymous sales. 

Schumer unveiled the measure the day before concert tickets go on sale for U2 
performances in New York. 

Schumer said he had discussed the proposed legislation with Ticketmaster, 
which is seeking to merge with the world's largest concert promoting company Live 
Nation. 

Ticketmaster CEO Irving Azoff said he supports the proposal. 

"Ticketmaster recognizes that the ticket resale industry needs far-reaching 
changes to better protect consumers and ensure fair access to tickets," Azoff 
said. 

Ticketmaster was besieged by complaints earlier this year when fans of Bruce 
Springsteen who signed on to Ticketmaster to buy concert tickets were told 
they had sold out within minutes. They were instead directed to the reseller 
TicketsNow which had considerably more expensive tickets. 

Ticketmaster acknowledged last week that it has been subpoenaed or received 
other requests for information from the U.S. Justice Department, the Federal 
Trade Commission and the New Jersey Attorney General's office. 

The law enforcement agencies were interested in Ticketmaster's relationship 
with its reseller TicketsNow, in particular over controversial sales of tickets 
to Springsteen shows in New Jersey on May 21 and 23, according to a company 
email displayed on the industry blog TicketNews.com. 

Ticketmaster has said the problem was caused by a computer glitch. 

(Reporting by JoAnne Allen; Editing by Ian Geoghegan) 







**************
A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy 
steps! 
(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221621488x1201450096/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID
%3D62%26bcd%3DAprilfooterNO62)

From jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com  Mon Apr  6 15:34:01 2009
From: jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com (James Vlahakis)
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 14:34:01 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton's 'LET IT GROW' MARTIN D12-20 has been listed on
 E-Bay WITH NO RESERVE!
Message-ID: <OFBE4B8E5F.A6008027-ON86257590.006A8063-86257590.006B7D91@hinshawlaw.com>

Hey gang, Check this out: 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280330906897
This is a link to the ebay auction of the guitar EC used on 461, currently 
owned by Yvonne Elliman
AND ..... 10% of the proceeds will go to Crossroads Antigua!
_____________________

James C. Vlahakis
Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP
222 N. LaSalle, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60601
312-704-3715
312-704-3001 [fax]
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is an Illinois registered limited liability partnership that has elected to be governed by the Illinois Uniform Partnership Act (1997).

The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) named in this message. This communication is intended to be and to remain confidential and may be subject to applicable attorney/client and/or work product privileges. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message and its attachments. Do not deliver, distribute or copy this message and/or any attachments and if you are not the intended recipient, do not disclose the contents or take any action in reliance upon the information contained in this communication or any attachments.

From seger001 at umn.edu  Sat Apr 11 10:39:14 2009
From: seger001 at umn.edu (Pat Seger)
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:39:14 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] EC/ Elliman 12 string Martin -- still available if you
	have the cash
Message-ID: <66DE26D0-F59F-47A1-B371-D46B5350CFD3@umn.edu>

Did not sell.   We're in the process of sending out second chance offers
Out to people who bid in the first auction up to $30,400.00 as
Yvonne's son wants it sold ASAP. If interested make a close offer
To the 2nd chance offers and they might sell it to you to save
The high eBay & paypal fees.
Kindest Regards,
Mark Lane
Guitarded Head Honcho
Vintage Guitar Gems
2410 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd
Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
805-371-7654 - 12-6 all - but closed Monday.

From slowhand.net at gmail.com  Thu Apr 16 00:03:12 2009
From: slowhand.net at gmail.com (Steve)
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:03:12 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Preview of the Clapton/Winwood DVD
Message-ID: <86128fd00904152103i6126b126yd9d2d2b25915b08e@mail.gmail.com>

Watch this and be happy forever, man!

http://www.ericclapton-online.com/eric-clapton-and-steve-winwood-live-at-msg-from-upcoming-dvd-forever-man.html

From kris.senden at skynet.be  Thu Apr 16 01:47:58 2009
From: kris.senden at skynet.be (kris.senden at skynet.be)
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:47:58 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand] ISO: Tab from Drifitin' (E.C. Was Here version)
Message-ID: <79b26k$85kk39@relay.skynet.be>

undefined

From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Sat Apr 18 05:38:24 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:38:24 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] Bramlett Family Discord
Message-ID: <09b001c9c009$6c153e60$0200a8c0@GX270>

http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/apr/17/family-in-dispute-over-late-rockers-estate/

Family in dispute over late rocker's estate
By Colleen Cason (Contact)
Friday, April 17, 2009

Karen Quincy Loberg / Star staff Michele Bramlett, at home in Camarillo,
displays a painting that she made of her father, Delaney Bramlett, when she
was about 10. She is in a dispute over her late father's estate.

A note of discord has sounded over the estate of the founder of the '60s
rock band Delaney & Bonnie and Friends.

Michele Bramlett of Camarillo filed a petition last month in Los Angeles
County Superior Court challenging the trust left by her father, Delaney
Bramlett. The hit composer and acclaimed guitarist died in December in Los
Angeles at age 69 from complications of gall bladder surgery and left his
estate to his wife.

Michele Bramlett believes her father was mentally unsound and unduly
influenced by his wife, Susan Lanier Bramlett, when he signed the 2007
trust. Lanier Bramlett maintains her late husband was of sound mind and
writing songs up until his death, and charges that Michele Bramlett visited
him infrequently in his last years and was not familiar with his mental
state.

At stake for Michele Bramlett and her two younger sisters are the
inheritance of Delaney's Sunland ranch, the rights to his song catalog as
well as his collection of guitars - some given to him by rock 'n' roll's
most stellar frontmen. Under terms of the trust, the three women will only
inherit whatever is left of the estate when Lanier Bramlett dies.

Delaney Bramlett co-wrote Eric Clapton's "Let It Rain," the oft-covered
"Never Ending Song of Love" and "Superstar," a chart buster for The
Carpenters.

Considered a musician's musician, he is widely credited with teaching George
Harrison to play the slide guitar and encouraging Clapton to strike out on
his own when his band Blind Faith fizzled after its one and only tour in
1969. Clapton performed with Delaney & Bonnie before embarking on a solo
career.

Mental capacity questioned

Michele Bramlett, 47, claims in the court document that her father lacked
the mental capacity to sign over his estate to Lanier Bramlett.

Delaney Bramlett's battle with the bottle was well known to his family.
Michele Bramlett's petition cites an episode in the early 1990s when Delaney
signed away the rights to his songs. In 1996, he sued to regain those
rights, and the case was settled in his favor after his attorney presented
evidence Delaney suffered from alcoholic dementia and lacked the capacity to
make such a decision, according to H. Miles Lang of Camarillo, Michele
Bramlett's counsel.

The petition asks the court to determine if Bramlett's trust, dated May 10,
2007, was "procured by means of fraud, duress, menace and undue influence,
thereby rendering it invalid," according to attorney Lang.

The document also alleges Lanier Bramlett "engaged in conduct to isolate
Delaney from his daughters, friends, business associates and grandchildren."

"Something bad wrong was happening," said Michele Bramlett. "She (Susan)
would never let me talk to my dad alone. And my phone calls were
intercepted."

Growing up on dad's ranch

This contrasts with the comfortable home Michele remembers from her
childhood. Her parents met in 1961 when Delaney was playing the old Bandar
nightclub in Ventura. Michele's mother, Patty King Stanley, walked in
wearing a red dress that caught the musician's eye. Although her parents
never married, Michele split her time between her dad's ranch and her mom's
home in Ventura.

"I remember laying in my bed at the ranch and hearing his music through the
walls," she said. "It was controlled chaos. My Mamo (grandmother) was
cooking greens and making sweet tea for all the musicians who came to record
in my dad's studio."

Lanier Bramlett maintains she did nothing to drive a wedge between Delaney
and his daughters.

Instead, she said, Michele lived in New York during the past several years
and visited her father only a few times in a space of six years, so she had
little opportunity to observe him.

Lanier Bramlett argues that her husband was of sound mind, writing songs and
recording up until the time of his death.

"He would be mortified that his daughter is making this claim. It is
dismissing all his later work," said Lanier Bramlett, an actress whose
credits include a recurring role on the TV sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter."

The petition also questions whether Delaney and Lanier Bramlett were legally
married. If Lanier Bramlett's role was that of caregiver - not of spouse - a
state probate statute prevents her from inheriting the estate, according to
Lang, who added he has been unsuccessful in finding a marriage license for
the pair.

Widow says marriage legal

Lanier Bramlett said she and Delaney had known each other for 30 years after
they met when he was playing the Troubadour in West Hollywood. They were
married April 20, 2005, at the Shadow Hills Presbyterian Church in Sunland,
she said, adding that she would prove that in court.

When asked to present a copy of the marriage license for this article,
Lanier Bramlett declined to do so on the advice of her attorney. She instead
e-mailed a photo she said was taken on their wedding day.

Michele Bramlett counters she flew into Southern California at least once a
year, and in the past few years her visits increased to around four a year.
She is sure of that because her grandmother Iva "Mamo" Bramlett - who lived
at her father's ranch - was in failing health so she wanted to spend more
time with her. Iva Bramlett died in March of last year at age 92.
During each of those visits, the father she observed was "totally
emotionless, and he would look like a zombie," she said. "He'd be sitting on
the bed and looking like there was nothing in his eyes."

'Sharp as a tack'

Delaney's brother John disagrees. "He was as sharp as a tack until maybe a
month before his death," said John Bramlett, who lives in Norwalk and said
he visited his brother's home three or four days a week for the past few
years.

"Even in the hospital, my brother would say, 'Hand me a pencil and paper. I
got an idea for a song,'" said John Bramlett, 71.

While John Bramlett said he is sympathetic to his niece's concerns, he
points out Delaney was not a man who was easily led. "Nobody ever made my
brother do anything he didn't want to do," he said.

Attorney Lang admits the extent of Delaney Bramlett's estate at the time of
his death is only a guess at this point.

At least one of the most valuable instruments is long gone. The BBC reported
in September 2004 that the Telecaster given to Delaney by George Harrison
had been auctioned for almost $435,000.

John Bramlett's wife, Yolanda, said she worked as Delaney's bookkeeper and
helped arrange the sale of the vintage Les Paul given to Delaney by the late
rocker Duane Allman a few years ago to save Delaney's home from foreclosure.

Michele Bramlett believes her father meant for his daughters to inherit his
prized instruments, recalling how he assembled the girls, told them that he
was getting older and had selected guitars for each to own after his
passing.

Neither of Michele Bramlett's sisters - Suzanne or Bekka - gave interviews
for this article, although both were offered the opportunity to speak on the
record through attorney Lang. Both women are children of Delaney's marriage
to singer Bonnie Bramlett. Suzanne Bramlett lives in Los Angeles; Bekka
lives in Nashville, and she records and tours with country artist Vince
Gill.

Michele Bramlett believes her father would want his daughters to share in
the rewards of his distinguished music career.

"I know this wouldn't be his wishes. Everybody who knew him knows how much
he loves his girls," she said.

The matter is scheduled to be heard in Los Angeles Superior Court on May 15.


From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Mon Apr 20 07:07:53 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:07:53 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] FYI: A History Lesson
Message-ID: <003201c9c1a8$421db740$0200a8c0@GX270>

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00g3yqn/Archive_on_4_For_One_Night_Illegally_The_History_of_the_Bootleg/

"Normal people just don't understand what excites engineers."


From kevinwilson at telkomsa.net  Mon Apr 20 14:52:35 2009
From: kevinwilson at telkomsa.net (Kevin Wilson)
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:52:35 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand] Bramlett Family Discord
In-Reply-To: <09b001c9c009$6c153e60$0200a8c0@GX270>
References: <09b001c9c009$6c153e60$0200a8c0@GX270>
Message-ID: <001001c9c1e9$2eecee70$8cc6cb50$@net>

Isn't the reality that "Let It Rain" (and indeed all the tracks on 'Eric
Clapton') are credited to Bonnie Bramlett (with whoever else where relevant)
to this day, though it is forever acknowledged that they were written by
Delaney?

Kevin

-----Original Message-----
From: John Mills [mailto:turbineltd at btconnect.com] 
Sent: 18 April 2009 11:38
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Subject: [Slowhand] Bramlett Family Discord

http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/apr/17/family-in-dispute-over-lat
e-rockers-estate/

Family in dispute over late rocker's estate
By Colleen Cason (Contact)
Friday, April 17, 2009

Delaney Bramlett co-wrote Eric Clapton's "Let It Rain," the oft-covered
"Never Ending Song of Love" and "Superstar," a chart buster for The
Carpenters.



From hubert.orbons at flinders.edu.au  Mon Apr 20 19:34:27 2009
From: hubert.orbons at flinders.edu.au (Hubert Orbons)
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:04:27 +0930
Subject: [Slowhand] Slowhand Digest, Bootleg History URL
In-Reply-To: <mailman.48.1240243308.88667.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.48.1240243308.88667.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <49ED0683.8010906@flinders.edu.au>


> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Today's Topics:
>
>    1. FYI: A History Lesson (John Mills)
>   
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject:
> [Slowhand] FYI: A History Lesson
> From:
> "John Mills" <turbineltd at btconnect.com>
> Date:
> Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:07:53 +0100
> To:
> <slowhand at planet-torque.com>, <ClaptonBoots at yahoogroups.com>
>
> To:
> <slowhand at planet-torque.com>, <ClaptonBoots at yahoogroups.com>
>
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00g3yqn/Archive_on_4_For_One_Night_Illegally_The_History_of_the_Bootleg/
>
> "Normal people just don't understand what excites engineers."
>
>
>   
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> Slowhand mailing list
> Slowhand at planet-torque.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand
>   


From tom at digicabana.com  Thu Apr 23 14:36:36 2009
From: tom at digicabana.com (tom at digicabana.com)
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:36:36 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton - Winwood Tickets June 18th
Message-ID: <49792.209.252.37.210.1240511796.squirrel@amur.equitek.com>

Hello,

I am helping my brother, who was recently laid off, sell 6 tickets to the
June 18th Clapton-Winwood show in Chicago. He is willing to sell the
tickets in pairs of two, if necessary. They are in section 303, row 6,
seats 1-6. (These are upper-level tickets, but directly in-line with the
stage.) He is selling them for cost, $112 per ticket.

Please let me know if you are interested.

Thank you,

Tom
tom at digicabana.com



From aks112778 at hotmail.com  Sat Apr 25 09:19:28 2009
From: aks112778 at hotmail.com (Ken Simpson)
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:19:28 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton RAH Tix
In-Reply-To: <mailman.56.1240588879.19504.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.56.1240588879.19504.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <SNT104-W160906663234A2B33470B5BC730@phx.gbl>


Hello,

I can no longer attend to EC shows at the RAH in London, one May 17 the other on May 19th.  Both pairs are floor seats.  I am looking to sell them at face value plus the see tickets fees I paid.  Please contact me off digest.

Thanks,
Ken


_________________________________________________________________
Rediscover Hotmail?: Now available on your iPhone or BlackBerry
http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Mobile2_042009

From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Sun Apr 26 06:18:50 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:18:50 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] Where's Eric? - Bahrain
Message-ID: <008601c9c658$67980ed0$0200a8c0@GX270>

Paddock Postcard from Bahrain

http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2009/4/9263.html

As usual, Bahrain embraced its Grand Prix in its inimitable style this week.

Eddie Jordan and his band the Robbers were the featured players at the
Welcome Party in the paddock on Thursday evening, together with local
singers and dancers.

Musicians were very much a part of the meeting, with Pink Floyd's Nick Mason
making a visit from Friday onwards and Eric Clapton arriving on Saturday.

........


From deltanick at comcast.net  Sun Apr 26 10:57:00 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick)
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 10:57:00 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Interesting Web Site And Video
Message-ID: <0F7E91B348E24450A98D6440438A09BC@4MT8H51>

The link below is to a guitar auction web site that contains another link to EC playing a Gibson Firebird during his "Nothing But The Blues" tours (1994-1995), this particular perfomance from 13 September 1995 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

A fan brought this guitar in, gave it to Lee Dickson, and Clapton played it. Details are included.

Scroll down to where it says "watch Eric Clapton Play the Firebird". It takes a few minutes to load.
http://entertainment.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=648&Lot_No=22297&type=&ic

                DeltaNick

From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Thu Apr 30 11:17:07 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:17:07 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] Blues at the Beeb
Message-ID: <00b201c9c9b0$06305e30$0200a8c0@GX270>

We POMs get some great tv and radio material in the next week. A lot of
archival and an early showing of the EC&SW MSG DVD.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://www.retrotogo.com/2009/04/retro-tv-wc-1st-may-2009.html

Retro TV W/C 1st May 2009

 Barry Murphy returns once more trawl the TV and radio guides (so you don't
have to) to find anything worth tuning into this week. All listings are for
UK terrestrial TV, Freeview and national radio, with the shows running from
Friday 1st May to Thursday 7th May 2009.
Highlights of the week
BBC 4 tells the story of the blues this week with Blues Britannia: Can White
Men Play the Blues? (Friday 1st, 9pm - repeated 1.10am & Monday 3rd,
10.30pm), a brand new documentary telling the story of what happened to
blues music on its journey from the southern states of America to the heart
of British pop and rock culture, providing an in-depth look at what this
music really meant to a generation of kids desperate for an antidote to
their experiences of living in post-war suburban Britain.
Narrated by Nigel Planer and structured in three parts, the first, Born
Under a Bad Sign, focuses on the arrival of American blues in Britain in the
late 50s and the first performances here by such legends as Muddy Waters,
Sonnie Terry and Brownie McGhee. Part two, Sittin' on Top of the World,
charts the birth of the first British blues boom in the early 60s,
spearheaded by the Rolling Stones and groups such as the Yardbirds, Manfred
Mann, the Animals and the Pretty Things.
The final section, Crossroads, looks at the next, more hardcore British
blues boom of the mid-to-late 60s, with guitarists Eric Clapton and Peter
Green and the international dominance of their respective bands, Cream and
Fleetwood Mac. Featuring archive performances and interviews with Keith
Richards, Paul Jones, Chris Dreja, Bill Wyman, Phil May, John Mayall, Jack
Bruce, Mick Fleetwood, Ian Anderson, Tony McPhee, Mike Vernon, Tom
McGuinness, Mick Abrahams, Dick Taylor, Val Wilmer, Chris Barber, Pete
Brown, Bob Brunning, Dave Kelly and Phil Ryan.
Also new this week is Bobby Bland: Two Steps from the Blues (BBC 4. Saturday
2nd, 9pm - repeated 2.40am) a documentary telling the story of the life and
music of Bobby 'Blue' Bland, one of America's classic vocalists, listed high
in Rolling Stone magazine's Top 100 greatest voices and admired by Elvis
Presley, Van Morrison and Mick Hucknall among others.
In 1947, Bland's mother brought her son from the country town of Rosemark to
Memphis in search of a better life. A year later, Gladys Presley and her son
made a similar journey from neighbouring Tupelo. At that time, Memphis was a
musical melting pot and BB King reports that 'everyone who was anyone'
turned up there sooner or later. Bland offered his services as a driver, but
soon secured a spot singing with King's band, while the young Elvis hung
around Beale Street taking it all in.
The film traces Bobby's musical path from its gospel roots, through jazz and
into the blues, which he infused with a unique sophistication, becoming a
major singing star in black America in the 50s and 60s. His songs were
covered by the Allman Brothers, the Grateful Dead and many others, and
drummer Jab'o Starks recalls recording classic tracks like Stormy Monday,
with which Bobby achieved great chart success. Contributors include Van
Morrison, Quincy Jones, BB King, Mick Hucknall, Dan Penn and Grammy nominee
Susan Tedeschi.

Friday 1st May
TV
Blues Britannia: Can White Men Play the Blues? - BBC 4. 9.00pm - 10.30pm
(Repeated 1.10am)
New. Documentary charting the British love of the musical genre over a
20-year period from the 1950s. Contributors including Keith Richards, Paul
Jones, John  Mayall and Bill Wyman study the inspiration of American artists
such as Muddy Waters, how young white audiences came to love the music, and
the increasing international dominance of UK-based performers as the 1970s
dawned.
Blues at the BBC - BBC 4. 10.30pm - 11.30pm (Repeated 2.40am)
New. Archive footage of blues performances from the past 50 years. Featuring
famous songs by Son House, The Kinks, BB King, John Lee Hooker and Eric
Clapton, plus lesser known tracks by Freddie King, Delaney and Bonnie and
Long John Baldrey.

Saturday 2nd May
TV
Blues at the BBC - BBC 4. 8.00pm - 9.00pm (Repeated 1.40am)
Archive footage of blues performances from the past 50 years. Featuring
famous songs by Son House, The Kinks, BB King, John Lee Hooker and Eric
Clapton, plus lesser known tracks by Freddie King, Delaney and Bonnie and
Long John Baldrey.

Bobby Bland: Two Steps from the Blues - BBC 4. 9.00pm - 10.00pm (Repeated
2.40am)
New. Profile of the American singer Bobby "Blue" Bland, who developed a
sound that blended gospel with the blues. Also known as "The Lion of the
Blues", he is considered by many to be one of the finest singers in postwar
blues and has been championed by the likes of Van Morrison.

Blues on Later... with Jools Holland - BBC 4. 10.00pm - 11.00pm
New. Performances by many of the greatest blues artists that have appeared
on the music variety show, including BB King, Bo Diddley, Eric Clapton and
Seasick Steve.

Rock Family Trees - BBC 4. 11.00pm - 11.55pm
The career of Fleetwood Mac, famous for their complicated inter-band
relationships as well as their music.

Originals: Long John Baldry - BBC 4. 11.55pm - 12.40am
Profile of the late British singer John William Baldry, whose enthusiasm for
the blues inspired The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton.

John Mayall: 40 Years of the Blues - BBC 4. 12.40am - 1.40am
Profile of one of the most influential figures in British rock music, John
Mayall.

Monday 4th May
TV
Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood - BBC 4. 9.00pm - 10.00pm
New. The Blues Britannia season continues with coverage of the duo's 2008
concert in Madison Square Garden, New York, featuring performances of Blind
Faith hits Presence of the Lord and Can't Find My Way Home.

Eric Clapton: the Rock 'n' Roll Years - BBC 4. 10.00pm - 10.30pm (Repeated
12.55am)
Profile of the guitarist and songwriter, who has survived both personal
trauma and drug addiction to build a wide and varied musical career, from
groups The Yardbirds and Cream to solo success.

Blues Britannia: Can White Men Play the Blues? - BBC 4. 10.30pm - 12Midnight
Documentary charting the British love of the musical genre over a 20-year
period from the 1950s. Contributors including Keith Richards, Paul Jones,
John  Mayall and Bill Wyman study the inspiration of American artists such
as Muddy Waters, how young white audiences came to love the music, and the
increasing international dominance of UK-based performers as the 1970s
dawned.

Tuesday 5th May
TV
Later... with Jools Holland - BBC 2. 10.00pm - 10.30pm
Featuring a performance from Booker T.

Thursday 7th May
TV
Blues on Later... with Jools Holland - BBC 4. 10.30pm - 11.30pm
Performances by many of the greatest blues artists that have appeared on the
music variety show, including BB King, Bo Diddley, Eric Clapton and Seasick
Steve.


From aks112778 at hotmail.com  Sat May  2 09:07:23 2009
From: aks112778 at hotmail.com (Ken Simpson)
Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 08:07:23 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] May 19th RAH Tix for sale
In-Reply-To: <mailman.64.1241193692.18868.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.64.1241193692.18868.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <SNT104-W55CA68B19B989B93C57B2EBC6A0@phx.gbl>


I still have two great tickets left (arena E Row 12) for the May 19th EC show at the Royal Albert Hall in London that I am unable to use.  Apparently its his 150th solo show there so it's a pretty big deal.  Please contacf me off list if you are interested.

Thanks,
Ken


_________________________________________________________________
Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail?.
http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd1_052009

From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Sun May  3 10:08:10 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 15:08:10 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] MT Interview
Message-ID: <014c01c9cbf8$99e15860$0200a8c0@GX270>

Mick Taylor exposes mayhem and excess of life on the road
http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/lifestyle/real-life-stories/2009/05/03/exclusive-mick-taylor-exposes-mayhem-and-excess-of-life-on-the-road-78057-21328972/

May 3 2009
Billy Sloan

ROCK LEGEND Mick Taylor has no regrets about walking out on the world's
greatest rock'n'roll band.
The guitarist claims he would have died if he had not quit The Rolling
Stones in 1974.
His drug-fuelled lifestyle with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman and
Charlie Watts almost killed him.
Mick, 60, said: "People thought I was crazy to walk away but I'd have ended
up dead from my heroin addiction.
"Drugs went hand in hand with what was going on creatively with the Stones
at that time. Heroin was available to me and I got hooked, simple as that.
"Towards the end of my time with the Stones it got too crazy. I'd become
very depressed. I felt my life with the band was falling apart so I decided
to quit.
"Life clean is much better than being a drug-ravaged member of The Rolling
Stones."
It was in 1969 that Mick got the big break that would earn him a place in
the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
The guitarist said: "In 1967 I went down to Olympic Studios in London to buy
a Gibson Les Paul guitar - which was once owned by Keith Richards - from
their Scottish road manager Ian Stewart.
"They were recording the album Their Satanic Majesties and wearing those
silly costumes from the album sleeve.
"I only saw them through a glass partition. That was as close as I got."
When Brian Jones was sacked in 1969 Mick was asked to jam with the Stones.
He said: "I didn't realise they were auditioning me so I wasn't nervous.
"The first track I played on was Honky Tonk Women and the second was Live
With Me, from 1969 album Let It Bleed.
"I actually said, 'Are we going to play more tonight? If not, I'm going
home'.
"Mick Jagger called up the next day and said, 'Do you want to join the
band?'"
Mick's first Stones gig was their historic appearance at Hyde Park in London
on July 5, 1969.
It became a tribute to guitarist Brian Jones, who had died two days earlier.
On his first US tour, Mick played at Altamont when 18-year-old fan Meredith
Hunter was stabbed to death in front of the stage by Hell's Angels after
pulling a gun on Mick Jagger.
Mick said: "The first album I ever made with John Mayall was Crusade in
1967. It was recorded and mixed in seven hours.
"But the Stones had a much more nonchalant approach to recording - we'd be
in the studio for months. I got used to it. The entire time I was in the
band I was either making records or touring."
Mick played on a six-year run of albums which included Let It Bleed (1969),
Sticky Fingers (1971), Exile On Main Street (1972), Goat's Head Soup (1973)
and It's Only Rock'n'Roll (1974).
He also appeared on the classic Get Yer Ya Ya's Out (1970), recorded at
Madison Square Garden, New York - hailed as one of the greatest live albums
in rock history.
He said: "Mick and Keith were big personalities. They always had a natural,
instinctive feel when playing together.
"It was a very creative period, the most interesting stuff they did, and we
were just starting to play sports stadiums.
"My favourite album was Sticky Fingers because I think the songs on it -
such as Brown Sugar, Bitch and Wild Horses - were great. Exile On Main
Street was difficult. We recorded it in Keith's house which was always full
of his friends wanting to party.
"It put a strain on Keith's relationship with Anita Pallenberg. He once
stayed with me to get away from his own house."
But Mick missed out on the big bucks tours which earned the band millions.
He said: "I don't think any of our tours made much. We didn't have global
sponsorship or lucrative merchandising deals then.
"I bought my first house for s12,000, the proceeds of my first Stones tour
in 1969. They only started making money on the massive Steel Wheels tour of
1989.
"On their last, A Bigger Bang world tour, they made $250million. People say,
'Don't you wish you were still part of that?' But I can't really say I do."
When Mick quit the group in 1974 it was a shock to the band. He was replaced
a year later by guitarist Ronnie Wood.
He said: "Mick flew back from Nicaragua and tried to persuade me to stay.
Later, we went to Eric Clapton's birthday party and I got so drunk I could
barely stand up.
"Discussions went on for days but I'd had enough. I felt better for leaving.
I've never lived to regret it.
It's very hard to think about the road not taken. "But if you'd asked any of
us in 1972, T)o you think you'll go on until you're 60?', we'd have said
no."
Mick is still in big demand as a guitarist and has appeared with stars such
as Bob Dylan, Mike Oldfield and Cream bassist Jack Bruce.
He said: "Dylan is one of the most impressive guys I've met. I'd listened to
Bob's music since I was 15 but never thought I'd get to play with him."
Now, as the Stones make millions touring the world, Mick is happier playing
blues guitar in tiny clubs.
On May 9 he appears at the Renfrew Ferry in Glasgow, guesting with blues
guitarist Stephen Dale Petit.
He will play the 500-capacity venue to promote his friend's latest album,
The Crave, which features new single As The Years Go Passing By.
It's a far cry from Mick's first Glasgow show with the Stones at the
legendary Apollo in 1973.
Mick says playing in Glasgow always brings back fond memories.
He said: "I remember playing the Apollo in '73 on that infamous 25ft-high
sloping stage with the dressing room underneath. "Bianca Jagger came on
stage and started to dance with me. You don't forget things like that.
"Playing the Ferry with Stephen should be great. He's a brilliant blues
guitarist."
Mick first created waves on the London music circuit aged just 15 when he
joined legendary band John Mayall's Bluesbreakers after Eric Clapton failed
to turn up for a show.
He said: "I picked up the guitar at 10 and was self-taught. I had a very
good ear and was blessed with musical talent. At 15 I'd travel from home in
Hertfordshire to London to see bands.
"I saw The Yardbirds, Georgie Fame, James Brown and John Mayall. One night
Eric Clapton didn't turn up for a show so I went backstage and asked John if
I could sit in with them.
"To my amazement he said yes. It was a real baptism of fire but I never
looked back. I served my musical apprenticeship with John playing six nights
a week and doing two tours of America.".
sloan at sundaymail.co.uk


From jnt.elliott at comcast.net  Tue May  5 20:29:56 2009
From: jnt.elliott at comcast.net (Jeff Elliott)
Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 20:29:56 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] THINK ERIC PLAYS UKULELE?
Message-ID: <79C0C292453F492A8669A2B538729B8E@1NVTLC1>

This has nothing to do with Eric but found this young man on YouTube playing
a killer version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" on Ukulele.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k

 

If anyone has seen the Concert For George, Paul McCartney starts off
Something on Ukulele telling the story that they would all sit around
George's place and play ukulele after dinner.  I think George would probably
dig this version of Weeps.

 

Jeff


From jnt.elliott at comcast.net  Tue May  5 20:33:17 2009
From: jnt.elliott at comcast.net (Jeff Elliott)
Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 20:33:17 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] ERIC & JOE BONAMASSA
Message-ID: <213E14A5CC8B4D0A9FA5206E1A5F826A@1NVTLC1>

What a treat for those lucky folks in London last night who witnessed Eric
joining Joe Bonamassa on stage at the RAH for a pretty rousing version of
Further On Up the Road.

 

http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/004868.html

 

Here's the video:
http://news.guitarworld.com/story/joe_bonamassa_and_eric_clapton_go_further_
on_up_the/

 

Jeff


From aks112778 at hotmail.com  Thu May  7 19:12:35 2009
From: aks112778 at hotmail.com (Ken Simpson)
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 18:12:35 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton's 150th RAH Show: 1 Pair still available!
In-Reply-To: <mailman.64.1241193692.18868.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.64.1241193692.18868.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <SNT104-W24332608793DDED9806E1DBC670@phx.gbl>


I'm unable to attend.  Please contact me off list.  Serious offers only please.  Arena E row 12; TUESDAY May 19, 2009 RAH, London, England.

Thanks,
Ken


_________________________________________________________________
Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail?.
http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd1_052009

From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Fri May  8 05:12:37 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 10:12:37 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] We Love Lucy
Message-ID: <002701c9cfbd$236f38f0$0200a8c0@GX270>

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/legendary-guitar-lucy-507/
Legendary Guitar: 'Lucy', George Harrison's Well-Traveled Crimson Les Paul
Jerry McCulley | 05.07.2009


During the height of mid-'60s Beatlemania, the guitars most frequently
associated with George Harrison on tour and TV/film appearances were the
Gretsch Country Gentleman, Rickenbacker 360/12 and the Epiphone Casino that
both he and John Lennon wielded on their final 1966 world tour and sessions
for the epochal Sgt. Pepper's album. Harrison had also played a
cherry-finish '64 SG Standard during the Rubber Soul/Revolver era, an
instrument that shows up in promo films for "Paperback Writer," "Rain" and
"Lady Madonna."

But in August of 1968, Eric Clapton gifted Harrison with a 1957 Les Paul
Standard, now factory refinished to cherry red, that already had an
impressive rock history - and would soon reach even greater heights.
Harrison immediately dubbed his new crimson Les Paul 'Lucy' in honor of
red-headed comedy icon Lucille Ball, then quickly put it to work recording
the White Album outtake, "Not Guilty." Within weeks George also appeared
playing it in the Beatles promotional film for the single "Revolution,"
which initially aired on David Frost's U.K. TV show, and later on the
Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour stateside.


In September, it would perform what remains one of the Beatles', and rock's,
most iconic solos - but not in the hands of George Harrison. After the
initial session for "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," Harrison admitted in a
1974 Crawdaddy interview, that because of ongoing tensions with main
songwriters Lennon and McCartney he "went home really disappointed because I
knew the song was good."

"The next day I brought Eric Clapton with me [to the studio]. He was really
nervous. I was saying, 'Just come and play on the session, then I can sing
and play acoustic guitar.' Because what happened when Eric was there on that
day . it helped, because the others would have to control themselves a bit
more. Eric was nervous saying, 'No, what will they say?' And I was saying,
'F**k 'em, that's my song!'"



Harrison also admitted he lacked confidence in his own guitar work during
the era, explaining that "I'd played sitar for three years. And I'd just
listened to classical Indian music and practiced sitar - except for when we
played dates, studio dates - and then I'd get the guitar out and just play,
you know, learn a part for the record. But I'd really lost a lot of interest
in the guitar."

"[Eric and I] used to hang out such a lot at that period, and Eric gave me a
fantastic Les Paul guitar, which is the one he plays on ["While My Guitar
Gently Weeps"]. So it worked out well."

Harrison used 'Lucy' frequently during the final studio dates for the White
Album and the subsequent, haphazard Get Back/Let It Be recordings that
followed in January, 1969, then played it extensively that summer on the
Beatles swan song, Abbey Road. That's 'Lucy' wailing on the middle of "The
End"'s trio of brief guitar solos. George also took the crimson Les Paul on
the road briefly with Bonnie and Delaney Bramlett later that year.


Harrison and 'Lucy' during Let It Be

As the legend goes, 'Lucy' was originally a late-'50s Les Paul Goldtop that
had made its way to the Lovin' Spoonful's John Sebastian, and then McCoys'
mainstay Rick Derringer, who'd sent it off to Gibson's Kalamazoo factory for
refinishing.

Decades later, Rick would recall "I loved playing it, but my dad - who's
always loved a guitar looking real good - used to comment on how it was kind
of beat up. It was a very, very used guitar, even when I got it. But it
played great. So I figured that since we didn't live far from Gibson's
factory in Kalamazoo, the next time the group went there I'd give it to
Gibson and have it refinished. I had it done at the factory in the SG-style
clear red finish that was popular at the time."

Yet Derringer noted that the instrument "just didn't feel the same . it had
changed into an altogether different guitar" after refinishing. So Rick
traded it for a sunburst finish Les Paul at Dan Armstrong's guitar shop in
Manhattan, which is where Eric Clapton purchased it not long after.



But memories - especially those of veteran, hard-living rock stars - can be
notoriously cloudy, while legends - particularly those surrounding the
Beatles - tend to take on a life of their own, regardless of evidence to the
contrary. Which is just what we encountered trying to track down photos
documenting Harrison's cherry-refinished Les Paul Standard in its original
state. Which led us to wonder: Was 'Lucy' really a Goldtop in her first
incarnation? Several pieces of circumstantial and visual evidence cast some
doubts on the instrument's generally accepted heritage.

The serial number on the rear of the instrument's headstock - #7-8789 - does
indeed correspond with a Goldtop that was shipped from Gibson's Kalamazoo
factory in December 1957. But, as noted in Anthony Babiuk's and Tony Bacon's
exhaustive reference book Beatles Gear, experts who've examined the
instrument note that the style and typeface of 'Lucy''s serial number don't
match other instruments of its vintage.

While John Sebastian did indeed own a Goldtop, and is pictured playing it on
the cover of his well-received Real Live John Sebastian concert album, that
record was released in 1971, years after he had supposedly given the ax up
to Derringer. Yet during the Lovin' Spoonful's '60s prime, Sebastian
frequently played what appears to be a similar vintage Les Paul Standard
with a sunburst finish. It shows up on the cover of the band's "Summer In
the City" single, some concert shots, and a 1966 television clip of their
biggest hit, "Daydream."


The Lovin's Spoonful with John Sebastian . and 'Lucy'?

Rick Derringer was most frequently pictured playing an ES series during the
McCoys' "Hang On Sloopy" heyday. But a grainy, amateur snapshot taken at a
1967 dance featuring the band shows Derringer playing what appears to be a
Les Paul Standard that appears very similar to the one Sebastian was
documented using with the Lovin' Spoonful the previous year - or is it the
sunburst model Rick says he acquired from Dan Armstrong's shop?


The McCoys and Rick Derringer, 1967

Perhaps only 'Lucy' knows for sure - and she's not talking.

The fabled red Les Paul was stolen from under the bed of George Harrison's
Beverly Hills home during a burglary in the early '70s. Eventually it ended
up at the Guitar Center in Hollywood, where a musician from Mexico purchased
the instrument for $650. After a complex set of negotiations involving a
third party and a trip to Mexico, 'Lucy' was eventually returned to Harrison
in exchange for a '58 sunburst Les Paul and a Precision bass.

"['Lucy'] got kidnapped and taken to Guadalajara," George would later muse,
"and I had to buy this Mexican guy a Les Paul to get it back." His beloved
'Lucy' Les Paul would remain a prized part of George Harrison's collection
until his death in 2001.


George Harrison's collection in the '80s; 'Lucy' is on the wall off his
right shoulder



From gabt at mac.com  Sat May  9 16:22:42 2009
From: gabt at mac.com (Dr Grant Abt)
Date: Sat, 09 May 2009 21:22:42 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] Old Love from 24 Nights DVD
Message-ID: <45223178-79B9-478C-A486-27ACC2285A68@mac.com>

Evening viewers,

Does anyone have a high quality MP3 or AAC version of Old Love from  
the 24 Nights DVD? I don't have the DVD (i still have the VHS  
version!), and i prefer the version from the DVD to the one on the CD.

Cheers,

Grant.




From jnt.elliott at comcast.net  Sun May 10 08:11:50 2009
From: jnt.elliott at comcast.net (Jeff Elliott)
Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 08:11:50 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] RAH SHOWS
Message-ID: <C3D24318C51B4F96AEF855BD84848F22@1NVTLC1>

For those folks who are going to the RAH shows and bought tickets on
Ticketmaster, have you received your tickets yet?

 

Jeff


From tronsgaard at hotmail.com  Sun May 10 12:45:44 2009
From: tronsgaard at hotmail.com (Brian Tronsgaard)
Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 18:45:44 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand] Where to go before the show
Message-ID: <BAY110-W1706FBBD9DA49EA5EFA7C4CA620@phx.gbl>


Hello friends!My friends and I are attending the show on the 20th, staying somewhere in the Hyde Park area. Have great seats! Anyway, are there any Slowhanders meeting up before that show, or any of the others up to that day? (We fly in on the 16th.) I've heard of them, but have never been able to find out in time.
Kind regards from a Danish reptile, 
Brian.

http://www.myspace.com/briantronsgaard - Lyt til 6 ud af 7 sange fra den nye, "Passage". Akustisk! 

http://www.bandbase.dk/BrianTronsgaard - Live-numre, numre fra "Second Chance"-pladen med bandet mm. Elektrisk!


 


_________________________________________________________________
Windows Live?: Keep your life in sync. Check it out!
http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_012009

From fcs at global.co.za  Sun May 10 13:00:15 2009
From: fcs at global.co.za (FCS)
Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 19:00:15 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand] SUNDAY MAY 17TH RAH TICKETS FOR SALE
Message-ID: <3AC09861E1834B59A1649F98B10D02C7@DELLSTUDY>

I have two spare tickets for Sunday night (17/05/09) at the RAH. They have a supurb view (section M row 4) within a few meters of the stage, I sat there in 2006 and had a great time. 

Please contact me of Digest if you are interested.

Thanks

Stephen M Doherty
Financial Consultancy Services & Kapiti Broker Group
FAIS Act License Numbers 13845 & 13844
P.O. Box 1919  Honeydew 2040 Johannesburg. Telephone: 011-793-4871.
Fax: 011-793-6323.  Cell 082-897-5299.  Email: fcs at global.co.za.  Efax 0866-890-499



From kasper.peeters at aei.mpg.de  Tue May 12 17:31:38 2009
From: kasper.peeters at aei.mpg.de (Kasper Peeters)
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 22:31:38 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] RAH ticket wanted
Message-ID: <18953.60090.76245.764427@gargle.gargle.HOWL>

Hi all,

Turns out I'll be in London when Eric plays the RAH. Does anyone have
a spare ticket to sell to a fellow slowhander? Please contact me
off-list.

Cheers,
Kasper

From efschul at aol.com  Wed May 13 13:39:18 2009
From: efschul at aol.com (efschul at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 17:39:18 +0000
Subject: [Slowhand] Spare Ticket
Message-ID: <602381061-1242236367-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1921683871-@bxe1137.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>

Casper,

I have a spare for 19 May gig!
How do I contact you?
------Original Message------
From: slowhand-request at planet-torque.com
Sender: slowhand-bounces at planet-torque.com
To: SDigest
ReplyTo: SDigest
Sent: May 13, 2009 12:02 PM
Subject: Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 84

Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to
    slowhand at planet-torque.com

To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
    http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand
or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
    slowhand-request at planet-torque.com

You can reach the person managing the list at
    slowhand-owner at planet-torque.com

When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..."


Today's Topics:

   1. RAH ticket wanted (Kasper Peeters)


----------------------------------------------------------------------

Message: 1
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 22:31:38 +0100
From: Kasper Peeters <kasper.peeters at aei.mpg.de>
Subject: [Slowhand] RAH ticket wanted
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Message-ID: <18953.60090.76245.764427 at gargle.gargle.HOWL>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

Hi all,

Turns out I'll be in London when Eric plays the RAH. Does anyone have
a spare ticket to sell to a fellow slowhander? Please contact me
off-list.

Cheers,
Kasper


------------------------------

_______________________________________________
Slowhand mailing list
Slowhand at planet-torque.com
http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand


End of Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 84
****************************************


From deltanick at comcast.net  Sat May 16 19:01:17 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (Nicholas Aleshin)
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 19:01:17 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] EC & SW, "Live From MSG"
Message-ID: <41A8CBBD-0752-4889-85B7-ED24B5E8EAA2@comcast.net>

Got my Limited Edition box set delivered yesterday.

I was hoping that "Double Trouble" was from the 28 February  
performance, the one my wife and I attended. And it is, for both CD  
and DVD performances. But dates of recording for each track are not  
listed, so how do I know?

Well, since the show, I've had that performance of "Double Trouble" on  
my iPod. Needless to say, every note has been committed to memory, and  
these tracks are both a perfect match.

Although I haven't listened to or watched the whole 4 discs yet, it's  
an excellent set of recordings, and excellent video, with lots of  
close-ups of EC's hands while playing guitar. And all the musicians  
are having a great time on stage: inspired performances, as you've all  
already heard from those who attended.

It'll sell many, many, many copies. Enjoy!

				DeltaNick


From Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au  Sun May 17 21:38:48 2009
From: Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au (Jon Maclean)
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 11:38:48 +1000
Subject: [Slowhand] EC & SW, "Live From MSG"
In-Reply-To: <41A8CBBD-0752-4889-85B7-ED24B5E8EAA2@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <4CF39E538334FD4FB540C279149C7EA90151B4EE@srv-bx-mail5.lands.nsw>

Bloody hell, DeltaNick likes it, it must be good!
I just received an email to say mine was shipped, so I'm really looking
forward to it now.

Cheers,
Jon


-----Original Message-----
From: Nicholas Aleshin [mailto:deltanick at comcast.net] 
Sent: Sunday, 17 May 2009 9:01 AM
To: Slowhand Digest
Subject: [Slowhand] EC & SW, "Live From MSG"

Got my Limited Edition box set delivered yesterday.

I was hoping that "Double Trouble" was from the 28 February  
performance, the one my wife and I attended. And it is, for both CD  
and DVD performances. But dates of recording for each track are not  
listed, so how do I know?

Well, since the show, I've had that performance of "Double Trouble" on  
my iPod. Needless to say, every note has been committed to memory, and  
these tracks are both a perfect match.

Although I haven't listened to or watched the whole 4 discs yet, it's  
an excellent set of recordings, and excellent video, with lots of  
close-ups of EC's hands while playing guitar. And all the musicians  
are having a great time on stage: inspired performances, as you've all  
already heard from those who attended.

It'll sell many, many, many copies. Enjoy!

				DeltaNick



***************************************************************
This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the Department of  Lands. This email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses.
***************************************************************
Please consider the environment before printing this email.


From guitarbuyer at gmail.com  Mon May 18 12:38:57 2009
From: guitarbuyer at gmail.com (Jason Stewart)
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 09:38:57 -0700
Subject: [Slowhand] EC & SW, "Live From MSG" (Jon Maclean)
Message-ID: <cb3ea61a0905180938u145ddff0rdd3d0d0abe54a950@mail.gmail.com>

I'm really looking forward to it but I am holding out for the Blu-ray
edition which doesn't come out until 6/2.

From simon.george5 at ntlworld.com  Mon May 18 15:25:12 2009
From: simon.george5 at ntlworld.com (Simon George)
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 20:25:12 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton at the Albert Hall
Message-ID: <16DCDD4BF66F42038566E5E5CD064F08@SimonPC>

There is a review here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturecritics/neilmccormick/5343001/Eric-Clapton-at-the-Albert-Hall-review.html

A little scathing in parts, to add my sentiments of Saturdays gig, the Keyboard sounded horrible and in fact the whole sound was wrong, it was like pins in the ears without any bottom end, maybe this contributed to the the lack of engagement from the audience. Also the choice of songs was quite quirky.
I have to agree with the review, the whole concert ended with more of a whimper than a bang, I expected them to come back for "Sunshine of your love" or "White Room", as Clapton gets older and his personal life busier, I've been afraid for several years that the next tour might be his farewell tour, I hope this one isnt, because by no means bad, it wasnt the best I've seen of him and I don't want it to end like this.
Simon

From wdeli at aol.com  Mon May 18 22:04:04 2009
From: wdeli at aol.com (wdeli at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 22:04:04 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] box set
Message-ID: <8CBA63D3845C867-1B8-5E0@WEBMAIL-MA10.sysops.aol.com>

have not recieved mine yet,but delta nick is the authority on this,so i,m really looking forward to the box set & columbus show in june.be well soho

From slowhand.net at gmail.com  Tue May 19 09:15:45 2009
From: slowhand.net at gmail.com (Steve)
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 09:15:45 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] EC/SW DVD
Message-ID: <86128fd00905190615h706314eud2e618a502ae6e89@mail.gmail.com>

I have made it through most of the DVD and think it is fantastic.  It
is easily EC's best performance in quite sometime.  "Forever Man" and
"After Midnight" are stunning.  Most importantly, the Heads on a Stick
make another appearance in the DVD.

I will, however, point out one gross injustice.  Even though Buddy
Miles is mentioned and the February 28, 2008, dedication from Steve is
included, the version of "Them Changes" on the DVD and CD is NOT from
February 28!!  How lame to spoil a nice tribute to Buddy Miles by not
including the song that was actually dedicated to him!

Furthermore, the version from February 28 is clearly superior to the
other two versions.  This is not one of these "IMHO" things - it is
just plain fact.  On the last night, Winwood "sold" the song better
and Clapton's solo meshed with the band perfectly.  The February 28
version is to the other versions as Pavarotti is to William Hung.
Besides, five out of four doctors agree that the February 28 version
is better.

OK, now that I have that off my chest, I can go to work, where  have
installed a TV and DVD for further evaluation...

From jshortri at rmi.net  Tue May 19 23:25:18 2009
From: jshortri at rmi.net (John Shortridge)
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 21:25:18 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] Phoenix & Vegas
Message-ID: <B0D45CE9-6573-4004-8B27-6F825B4CF4CE@rmi.net>

Hi,
Are there any Slowhanders that will be in Phoenix (Glendale) or Vegas  
to see the current tour? I'd love to get together.
John

********************************************
John Shortridge
jshortri at rmi.net

Raise your glass to the hard working people
Lets drink to the uncounted heads
Lets think of the wandering millions
Who need leaders but get gamblers instead
-Jagger / Richards

********************************************


From mowdamowda at hotmail.com  Thu May 21 08:29:52 2009
From: mowdamowda at hotmail.com (Shanahan)
Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 22:29:52 +1000
Subject: [Slowhand] Heads-on-a-stick??
Message-ID: <BLU149-W1E94CC909369C6154ECD4CF590@phx.gbl>


 

 

Okay, I've watched both DVDs entirely and I can't see them.

 

Who cares about the Blind Faith songs live at last?

 

Who cares about Voodoo Chile live (for the first time ever??) ?

 

Who cares about Clapton & Winwood?

 

Where exactly are those heads-on-a-stick??

 

Tone

 

 

_________________________________________________________________
View photos of singles in your area Click Here
http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fdating%2Eninemsn%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fsearch%2Fsearch%2Easpx%3Fexec%3Dgo%26tp%3Dq%26gc%3D2%26tr%3D1%26lage%3D18%26uage%3D55%26cl%3D14%26sl%3D0%26dist%3D50%26po%3D1%26do%3D2%26trackingid%3D1046138%26r2s%3D1&_t=773166090&_r=Hotmail_Endtext&_m=EXT

From slowhand.net at gmail.com  Thu May 21 21:30:07 2009
From: slowhand.net at gmail.com (Steve)
Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 21:30:07 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Heads On A Stick
Message-ID: <86128fd00905211830s2da62936uf5a5624aa5da1866@mail.gmail.com>

> Okay, I've watched both DVDs entirely and I can't see them.
> Who cares about the Blind Faith songs live at last?
> Who cares about Voodoo Chile live (for the first time ever??) ?
> Who cares about Clapton & Winwood?
> Where exactly are those heads-on-a-stick??

> Tone

Tone, good to hear from you!  Sadly, I can give you an answer to this.
 And my next email should have some information that people will
really want!

2 hours, 15 minutes and 16 seconds into the DVD, the Heads can be seen
for several seconds.  Look just above the hands of the guy in the
foreground clapping.  Other vague sightings were at 2 hours, 7 minutes
and 3 seconds and 2 hours, 7 minutes and 30 seconds.

What I find interesting is that this footage came from February 28 yet
the songs that just ended are both from February 26.

Steve

From slowhand.net at gmail.com  Fri May 22 00:13:20 2009
From: slowhand.net at gmail.com (Steve)
Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 00:13:20 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] EC/SW DVD & CD info
Message-ID: <86128fd00905212113t28e59423wce267fc2c75030d9@mail.gmail.com>

And now for something that might actually be of interest to most of us!

I have analyzed the CD and DVD and would like to share my findings.
The versions of a given song are the same on both the CD and DVD.  All
of the audio that is on the CD is also on the DVD.  The DVD has
additional material - "Kind Hearted Woman Blues," "Crossroads" and a
soundcheck of "Rambling On My Mind."  The DVD has interspersed
interviews, whereas the CD is only the concert audio.  I do not
believe the DVD or CD contain any hidden tracks.

The CD features 14 songs from February 26, 6 from February 28 and only
1 from February 25.  The DVD set features 14 songs from February 26, 8
from February 28, 2 from February 25 and a soundcheck from an unknown
date.

Here are the dates of the performances:

CD MATERIAL:
Hard To Cry Today			February 26
Low Down			February 28
Them Changes			February 26 :-(
Forever Man			February 26
Sleeping In The Ground		February 26
Presence Of The Lord		February 26
Glad				February 26
Well Alright			February 28
Double Trouble			February 28
Pearly Queen			February 26
Tell The Truth			February 26
No Face, No Name, No Number	February 26
After Midnight			February 28
Split Decision			February 26
Rambling On My Mind		February 25
Georgia On My Mind			February 26
Little Wing			February 28
Voodoo Chile			February 26
Can't Find My Way Home		February 28
Dear Mr. Fantasy			February 26
Cocaine				February 26

DVD MATERIAL
Hard To Cry Today			Same as CD
Them Changes			Same as CD :-(
Forever Man			Same as CD
Sleeping In The Ground		Same as CD
Presence Of The Lord		Same as CD
Glad				Same as CD
Well Alright			Same as CD
Double Trouble			Same as CD
Pearly Queen			Same as CD
Tell The Truth			Same as CD
No Face, No Name, No Number	Same as CD
After Midnight			Same as CD
Split Decision			Same as CD
Rambling On My Mind		Same as CD
Georgia On My Mind			Same as CD
Little Wing			Same as CD
Voodoo Chile			Same as CD
Can't Find My Way Home		Same as CD
Dear Mr. Fantasy			Same as CD
Cocaine				Same as CD

BONUS DVD MATERIAL
Low Down			February 28
Kind Hearted Woman Blues		February 28
Crossroads			February 25

If I made any errors, please let me know!

Steve

From kevinwilson at telkomsa.net  Fri May 22 08:22:12 2009
From: kevinwilson at telkomsa.net (Kevin Wilson)
Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 14:22:12 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand] FW:  Heads-on-a-stick??
Message-ID: <000001c9dad7$f0959b10$d1c0d130$@net>

You're worrying about heads on a stick!

Who cares that 30 years ago I could get an LP in South Africa the day after
it was released in the US and must now hear, "Eric Clepton, noooo, there is
nothing new! And there is no Steve Win - what did you say? - wood. Noo, no
wood. Phone next month. We only have Bump 42 that's new"?
Kevin

Bwah ha ha, bwah ha ha!

-----Original Message-----
From: Shanahan [mailto:mowdamowda at hotmail.com] 
Sent: 21 May 2009 14:30
To: Slowhand
Subject: [Slowhand] Heads-on-a-stick??


 

 

Okay, I've watched both DVDs entirely and I can't see them.

 

Who cares about the Blind Faith songs live at last?

 

Who cares about Voodoo Chile live (for the first time ever??) ?

 

Who cares about Clapton & Winwood?

 

Where exactly are those heads-on-a-stick??

 

Tone

 

 

_________________________________________________________________
View photos of singles in your area Click Here
http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fdating%2Eninemsn%2Ecom%2Eau%
2Fsearch%2Fsearch%2Easpx%3Fexec%3Dgo%26tp%3Dq%26gc%3D2%26tr%3D1%26lage%3D18%
26uage%3D55%26cl%3D14%26sl%3D0%26dist%3D50%26po%3D1%26do%3D2%26trackingid%3D
1046138%26r2s%3D1&_t=773166090&_r=Hotmail_Endtext&_m=EXT

From mowdamowda at hotmail.com  Sat May 23 03:18:32 2009
From: mowdamowda at hotmail.com (Shanahan)
Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 17:18:32 +1000
Subject: [Slowhand] EC & SW Easter Egg?
Message-ID: <BLU149-W4624F7B30819746BD62BE8CF570@phx.gbl>


 

 

I'm not sure if this qualifies as a legitimate Easter Egg or not.

 

I've checked all the technical data relating to the Heads-on-a-stick appearances, which was spot on by the way (oh! the joy)

 

However 2 hours 15 min and 8 seconds into the performance we get a rear view of the Heads-on-a-stick!

 

How about that for bonus material?

 

Go and check it out right now.

 

Tone

 

 

 

 

 

_________________________________________________________________
Looking to change your car this year? Find car news, reviews and more
http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fsecure%2Dau%2Eimrworldwide%2Ecom%2Fcgi%2Dbin%2Fa%2Fci%5F450304%2Fet%5F2%2Fcg%5F801459%2Fpi%5F1004813%2Fai%5F859641&_t=762955845&_r=tig_OCT07&_m=EXT

From candyear at earthlink.net  Sat May 23 13:12:07 2009
From: candyear at earthlink.net (David Strahl)
Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 13:12:07 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] heads on a stick
In-Reply-To: <mailman.50.1243094478.77749.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.50.1243094478.77749.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <615DE16D-464A-48E1-B3FF-107EBA007B90@earthlink.net>

Hi,
I'm sorry that I don't share all of your enthusiasm for these heads on  
a stick. Am I missing something? In fact this blog has deteriorated  
into a silly, trivial endeavor. Just my opinion. Are we done trying to  
enjoy and analyze the music and expertise of Eric Clapton? Let me know  
when we are willing to raise the bar.
David

On May 23, 2009, at 12:01 PM, slowhand-request at planet-torque.com wrote:

> Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to
> 	slowhand at planet-torque.com
>
> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
> 	http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand
> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
> 	slowhand-request at planet-torque.com
>
> You can reach the person managing the list at
> 	slowhand-owner at planet-torque.com
>
> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..."
> Today's Topics:
>
>   1. EC & SW Easter Egg? (Shanahan)
>
> From: Shanahan <mowdamowda at hotmail.com>
> Date: May 23, 2009 3:18:32 AM EDT
> To: Slowhand <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
> Subject: [Slowhand] EC & SW Easter Egg?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I'm not sure if this qualifies as a legitimate Easter Egg or not.
>
>
>
> I've checked all the technical data relating to the Heads-on-a-stick  
> appearances, which was spot on by the way (oh! the joy)
>
>
>
> However 2 hours 15 min and 8 seconds into the performance we get a  
> rear view of the Heads-on-a-stick!
>
>
>
> How about that for bonus material?
>
>
>
> Go and check it out right now.
>
>
>
> Tone
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Looking to change your car this year? Find car news, reviews and more
> http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fsecure%2Dau%2Eimrworldwide%2Ecom%2Fcgi%2Dbin%2Fa%2Fci%5F450304%2Fet%5F2%2Fcg%5F801459%2Fpi%5F1004813%2Fai%5F859641&_t=762955845&_r=tig_OCT07&_m=EXT
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Slowhand mailing list
> Slowhand at planet-torque.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand


From mowdamowda at hotmail.com  Sat May 23 19:21:15 2009
From: mowdamowda at hotmail.com (Shanahan)
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 09:21:15 +1000
Subject: [Slowhand] Heads on a stick
Message-ID: <BLU149-W196539EA43A65164A453CBCF570@phx.gbl>


Hi David,

Lighten up ol' pal.  

Six sentences letting us know the silliness of heads-on-a-stick and not one sentence about the enjoyment and alalysis of the music of Eric Clapton.

 

What did you think of the MSG gigs?

Any ideas why they didn't do "Sea Of Joy"?

Do you think they should have shared the vocal on Voodoo Chile?

Did you like the Jeff Beck & EC numbers from Japan, Compared To What and Take You Higher?

How about EC doing an intimate Ronnie Scott's type video as Jeff did?

Collaborations.  He's revisited his old band mates and friends in recent years, who'll be next?

Okay, back to you.

 

Tone

 

PS

 

What DID Jack say after Crossroads on Wheels Of Fire?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi, 
I'm sorry that I don't share all of your enthusiasm for these heads on 
a stick. Am I missing something? In fact this blog has deteriorated 
into a silly, trivial endeavor. Just my opinion. Are we done trying to 
enjoy and analyze the music and expertise of Eric Clapton? Let me know 
when we are willing to raise the bar. 
David 


_________________________________________________________________
View photos of singles in your area Click Here
http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fdating%2Eninemsn%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fsearch%2Fsearch%2Easpx%3Fexec%3Dgo%26tp%3Dq%26gc%3D2%26tr%3D1%26lage%3D18%26uage%3D55%26cl%3D14%26sl%3D0%26dist%3D50%26po%3D1%26do%3D2%26trackingid%3D1046138%26r2s%3D1&_t=773166090&_r=Hotmail_Endtext&_m=EXT

From slowhand.net at gmail.com  Sun May 24 10:07:35 2009
From: slowhand.net at gmail.com (Steve)
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 10:07:35 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Slowhand Digest
Message-ID: <86128fd00905240707h6a5a6172qbc620e45c2dabf94@mail.gmail.com>

I admit that I have said a few silly things recently.  One reason I
did that was to try to get people to respond.  Sometimes I wonder if
anyone is still out there on the Digest.

For example, on April 16, I posted the link to the "Forever Man"
performance.  This prompted zero discussion despite the fact that it
was an amazing performance with great camera angles and a mix that
sounded better than being there in person.

Similarly, my posting about the dates of each Clapton/Winwood
performance produced no response,  I realized it is a holiday weekend,
but is no one surprised that the February 26 show was so heavily
represented?  I would have guessed that the February 28 show would be
the core of the recording instead.

And this is not the only stellar performance that has been
under-represented on the Digest.  Only one person, ChriSparky, gave an
account of Clapton's March 19 performance with the Allman Brothers.
If one relied solely on the Slowhand Digest, there was no indication
that Clapton joined the Allman Brothers again on March 20 until April
3.  At that point, Bruce Wilson quoted the "Where's Eric" site's news
item stating that individual ABB shows could be purchased.

Other than Simon George's comments, where are the RAH reviews?

The fact that Tone and I had a brief, admittedly silly exchange about
a trivial part of the DVD does not prevent anyone from starting a
serious discussion about Clapton's recent, amazing performances.

Steve

From mangs88 at verizon.net  Sun May 24 12:15:21 2009
From: mangs88 at verizon.net (Sam Mangano)
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 12:15:21 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] heads on a stick
In-Reply-To: <615DE16D-464A-48E1-B3FF-107EBA007B90@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <AC1F7DE6D8D8452493DC340B56AD46B3@manganoe038b9c>

David:

The heads on a stick are not only a "fun" thing that are acknowledged by
fellow fans as well as the artists themselves, they are a great way to see
if you yourself end up being seen somewhere in the official dvds!! (I wasn't
at MSG, but steve was)

Now, let's hear some RAH reviews! I know my buddy bluescrazy dave went to
last nite's show, which got a fairly good review on WE!....

Out
Sambo8 (creator of the heads on a stick with outlandish support by dr.
proctor)

-----Original Message-----
From: David Strahl [mailto:candyear at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 1:12 PM
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Subject: [Slowhand] heads on a stick

Hi,
I'm sorry that I don't share all of your enthusiasm for these heads on  
a stick. Am I missing something? In fact this blog has deteriorated  
into a silly, trivial endeavor. Just my opinion. Are we done trying to  
enjoy and analyze the music and expertise of Eric Clapton? Let me know  
when we are willing to raise the bar.
David

On May 23, 2009, at 12:01 PM, slowhand-request at planet-torque.com wrote:

> Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to
> 	slowhand at planet-torque.com
>
> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
> 	http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand
> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
> 	slowhand-request at planet-torque.com
>
> You can reach the person managing the list at
> 	slowhand-owner at planet-torque.com
>
> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..."
> Today's Topics:
>
>   1. EC & SW Easter Egg? (Shanahan)
>
> From: Shanahan <mowdamowda at hotmail.com>
> Date: May 23, 2009 3:18:32 AM EDT
> To: Slowhand <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
> Subject: [Slowhand] EC & SW Easter Egg?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I'm not sure if this qualifies as a legitimate Easter Egg or not.
>
>
>
> I've checked all the technical data relating to the Heads-on-a-stick  
> appearances, which was spot on by the way (oh! the joy)
>
>
>
> However 2 hours 15 min and 8 seconds into the performance we get a  
> rear view of the Heads-on-a-stick!
>
>
>
> How about that for bonus material?
>
>
>
> Go and check it out right now.
>
>
>
> Tone
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Looking to change your car this year? Find car news, reviews and more
>
http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fsecure%2Dau%2Eimrworldwide%2
Ecom%2Fcgi%2Dbin%2Fa%2Fci%5F450304%2Fet%5F2%2Fcg%5F801459%2Fpi%5F1004813%2Fa
i%5F859641&_t=762955845&_r=tig_OCT07&_m=EXT
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Slowhand mailing list
> Slowhand at planet-torque.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand





From scottw at racerxill.com  Sun May 24 14:08:49 2009
From: scottw at racerxill.com (Scott Wallenberg)
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 11:08:49 -0700
Subject: [Slowhand] Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 93
In-Reply-To: <mailman.47.1243180862.6032.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.47.1243180862.6032.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <A1CFA2F4-977A-4063-AE78-37156BB8F97D@racerxill.com>

As always there are lulls in the Digest. I admit being a little lazy  
on my posts as well
One thing that has probably hurt is having Where's Eric posting set  
lists and reviews that were once a mainstay of this forum

Here's a question
How many of you subscribed to Moogis.com to watch the Allman Beacon run?
You can now pay $5.99 to watch the EC show. Totally worth the money. I  
prefer the 20th show with Liz Reed being played but the 19th has  
Anyday with Susan Tedeschi.
Hello to all

Scott Wallenberg
from my mobile phone

On May 24, 2009, at 9:01 AM, slowhand-request at planet-torque.com wrote:

> Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to
>    slowhand at planet-torque.com
>
> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
>    http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand
> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
>    slowhand-request at planet-torque.com
>
> You can reach the person managing the list at
>    slowhand-owner at planet-torque.com
>
> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..."
>
>
> Today's Topics:
>
>   1. heads on a stick (David Strahl)
>   2. Re: Heads on a stick (Shanahan)
>   3. Slowhand Digest (Steve)
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 13:12:07 -0400
> From: David Strahl <candyear at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Slowhand] heads on a stick
> To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
> Message-ID: <615DE16D-464A-48E1-B3FF-107EBA007B90 at earthlink.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset=US-ASCII;    format=flowed;     
> delsp=yes
>
> Hi,
> I'm sorry that I don't share all of your enthusiasm for these heads on
> a stick. Am I missing something? In fact this blog has deteriorated
> into a silly, trivial endeavor. Just my opinion. Are we done trying to
> enjoy and analyze the music and expertise of Eric Clapton? Let me know
> when we are willing to raise the bar.
> David
>
> On May 23, 2009, at 12:01 PM, slowhand-request at planet-torque.com  
> wrote:
>
>> Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to
>>    slowhand at planet-torque.com
>>
>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
>>    http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand
>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
>>    slowhand-request at planet-torque.com
>>
>> You can reach the person managing the list at
>>    slowhand-owner at planet-torque.com
>>
>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
>> than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..."
>> Today's Topics:
>>
>>  1. EC & SW Easter Egg? (Shanahan)
>>
>> From: Shanahan <mowdamowda at hotmail.com>
>> Date: May 23, 2009 3:18:32 AM EDT
>> To: Slowhand <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
>> Subject: [Slowhand] EC & SW Easter Egg?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm not sure if this qualifies as a legitimate Easter Egg or not.
>>
>>
>>
>> I've checked all the technical data relating to the Heads-on-a-stick
>> appearances, which was spot on by the way (oh! the joy)
>>
>>
>>
>> However 2 hours 15 min and 8 seconds into the performance we get a
>> rear view of the Heads-on-a-stick!
>>
>>
>>
>> How about that for bonus material?
>>
>>
>>
>> Go and check it out right now.
>>
>>
>>
>> Tone
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _________________________________________________________________
>> Looking to change your car this year? Find car news, reviews and more
>> http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fsecure%2Dau%2Eimrworldwide%2Ecom%2Fcgi%2Dbin%2Fa%2Fci%5F450304%2Fet%5F2%2Fcg%5F801459%2Fpi%5F1004813%2Fai%5F859641&_t=762955845&_r=tig_OCT07&_m=EXT
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Slowhand mailing list
>> Slowhand at planet-torque.com
>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 09:21:15 +1000
> From: Shanahan <mowdamowda at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Slowhand] Heads on a stick
> To: Slowhand <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
> Message-ID: <BLU149-W196539EA43A65164A453CBCF570 at phx.gbl>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
>
> Hi David,
>
> Lighten up ol' pal.
>
> Six sentences letting us know the silliness of heads-on-a-stick and  
> not one sentence about the enjoyment and alalysis of the music of  
> Eric Clapton.
>
>
>
> What did you think of the MSG gigs?
>
> Any ideas why they didn't do "Sea Of Joy"?
>
> Do you think they should have shared the vocal on Voodoo Chile?
>
> Did you like the Jeff Beck & EC numbers from Japan, Compared To What  
> and Take You Higher?
>
> How about EC doing an intimate Ronnie Scott's type video as Jeff did?
>
> Collaborations.  He's revisited his old band mates and friends in  
> recent years, who'll be next?
>
> Okay, back to you.
>
>
>
> Tone
>
>
>
> PS
>
>
>
> What DID Jack say after Crossroads on Wheels Of Fire?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi,
> I'm sorry that I don't share all of your enthusiasm for these heads on
> a stick. Am I missing something? In fact this blog has deteriorated
> into a silly, trivial endeavor. Just my opinion. Are we done trying to
> enjoy and analyze the music and expertise of Eric Clapton? Let me know
> when we are willing to raise the bar.
> David
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> View photos of singles in your area Click Here
> http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fdating%2Eninemsn%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fsearch%2Fsearch%2Easpx%3Fexec%3Dgo%26tp%3Dq%26gc%3D2%26tr%3D1%26lage%3D18%26uage%3D55%26cl%3D14%26sl%3D0%26dist%3D50%26po%3D1%26do%3D2%26trackingid%3D1046138%26r2s%3D1&_t=773166090&_r=Hotmail_Endtext&_m=EXT
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 10:07:35 -0400
> From: Steve <slowhand.net at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Slowhand] Slowhand Digest
> To: Slowhand DIgest <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
> Message-ID:
>    <86128fd00905240707h6a5a6172qbc620e45c2dabf94 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> I admit that I have said a few silly things recently.  One reason I
> did that was to try to get people to respond.  Sometimes I wonder if
> anyone is still out there on the Digest.
>
> For example, on April 16, I posted the link to the "Forever Man"
> performance.  This prompted zero discussion despite the fact that it
> was an amazing performance with great camera angles and a mix that
> sounded better than being there in person.
>
> Similarly, my posting about the dates of each Clapton/Winwood
> performance produced no response,  I realized it is a holiday weekend,
> but is no one surprised that the February 26 show was so heavily
> represented?  I would have guessed that the February 28 show would be
> the core of the recording instead.
>
> And this is not the only stellar performance that has been
> under-represented on the Digest.  Only one person, ChriSparky, gave an
> account of Clapton's March 19 performance with the Allman Brothers.
> If one relied solely on the Slowhand Digest, there was no indication
> that Clapton joined the Allman Brothers again on March 20 until April
> 3.  At that point, Bruce Wilson quoted the "Where's Eric" site's news
> item stating that individual ABB shows could be purchased.
>
> Other than Simon George's comments, where are the RAH reviews?
>
> The fact that Tone and I had a brief, admittedly silly exchange about
> a trivial part of the DVD does not prevent anyone from starting a
> serious discussion about Clapton's recent, amazing performances.
>
> Steve
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> Slowhand mailing list
> Slowhand at planet-torque.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand
>
>
> End of Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 93
> ****************************************

From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Sun May 24 18:50:28 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 15:50:28 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] Shamed into Posting
Message-ID: <385924.11715.qm@web82608.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I've been shamed into writing a post.
I preordered the EC+SW MSG fan package months ago (via Winwood's site), and it arrived last week. Thanks to Steveo's thorough synopsis, there is little to add other than acollades for the producers and the artists. 
Two tracks on the dvd were standouts for me. The double-lead that E?& Steve played?in the latter half of "Had to Cry" is breath taking! I thought it was hot when they did that at CGF2007, and it's still hot, and what a great song to kick-off the show. The other standout for me was E's awesome guitar work on "Voodoo Chile." Man, if I hear E pontificate one more time that his skills are waning with age. Those are solos that would have been "cream" thirty years ago.
I certainly hope that when the tour begins in June that the band is in this same stripped down form, and that E leaves TimC out for good from here going forward. Although, I wouldn't mind?seeing DerekT or DoyleB there for three guitars-up-front for a rousing version of Motherless Children opener! Another personal fav...
I am also near completion of two paintings I've done for a friend, a commission no less that I will?post to my website soon -of VanMorrison.
Anxiously waiting for the ABB shows I've ordered for the 19th and 20th shows at the Beacon.
Mel

From zettiproductions at gmail.com  Mon May 25 01:30:07 2009
From: zettiproductions at gmail.com (Zetti)
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 22:30:07 -0700
Subject: [Slowhand] Torrent alert - Live in Rio 2001 DOUBLE LAYER with
 native LPCM and DTS audio tracks
Message-ID: <4A1A2CDF.6080709@gmail.com>

OK boys (and girls), there you go:


Eric Clapton - Um Reptil no Brasil  - Double Layer DVD - NTSC

http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1934122/1550444/



..and for the MK aficionados like me:


Dire Straits - Sidney 86 - Double Layer DVD - NTSC

http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1934117/5426554/



Have fun,

Zetti



From slowhand.net at gmail.com  Mon May 25 06:58:04 2009
From: slowhand.net at gmail.com (Steve)
Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 06:58:04 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Band Lineup
Message-ID: <86128fd00905250358k4e9fc804wf001141ac03065ae@mail.gmail.com>

> I certainly hope that when the tour begins in June
> that the band is in this same stripped down form, and
> that E leaves TimC out for good from here going forward.

Hi Mel, great to hear from you as always, even if the driving force is
shame :-)  You are in luck!  This is from the news archive of the
wheresericc site:

http://www.whereseric.com/news/2009/03/eric-clapton-steve-winwood-band-lineup-june-2009-united-states.html

2009 WINWOOD / CLAPTON BAND LINEUP:

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Steve Winwood - hammond organ, piano, guitar, vocals
Chris Stainton - keyboards
Willie Weeks - bass
Abe Laboriel, Jr. - drums

I'm really glad it will be essentially the same stripped down band.
We get more guitar work from Eric this way.  I'll miss Ian Thomas,
though.  He seemed to fit in with the band nicely.  His drums during
"Pearly Queen" approach some of the rolling thunder quality I heard at
the Crossroads Guitar Festival.  Nice work on "Forever Man," too.
There is something about his use of the cymbal that I find appealing
and in keeping with the era of the song.  At one point, he and Willie
almost have a disco groove going - but in a good way.

Steve

From scottw at racerxill.com  Mon May 25 18:36:19 2009
From: scottw at racerxill.com (Scott Wallenberg)
Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 16:36:19 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] Fw: about slowhand list
Message-ID: <016901c9dd89$3b154ec0$6300a8c0@D7X88DF1>




----- Original Message ----- 
From: Garret74 at aol.com 
To: scottw at racerxill.com 
Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 10:36 AM
Subject: about slowhand list


Scott...

Sorry to bother, but I can't post on the list anymore. I don't know why. I suspect this is the problem for a lot of people.
About a year ago, there was a troll that came in and posted nonsense again and again, and about the time they disappeared, I lost my subscription (for no reason). Finally, after subscribing again and again, I received my subscription, but I haven't been able to post.
So, I would like to post, it's just my posts never make it to the list. I tried again yesterday just to see, and again I'm not allowed on the list.
So, pass on that there is still interest out there, many of us are reading, but we're not allowed to post for some  reason.

Garret


From msawin at hotmail.com  Mon May 25 22:28:30 2009
From: msawin at hotmail.com (Michael Sawin)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 03:28:30 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] EC UK Tour 2009
Message-ID: <BAY128-W17E016425836C5876313A2C0520@phx.gbl>


 I guess it's time to add my 2c worth regarding the current UK tour that Eric is now more than half-way through.

 

As soon as I heard the band line-up, my heart sank. Out went Abe (who may not be the most technical drummer but is fun and adds enthusiasm to the show), out went Doyle (who was now in his usual band,the Arc Angels, as support) and in came Andy F-L, Steve Gadd & Tim Carmen. Regular readers and concert goers will, at this point, be nodding their heads in agreement. It didn't bode well, and as I drove up to Liverpool for the first mainland UK date (the REAL first date had been in Dublin, Ireland a couple of nights before ), I tried to work out a possible set list. If it was to be a case of out with the new and in with the old, then we would get the likes of 'Gin House', 'Reconsider Baby' & 'Layla' (acoustic) plus the usual stalwarts, 'Cocaine' 'Little Queen Of Spades' & 'Wonderful Tonight'. Ho-hum. Well, as it happened, the set-list was a million miles away from what he's been playing the last 4 years with all his acknowledgement to the past, namely the Dominos & Blind Faith. And there were a few surprises in there.

The Echo Arena in Liverpool is on the site of the large tent where Eric had joined John Mayall and Mick Taylor 6 years previously. I felt Eric hadn't really shone that night and so it was to be again in the new mega stadium with all it's plastic seats and plastic beer. The Arc Angels opened to only a mildly appreciative audience.  I think they really should play in 2/300 seat halls, not mega stadiums. They seemed a little nervous and didn't exude any warmth or have any rapport with the audience. Shame, really, knowing their pedigree. After a quick changeover, on came Eric. 

The set list was interesting with 'Goin' Down Slow' as the opener. It was a little ponderous but, what the heck-new band so give 'em a chance. They then launched into 'Anything for Your Love'. Now those of you who have heard that most excellent version which EC played as the opener for his UK tour in 1992 in Brighton might well be licking their lips in eager anticipation. Well, don't. This was, by far, the most turgid version I think I have ever heard. Drag-you bet it did, with absolutely no life. It didn't get better with the next offering 'Key To The Highway'. Gone was the beautiful recreation of the Dominos song we had been recently privileged to hear and it was back to 80's. It was more like a pub band playing. 

Then we had a bit of a surprise with 'Old Love' and, to his credit, Eric pulled this one up by it's socks, despite Tim's 'widdly widdly' solo. Dogs 4 blocks away were howling in pain!

Then came my favourite EC song. It must be the structure of the song but you rarely hear a duff 'Sheriff'. This one was  OK.

Next, as we have had for the last few years, Eric began the sit-down section of his concert. Is it me,but I really do feel that after working hard and gaining some sort of momentum, it all seems to be lost with the acoustic set mid-gig.  Far better, surely, to start with the acoustic set and then build up the energy. 

It had been like that at Hyde Park in 2008 when Eric, for me, had played one of his finest, energy-filled first thirds of a shows for many a year. Then it all went gut-stringed and he had to build up the energy again.

In  Dublin the crowd had been treated to an electric 'Layla' but it was back to the old days with a languid acoustic version. A new surprise was 'Lay Down Sally' ( a song we used to groan at when he over-played that in the late 80's

and early 90's) but this was jolly but pretty uninspired. Now I'm not Dylan's biggest fan but Eric's dire cover of 'Not Dark Yet' really hit a low point for me. With it's rather naive lyrics and plodding pace, I was seriously thinking about ending it all. Happily, dear reader, I decided all was not lost with a bouncy cover of Big Maceo's 'Anytime for You' . This one seemed to be from the 'Nothing But The Blues' era and I liked it. Then, nadir of the whole show was 'Over The Rainbow'. Sweet mother-why? And why at that point and not at the end (as in 2001)? You're not going to believe it but the whole audience sang along with him on this one. This was Eric lite and I really, really hated it. Of course Eric now was on the run-in to the end of the concert with passable versions of 'Badge' 'LQOS' and then that pub classic 'Before You Accuse Me'. Time for a rest for that one, surely? Of course we then had 'Wonderful Tonight' (again, workmanlike and not too shabby, either). Finally we had Cocaine with a.....ahem....'solo' by Andy that defied the laws of music and sensibility. Please, Eric-you're the lead guitarist, whoever else you have is the rhythm guitarist-let's keep it that way, eh? He does indulge Tim & Andy and generous as he is-let's start drawing a veil over that, shall we?

The encore, Crossroads, was short and to the point, with Eric delivering a no-nonsense solo and then that was it.

 

I heard after from people really near the front that Eric was sucking throat lozenges throughout so his display could have been down to that. 

I was disappointed with the show-not so much with Eric but with his band who obviously needed more rehearsals. 

I really didn't feel I was getting my moneys worth.

So, on to the next date, the MEN Arena in Manchester. Now this was more like it. The set was identical but the musical approach was not. He came on smiling and that seemed to permeate through the whole show. There were some great versions of 'Sheriff' 'Old Love' 'LQOS' and at the end of the show I felt the travelling and effort had  been worth it. 

 

As I knew long ago what the band was going to be, I decided not to buy tickets from the Albert Hall for every night but to pick a few days and attend them. I missed the opening night (first time since 1987!) but what the heck!  I spent some quality time with my grandson. 

So far I have been to the 17th, 19th, 23rd & 25th. And do you know what? I'm beginning to enjoy the shows. There's been a bit of tweaking of the set with ' Nobody Knows You' now being in there and one night-which I didn't attend (but his daughter's did) he played 'Three Little Girls' Aaahh! And he has played 'Everything Is Going To Be Alright' instead off 'BUAM'.

Last Saturday on 'Old Love' when it came to Tim's solo, he played to motif to 'Sunshine' and the whole band picked up on that and performed a memorable version. Also during 'Sheriff' Eric played the riff to 'Layla' in the middle of it and added new colour. 

This tour will be remembered by me with far less affection than the last 2 or 3. As he is about to launch into his U.S. tour with Stevie Winwood, why not bring that to the UK first?  Yes, I know they played their debut in the UK, but compared to the MSG, the words 'Chalk and Cheese' come to mind.

All in all I feel that this tour was Eric being a little lazy-throwing some guys together and hoping it works. I was impressed that Eric had Doyle and Derek in is band recently. There are some great new guitarists out there-why not use 'em? Willie Weeks was solid as was Chris Stainton. But great pedigree that he has, I feel it's time to rest Steve Gadd (sacrilege, some of you will say). And Tim Carmen. Why?

But, as we know, we belong to this forum and buy or download everything that we can because we know what he really is capable of, in a live context. And I guess we also forget that he is in his mid 60's (stop using that Grecian 2000, Eric) so after so much work and effort that he has put into his music, especially in recent years, no-one should complain. I'll shut up now.

 

 

 Oh, and Steve...keep up the 'Heads On A Stick' thing. Humour, my dear boy, is an essential in life!






_________________________________________________________________
View your Twitter and Flickr updates from one place ? Learn more!
http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/137984870/direct/01/

From cristianalauri at libero.it  Tue May 26 12:28:37 2009
From: cristianalauri at libero.it (cristianalauri at libero.it)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 18:28:37 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand] Show at the Royal Albert Hall- 16 May 2009-opening night
Message-ID: <KK9F3P$3539DDE9A82CE47C87F7176B8A7D6979@libero.it>

The opening night showed Eric at his best, the sound was amazing and fluent and Eric's committment was 100% pure.

>From "Going Down Slow", where Eric's started with absolute energy, to the very well done "I Shot The Sheriff" ... many were surprised by the acoustic version of "Layla", but I enjoyed this version a lot! A special mention to "Not Dark Yet", I think Eric covered it with such a personal touch that i liked pretty much this version than the original.

In every single song he showed us the passion and the committment that he always put in singing and playing, but that night he was giving us really the best...so I am wondering: why someone cared about the way of dressing etc!?

Eric's music was pure and passionate! In "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" his sound was delicate and he touched me.

Through the songs, like other reviewers said, the solos were important and amazing! Talking about the final songs: "Wonderful Tonight", "Cocaine" and "Crossroads", the rythm and the fun were going higher and higher from the band side and from the audience side. Edpecially "Cocaine" was inspiring almost everyone, clapping, dancing and singing!

I must also say that I appreciated very much Andy Fairweather Low's solos, but all the band was fantastic!

The atmosphere was that of a very comfortable living, thanks to the venue, but also to the honest and pure music that Eric and his band played for us. Well, passion was in The Music that night, so the show was simply great!

Thanks to Eric and the band because you touched my heart (and not just mine, I guess)!

Cristiana 


From Jeff.Marchant at alc.com  Tue May 26 12:39:28 2009
From: Jeff.Marchant at alc.com (Jeff.Marchant at alc.com)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 12:39:28 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Marchant, Jeff is out of the office.
Message-ID: <OFDE7B1583.12519306-ON852575C2.005B8142-852575C2.005B8142@alc.com>





I will be out of the office starting Tue 05/26/2009 and will not return
until Fri 05/29/2009.

I will respond to your message when I return. or contact Piyanka Pandey at
at piyanka.pandey at alc.com


From scottw at racerxill.com  Tue May 26 12:54:12 2009
From: scottw at racerxill.com (Scott Wallenberg)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 10:54:12 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] Fw:  Fw: about slowhand list
Message-ID: <04c501c9de22$ebb7b7b0$6300a8c0@D7X88DF1>





----- Original Message ----- 
From: Lance Fargo 
To: Scott Wallenberg ; EC Slowhand Digest 
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Slowhand] Fw: about slowhand list


I too have been unable to post to the list for years. I read all
of the posts with interest, and often have content that I could
share, but am unfortunately unable to do so. I was at both
Allman Bros. Beacon shows featuring EC and was dying to post
about those! Anyway, just wanted to let you guys know
that I enjoy reading your stuff.

Lance G. Fargo



From pjones at doodlesite.com  Tue May 26 13:25:56 2009
From: pjones at doodlesite.com (Phil Jones)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 18:25:56 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] EC RAH & Steve Winwood CD-DVD Comments
Message-ID: <0C820A0846B2498A9A478EB048BAF0F0@Gabbidon>

As people have commented on the lack of RAH reviews, I'll chip in.  I saw 
Eric at the RAH on 16th May and didn't think much of the gig.  At the time, 
I thought the set was pretty adventurous, but found my mind wandering quite 
a bit of the time.  A few good solos, but not a lot to write home about.

I do think special mention needs to be made about a few things.  Tim 
Carmon - why do we need those twiddly high pitched keyboard solos - frankly 
very self indulgent and irritating, taking over from where David Sacious 
left off (gimmicky crap).  Sheriff - annoying vocals from the girls on this, 
I don't know why such an arrangement would even be conceived.   Anything For 
Your Love - so much more life in the 1992 arrangement.

I agree with most of Michael Sawin's comments, particularly the acoustic 
bit.  Not Dark Yet got a bit repetitive and didn't seem to go anywhere, 
Somewhere Over the Rainbow has it's place, but it's that nice warm 'going 
home' song to end on, not something to stick in the middle and bring things 
down.

Just as my EC world was being called into question, the EC/Winwood CD/DVD 
hits my doormat - what a breath of fresh air.  Goes to prove that you don't 
need gimmicky keyboards, 2 backing vox's singing in the most inappropriate 
places or chundering rhythm guitar, just a nice tight 5 piece band does the 
job (3 piece if you're Cream).  Lovely stuff & I recommend anyone who hasn't 
got it already to fork out for it - really nice stuff.  Seems that EC's old 
comrades always make him stretch into pleasing territory.

The interviews on the DVD set are a nice surprise too.  Hope this combo 
makes it to the UK next year to make up for the dismal wasted opportunity 
that's been this year's RAH season. 


From slowhand.net at gmail.com  Tue May 26 17:23:13 2009
From: slowhand.net at gmail.com (Steve)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 17:23:13 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Recent posts
Message-ID: <86128fd00905261423n2c57c74fud3f447d68f9b6fb9@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks to all for the concert reviews.  It makes me feel like I'm there.

I recently heard from Bbanderic, who receives Slowhand Digests, but
has not been able to post in over a year.  I understand Cheryl D. is
in a similar situation.

Steve

From simon.george5 at ntlworld.com  Tue May 26 17:24:02 2009
From: simon.george5 at ntlworld.com (Simon George)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 22:24:02 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] EC UK Tour 2009
In-Reply-To: <BAY128-W17E016425836C5876313A2C0520@phx.gbl>
References: <BAY128-W17E016425836C5876313A2C0520@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <ABBC5AED72B54352B46368D578E1A111@SimonPC>

I feel I must add to this, I was at the opening night at the RAH, and pretty 
much everything you said applies here too, with the exception that the sound 
was awful, too much 'top' and very little 'bottom', with the effect that Tim 
C's solos,  especially at the top of the range felt like we were at the 
hands of Sylar in 'Heroes',  trying to cut through our skulls!
Overall this was a disappointing concert for me, I just hope its a temporary 
glitch.

Simon.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Sawin" <msawin at hotmail.com>
To: <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 3:28 AM
Subject: [Slowhand] EC UK Tour 2009



 I guess it's time to add my 2c worth regarding the current UK tour that 
Eric is now more than half-way through.



As soon as I heard the band line-up, my heart sank. Out went Abe (who may 
not be the most technical drummer but is fun and adds enthusiasm to the 
show), out went Doyle (who was now in his usual band,the Arc Angels, as 
support) and in came Andy F-L, Steve Gadd & Tim Carmen. Regular readers and 
concert goers will, at this point, be nodding their heads in agreement. It 
didn't bode well, and as I drove up to Liverpool for the first mainland UK 
date (the REAL first date had been in Dublin, Ireland a couple of nights 
before ), I tried to work out a possible set list. If it was to be a case of 
out with the new and in with the old, then we would get the likes of 'Gin 
House', 'Reconsider Baby' & 'Layla' (acoustic) plus the usual stalwarts, 
'Cocaine' 'Little Queen Of Spades' & 'Wonderful Tonight'. Ho-hum. Well, as 
it happened, the set-list was a million miles away from what he's been 
playing the last 4 years with all his acknowledgement to the past, namely 
the Dominos & Blind Faith. And there were a few surprises in there.

The Echo Arena in Liverpool is on the site of the large tent where Eric had 
joined John Mayall and Mick Taylor 6 years previously. I felt Eric hadn't 
really shone that night and so it was to be again in the new mega stadium 
with all it's plastic seats and plastic beer. The Arc Angels opened to only 
a mildly appreciative audience.  I think they really should play in 2/300 
seat halls, not mega stadiums. They seemed a little nervous and didn't exude 
any warmth or have any rapport with the audience. Shame, really, knowing 
their pedigree. After a quick changeover, on came Eric.

The set list was interesting with 'Goin' Down Slow' as the opener. It was a 
little ponderous but, what the heck-new band so give 'em a chance. They then 
launched into 'Anything for Your Love'. Now those of you who have heard that 
most excellent version which EC played as the opener for his UK tour in 1992 
in Brighton might well be licking their lips in eager anticipation. Well, 
don't. This was, by far, the most turgid version I think I have ever heard. 
Drag-you bet it did, with absolutely no life. It didn't get better with the 
next offering 'Key To The Highway'. Gone was the beautiful recreation of the 
Dominos song we had been recently privileged to hear and it was back to 
80's. It was more like a pub band playing.

Then we had a bit of a surprise with 'Old Love' and, to his credit, Eric 
pulled this one up by it's socks, despite Tim's 'widdly widdly' solo. Dogs 4 
blocks away were howling in pain!

Then came my favourite EC song. It must be the structure of the song but you 
rarely hear a duff 'Sheriff'. This one was  OK.

Next, as we have had for the last few years, Eric began the sit-down section 
of his concert. Is it me,but I really do feel that after working hard and 
gaining some sort of momentum, it all seems to be lost with the acoustic set 
mid-gig.  Far better, surely, to start with the acoustic set and then build 
up the energy.

It had been like that at Hyde Park in 2008 when Eric, for me, had played one 
of his finest, energy-filled first thirds of a shows for many a year. Then 
it all went gut-stringed and he had to build up the energy again.

In  Dublin the crowd had been treated to an electric 'Layla' but it was back 
to the old days with a languid acoustic version. A new surprise was 'Lay 
Down Sally' ( a song we used to groan at when he over-played that in the 
late 80's

and early 90's) but this was jolly but pretty uninspired. Now I'm not 
Dylan's biggest fan but Eric's dire cover of 'Not Dark Yet' really hit a low 
point for me. With it's rather naive lyrics and plodding pace, I was 
seriously thinking about ending it all. Happily, dear reader, I decided all 
was not lost with a bouncy cover of Big Maceo's 'Anytime for You' . This one 
seemed to be from the 'Nothing But The Blues' era and I liked it. Then, 
nadir of the whole show was 'Over The Rainbow'. Sweet mother-why? And why at 
that point and not at the end (as in 2001)? You're not going to believe it 
but the whole audience sang along with him on this one. This was Eric lite 
and I really, really hated it. Of course Eric now was on the run-in to the 
end of the concert with passable versions of 'Badge' 'LQOS' and then that 
pub classic 'Before You Accuse Me'. Time for a rest for that one, surely? Of 
course we then had 'Wonderful Tonight' (again, workmanlike and not too 
shabby, either). Finally we had Cocaine with a.....ahem....'solo' by Andy 
that defied the laws of music and sensibility. Please, Eric-you're the lead 
guitarist, whoever else you have is the rhythm guitarist-let's keep it that 
way, eh? He does indulge Tim & Andy and generous as he is-let's start 
drawing a veil over that, shall we?

The encore, Crossroads, was short and to the point, with Eric delivering a 
no-nonsense solo and then that was it.



I heard after from people really near the front that Eric was sucking throat 
lozenges throughout so his display could have been down to that.

I was disappointed with the show-not so much with Eric but with his band who 
obviously needed more rehearsals.

I really didn't feel I was getting my moneys worth.

So, on to the next date, the MEN Arena in Manchester. Now this was more like 
it. The set was identical but the musical approach was not. He came on 
smiling and that seemed to permeate through the whole show. There were some 
great versions of 'Sheriff' 'Old Love' 'LQOS' and at the end of the show I 
felt the travelling and effort had  been worth it.



As I knew long ago what the band was going to be, I decided not to buy 
tickets from the Albert Hall for every night but to pick a few days and 
attend them. I missed the opening night (first time since 1987!) but what 
the heck!  I spent some quality time with my grandson.

So far I have been to the 17th, 19th, 23rd & 25th. And do you know what? I'm 
beginning to enjoy the shows. There's been a bit of tweaking of the set with 
' Nobody Knows You' now being in there and one night-which I didn't attend 
(but his daughter's did) he played 'Three Little Girls' Aaahh! And he has 
played 'Everything Is Going To Be Alright' instead off 'BUAM'.

Last Saturday on 'Old Love' when it came to Tim's solo, he played to motif 
to 'Sunshine' and the whole band picked up on that and performed a memorable 
version. Also during 'Sheriff' Eric played the riff to 'Layla' in the middle 
of it and added new colour.

This tour will be remembered by me with far less affection than the last 2 
or 3. As he is about to launch into his U.S. tour with Stevie Winwood, why 
not bring that to the UK first?  Yes, I know they played their debut in the 
UK, but compared to the MSG, the words 'Chalk and Cheese' come to mind.

All in all I feel that this tour was Eric being a little lazy-throwing some 
guys together and hoping it works. I was impressed that Eric had Doyle and 
Derek in is band recently. There are some great new guitarists out there-why 
not use 'em? Willie Weeks was solid as was Chris Stainton. But great 
pedigree that he has, I feel it's time to rest Steve Gadd (sacrilege, some 
of you will say). And Tim Carmen. Why?

But, as we know, we belong to this forum and buy or download everything that 
we can because we know what he really is capable of, in a live context. And 
I guess we also forget that he is in his mid 60's (stop using that Grecian 
2000, Eric) so after so much work and effort that he has put into his music, 
especially in recent years, no-one should complain. I'll shut up now.





 Oh, and Steve...keep up the 'Heads On A Stick' thing. Humour, my dear boy, 
is an essential in life!






_________________________________________________________________
View your Twitter and Flickr updates from one place ? Learn more!
http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/137984870/direct/01/


From kevinwilson at telkomsa.net  Tue May 26 19:20:41 2009
From: kevinwilson at telkomsa.net (Kevin Wilson)
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 01:20:41 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand] Songs for Pity - 25 Feb 2009
Message-ID: <001601c9de58$997108e0$cc531aa0$@net>

I downloaded this a short while ago and have been listening to it day in and
day out on the way to work and back.

 

The sound quality/mix is great, as is the band, and the well-rounded set
list is nothing to moan about - compliments to Eric for taking his audience
through such vastly differing and exciting emotions with each song.

 

E's performance of "Hoochie Coochie Man" (early on in the show) is pure
Bluesbreakers - he probably needed to dip his head into a bowl of ice-water
afterwards to bring himself out of the zone. Wonder if Clapton anticipated
playing this number with the ABB in March? It would have been another
welcome addition to the Beacon set lists.

 

"Sheriff" is slightly reminiscent of Hyde Park 1996 and when the solo peaks
you get the impression that he didn't just shoot the nasty sheriff, but
machine-gunned every other bad-ass around to perdition. 

 

Then, for the most part, Eric carries the lead on "Why Does Love Got to Be
So Sad" on his own. The wah-wah break by Doyle is complimentary without
being challenging. Indeed, throughout the show, Doyle is there doing his
thing, but never in the way or overwhelming. The same can be said of Chris
Stainton, who has matured way past his honky-tonk plonk-along style of the
past. 

 

Again on "Little Queen of Spades" it's Eric who owns the song - I love being
carried along as the opening solo climbs and leaps and bounds, and even
prefer this part to the wild-finger-flaying ending.

 

My favourite from among the sit-down set is "Travelin' Alone", a jaunty
ditty held together by Doyle's electric guitar. Not overdone. Only the
acoustic, electric, bass and drums, with Eric on vocals.

 

Abe Laboriel Jr and Willie Weeks are the backbone throughout the show, but
the biggest surprise are backing singers Michelle and Sharon, who have
become a truly integral part of the EC unit. They are given the liberty to
add their own personality to most of the songs, eclipsing the fondly
remembered Executive PA look-alikes, Katie and Tessa.

 

"Crossroads" presents a timeless and fitting end to the show, with teases of
its Cream heydays and assurance that Eric Clapton is still among us and were
blessed by his presence.

 

Kevin

 

 


From jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com  Tue May 26 23:59:02 2009
From: jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com (James Vlahakis)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 22:59:02 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] PBS alert re winwood Clapton
Message-ID: <OF6A368FFA.DFDDD4CD-ON862575C3.0015E2B2@hinshawlaw.com>

It is good to read the recent wave of posts!  Are we just too busy these days?  I have a four year
old boy and a nine month and while I read I hardly post. As for EC content my 4 year old asks me to
sing layla to him every night (the mid tempo version with Dr John is how I sound IMHO). To my
delight as we drove together the other day I cranked "crossroads" from WofF and he said "Eric
Clapton!!"

To take this full circle, I completely enjoyed myself watching the Winwood Clapton dvd with my 82
year old father. He's seen many jazz greats and is a fan of Wes Montgomery and he was impressed by
EC and was tapping his foot.

Oh, back to my point.........I just got the following Clapton Update via email....

Long-time friends and former band mates Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood team up for a
once-in-a-lifetime reunion concert in Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood: Live From Madison Square Garden
Thursday, May 28 at 8 p.m. (ET) on THIRTEEN?s Great Performances on PBS (check local listings).
Presented in 5.1 digital surround sound on PBS HD, the special telecast captures Clapton and Winwood
at New York?s Madison Square Garden performing songs from their short-lived Blind Faith
collaboration, including Presence of the Lord, Can?t Find My Way Home, Well All Right, along with
hits from their respective solo careers.
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is an Illinois registered limited liability partnership that has elected to be governed by the Illinois Uniform Partnership Act (1997).

The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) named in this message. This communication is intended to be and to remain confidential and may be subject to applicable attorney/client and/or work product privileges. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message and its attachments. Do not deliver, distribute or copy this message and/or any attachments and if you are not the intended recipient, do not disclose the contents or take any action in reliance upon the information contained in this communication or any attachments.

From jnt.elliott at comcast.net  Wed May 27 18:34:10 2009
From: jnt.elliott at comcast.net (Jeff Elliott)
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 18:34:10 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] ERIC AT THE RAH
Message-ID: <00E9661306F348EBBC70BFD7A144C1F5@1NVTLC1>

Just returned from a wonderful trip to London during which the highlight,
obviously, was seeing Eric on the 19th at the Hall.  Eric seemed to be in
great spirits as well as top form.  I read some of the reviews from the
earlier shows in Ireland as well as the RAH and I must say that Eric and the
band were quite relaxed and ready to go from the very start (at one point
early in the show a fan of the female persuasion shouted out "welcome back
Andy" which got Eric laughing and caught Andy a bit surprised).  I agree
with some of the other reviewers in giving high marks for Going Down Slow as
the opener.  I've not heard Eric play this before and it was a nice change
of pace. 

 

I was equally excited to hear Old Love live for the first time.  It's always
been a favorite of mine and Eric's solo was spot on.  The acoustic set
slowed things down with Layla and, again, Eric, whether intentional or not,
seemed to toy a bit with Andy, asking him to play another round of the
opening stanza, to the amusement of many of us, certainly to Eric, but not
to the detriment of the song at any stretch.  Some folks may not appreciate
a little interlude like that and if it was a flubbed piece of work by EC, it
mattered to few in the Hall, as I think many of us rarely witness any real
interplay between Eric and the rest of the band.  

 

As many have posted in the digest, Eric is a man of few words, letting his
fingers do the talking, so seeing his light banter with Andy was a welcome
sight and was an indication that he was enjoying his 150th solo performance
at the RAH.

 

Eric's rendering of Dylan's Not Dark Yet was superb.  One can only hope he
chooses to record it at some point.  The YouTube version
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZiKxt15mus) from Liverpool doesn't do the
real thing any justice.

 

My favorite of the entire show, however, was Badge.  I've always thoroughly
loved that tune and to see and hear him play it live was a thrill.  The rest
of the music was great and the band was superb.  It was good to see Andy
back in the fold.

 

Cheers,

 

Jeff


From Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au  Wed May 27 19:22:44 2009
From: Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au (Jon Maclean)
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 09:22:44 +1000
Subject: [Slowhand] EC/SW DVD & CD info
In-Reply-To: <86128fd00905212113t28e59423wce267fc2c75030d9@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4CF39E538334FD4FB540C279149C7EA90151B512@srv-bx-mail5.lands.nsw>

Thanks for posting that info Steve, very helpful.
I've printed it out as a small sheet to add to the MSG package for
future reference.

On the subject of the MSG package, I was blown away with it. I was
expecting it to be good, but not as great as it has turned out.
Fantastic stuff. Eric and Steve are clearly enjoying playing together
and to hear them perform that stunning version of Voodoo Chile, well it
just doesn't get much better than that. If any of you still reading this
forum are hedging about buying the set, I'd thoroughly recommend the
DVDs at a very minimum. I paid big bucks to get the full deluxe package
shipped out here to Oz, but it has been worth every cent. Every now and
then there are times you start to wonder why you are so enamored with
Clapton's music. Hearing something like this blows those thoughts to the
weeds.

Those of you who have tickets for next months shows are in for a treat
I'm sure.

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve [mailto:slowhand.net at gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, 22 May 2009 2:13 PM
To: Slowhand DIgest
Subject: [Slowhand] EC/SW DVD & CD info

And now for something that might actually be of interest to most of us!

I have analyzed the CD and DVD and would like to share my findings.
The versions of a given song are the same on both the CD and DVD.  All
of the audio that is on the CD is also on the DVD.  The DVD has
additional material - "Kind Hearted Woman Blues," "Crossroads" and a
soundcheck of "Rambling On My Mind."  The DVD has interspersed
interviews, whereas the CD is only the concert audio.  I do not
believe the DVD or CD contain any hidden tracks.

The CD features 14 songs from February 26, 6 from February 28 and only
1 from February 25.  The DVD set features 14 songs from February 26, 8
from February 28, 2 from February 25 and a soundcheck from an unknown
date.

Here are the dates of the performances:

CD MATERIAL:
Hard To Cry Today			February 26
Low Down			February 28
Them Changes			February 26 :-(
Forever Man			February 26
Sleeping In The Ground		February 26
Presence Of The Lord		February 26
Glad				February 26
Well Alright			February 28
Double Trouble			February 28
Pearly Queen			February 26
Tell The Truth			February 26
No Face, No Name, No Number	February 26
After Midnight			February 28
Split Decision			February 26
Rambling On My Mind		February 25
Georgia On My Mind			February 26
Little Wing			February 28
Voodoo Chile			February 26
Can't Find My Way Home		February 28
Dear Mr. Fantasy			February 26
Cocaine				February 26

DVD MATERIAL
Hard To Cry Today			Same as CD
Them Changes			Same as CD :-(
Forever Man			Same as CD
Sleeping In The Ground		Same as CD
Presence Of The Lord		Same as CD
Glad				Same as CD
Well Alright			Same as CD
Double Trouble			Same as CD
Pearly Queen			Same as CD
Tell The Truth			Same as CD
No Face, No Name, No Number	Same as CD
After Midnight			Same as CD
Split Decision			Same as CD
Rambling On My Mind		Same as CD
Georgia On My Mind			Same as CD
Little Wing			Same as CD
Voodoo Chile			Same as CD
Can't Find My Way Home		Same as CD
Dear Mr. Fantasy			Same as CD
Cocaine				Same as CD

BONUS DVD MATERIAL
Low Down			February 28
Kind Hearted Woman Blues		February 28
Crossroads			February 25

If I made any errors, please let me know!

Steve


***************************************************************
This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the Department of  Lands. This email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses.
***************************************************************
Please consider the environment before printing this email.


From slowhand.net at gmail.com  Fri May 29 07:36:13 2009
From: slowhand.net at gmail.com (Steve)
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 07:36:13 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Q & A with EC in Rolling Stone
Message-ID: <86128fd00905290436s16acb588m806e165f9a997c5e@mail.gmail.com>

The June 11, 2009, issue of Rolling Stone has a Q & A with Eric
Clapton.  His answers are very interesting.  He feels that he still
has not made his best album, laughs about his recurring threats of
retirement and is planning more work with J. J. Cale as well as a solo
album.  He has no songs for the latter, though.

But the most interesting thing to me is the photo - because it is one
of mine!  Rolling Stone initially contacted me after seeing my photos
from Cuyahoga Falls on www.whereseric.com

And yes, I have bought "five copies for my mother!"

Steve

From aks112778 at hotmail.com  Fri May 29 08:37:20 2009
From: aks112778 at hotmail.com (Ken Simpson)
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 07:37:20 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 96
In-Reply-To: <mailman.274.1243380052.47101.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.274.1243380052.47101.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <SNT104-W231EF14C6946EEFE085C3FBC510@phx.gbl>


Hello,

I have watched for almost a month as lucky concert-goers in England continue to gripe, and moan, and annoyingly complain about how "off" or "ill" Eric may have been during a given show this month.  PLEASE STOP IT!  I cannot take it anymore.  Here's a note I wrote earlier today to what I view as a whiny "fan," which sums up all of my feelings on this matter:

I'm very tired of people ragging on EC's performances this year.  How many live concerts has performed in his career or in the last 15 years for that matter?  Can he be expected to be a robot that cannot make a mistake and never gets sick, or that even without a mistake or illness, is just 100% "on" during ever minute of every single performance?  The answer is NO, NO, NO.  Cut him some slack and PLEASE stop griping!!!!  If you'd rather he retire and never play another show that you can be so lucky to attend, perhaps in your own "backyard," I'm sure he could arrange that.  If not, please stop whining!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Thanks for reading, please direct any additional whiny comments to me.

Ken Simpson




_________________________________________________________________
Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail?.
http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd1_052009

From pjones at doodlesite.com  Fri May 29 13:37:40 2009
From: pjones at doodlesite.com (Phil Jones)
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 18:37:40 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] "Ragging" and "Whiney" comments
Message-ID: <A26AA03C8531415797D2B36643FDAB0F@Gabbidon>

Re the negative comments made about EC's performances this year.

Since when has this list been censored and only pro-EC postings allowed? 
We've all got our opinions and are entitled to them.  Telling me to "STOP 
IT!" when I've forked out 80quid for a ticket, then another 80 for hotels 
and 60 for rail fare and then think I've seen a gig which is not exactly 
EC's best is not on.

I've sat here reading glowing reports of the very same gig I was at and 
thought to myself "fine, that's their opinion, but I don't agree with it" - 
but I'm not going to post to the list saying "no, you're all wrong for 
saying how great you thought he was".  We were asked earlier on last week 
"where are the reviews of the RAH shows?" - so I posted mine up - and it 
reflected how I felt.

Personally, I don't think Eric made any mistakes per-se during the gig I was 
at (16th May) with regards to his playing abilities or being 'on' - his 
biggest error has been in judgement with his set list and letting Tim Carmon 
anywhere near a keyboard.

I've been lucky enough to see many EC gigs over the years, some brilliant, 
some average and some ropey.  This one falls into the ropey category (along 
with the Birmingham NEC gig of  October 1993).  I did end my comments 
earlier this week saying how great the Clapton/Winwood MSG DVD was, so I 
think I am capable of being objective about things.

As long as we're on topic, long let the comments continue (positive or 
negative).

Cheers
Phil 


From mowdamowda at hotmail.com  Fri May 29 21:26:43 2009
From: mowdamowda at hotmail.com (Shanahan)
Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 11:26:43 +1000
Subject: [Slowhand] please stop whining
Message-ID: <BLU149-W65B4E52E154EE81DBFFC55CF4E0@phx.gbl>


Ken,

 

I love the passion.  A good boot up the proverbial always works wonders.

 

I feel pretty much the same as you do, mainly because I have only had the chance to see EC three times in the past 18 years, living here in the antipodes.

 

Had I the chance to see Eric on a regular basis as those in the States, Japan and Europe, I too, would probably compare performance to performance.

 

As it is I'll thank Eric's brother every opportunity I get to see him live, and will NEVER complain, as I always find too much to marvel at with each performance(Wonderful Tonight the obvious exception, due to my shortcomings not his)

 

 

On a slightly different note, I would love to see Eric do one or all of the following at some stage:

 

1)  Record an album of covers that mean something to him and not necessarily with a view to be a big seller (is that allowed these days?), Here But I'm Gone springs to mind, and also along the Losing Hand vein.

 

2)  Try something with a different producer, with a different agenda, with a different band.

 

3)  REALLY do a collaborative studio project with someone (where it is 50 - 50, not doing the "Eric with" show, more of an "Eric AND" show.  A studio version of the SW & EC springs to mind, but with new material from both.  A big ask I know.

 

 

We've had the blues tour, Cream reunion, B.B. King, J.J. Cale, Steve Winwood, Jeff Beck and they're all great.  Listen, I could never tire of Cream, so it's not a case of 'enough already', it's just that I feel there is SO much more with Eric that he hasn't explored fully.

 

I often think of what Jimi would be doing today, or even mid 70's for that matter.

 

 

Okay, just my twopence worth.

 

Cheers

 

Tone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     >       I'm very tired of people ragging on EC's performances this year..........please stop whining!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
 


_________________________________________________________________
Looking to change your car this year? Find car news, reviews and more
http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fsecure%2Dau%2Eimrworldwide%2Ecom%2Fcgi%2Dbin%2Fa%2Fci%5F450304%2Fet%5F2%2Fcg%5F801459%2Fpi%5F1004813%2Fai%5F859641&_t=762955845&_r=tig_OCT07&_m=EXT

From mowdamowda at hotmail.com  Sat May 30 08:40:19 2009
From: mowdamowda at hotmail.com (Shanahan)
Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 22:40:19 +1000
Subject: [Slowhand] Important message
Message-ID: <BLU149-W55EE264E9AF502C49D4BF0CF4E0@phx.gbl>


 

 

YOU STINK!!

 

that is all.

_________________________________________________________________
Looking to change your car this year? Find car news, reviews and more
http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fsecure%2Dau%2Eimrworldwide%2Ecom%2Fcgi%2Dbin%2Fa%2Fci%5F450304%2Fet%5F2%2Fcg%5F801459%2Fpi%5F1004813%2Fai%5F859641&_t=762955845&_r=tig_OCT07&_m=EXT

From mowdamowda at hotmail.com  Sat May 30 08:43:33 2009
From: mowdamowda at hotmail.com (Shanahan)
Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 22:43:33 +1000
Subject: [Slowhand] Apologies for previous post
Message-ID: <BLU149-W59E8FEEC4415A83D604397CF4E0@phx.gbl>


Sorry people,

 

My daughter's name is just below Slowhand on my addresses.

 

An eye infection was responsible, honest.

 

Tone

 

 

_________________________________________________________________
Looking to change your car this year? Find car news, reviews and more
http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fsecure%2Dau%2Eimrworldwide%2Ecom%2Fcgi%2Dbin%2Fa%2Fci%5F450304%2Fet%5F2%2Fcg%5F801459%2Fpi%5F1004813%2Fai%5F859641&_t=762955845&_r=tig_OCT07&_m=EXT

From jason461 at gmail.com  Sat May 30 09:12:53 2009
From: jason461 at gmail.com (Jason Linden)
Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 09:12:53 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Stainton
Message-ID: <97ce38050905300612y3421f4cayee13178d4717ae8e@mail.gmail.com>

In the recent spirit of increased posting, I have a question: Why do people
seem to love Chris Stainton so much? His playing pretty much always bores me
to death and I find his solos to range from dull to atonal. I have known
friends and relatives to spontaneously comment on how terrible he is when I
am playing Clapton and he takes a solo, so I know I'm not alone. But
everyone on this list seems to love him when, personally, I miss Billy
Preston and David Sancious.

From jshortri at rmi.net  Sat May 30 14:52:19 2009
From: jshortri at rmi.net (John Shortridge)
Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 12:52:19 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] Vegas
In-Reply-To: <mailman.51.1243699274.97771.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.51.1243699274.97771.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <754B53D1-82D7-4A12-A51B-F2B73EE70BA1@rmi.net>

Hi,
Anyone in Vegas or Phoenix for the upcoming tour?
John 

From deltanick at comcast.net  Sat May 30 23:39:02 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (Nicholas Aleshin)
Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 23:39:02 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Ragging, Whining, And Stainton
Message-ID: <4EC1698B-3340-4C0E-AC83-F5CAD0644563@comcast.net>

I like the way Clapton has played with Steve Winwood. When he has to  
play lead guitar, it forces him to do good work. But it seems to me  
that when there are other guitarists, he often gets lazy. I don't pay  
$150 per ticket to see Doyle Bramhall or Derek Trucks play guitar; I  
pay it to see ERIC CLAPTON play guitar. When he's on, he's the best.  
When he's lazy, I feel cheated. He knows that he can do better, that  
he can play more and better guitar. And even when Winwood plays  
guitar, Clapton doesn't ramp it down. That's good, but he does seem to  
ramp it down when Doyle or Derek play alongside. While they are good  
guitarists, I want to see and hear Clapton play, not them.

Slowhand Digest subscribers know quite well that I call 'em as I see  
'em. If I think EC can do better, then I feel cheated and I'll let  
everyone here know. But I back up what I say with examples, so I don't  
consider it either ragging or whining, but criticism of someone who  
can do better. I also enjoy a good debate, as long as it's civil and  
based on substance. Listening to and watching the "Live From Madison  
Square Garden" performances give me hope that we can expect a  
"working" Eric Clapton on next months' tour with Steve Winwood.

There aren't too many keyboards players who know how to play good  
blues piano, but Chris Stainton is one of them. I also like Winwood  
and John Mayall as well. All three are among the most empathetic  
keyboards players I've heard. There are others whom I cannot recall at  
the moment, but while Dave Sancious, Tim Carmon, and Greg Phillinganes  
may be good musicians, I prefer Stainton. Why? Well, probably because  
these latter three are into more of a Motown-type/Babyface sound, and  
play weird-sounding solos that detract from the concert, in my  
opinion. But most of all, I do not find them as empathetic players as  
the previous three, at least as far as backing up Eric Clapton goes.

				DeltaNick

From jnt.elliott at comcast.net  Sun May 31 10:49:06 2009
From: jnt.elliott at comcast.net (Jeff Elliott)
Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 10:49:06 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Stainton
In-Reply-To: <97ce38050905300612y3421f4cayee13178d4717ae8e@mail.gmail.com>
References: <97ce38050905300612y3421f4cayee13178d4717ae8e@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <0C227B490E4641D2A75E47F99E73125D@1NVTLC1>

Ah, if only Billy were still with us I believe there would be no need for
Chris.  That being said, now that I've seen Eric a few times over the past
two or three years, and consequently, Chris Stainton on keyboards as well, I
have to admit that his solos do pretty much range on the tried and true and
little if any inventiveness leading to a standard repetitiveness.  Perhaps
it's the rapport he and Eric seem to have.  But then that gets into the
comfortableness discussion we seem to have here at times as well doesn't it?

Cheers,

Jeff 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Linden [mailto:jason461 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 9:13 AM
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Subject: [Slowhand] Stainton

In the recent spirit of increased posting, I have a question: Why do people
seem to love Chris Stainton so much? His playing pretty much always bores me
to death and I find his solos to range from dull to atonal. I have known
friends and relatives to spontaneously comment on how terrible he is when I
am playing Clapton and he takes a solo, so I know I'm not alone. But
everyone on this list seems to love him when, personally, I miss Billy
Preston and David Sancious.



From rickbatty at gmail.com  Sun May 31 12:48:47 2009
From: rickbatty at gmail.com (Richard Batty)
Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 09:48:47 -0700
Subject: [Slowhand] Ragging, Whining, And Stainton
Message-ID: <C64802FF.C04C%rickbatty@gmail.com>

I agree completely with Nick on this.  I want to hear EC play guitar - not
DB, AF-L or even Derek Trucks, although I did like his slide accompaniment
on the "Layla" songs on the last tour.

I'm ok hearing a Chris Stainton solo after an EC one on songs like Badge,
Cocaine etc.  But to have to listen to Doyle, Derek and Chris solos in a
long version of Little Queen of Spades when we could be listening to EC, no
thanks!

I think the EC-SW shows were as good as one could get in terms of EC's
playing.  I think EC was energized by basically doing Blind Faith the way it
could have been in 1969 and by the very interesting set list.  At the MSG
shows, I think the only Chris Stainton solo was on Cocaine.  He, Ian Thomas
and Willie Weeks were there to support EC and SW, not share the stage as CS,
DB and DT do in EC solo shows.

This was also true with the Cream reunion shows.  EC had to work really hard
as the only guitar (or keyboard) on stage.  I remember he made a comment
about how hard he had to work without a rhythm guitarist or keyboardist.  It
seems he doesn't want to work that hard anymore, which is a shame.  I wonder
if that is the main reason behind his refusal to play more Cream shows.  At
least with SW he doesn't have to work as hard with another great lead
instrumentalist on stage.

As far as keyboard players, I do like very much the 4-piece shows with Greg
Phillinganes - he doesn't get quite as far out there as Sancious or Carmon.
(I still like Steve Ferrone's drumming better than any EC drummer apart from
Ginger.)  I think Chris Stainton's playing works well with EC.  He was great
on the 1993-95 blues shows and I like his playing on shows like Hyde Park
1996.

As far as Tim Carmon goes, he absolutely ruins "Old Love", one of my
favorite EC songs, for me with those very weird sounding solos.  I have yet
to read a Slowhander saying she or he liked them.

Rick



From slowhand.net at gmail.com  Mon Jun  1 08:22:28 2009
From: slowhand.net at gmail.com (Steve)
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 08:22:28 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Ragging and Whining
Message-ID: <86128fd00906010522s1e08e878y4cdfb312985591e0@mail.gmail.com>

The "Ragging and Whining" debate has been interesting.  It seems to me
that negative comments often have a positive side.  For example, I
once observed that the July 30, 2004, concert in San Jose was better
than the July 31, 2004, show in the same venue.  This could be viewed
as a negative comment toward the July 31 show.  In truth, both shows
were excellent.

I believe it was Richard B. who said that Eric Clapton seems to really
shine in on-off situations as opposed to his regular tours.  This is
an observation that I may have realized on one level, but never quite
formulated conciously.  I don't take this as a negative comment, but
rather as a positive commentary on recent extraordinary performances
such as the shows with Winwood, the Crossroads Guitar Festivals, the
Allman Brothers guest spots and the London Cream reunion.

I can't remember who observed that "I Shot the Sheriff" is a good
indicator of how the entire show will be.  Extraordinary version of
"ISTS" = Extraordinary show.  Average version = Average show.  There
is some negativity to that comment, yet it seems to be an accurate
rule of thumb.

I enjoy considering the opinions of others even when my opinion
differs.  For example, Mel B. once told me he could have done without
"No Face, No Name, No Number" during the recent Clapton/Winwood shows.
 Yet it was a high point for me because it was one of the songs on my
beloved "Best of Traffic" album - an album so good that I actually put
it in the oven to try to fix the warp that resulted from my brother
leaving it in direct sunlight.

Clapton has often been accused of being lazy when there are other
guitarists in the band.  I believe he has even used the word to
describe himself.  More recently, though, he has said that he plays
differently if there is another guitarist in the band.  Call it what
you like, but Clapton has had this tendency for much of his career.
During my first Clapton concert, I remember thinking the then 29 year
old Clapton was washed up because George Terry was playing most of the
lead guitar.

I doubt anyone on this list has ever asked for their money back after
a Clapton show.  Many of the members of this group have travelled
around the world to see Clapton.  I appreciate the opinions of such
fans, whether positive or negative.

Steve

From deltanick at comcast.net  Mon Jun  1 12:56:09 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (deltanick at comcast.net)
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 16:56:09 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Slowhand] Ragging And Whining
Message-ID: <1266236226.14062541243875369180.JavaMail.root@sz0049a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net>

Steve,

Interesting comments.  It think there's a tendency of many fans to fawn or gush over their favorite stars, including some here on the Slowhand Digest. Others, myself included, believe that they are being objectively critical when EC plays with more or less intensity than they experience elsewhere.

I remember so often, that another guitarist (such as fill in name here _______ ) was seen  to "take EC to new heights." My opinion is that another guitarist (such as fill in name here _______ ) instead usually causes EC to play less and with less intensity.

EC takes HIMSELF to new heights when he's motivated. And often, he's motivated when he's the only guitarist and actually has to do some real work. Frank Zappa once said, "Shutup and play yer guitar." I think it's good advice.

There are exceptions, but in my experience, I find the above to be generally true.

                DeltaNick



From rickbatty at gmail.com  Mon Jun  1 14:11:57 2009
From: rickbatty at gmail.com (Richard Batty)
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:11:57 -0700
Subject: [Slowhand] FW: Slowhand Digest
In-Reply-To: <FBF49F3E-517E-40E3-A845-A2F45C3A528A@girolimon.com>
Message-ID: <C64967FD.C0E1%rickbatty@gmail.com>

Hi Dave,

Gary asked me to forward his message to you.  Seems he is another list
member who is unable to post.

Thanks for your efforts with the SD.

Rick


------ Forwarded Message
From: Gary Girolimon <gary at girolimon.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 14:08:20 -0400
To: Rick Batty <rickbatty at gmail.com>
Subject: Slowhand Digest

Hi Richard,

I am writing to ask a favor. I receive the Slowhand Digest but for some
reason can't post to it. I even tried subscribing using a different email
address.  I am writing to you because I am familiar with your name a s a
frequent poster. I think that something has happened to the digest or the
planet-torque email server. I believe that it affects other users as well as
myself. I have tried writing to Dave Hillman at
slowhand-owner at planet-torque.com but I have received no response - maybe my
email is not getting through t him either. Can you send an email to him and
the digest letting folks know that there is a problem? I think that this
might be the reason that there has been a real lull in activity lately.

Thanks,

Gary
 
__________________________________________________________________
Gary Girolimon   I    PO Box 10079    I   Bedford, NH  03110    I   Tel:
603.494.8774
Web: http://www.girolimon.com   I   Email: gary at girolimon.com   I
AIM/SKYPE: ggirol





 



------ End of Forwarded Message


From Ken_Norris at umit.maine.edu  Mon Jun  1 15:23:16 2009
From: Ken_Norris at umit.maine.edu (Ken Norris)
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:23:16 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] RAH 2009
Message-ID: <fc.004c4d193d650313004c4d193d650313.3d653243@umit.maine.edu>

I attended the first four shows of the RAH 2009 residency. I thought the first two shows and the second two were quite different, even although they had quite simiilar setlists. The first couple of shows are what I would call "EC lite." He started
heavying things up in the third and fourth shows, and my impression is that continued to happen as the run proceeded. Till finally he was back to electric Layla with Doyle on stage, and doing GTGBIALW earlier in the show. We'll have to see what
evidence the tapers can provide. 

Even though I found the first couple of shows, as shows, somewhat lightweight, he was doing material that I really liked that disappeared later on. The cover of Dylan's Not Dark Yet was reallly terrific. Also, his cover of Maceo Merriweather's
Anytime For You was quite good. What I was the most interested in was the version of Little Queen of Spades that he played at the first two shows. Mostly because he was playing A LOT of guitar. On the 16th he sang verses, then Chris S. took a piano
solo, then he sang another verse, and guitar soloing began. What I THINK happened is that the band went up to D, but EC started his solo in C, so the first couple of notes were bum notes. But AFTER THAT, wow! He played 36 bars, sang another verse,
and then played another 12. It was impressive.

The second night the structure was the same, but he was spot on with his solo from the get-go. And started out playing it a lot slower, stretching it out. But again, but one piano solo, and the rest was EC.

On the 19th and 20th he shortened his solo by one go-round, but it was still quite effective. And on the 19th and 20th he replaced Before You Accuse Me with Everything's Gonna Be Alright, a song I much prefer, perhaps because I've heard it far less
often. One of the nights on LQOS he kept the first solo down in the key of C, and then the band shifted up to D for the final solo. On four different nights he played LQOS four different ways. I was hoping it was going to be an 11 night work in
progress, but from reports I THINK he went back to spreading the solos around among band members, which just takes it back down to where it has recently been. For a few nights there he was doing something different with it. 

I agree with all the people who don't partiicularly care for Tim Carmon's keyboard solos. I think he's a really good ensemble player, but his solos are all effectsy and, on a certain level, intellectual exercises, IMHO. Certainly they don't affect
me emotionally, other than to turn me off. And it's actually kind of sad that, in Old Love, his solo comes after EC's. The quality of their playing is so different and, for me, TC kind of sinks the ship. 

Alll four performances of I Shot The Sheriff were great. I warmed up to Going Down Slow and Anything For Your Love over the four nights. I did not warm up to unplugged Layla or 15 minute Cocaine.

I'm interested to hear what the last four shows were like. I think they probably sounded and felt quite different from the earlier shows. I think there's a narrative progression in how the shows unfolded. 

Best,

Ken








From slowhand.net at gmail.com  Mon Jun  1 22:10:22 2009
From: slowhand.net at gmail.com (Steve)
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 22:10:22 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Unable to post
Message-ID: <86128fd00906011910v541621day8b81f548607c9d90@mail.gmail.com>

I heard from Mel B. today who also cannot post.  For those able to
read this but unable to post, you may want to open a gmail account.
It's free and I can post thorugh this email account.  For now.

From bluespower at cfl.rr.com  Tue Jun  2 12:08:38 2009
From: bluespower at cfl.rr.com (bluespower at cfl.rr.com)
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 12:08:38 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Whinning discussion
Message-ID: <20090602160838.FKE7X.163589.root@cdptpa-web24-z01>

I have seen EC live many times, the first being in 1970 with the Dominos - I also have several hundred shows on CDR. So my opinion is based on more than just seeing EC live a couple of times. About 1/2 of the times I have seen him he has been "on" and about 1/2 not so much. The shows I have on CDR are about the same way...1/2 on and 1/2 not. Throw into the mix about a 1 in 5 chance of EC being absolutely stellar. Some may argue with my numbers, but I believe they are "in the ballpark." As for his playing, EC always comes to the forefront when playing with other great guitarists. Seems he always wants to duel. Such as with Santana, Buddy Guy and B.B. There are many great back and forth solos with these guys. Now when his band includes another guitarist, it seems EC shares the load quite a bit. He has been doing this since his comeback in the early 70's. It isn't really something new since he has gotten older. Eric has always cherished the role of sideman. When on he is still the best - and he can still hit "that" note that we all look forward to...

JR



From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Tue Jun  2 12:18:27 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 09:18:27 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] test-posting
Message-ID: <171990.1896.qm@web82602.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

testing-testing

From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Tue Jun  2 12:31:11 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 09:31:11 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] Problems with the SHD
Message-ID: <955787.72570.qm@web82607.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I seem to be "back" again - ironic that I fell off the list given the message that I have been tryiing to send for the past 3-days... Mel
-----------------
Message below - solutions anyone?? 
Apparently, isp compatibility issues are causing problems for many slowhanders and that may in part?account for the fewer postings. I've experienced this with my Euro-cousin who is unable to email my sbc address but can reply to my yahoo address, and I have no expalnation. Or perhaps it is a problem in our digest administration????
So, this note is from Mary who?USED TO BE a frequented-poster. Mel
>Forwarded Message ----

>Hi Mel,
>I'm not sure if you remember me or not, but I used to subscribe and be a 
>very active member of the digest a few years ago. I have had lots of problems 
>getting the digest and now that I do, I have had lots of problems posting. 
>I use the address given on the digest and they seem to go nowhere.
>?
>Anyway, I was wondering if you can send me the posting address that works for you.
>??
>Also, do you remember Niels Adserson from Denmark ? 
>Has anyone heard from him recently? I have tried to email 
>him at his old address and it just bounces back.
>??
>Thanks in advance for any and all help,
>??
>Mary McFarland
>Conservation Technician
>WV Division of Culture & History
>1900 Kanawha Blvd. E.
>Charleston, WV ?? 25305
>(304) 558-0220 ex. 707
>Fax: (304) 558-2779

From rickbatty at gmail.com  Tue Jun  2 18:35:17 2009
From: rickbatty at gmail.com (Richard Batty)
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:35:17 -0700
Subject: [Slowhand] FW: CLAPTON/WINWOOD TICKETS PHILLY JUNE 12
In-Reply-To: <B03FC6C4-8913-466A-BCB0-DB53E7E683C8@girolimon.com>
Message-ID: <C64AF735.C19B%rickbatty@gmail.com>

Hi folks,

I?m forwarding the message below for Gary as it seems he is still unable to
post to the SD.  Please contact Gary at the email address below if
interested.

Thanks,

Rick


------ Forwarded Message
From: Gary Girolimon <gary at girolimon.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 12:06:34 -0400
To: Richard Batty <rickbatty at gmail.com>
Subject: CLAPTON/WINWOOD TICKETS PHILLY JUNE 12

Richard,

I tried again yesterday using a gmail account. I still can't post. Would you
mind submitting this for me?

Thank you - Gary


CLAPTON/WINWOOD TICKETS PHILLY JUNE 12

I have a pair of tickets for the Clapton/Winwood Concert in Philadelphia on
June 12 that I need to sell. I am offering them at face value: $150 each,
plus the 35.50 service charge that I paid for the pair. They are floor
seats, Section 6, Row 3, seats 1 & 2.

If interested, please contact me at the email address below. I'd like to
offer these to the digest before I put them up on eBay.

Thanks,

Gary
__________________________________________________________________
Gary Girolimon   I    PO Box 10079    I   Bedford, NH  03110    I   Tel:
603.494.8774
Web: http://www.girolimon.com <http://www.girolimon.com/>    I   Email:
gary at girolimon.com   I   AIM/SKYPE: ggirol



------ End of Forwarded Message


From seger001 at umn.edu  Tue Jun  2 20:20:54 2009
From: seger001 at umn.edu (Pat Seger)
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:20:54 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] single ticket for June 18, St Paul MN
Message-ID: <335F6EAB-4E1C-4ECD-8C2E-1DA5909EB1FD@umn.edu>

Due to a friend backing out I have a single ticket available for  
Thursday, June 18 performance at the XCel center in St Paul

Section 117   Row 19  Seat 14.

$150 + convenience charge of your choosing.  (This section listed on  
the re-sale sites for $195 - 400).

contact me directly to talk about how/where we can exchange.

seger001 at umn.edu

Pat

From Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au  Tue Jun  2 22:35:46 2009
From: Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au (Jon Maclean)
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 12:35:46 +1000
Subject: [Slowhand] FW:  Ragging, Whining, And Stainton
Message-ID: <4CF39E538334FD4FB540C279149C7EA90151B531@srv-bx-mail5.lands.nsw>

One keyboard player not so far mentioned, and who deserves a mention in
my view is Joe Sample. Joe was brilliant on the Legends tour, and on
Eric's tour of Japan, both in 1997. As you would expect, he added a jazz
feel to Eric's repertoire which I thought worked very well with both
those lineups, and also fitted the Pilgrim material he was including
back then.

I'm not so anti other band members taking solos, but prefer that to be
restricted to the extended songs, such as in Old Love and Little Queen
Of Spades. Doyle added a great deal to the overall performances early
this year, and his solos complimented Eric's well. But it stands to
reason that Eric is the guy we all expect to take the bulk of the solos.

Cheers,
Jon


-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Batty [mailto:rickbatty at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, 1 June 2009 2:49 AM
To: Slowhand Digest
Subject: Re: [Slowhand] Ragging, Whining, And Stainton

I agree completely with Nick on this.  I want to hear EC play guitar -
not
DB, AF-L or even Derek Trucks, although I did like his slide
accompaniment
on the "Layla" songs on the last tour.

I'm ok hearing a Chris Stainton solo after an EC one on songs like
Badge,
Cocaine etc.  But to have to listen to Doyle, Derek and Chris solos in a
long version of Little Queen of Spades when we could be listening to EC,
no
thanks!

I think the EC-SW shows were as good as one could get in terms of EC's
playing.  I think EC was energized by basically doing Blind Faith the
way it
could have been in 1969 and by the very interesting set list.  At the
MSG
shows, I think the only Chris Stainton solo was on Cocaine.  He, Ian
Thomas
and Willie Weeks were there to support EC and SW, not share the stage as
CS,
DB and DT do in EC solo shows.

This was also true with the Cream reunion shows.  EC had to work really
hard
as the only guitar (or keyboard) on stage.  I remember he made a comment
about how hard he had to work without a rhythm guitarist or keyboardist.
It
seems he doesn't want to work that hard anymore, which is a shame.  I
wonder
if that is the main reason behind his refusal to play more Cream shows.
At
least with SW he doesn't have to work as hard with another great lead
instrumentalist on stage.

As far as keyboard players, I do like very much the 4-piece shows with
Greg
Phillinganes - he doesn't get quite as far out there as Sancious or
Carmon.
(I still like Steve Ferrone's drumming better than any EC drummer apart
from
Ginger.)  I think Chris Stainton's playing works well with EC.  He was
great
on the 1993-95 blues shows and I like his playing on shows like Hyde
Park
1996.

As far as Tim Carmon goes, he absolutely ruins "Old Love", one of my
favorite EC songs, for me with those very weird sounding solos.  I have
yet
to read a Slowhander saying she or he liked them.

Rick




***************************************************************
This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the Department of  Lands. This email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses.
***************************************************************
Please consider the environment before printing this email.


From deltanick at comcast.net  Wed Jun  3 05:29:30 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick)
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 05:29:30 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Upcoming EC & SW Tour
Message-ID: <D4B9AC71D66A4529AD82845BECD2297B@4MT8H51>

Although Abe Lobriel, Jr. rather than Ian Thomas will be the drummer for the upcoming EC & SW tour, another change has been made: Michelle John and Sharon White will provide backing vocals.

I don't know if this will be a plus or a minus. What I really liked about the Madison Square Garden performances, last year, was the fact that the band was a bare-bones, basic blues or rock band.

I sure hope they don't add extra keyboards, drums, and guitarists! The smaller the better.

                DeltaNick

From scottw at racerxill.com  Wed Jun  3 12:14:12 2009
From: scottw at racerxill.com (Scott Wallenberg)
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 10:14:12 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 104
References: <mailman.59.1244044868.2020.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <007d01c9e466$5930b050$6300a8c0@D7X88DF1>

test post #3


Scott Wallenberg 

From NOAH.SEIDENBERG at cbexchange.com  Wed Jun  3 12:36:27 2009
From: NOAH.SEIDENBERG at cbexchange.com (SEIDENBERG, NOAH)
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 11:36:27 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] EC SW Chicago United Center 6-17
Message-ID: <394E9697-EA68-489C-9026-7CF082D866EF@mimectl>

Does anyone who has gone the United Center in Chi know what happened with the Billy Goat tavern which was next door? I haven't been there in a few years (not since EC a couple of years ago).

We are trying to play a Slowhanders get together before the show if anyone is interested.

Noah

Noah Seidenberg
Coldwell Banker Evanston
Toll Free (800) 858-7917
Office (847) 316-8529
Fax (847) 939-5636

On the web:
http://www.coldwellbankerevanston.com/
http://www.noahshomes.com/
Real Estate Specialist Chicago-land and Suburbs
Licensed Illinois real estate agent

----------------------------------------------------------------------
"The information in this electronic mail message is the sender's 
confidential business and may be legally privileged. It is intended 
solely for the addressee(s). Access to this internet electronic mail 
message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended 
recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken 
or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be 
unlawful."

"The sender believes that this E-mail and any attachments were free 
of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and/or malicious code when sent. 
This message and its attachments could have been infected during 
transmission. By reading the message and opening any attachments, the
recipient accepts full responsibility for taking protective and 
remedial action about viruses and other defects. The sender's 
employer is not liable for any loss or damage arising in any way 
from this message or its attachments."

From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Wed Jun  3 13:41:21 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 10:41:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] Discussion
Message-ID: <512006.15892.qm@web82602.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Keyboardsmen, I am in sync with DeltaN and RickB on this discussion. I also loved Joe Sample's contributions to the band, a very fine musician, during the band's?jazz period. No one has mentioned one of my favs - Chuck Leavell who was "just right" for the unplugged tour. Also, Johnnie Johnson, another all-time favorites of mine, played some incredible gigs with the band in the 80s. Of course Billy Preston was superb on the Hammond and arguably a contender for 'most valuable player' on tour in the band. What an incredibly lovable character!? As far as guitarmen go, I have my favs, but I think it's safe to say that we all go to a Clapton?concert to hear and see E play like few mortals can. I have to say - there are times when there is nothing like a gaggle of guitarists playing in unison, and I am referring to "Motherless Children," a song that gets me going! It would be truly stirring to hear that song's refrain open a show (and me in the 5th row)...
 All that said - Steve Winwood is the best companion I have ever heard with Eric. The two are truly yin?& yang complementing one another continuously. Every song. Their guitar styles are sometimes very similar, and one of my favorite examples is the double-lead that they played in "Had to Cry Today." The collaboration is also good for the setlist introducing some welcome diversity. I'll go out on a limb here to say that this duo is greater than the sum of its parts.
Mel :-)

From greghilker at gmx.de  Wed Jun  3 17:10:52 2009
From: greghilker at gmx.de (Greg Hilker)
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:10:52 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand]  Whinning discussion
Message-ID: <4A26E6DC.2080308@gmx.de>

I've been lurking too long.

I attended the 3rd RAH Cream show and remember thinking: "Man, Eric is working his ass off tonite". Watching the DVD of the EC/SW MSG show, I though the same thing. Heck, on "Glad" his guitar almost sounds like a Sax! He also busted his butt with the Legends at the Montreux Jazz Festival where EC was definitely not in his comfortable confines of the blues most of the time.

And that takes us back to Cream, where EC was the only guitarist. He played his ass off there, too -- because he had to, otherwise they wouldn't have had that full sound that they had.

Which leads me to the discussion about whether EC plays better with other guitarists or alone. For me, he has proven that he can be a workhorse and, for me, he is at his best when he "has" to do that. When he is the only guitarist on the stage, then he can't be lazy and he busts his chops. And he plays at his best then, too.

When he shares the stage with another guitarist, he has the chance to get lazy. Depending on which guitarist he's "competing" with, he will either just lay back the whole time (if the other guy isn't up to par with him), or he will occasionally try to blow the other guy away (if the other guitarist is really good). At any rate, in such situations, EC is more than happy to share the load with the other guy(s) and definitely plays much less inspired.

I absolutely love the EC/SW at MSG DVD/CD! Clapton plays like he did back in the 60's -- EXCELLENT! The whole band is absolutely on. And Clapton, what a wonderful guitarist!

Schoene Gruesse aus Deutschland,
Greg Hilker-Schmele



From mangs88 at verizon.net  Wed Jun  3 18:04:42 2009
From: mangs88 at verizon.net (Sam Mangano)
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:04:42 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] test
Message-ID: <4BDEDE4E39554A749D79ACCB30E268ED@manganoe038b9c>

test


From mangs88 at verizon.net  Wed Jun  3 18:09:50 2009
From: mangs88 at verizon.net (Sam Mangano)
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:09:50 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] wierd posting problems
Message-ID: <BE72C5D785D24406937C81F48BBF3C39@manganoe038b9c>

I have verizon.net as my provider. When I send an email to the digest
originating in outlook then send it up to the verizon server, it posts to
the digest. However, if I am checking my email from verizon's online website
and send an email from it to the digest, it doesn't show up on the digest?

 

Out

Sambo8

 

Ps I posted that I pretty much like stainton, but his 1 chord repetitive
chiming during cocaine and crossroads is grating on the nerves..also, my
twins watched the EC/SW dvd with me last week and asked me about stainton
"why is there a girl in the band"??


From Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au  Wed Jun  3 20:17:45 2009
From: Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au (Jon Maclean)
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 10:17:45 +1000
Subject: [Slowhand] Upcoming EC & SW Tour
Message-ID: <4CF39E538334FD4FB540C279149C7EA90151B536@srv-bx-mail5.lands.nsw>

Couldn't agree more.
Sometimes the harmony singers add to songs (Running On Faith), other
times they detract (Key to the Highway, Crossroads).
But that was one of the many things I liked about the MSG shows too.

Cheers,
Jon


-----Original Message-----
From: DeltaNick [mailto:deltanick at comcast.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, 3 June 2009 7:30 PM
To: Slowhand Digest
Subject: [Slowhand] Upcoming EC & SW Tour

Although Abe Lobriel, Jr. rather than Ian Thomas will be the drummer for
the upcoming EC & SW tour, another change has been made: Michelle John
and Sharon White will provide backing vocals.

I don't know if this will be a plus or a minus. What I really liked
about the Madison Square Garden performances, last year, was the fact
that the band was a bare-bones, basic blues or rock band.

I sure hope they don't add extra keyboards, drums, and guitarists! The
smaller the better.

                DeltaNick

***************************************************************
This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the Department of  Lands. This email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses.
***************************************************************
Please consider the environment before printing this email.


From steve at stevepope.com  Thu Jun  4 14:19:56 2009
From: steve at stevepope.com (Steve Pope)
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:19:56 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] EC in Chicago
Message-ID: <50266.75.170.249.229.1244139596.squirrel@mail.stevepopephotography.com>

Hello to all.
We ended up with 4 extra tickets (2 sets of 2) for the Chicago June 17th
show. Lower
bowl, pretty good seats. Would like to find someone interested here
instead of trying to deal
with sellilng them at the show. Face value.
Contact Steve Pope at steve at stevepope.com or call 515-770-1869...

thanks,
Steve Pope


Steve Pope
1249 71st Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50311
515-770-1869 (cell)
steve at stevepope.com (email)


From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Thu Jun  4 19:57:48 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 16:57:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] Cadillac records
Message-ID: <792346.74264.qm@web82602.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I must be the only SHdr who hadn't seen this movie - til now. We watched it twice. If you haven't, do; it's certain worth the time.?The director's cut with commentary by Darnell Martin explained a good deal about her motivation and the license she took at times with historical facts. My fav character was Eamonn Walker as Howlin' Wolf - eerie good! The acting was excellent throughout, and the movie budget was bargain basement. Beyonce was superb. HubbieSumlin cameo was priceless! Mel

From deltanick at comcast.net  Fri Jun  5 09:33:39 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick)
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 09:33:39 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Ragging and Whining
Message-ID: <D5AD54048DFE4251958E2DE6C2DEF36B@4MT8H51>

All,

I am posting the below e-mail for another unlucky subscribewr who cannot.

What's curious is that 2-3 years ago, I myself couldn't post, and was not receiving the Slowhand Digest. But about 2 years ago, everything returned to "normal."

                DeltaNick

----- Original Message ----- 
From: David Strahl 
To: deltanick at comcast.net 
Sent: Thursday, 04 June 2009 12:40
Subject: posting difficulties


Hi,
I've not been able to post to Slowhand Request. Would you be so kind  
as to send this in for me. So sorry for the trouble.

RE. Ragging and Whining

Hi,
Hey, let's face it EC is human. I was at the Cream reunion at the  
Garden. It was borderline awful. Sorry I'm not just gonna rag on  
Clapton because I'm a huge fan. I've seen him many times. I know when  
he's on and I know when he's faking. Both Crossroads shows were  
stellar. The Winwood collaboration at the Garden was tremendous. I'd  
be going this time if it was in NY and not NJ. But that's a different  
story. In answer to Delta Nick's comments, Derek Trucks is the best  
thing to happen to EC in a while. I was at the Allmans final Beacon  
concert and it dawned on me. That boy makes everyone step up. He has  
that affect on other players. It's a unique quality. It also comes  
from that blues "gun slinger" thing. You try to "cut" the other guy or  
outplay him. Also having another guitar player allows for more  
interplay. If you're playing rhythm, you're not playing lead etc.  
Another guitarist might also allow you to reinterpret your older  
material. In addition I love what Chris Stainton does. His take on  
Cocaine was dynamite. Let's face it that song is tired so it needed a  
little nuance. ("dirty cocaine" YUK) But I digress. The reason you go  
to a few shows of a tour is because some are going to be brilliant and  
others not. You are well within your rights to speak up. Sadly ticket  
prices don't always allow for multiple shows so there's a lot riding  
on a given performance. Don't kid yourself. Clapton feels the pressure  
to put on a good show. It's natural. But it's the nature of the beast.  
Some performances will magically align themselves and will be other  
worldly and others well... I think Clapton does try different things  
to shake it up. I give him credit for that. His jazz chops need a  
little work. Maybe he should woodshed and do a more jazzy tour in the  
vein of that Montreux DVD with horns. Again, it isn't his real  
strength. One thing is for sure. I believe Clapton does keep  
challenging himself and that makes for great music.
peace,
David



From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Fri Jun  5 12:12:33 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 09:12:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] Dave's Post
Message-ID: <247612.2411.qm@web82601.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

It was good to read David Strahl's posting - haven't heard from you in a while. Good post!
Mel

From jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com  Fri Jun  5 12:30:05 2009
From: jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com (James Vlahakis)
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 11:30:05 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] live recording website for clapton concerts
In-Reply-To: <mailman.57.1244217677.38809.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <OF9546D456.273DBF01-ON862575CC.005A4BB9-862575CC.005AA4FF@hinshawlaw.com>

FYI, check this site out.  I know some people don't like trading MP3s, 
even high quality ones, but  there are good recordings from this site.  As 
you all know, make sure when you trade that you let the other person know 
the origin and byte quality of the tracks.  I don't have a ton of time to 
collect with two little kids at home, so this site if very helpful.

Now I hope that this post does not result in the site being shut down by 
EC's people.  If they are reading this, please note that I would buy EVERY 
EC recording if he issued "instant live" records like the Allman Brothers 
Band!

Cheers,

-James from Chicago

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is an Illinois registered limited liability partnership that has elected to be governed by the Illinois Uniform Partnership Act (1997).

The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) named in this message. This communication is intended to be and to remain confidential and may be subject to applicable attorney/client and/or work product privileges. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message and its attachments. Do not deliver, distribute or copy this message and/or any attachments and if you are not the intended recipient, do not disclose the contents or take any action in reliance upon the information contained in this communication or any attachments.

From hillman at planet-torque.com  Fri Jun  5 15:29:17 2009
From: hillman at planet-torque.com (David Hillman)
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 15:29:17 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] EC SW Chicago United Center 6-17
In-Reply-To: <mailman.61.1244131297.32860.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.61.1244131297.32860.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <20090605152420.H37851@itonami.pair.com>

Noah wrote...
> Does anyone who has gone the United Center in Chi know what happened 
> with the Billy Goat tavern which was next door? I haven't been there in 
> a few years (not since EC a couple of years ago).
> 
> We are trying to play a Slowhanders get together before the show if 
> anyone is interested.

    The Billy Goat is still there, although not 'next door'.  It's at 1535 
West Madison, two and a half blocks due east of the United Center.

http://www.billygoattavern.com/locations.html

--
  David Hillman
  ... drinking a Pepsi right now, ironically.

From rickbatty at gmail.com  Mon Jun  8 13:41:40 2009
From: rickbatty at gmail.com (Richard Batty)
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:41:40 -0700
Subject: [Slowhand] Looking for single or pair of tickets for EC-SW in
	Oakland...
Message-ID: <C6529B64.C3C5%rickbatty@gmail.com>

Hi folks, 

I'm monitoring Craig's List for EC-SW tickets for Oakland on June 29 but
thought I would throw out a request to the SD.  I'm interested in a decent
seat (i.e. Lower level not too far from away from the stage) or possibly a
pair.  You can reach me at rickbatty at gmail.com

Many thanks,

Rick



From steve at stevepope.com  Tue Jun  9 12:50:43 2009
From: steve at stevepope.com (Steve Pope)
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 11:50:43 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] Tickets
Message-ID: <58731.67.224.68.2.1244566243.squirrel@mail.stevepopephotography.com>

Hello to all!
   Sorry to take up space with ticket info but I still have 4 tickets (2
sets of 2) for Chicago
and one set of 2 for St. Paul. Chicago tickets are lower bowl, towards the
back on the side and the St. Paul tickets are in Sec C25....

Cheers to all from Des Moines


Steve Pope Photography, LLC
1249 71st Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50311
515-770-1869 (cell)
steve at stevepope.com (email)


From NOAH.SEIDENBERG at cbexchange.com  Tue Jun  9 15:03:00 2009
From: NOAH.SEIDENBERG at cbexchange.com (SEIDENBERG, NOAH)
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 14:03:00 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] EC SW Chicago United Center
Message-ID: <C89B3608-06FC-428C-B896-F9B166EC50AE@mimectl>

David was kind enough to point out the Billy Goat is at 
1535 West Madison a few blocks away.

http://www.billygoattavern.com/locations.html

Does anyone who is going to the show want to meet up for a beer and munch before the show?

Noah



Noah Seidenberg
Coldwell Banker Evanston
Toll Free (800) 858-7917
Office (847) 316-8529
Fax (847) 939-5636

On the web:
http://www.coldwellbankerevanston.com/
http://www.noahshomes.com/
Real Estate Specialist Chicago-land and Suburbs
Licensed Illinois real estate agent

----------------------------------------------------------------------
"The information in this electronic mail message is the sender's 
confidential business and may be legally privileged. It is intended 
solely for the addressee(s). Access to this internet electronic mail 
message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended 
recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken 
or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be 
unlawful."

"The sender believes that this E-mail and any attachments were free 
of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and/or malicious code when sent. 
This message and its attachments could have been infected during 
transmission. By reading the message and opening any attachments, the
recipient accepts full responsibility for taking protective and 
remedial action about viruses and other defects. The sender's 
employer is not liable for any loss or damage arising in any way 
from this message or its attachments."

From seger001 at umn.edu  Tue Jun  9 21:24:58 2009
From: seger001 at umn.edu (Pat Seger)
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 20:24:58 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] single ticket available for St Paul MN
Message-ID: <DE83FCE8-EF9D-4EAF-B7A9-B9C2C348BFB5@umn.edu>

I do not want to resort to Craig's list & I would rather the ticket  
go to a fan so if you are interested please contact me off list at:   
seger001 at umn.edu to discuss payment and exchange.

Thursday, June 18 performance at the XCel center in St Paul

Section 117   Row 19  Seat 14.

I paid $150 and at a minimum would like to recoup the cost.


Pat


From roberte at comcast.net  Wed Jun 10 17:58:45 2009
From: roberte at comcast.net (Robert Ender)
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:58:45 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] EXTRA TICKET TONiGHT 6-10-09 IZOD Center  2nd ROW!
Message-ID: <4A302C95.1030402@comcast.net>

Extra Ticket for TONIGHT'S Clapton / Winwood show. Fellow slowhander... 
2ND ROW SEAT SECTION 9 Row B
Call Robert directly (quickly) 732-213-4777

From slowhand.net at gmail.com  Wed Jun 10 21:46:34 2009
From: slowhand.net at gmail.com (Steve)
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:46:34 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] EC show in East Rutherford
Message-ID: <86128fd00906101846j525585f0j86c913380bc2bce8@mail.gmail.com>

Hi everyone,

I have been receiving text messages from Geetarz.  The show started
the same with "Had to Cry Today" and "Lowdown."  Then "After
Midnight."  After "Well All Right," EC dedicated "Too Bad" to Hubert
Sumlin.  "No Face, No Name, No Number" remains in the setlist.
Acoustic "Layla" has been added.  That's all I know for now!

Steve

From slowhand.net at gmail.com  Thu Jun 11 04:06:24 2009
From: slowhand.net at gmail.com (Steve)
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:06:24 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] East Rutherford setlist
Message-ID: <86128fd00906110106p62d41a3ch9924d3754e77d145@mail.gmail.com>

>From http://www.whereseric.com/news/2009/06/eric-clapton-steve-winwood-tour-izod-center-east-rutherford-new-jersey-10-june-2009-set-list-review.html
 The song dedicated to Hubert Sumlin is identified as "Tough Luck
Blues" rather than "Too Bad."  Mr. Sumlin was reportedly in the
audience.

01. Had To Cry Today
02. Low Down
03. After Midnight
04. Sleeping In The Ground
05. Presence Of The Lord
06. Glad
07. Well Alright
08. Tough Luck Blues
09. Tell The Truth
10. Pearly Queen
11. No Face, No Name, No Number
12. Forever Man
13. Georgia On My Mind - Steve Winwood solo
14. Driftin' - acoustic
15. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
16. Layla - acoustic version
17. Can't Find My Way Home
18. Split Decision
19. Little Wing
20. Voodoo Chile
21. Cocaine

Encore:
22. Dear Mr. Fantasy

Steve-O

From rick3080 at sbcglobal.net  Thu Jun 11 11:32:21 2009
From: rick3080 at sbcglobal.net (Rick Liskow)
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:32:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] EC SW Tix - Las Vegas MGM Grand
In-Reply-To: <mailman.52.1244649666.42925.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.52.1244649666.42925.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <720832.21191.qm@web82201.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hey Guys,

I have two extra tickets for the June 27th show in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand.
Floor seats Section F Row F.

With the Ticketmaster?fees, I paid $200 each and will let them go for that.

If you're interested, contact me off digest at rick3080 at sbcglobal.net 

Rick?




________________________________
From: "slowhand-request at planet-torque.com" <slowhand-request at planet-torque.com>
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 9:01:06 AM
Subject: Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 109

Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to
??? slowhand at planet-torque.com

To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
??? http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand
or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
??? slowhand-request at planet-torque.com

You can reach the person managing the list at
??? slowhand-owner at planet-torque.com

When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..."
Today's Topics:

? 1. Tickets (Steve Pope)
? 2. EC SW Chicago United Center (SEIDENBERG, NOAH)
? 3. single ticket available for St Paul MN (Pat Seger)


-----Inline Message Follows-----

Hello to all!
? Sorry to take up space with ticket info but I still have 4 tickets (2
sets of 2) for Chicago
and one set of 2 for St. Paul. Chicago tickets are lower bowl, towards the
back on the side and the St. Paul tickets are in Sec C25....

Cheers to all from Des Moines


Steve Pope Photography, LLC
1249 71st Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50311
515-770-1869 (cell)
steve at stevepope.com (email)




-----Inline Message Follows-----

David was kind enough to point out the Billy Goat is at 
1535 West Madison a few blocks away.

http://www.billygoattavern.com/locations.html

Does anyone who is going to the show want to meet up for a beer and munch before the show?

Noah



Noah Seidenberg
Coldwell Banker Evanston
Toll Free (800) 858-7917
Office (847) 316-8529
Fax (847) 939-5636

On the web:
http://www.coldwellbankerevanston.com/
http://www.noahshomes.com/
Real Estate Specialist Chicago-land and Suburbs
Licensed Illinois real estate agent

----------------------------------------------------------------------
"The information in this electronic mail message is the sender's 
confidential business and may be legally privileged. It is intended 
solely for the addressee(s). Access to this internet electronic mail 
message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended 
recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken 
or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be 
unlawful."

"The sender believes that this E-mail and any attachments were free 
of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and/or malicious code when sent. 
This message and its attachments could have been infected during 
transmission. By reading the message and opening any attachments, the
recipient accepts full responsibility for taking protective and 
remedial action about viruses and other defects. The sender's 
employer is not liable for any loss or damage arising in any way 
from this message or its attachments."



-----Inline Message Follows-----

I do not want to resort to Craig's list & I would rather the ticket go to a fan so if you are interested please contact me off list at:? seger001 at umn.edu to discuss payment and exchange.

Thursday, June 18 performance at the XCel center in St Paul

Section 117? Row 19? Seat 14.

I paid $150 and at a minimum would like to recoup the cost.


Pat


_______________________________________________
Slowhand mailing list
Slowhand at planet-torque.com
http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand

From jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com  Thu Jun 11 12:40:48 2009
From: jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com (James Vlahakis)
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:40:48 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Extra Ticket for Chicago Show - Section 4 (on the floor),
	Row 8, Seat 5
In-Reply-To: <mailman.41.1244736065.75665.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <OF028661BB.24FA947C-ON862575D2.005A7A69-862575D2.005B9FF1@hinshawlaw.com>

A friend had do cancel at the last minute.  I have an extra hard (not 
e-mail) ticket Section 4 (on the floor), Row 8, Seat 5.  Total with 
Ticketmaster charges is $167.00

I want this to got to a Slowhander before I try to sell it on Ebay or 
Craigslist.  I can overnight the ticket to you after you pay via paypal or 
you mail me the check.

E-mail or contact me through the below information.

James C. Vlahakis
Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP
222 N. LaSalle, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60601
312-704-3715
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is an Illinois registered limited liability partnership that has elected to be governed by the Illinois Uniform Partnership Act (1997).

The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) named in this message. This communication is intended to be and to remain confidential and may be subject to applicable attorney/client and/or work product privileges. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message and its attachments. Do not deliver, distribute or copy this message and/or any attachments and if you are not the intended recipient, do not disclose the contents or take any action in reliance upon the information contained in this communication or any attachments.

From jerry.cruise at gmail.com  Fri Jun 12 16:40:03 2009
From: jerry.cruise at gmail.com (Jerry Cruise)
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:40:03 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] DC Shows
Message-ID: <89a51560906121340l1c33c068j332391687efa570@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,
Any fellow Slowhanders meeting before the show on Sat. the 13th?

Cheers
JC

From wdeli at aol.com  Sun Jun 14 00:12:32 2009
From: wdeli at aol.com (wdeli at aol.com)
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:12:32 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] columbus
Message-ID: <8CBBABD795F2C1E-AC8-1573@webmail-mh02.sysops.aol.com>

meeting before Columbus show,Mon anyone? looking for yoder

From deltanick at comcast.net  Sun Jun 14 20:37:01 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (Nicholas Aleshin)
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:37:01 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Review: EC & SW, Verizon Center, Washington, 13 June 09
Message-ID: <BB2EF3EF-2B30-450D-8438-386EB5DA10A1@comcast.net>

This was a GREAT show! It started off like last year's at Madison  
Square Garden (MSG). I think the girl singers added on some tunes, but  
didn't really detract. Some arrangements changed, and there were some  
different songs. I'd divide the show into three distinct sections:

1. The Good Stuff (1-12) - This is where the band played their best  
and for those who wanted to hear Clapton play guitar. The band's take  
on "Glad," a Winwood instrumental was solid, improvisational music  
that has evolved since last year at MSG, with Clapton taking a more  
active role in the foreground with his guitar. This section of the  
concert was more than half the set list.

The highlight for me was the show's blues tune: "Tough Luck Blues,"  
the B-side to Big Maceo's 1941 single, "Worried Life Blues." On this  
one, Clapton really outdid himself: lots of beatiful, flowing blues  
guitar. It started like "Have You Ever Loved A Woman." Twice during  
the song, it came to a stop, like BB King's "How Blue Can You Get" ("I  
took you out for dinner, you said 'Thanks for the snack.' I gave you  
seven children, and now you wanna give them back!"), although the  
words are entirely different. The crowd went wild and were  
appreciative of EC's playing. However, this was one of those blues  
solos to die for! It's what I am looking for in every Clapton show,  
and often do NOT hear. But when EC & SW play together, the quality of  
EC's guitar playing improves immeasurably: it was REALLY stupendous! I  
think this one was even better than "Double Trouble" at MSG last year.  
I sure hope someone recorded it, because it's one of the best Clapton  
solos I've heard in decades: simply magical!

Other guitar highlights were "After Midnight" and "Little Wing."  
Although I never cared for the song "After Midnight," Clapton has  
turned it into a guitar exploratory, which I truly enjoy. Folks,  
several years back, I opined that I'd like to see Clapton concentrate  
a bit more on his guitar playing, but was told that I was stuck in the  
past. Not so! At both last year's EC & SW concerts in NY, and this  
show, EC is doing EXACTLY what I requested. To me, THIS is what it's  
all about.

2. The Sit-Down (13-17) - This section served as sort of an  
intermission for the band, as Winwood took a solo "Georgia On My  
Mind," accompanying himself on Hammond B3 organ. Next, Clapton played  
acoustic guitar. Although the band joined in, they did so highlighting  
the soft, acoustic sounds. And Steve Winwood, also on acoustic guitar,  
sat down with Clapton as they played a wonderful version of "Can't  
Find My Way Home," that was both intricate and mellow, as on the  
"Blind Faith" album. This was really beautiful. And I really liked the  
rollicking version of "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out," as  
did the audience.

3. The Crowd Pleasers (18-21) - The last three songs plus encore were  
the crowd pleasers. Fortunately, there was no "Wonderful Tonight," as  
the crowd went nuts and stood for this last quarter. "Crossroads" was  
performed in the "Willy And The Hand Jive" style, and "Voodoo Chile"  
had a different feel from the version done last year at MSG, but was  
still very good. "Cocaine" has never been a favorite of mine, but most  
people stood and enjoyed. With the earlier "Tough Luck Blues," I can  
easily handle listening to "Cocaine."

The Bad - For some strange reason, there were bright lights BEHIND the  
band, and they often shined into the eyes of the audience. Although it  
got a bit better as the show went on, this really sucked. If anyone  
from the show is reading this, "Stop it NOW, as the crowd really  
dislikes it. It's a turn-off." The crowd on the floor may not have  
witnessed this, as the lights were probably too low up front. But in  
the stands, it was literally blinding, especially for the first couple  
of songs. Later on, the lights were colored, and not quite as bright.  
I wonder what numbskull came up with this asinine idea.

I simply LOVE EC's guitar playing -- especially his blues guitar  
improvisations -- when he plays like this. And this isn't any trip  
down Memory Lane; it's NOW! Thank you, Eric. Keep up the GREAT work!  
And to Steve Winwood, I don't know what you do, but when he plays  
guitar with you, Eric is a man possessed. Keep doing what you do.
A friend mentioned that Clapton and Winwood should drop their solo  
efforts and link together permanently in this type of 5-piece band. I  
second that motion!

This was one for the memory books, a really great concert. I've always  
liked Steve Winwood and still have several Spencer Davis Group LPs.  
Getting to see and hear EC & SW together is a real treat. The band is  
exceptional, all true professionals. Although I prefer Ian Thomas on  
drums, I guess he couldn't accommodate this tour, and Abe Laboriel,  
Jr. -- his father a famous jazz bassist -- did a wonderful job. The  
female singers didn't intrude, as I'd been apprehensive that they  
might ruin a good thing. And as his solo spot began, Winwood said, "We  
hope you're having a great time, as we are." I think he really meant  
it, as it was a great concert that we truly enjoyed.

				DeltaNick



From tom at digicabana.com  Mon Jun 15 12:14:27 2009
From: tom at digicabana.com (tom at digicabana.com)
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:14:27 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] Chicago Show
Message-ID: <91abd9d18a8e0d8eea6fcc183eeb854a.squirrel@amur.equitek.com>

Hello,

I have 6 tickets for the Chicago show, if anyone is interested. They are
in section 303, 6th row. These are directly in-line with the stage.
Tickets are $100 each. (I'm eating the tax and service charge.) Would be
willing to break the tickets into pairs.

Please let me know if you are interested.

Thanks,
Tom
tom at digicabana.com



From debby at avalonrecords.com  Mon Jun 15 13:23:20 2009
From: debby at avalonrecords.com (Debby - Avalon Records)
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:23:20 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Review: EC & SW, Verizon Center, Washington,
	13 June 09
In-Reply-To: <BB2EF3EF-2B30-450D-8438-386EB5DA10A1@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <20090615172321.9EF1B4C25E@mailwash21.pair.com>

Oh, my, goodness!  I don't think I've EVER heard DeltaNick GUSH like this! I
am SO pea green with envy; this is one time I do regret leaving Maryland for
Florida.  There aren't ANY Florida dates scheduled for this tour, so far.
Maybe we'll get lucky yet.

Thanks, DN, for a great post.

Debby J.
(back to lurking)

-----Original Message-----
From: Nicholas Aleshin [mailto:deltanick at comcast.net] 
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 8:37 PM
To: Slowhand Digest
Subject: [Slowhand] Review: EC & SW, Verizon Center, Washington, 13 June 09

This was a GREAT show! It started off like last year's at Madison  
Square Garden (MSG). I think the girl singers added on some tunes, but  
didn't really detract. Some arrangements changed, and there were some  
different songs. I'd divide the show into three distinct sections:

1. The Good Stuff (1-12) - This is where the band played their best  
and for those who wanted to hear Clapton play guitar. The band's take  
on "Glad," a Winwood instrumental was solid, improvisational music  
that has evolved since last year at MSG, with Clapton taking a more  
active role in the foreground with his guitar. This section of the  
concert was more than half the set list.

The highlight for me was the show's blues tune: "Tough Luck Blues,"  
the B-side to Big Maceo's 1941 single, "Worried Life Blues." On this  
one, Clapton really outdid himself: lots of beatiful, flowing blues  
guitar. It started like "Have You Ever Loved A Woman." Twice during  
the song, it came to a stop, like BB King's "How Blue Can You Get" ("I  
took you out for dinner, you said 'Thanks for the snack.' I gave you  
seven children, and now you wanna give them back!"), although the  
words are entirely different. The crowd went wild and were  
appreciative of EC's playing. However, this was one of those blues  
solos to die for! It's what I am looking for in every Clapton show,  
and often do NOT hear. But when EC & SW play together, the quality of  
EC's guitar playing improves immeasurably: it was REALLY stupendous! I  
think this one was even better than "Double Trouble" at MSG last year.  
I sure hope someone recorded it, because it's one of the best Clapton  
solos I've heard in decades: simply magical!

Other guitar highlights were "After Midnight" and "Little Wing."  
Although I never cared for the song "After Midnight," Clapton has  
turned it into a guitar exploratory, which I truly enjoy. Folks,  
several years back, I opined that I'd like to see Clapton concentrate  
a bit more on his guitar playing, but was told that I was stuck in the  
past. Not so! At both last year's EC & SW concerts in NY, and this  
show, EC is doing EXACTLY what I requested. To me, THIS is what it's  
all about.

2. The Sit-Down (13-17) - This section served as sort of an  
intermission for the band, as Winwood took a solo "Georgia On My  
Mind," accompanying himself on Hammond B3 organ. Next, Clapton played  
acoustic guitar. Although the band joined in, they did so highlighting  
the soft, acoustic sounds. And Steve Winwood, also on acoustic guitar,  
sat down with Clapton as they played a wonderful version of "Can't  
Find My Way Home," that was both intricate and mellow, as on the  
"Blind Faith" album. This was really beautiful. And I really liked the  
rollicking version of "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out," as  
did the audience.

3. The Crowd Pleasers (18-21) - The last three songs plus encore were  
the crowd pleasers. Fortunately, there was no "Wonderful Tonight," as  
the crowd went nuts and stood for this last quarter. "Crossroads" was  
performed in the "Willy And The Hand Jive" style, and "Voodoo Chile"  
had a different feel from the version done last year at MSG, but was  
still very good. "Cocaine" has never been a favorite of mine, but most  
people stood and enjoyed. With the earlier "Tough Luck Blues," I can  
easily handle listening to "Cocaine."

The Bad - For some strange reason, there were bright lights BEHIND the  
band, and they often shined into the eyes of the audience. Although it  
got a bit better as the show went on, this really sucked. If anyone  
from the show is reading this, "Stop it NOW, as the crowd really  
dislikes it. It's a turn-off." The crowd on the floor may not have  
witnessed this, as the lights were probably too low up front. But in  
the stands, it was literally blinding, especially for the first couple  
of songs. Later on, the lights were colored, and not quite as bright.  
I wonder what numbskull came up with this asinine idea.

I simply LOVE EC's guitar playing -- especially his blues guitar  
improvisations -- when he plays like this. And this isn't any trip  
down Memory Lane; it's NOW! Thank you, Eric. Keep up the GREAT work!  
And to Steve Winwood, I don't know what you do, but when he plays  
guitar with you, Eric is a man possessed. Keep doing what you do.
A friend mentioned that Clapton and Winwood should drop their solo  
efforts and link together permanently in this type of 5-piece band. I  
second that motion!

This was one for the memory books, a really great concert. I've always  
liked Steve Winwood and still have several Spencer Davis Group LPs.  
Getting to see and hear EC & SW together is a real treat. The band is  
exceptional, all true professionals. Although I prefer Ian Thomas on  
drums, I guess he couldn't accommodate this tour, and Abe Laboriel,  
Jr. -- his father a famous jazz bassist -- did a wonderful job. The  
female singers didn't intrude, as I'd been apprehensive that they  
might ruin a good thing. And as his solo spot began, Winwood said, "We  
hope you're having a great time, as we are." I think he really meant  
it, as it was a great concert that we truly enjoyed.

				DeltaNick





From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Mon Jun 15 13:37:48 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:37:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] DTReview!
Message-ID: <926668.42558.qm@web82607.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Who are you really, and what have you done with Delta Nick?
Just kidding, of course, but I had to write to thank you for such an informative, well written, detailed and positive review. Seriously, very good. I could not agree more that E + SW is a collaboration greater than the sum of its parts. They are so good together, and their styles always seem to compliment and never compete. The duel-lead in Had to Cry at MSG and XRoads is a good example. Two leads played simultaneously and in total harmony. Amazing to me.
Mel
>>1. Review: EC & SW, Verizon Center, Washington, 13 June 09? ?
>>(Nicholas Aleshin)
>>-----Inline Message Follows-----
>>This was a GREAT show! It started off like last year's at Madison 
>>Square Garden (MSG). I think...

From e.c.collectables at btopenworld.com  Mon Jun 15 15:30:01 2009
From: e.c.collectables at btopenworld.com (e c collectables)
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:30:01 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] Eric's magic shirt sleeves - 'Bad decision'??
Message-ID: <001d01c9edef$d8b8dbd0$61fa8f56@malcolmrstk0gr>

On watching in awe the 'Live from Madison Square Garden' Blu-Ray disc, 
marvelling at the sheer genius of the musicianship of the two greatest 
Englishmen ever to 'tread the boards', I suddenly became distracted to the 
point of obsession.....firstly during 'Pearly Queen' and then 'After 
Midnight' and beyond into 'Split Decision'..at which point I finally had to 
give up as the performance had become secondary to this incredible feat I 
was witnessing...
Eric appeared to have 'magic' shirt sleeves which rolled themselves up and 
down at will during numbers!!.
Now, I'm no expert at filming concerts but someone should have told Eric to 
make sure he wore his standard short sleeve attire for the 3 nights at MSG 
at least for continuity purposes.

By the way..are there any prizes going from 'Where's Eric!' for spotting 
this???

All of which begs the obvious question...is the music edited accordingly, or 
are we being subjected to dubbed audio onto the video??. Not something I 
really want to contemplate, as it may taint my future enjoyment of what is 
by far the best ever Eric concert DVD.

Mal Barker
(Somewhere on a remote Scottish island).

 


From finglas at finglas.karoo.co.uk  Mon Jun 15 17:34:05 2009
From: finglas at finglas.karoo.co.uk (JP Donohoe)
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:34:05 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] Pressie for Delta Nick
Message-ID: <F892747A56CF487398E84EDAD9D77BEC@paddyw59ixl2ud>

DN

 

You may have this already but if not here it is, I liked your review of the
concert!

 

http://www.sendspace.com/file/d2i8ka

 

Jon

 

UK


From david.gourlay at oracle.com  Tue Jun 16 12:05:27 2009
From: david.gourlay at oracle.com (David Gourlay)
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:05:27 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Eric's magic shirt sleeves - 'Bad decision'??
In-Reply-To: <001d01c9edef$d8b8dbd0$61fa8f56@malcolmrstk0gr>
References: <001d01c9edef$d8b8dbd0$61fa8f56@malcolmrstk0gr>
Message-ID: <20090616120527406.00000002680@dgourlay-us>

I think in a past posting discussion, it was determined that either on the CD and/or DVD, that songs represented all 3 nights at MSG, it was not just one night. Someone listed which songs were from which show.  

-----Original Message-----
From: e c collectables [mailto:e.c.collectables at btopenworld.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 3:30 PM
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Subject: [Slowhand] Eric's magic shirt sleeves - 'Bad decision'??

On watching in awe the 'Live from Madison Square Garden' Blu-Ray disc, marvelling at the sheer genius of the musicianship of the two greatest Englishmen ever to 'tread the boards', I suddenly became distracted to the point of obsession.....firstly during 'Pearly Queen' and then 'After Midnight' and beyond into 'Split Decision'..at which point I finally had to give up as the performance had become secondary to this incredible feat I was witnessing...
Eric appeared to have 'magic' shirt sleeves which rolled themselves up and down at will during numbers!!.
Now, I'm no expert at filming concerts but someone should have told Eric to make sure he wore his standard short sleeve attire for the 3 nights at MSG at least for continuity purposes.

By the way..are there any prizes going from 'Where's Eric!' for spotting this???

All of which begs the obvious question...is the music edited accordingly, or are we being subjected to dubbed audio onto the video??. Not something I really want to contemplate, as it may taint my future enjoyment of what is by far the best ever Eric concert DVD.

Mal Barker
(Somewhere on a remote Scottish island).

 





From greghilker at gmx.de  Tue Jun 16 14:11:12 2009
From: greghilker at gmx.de (Greg Hilker)
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:11:12 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand] Review: EC & SW, Verizon Center, Washington,
 13 June 09
Message-ID: <4A37E040.4010406@gmx.de>

Wow!
I really liked the way EC played at the RAH with Cream (I was at the Thurs. show) and I still dig the DVD of those concerts. In my opinion, DVD of the EC/SW MSG shows tops those Cream shows - Eric plays his butt off with so much feeling and all involved radiate how much fun they are having together.

But, if DeltaNick gushes so much about EC/SW on their current tour, then those of us here in Europe are REALLY missing something!!! Great post, Nick!

Man, it would be great if Clapton/Winwood would do a European tour... Probably won't happen, but I second DeltaNick's motion that they "drop their solo efforts and link together permanently". That would be heaven!

Schoene Gruesse aus Deutschland,
Greg



From mangs88 at verizon.net  Tue Jun 16 14:18:27 2009
From: mangs88 at verizon.net (Sam Mangano)
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:18:27 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Review: EC & SW, Verizon Center, Washington,
	13 June 09
In-Reply-To: <20090615172321.9EF1B4C25E@mailwash21.pair.com>
Message-ID: <67DC8E1D7B9C49CFAB07C685938F5CAF@manganoe038b9c>

Not too late to fly out west (flights are still reasonable) and get seats
from ebay!! It was the best I have seen EC perform live since the NBTB
tour!!

Out
Sambo8

-----Original Message-----
From: Debby - Avalon Records [mailto:debby at avalonrecords.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 1:23 PM
To: 'Slowhand Digest'
Subject: Re: [Slowhand] Review: EC & SW, Verizon Center, Washington, 13 June
09

Oh, my, goodness!  I don't think I've EVER heard DeltaNick GUSH like this! I
am SO pea green with envy; this is one time I do regret leaving Maryland for
Florida.  There aren't ANY Florida dates scheduled for this tour, so far.
Maybe we'll get lucky yet.

Thanks, DN, for a great post.

Debby J.
(back to lurking)

-----Original Message-----
From: Nicholas Aleshin [mailto:deltanick at comcast.net] 
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 8:37 PM
To: Slowhand Digest
Subject: [Slowhand] Review: EC & SW, Verizon Center, Washington, 13 June 09

This was a GREAT show! It started off like last year's at Madison  
Square Garden (MSG). I think the girl singers added on some tunes, but  
didn't really detract. Some arrangements changed, and there were some  
different songs. I'd divide the show into three distinct sections:

1. The Good Stuff (1-12) - This is where the band played their best  
and for those who wanted to hear Clapton play guitar. The band's take  
on "Glad," a Winwood instrumental was solid, improvisational music  
that has evolved since last year at MSG, with Clapton taking a more  
active role in the foreground with his guitar. This section of the  
concert was more than half the set list.

The highlight for me was the show's blues tune: "Tough Luck Blues,"  
the B-side to Big Maceo's 1941 single, "Worried Life Blues." On this  
one, Clapton really outdid himself: lots of beatiful, flowing blues  
guitar. It started like "Have You Ever Loved A Woman." Twice during  
the song, it came to a stop, like BB King's "How Blue Can You Get" ("I  
took you out for dinner, you said 'Thanks for the snack.' I gave you  
seven children, and now you wanna give them back!"), although the  
words are entirely different. The crowd went wild and were  
appreciative of EC's playing. However, this was one of those blues  
solos to die for! It's what I am looking for in every Clapton show,  
and often do NOT hear. But when EC & SW play together, the quality of  
EC's guitar playing improves immeasurably: it was REALLY stupendous! I  
think this one was even better than "Double Trouble" at MSG last year.  
I sure hope someone recorded it, because it's one of the best Clapton  
solos I've heard in decades: simply magical!

Other guitar highlights were "After Midnight" and "Little Wing."  
Although I never cared for the song "After Midnight," Clapton has  
turned it into a guitar exploratory, which I truly enjoy. Folks,  
several years back, I opined that I'd like to see Clapton concentrate  
a bit more on his guitar playing, but was told that I was stuck in the  
past. Not so! At both last year's EC & SW concerts in NY, and this  
show, EC is doing EXACTLY what I requested. To me, THIS is what it's  
all about.

2. The Sit-Down (13-17) - This section served as sort of an  
intermission for the band, as Winwood took a solo "Georgia On My  
Mind," accompanying himself on Hammond B3 organ. Next, Clapton played  
acoustic guitar. Although the band joined in, they did so highlighting  
the soft, acoustic sounds. And Steve Winwood, also on acoustic guitar,  
sat down with Clapton as they played a wonderful version of "Can't  
Find My Way Home," that was both intricate and mellow, as on the  
"Blind Faith" album. This was really beautiful. And I really liked the  
rollicking version of "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out," as  
did the audience.

3. The Crowd Pleasers (18-21) - The last three songs plus encore were  
the crowd pleasers. Fortunately, there was no "Wonderful Tonight," as  
the crowd went nuts and stood for this last quarter. "Crossroads" was  
performed in the "Willy And The Hand Jive" style, and "Voodoo Chile"  
had a different feel from the version done last year at MSG, but was  
still very good. "Cocaine" has never been a favorite of mine, but most  
people stood and enjoyed. With the earlier "Tough Luck Blues," I can  
easily handle listening to "Cocaine."

The Bad - For some strange reason, there were bright lights BEHIND the  
band, and they often shined into the eyes of the audience. Although it  
got a bit better as the show went on, this really sucked. If anyone  
from the show is reading this, "Stop it NOW, as the crowd really  
dislikes it. It's a turn-off." The crowd on the floor may not have  
witnessed this, as the lights were probably too low up front. But in  
the stands, it was literally blinding, especially for the first couple  
of songs. Later on, the lights were colored, and not quite as bright.  
I wonder what numbskull came up with this asinine idea.

I simply LOVE EC's guitar playing -- especially his blues guitar  
improvisations -- when he plays like this. And this isn't any trip  
down Memory Lane; it's NOW! Thank you, Eric. Keep up the GREAT work!  
And to Steve Winwood, I don't know what you do, but when he plays  
guitar with you, Eric is a man possessed. Keep doing what you do.
A friend mentioned that Clapton and Winwood should drop their solo  
efforts and link together permanently in this type of 5-piece band. I  
second that motion!

This was one for the memory books, a really great concert. I've always  
liked Steve Winwood and still have several Spencer Davis Group LPs.  
Getting to see and hear EC & SW together is a real treat. The band is  
exceptional, all true professionals. Although I prefer Ian Thomas on  
drums, I guess he couldn't accommodate this tour, and Abe Laboriel,  
Jr. -- his father a famous jazz bassist -- did a wonderful job. The  
female singers didn't intrude, as I'd been apprehensive that they  
might ruin a good thing. And as his solo spot began, Winwood said, "We  
hope you're having a great time, as we are." I think he really meant  
it, as it was a great concert that we truly enjoyed.

				DeltaNick








From jnt.elliott at comcast.net  Wed Jun 17 17:47:55 2009
From: jnt.elliott at comcast.net (Jeff Elliott)
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:47:55 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Review: EC & SW, Verizon Center, Washington,
	13 June 09
In-Reply-To: <4A37E040.4010406@gmx.de>
References: <4A37E040.4010406@gmx.de>
Message-ID: <2DEBBDD220014051AC342621DE9B1C37@1NVTLC1>

For our European friends, I would be greatly surprise if this show doesn't
end up over in your neck of the woods.  The two of them look like they're
truly enjoying themselves and the crowds are clearly enjoying the shows,
perhaps giving them both a greater response than either have received as
solo acts in the past few years.
 
Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Hilker [mailto:greghilker at gmx.de] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 2:11 PM
To: Slowhand Digest
Subject: Re: [Slowhand] Review: EC & SW, Verizon Center, Washington, 13 June
09

Wow!
I really liked the way EC played at the RAH with Cream (I was at the Thurs.
show) and I still dig the DVD of those concerts. In my opinion, DVD of the
EC/SW MSG shows tops those Cream shows - Eric plays his butt off with so
much feeling and all involved radiate how much fun they are having together.

But, if DeltaNick gushes so much about EC/SW on their current tour, then
those of us here in Europe are REALLY missing something!!! Great post, Nick!

Man, it would be great if Clapton/Winwood would do a European tour...
Probably won't happen, but I second DeltaNick's motion that they "drop their
solo efforts and link together permanently". That would be heaven!

Schoene Gruesse aus Deutschland,
Greg





From jnt.elliott at comcast.net  Wed Jun 17 18:02:27 2009
From: jnt.elliott at comcast.net (Jeff Elliott)
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:02:27 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] CLAPTON ACOUSTICS
Message-ID: <8F5C99E705CA42F28B88EB3CFADED8B7@1NVTLC1>

Having had the chance to see Eric play in London recently and the excellent
DC Winwood-Clapton show (I don't have the status of DeltaNick but he was
right, what an unbelievable show!), I've noticed something during the
acoustic sets.  Andy Fairweather Low and Steve Winwood were both sporting
what I believe to be the new Martin Limited Edition Eric Clapton 000-28M.
Not sure if that's the exact model but they're definitely EC models.
Regardless, very sweet guitars.  So, are they gifts from Eric or Martin?  Or
were they forced to fork over the six grand themselves?  Inquiring minds
want to know.  Okay, I'm just curious.  I think it's pretty cool both
Winwood AND Andy are playing Clapton acoustics.  Andy's website opens with
him holding the axe on the front page.  Too cool.

 

Cheers,

 

Jeff


From deltanick at comcast.net  Wed Jun 17 20:23:28 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (Nicholas Aleshin)
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:23:28 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] My Verizon Center Review
References: <F174C77AF769DF4CBB7E4E6A362B11020230ACE2@HQDA14PBE01.mi.ds.army.mil>
Message-ID: <03512FEE-C740-4E23-B23E-475FBF520BF0@comcast.net>

Greg wrote

 >> I second DeltaNick's motion that they "drop their solo efforts and  
link together permanently." That would be heaven!  <<

Greg,

You're late!

My friend mentioned it, and I seconded it in my review.

All in favor, say, "Aye."

				DeltaNick				



From slowhand.net at gmail.com  Wed Jun 17 23:31:23 2009
From: slowhand.net at gmail.com (Steve)
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:31:23 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Chicago show
Message-ID: <86128fd00906172031h790de061h558f42f3ab3c43fa@mail.gmail.com>

I have been receiving texts from James V. about the Chicago show.
Buddy Guy is on stage right now.  He played "Sweet Home Chicago" and
right now "Going Down Slow"  "Crossroads" was played earlier, but no
"Little Wing" or "Cocaine" at this point (10:30 Chicago time).

Steve

From dshearon at gmail.com  Thu Jun 18 00:28:02 2009
From: dshearon at gmail.com (Daniel Shearon)
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:28:02 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Chicago show
Message-ID: <742B0BD1-C66A-4AF4-9623-1949B839E207@gmail.com>

Just a quick note while on the us back to the hotel. This was the best  
Clapton show I have ever been to. Whoever said that Clapton and  
Winwood should ditch their solo projects and work exclusively together  
is dead on. I had hoped that Buddy would make an appearance and shire  
enough after the band left the stage, the crew started setting up  
another amp. I punched my son in the arm and said get ready for Buddy.

Sent from my iPhone

From jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com  Thu Jun 18 00:35:35 2009
From: jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com (James Vlahakis)
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:35:35 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Chicago show
Message-ID: <OF57200B66.4AEE4CFD-ON862575D9.00193B5B@hinshawlaw.com>

Just left the show typing on my blackberry in a cab so this will be short.

Starting backwards, EC did not perform little wing, cocaine or Dear Mr Fantasy. Rather Buddy guy
guested for sweet home chicago and going down. Nice solos by buddy (I'm generally not a fan of his).
He was clearly loving the admiration from the crowd and Ec did not out shine him (Ec clearly held
back a bit).

Voodoo Child was KILLER - jaw dropping hot! He was ferocious and then he played soft a quiet like on
double trouble from the just one night lp.

The crowd loved the acoustic set and I really enjoyed driftin. The guitar sound was crisp, his
finger picking was nice and the crowd did not whistle or yell (my pet peeves). They played same
songs as Ohio - Georgia, driftin, how long, nkywydao, layla and cfmwh. It ran a bit long for me.
Layla should be dropped but the crowd loved it.

Here's my text reaction to first three songs (had to cry, low down and the slow version of after
midnight) that I sent to Sammy - "Ok so far kind of a dial in. Wait he just tore up sleeping in the
ground!  Game on!". Yes, it was a killer solo - he played non-stock phrases.

Tough Luck Blues was amazing as Steve proctor said after I called him during the solo. It was nice
to hear Ec sing a different blues tune.

Forever Man was fun - short and to the point.

Glad was great - if I recall he had a solo that made me stand straight up live I got shocked. Not
hair raising but pretty good.

As for After Midnight, Sammy said it best when we emailed after the show regarding the Ohio show "it
was pretty peppy, and played sort of as a cross between the original version and the michelob
commercial....."

Presence of the Lord Was pretty good but I wanted as better solo. Also, I still think the ending
harmonies are "off sync" for the lack of a better word. I know they are doing it on purpose and not
missing each other but I much prefer the EC Was Here version. He can't top that one as He was great
with Yvonne!

Had to Cry Today was ok.

The mix was too muddy to hear Willie but I love abe!  heavy drumming was nice touch

The ladies added a nice touch.

I've seen about 3 dozen shows. Overall a pretty good show but not killer (I would love to have seen
the Ohio show).  Maybe I'd give this an 8 out of 10?

Buddy was fun to see sober but I missed DMF and LW?  I must say WTF to that :)

Do you all agree?

FYI this show was taped - I will let you know if my contact made a good recording and then set up
some trades. Maybe someone can tweak the mix if necessary.


Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is an Illinois registered limited liability partnership that has elected to be governed by the Illinois Uniform Partnership Act (1997).

The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) named in this message. This communication is intended to be and to remain confidential and may be subject to applicable attorney/client and/or work product privileges. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message and its attachments. Do not deliver, distribute or copy this message and/or any attachments and if you are not the intended recipient, do not disclose the contents or take any action in reliance upon the information contained in this communication or any attachments.

From jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com  Thu Jun 18 09:35:28 2009
From: jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com (James Vlahakis)
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:35:28 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Dale Kalima's chicago review
Message-ID: <OFFCD3B591.9812D608-ON862575D9.004AA8DF@hinshawlaw.com>

Thanks for your thoughts on the show.? I can't post to the Digest so if you want to share this, feel
free.

Overall, I thought the show was hot for the most part better than MSG last year.??Had To Cry Today
(not one of my favorites due to the repetitive guitar lick) opened the show with much better guitar
work than I recall from the MSG show we saw and set the standard for the rest of the show.? EC
seemed to play with a lot of fire and a somewhat different style than usual - a lot more on the
lower strings and lower frets.

I can't say that the backup singers added anything.? The show would have been as?good, if not
better, without them.

I thought the acoustic set was good, although Layla Light didn't add to the show.

I agree that Voodoo Chile was KILLER - for the first 10 minutes or so.? Unfortunately, they didn't
seem to know when to end it and the crowd was clearly restless by the time it eventually fizzled
out.? As my wife said, the LONG version of this song meant some other songs were left out (Little
Wing, Fantasy).

What a shame Little Wing and?Dear Mr Fantasy were cut out of the show. I understand bringing?Buddy
Guy on for the encores, but?Sweet Home Chicago???? What a cliche! It was nicely done, but come one,
how about a little originality in song selection.? And the line about the dog and a piece of tail
in?the other tune, amusing the first time you hear it, gets pretty old after hearing Buddy do it
regularly. Steve didn't have a lot to contribute to the encores, and when the house lights went up
without another encore, the disappointment in the audience was obvious.? I was really looking
forward to Fantasy as a closer, so I was very disappointed that it got axed.

I Look forward to comparing this show with the earlier shows from the tour.

Dale (via James V in chicago)


Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is an Illinois registered limited liability partnership that has elected to be governed by the Illinois Uniform Partnership Act (1997).

The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) named in this message. This communication is intended to be and to remain confidential and may be subject to applicable attorney/client and/or work product privileges. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message and its attachments. Do not deliver, distribute or copy this message and/or any attachments and if you are not the intended recipient, do not disclose the contents or take any action in reliance upon the information contained in this communication or any attachments.

From NOAH.SEIDENBERG at cbexchange.com  Thu Jun 18 11:48:20 2009
From: NOAH.SEIDENBERG at cbexchange.com (SEIDENBERG, NOAH)
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:48:20 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] EC/SW Chicago United Center 6-17
Message-ID: <792A0968-A14C-4E16-BE67-29EDF3E2FCB0@mimectl>

What a fantastic show! Buddy Guy doing 2 tunes for the encore! 2 hours and 20 minutes of searing guitar, electric vocals, what more could you want? It is good friends. I had it all last night. Before the show Slowhanders James Vlahakis, Sandy and Lauren and a few other of our buddies met for dinner at the Billy Goat. We really had a great time.

Thank you EC and SW and thank you for this great group!

Noah


Noah Seidenberg
Coldwell Banker Evanston
Toll Free (800) 858-7917
Office (847) 316-8529
Fax (847) 939-5636

On the web:
http://www.coldwellbankerevanston.com/
http://www.noahshomes.com/
Real Estate Specialist Chicago-land and Suburbs
Licensed Illinois real estate agent

----------------------------------------------------------------------
"The information in this electronic mail message is the sender's 
confidential business and may be legally privileged. It is intended 
solely for the addressee(s). Access to this internet electronic mail 
message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended 
recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken 
or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be 
unlawful."

"The sender believes that this E-mail and any attachments were free 
of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and/or malicious code when sent. 
This message and its attachments could have been infected during 
transmission. By reading the message and opening any attachments, the
recipient accepts full responsibility for taking protective and 
remedial action about viruses and other defects. The sender's 
employer is not liable for any loss or damage arising in any way 
from this message or its attachments."

From jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com  Thu Jun 18 12:06:06 2009
From: jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com (James Vlahakis)
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:06:06 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] My updated review of Chicago
Message-ID: <OFCF2E1003.1BD8BC7B-ON862575D9.00583A52-862575D9.005873B9@hinshawlaw.com>

I have just listened to a recording of last night's show.  Starting with 
Had to Cry Today, I must say that the recording provided me with better 
sound than what was at the show. It was a little muddy on the first few 
songs. My first updated thought is that EC had a nice aggressive solo. 
That said, I don't really like Low Down and I haven't heard anyone rave 
about it. What's behind EC's desire to perform this song? 

Wow, a pretty aggressive solo on Presence of the Lord, he used some unique 
licks on this one for sure.

Nice touch with EC singing the second half of Sleeping in the Ground!

Glad!!!!  I'm walking across a bridge across the Chicago river as I type 
this and I let out a shudder as I was listening to the middle part of his 
solo on Glad, someone gave me a funny look. 

Very cool how Glad goes right into Well Alright! 

One more shout out to Abe. I really notice how he plays things with a 
different, driving beat with some added flourish. While I thought he rode 
the cymbals too much at the Hyde Park show, he's a great addition. 

As for Willie, the recording gives me a better appreciation for his solid, 
soulful (?) groove. Something I always thought Nathan lacked in being too 
precise and studio-ready for the lack of a better word. 

Lastly, I'd like to see more vocal sharing - for example Winwood duetting 
on After Midnight. 

After re-listening to the first half of the songs I'm upping my initial 
review of an 8 to 8.5 out of 10. Maybe closer to a 9? 
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is an Illinois registered limited liability partnership that has elected to be governed by the Illinois Uniform Partnership Act (1997).

The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) named in this message. This communication is intended to be and to remain confidential and may be subject to applicable attorney/client and/or work product privileges. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message and its attachments. Do not deliver, distribute or copy this message and/or any attachments and if you are not the intended recipient, do not disclose the contents or take any action in reliance upon the information contained in this communication or any attachments.

From jnt.elliott at comcast.net  Thu Jun 18 17:35:18 2009
From: jnt.elliott at comcast.net (Jeff Elliott)
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:35:18 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] My Verizon Center Review
In-Reply-To: <03512FEE-C740-4E23-B23E-475FBF520BF0@comcast.net>
References: <F174C77AF769DF4CBB7E4E6A362B11020230ACE2@HQDA14PBE01.mi.ds.army.mil>
	<03512FEE-C740-4E23-B23E-475FBF520BF0@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <68F48BC5E19D479A9E6E013966D3BB3E@1NVTLC1>

AYE!!!

-----Original Message-----
From: Nicholas Aleshin [mailto:deltanick at comcast.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 8:23 PM
To: Slowhand Digest
Subject: Re: [Slowhand] My Verizon Center Review

Greg wrote

 >> I second DeltaNick's motion that they "drop their solo efforts and  
link together permanently." That would be heaven!  <<

Greg,

You're late!

My friend mentioned it, and I seconded it in my review.

All in favor, say, "Aye."

				DeltaNick				





From woff at tpg.com.au  Fri Jun 19 16:16:20 2009
From: woff at tpg.com.au (Woff)
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:16:20 +1000
Subject: [Slowhand] James Vlahakis and Low Down...
In-Reply-To: <mailman.58.1245427251.36993.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.58.1245427251.36993.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <4A3BF214.6050106@tpg.com.au>

James Vlahakis commented:
> [snip]
> That said, I don't really like Low Down and I haven't heard anyone rave 
> about it. What's behind EC's desire to perform this song? 
>   
> [snip] 
I love that song.

Then again I am partial to some JJ Cale as well, so I guess it stands to 
reason. And just to completely nix my argument, I could do with never 
hearing "Cocaine" again. :-)

Cheers
Woff

From seger001 at umn.edu  Fri Jun 19 19:45:58 2009
From: seger001 at umn.edu (Pat Seger)
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:45:58 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] St Paul MN show
Message-ID: <613CF61D-A75F-4AD4-9FDA-01F9FC471E39@umn.edu>

Great show.  Cocaine and Dear Mr. Fantasy were the encore.  Voodoo  
Chile soared!   I didn't have a chance to write down the set list but  
Crossroads and How Long were included.

My seats were in line with the speakers and too close. My ears are  
still ringing and I had earplugs; I have pity for the hearing of  
anyone who didn't.   I really liked the screens behind the stage  
showing close ups of Eric's guitar as he played the acoustic.  Like a  
Masters guitar lesson 20 feet across.

Anyone know of an easily accessible recording of this show floating  
in cyberspace?  Doesn't need to be great quality, I would just like  
to hear some of the stuff I missed because of the ^(@*)*  sitting  
behind me trying to soak everyone around with his spilled beer.

I know it is extremely tacky but one of the back up singers provided  
proof of why some fashions should not be sold in larger sizes. A  
candidate for "what not to wear".

From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Mon Jun 22 13:36:57 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:36:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] OMG!
Message-ID: <206547.96609.qm@web82601.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

OMG! Mel won ("floor") tickets to see Eric and Steve at the Oakland Oracle Arena on Monday the 29th from KFOG! Am I lucky - or what!
I was, apparently,?the first "caller," and the quiz was a snap. They read a statement, and I just had to respond with "Clapton, Winwood or Both." Examples: "Plays organ, played with Cream, played in Blind Faith, from England" - like I said, easy stuff. I figured that it might be a really quick and simple quiz this morning because Elvis Costello was in the studio?live - to interview, play and to promote. This is so cool!
Mel

From deltanick at comcast.net  Wed Jun 24 21:34:54 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (Nicholas Aleshin)
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:34:54 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] A Good Natured, Down-To-Earth Gentleman
Message-ID: <82476028-8712-4655-ABC8-6EDE1453BA5E@comcast.net>

I've seen this before, but ran across it again today, so I figured  
some here probably have not have seen it.

Check this out: http://www.rhinohandmade.com/articles/macdunlop.lasso

				DeltaNick


From NOAH.SEIDENBERG at cbexchange.com  Thu Jun 25 13:59:57 2009
From: NOAH.SEIDENBERG at cbexchange.com (SEIDENBERG, NOAH)
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:59:57 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] EC fans are so much more mature then ick Phish fans
Message-ID: <D4A000F4F8988D449FF89CF3CED51E7A01968C03@CHISA-NRT-EXCH.chisa.il.nrt>

http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/com/1233300670.html
 
This is just for a laugh. From the Milwaukee Craigs List
 
Noah
 
I HAVE LIVED OFF OF COUNTY HWY D NEAR ALPINE VALLEY FOR THE PAST 24 YEARS AND OFTEN FEEL THE RESIDUAL NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE CONCERTS. NEVER HAVE I HAD AN INCIDENT SUCH AS THE ONE THAT OCCURRED ON SATURDY NIGHT (JUN. 20) FOLLOWING A "PHISH" MUSICAL. OUR DOG WOKE US AT 1:30 AM MAKING A RUCKUS. WE HAVE A SMALL WARMING HOUSE NEAR THE EDGE OF THE HIGHWAY THAT I BUILT FOR OUR DAUGHTERS (NOW GROWN) TO WAIT FOR THE SCHOOLBUSES IN. THE LIGHT IN IT WAS ON AND SOMEONE WAS INSIDE. I PUT ON CLOTHES AND APPROACHED AND FOUND HIM DEFECATING ON THE FLOOR. HAD HAIR LOOKED LIKE A DOORMAT. EYES WERE BUGGY LIKE I REMEMBER ON MEN IN VIETNAM. I HAD A SHOTGUN AND TOLD HIM HE WAS GOING TO CLEAN UP THE DEFECATE. BUT I AM OLD (71 NOW) AND MADE A MISTAKE, RETURNING TO THE HOUSE TO GET A HOSE AND BUCKET. HE RAN IN THE DIRECTION OF THE INTERSTATE AND I DIDNOT FOLLOW. 

MY MESSAGE IS THIS: GET YOUR PEOPLE IN ORDER "PHISH". AND NEVER COME TO ALPINE VALLEY AGAIN. SHAME ON YOU. I AM POSTING ON CRAIGLIST BECAUSE I HAVE USED IT TO SELL TRUCK PARTS AND LAWN FURNTITURE AND DOUBT AN EDITOR'S LETTER IN THE JOURNAL/SENTINEL WILL REACH "PHISH" PEOPLE, WHO MY NEIGHBOR SAYS ARE MOSTLY FROM ILLINOIS OR EASTCOAST. I AM ALSO LOOKING FOR AN APOLOGY FROM THE MAN WHO COMMITTED THIS ACT. HE LEFT BEHIND A WHITE HAT WITH AN ALIEN ON IT. ALSO A GLASS THING. I AM GOING TO THROW THEM AWAY. 



----------------------------------------------------------------------
"The information in this electronic mail message is the sender's 
confidential business and may be legally privileged. It is intended 
solely for the addressee(s). Access to this internet electronic mail 
message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended 
recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken 
or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be 
unlawful."

"The sender believes that this E-mail and any attachments were free 
of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and/or malicious code when sent. 
This message and its attachments could have been infected during 
transmission. By reading the message and opening any attachments, the
recipient accepts full responsibility for taking protective and 
remedial action about viruses and other defects. The sender's 
employer is not liable for any loss or damage arising in any way 
from this message or its attachments."

From finglas at finglas.karoo.co.uk  Thu Jun 25 14:57:51 2009
From: finglas at finglas.karoo.co.uk (JP Donohoe)
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:57:51 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] What happened to Little Wing
Message-ID: <548D971EF2D740BC9F3D648D4473FB1B@paddyw59ixl2ud>

Hi all

 

I'm sure you are all, like me watching out for reviews and feedback from the
tour which so far has been staggeringly good.

 

I have the first 6 gigs on boots but Little Wing only appears on the first
four and hasn't been performed since.

 

The versions I have are all beautiful and Columbus and Chicago especially
so.

 

Anyone have any idea why such a centre piece of the gigs should be
sacrificed?

 

Does EC put so much into the performance that he feels drained?

 

Does he not realise the audience response is overwhelming?

 

Don't get me wrong the other gigs are all brilliant I'm sure but Little Wing
is very, very special.

 

Any thoughts?

 

 

Eric if you are a secret member of this group please can we have Little Wing
back?

 

Cheers

 

Jon

 

UK


From finglas at finglas.karoo.co.uk  Fri Jun 26 02:30:50 2009
From: finglas at finglas.karoo.co.uk (JP Donohoe)
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:30:50 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] Forward from Bill
Message-ID: <D73EE642171447A3884D94F92DB4E853@paddyw59ixl2ud>

I received this from Bill who was having trouble posting to the board.

 

 

If you are an avid reader of the 'Where's Eric" concert reviews, you already
have a feel for the concert set list. Instead of giving you a play by play
of the concert, I thought I would focus on some of the flavor on what was an
incredible night.

 

The concert started a bit late. Judging by the earlier reading, most of the
concerts started promptly at 8:15pm. Tonight the concert started at 8:23pm.
Around 7:50pm EC's guitar technician, Lee Dickson, was furiously running
around the stage checking and rechecking the wireless packs on the guitars
and the amp receivers. I suspect the short delay was due to an interference
problem that needed a little more TLC.

 

I had tremendous seats in the third row directly in front of EC. He came out
with SW relaxed and wearing a short sleeve Tommy Bahama-looking Navy Blue
shirt; faded jeans with holes throughout the legs and his now ever-present
leather loafers.  SW was decked in a long-sleeve shirt over a white t-shirt
and blue jeans. 

 

There is a good and a bad for getting tickets this close. The bad is that
you are sitting perpendicular to the main speaker drop. We could not hear
the voice mix. It was not really a problem with Clapton. You were so close
you could hear him without amplification. Winwood was another story. His set
up was stage left (as the audience would see him) and back just a bit. You
could not hear him at all. Besides the closeness to the stage, the good news
about sitting third row was being in direct line of EC's amp which looked to
be his standard tweed Fender 57 Twin. We could hear every slight touch of
the strings extremely clear and not over modulated. That was a real treat.
The sound was so clear on EC's playing that you could really feel him
ripping into a solo. The clarity was also evident during some of his rhythm
while moving into a standard riff. A good example would be "Forever Man". EC
added a simple fret finger flutter on the last note of the riff that was
distinct from his MSG concert. After the concert I checked the MSG DVD and I
could not see him play the sequence nor could I hear it on the CD. Just a
nice addition to a song he has played a thousand times.  I would love to
hear if that was the case in the early part of the tour or if he will
continue playing it during the remaining dates.

 

EC only used the Wah Wah pedal once during the solo in "Presence of the
Lord". He pumped it hard with the expected, classic result. At the end of
the solo, I thought he punched out of the Pedal a bit too early as the
effect added a noticeable click midway through the last note. As they say
"Sh-happens".  I was hoping he would head back to the pedal for "Cocaine"
but he did not.

 

As was mentioned in the publication of the set list, "Georgia On My Mind"
was replaced with "Low Spark". SW really hammered the piano. When he
finished the crowd went completely nuts. This was the point where SW
transitions over to EC for his first acoustic number (driftin'). The crowd
was still on its feet. Clapton started laughing as he could not start his
playing. EC looked at SW and that got another huge roar as SW shrugged his
shoulders as if to say, "what do you want me to do about it?" Just a nice
moment to punctuate how well these guys played together and seem to enjoy
each other's company on stage. It also looked to me as though SW was using a
Clapton Signature Martin during the acoustic Layla. Perhaps someone can
confirm that for me.

 

The highlight for me, as it has been for many of the reviewers, was VooDoo
Chile. Clapton remains in a league by himself. Stunning. The MSG DVD simply
does not do the performance justice. Those of you on the west coast awaiting
the tour are in for a delicious treat. Please savior it. At the end of the
song, EC added a nice touch paying homage to Hendrix and EC's Cream days by
walking over to his Twin 57, taking his Black Stratocaster from around his
neck and shoving into the face of the amp for a little classic distortion. I
hope some others in the arena caught that part of the program.

 

I also wanted to mention a couple of other points. You really can't
underestimate the guitar playing of Winwood. During the encore while playing
"Dear Mr. Fantasy", SW really jammed exceptionally well. He works the neck
of his mint green Strat a lot harder than EC but he is a great guitarist in
his own right. Side by side with electric guitars, EC is so smooth, the
guitar is simply an extension of his body. Winwood labors while playing the
frets but the sound is wonderful none the less.  Finally, hats off to the
addition of Abe Laboriel Jr as drummer. His energy was intense. I have to
believe he was a main reason EC and SW kept their playing to such a high
level. Never underestimate the need of a good drummer to lay the groundwork
for a high energy show. Did anyone else catch that Abe appeared to blow-out
his snare drum during "Pearly Queen"? A quick replacement was needed after
the song.

 

My only regret was a personal hope that my favorite "Little Wing" would be
added back to the set list. It was not. I also wish I was heading to
California for the West Coast Swing. You guys are in for a real treat!

 

Enjoy!

 

Bill

 


From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Fri Jun 26 03:03:14 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:03:14 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] Eric Saves the Day
Message-ID: <014801c9f62c$3171df30$0200a8c0@GX270>

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/06/26/millennium-stadium-s-tsunami-concert-was-saved-with-just-minutes-to-spare-91466-23984917/

Millennium Stadium's tsunami concert was saved with just minutes to spare

Jun 26 2009 by Lisa Jones, Western Mail

IT was a feat of organisation which drew plaudits from around the globe -
but the Tsunami Relief Concert at the Millennium Stadium so very nearly didn
't get off the ground.
As the iconic venue celebrates its tenth birthday today, concert organiser
and former Millennium Stadium chief executive Paul Sergeant revealed the
difficulty in finding an A-lister to headline the concert meant they were
just minutes away from pulling the plug on the event.
Organised in the space of three weeks, the concert was in response to the
devastation wreaked on millions of people in Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka
and the Maldives on Boxing Day, 2004, when more than 200,000 people were
killed.
Having given themselves a deadline to come up with a top- class line-up, Mr
Sergeant said the concert - which went on to raise more than ?1.25m - was
seven minutes from being cancelled because they couldn't find an A-list act
to top the bill.
But it did go ahead and its success helped to elevate the Stadium's status
on the world concert stage.
Mr Sergeant was speaking from his home in Brisbane on the 10th anniversary
of the first event to be held in the Stadium - a rugby friendly between
Wales and South Africa.
The Tsunami Concert, one of the biggest charity concerts since Live Aid in
1985, was organised on a wing and a prayer, with a small team of volunteers,
he said.
Sixty-thousand fans were entertained by Eric Clapton, Manic Street
Preachers, Keane and Charlotte Church in the marathon seven-hour concert.
But what the audience and the millions who watched it on television didn't
know was that the concert's future was resting on a precipice.
So that the event was securely policed, a deadline had to be set to
determine whether it would go ahead. A week's worth of frantic phone calls
across the globe had proved fruitless as famous names throughout the music
business said they could not play the gig.
Others were prepared to play on the proviso that a big name headlined it.
Mr Sergeant said: "We had to concentrate on getting an A-list artist. We
tried them all, but because it was Christmas, people were on their holidays
or out of the country.
"If we hadn't got any A-list artists, it wouldn't have happened.
"We agreed a deadline with the police. By 1.30pm the show was off, but we
agreed to give it another hour-and-a-half. If we hadn't got it confirmed by
3pm, the show was off.
"At seven minutes to three, Eric Clapton's manager rang to say that he would
play. Then it was a reality. It was happening in two weeks' time.
"There were a lot of other artists that wanted to play. It was Eric that
came to us with minutes to spare. Two hours later we were announcing it to
the world."
Mr Sergeant added: "It came together very quickly. When I look back on it I
realise what a huge moment that was; the 60,000 people who remember that
concert and the feeling of togetherness. It was a really chilly night but it
was as though we were in the middle of summer with the warmth there."
John Rostron, music promoter, was part of the team which put it together. He
said: "It was a ludicrous time scale in which to do something. It was a mix
of hesitancy from the acts and added to that the Millennium Stadium was
still trying to prove itself as a major event stadium.
"We had two press releases prepared; one which said the concert was going
ahead and one which said it was cancelled. We were really that close."
Mr Sergeant, who has been general manager of the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane
for the past two and a half years, is due to return to Wales in August to
become the new CEO of the Llanelli Scarlets Rugby Club and Parc Y Scarlets
Stadium.
He revealed another memory of his time at the Millennium Stadium. While the
whole of Wales was partying after winning the 2005 Grand Slam, he was in bed
with flu.
He said: "It was an incredible night. There was a great atmosphere. I had
the flu and I felt like the world was coming to an end. They came through
and won the Grand Slam and everybody went on to party. The rest of Wales was
having a huge party while I went home to bed."
Looking back at his time at the helm, he said: "When you've got a
high-profile venue, it looks easy to run from the outside, but it's actually
very complicated. It started to take some shape, although we were in
difficult financial times. Two years later we turned it around. I'm sure
some people thought we'd never come round from that rocky start."
The Millennium Stadium has gone on to host a succession of big name
concerts, from U2, to the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Robbie Williams. Only
last week, Take That sold out two successive nights.
It has also held sporting events such as Joe Calzaghe's boxing match against
Mikkel Kessler, which secured his title as world super-middleweight boxing
champion.
Calzaghe fought twice at the Stadium, his last fights on British soil before
he retired unbeaten in 2008 after double light-heavyweight title battles in
Las Vegas. He always said he felt a special affinity with the venue after
making his professional debut at the old Arms Park in 1993.
"Both my Millennium Stadium fights were massive nights and I'll never forget
the sound of tens of thousands of Welshmen spurring me on in my home city,"
he said.
"It's a privilege to be a part of the illustrious sporting history of the
place. It's only in retirement that you look back with genuine wonder at the
kind of atmosphere that only the Millennium Stadium can create. It has been
and I'm sure will continue to be the most fitting of venues for some of the
very biggest occasions of them all."


From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Fri Jun 26 05:01:10 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:01:10 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] EC & SW - Nice Houston Review
Message-ID: <000901c9f63c$a73dddd0$0200a8c0@GX270>

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2009/06/flashback_eric_clapton_and_ste.php

Aftermath: Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood at Toyota Center
By Bob Ruggiero in Live Shots
Thursday, Jun. 25 2009 @ 2:59PM

Two words came into Aftermath's head shortly into the show uniting these
former Blind Faith bandmates and arguably two of classic rock's biggest
stars: peerless musicianship. They stayed with us for the rest of the
concert.

While we can appreciate the bombast and big show of acts like KISS,
Springsteen and even Britney, there was something much finer on display at
the Toyota Center as the 64-year-old Clapton and 61-year-old Winwood simply
played their instruments as extensions of their own bodies - Clapton on his
trademark Stratocaster and Winwood switching between guitar and Hammond B-3.

And while neither man has ever been overly demonstrative in concert - only
Winwood uttered a few words the entire night - they didn't need stage
mannerisms to utterly captivate the audience.

It would have been very easy for the pair, at the tail end of a 14-date U.S.
run, to rely on big hits: a little "I Shot the Sheriff," a dash of "Back in
the High Life Again," for the easy applause. Instead, they chose to stick
closely to the set list from their reunion shows last year documented on the
great Live From Madison Square Garden CD/DVD. It took them both into more
interesting nooks and crannies of their discographies, along with a string
of blues covers.

Opening with the chugging riff of "Had to Cry Today" (featuring a great
guitar duel), the pair also worked through the first side of the Blind Faith
album including "Presence of the Lord," "Can't Find My Way Home," and a
cover of Buddy Holly's "Well All Right."

But the pair really cooked on the more gutbucket numbers like "Low Down,"
"Pearly Queen" (though Winwood's ex-Traffic bandmate Dave Mason still does
the better version) and "Forever Man" - the last of which found them trading
verses like one-upping horny romantic competitors. Clapton's jaw-dropping
acoustic finger-picking on "Driftin' Blues" was also a highlight.

Houston did get an unexpected surprise in the number slotted for Winwood's
man-and-piano solo. While he has been playing "Georgia On My Mind" for this
tour and the earlier reunion shows, the ghost of Ray Charles looms large.
Instead, Winwood began tinkling the familiar notes of Traffic's "The Low
Spark of High Heeled Boys" to the crowd's utter delight, earning him a
standing ovation; he also ran the ivories for the Traffic instrumental
"Glad." Clapton's crowd high came with the MTV Unplugged acoustic version of
"Layla," though the thought of the two going at a full-bore electric version
remained a tantalizing dream.

After a lengthy "Voodoo Chile," encores "Cocaine" and an incredible "Dear
Mr. Fantasy" brought the energy levels to full-bore, and were perfect
closers. Clapton and Winwood -along with their crack backing band - have
clearly raised each other's game to a higher level.

At the show Aftermath spoke with David and Kristy Stephenson, a Houston
couple who actually flew to New York for the Madison Square Garden shows
last year, and they agreed.
"They just feed off each other so well, and Eric needs somebody like Steve
to play with him and make him better," David said. "They'll never replace
the years they could have spent recording and touring, but I'm grateful we
were able to see them one last time."

Peerless musicianship indeed.

Set List:
Had to Cry Today
Low Down
After Midnight
Presence of the Lord
Sleeping in the Ground
Glad
Well All Right
Tough Luck Blues
Pearly Queen
There's a River
Forever Man
The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
Driftin' Blues
How Long Blues
Layla
Can't Find My Way Home
Split Decision
Voodoo Chile
Encore:
Cocaine
Dear Mr. Fantasy


From kevinwilson at telkomsa.net  Sat Jun 27 03:58:37 2009
From: kevinwilson at telkomsa.net (Kevin Wilson)
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:58:37 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand] Fan Pics & Videos
Message-ID: <000301c9f6fd$16e36590$44aa30b0$@net>

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll
<http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=1000350
649> &friendID=1000350649

 

Pretty clear video of "Tuff Luck Blues" among this lot. (53.2MB download.)

 

Kevin

 

 


From deltanick at comcast.net  Sat Jun 27 12:50:22 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick)
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:50:22 -0000
Subject: [Slowhand] No Fan Pics & Videos
References: <000301c9f6fd$16e36590$44aa30b0$@net>
Message-ID: <BE0CA0662DBD447B8BE18B8ACA1E9A75@4MT8H51>

Kevin,

I've tried making this link work every which way, AND I've ensured that the ENTIRE URL is entered.

However, I get this message every time: "Invalid Friend ID. This user has either cancelled their membership, or their account has been deleted."

                DeltaNick

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Kevin Wilson 
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com 
Sent: Saturday, 27 June 2009 03:58
Subject: [Slowhand] Fan Pics & Videos


http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll
<http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=1000350
649> &friendID=1000350649

Pretty clear video of "Tuff Luck Blues" among this lot. (53.2MB download.)

Kevin

 

 



From kevinwilson at telkomsa.net  Sun Jun 28 06:04:10 2009
From: kevinwilson at telkomsa.net (Kevin Wilson)
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:04:10 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand] Setlist for 26 June 2009
Message-ID: <000101c9f7d7$c97ea7c0$5c7bf740$@net>

Oh man was I disappointed to see Eric never did his Michael Jackson number,
"Behind the Mask", in honour of the young lad who passed on.

 

Oh well, I'll have to settle for the Prince's Trust 1987 and 1988 versions I
downloaded from YouTube.

 

Kevin

 

 


From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Sun Jun 28 13:34:12 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:34:12 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] The Missing Link
Message-ID: <003701c9f816$a78833e0$0200a8c0@GX270>

DN,
Try this:

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=1000350649

John

~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:50:19 -0400
From: "DeltaNick" <deltanick at comcast.net>
Subject: [Slowhand] No Fan Pics & Videos
To: "Slowhand Digest" <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <BE0CA0662DBD447B8BE18B8ACA1E9A75 at 4MT8H51>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

Kevin,

I've tried making this link work every which way, AND I've ensured that the
ENTIRE URL is entered.

However, I get this message every time: "Invalid Friend ID. This user has
either cancelled their membership, or their account has been deleted."

                DeltaNick


From kevinwilson at telkomsa.net  Sun Jun 28 17:01:51 2009
From: kevinwilson at telkomsa.net (Kevin Wilson)
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:01:51 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand] No Fan Pics & Videos
In-Reply-To: <BE0CA0662DBD447B8BE18B8ACA1E9A75@4MT8H51>
References: <000301c9f6fd$16e36590$44aa30b0$@net>
	<BE0CA0662DBD447B8BE18B8ACA1E9A75@4MT8H51>
Message-ID: <000201c9f833$ab7c4b40$0274e1c0$@net>

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=10003506
49

The link in plain text --->>>
[http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=1000350
649]. <<<---

It's still there. The digest's e-mail breaks it up (the last 3 numbers: 649
seemed to suffer from a hard enter). Look above, I've added the link address
between square brackets. Copy the section between the square brackets (leave
the brackets out). 

Hope it works now. It's really worth it. An organ solo by Steve has been
added to the song, but it's Eric still who gives you goose flesh.

Kevin

-----Original Message-----
From: DeltaNick [mailto:deltanick at comcast.net] 
Sent: 27 July 2009 18:50
To: Slowhand Digest
Subject: [Slowhand] No Fan Pics & Videos

Kevin,

I've tried making this link work every which way, AND I've ensured that the
ENTIRE URL is entered.

However, I get this message every time: "Invalid Friend ID. This user has
either cancelled their membership, or their account has been deleted."

                DeltaNick



From jnt.elliott at comcast.net  Sun Jun 28 18:45:48 2009
From: jnt.elliott at comcast.net (Jeff Elliott)
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:45:48 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Forward from Bill
In-Reply-To: <D73EE642171447A3884D94F92DB4E853@paddyw59ixl2ud>
References: <D73EE642171447A3884D94F92DB4E853@paddyw59ixl2ud>
Message-ID: <B7E21BF1BBEA48F8988408F97021B29E@1NVTLC1>

Bill,
	As I posted last week or so, both Steve Winwood and Andy Fairweather
Low are playing the Limited Edition Martin Eric Clapton 000-28M.  Very, very
nice guitar.
      And I agree about the missing tune, Little Wing.  That's just one of
my favorites that I've come to really enjoy hearing him play.  While I
really enjoy Steve Winwood's version of Georgia, I would have loved to have
heard him play Low Spark.  Awesome!

Cheers,
Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: JP Donohoe [mailto:finglas at finglas.karoo.co.uk] 
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 2:31 AM
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Subject: [Slowhand] Forward from Bill

I received this from Bill who was having trouble posting to the board.

 

 

If you are an avid reader of the 'Where's Eric" concert reviews, you already
have a feel for the concert set list. Instead of giving you a play by play
of the concert, I thought I would focus on some of the flavor on what was an
incredible night.

 

The concert started a bit late. Judging by the earlier reading, most of the
concerts started promptly at 8:15pm. Tonight the concert started at 8:23pm.
Around 7:50pm EC's guitar technician, Lee Dickson, was furiously running
around the stage checking and rechecking the wireless packs on the guitars
and the amp receivers. I suspect the short delay was due to an interference
problem that needed a little more TLC.

 

I had tremendous seats in the third row directly in front of EC. He came out
with SW relaxed and wearing a short sleeve Tommy Bahama-looking Navy Blue
shirt; faded jeans with holes throughout the legs and his now ever-present
leather loafers.  SW was decked in a long-sleeve shirt over a white t-shirt
and blue jeans. 

 

There is a good and a bad for getting tickets this close. The bad is that
you are sitting perpendicular to the main speaker drop. We could not hear
the voice mix. It was not really a problem with Clapton. You were so close
you could hear him without amplification. Winwood was another story. His set
up was stage left (as the audience would see him) and back just a bit. You
could not hear him at all. Besides the closeness to the stage, the good news
about sitting third row was being in direct line of EC's amp which looked to
be his standard tweed Fender 57 Twin. We could hear every slight touch of
the strings extremely clear and not over modulated. That was a real treat.
The sound was so clear on EC's playing that you could really feel him
ripping into a solo. The clarity was also evident during some of his rhythm
while moving into a standard riff. A good example would be "Forever Man". EC
added a simple fret finger flutter on the last note of the riff that was
distinct from his MSG concert. After the concert I checked the MSG DVD and I
could not see him play the sequence nor could I hear it on the CD. Just a
nice addition to a song he has played a thousand times.  I would love to
hear if that was the case in the early part of the tour or if he will
continue playing it during the remaining dates.

 

EC only used the Wah Wah pedal once during the solo in "Presence of the
Lord". He pumped it hard with the expected, classic result. At the end of
the solo, I thought he punched out of the Pedal a bit too early as the
effect added a noticeable click midway through the last note. As they say
"Sh-happens".  I was hoping he would head back to the pedal for "Cocaine"
but he did not.

 

As was mentioned in the publication of the set list, "Georgia On My Mind"
was replaced with "Low Spark". SW really hammered the piano. When he
finished the crowd went completely nuts. This was the point where SW
transitions over to EC for his first acoustic number (driftin'). The crowd
was still on its feet. Clapton started laughing as he could not start his
playing. EC looked at SW and that got another huge roar as SW shrugged his
shoulders as if to say, "what do you want me to do about it?" Just a nice
moment to punctuate how well these guys played together and seem to enjoy
each other's company on stage. It also looked to me as though SW was using a
Clapton Signature Martin during the acoustic Layla. Perhaps someone can
confirm that for me.

 

The highlight for me, as it has been for many of the reviewers, was VooDoo
Chile. Clapton remains in a league by himself. Stunning. The MSG DVD simply
does not do the performance justice. Those of you on the west coast awaiting
the tour are in for a delicious treat. Please savior it. At the end of the
song, EC added a nice touch paying homage to Hendrix and EC's Cream days by
walking over to his Twin 57, taking his Black Stratocaster from around his
neck and shoving into the face of the amp for a little classic distortion. I
hope some others in the arena caught that part of the program.

 

I also wanted to mention a couple of other points. You really can't
underestimate the guitar playing of Winwood. During the encore while playing
"Dear Mr. Fantasy", SW really jammed exceptionally well. He works the neck
of his mint green Strat a lot harder than EC but he is a great guitarist in
his own right. Side by side with electric guitars, EC is so smooth, the
guitar is simply an extension of his body. Winwood labors while playing the
frets but the sound is wonderful none the less.  Finally, hats off to the
addition of Abe Laboriel Jr as drummer. His energy was intense. I have to
believe he was a main reason EC and SW kept their playing to such a high
level. Never underestimate the need of a good drummer to lay the groundwork
for a high energy show. Did anyone else catch that Abe appeared to blow-out
his snare drum during "Pearly Queen"? A quick replacement was needed after
the song.

 

My only regret was a personal hope that my favorite "Little Wing" would be
added back to the set list. It was not. I also wish I was heading to
California for the West Coast Swing. You guys are in for a real treat!

 

Enjoy!

 

Bill

 




From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Mon Jun 29 03:17:32 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:17:32 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] Ernie Clapham
Message-ID: <004301c9f889$abb47c30$0200a8c0@GX270>

http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/406886.html

Clapham has left the building
When Eric Clapton merged into Ernie Clapham
June 29, 2009
? Cricinfo Ltd


This was in 1987, when Ian Botham was playing for Worcestershire. Botham and
Eric Clapton were the best of mates then. We [Essex] had a game at
Worcester, but the rain forced us to sit around in the dressing room and
play cards. Clapton was with us. He won about 400 quid, and decided he would
buy an amplifier and play for us that night at Botham's local pub.

He called the local music shop and placed his order. When the attendant was
told that it was Eric Clapton on the line he said "Yeah right", and hung up.
Anyway Clapton managed to get an amp, and that was a long and fun night at
the pub.

The next day was a Sunday League game, and Botham completely destroyed us
with the bat. We lost the game, and at the end of the play, Fletch [Keith
Fletcher, Essex captain] was giving us a dressing down when Clapton stuck
his head in to sympathise. "When the man's the man, the man's the man," he
said with a shrug, about Botham.

Now Fletch is a bit of a character, forever mixing up names and things like
that. He looked sternly at Clapton and said something to the effect of,
"Excuse me Ernie, we're in the middle of something." Clapton quietly left
the room. We all just looked at Fletch and said "What did you just call him
Fletch?" He goes, "Ernie . Don't you know Ernie Clapham, the world famous
guitarist?"

(As told to Rahul Bhattacharya)


From trevork1 at iinet.net.au  Tue Jun 30 06:33:48 2009
From: trevork1 at iinet.net.au (Trevor)
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:33:48 +0800
Subject: [Slowhand] Re-No Fan Pics & Videos
Message-ID: <004f01c9f96e$410a4280$0200a8c0@trevor>

Nick,
If it's any consolation you are not Robinson Crusoe. With the greatest of respect I would humbly suggest that all posters check sites before pressing SEND. I appreciate that this info was sent  with good intentions that we could all enjoy new video of the tour. But then again...maybe I am too harsh and the video was removed...... and no fault of Kevin.....god se?n suid-afrika 

Regards

Trevor



E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.362)
Database version: 5.10630
http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/

From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Tue Jun 30 11:18:22 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:18:22 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] Review
Message-ID: <160607.81175.qm@web82602.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Gdmorning? :-)
?
In a word - "best" - that's how I'd describe Monday's Clapton-Winwood show at the Oracle Arena. The best sound (from?the 21st row just?off-center) and the best?setlist?from the best artists collaborating to produce the best performance - I've ever seen! Seriously good sound with perfect balance among the players -?all crystal clear.
?
The 20-song setlist was unchanged from LasV with my personal highpoints being Had to Cry, VooDoo and Fantasy for their shear power and endurance and the acoustic LowSparks. Particularly in "Had to Cry," I loved the double-lead guitar solos of E and Steve at the song's end - simultaneously played with?different, complementary leads. You don't hear that much! 
?
Also, I thought that the version of Driftin' played was the best Id ever heard (and I've heard gazillions). E started finger-picking flesh-to-the-strings and then materialized a pick and continued in a particularly feisty fashion, and then the song transitioned?into a brief, yet, spicy Winwood keyboard part. Nice!
?
Split Decision sent chills down my spine, and Forever Man pinned our ears back! Even the well-worn, acoustic-Layla played by seated E?& Steve picking and strumming in perfect harmony was crisp and fresh, punctuated by some fine keyboard work by Chris Staiton who also played a key role on this particularly animated version of Cocaine.
?
Hell. I loved it all. There was no lull.
Twenty songs in a little over two hours.
Not bad for a couple of old guys (although, up close with my binoculars, I think I saw a visibly tuckered man in god)... He's back people!

From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Tue Jun 30 13:31:11 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:31:11 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] Oh, one more thing ...
Message-ID: <25921.89161.qm@web82602.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Oh, one more word about the concert last night.
It was particularly sweet to hear acoustic-Layla performed without having it f**kedup at its ending by another Tim (I don't know when to f**king quit)?Carmen shrieking synthesizer solo... Right, Ricard-O?
:-)?Mel (-:

From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Tue Jun 30 19:17:26 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:17:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] Hey BlondeRocker
Message-ID: <605454.94123.qm@web82604.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hey BlondeRocker - I saw your comment and loved it!
Mel

Blond Rocker says: 
June 30th, 2009 at 12:49 pm 
Three words for this ?music? reviewer:
1. CLAPTON
2. IS
3. GOD

From candyear at earthlink.net  Tue Jun 30 21:56:24 2009
From: candyear at earthlink.net (David Strahl)
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:56:24 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] to view pics and videos...
In-Reply-To: <mailman.46.1246377654.92476.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.46.1246377654.92476.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <45E6756F-8A49-4AFF-B5B0-922700EE241A@earthlink.net>

Easy guys. Sign up for blogs on http://www.myspace.com/suzywinwood
The rest is a snap.
cheers,
David
On Jun 30, 2009, at 12:00 PM, slowhand-request at planet-torque.com wrote:

> Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to
> 	slowhand at planet-torque.com
>
> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
> 	http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand
> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
> 	slowhand-request at planet-torque.com
>
> You can reach the person managing the list at
> 	slowhand-owner at planet-torque.com
>
> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..."
> Today's Topics:
>
>   1. Re-No Fan Pics & Videos (Trevor)
>   2. Review (Mel Boss)
>
> From: "Trevor" <trevork1 at iinet.net.au>
> Date: June 30, 2009 6:33:48 AM EDT
> To: <deltanick at comcast.net>
> Cc: <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
> Subject: [Slowhand] Re-No Fan Pics & Videos
>
>
> Nick,
> If it's any consolation you are not Robinson Crusoe. With the  
> greatest of respect I would humbly suggest that all posters check  
> sites before pressing SEND. I appreciate that this info was sent   
> with good intentions that we could all enjoy new video of the tour.  
> But then again...maybe I am too harsh and the video was  
> removed...... and no fault of Kevin.....god se?n suid-afrika
>
> Regards
>
> Trevor
>
>
>
> E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.362)
> Database version: 5.10630
> http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/
>
>
>
>
> From: Mel Boss <darmel at sbcglobal.net>
> Date: June 30, 2009 11:18:22 AM EDT
> To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
> Subject: [Slowhand] Review
>
>
> Gdmorning  :-)
>
> In a word - "best" - that's how I'd describe Monday's Clapton- 
> Winwood show at the Oracle Arena. The best sound (from the 21st row  
> just off-center) and the best setlist from the best artists  
> collaborating to produce the best performance - I've ever seen!  
> Seriously good sound with perfect balance among the players - all  
> crystal clear.
>
> The 20-song setlist was unchanged from LasV with my personal  
> highpoints being Had to Cry, VooDoo and Fantasy for their shear  
> power and endurance and the acoustic LowSparks. Particularly in "Had  
> to Cry," I loved the double-lead guitar solos of E and Steve at the  
> song's end - simultaneously played with different, complementary  
> leads. You don't hear that much!
>
> Also, I thought that the version of Driftin' played was the best Id  
> ever heard (and I've heard gazillions). E started finger-picking  
> flesh-to-the-strings and then materialized a pick and continued in a  
> particularly feisty fashion, and then the song transitioned into a  
> brief, yet, spicy Winwood keyboard part. Nice!
>
> Split Decision sent chills down my spine, and Forever Man pinned our  
> ears back! Even the well-worn, acoustic-Layla played by seated E &  
> Steve picking and strumming in perfect harmony was crisp and fresh,  
> punctuated by some fine keyboard work by Chris Staiton who also  
> played a key role on this particularly animated version of Cocaine.
>
> Hell. I loved it all. There was no lull.
> Twenty songs in a little over two hours.
> Not bad for a couple of old guys (although, up close with my  
> binoculars, I think I saw a visibly tuckered man in god)... He's  
> back people!
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Slowhand mailing list
> Slowhand at planet-torque.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand


From simon.george5 at ntlworld.com  Wed Jul  1 10:53:45 2009
From: simon.george5 at ntlworld.com (Simon George)
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 15:53:45 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton Talking
Message-ID: <FE9A343C7ACE411D8242BA41543E1DFB@SimonPC>

A little while ago, we had a little thread on here about EC and his lack of talking between songs, well, last saturday I got to see the other side of the coin, I went to see BB King for the first time, along with John Mayall. Whilst nobody can deny the amazing talent of the last of the true blues greats left, he must've talked for twice as long as he played, reminding everyone every few songs "I'm 83 years old", whilst his anecdotes were, for the most part amusing, including one about how he winds EC up by calling him "God " at every opportunity, I would've liked to see more playing. So maybe EC will talk more as he gets older, anyway the moral of the tale is be careful what you wish for!!
Simon   

From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Wed Jul  1 11:38:52 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 08:38:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] EC's eye color
Message-ID: <336613.33549.qm@web82604.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

What color are E's eye's?
I'm laying out a portrait from a b&w photo that provides little help in this area.
I thought green/grey - rather dark in all the color photos I've seen and obscure.
Thanks,
Mel

From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Wed Jul  1 11:47:07 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 08:47:07 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] Band Intros
Message-ID: <422725.42700.qm@web82604.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I do rather thing that it sucks when E doesn't introduce the band. "Cocaine" (the song that is :-) always used to be the vehicle for that.Introducing the band provides an opportunity to connect with the audience, and it's informative too. Not a big deal, but I personally miss it when it's absent.
Other opinions?
Mel

From scottw at racerxill.com  Wed Jul  1 10:16:53 2009
From: scottw at racerxill.com (Scott Wallenberg)
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 08:16:53 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] Test 7-1
Message-ID: <ACCA8C50-CE67-4D29-B70D-2413FFC54186@racerxill.com>

My recent posts are not showing up :-/  maybe this will work from my  
iPhone

Scott Wallenberg
from my mobile phone 

From elaine.drick at lmco.com  Wed Jul  1 12:18:05 2009
From: elaine.drick at lmco.com (Drick, Elaine)
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:18:05 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] E's eye color
Message-ID: <C59B1C700C11D64B89B4EFE8CFFE5C240FC563D1@emss02m11.us.lmco.com>

Hey Mel - There is a close up of Eric in the booklet that comes with the
delux edition Eric Clapton CD.  You know - the one that has 2 CD's, one
mixed by Tom Dowd and the other by Delaney Bramlett.  Anyway, his eyes
look hazel in that picture.

 

Also, is this the same jackass (Jim Harrington, Oakland Tribune)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_12720881?source=rss&nclick_check
=1

that always writes the lousy reviews of Clapton concerts when he plays
San Jose?  I remember you mentioning that last time he was in San Jose,
which is where I usually go to see Eric.  This time I went to Vegas.
The show was awesome and from reading your review of the Oakland show it
also was fabulous.

 

Elaine

Gonna Rock til I'm Old and Roll til I Die

 

What color are E's eye's?

I'm laying out a portrait from a b&w photo that provides little help in
this area.

I thought green/grey - rather dark in all the color photos I've seen and
obscure.

Thanks,

Mel

 


From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Wed Jul  1 13:22:29 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:22:29 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] Oakland review - response
Message-ID: <248503.74179.qm@web82605.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Harrington's review of the Oakland venue performance appeared in our Contra Costa Times. I responded in a 200-word reply that will appear soon I was told.
Mel

Since music critic Jim Harrington?s review of Monday?s Clapton-Winwood concert demonstrated clearly that he did not attend, here?s my take in 200 words.
?
This concert was all about the music and not banter and chatter. The band came to play. Its 20-song setlist was never intended to be a greatest-hits parade but rather a carefully crafted mix from both artists? archives. 
?
Personal highpoints were ?Had to Cry,? ?VooDoo? and ?Fantasy? for their shear power and endurance and the rarely played, acoustic ?LowSparks.? First played ?Had to Cry? was exceptional for its double-lead guitar solos by Eric and Steve at the song's end - simultaneously played with?different, complementary leads. You don't hear that often!
?
This night?s version of ?Driftin? was stirring, as Eric started finger-picking, flesh-to-the-strings, and later materialized a pick continuing in a particularly feisty fashion. Then the song transitioned?into a brief, yet, spicy Winwood keyboard part. Nice!
?
Split Decision sent chills, and Forever Man pinned our ears back! Even the well-worn, acoustic-Layla played by a seated duo picking and strumming in perfect harmony was crisp and fresh, perfectly punctuated by Chris Staiton?s masterful keyboardmanship who also played a "key role" on a particularly animated version of Cocaine.

From jnt.elliott at comcast.net  Wed Jul  1 13:40:57 2009
From: jnt.elliott at comcast.net (Jeff Elliott)
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:40:57 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Band Intros
In-Reply-To: <422725.42700.qm@web82604.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <422725.42700.qm@web82604.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1CABF45CB1E14F57AC844CD4C73C9494@1NVTLC1>

The only intro EC does these days seems to be when he shouts out for a solo
from one of his band mates ("Take it Andy!").  Of course, with no drum solos
(thank you very much...my very personal opinion), there's little call for
announcing the drummer.  Perhaps it's also due to the fact that most members
of the band are fairly well known by now, with the notable exception of Abe
Laboriel, Jr. (I did not know his name but now recognize him after watching
a Paul McCartney DVD over and over again).

Cheers, 
Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: Mel Boss [mailto:darmel at sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 11:47 AM
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Subject: [Slowhand] Band Intros

I do rather thing that it sucks when E doesn't introduce the band. "Cocaine"
(the song that is :-) always used to be the vehicle for that.Introducing the
band provides an opportunity to connect with the audience, and it's
informative too. Not a big deal, but I personally miss it when it's absent.
Other opinions?
Mel


From wdeli at aol.com  Wed Jul  1 18:50:04 2009
From: wdeli at aol.com (wdeli at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:50:04 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] EC-- Robbie Robertson
Message-ID: <8CBC8B568C5DACC-1158-213B@WEBMAIL-MY29.sysops.aol.com>

nick,saw the show in columbus (center section,row 12),in my opinion the best i have seen in the last 10 years & i have been chasing this dragon since 65.this one my have done it for me as i do not think it can be matched.(for me) & i,m getting told for this,well anyway. but i do have one question you may know the answer to,whatever happened to the collabertion EC was working on with Robbie Robertson,that produced the video clip with lee dickson? thank you,soho

From deltanick at comcast.net  Thu Jul  2 00:21:37 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (Nicholas Aleshin)
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:21:37 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] EC - Robbie Robertson
Message-ID: <65AE156B-4444-4205-95CD-A107B1D99391@comcast.net>

 >> nick ... whatever happened to the collabertion EC was working on  
with Robbie Robertson[?] <<

wdeli,

I once wrote, "EC forgot about me, so I forgot about him."

That lasted for 20+ years. But EC has recently remembered me, in  
spades (I think Winwood reminded him), so I'm hoping he forgot about  
Robbie Robertson.

I don't know what happened, but since The Band, I don't remember  
Robertson being involved in anything worth remembering, so maybe it's  
a good thing. Maybe I missed something, but I figured someone here on  
the Slowhand Digest would've mentioned it by now. I'm still waiting.

Now, let's not get upset ... yet.

While with The Band, Robertson was their "John Lennon." He might not  
have been the lead singer, but Bob Dylan considered him the lead Hawk.  
And Robertson had, perhaps, THE significant role in several of my  
favorite albums of all time, such as "The Band, "Music From Big Pink,"  
and "Islands."

But in his post-The Band life, it all seems to have gone to  
Robertson's head. To me he occupies a position not unlike that of Tom  
Petty and Whoopie Goldberg. What I mean is that when these three  
individuals open their mouths, they sound like they're speaking a  
secret, coded language that only their inner cabal understands. What's  
worse than this being excruciatingly rude is that it's a waste of my  
time.

But maybe I simply haven't followed Robertson closely enough. I bought  
his "Storyville" album about ten years ago and played it exactly once.  
If there's anything else worthwhile I've really missed out on, I'd  
like to hear about it. But his potential contribution to EC's legacy  
-- as EC has hit home run after home run with Steve Winwood -- seems,  
at this point, less than promising.

At least we can kind of figure out the gist of what Carlos Santana  
means when he speaks.

				DeltaNick




From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Thu Jul  2 11:34:33 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:34:33 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] But is it Cricket?
Message-ID: <015d01c9fb2a$a09cab30$0200a8c0@GX270>

http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2053531_clapton_and_his_allstars_at_the_wicket

Clapton and his all-stars at the wicket
July 02, 2009

ROCK guitarist Eric Clapton will be fielding a team of friends against The
Bunburys, the team of touring celebrities and former cricketing
professionals, in a fun-filled fundraising day at Cranleigh School, on
Sunday, July 12.

There will be cricket net sessions with professionals, plenty of autograph
and photograph opportunities, a raffle, an exciting auction for a guitar
signed by Clapton himself and, for one lucky winner at a pre-event auction,
the opportunity to play in The Bunburys team.

The family day will raise funds for the Cranleigh Foundation; Crossroads
Centre, the rehabilitation centre in Antigua founded by Eric Clapton; and
the English Schools Cricket Association.
To have a chance of winning the cricket and guitar prizes, register your bid
when applying for tickets by post, e-mail or online.

The event is advance-tickets only. Prices are ?12.50 for adults and ?2.50
for children under 12.
Call 01483 542118, e-mail events at cranleigh.org
or visit www.cranleigh.org


From kevinwilson at telkomsa.net  Thu Jul  2 16:58:12 2009
From: kevinwilson at telkomsa.net (Kevin Wilson)
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 22:58:12 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand] Robbie Robertson & Eric Clapton Duo Album Shelved
In-Reply-To: <mailman.56.1246550472.57082.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.56.1246550472.57082.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <001b01c9fb57$d0cef380$726cda80$@net>


27 March 2009 | Plochmann Lane
[http://plochmann.blogspot.com/2009/03/robbie-robertson-eric-clapton-duo-alb
um.html]

It has been reported over the past number of months that the dynamic duo has
shelved its album. Some have "guestimated" that it is because the two
extremely creative musicians could not see eye-to-eye during its production.
Robbie's son Sebastian recently responded to our question to him as to what
the real reason is for shelving the album. He replied that Eric needed to
spend more time with his young family and it would take away from the time
and dedication that he and Robbie felt was necessary to create an album to
their liking. Eric will be a part of Robbie's upcoming solo album though.


From kevinwilson at telkomsa.net  Thu Jul  2 17:49:58 2009
From: kevinwilson at telkomsa.net (Kevin Wilson)
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:49:58 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand] Eric Clapton 1965
Message-ID: <001c01c9fb5f$0c225010$2466f030$@net>

[http://www.musicouch.com/Musicouching/Eric-Clapton-An-Odd-Trip-During-1965-
Part-2.682913]

 

Anyone have access to part 1 of this article?

 

Kevin

 

 

 

 


From deltanick at comcast.net  Fri Jul  3 00:06:05 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (Nicholas Aleshin)
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:06:05 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] An Odd Trip During 1965, Parts 1 & 2
Message-ID: <7B0338B8-17BD-4425-ACBE-59135514B412@comcast.net>

Kevin,

Here ya' go!

http://www.musicouch.com/Musicouching/Eric-Clapton-An-Odd-Trip-During-1965-Part-1.682555

http://www.musicouch.com/Musicouching/Eric-Clapton-An-Odd-Trip-During-1965-Part-2.682913


http://www.bukisa.com/articles/109806_eric-clapton-an-odd-trip-during-1965-part-1

http://www.bukisa.com/articles/109811_eric-clapton-an-odd-trip-during-1965-part-2

				DeltaNick

From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Fri Jul  3 03:39:16 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:39:16 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] Eric Clapton 1965
Message-ID: <018501c9fbb1$60f7b740$0200a8c0@GX270>

Kevin,

Thanks for the link to the article, here is Part-1:

http://www.bukisa.com/articles/109806_eric-clapton-an-odd-trip-during-1965-part-1

Eric Clapton: "An Odd Trip During 1965" Part 1

It, was August 1965, Eric Clapton had joined the legendary John Mayall's
"Blues brakers" 5 months ago. Resided with the blues composer Charlie
Radcliffe at his home, but spent most of his time at the apartment of the
poet Ted Milton, in Long Acre 74, Covent Garden. He shared the space with an
old friend from the "Roosters", the pianist Ben Palmer, the trumpeter Bob
Ray, the doctor and saxophonist Bernie "Tunes" Greenwood (Chris Farlowe's
"Thunderbirds"), and John Baily, a singer and student of psychology who met
Bernie in Oxford.

[John and I had a band in Oxford the "King Cobra And The Rattlesnakes" and
always had a dream to travel around the world.] explains Bernie. They set up
the project at poet's home and as they were unemployed, thought that was an
opportunity to gain experiences. The original plan was to travel to
Australia by a double-decker bus. To implement the plan, first act Bernie
buying a 9-seated Ford Fairlane from 1953 but ... [just bought it and drove
3 miles, it broke...wreck!] After that Bernie and Ben had no other money,
John Baily went to Athens to find a job through a friend there. Around the
end of September were ready, but the last minute Ted Milton intended to be
their drummer left. They asked then Hughie Flint to join, but his family
refused. So Ted telephoned his brother Jake who was on vacation. [I had not
the slightest idea of what it was all about. I was a rising be-bop drummer,
and they had in their minds a blues band.] [The journey was full of
unpredictable events] Jake says, [finally got too much time to get to
Greece, had consistently unfortunate incidents as, many times taking the
wrong way or when we stopped at a gas station where Bernie attempted to
caress an Alsatian dog and "lost" two fingers! He could have avoided this if
he knew to read the German letters written on the collar of the dog ... We
had to face such events constantly.]This was not the only casualty. [I was
very young and innocent then,] Jake remembers [and scared with our
disagreements, and the pitfalls of the journey was the absolute madness of
some people on the road for a trip, with very faint idea of the destination
and what was going to happen.]

Bernie says: [Ben and Bob were teasing me because I was a person stuck in
Oxford and they -older than me- was more on things.]

When they arrived in Munich, the conditions were so bad that Jake and Eric
went to the train station. Bernie and Bob went to the Beer Festival, an
event which Jake described as completely crazy. [There were bands playing
completely different rhythms and notes at the same time. Also there were
huge rows of tables where everyone drank incredible quantities of beer.
Every few moments tables thrown down and  endless fights
occurred....Germans.. ] [Clapton and I didn't participate in such mesh]
According to Bernie, Eric was very thrifty, didn't drink much, didn't smoke
and he was generally very calm.

Eventually, they left Germany, went to Yugoslavia and arrived in Athens, but
for Jake was already too late. He was already two weeks overdue in college
and panicked by the expenses. He went back to England and never played with
the band. (Later, Jake joined "Quintessence"). In Greece he was replaced by
a local drummer named Makis Saliaris. Meanwhile, during truce moments with
Bernie, Bob Ray learned to play the basics in bass.

As "Glands" were "fighting" in south-eastern Europe, John Baily preparing
his vocal chords in Athens at the club "Igloo" and as Bernie remember, he
did the arrangements for Glands (already renamed to Faces) to play as
support to a Greek group called "Juniors". The first thing the British
musicians noticed, was that Greek rock musicians treated with the worst way
and their wages at clubs do not exceed those of the waiters. The fact that
they were British musicians -when the Beatles convulsed the world- made no
difference for the clubs owners. Nobody knew Clapton, and much more "Blues
Breakers". The name of   "The Yardbirds" remembered only when someone
happened to blow the tune of their hit "For Your Love".

Everyone was unaware of r'n'b, fact that greatly hurt Clapton and Greenwood,
when they understood how underestimated was their favourite type of music.
Thus, although "Glands" were planning to play r'n'b, Clapton thought it
would be better to perform adaptations of classic rock'n'roll songs. They
passed the audition by playing "Johnny Be Good" and the agreement was signed
in exchange for room and meals at a nearby hotel paid (not in cash) by the
club. They were playing "Rolling Stones", "Chuck Berry", "Everly Brothers"
and r'n'b classic tracks. Ben Palmer recalls: [The waiters felt that they
understood the Greek audience and suddenly in the middle of a song we were
told to speed up or slow down. Can you imagine this? We made tricks with
"You Really Got Me": A break by drums and the band repeating the same phrase
again and again to show that we were stuck, like a needle on a record. The
audience assumed it was part of the song. Clapton loved it! We had to do
such tricks to stay there.]
Then, a tragedy...

Eric Clapton: "An odd trip during 1965" Part 2


From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Fri Jul  3 03:50:28 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:50:28 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] Banned Record Covers: Blind Faith
Message-ID: <018b01c9fbb2$ef017390$0200a8c0@GX270>

A more complete version than I've seen before:

http://www.bukisa.com/articles/108898_banned-record-covers-blind-faith

Banned Record Covers: Blind Faith

The release of that album (Polydor Records U.K/Canada, Atco Records U.S.)
provoked controversy because the cover featured a topless pubescent girl,
holding in her hands a silver space ship designed by Mick Milligan, a
jeweler at the Royal College of Art. Some perceived the ship as phallic.
That was too much for the U.S. and orders were quickly cancelled. A quick
reprint had the back cover photo (see below) of the band on the front, the
naked girl banished from sight. Within a week of the change, the album was a
gold record.

The cover art was created by photographer Bob Seidemann, a personal friend
and former flatmate of Clapton who is known primarily for his photos of
Janis Joplin and the Grateful Dead. Bizarre rumors both fueled and were
fueled by the controversy, among them that the young girl was Baker's
illegitimate daughter or, alternatively as a fantasy, was a groupie kept in
the meadowlands as a slave by the band members!

Actually, the young girl was a London suburbanite, Mariora Goschen.
Seidemann wrote that he approached a girl reported to be 14 years old (Sula
Goschen) on the London Tube about modeling for the cover. Later he met with
her parents, David and Angela Goschen, at their home in Mayfair, finding
them wealthy, distantly related to royalty, friendly with Allen Ginsberg and
with Bohemian sympathies. They gave their consent, but in the end, it was
Sula's 11-year-old sister, Mariora, who posed. She asked for 'a young horse'
as payment but instead received 40 pounds from Stigwood, Clapton's
management organisation. "The nudity didn't bother me. I hardly noticed I
had breasts. Life was far too hectic. I was mad about animals and much taken
up with family and friends. But now, when people tell me they can remember
what they were doing when they first saw the cover, and the effect it had on
them, I'm thrilled to bits. By the way, I'm still waiting for Eric Clapton
to ring me about the horse." Said many years later Mariora.

Sula had been proved too shy and also old for the effect Seidemann wanted.
He wrote: "I could not get my hands on the image until out of the mist a
concept began to emerge. To symbolize the achievement of human creativity
and its expression through technology a space ship was the material object.
To carry this new spore into the universe innocence would be the ideal
bearer, a young girl, a girl as young as Shakespeare's Juliet. The space
ship would be the fruit of the tree of knowledge and the girl, the fruit of
the tree of life"...."I called the image "Blind Faith" and Clapton made that
the name of the band"

One other interesting note about the cover is that it was nameless, only the
wrapping paper told the buyer who the artist was and the name of the album.
According to Seidemann, "It was Eric who elected to not print the name of
the band on the cover. This had never been done before." In fact, this had
been done previously for  The Rolling Stones 1964 debut album, Traffic's
self-titled 1968 album, and The Beatles' albums Rubber Soul (1965) and
Revolver (1966).

Though initially banned in the U.S. the original artwork was quite popular
and collectible. Also became available later in the 1970's on the RSO label
worldwide, and in the USA as a "JEM" import item.


From MGaffigan at measinc.com  Fri Jul  3 13:50:05 2009
From: MGaffigan at measinc.com (Michael Gaffigan)
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:50:05 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Musiccouch Eric Clapton, part 2
Message-ID: <FD25A891D9CB384F9A4466B46C835E6AAFC3132461@VMAIL4SERV.meas-inc.com>

http://www.musicouch.com/Musicouching/Eric-Clapton-An-Odd-Trip-During-1965-Part-2.682913



And part 1--
http://www.musicouch.com/Musicouching/Eric-Clapton-An-Odd-Trip-During-1965-Part-1.682555

Slimcream.

This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential information intended solely for acknowledged recipients. If you think you have received this information in error, please reply to the sender and delete all copies from your system. Please note that unauthorized use, disclosure, or further distribution of this information is prohibited by the sender. Note also that we may monitor email directed to or originating from our network. Thank you for your consideration and assistance. |

From roberte at comcast.net  Fri Jul  3 17:14:24 2009
From: roberte at comcast.net (Robert Ender)
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:14:24 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Eric Clapton Odd trip 1965
Message-ID: <4A4E74B0.7040602@comcast.net>

[http://www.musicouch.com/Musicouching/Eric-Clapton-An-Odd-Trip-During-1965-
Part-2.682913]

 

Anyone have access to part 1 of this article?

 

Kevin

 

Here it is...

http://www.musicouch.com/Musicouching/Eric-Clapton-An-Odd-Trip-During-1965-Part-1.682555 


From bingomusic at yahoo.co.uk  Fri Jul  3 19:09:47 2009
From: bingomusic at yahoo.co.uk (mark thresher)
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 23:09:47 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [Slowhand] Address of John Mayall place in South East London
Message-ID: <236605.64273.qm@web27306.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>


Hi, All... Seeing the interesting article of Eric Clapton in 1965 prompted me to ask if anybody knows the exact location of John Mayall's place in Lee, South East London, where Eric Clapton stayed with him ??? I think I read somewhere: Lee High Road, but, I would be interested to find out exactly where.....

Regards to all..... Bingomusic (Mark T, London, UK)


      

From kevinwilson at telkomsa.net  Sat Jul  4 06:47:17 2009
From: kevinwilson at telkomsa.net (Kevin Wilson)
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:47:17 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand] Eric Clapton 1965
Message-ID: <000301c9fc94$cdecfe30$69c6fa90$@net>

Below is an article from 1994 on which the recent links published on the
Digest expand (specifically on the sale of the amp and speaker). 
Note too that the date of the Juniors gig referred to in the 30 April 2009
article should be Sunday, 24 October 1965, as per the explanation in Chris
Hjort's "Strange Brew...", page 27. 
Of interest, note in the note of authorisation by Bernie Greenwood that he
spells "authorize" using US spelling.

---

Harry Shapiro - Mojo - March 1994 - "The Odyssey: The Making of Eric
Clapton"

Of all the legends of the land of Greece, few are as epic and ill-starred as
the tale of Eric Clapton, his five mates and a dodgy motor called the
Glandsmobile.
It was August 1965 and Eric was into his fifth month with John Mayall's
Bluesbreakers. He'd been dossing down at the flat of poet Ted Milton, 74
Long Acre in Covent Garden, above the fruit wholesaler Mash and Austin. Also
taking up floor space was his old friend from The Roosters, pianist and
artist Ben Palmer; a trumpet-player Bob Rae; Bernie 'Tunes' Greenwood, a
qualified doctor and sax player with Chris Farlowe's Thunderbirds; and John
Baily, a singer and psychology student who'd been at Oxford with Bernie.
"John and I had this band at Oxford called King Cobra & the Rattlesnakes,"
recalls Bernie, "and we'd always had the idea of a band on the road to go
round the world."
They put the plan to the Long Acre crew, who being unemployed or otherwise
at a loose end decided it sounded like a laugh plus a chance to earn sonic
folding. Bernie moved into action. First he was going to get a bus, then he
bought a 1953 Ford Fairlane, a nine-seater American car. "I bought it and
three miles up the road, the big end went." While Bernie and Ben Palmer got
it sorted, John Baily went ahead to Athens where he said he had a friend who
could get them work.
By late September they were ready. But at the last minute Ted Milton, who
was to be the drummer, dropped out. Hughie Flint was asked, but family
commitments kept him at home. So Ted called his brother Jake, then a student
on vacation: "I didn't have the faintest idea what this was all about. I was
a be-bop drummer recruited to play in a blues band." The Glands (named by
Bernie) were off.
The journey proved to be 'eventful'. Jake recalls: "It took an awfully long
time to get down there. We kept being diverted by incidents on the way. The
car kept going wrong and on one occasion we stopped at this petrol station
and there was this Alsatian dog there. I think it was Bernie who decided to
go and pat the dog, and there was this sign in German that none of us could
read saying something like, "Look at this dog at your own peril". So Bernie
patted the dog and virtually lost two fingers. Then we had to drive off very
rapidly to hospital and we'd left all the passports and everything on the
car roof. So we had to retrieve those from all over the place. Things like
that just kept on happening."
That was not the only mishap. "I was so young and naive then," says Jake,
"and I was appalled at all the arguing and wind-ups and baiting that was
going on, the absolute lunacy of having people like that all thrown together
on the road with a very vague idea of destination and what was going to
happen."
Bernie: "I was getting flack from Ben and Bob for being a stuck-up ex-Oxford
git while they were older than me and had the edges knocked off them." But
he seems to have given as good as he got. "Jake has a very clear memory of
seeing Bob on Athens beach, gathering together bits of driftwood to make a
raft and get home because he was so sick of what had happened on the way."
By the time they got to Munich things were so bad that Jake and Eric nearly
left. "We were both at the railway station with tickets in our hands."
Bernie and Bob came to blows at the Munich Beer Festival, an event which
Jake describes as "madness, complete madness. They had these huge marquees
with two or three brass bands in each, all playing different tunes at the
same time. There were tables in long rows, everyone drinking litre pots of
this devil's brew and getting completely legless. Every so often tables
would go over and people would start fighting - and so did the band. Eric
and I were pacifists and we just wanted out." According to Bernie, "Eric was
very abstemious. He didn't drink too much, didn't smoke; he was very nice
and sweet the whole time."

Eventually, via Germany and Yugoslavia, they got to Athens, but for Jake it
was all too late. "I was two weeks overdue at college and panicking about
paying back grants and stuff. So I went back and never got to play." [Later
Jake joined Quintessence.] He was replaced by a Greek pilot called Makis who
kept missing gigs because he got stuck at various airports across Europe.
Meanwhile, during truce times with Bernie, Bob Rae learned the rudiments of
playing bass.
While The Glands had been fighting their way across Europe, John Baily had
set up a solo spot for himself at the Igloo Club in Athens and, as Bernie
remembers it, arranged that The Glands (now renamed The Faces for the
purpose of public performances) would play support to a Greek band, The
Juniors. They passed the audition doing "Johnny B. Goode" and a deal has
struck - room and food at a local hotel, paid for by the club, but no cash.
For their sets they played Stones songs, Chuck Berry, Everly Brothers and
loads of R&B standards for hours on end. "The waiters had us in a vice-like
grip," remembers Ben Palmer. "They felt they understood the rather expensive
Greek clientele and would suddenly tell us, mid-song, to speed up or slow
down. Can you imagine it? We had this trick, usually in The Kinks' "You
Really Got Me": one sharp rimshot from the drums and we'd repeat the same
phrase over and over, pretending we were a record that'd got stuck. The
audience assumed it was part of the song. Eric loved it. You had to do stuff
like that to stay sane."
Then tragedy struck. The Juniors were involved in a serious road accident -
one member was killed and another seriously injured. The club was going to
close, until Eric stepped in and offered to play with the band to keep them
in work. This meant he was playing from 7 pm to 7 am and very soon was
completely exhausted. But he felt he couldn't let them down because The
Juniors were nice guys and their friend had been killed.
Matters got worse when a rival club owner grassed them up to the police for
not having work permits, and the hotel manager came calling for the money
that the club was supposed to pay him, but hadn't. Meanwhile, when Eric
started to play some Yardbirds numbers, it began to dawn on the club owner
that this was the Eric Clapton in their midst and, as such, an asset worth
holding on to. Things were heating up.
The club owner was taking care of Eric, but everyone else was in deep
trouble. They decided to make a run for it. But first they had to find a way
to retrieve all their gear - the club owner was intent on keeping it because
it included the same type of Vox amp that The Beatles used. According to
John Baily they managed to get everything back except Eric's Gibson. Ben and
Eric went to the club in a taxi and, on the pretext of getting the guitar
re-strung, walked out with it.
Bernie recalls eventually getting all the gear away following a triumphant
gig in a local cinema. The concert was packed and 'The Faces' went down very
well, which wound up the local constabulary to near fever pitch while Eric
was physically prevented from leaving and had to talk his way out of a
potentially nasty situation. With the gear strapped to the roof, they weaved
through the back streets of Athens ending up at the railway station where
Bob, Ben and Eric boarded the train. "Once they had gone," says Bernie, "we
laid low for a few weeks, sold most of the gear and headed off East." Bernie
and John went on to complete their world trip.
The moment the ferry docked in Dover, before they boarded the London train,
Eric said he had to make a telephone call. "I lent him the money," recalls
Ben Palmer. "He went straight to the nearest phone-box and rang John Mayall
and got his old job back. It just struck him as perfectly natural - he was
back in England and should be back in the band. It never crossed his mind
that Mayall might have said no."




From kevinwilson at telkomsa.net  Sat Jul  4 07:37:18 2009
From: kevinwilson at telkomsa.net (Kevin Wilson)
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 13:37:18 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand] Banned Record Covers: Blind Faith
In-Reply-To: <018b01c9fbb2$ef017390$0200a8c0@GX270>
References: <018b01c9fbb2$ef017390$0200a8c0@GX270>
Message-ID: <000401c9fc9b$ca1ae360$5e50aa20$@net>

It's on the Internet somewhere, I never saved the link, anyway...

Bob Seidemann Interview

Musicom International | 1999

Originally from an advert to sell lithographs of the Seidemann artwork
during 1999.

Name: Blind Faith - Blind Faith

Artist: Bob Seidemann
Medium: Lithograph

Edition Size: 5000

Print Size: 16 3/4" x 16 3/4"

Framed Size: 27" x 29"

Item #: 261

Price Unframed: $70.00

Price Framed: $150.00

Plate signed by the visual artist.

Bob Seidemann: Detroit was burning. The police were rioting in Chicago.
Watts was being eaten by its inhabitants. One enormous cultural icon after
another was biting the dust, ground to a pulpy mass before the eyes of the
children of the radiant box. Lenny Bruce, Malcolm X, John Kennedy, Martin
Luther King, Robert Kennedy, and on and on.

There would be more, many more. Numberless units of our best and brightest.
A generation of bourgeois white kids would fry their brains on the griddle
of the cold war.

It was new car time. But they were junk so fast. Doctors smoked Camels.
Father knew best, mother knew her place in the electric kitchen and the bomb
would make electricity too cheap to meter. Jack Kerouac was off the road
now. Allen Ginsberg had made his run through the negro streets in search of
an angry fix. The man was in a gray flannel suit. If you didn't fit the man
would get you. Ask Lenny.

It was better living through chemistry. Pain was history. Why feel it. Your
doctor would prescribe a jar of Valium, mother's little helper. The whole
country was losing weight on Dexedrine by the handful. Jackson Pollock had
drowned himself in splattered paint and booze. The bastard couldn't paint
anyway. It was all plastic can't you see. Doesn't anyone see!

To a kid from New York, San Francisco was Oz. A fairy tale city of Victorian
wood. Ken Kesey was a government intelligence experiment gone wrong. He
would invent the acid test and fail it himself. With what was left of his
mind he took the Dead on a bus ride through a crack in reality and into
history. Many would join the dance at the Dog and the Fillmore. A dance of
longing, a dance of hope, a dance of love, a futile dance of naive
believers. God it was good. God it was brief.

It was nineteen sixty-eight. Last year was the summer of love. You could
stand on Haight Street and see the soldiers coming. They came in bright new
uniforms, their faces scrubbed and young. They came to see what Time
magazine was talking about. They would be shipping out in the morning and
the girls were beautiful. Oh the beautiful girls.

Nam was on. Nam was on with a vengeance. The soldiers would not come home
the same. None of us would be the same. We were all soldiers. They would
fight in Nam. We would fight at home. At home on that mushy battlefield of
our minds. The casualty rate was about the same.

The geeks came too. The lonely ones, the hungry ones, the ones without a
prayer. They were in search of their own salvation, in search of love. They
heard it was free. They walked and drove and clawed their way to the street
called Haight. When they arrived they stood with the soldiers and gaped at
themselves. It was not what they imagined. A mind was a terrible thing to
waste and their minds got wasted.

I was being on the "scene" because it was happening. It was ground zero of
the cultural revolution. How I managed it was by producing a handful of
photographs for a small poster company I was a partner in. The company was
founded by a raving poet with a hundred dollars and a picture of the face of
Christ, supposedly an impression on the veil of Mary Magdalene. His name is
Louis Rapoport, today he is news editor of the "Jerusalem Post". It was our
first poster and it was a hit. My work consisted at the beginning of
pictures of Janis Joplin and the Grateful Dead. They were impressionistic
and successful. Then I began making more far-out images depicting my scene
of the time, culminating with a rendition of Michelangelo's "Pieta".

Mercy master, spare me the Judeo-Christian symbolism. Americans carry those
symbols on their back like a hump and the hump burns like a fiery brand. It
was a portrait of the end of the scene. It was a picture of the end of love,
of death, and it worked. Buddha where are you? Carry me to the endless,
unremitting, unthinkable, unnameable. I would fly there myself but my wings
are weak.

Detroit was burning. The police were rioting in Chicago, cultural icons were
dropping like flies, the love generation had been kicked to death by CBS,
NBC, "Life", "Look" and "Newsweek" and I wanted out. I called Eric Clapton
in London to ask if he would put me up for a while. He did. I stayed at his
flat in Chelsea with a wild crowd of ravers. The party had been going on for
some time when I arrived. Other residents of the never-ending,
day-for-night, multi-colored fling were Martin Sharp, a graphic artist and
poet with an uncanny resemblance to Peter O'Toole, and the wildest of
ravers, Philippe Mora, a young filmmaker who looked like a cherry Peter
Lorre, and their handsome girlfriends. I bunked on a ledge under a skylight
in the living room. All of the London scene came through. It was wild and
wooly.

A year passed and I had my own room in a basement flat in the same part of
town with another bunch of ravers. The phone rang. It was Robert Stigwood's
office, Clapton's manager. Cream was over and Eric was putting a new band
together. The fellow on the phone asked if I would make a cover for the new
unnamed group. This was big time. It seems though the western world had for
lack of a more substantial icon, settled on the rock and roll star as the
golden calf of the moment. The record cover had become the place to be seen
as an artist.

I had sold my cameras in San Francisco after the "Pieta" poster because it
scared me so much, vowing never to pick up a camera again. The picture game
me the heebie-jeebies and the willies all at the same time. If you pinned it
to the wall, the wall would smoke. It was a picture of death alright. If I
was going to take up a camera again to make a cover for Eric's new band it
would have to be the antidote to the "Pieta" image, a picture of life.

It was 1969 and man was landing on the moon. Our species was making its
first steps into limitless space and I had a shot at immortality. That's
what every artist hopes to achieve, a stab at greatness to make something
that will last for a little while. To scratch an image on a wall and hope
the wall outlives him. The lights were on the curtain was going up and I was
coming down. Down from San Francisco. Down from the height of that lofty
battlefield. Down from "Dr. Strangelove" and "2001". The pop world was
awaiting the new pop idols and I had been asked to create their emblem.

Technology and innocence crashed through the tatters of my mind. Only a
thread of an idea. Something I couldn't see. Something out there just beyond
my vision, an impulse rippling through the interstellar plasma. I stumbled
through the streets of London for weeks, bumping into things, gibbering like
a madman. I could not get my hands on the image until out of the mist a
concept began to emerge. To symbolize the achievement of human creativity
and its expression through technology a space ship was the material object.
To carry this new spore into the universe innocence would be the ideal
bearer, a young girl, a girl as young as Shakespeare's Juliet. The space
ship would be the fruit of the tree of knowledge and the girl, the fruit of
the tree of life.

The space ship could be made by Mick Milligan, a jeweler at the Royal
College of Art. The girl was another matter. If she were too old it would be
cheesecake, too young and it would be nothing. It was the beginning of the
transition from girl to woman, that is what I was after. That temporal
point, that singular flare of radiant innocence. Where is that girl?

I was riding the London Tube on the way to Stigwood's office to expose
Clapton's management to this revelation when the subway doors opened and she
stepped into the car. She was wearing a school uniform, plaid skirt, blue
blazer, white socks and ball point pen drawings on her hands. It was as
though the air began to crackle with an electrostatic charge. She was
buoyant and fresh as the morning air.

I must have looked like something out of Dickens. Somewhere between Fagan,
Quasimodo, Albert Einstein and John the Baptist. The car was full of
passengers. I approached her and said that I would like her to pose for a
record cover for Eric Clapton's new band. Everyone in the car tensed up.

She said, "Do I have to take off my clothes?" My answer was yes. I gave her
my card and begged her to call. I would have to ask her parent's consent if
she agreed. When I got to Stigwood's office I called the flat and said that
if this girl called not to let her off the phone without getting her phone
number. When I returned she had called and left her number.

Stanley Mouse, my close friend and one of the five originators of
psychedelic art in San Francisco was holed up at the flat. He helped me make
a layout and we headed out to meet with the girl's parents.

It was a Mayfair address. This was a swank part of town, class in the
English sense of the word. The parents were charming and worldly with a
bohemian air. He was large robust, she was demure. They knew the poet Allen
Ginsberg, owned a tenth-century manor house outside of London and were
distantly related to two royal families, one English, the other German. The
odds against this circumstance were astronomical and unsurprising.

Mouse and I made our presentation, I told my story, the parents agreed. The
girl on the tube train would not be the one, she was shy, she had just
passed the point of complete innocence and could not pose. Her younger
sister had been saying the whole time, "Oh Mommy, Mommy, I want to do it, I
want to do it." She was glorious sunshine. Botticelli's angel, the picture
of innocence, a face that in a brief time could launch a thousand space
ships.

We asked her what her fee should be for modelling, she said a young horse.
Stigwood bought one for her. I called the image "Blind Faith" and Clapton
made that the name of his band. When the cover was shown in the trades it
hit the market like a runaway train, causing a storm of controversy. At one
point the record company considered not releasing the cover at all. It was
Eric Clapton who fought for it. It was Eric who elected to not print the
name of the band on the cover. This had never been done before. The name was
printed on the wrapper, when the wrapper came off, so did the type.

This was an image created out of ferment and storm, out of revolution and
chaos. It was an image in the mind of one who strove for that moment of
glory, that blinding flash of singular inspiration. To etch an image on a
stone in our cultural wall with the hope that the wall will last. To say
with his heart and his eyes, at a time when it mattered, this is what I
feel. It was created out of and a wish for a new beginning. It was created
out of hope and a wish for a new beginning. Innocence propelled by Blind
Faith.


From jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com  Tue Jul  7 18:51:50 2009
From: jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com (James Vlahakis)
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 17:51:50 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Crossroads with Delaney and Bonnie on
	wolfgangsvault.com
In-Reply-To: <mailman.129.1246707443.88379.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <OF2E1F734E.1EC841B8-ON862575EC.007A158D-862575EC.007D9816@hinshawlaw.com>

This may be old news to many of you, but I stumbled along Eric performing 
Crossroads with D & B in February of 1970.  This version is very much like 
the Dominos version that came out on the expanded live album.  What's 
interesting is the "woo-hoo" that Eric belts out at around the 55 second 
mark and at 2:18 and 4:15.  I always blamed that "woo-hoo" on Greg 
Phillinganes and/or Nathan East as some bizarre holdover from (I believe) 
Greg's stint with Michael Jackson's touring band.  While it sounded like 
Greg was trying to channel Michael Jackson, it's clear that EC was the one 
who initiated the dreaded "woo-hoo" of the 80s.

The solos are raw in my opinion and Delaney is pretty good for his own 
solo which I believe starts at the 2:30 mark and ends at the 3:55 mark. 
Nice sustain Delaney?  That's not EC right?  HE comes in at around 3:30 
(and does not do all that much).  His better solo starts at 4:25 mark - 
still its not like he's "on fire" during the solo until about 5:25 where 
he kicks it up a notch (even then it's not one for the ages). 

Coming Home is much better for EC at the 3:11 mark and well, they just jam 
so well, the last minute or so is pretty cool.

Other questions:

1.      Does anyone dread the 80's woo-hoos?

2.      Does EC do the "woo-hoo" in any records with the Dominos? 

3.      What about circa 1974?  I've never noticed it on my bootlegs?

4.      And is it just me or does the tempo kick in faster as the songs 
goes forward?

-James V. in Chicago
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is an Illinois registered limited liability partnership that 
has elected to be governed by the Illinois Uniform Partnership Act (1997).

The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for 
the addressee(s) named in this message. This communication is intended to be 
and to remain confidential and may be subject to applicable attorney/client and/or 
work product privileges. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if 
this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the 
sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message and its attachments. Do not 
deliver, distribute or copy this message and/or any attachments and if you are not 
the intended recipient, do not disclose the contents or take any action in reliance 
upon the information contained in this communication or any attachments.

From argyllhighlands at yahoo.co.uk  Tue Jul  7 21:32:53 2009
From: argyllhighlands at yahoo.co.uk (Declan Lewis)
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 01:32:53 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [Slowhand] ISO CDR or DVD of Clapton/Winwood @Oracle Arena in
	Oakland CA
In-Reply-To: <mailman.272.1205001985.94433.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.272.1205001985.94433.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <987346.8887.qm@web25303.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Having attended this show, and still in shock over how great EC was, I was hoping
some kind soul would do a B&P for me, if indeed anyone has a copy.

Thank you,

Lew Campbell~
Sebastopol, CA~



      

From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Wed Jul  8 04:51:26 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 09:51:26 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] God's Commandments
Message-ID: <02cb01c9ffa9$4a57be30$0200a8c0@GX270>

Whatever next?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://www.lulu.com/content/7336977


Eric Clapton: The Essential Interviews
by John Luerssen

ERIC CLAPTON: The Essential Interviews collects the guitar legend's most
candid and inspiring interactions ever with the media. Beginning with his
work with Cream and tracing his efforts with Blind Faith, Derek & the
Dominos and as one of the most inventive solo artists in the history of rock
music, this telling book celebrates Clapton's life and work as it chronicles
his strength in overcoming addiction and the death of his young son.
Compiled and edited by John D. Luerssen for Rock Reader Books, ERIC CLAPTON:
The Essential Interviews is a must own book for any E.C. fan.


From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Wed Jul  8 04:59:03 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 09:59:03 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] JB - Pseudo Academia
Message-ID: <02d101c9ffaa$57f113b0$0200a8c0@GX270>

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jdjcqGvQ5TU7v4YU5Ee5VB5BPn4w

University honour for Jack Bruce

A member of one of the world's first supergroups is due to be awarded an
honorary doctorate.
Jack Bruce, who helped found the band Cream with Eric Clapton and Ginger
Baker, will receive the honour from Glasgow Caledonian University.
The Scot, originally from the Glasgow area, wrote the group's hits I Feel
Free and Sunshine of Your Love.

Copyright ? 2009 The Press Association. All rights reserved.


From mzutkoff at ix.netcom.com  Wed Jul  8 22:20:40 2009
From: mzutkoff at ix.netcom.com (Mark Zutkoff)
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 21:20:40 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] The origin of Woo-Hoo
Message-ID: <AE90CAAFF2D842EE9079E3C3256D181E@MZUTKOFF>

James V. in Chicago said:

"This may be old news to many of you, but I stumbled along Eric performing 
Crossroads with D & B in February of 1970.  This version is very much like 
the Dominos version that came out on the expanded live album.  What's 
interesting is the "woo-hoo" that Eric belts out at around the 55 second 
mark and at 2:18 and 4:15.  I always blamed that "woo-hoo" on Greg 
Phillinganes and/or Nathan East as some bizarre holdover from (I believe) 
Greg's stint with Michael Jackson's touring band.  While it sounded like 
Greg was trying to channel Michael Jackson, it's clear that EC was the one 
who initiated the dreaded "woo-hoo" of the 80s."

Unless I'm deeply mistaken, the "woo-hoo" is more EC's attempt to imitate
bluesman Robert Johnson, who did a similar, high-pitched exclamation on some
of his classic recordings. I haven't listened to Mr. J's material in quite a
while, and I only heard one invocation on his standard take of "Crossroads"
which might be close, but I think there are such sounds ("Phonograph Blues"
seems to have one).

-Mark Zutkoff
Plano, TX



From mangs88 at verizon.net  Fri Jul 10 13:12:31 2009
From: mangs88 at verizon.net (Sam Mangano)
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:12:31 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] tidbits
Message-ID: <7F474A3A535040E7A5BB2A53198537AC@manganoe038b9c>

http://www.orianthi.net/index2.html

i believe this girl was included in the Chicago Crossroads DVD bonus footage
that showed guitarists performing in the guitar village? she was recruited
to play for michael jackson's tour and is seen in the rehearsal footage that
has been out on tv.

also, i read an interview with jeff beck where he said that Stevie Ray
Vaughan was reluctant to go on the helicopter that carried him to his death.
however, after one of the staffers said that EC just boarded another
helicopter, that convinced him to get on. has anyone ever heard this story? 

l8r
sambo8 


From turbineltd at btconnect.com  Sat Jul 11 11:26:27 2009
From: turbineltd at btconnect.com (John Mills)
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:26:27 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] John Mayall's Blues Adventures - BBC R4
Message-ID: <006401ca023b$f8bfb600$0200a8c0@GX270>

I've just listened, (live), to half-an-hour's worth of John Mayall's Blues
Adventures, on BBC Radio 4.

John Mayall's Blues Adventures - BBC Radio 4. 3.30pm - 4.00pm
Blues veteran John Mayall traces the explosion of the blues and R&B in
Britain in the early 1960s. With contributions from Bill Wyman, Zoot Money
and Eric Burdon.

One can "listen again", or in your case "listen", at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00lg9y2/John_Mayalls_Blues_Adventures/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lg9y2


You have three days left.

John

"Normal people just don't understand what excites engineers."


From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Thu Jul 16 20:45:20 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:45:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] SHDigest HELP
Message-ID: <939302.98457.qm@web82608.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Friend Mary is having problems posting to the SHD. Is there HELP out there somewhere for her?
Thanks.

Mel

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Mary McFarland <Mary.McFarland at wvculture.org>
To: Mel Boss <darmel at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 1:36:43 PM
Subject: RE: Digest question 
?
I'm still not having anyluck posting to the digest. Would youmind posting a query for me? I really appreciate it.
?
...I used to be a very active member of the digest a few years ago. I have had lots of problems getting the digest and now that I do, I have had lots of problems posting. I use the address given on the digest and they seem to go nowhere.
?
Also, do you remember Niels Adserson from Denmark ? Has anyone heard from him recently? I have tried to email him at his old address and it just bounces back.
?
Mary McFarland
Conservation Technician
WV Division of Culture & History
1900 Kanawha Blvd. E.
Charleston, WV ?? 25305
(304) 558-0220 ex. 707
Fax: (304) 558-2779

From argyllhighlands at yahoo.co.uk  Fri Jul 17 18:32:05 2009
From: argyllhighlands at yahoo.co.uk (Declan Lewis)
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:32:05 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [Slowhand] ISO Clapton/Winwood @Oracle Arena OAKLAND California
	6/29/2009
Message-ID: <561712.5442.qm@web25302.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Slowhanders,

I'm still searching for a copy of the Clapton/Winwood @Oracle Arena OAKLAND California 
on 6/29/2009.  Jon from Hull, UK, emailed me with an offer but hasn't gotten back to me yet.

I'm hoping to trade or do a "Blanks & Postage" (B&P) from California, and will gladly send
enough extra blanks to any kind soul (especially if they are in the UK/Europe) who would
burn me a copy of this unbelievably great performance.

I'm also interested in the following night at the Hollywood Bowl, but I would ***really***
love to get this OAKLAND show that I took my wife to.

Please email your reply to:

<lewis.g.campbell at sbcglobal.net>

Thank you,

Lew~
Redwood Coast~
Sebastopol CA~
<lewis.g.campbell at sbcglobal.net>


      

From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Fri Jul 17 20:02:21 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:02:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] More HELP Needed
Message-ID: <785599.80225.qm@web82607.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Since I found myself in this same situation a few months back, I can relate to your frustration.
Dave Hillman came to my rescue, as the situation was resolved as suddenly as it first occurred. 
All I can suggest is to make Dave aware of your problem and be patient for him to investigate.
Mel

If you find any help for her, please send some my way too.
I have not been able to post here since Reptile came out!
Lance G. Fargo
COASTAL PRINTING & GRAPHICS, INC.
P.O. Box 1340
Route 26, Shops of Millville
Ocean View, DE 19970

>>Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 8:45 PM
>>Subject: [Slowhand] SHDigest HELP
>>
>>
>>Friend Mary is having problems posting to the SHD. 
>>Is there HELP out there somewhere for her?
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Mel

From mangs88 at verizon.net  Tue Jul 21 12:00:58 2009
From: mangs88 at verizon.net (Sam Mangano)
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:00:58 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] RnR HoF 25th anniversary performance
Message-ID: <957E925F535F4AA985CFF09442C4E41F@manganoe038b9c>

http://www.kinghesh.com/news/13573.php

 

EC to play on second nite 10/30 at MSG!!


From deltanick at comcast.net  Sat Aug  1 15:27:28 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick)
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 15:27:28 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Best Wedding Entrance Ever
Message-ID: <C12CA826E20F4B79933F7AF3D61722BD@4MT8H51>

If this could only arranged to "Wonderful Tonight," someone would have the perfect wedding!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbxnfGvEojg

 

 

From jnt.elliott at comcast.net  Sun Aug  2 19:03:37 2009
From: jnt.elliott at comcast.net (Jeff Elliott)
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 19:03:37 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] TRUE OR EMBELLISHMENT?
Message-ID: <17C978B536A04F249464A766CDB028E7@1NVTLC1>

Saw Paul McCartney last night at FEDEX field here in the DC metro area and
after a rousing rendition of Let Me Roll It, he launched into a little
interlude of Foxy Lady, his tribute to Jimi as he put it.  As he continued
talking about Hendrix and his time in London Paul made mention of how
impressed he was by the fact that Jimi had learned Sgt. Peppers and played
it live at a Sunday evening show which occurred after the Friday release of
Peppers.  The laugh he got out of the crowd, however, was his description of
Hendrix wailing away on his guitar, banging on it and wringing the hell out
of the whammy bar until such time as he pulled it completely out of tune.
At that, he apparently asked if Eric was in the audience and could he tune
his guitar.

 

Anybody ever hear this before and is there any truth to it or was it just
Macca taking a little poetic license?

 

Cheers,

 

Jeff

 

BTW, McCartney simply rocked.  For 2 and ? hours.  Fabulous to say the
least.


From Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au  Sun Aug  2 23:06:08 2009
From: Jon.Maclean at lands.nsw.gov.au (Jon Maclean)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 13:06:08 +1000
Subject: [Slowhand] Eric Clapton tour bundle
In-Reply-To: <mailman.128.1246707443.88379.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <4CF39E538334FD4FB540C279149C7EA90151B60A@srv-bx-mail5.lands.nsw>

It might only be Warners offloading a bunch of stuff they haven't been
able to sell, but the attached offer makes it very easy to catch up on
some recent tour programs if, like me, you are that way inclined.
http://ericclapton.com/product/limited-edition-eric-clapton-tour-bundle 
Even with US$15 postage, that makes it a very affordable proposition.

Cheers,
Jon


***************************************************************
This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the Department of  Lands. This email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses.
***************************************************************
Please consider the environment before printing this email.


From deltanick at comcast.net  Mon Aug  3 07:03:46 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 07:03:46 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Best Wedding Entrance Ever
Message-ID: <1C8D7A8844E74813AE0441DCC684387E@4MT8H51>

Sorry folks,

Looks like they're taken this YouTube clip down.

Too bad.

                DeltaNick

-----Original Message-----
From: DeltaNick [mailto:deltanick at comcast.net] 
Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 3:27 PM
To: Slowhand Digest
Subject: [Slowhand] Best Wedding Entrance Ever

If this could only arranged to "Wonderful Tonight," someone would have the
perfect wedding!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbxnfGvEojg

From jsewell at wcgwave.ca  Mon Aug  3 22:49:19 2009
From: jsewell at wcgwave.ca (James Sewell)
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:49:19 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Best Wedding Entrance Ever
In-Reply-To: <1C8D7A8844E74813AE0441DCC684387E@4MT8H51>
References: <1C8D7A8844E74813AE0441DCC684387E@4MT8H51>
Message-ID: <4A77A1AF.5080101@wcgwave.ca>

Here's another copy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94JhLEiN0


-James

DeltaNick wrote:
> Sorry folks,
> 
> Looks like they're taken this YouTube clip down.
> 
> Too bad.
> 
>                 DeltaNick
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DeltaNick [mailto:deltanick at comcast.net] 
> Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 3:27 PM
> To: Slowhand Digest
> Subject: [Slowhand] Best Wedding Entrance Ever
> 
> If this could only arranged to "Wonderful Tonight," someone would have the
> perfect wedding!
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnfGvEojg
> 


From korourke3 at wi.rr.com  Tue Aug  4 20:24:42 2009
From: korourke3 at wi.rr.com (Kevin O'Rourke)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 19:24:42 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Bonamassa DVD
References: <mailman.50.1249401656.2419.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <7628E85447E04630AE59BC3A18735AA4@hydritead.dom>

I know some of you don't like Joe but EC walked on stage when Joe played 
RAH.  Now the concert is being released on DVD and guess who's included. 
Right around the 1:30 mark God walks on stage in this trailer for the DVD 
release.  Cant wait for the end of September.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDBzeSQoTu8

Did anyone get tickets for MSG.  I had no luck.  Only ones left when I tried 
were $2,500 each.  Just can't justify that unfortunately.

KO 



From candyear at earthlink.net  Wed Aug  5 17:44:49 2009
From: candyear at earthlink.net (David Strahl)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 17:44:49 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Joe. B.
In-Reply-To: <mailman.58.1249488058.78223.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.58.1249488058.78223.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <E1FC6F56-BD80-4995-AF69-951FB247FBD2@earthlink.net>

I know I've told this story before but I was at Tramps in NYC to see  
Danny Gatton and he introduced a 12 year old kid who tore the place  
up. Joe B. Now that he's an adult I'm sure he's improved so it beats a  
stick in the eye. Also yes I did get tix for the Hall of Fame 40th and  
I deliberately went for the cheap seats ($150..00) Who can afford the  
expensive seats any more? Should be a cool affair. Hopefully it's not  
going to be a greatest hits type thing but...Actually I'm looking more  
forward to the first night for Stevie Wonder, CSN, Simon and Garfunkel  
and "get off the stage already" Springsteen.
cheers,
David

On Aug 5, 2009, at 12:00 PM, slowhand-request at planet-torque.com wrote:

> Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to
> 	slowhand at planet-torque.com
>
> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
> 	http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand
> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
> 	slowhand-request at planet-torque.com
>
> You can reach the person managing the list at
> 	slowhand-owner at planet-torque.com
>
> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..."
> Today's Topics:
>
>   1. Bonamassa DVD (Kevin O'Rourke)
>
> From: "Kevin O'Rourke" <korourke3 at wi.rr.com>
> Date: August 4, 2009 8:24:42 PM EDT
> To: <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
> Subject: [Slowhand] Bonamassa DVD
>
>
> I know some of you don't like Joe but EC walked on stage when Joe  
> played RAH.  Now the concert is being released on DVD and guess  
> who's included. Right around the 1:30 mark God walks on stage in  
> this trailer for the DVD release.  Cant wait for the end of September.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDBzeSQoTu8
>
> Did anyone get tickets for MSG.  I had no luck.  Only ones left when  
> I tried were $2,500 each.  Just can't justify that unfortunately.
>
> KO
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Slowhand mailing list
> Slowhand at planet-torque.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand


From kevinwilson at telkomsa.net  Sun Aug  9 13:57:23 2009
From: kevinwilson at telkomsa.net (Kevin Wilson)
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 19:57:23 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand] "Fiends and Angels" track by track from what Martha
	Valez Remembers
Message-ID: <000901ca191a$db54eae0$91fec0a0$@net>

http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/martha-velez-interview-fiends-
and-angels-eric-clapton-paul-kossoff-cmvelez/

2 Aug 2009 Interview.

She remembers differently to what we've been led to believed over the years,
but the 2 hot Clapton numbers are still in there: "I'm Gonna Leave You" &
"Feel So Bad".

The album was re-released in 2008 and is well worth it.

Kevin





From bluesman13 at yahoo.com  Sun Aug  9 14:38:48 2009
From: bluesman13 at yahoo.com (bluesman13)
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 11:38:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] EC's Bluesbreakers Les Paul
Message-ID: <577751.46102.qm@web36505.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I was reading today on the Gibson website about EC's famous tone in the Bluesbreakers.  They claim he used a "rangemaster" pedal to boost the treble.  I seem to remember a discussion about this a long time ago and I don't think it's been verified for sure that he used one. Is my recollection correct?

The other thing I was thinking about, is,  what if EC's Les Paul was not stolen during Cream rehearsals.  What effect would that have had on their sound?  Would that have changed rock history?

Here's the link to the article:  http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/Get%20That%20Tone_%20Blues%20Breakers/

It's a good read - I'm just not sure how accurate their information is.



      

From deltanick at comcast.net  Sun Aug  9 22:00:08 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (Nicholas Aleshin)
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 22:00:08 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] EC's Bluesbreakers Les Paul
Message-ID: <8DBFCAD6-2DE9-4AF8-875E-6C4DF64B14FB@comcast.net>

The notion that Eric Clapton used a Dallas RangeMaster on "Beano" is,  
I believe, myth, an urban legend. It is simply conjecture.

I've been researching the recording of "Blues Breakers" since I first  
heard tracks from it in late 1966. It was released in the US in  
February 1967. I first heard of the Dallas RangeMaster online around  
1999 or 2000. I have dozens of copies of the album in various formats  
(LP, cassette, CD).

1. No one has ever produced a picture of EC using a Dallas RangeMaster.

2. None of EC's band mates, former band mates, fellow musicians,  
producers, recording engineers, or his guitar tech, Lee Dickson, have  
ever mentioned EC's use of a Dallas RangeMaster.

3. Eric Clapton himself has never mentioned this in the dozens of  
interviews he has given over the years. Many of those interviews have  
been with guitar magazines, such as "Guitar Player." He has discussed  
that particular Les Paul and how much he missed it. He has discussed  
the fact that, during the early 1980s, he obtained a Les Paul that was  
very close to his Bluesbreakers Les Paul (it's a 1960 model). He has  
discussed the Marshall amplifiers that he used while with John Mayall.  
I think he's even discussed the use of non-standard tubes in his  
Marshall amplifiers. However, he has never, ever discussed using a  
Dallas RangeMaster.

In view of the above, and the lack of evidence of Clapton's supposed  
use of the device, I think it's safe to conclude that Clapton did not  
use a Dallas RangeMaster when he recorded the "Blues Breakers" (aka  
"Beano") album in March 1966, while a member of John Mayall And The  
Bluesbreakers.

Furthermore, the Gibson article, written by Dave Hunter (apparently  
not a Gibson employee), is also wrong in that it claims that Clapton's  
Bluesbreakers Les Paul was a 1959 model.

It wasn't. It was a 1960 model. Check out this article:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~slowhand/ecfaq/Le%20Paul.htm

				DeltaNick



  

From bluesman13 at yahoo.com  Tue Aug 11 16:33:14 2009
From: bluesman13 at yahoo.com (bluesman13)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:33:14 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] RAH May 2009
Message-ID: <614821.86775.qm@web36503.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I must have missed something. In this clip is EC playing through (gasp) a Fender Blues Junior?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwZtl6lzoDs&feature=related


      

From NMORRIS3 at comcast.net  Wed Aug 12 13:52:37 2009
From: NMORRIS3 at comcast.net (Nick Morris)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:52:37 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] RAH May 2009
References: <614821.86775.qm@web36503.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <830DD13DDA864767B4F08A35F3F61CBF@stonemonm74wyo>

That's a Fender Pro Junior Amp
http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Fender-Pro-Junior-Combo-Amp?sku=480511

There great......I own one and in my opinion there are much better than a 
Blues Junior. Really surprised to see him using one in that stage setting.

NickM


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bluesman13" <bluesman13 at yahoo.com>
To: <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 3:33 PM
Subject: [Slowhand] RAH May 2009


>I must have missed something. In this clip is EC playing through (gasp) a 
>Fender Blues Junior?
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwZtl6lzoDs&feature=related
>
>
>
>
> 


From hillman at planet-torque.com  Thu Aug 13 12:52:21 2009
From: hillman at planet-torque.com (David Hillman)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:52:21 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] Rest in Peace, Les Paul
Message-ID: <20090813125147.X73362@itonami.pair.com>


http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/13/obit.les.paul/index.html

    Suffice it say, there will not be another.

--
  David Hillman

From msawin at hotmail.com  Thu Aug 13 17:41:42 2009
From: msawin at hotmail.com (Michael Sawin)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:41:42 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] EC's Amp
Message-ID: <BAY128-W231E4F6ADC6D771D323233C0050@phx.gbl>



That Youtube clip was taken from the front row, to the left of EC. Later on in the RAH run, for one night, I was lucky to have a front row seat, to the right of EC, directly in line with his amp and for once I could listen to his rhythm and lead work. Although I thought the RAH run was below average, hearing how hard he really works on the guitar was a memorable experience. As with most nights, the amp was placed to the right of Steve Gadd's raised dais and it was business as usual with a tweed Fender. Actually, looking at the clip below, I'm not even sure it's a Fender-but it sure is a tweed....something. More than likely the amp you referred to was Andy's.
Check this vid out-you can see his hardware in all it's glory.

www://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X72Eg_wrb8o

Enjoy!





'Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid'  Frank Zappa


'The Music Business is a cruel and shallow money trench-a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side'  Hunter S. Thompson



_________________________________________________________________

Upgrade to Internet Explorer 8 Optimised for MSN.  

http://extras.uk.msn.com/internet-explorer-8/?ocid=T010MSN07A0716U

From jnt.elliott at comcast.net  Sat Aug 15 14:39:17 2009
From: jnt.elliott at comcast.net (Jeff Elliott)
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:39:17 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] EC's Amp
In-Reply-To: <BAY128-W231E4F6ADC6D771D323233C0050@phx.gbl>
References: <BAY128-W231E4F6ADC6D771D323233C0050@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <B123335CFE4E4E9D8D29F67FFB1078F2@1NVTLC1>

I too had the pleasure of a front row seat in May but to left of Eric
(facing the stage that is) but I don't recall seeing this amp.  What I
remember was seeing was of his trademark Fender Twins (similar to his
Crossroads amp if not one of them).  I missed hearing Eric's playing out of
the back line but was right in line with Andy's and I understand why Eric
likes having him in the band.

Now, I was also in line with Doyle's back line during the preceding Arc
Angel's set and my hearing still hasn't recovered!  If even acknowledged to
those of us sitting up front that he knew it was loud as he walked off the
stage at the end of his set.

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Sawin [mailto:msawin at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 5:42 PM
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Subject: [Slowhand] EC's Amp



That Youtube clip was taken from the front row, to the left of EC. Later on
in the RAH run, for one night, I was lucky to have a front row seat, to the
right of EC, directly in line with his amp and for once I could listen to
his rhythm and lead work. Although I thought the RAH run was below average,
hearing how hard he really works on the guitar was a memorable experience.
As with most nights, the amp was placed to the right of Steve Gadd's raised
dais and it was business as usual with a tweed Fender. Actually, looking at
the clip below, I'm not even sure it's a Fender-but it sure is a
tweed....something. More than likely the amp you referred to was Andy's.
Check this vid out-you can see his hardware in all it's glory.

www://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X72Eg_wrb8o

Enjoy!





'Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production
deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid'  Frank Zappa


'The Music Business is a cruel and shallow money trench-a long plastic
hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's
also a negative side'  Hunter S. Thompson



_________________________________________________________________

Upgrade to Internet Explorer 8 Optimised for MSN.  

http://extras.uk.msn.com/internet-explorer-8/?ocid=T010MSN07A0716U


From mangs88 at verizon.net  Sat Aug 15 18:48:46 2009
From: mangs88 at verizon.net (Sam Mangano)
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:48:46 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] (no subject)
Message-ID: <18E4DB06363744F78FCA2EFEDD6E9DA1@manganoe038b9c>

http://www.keithurban.net/gear.html

 

he also owns an EC signature model, although I haven't seen him use it in
concert yet...


From bluesman13 at yahoo.com  Fri Aug 21 17:29:00 2009
From: bluesman13 at yahoo.com (bluesman13)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:29:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] All your Love and 44
Message-ID: <168089.77964.qm@web36504.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Is it just me or does the opening riff to 44 sound very similar to the opening riff in All Your Love?

Steve


      

From bluesman13 at yahoo.com  Fri Aug 21 18:08:06 2009
From: bluesman13 at yahoo.com (bluesman13)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:08:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] Fw: Little Girl and 44
Message-ID: <543899.12355.qm@web36506.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

sorry, meant "Little Girl" and "44"


----- Forwarded Message ----
From: bluesman13 <bluesman13 at yahoo.com>
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 4:29:00 PM
Subject: All your Love and 44

Is it just me or does the opening riff to 44 sound very similar to the opening riff in All Your Love?

Steve


      

From mangs88 at verizon.net  Sat Aug 22 14:44:44 2009
From: mangs88 at verizon.net (Sam Mangano)
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:44:44 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Fw: Little Girl and 44
In-Reply-To: <543899.12355.qm@web36506.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <EDFEC0D1C895477ABAC54E1B85C3DD93@manganoe038b9c>

Yes, absolutely it is. When I first heard that song when it was played on
the tour, it was the first thing I thought of as well.....

-----Original Message-----
From: bluesman13 [mailto:bluesman13 at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 6:08 PM
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Subject: [Slowhand] Fw: Little Girl and 44

sorry, meant "Little Girl" and "44"


----- Forwarded Message ----
From: bluesman13 <bluesman13 at yahoo.com>
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 4:29:00 PM
Subject: All your Love and 44

Is it just me or does the opening riff to 44 sound very similar to the
opening riff in All Your Love?

Steve


      




From deltanick at comcast.net  Fri Sep  4 11:31:20 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick)
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 11:31:20 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Eric Clapton To Appear On New Jay Leno Show 17 September
Message-ID: <720046F9C26643539885519E2524B4F2@4MT8H51>

Eric Clapton, Bruce Hornsby To Appear Together On New Jay Leno Show
Published: 28 August 2009
On 17 September 2009, Eric Clapton will be Bruce Hornsby's special guest on the new Jay Leno Show in America. The show airs on NBC-TV affiliates around the country from 10PM. The Jay Leno Show premieres 14 September and will feature humor, celebrity guests, topical news and musical performances. Also expected to appear on the 17 September show is actress Halle Berry.

http://www.whereseric.com/news/eric-clapton-bruce-hornsby-appear-together-new-jay-leno-show

From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Fri Sep  4 12:37:52 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 09:37:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] Eric Clapton To Appear On New Jay Leno Show 17
	September
Message-ID: <45167.67582.qm@web82603.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I was just going to post that news. Thanks for that, Nick!
Mel

From scottw at racerxill.com  Thu Sep 10 00:47:48 2009
From: scottw at racerxill.com (Scott Wallenberg)
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 22:47:48 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] no ABB or EC... just me trying to be like Derek!
Message-ID: <03af01ca31d1$dab632e0$6300a8c0@D7X88DF1>

To my friends on the ABB and EC digest. 
I just wanted to share this with you...I was lucky enough to be asked to jump on stage with a UK band named "Crash" 
The front man,James Toseland is one of the best motorcycle road racers in the world and a great singer and keyboard player as well.
Here I am doing my best to be like Derek Trucks on slide guitar! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sNu_BA607U

Gearheads will notice that the equipment is all Yamaha except the amps as they are Toseland's motorcycle sponsor and provided all the equipment and sponsored the concert at the Brickyard.
Feel free to ask anything about the equipment, etc.


Scott Wallenberg 

From deltanick at comcast.net  Thu Sep 10 19:44:32 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (Nicholas Aleshin)
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:44:32 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Birds As Composers
References: <B2CE6799-C394-41D7-BA81-1F24F376763E@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <42B08DEA-31EF-40B0-A147-2DE17CBDB2BD@comcast.net>

This is fascinating!

Although not EC-related, this is certainly music-related, and I think  
a number of Slowhand Digest readers will appreciate it.

http://gizmodo.com/5355990/this-clip-is-proof-that-birds-are-secretly-composers

				DeltaNick




From scottw at racerxill.com  Sat Sep 12 01:34:55 2009
From: scottw at racerxill.com (Scott Wallenberg)
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:34:55 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton on Leno 9-17!
Message-ID: <099401ca336a$c3e8bc00$6300a8c0@D7X88DF1>

09/17/2009 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Thursday) : "THE JAY LENO SHOW" - HALLE BERRY IS IN-STUDIO AND LEGENDS BRUCE HORNSBY AND ERIC CLAPTON STOPS BY FOR A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE - Halle Berry chats it up with Leno and Bruce Hornsby with special guest Eric Clapton team up for a special performance. Leno wraps up the evening with a segment of Dealing with the Public. "The Jay Leno Show" is the first network entertainment program to be stripped across primetime marking a new era in television. The show will feature topical humor, newsmakers, celebrity guests, correspondents and more comedy in the 10 o'clock hour including Headlines and Jaywalking.


Scott Wallenberg 

From guitarbuyer at gmail.com  Sat Sep 12 13:48:54 2009
From: guitarbuyer at gmail.com (Jason Stewart)
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:48:54 -0700
Subject: [Slowhand] Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 151
In-Reply-To: <mailman.48.1252598461.43457.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.48.1252598461.43457.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <cb3ea61a0909121048m3c41b841u4ef63ba728484292@mail.gmail.com>

Looks like you had a good time.  Great job.


> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From:?"Scott Wallenberg" <scottw at racerxill.com>
> To:?"Allman Allman" <allman at lists.netspace.org>
> Date:?Wed, 9 Sep 2009 22:47:48 -0600
> Subject:?[Slowhand] no ABB or EC... just me trying to be like Derek!
> To my friends on the ABB and EC digest.
> I just wanted to share this with you...I was lucky enough to be asked to jump on stage with a UK band named "Crash"
> The front man,James Toseland is one of the best motorcycle road racers in the world and a great singer and keyboard player as well.
> Here I am doing my best to be like Derek Trucks on slide guitar!
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sNu_BA607U
>
> Gearheads will notice that the equipment is all Yamaha except the amps as they are Toseland's motorcycle sponsor and provided all the equipment and sponsored the concert at the Brickyard.
> Feel free to ask anything about the equipment, etc.
>
>
> Scott Wallenberg
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Slowhand mailing list
> Slowhand at planet-torque.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand
>
>

From Watt50 at sbcglobal.net  Mon Sep 14 23:56:24 2009
From: Watt50 at sbcglobal.net (Watt Casey, Jr.)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:56:24 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Lewis Campbell
Message-ID: <CD310373-8C6E-4AC1-9A10-417FA7A34D72@sbcglobal.net>

Lewis,
Are you out there?  Emails to your address
on sbcglobal.net are bouncing.
Watt

From deltanick at comcast.net  Tue Sep 15 13:32:50 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (deltanick at comcast.net)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:32:50 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Slowhand] Another release of ...
Message-ID: <423214763.2719611253035970359.JavaMail.root@sz0049a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net>

I guess there's still money to be made ...

http://www.audiofidelity.net/content/john-mayall-w-eric-clapton-blues-breakers



From deltanick at comcast.net  Sun Sep 20 18:54:03 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (Nicholas Aleshin)
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:54:03 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] EC with Bruce Hornsby on The Jay Leno Show
References: <CCFFC0FD89CB40D6ABD77F0FB1690F41@4MT8H51>
Message-ID: <D066A8A8-E54D-4F24-8927-F0A20B2426FF@comcast.net>

Eric Clapton appeared with Bruce Hornsby on The Jay Leno Show  
Thursday, 17 September 2009.
If you missed the broadcast, as I did, you can watch it here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qd5QoM5s_s

				DeltaNick

From Watt50 at sbcglobal.net  Sat Sep 26 22:36:25 2009
From: Watt50 at sbcglobal.net (Watt Casey, Jr.)
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:36:25 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton Winwood Shows
Message-ID: <D93CE0E5-4C3A-4F2E-BF86-F03302002A6A@sbcglobal.net>

Does anyone have a decent recording of the
shows from their summer tour?
Contact me offline or via SHD..
Thanks,
Watt






From deltanick at comcast.net  Thu Oct  1 18:26:35 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (Nicholas Aleshin)
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 18:26:35 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Tapping Your Inner Clapton
References: <ACF39006-9178-49EB-AA05-A46D25E0BD0E@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <F7F965CA-9483-48BE-B2F0-EF5BD2F824E6@comcast.net>


http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2009/10/01/technology/circuitsemail/index.html?8cir&emc=cir


From backlezz at hotmail.com  Mon Oct  5 17:43:13 2009
From: backlezz at hotmail.com (K S)
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 23:43:13 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton-Beck
Message-ID: <COL115-W61908603BBD89695B0B254CDCF0@phx.gbl>


Dear fellow slowhanders,
 
I haven't seen any mentioning of the forthcoming Eric Clapton-Jeff Beck nights in London (mid February 2010). I got tickets on the floor, row 6, left of stage, for the first night! I don't have tremendous expectations cause last time I saw EC I was rather disappointed (Hyde Park 08). But telling from the recent EC-Winwood collaboration (and also from the Cream RAH reunion), he may wanna deliver something extra on occations like these. On the other hand, those few songs I downloaded from the EC-Beck show in Japan last year were not put on heavy rotation in my player.
 
All views appreciated! It's been quiet here lately.
 
Cheers,
KS
 		 	   		  
_________________________________________________________________
Windows Live: Make it easier for your friends to see what you?re up to on Facebook.
http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_2:092009

From pjones at doodlesite.com  Tue Oct  6 12:33:16 2009
From: pjones at doodlesite.com (Phil Jones)
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:33:16 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton-Beck
Message-ID: <4ACB714C.8020202@doodlesite.com>


KS Wrote :
> I haven't seen any mentioning of the forthcoming Eric Clapton-Jeff Beck nights in London (mid February 2010). I got tickets on the floor, row 6, left of stage, for the first night! I don't have tremendous expectations cause last time I saw EC I was rather disappointed (Hyde Park 08). But telling from the recent EC-Winwood collaboration (and also from the Cream RAH reunion), he may wanna deliver something extra on occations like these. On the other hand, those few songs I downloaded from the EC-Beck show in Japan last year were not put on heavy rotation in my player.
>  
> All views appreciated! It's been quiet here lately.

Got to admit, I'm surprised at the lack of talk too.  That said, I don't 
know that my views are going to be too popular.

When I saw the ticket prices, I was aghast.  125pounds for a 'good' seat 
seems extortionate to me when we're dealing with a not-very-intimate 
setting like the O2 arena.  I felt that EC was very lacklustre and just 
ringing in his solo performances last year.  Clapton/Winwood was very, 
very much a highlight and I'd love to see an EC/SW Royal Albert Hall show.

This seems to be a 2 solo sets plus a bit of combined material - a 
totally different animal from a full Clapton/Beck band a'la the EC/SW 
shows.  I've got a nasty feeling it could be another 'going through the 
motions' thing, but for all our sakes would like to be proved wrong.

Suffice to say, I'm not risking 125 quid for a back of the side blocks 
ticket, plus the London hotels and transport on top of that just to see 
another duff performance in a very large arena.  As I said, a combined 
set in the RAH would've been a different proposition.

Hope everyone who is going gets a cracking performance though!

Cheers
Phil

From deltanick at comcast.net  Tue Oct  6 19:08:06 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (Nicholas Aleshin)
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 19:08:06 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Clapton-Beck
Message-ID: <C28B0813-D18B-48A7-B2B9-6F7A1B1F0FA4@comcast.net>

 >> All views appreciated! It's been quiet here lately. <<

Well, since ALL views are appreciated, I'll add my 2 cents ...

I'm not excited in the least about a Clapton-Beck performance.

 From a technical standpoint, Jeff Beck is very talented. But I think  
that's where it ends. For example, I have never heard him play a  
decent blues solo. He tries, but he misses the mark by miles. On the  
other hand, he seems to be content making sound effects with his guitar.

Beck played on some great songs by the Yardbirds, such as "Heart Full  
Of Soul," "Over Under Sideways Down," and others. But he contributed,  
and didn't do the whole song by himself. When left to himself,  
however, it's back to sound effects. The liner notes to one of the  
early Yardbirds albums actually joked about these.

When people mention the three famous guitarists who played for the  
Yardbirds -- Clapton, Beck, and Page -- I prefer to mention the three  
famous guitarists who played for John Mayall: Eric Clapton, Peter  
Green, and Mick Taylor. Both Beck and Page -- I've seen all the  
guitarists I've mentioned in this e-mail live -- were disappointing,  
as was their music. To me, Led Zeppelin is adolescence, and Jeff Beck  
is sound effects.

On the other hand, I think Clapton, Green, and Taylor are real  
guitarists.

				DeltaNick


From pgaskell at btinternet.com  Wed Oct  7 13:17:33 2009
From: pgaskell at btinternet.com (PETER GASKELL)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 10:17:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] Jeff Beck more than technical
Message-ID: <269759.87011.qm@web86510.mail.ird.yahoo.com>

?
DeltaNick writes: << From a technical standpoint, Jeff Beck is very talented. But I think that's where it ends. For example, I have never heard him play a?decent blues solo. He tries, but he misses the mark by miles. On the?other hand, he seems to be content making sound effects with his guitar.>>
?
I can?t agree with you there, Nick. Jeff Beck can play with real feeling. Listen to the Blow by Blow album especially ?Cos We?ve Ended As Lovers?. Here he does it with Eric..
?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZshJfWzgmok&NR=1
?
?
As for the Yardbirds, check Evil Hearted You. His guitar playing has got more menace and eloquence than I can remember hearing on any pop song in 1965 (as a 12 year old !).
?
And he can play with great delicacy. This after EC left the stage..
?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcEQlWcYS_4&feature=fvw 
?
Pedr

From pgaskell at btinternet.com  Wed Oct  7 13:28:34 2009
From: pgaskell at btinternet.com (PETER GASKELL)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 17:28:34 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [Slowhand] Jeff Beck more than technical
Message-ID: <310413.42185.qm@web86508.mail.ird.yahoo.com>

?

DeltaNick writes: << From a technical standpoint, Jeff Beck is very talented. But I think that's where it ends. For example, I have never heard him play a?decent blues solo. He tries, but he misses the mark by miles. On the?other hand, he seems to be content making sound effects with his guitar.>>
?
I can?t agree with you there, Nick. Jeff Beck can play with real feeling. Listen to the Blow by Blow album especially ?Cos We?ve Ended As Lovers?. Here he does it with Eric..
?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZshJfWzgmok&NR=1
?
?
As for the Yardbirds, check Evil Hearted You. His guitar playing combines more menace and eloquence than I can remember hearing on any pop song in 1965 (as a 12 year old!)
?
And he can play with great delicacy. This after EC left the stage..
?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcEQlWcYS_4&feature=fvw 
?
Pedr

From rickbatty at gmail.com  Wed Oct  7 13:32:47 2009
From: rickbatty at gmail.com (Rick Batty)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 10:32:47 -0700
Subject: [Slowhand] Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 161
In-Reply-To: <mailman.52.1254931277.453.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.52.1254931277.453.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <5392fc0c0910071032y52d67aefq77851a0cf851e41f@mail.gmail.com>

Nick,

As we all know, music likes and dislikes are very individual.  I was
very much into the Jeff Beck "Truth" album when it came out and then
"Blow to Blow".  But there was no comparison in my preference for EC
over JB for many, many years.  However, with seeing JB live at the
Warfield in San Francisco in about 2001 / 2002, his music started to
appeal more to me as I found what I had missed during the 1980s when I
never heard him on the radio.  I was blown away by his set at the 2007
Crossroads Guitar Festival.

For me, emotion in guitar playing is at the top of the list.  It might
be the aggression of Cream's "Crossroads" or the sadness / pain I hear
in "Old Love" or "Communion".  For me, I'd put JB's "Where Were You",
"Angel Footsteps", "Cause We've Ended As Lovers" and several others
right up there with my favorite EC.  I've been loving Jeff's version
of "Jerusalem" done with David Gilmour at the Royal Albert Hall this
summer.  I wrote to both of them suggesting they do a studio version
on the new album JB is currently recording.

When you say "Clapton, Green, and Taylor are real guitarists", I think
you might find strong disagreement from Mr. Clapton himself and many
others.

Cheers,

Rick




> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From:?Nicholas Aleshin <deltanick at comcast.net>
> To:?Slowhand Digest <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
> Date:?Tue, 6 Oct 2009 19:08:06 -0400
> Subject:?Re: [Slowhand] Clapton-Beck
>>> All views appreciated! It's been quiet here lately. <<
>
> Well, since ALL views are appreciated, I'll add my 2 cents ...
>
> I'm not excited in the least about a Clapton-Beck performance.
>
> From a technical standpoint, Jeff Beck is very talented. But I think that's where it ends. For example, I have never heard him play a decent blues solo. He tries, but he misses the mark by miles. On the other hand, he seems to be content making sound effects with his guitar.
>
> Beck played on some great songs by the Yardbirds, such as "Heart Full Of Soul," "Over Under Sideways Down," and others. But he contributed, and didn't do the whole song by himself. When left to himself, however, it's back to sound effects. The liner notes to one of the early Yardbirds albums actually joked about these.
>
> When people mention the three famous guitarists who played for the Yardbirds -- Clapton, Beck, and Page -- I prefer to mention the three famous guitarists who played for John Mayall: Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and Mick Taylor. Both Beck and Page -- I've seen all the guitarists I've mentioned in this e-mail live -- were disappointing, as was their music. To me, Led Zeppelin is adolescence, and Jeff Beck is sound effects.
>
> On the other hand, I think Clapton, Green, and Taylor are real guitarists.
>
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?DeltaNick

From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Wed Oct  7 16:06:44 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 13:06:44 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] E+JeffB
Message-ID: <475537.56442.qm@web82608.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I think, Nick,?that you're being a bit harsh with Jeff Beck. Clapton commented admiring?of his playing saying that he "pulls" the notes from his guitar. 

I found his playing entertaining on the two occasions when I saw him play, CGF2007 and at the Fox in Oakland this past spring. He has a "stage presence" that I like, a "physical" style that is, again, entertaining.

I've heard him play admirable blues licks, though admitedly, this is not his signature sound. I like his "uniqueness." I enjoy his new band too! I recommend the Ronnie Scott's dvd very highly.

I don't listen to his music very often, but when I'm in the mood, it's fun to watch a dvd. I can listen to Mark Knopfler and/or Clapton?all afternoon or days at a time, but with Jeff, I'm done after an hour or so. But then, that's me with jazz in general. I like it but in small doses generally.

As for Lead Zepplin - I like what Robert Plant is doing NOW a lot! Also, he's very-very cool and a lot of fun - great sense of humor and "stage presence."

Cheers all!
Mel

From deltanick at comcast.net  Wed Oct  7 21:31:10 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (Nicholas Aleshin)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 21:31:10 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] EC & JB
Message-ID: <51AC32B7-CA1B-4D3C-AE11-3BC5B88102E1@comcast.net>

First of all, it's obvious that EC admires Jeff Beck, and it seems he  
always did. And their styles have diverged greatly over the years. I  
truly enjoyed Beck's playing on those old Yardbirds albums, where he  
provided some memorable guitar riffs, style, tone, and some great (non- 
blues) solos.

I didn't get to see him perform until the Jeff Beck Group and the  
"Truth" album, in 1968, I believe. This was the tour during which  
vocalist Rod Stewart sometimes hid behind the Marshall stacks, as he  
was shy, had stage fright. I think Ron Woods played bass and Aynsley  
Dunbar was on drums (Dunbar is one of my favorite drummers). "Truth"  
included several blues numbers that sort of presaged the music of Led  
Zeppelin: "pop" versions of riff-based blues. I didn't and still don't  
care much for this style, and although I've liked some of the things  
Rod Stewart has done over the years, I don't care for his style of  
blues singing: too much shouting. And I also think Robert Plant did  
the same, although I've heard a bit of his recent singing with Allison  
Krause, and it's pleasant.

Anyway, if I remember correctly, that Jeff Beck Group tour was plagued  
with equipment, management, and even band member problems, and wasn't  
considered a great success. My recollection -- I had high hopes -- was  
that I was disappointed with Beck, as he played all the necessary  
guitar parts and riffs, and did so quite well, but his solos were far  
from what I was expecting and not very exciting. One does develop  
tastes based on experiences, and this one lasted. But this is MY taste.

I do appreciate being able to discuss this here, with a group of  
"friends," instead of us insulting each other, as was the style of  
"discussion" on the Slowhand Digest several years back. And the  
subject of discussion here here is not Phil, not Mel, not Peter, not  
Rick, nor me. It's these guitarists, all of whom have a connection to  
Eric Clapton. It's nice to be able to express opinions without getting  
beat up for them, which is the way it should be when you have adults  
participating. It seems that we used to have a bunch of high schoolers  
here, figuratively speaking.

				DeltaNick


From humblephoenix at gmail.com  Thu Oct  8 12:21:13 2009
From: humblephoenix at gmail.com (Bryan Reid)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 09:21:13 -0700
Subject: [Slowhand] EC, Beck,
	DN and what may or may not have to do with the other...
Message-ID: <229391c50910080921i5ddc99fai8612121a731c7c3b@mail.gmail.com>

At the risk of displaying my subtle grasp of the obvious, our esteemed
DeltaNick is first and foremost a fan of the blues guitar (hence his
previous references in this thread to EC, Mick Taylor, and Peter Green
- he will also wax eloquent on the late Mr. Bloomfield if provoked).

Whilst one could quite easily debate the matter, I consider Jeff Beck
(these days and for the last 2-3 decades) more in the jazz-fusion
vein. Even if one is passionately devoted to the blues, as I am, it is
hard not to appreciate Beck's skill, technique and prowess, but it is
easy not to be deeply moved by his playing. I have his concert from 14
Sept 2002 at the Royal Festival Hall on as I type this and I am
enjoying it (particularly the interplay with John McLaughlin, as well
as with Jack White).

That said, it does not and can not move me the way that EC's 1990
blues nights at the RAH or his better nights from the FTC tours do.
There is simply no comparison. I would eventually get bored with
listening to this concert if I played it over and over. I have no idea
how many times I have played the 10 Days box set from the 1995
Japanese tour, but each playing is a new revelation. It is the first
thing I would grab if the house caught on fire.

From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Thu Oct  8 13:55:41 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 10:55:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] EC & JB
Message-ID: <940806.3121.qm@web82601.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I agree, Nick - this has been a good, online discussion. Civil and respectful.
It was at the 2007CGF that Jeff Beck won me over too (per Rick's comment) with the sensational set he performed (which was also?our first exposure to Tal Wilkenfeld). It was hysterical, thinking back, of some of the "experts" in the audience who said that Tal was Jeff's daughter. No one around where we were sitting knew her... In last spring's tour, "Peter Gunn" was a hit with me. I've always liked that tune. I wish that Eric would dust-off Hideaway for a future tour. An update would be really nice!
Mel

From scottw at racerxill.com  Thu Oct  8 14:29:16 2009
From: scottw at racerxill.com (Scott Wallenberg)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 12:29:16 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] Beck
Message-ID: <0ad701ca4845$4f62f8b0$6300a8c0@D7X88DF1>

I have only seen Jeff live at the ARMS benefit at the LA Forum in 1983. It was a great show.
I like him and he is a fantastic technician but he doesn't make my hair stand on end like Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks or Joe Bonamassa do when they drop the hammer.

I am going to pick up the new Joe B DVD today Live at Royal Albert Hall


Scott Wallenberg 


From pgaskell at btinternet.com  Thu Oct  8 18:50:08 2009
From: pgaskell at btinternet.com (PETER GASKELL)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 22:50:08 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [Slowhand] =?utf-8?b?b3BpbmlvbiBhbmQgJ1RydXRo4oCZ?=
Message-ID: <244114.91207.qm@web86506.mail.ird.yahoo.com>

Hear hear what you say about immaturity, Nick. 
?
What keeps me pegged to this forum is that you can find opinion informed by experience. Where else does one find folk to converse with about the quality of?Jeff Beck's?performances on the ?Truth? tour in 1968?! 
?
You didn?t see Eric playing with the Bluesbreakers too, did you? If he could produce the sound of his guitar playing on the Beano album, with the amps turned up full, hearing him live in a small club must have been awesome.
?
Pedr

From mowdamowda at hotmail.com  Thu Oct  8 22:15:37 2009
From: mowdamowda at hotmail.com (Shanahan .)
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 12:15:37 +1000
Subject: [Slowhand] (no subject)
Message-ID: <BLU149-W61D827AE9E3354B9965476CFCB0@phx.gbl>


Well,

 

I was just about to put DN in his place with his comments about Jeff, but I think I'll stay behind and clean the blackboard instead. ;-)

 

BTW, aren't Cream's Spoonful and Crossroads "pop" versions of riff-based blues?

 

Tone

 

 

 

 

>It's nice to be able to express opinions without getting 
>beat up for them, which is the way it should be when you have adults 
>participating. It seems that we used to have a bunch of high schoolers 
>here, figuratively speaking.

 

 
 		 	   		  
_________________________________________________________________
Take a peek at other people's pay and perks Check out The Great Australian Pay Check
http://clk.atdmt.com/NMN/go/157639755/direct/01/

From fabiodwyer at hotmail.com  Fri Oct  9 14:54:55 2009
From: fabiodwyer at hotmail.com (Fabio Dwyer)
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 18:54:55 +0000
Subject: [Slowhand] Beck & Clapton (and others!)
Message-ID: <SNT112-W40AD410D83B5BD48DBDEA8D1CB0@phx.gbl>




Hey people,
 
I'm getting in the boat again after a big lurking-mode break. I'm a guitar teacher in Brazil for 15 years now, and I'm always discussing these topics with my old and young students. I don't think that my opinions are, by no means, more valid than any of the non-guitar players or amateurs musicians, or students point-of-views; but I believe I'm pretty damn close of it everyday to stay quiet about these matters:-) IMHO, everyone is missing a relevant point here: there's no way to compare the styles of Clapton and Beck, because they play "different" instruments. Firstly, let's divide guitar players in two major categories: 
 
Group 1: players who create 'new-sounds' on the guitar (as DN said, "The Sound-Effects Guys" or something to that effect)
 
Examples: Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page (don't forget his cello-bow!), Brian May, Stanley Jordan, Eddie Van Halen;
 
Group 2: players who play 'clean', objective, classic, 'to-the-point' style.
 
Examples: Eric Clapton, Dave Gilmour (aside all his use of effects), Carlos Santana, Mark Knopfler, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, Mike Bloomfield, Warren Haynes... 
 
Pros & Cons of group 1:
 
What defines the 1st group is their ability/necessity to push guitar technique foward, to create great different sounds, sometimes beautiful (as Beck's "Were were you" harmonics with whammy effects, just amazing AND beautiful!), sometimes noises - useful or not, as feedbacks and whammy-bars screams (ex: Star Spangled Banner by Hendrix, or any Van Halen stuff).
 
The cool thing about those fellows is that, without them, guitar would sound like a piano, in the sense that you just bang the note and that's it. Guitar is maybe the most diversified sounding instrument ever (maybe with the exception of percussion that is limitless). They make guitar ADVANCE, like the first dude who ever played a slide guitar, that might be look and sound crazy for the first listeners!
 
The problem with them, is that some of them are not really great improvisers; once you take his whammy-bars, tappings, feedbacks and guitar effects, they don't go much further... That's why, I believe, you cannot see many of them playing blues properly, or acoustic guitar solos. Some of them even can't play chords right!
 
Pros & Cons of group 2:
 
These guys are much more respected as great improvisers by other musicians (non-guitar players who don't give a damn about 'guitar-effects', and DeltaNick's point-of-view). You just LEARN more following and studying these guys. They're often seen more like musicians than as guitar-players. Their note-choices is often better, the structure of their solos are more complex, more "into" the harmony of the songs.
 
The problem is that they're often more predictable, they don't sound fresh night after night, they are frequently considered "lazy". Their style is not as 'flamboyant' as the group 1. Group 1 calls much more attention and a first sight.
 
For my taste, there are great players in both, actually I'm a big fan of all the guys I mentioned in both groups. But Group 1 is better to SEE, while Group 2 is better to LISTEN. Not that I don't like to listen to Hendrix or Beck, I just enjoy much more the experience when I can see them while they're playing; and a dvd from a Group 2 player doesn't necessarily makes me sleep in the middle, but I don't find as exciting as seeing the other group.
 
We could find another category, Group 3, and that would be formed by 'modern-players' as Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, basically the "G3" type of guys (PUN INTENDED!). They have amazing chops, and sometimes can bring true emotions like on Satriani's "Cryin'", Vai's "For the love of God" and Eric Johnson's beautiful slide solo on "Manhattan"; they developed techniques of tappings, feedbacks and sound-effects to greater levels than those who invented those techniques. But they just don't seem to show the same levels of originality of Group 1 nor the emotion/feeling of Group 2.
 
That's my 2 cents, some fuel for the discussion! Probably different people will have different categories of guitar-playing, or a different disposition of names than mine, but as Nick said, that's the greatness of a civil debate!
 
Cheers from Brazil,
Fabio Dwyer
 
 
 



Novo Internet Explorer 8: fa?a tudo com menos cliques. Baixe agora, ? gratis! 		 	   		  
_________________________________________________________________
Voc? sabia que pode acessar o Messenger direto do seu Hotmail? Descubra como!
http://www.microsoft.com/brasil/windows/windowslive/products/tutoriais.aspx

From backlezz at hotmail.com  Sat Oct 10 11:43:05 2009
From: backlezz at hotmail.com (K S)
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:43:05 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand] EC & JB - judging
Message-ID: <COL115-W1677CE153C40B0297DDDD8CDCA0@phx.gbl>


No, you can't objectively decide who's the better etc etc etc...

What you of course can do is to tell who you like the most. And that always makes a fun debate.

 

EC had one of his best nights of this decade, in my opinion, at the CGF 2004. The Beck-EC number, 'Cause we ended as lovers' never made it on to the DVD, apparently because Beck wasn't happy with his own playing.

 

Thankfully, it made it all the way to youtube, so to those who are into judging guitar players - have a go at this one :D 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o3CIa3nrZE

 

KS
 		 	   		  
_________________________________________________________________
Keep your friends updated?even when you?re not signed in.
http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_5:092010

From mail at klaweb.de  Sat Oct 10 15:02:33 2009
From: mail at klaweb.de (Gerd Klaassen)
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:02:33 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand] EC vs JB
Message-ID: <4AD0DA49.5010702@klaweb.de>

Well,

my first post since a long time - the list was pretty
lame the last months... ;)

Since EC's Crossroads I box set I'm searching for another
guitar player I can listen to indefinitely. Just to get some
variations in my playing list. I knew JB from the Yardbirds,
from some Rod Steward songs, read much about him from other
guitar players, so I bought my first JB album and got totally
disappointed. Bought another, still the same. It was like
listening to someone applying all possible things to a guitar,
but it gave me nothing. I mean, I play guitar myself, I even play
fingerstyle and I'm light years behind his technique, but his
playing doesn't touch me.

I searched and listened to many many other players, but still 
found no EC alternative yet. I re-discovered Albert King (and
Freddie too), but there's not that much live material to listen
to.

As for the 3 groups - EC defined a totally new sound in the 60's.
Although he didn't apply any "new" techniques like tapping etc...

To sum it up, in this case I'm pretty much with DN.

Keep on,
Gerd
http://12bar.de




From deltanick at comcast.net  Sat Oct 10 15:54:31 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (Nicholas Aleshin)
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:54:31 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Comparing Guitarists
References: <54C2EF87B6B444F7825983A04F5549BF@4MT8H51>
Message-ID: <8BC0FFB4-ADA3-488B-B702-E8C2B1BABD85@comcast.net>

Hey folks,

After reading Fabio's contribution ...

1. Let's not forget that Eric Clapton did more to change the electric  
guitar than anyone else in history, with the possible exception of Les  
Paul. The overdriven, distorted electric guitar sound (incorporating  
sustain and feedback) was first popularized by Clapton. Whenever it  
"happened" by an earlier player, it was a "mistake," a by-product, not  
purposely done, and usually lasted merely a second or two. Clapton  
incorporated the sound into his style, playing this way regularly, and  
he did this all before Jimi Hendrix went to the UK, in late 1966  
("Beano," for example, was released in July 1966). But what I describe  
in this paragraph is merely the electro-technical part.

2. Clapton came armed with incredible technique. However, he is NOT a  
technique-oriented player. His playing was fluid, smooth, and  
extremely neat and tidy, as opposed to "sloppy." He punctuated all  
sentences carefully, which VERY few can do as well (Mick Taylor comes  
to mind as another especially "neat" player). Examples of "sloppy"  
players would be Jimi Hendrix and especially Buddy Guy. This is not to  
demean, in any way, their guitar playing, but merely a description of  
their styles. I consider both Hendrix and Guy to be great players. But  
it's more difficult to articulate everything that you attempt to play,  
to be "neat." The sloppier players, if they're normally sloppy, just  
don't have the technique.

3. Clapton's musical architecture -- by this, I mean the composition  
of his guitar parts: rhythm playing, lead fills, and especially his  
solos -- was near-perfect, and his solos were always textbook-quality  
examples of improvisation. And one who improvises creates new ideas  
and sounds if he does it well, as Clapton did. His solos were normally  
sturdily-constructed examples of tension building, call and response,  
and such explosive, show-stopping release that few other musicians  
have ever achieved. If you wanted to hear the best-composed solos,  
correct and complete in nearly every way, you'd listen to Eric  
Clapton. Speed-oriented guitar "shredders" have no idea what I mean  
here.

4. And finally, Clapton, as I stated above, was not a technique- 
oriented guitarist because he always expressed passion -- heavy doses  
of passion (feeling, empathy, soul) -- as nobody else could via his  
guitar. Again, "shredders" are oblivious to this idea, which goes  
right over their heads.

Notice also how the lower-numbered paragraphs actually feed into the  
higher ones, above. I'm not saying that you cannot accomplish #4  
without doing #3, but including all the above elements makes one a  
more complete and compelling musician. For example, I always hear  
Buddy Guy miss lots of notes. He attempts to play things that he never  
quite gets done. On the other hand, Clapton pretty much always  
"accomplished his mission" with all the above elements included.

A speed-oriented "shredder," on the other hand, seems to be aware of  
just the first two elements. So many -- especially the younger crowd  
-- believe that a guitarist's speed (how many notes he can hit in a  
nanosecond, a subset of technique) is what makes a great guitarist.  
Check out all the 16-year-old speedsters on YouTube! Incredible speed,  
but near-zero musical value. There are plenty of such "shredders," and  
nobody will remember them in 2, 20 or 50 years. Not so with Clapton. A  
NY Times article, just the other day, was titled "Tapping Your Inner  
Clapton." It was not titled "Tapping Your Inner Hendrix, Vaughan, Vai,  
or Van Halen." It takes musical maturity to understand and accomplish  
#3 and 4. And THIS, my friends, is the mark of an artist.

So, in response to Fabio, with whom I do not necessarily disagree, I  
think the above melds together all the elements of what makes one  
truly great, rather than just good. So many, however, have forgotten  
that Clapton accomplished #1 (Fabio wrote, "create 'new-sounds'") more  
than any other guitarist, except for, possibly, Les Paul himself. But  
again, #1 is merely the electro-technical part. While it's true that  
Clapton TODAY plays with primarily a "clean" tone, he doesn't do it  
all the time. But Eric Clapton, not anyone else, was the one who  
popularized the overdriven, sustained guitar sound.

But do not forget that Clapton, an artist, is so much greater than the  
sum of elements #1-4, above. And very few others are.

                 DeltaNick


From korourke3 at wi.rr.com  Sun Oct 11 12:17:19 2009
From: korourke3 at wi.rr.com (Kevin O'Rourke)
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:17:19 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] It's alive - It's alive!
Message-ID: <F6F609786E72484C86916A68EF9122C0@hydritead.dom>

Yeah I'm glad to see some good discusion on the list again finally.  I was afraid that we were slowly dying away.  

Personally I describe Jeff Beck as Sterile.  I agree that he is technically great and at times amazes me with what he can do.  I liked his set at the Crossroads festival but I didn't walk away from it thinking I needed to see him again.

KO

From kevinwilson at telkomsa.net  Sun Oct 11 15:53:50 2009
From: kevinwilson at telkomsa.net (Kevin Wilson)
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:53:50 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand] No EC Content - Twins
Message-ID: <000301ca4aac$911ba9a0$b352fce0$@net>

Saw a rerun of Twins with Arnie & Danny De Vito the other day - and lo and
behold in a bar scene there was Jeff Beck on 2 numbers - a country-blues
(leaning more to country and western) and a 80s type rocker. Both songs had
short solos which sounded like a model airplane doing a take-off and
loope-de-loop. Guess if he had to play a classical piece he'd simply port
the solo over to that style as well without changing a note or a beat. Now
ain't that nasty.

 

Kevin


From kevinwilson at telkomsa.net  Sun Oct 11 16:24:21 2009
From: kevinwilson at telkomsa.net (Kevin Wilson)
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:24:21 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand] 2 Shows at O2
Message-ID: <000801ca4ab0$d46181e0$7d2485a0$@net>

Glad they've added a second show - in Japan earlier this year, Eric
performed way better on the second night set with JB.

 

Looking forward to them doing "Compared to What".

 

The earliest rendition featuring EC can be found on Santana Band with Eric
Clapton: Village Recorder Tapes (Oct 18, 1970) - if you believe that it's
actually EC at the session. All-in-all a dubiously discombobulated
recording:
http://www.geetarz.org/reviews/clapton/village-recorders-tapes.htm

 

Then from a guest appearance with Doyle Bramhall II (think the band was
called Pacifico) on Aug 10, 2005 EC appears on this number on the "Before
the Music Dies" DVD, playing an ES-335, hammering the hell out of the
guitar. DBII's solo is also not half bad [it being the Slowhand Digest no
other guitarist is that good ;) ], but the song is unfortunately cut.

 

If I understood the article on the O2 shows correctly, the duet portion of
the show will be longer. Here's a call for a return of "Sunshine of Your
Love". It's been a no-no since the 2005 Cream reunion and deserves a fresh
outing. And just cause it's stood the test of time in my listening pleasure,
it's high-time "Roll It Over" was brought back into a setlist - wah-wah and
all.

 

Kevin


From kevinwilson at telkomsa.net  Sun Oct 11 15:42:17 2009
From: kevinwilson at telkomsa.net (Kevin Wilson)
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:42:17 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand] JB on EC
Message-ID: <000201ca4aaa$f14977a0$d3dc66e0$@net>

Classic Rock #133, p.40 | July 2009
Jeff Beck: I know he didn't like the fact that I took over from him in the
Yardbirds and we did great. The general buzz of the band was that they
thought they were finished when Eric left. At my debut with The Yardbirds at
the Marquee I showed them what was what and I got a standing ovation, so
that was the end of that.
Two months after that things took off in the States, which pissed Eric off
big time. I think he was hankering after going there - like we all were.
That was our holy grail, going to America to see the blues players. Within a
week we were down in Chicago looking at Howlin' Wolf. So I think Eric was a
bit jealous on that front. But then along came Cream and he blew everybody
away.
Nowadays he's a changed person. He seems a lot more mellower and happier
with himself.  I think he's realised you don't have to be mean or in any way
guarded, you can offer yourself in so many ways. And he's given so much
pleasure with his playing and deservedly got the accolades.



From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Sun Oct 11 16:59:00 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:59:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] Musicianship
Message-ID: <249580.5496.qm@web82601.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Some years ago, I met a Frenchman via my family who resides in Southern Switzerland, a well regarded composer/musician/teacher. He knew Michael Kamen, and so I was particularly interested in his experiences and opinions. At the time when we met, he had recently completed a major project in which?he tutored and conducted?Taiwanese school children, and he was quite eager to discuss it. His English was better than my French, but that still isn't saying much, and so our discussion was somewhat limited, but that evening I agreed to help him write an explanation of his opinions?that, in part, defined?musicianship, an English translation for his internet site. Shortly after returning home to California, I received his email with a attachment written in?French/English?that would, eventually,?be the foreward to his internet site. 

In summary, his view of musicianship consisted of?the following?elements: The ability to precisely translate from the written page into music; physical technique; the ability to spontaneously transcend beyond what is written in a creative imaginative style; the ability to impart personal "humanism" into your music. 

In short, my interpretation was - the mechanical, improvisational and emotional parts?of the whole.

"...I strive?to combine the mechanics of technique with emotion and feeling... how to produce a natural and beautiful sound ? to control the voice without straining it and how to approach and interpret faithfully important works... intonation in music was achieved by combining sure technique and instinct (emotion)."

I'm sure that we could devise a quantitative "formula" for rating various musicians with all its weighted criteria (just like we did in business curricula to rate leadership style), but in the end there is a subjective element that trumps everything else - do I fu**ing?like it - making this discussion, albeit interesting and fun, mute.

Peace, Mel :-)
ps. I particularly enjoyed your contribution, Fabio!

From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Sun Oct 11 17:21:52 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:21:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] Knopfler!
Message-ID: <957374.79816.qm@web82602.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I would like to hear some guitar players discuss MK's technique and overall abilities and style (either stand-alone or relative to E).

I, personally, think that he is a songwriter in league with the likes of Dylan, and a player with the highest marks in technique and emotion but less in improvisation, a superb musician and among my favorites!

Mel

From deltanick at comcast.net  Sun Oct 11 23:17:27 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (Nicholas Aleshin)
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:17:27 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Musicianship
Message-ID: <E0763971-820B-451F-BFE6-83CBE5554A69@comcast.net>

Mel Wrote:

 >> In short, my interpretation was - the mechanical, improvisational  
and emotional parts of the whole. <<


These are the same #2, 3, and 4 in my last post.

Remember, #1 was the electro-technical part, which really pertains  
only to the "electric" guitar, and maybe some other electric  
instruments.

				DeltaNick


From NOAH.SEIDENBERG at cbexchange.com  Mon Oct 12 11:43:08 2009
From: NOAH.SEIDENBERG at cbexchange.com (SEIDENBERG, NOAH)
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:43:08 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] EC Manager?
Message-ID: <A441BD2E-A71F-4ED5-A7A7-BCECE6247020@mimectl>

Since Roger Forester was fired a few years ago who is EC's personal manager? You don't hear much about that and I was curious.

Anyone know?

BTW regarding the conversation about EC/Jeff Beck:
I saw Jeff Beck two nights in a row at Chicago's Park West this year and it sent shivers down my spine. Everyone at the show went nuts. The guitar is not like EC but I love it. It is more Jazz fusion then Blues or Rock. I love them both but in different ways.

Noah




Noah Seidenberg
Coldwell Banker Evanston
Toll Free (800) 858-7917
Office (847) 316-8529
Fax (847) 939-5636

On the web:
http://www.coldwellbankerevanston.com/
http://www.noahshomes.com/
Real Estate Specialist Chicago-land and Suburbs
Licensed Illinois real estate agent

----------------------------------------------------------------------
"The information in this electronic mail message is the sender's 
confidential business and may be legally privileged. It is intended 
solely for the addressee(s). Access to this internet electronic mail 
message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended 
recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken 
or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be 
unlawful."

"The sender believes that this E-mail and any attachments were free 
of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and/or malicious code when sent. 
This message and its attachments could have been infected during 
transmission. By reading the message and opening any attachments, the
recipient accepts full responsibility for taking protective and 
remedial action about viruses and other defects. The sender's 
employer is not liable for any loss or damage arising in any way 
from this message or its attachments."

From debby at avalonrecords.com  Mon Oct 12 14:54:54 2009
From: debby at avalonrecords.com (Debby - Avalon Records)
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:54:54 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] Mel's comments on musicianship
In-Reply-To: <mailman.58.1255363250.69994.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.58.1255363250.69994.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <001f01ca4b6d$7cf1cba0$76d562e0$@com>

Quote: "I'm sure that we could devise a quantitative "formula" for rating
various musicians with all its weighted criteria (just like we did in
business curricula to rate leadership style), but in the end there is a
subjective element that trumps everything else - do I fu**inglike it -
making this discussion, albeit interesting and fun, mute.

Peace, Mel :-)"



The discussion is "mute"?  LOL, I think you made a Freudian slip there; did
you mean "moot"?  Or did you mean that everyone else should just STFU, ha
ha?!?

Just keeping us on our toes, grammar-wise!  ;-)

Debby J.


From seaton1 at niu.edu  Mon Oct 12 16:34:52 2009
From: seaton1 at niu.edu (Shevawn Eaton)
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:34:52 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 166
In-Reply-To: <mailman.59.1255363250.69994.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.59.1255363250.69994.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <4AD34C9B.1285.0043.0@niu.edu>

I came out of lurking to state that I agree with Delta Nick on this Jeff Beck business.  And I must say that Nick and I have rarely agreed on much of anything on all the years I've been on this board. 

I was at Eric's Guitar blast in Chicago in summer of 08.  It was a bloody hot day, the place actually ran out of cold bottles of water, serving warm ones after awhile.  

Since the 70s, in my debates on Beck vs Clapton, no one has ever been able to justify to me why Beck is the more talented.  Different, yes.  Talented, I suppose so. But not at all to my taste.  Eventually, I just shut up during such discussions, thinking it must just be me that doesn't like him. 

All I can really say after seeing Jeff Beck's live performance on that hot day, is that when he took the stage, a combination of dehydration and screechy techno guitar playing gave me a horrendous headache.  I left my seat and took to the shade behind the stadium until his set was over.  I could vaguely identify the songs through the abstract guitar noise.  But my companion for the evening was blown away by the same performance I had to leave for the comfort of my ears and my head. 

So, it just served to prove that he is definitely an acquired taste, and there will be no agreeing on his talent with those of us who like screeching and those of us who don't. 

Peace, friends. 


From fabiodwyer at hotmail.com  Mon Oct 12 23:40:02 2009
From: fabiodwyer at hotmail.com (Fabio Dwyer)
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:40:02 +0000
Subject: [Slowhand] Just a few more ideas...
Message-ID: <SNT112-W509F7A2EA929D835E50D02D1C70@phx.gbl>


Hello Nick, Gerd, Mel, James & everybody, nice to see SHD live again!

Just to complement a few thoughts about EC & JB. Nick, I totally agree with you that when Eric first appeared, he really was the one who "wrote the book". Before him, we had (here I come again with my groups!ahuahua): 

1- Blues players: they developed the "touch", the grip carachteristic of the electric guitar - the bends, vibratos and slides that merged to the classical-guitar techinques as leggatos and harmonics, basically different & creative ways to go from one note to another, that's what non-players generally describes as "vocal-sounds" or as if the guitar is "crying". I love all these guys but they were (and still are) generally pretty tied to rigid rules, like playing just within traditional forms as 12-bar blues structure (sometimes 8-bar, like Key to the Highway, or 16-bar, like Hoochie Coochie Man, but the 12-bar Before You Accuse Me/ HYELW / Sweet Home Chicago formula is 90% of the traditional blues). They simply don't have the harmonical knowledge to play within a jazz structure. Their solos didn't flow as a jazz solo. They are small bits of great emotional playing, just like B.B. King.

2- Jazz Players: People like Django Reinhardt, Charlie Christian, Joe Pass, Kenny Burrell and Wes Montgomery were light-years ahead of blues and rock players in which comes to play over complex structures / structure-architecture of solos. They could improvise in any harmony. It's a common situation, I believe many players here in the list can relate to that: just try to jam over a John Coltrane or Charlie Parker song, playing your traditional blues-scales, when you find the right key to play over, the song has already changed to another key, your always running behind (alway hitting wrong notes!). Jazz players, OTOH, can do that very well; the problem is that whenever you approach a jazz guitar player and ask what guitarrist he/she uses to listen to, 9 out of 10 will answer: "I don't listen to other guitar players, just horn and piano players"... They think it's cool to answer that, but the fact is that you don't listen much emotion in many jazz players, simply because they play guitar *thinking* they're playing saxophone! They don't use bends, vibrato and all these great guitar techinics that blues players use.

3- Rock players: before Clapton, we had guys like Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, Keith Richards and George Harrison - all great musicians that I love, but their playing came straight from blues. They didn't have the fluency of a jazzist neither the feeling/originality of the first blues guys.

Then came Clapton. In Beano he had the energy of a rock'n'roller, with the fluency of a jazzist (even not beign able to play over jazz-changes) and the feeling/technique of blues players. That was his first innovation, he was/is COMPLETE. 

I agree with Nick about his sound-innovations, like beign one of the first (aside from classical music and jazz recordings) to make use of the ambience of the room, the proposital leakage of mics to create and bring a club-atmosphere to the recording; he was the one to really find the sound of a Les Paul through a driven Marshall - someone posted a clip of Bill Halley's second guitarrist playing a black Les Paul through a Marshall 10 years before then Clapton, but not getting "the sound", I believe it was you, Nick. And I remember Clapton being the first one to record with the wha-wha effect, and Hendrix telling that after he heard Tales of Brave Ulysses, he ran to the store, bought his first wha and recorded Voodoo Chile or something like that.

My point is that all this sound-revolution Clapton created lasted for a 2/3 years period of time in his early carrer, between Beano and Disraeli Gears. Most of his career is not oriented to the search new-sounds, actually he's much more searching for old-sounds! Which is great too:-)

Beck, Hendrix and Van Halen are guys whose entire careers are *devoted* to find new sounds, techniques and develop new effects. Sometimes, many times, indeed, and that's the point Nick mentioned, they sacrifice musicality for technique. I can't visualize EC melting wax on the back of guitar pick-ups or boiling old sets of strings to get a different sound as Eddie Van Halen! The closer I believe he got was when he bought six strats and put together the best components to build Blackie and Brownie. It was in 1969, and he kept playing that for the next 17 years or so! 

I remember reading and interview somewhere that Clapton explained about his upgrade in his use of guitar effects during the 80's as being consequence of working with Steve Lukather from Toto during Behind the Sun's session. He then realized how much outdated his guitar sound was at that time and began to experiment with a Roland Synthesized guitars and by the end of 80's, during the Journeyman tour, he used to play a Peter Cornish projected guitar rack that was 6 feet tall, and to my ears, he used almost none of the effects in there, like many people that buy the brandest-new cell-phone every 6 months just to be "updated" with technology, before even learning how to use 5% of the possibilities of his new toy! Everybody have an uncle like this! hehehe

The categories of players that I proposed are not hermetically closed, players can change category from time to time - for instance, I highly reccomend Jeff Beck's Crazy Legs album, where he plays just straight rockabilly, he even used a pick for that!

Nick, great description about Buddy Guy's style, he seems always missing note, attempting to play something that his fingers can't follow! But I LOVE him anyway, he's just about passion! 

Open to be flamed!
Cheers,
Fabio 


 		 	   		  
_________________________________________________________________
Acesse seu Hotmail de onde quer que esteja atrav?s do celular. Clique aqui.
http://www.windowslive.com.br/celular/home.asp?utm_source=MSN_Hotmail&utm_medium=Tagline&utm_campaign=MobileServices200908

From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Tue Oct 13 17:53:44 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:53:44 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] Ha!
Message-ID: <663721.54441.qm@web82602.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

"Sar-chasm" is not dead...
>
>The discussion is "mute"?? LOL, I think you made a Freudian slip there; did
>you mean "moot"?? Or did you mean that everyone else should just STFU, ha
>ha?!?
>Just keeping us on our toes, grammar-wise!? ;-)
>Debby J.

From siro.garrido at gmail.com  Mon Oct 19 14:24:51 2009
From: siro.garrido at gmail.com (Siro Garrido)
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:24:51 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand] Tickets for imports
Message-ID: <e090f3300910191124g5d66c77dvfd2f6c1dce94c888@mail.gmail.com>

Hello all.

I have a couple of spare front row tickets for the two EC&JB shows in London
next February.

I am looking to trade them for some of the following imports, assuming they
are originals and they are in top notch condition. All are MVs unless
otherwise stated.

2CD BLACK BEAUTY COMPLETE - Belfast, Ireland - April 24, 2004
2CD RISE & SHINE - Arco Arena, Sacramento, August 10, 1998
2CD RINGTRICK - National Exhibition Centre - Birmingham, England - July 15,
1986
4CD ON WHITE / EC WAS HERE
4CD NOTHING BUT THE BLUES TOUR - Osaka 2 Days
8CD IN THE EAST - Japan Tour 2003
8CD IN THE EAST - Japan Tour 2003
2CD DRY YOUR EYES
2CD GENERAL PROBE 2001
2CD LES TROIS MOUSQUETAIRES
12CD  SCAPEGOAT + SAFEBREAKER + SIDEWINDER
11CD FRAGILE - Black Edition (Tarantura)

If you have any of the above and are interested in trading, just drop me a
line. Thank you!
Best,
Siro

From gabt at mac.com  Tue Oct 20 17:35:03 2009
From: gabt at mac.com (Dr Grant Abt)
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:35:03 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] EC on Later with Jools Holland
Message-ID: <2787EEE3-4246-4D1F-893E-4070388334EC@mac.com>

Evening viewers,

EC appeared with Smokey Robinson on Later with Jools Holland on BBC2  
tonight. I was on the phone at the time and only caught the last half  
so not sure what the song was! For those in the UK you can see it on  
the iPlayer.

Cheers,

Grant.




From marlene1115 at verizon.net  Wed Oct 21 13:10:41 2009
From: marlene1115 at verizon.net (Marlene Opila)
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:10:41 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] EC on Later with Jools Holland
Message-ID: <AA99B2AC970240B2AD5F6A2F4B96E2C8@StaplesPC>

They played a brief version of "You Really Got A Hold On Me" 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GoqkgRV9is

and "Don't Know Why", the song written by Jesse Harris and made famous by Norah Jones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp3EVdjUh5M

Marlene


Evening viewers,

EC appeared with Smokey Robinson on Later with Jools Holland on BBC2  
tonight. I was on the phone at the time and only caught the last half  
so not sure what the song was! For those in the UK you can see it on  
the iPlayer.

Cheers,

Grant.

From finglas at finglas.karoo.co.uk  Wed Oct 21 16:57:18 2009
From: finglas at finglas.karoo.co.uk (JP Donohoe)
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:57:18 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] EC with Smokey
Message-ID: <3FE565F9FDB84B0183B9D5273D4BBAA3@paddyw59ixl2ud>

Smokey sang the song Don't Know Why made famous by Norah Jones.

 

EC looked very relaxed with long hair, played a black strat and played some
beautifully understated fills as only he can. 

 

It wasn't screaming guitars but it was lovely all the same.

 

Jon

 

UK


From finglas at finglas.karoo.co.uk  Wed Oct 21 17:27:43 2009
From: finglas at finglas.karoo.co.uk (JP Donohoe)
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:27:43 +0100
Subject: [Slowhand] Smokey and EC
Message-ID: <D6E551024D4A4C6A9825E054F42B6846@paddyw59ixl2ud>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp3EVdjUh5M

 

 


From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Thu Oct 22 13:36:53 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:36:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] EC+SR+JH=SmoothJazz
Message-ID: <196258.45864.qm@web82602.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Nice. Really nice. And I think that it is good to see Eric with long hair again - ala, pre-AA!
It would be good to hear him do another movie score like Rush again.
Mel

From dshearon at gmail.com  Mon Oct 26 00:18:36 2009
From: dshearon at gmail.com (daniel shearon)
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:18:36 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Catch Me If You Can
Message-ID: <f102988d0910252118m288bd53egc7b2cb2e8688313f@mail.gmail.com>

Does anyone know if Catch Me If You Can was ever performed live? I have
recently been delving back into the old solo albums and I got to wondering
what this song would sound like if given the live treatment like Got to Get
Better and Walk Out In The Rain. Opinions?




Daniel Shearon
GPS Specialist
Hayes Instrument Co.
daniel at hayesinstrument.com
dshearon at gmail.com

From scottw at racerxill.com  Mon Oct 26 12:21:35 2009
From: scottw at racerxill.com (Scott Wallenberg)
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:21:35 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] Catch me if you can
Message-ID: <042301ca5658$846ac120$6300a8c0@D7X88DF1>

I do not think it ever got a onto a set list.
That Another Ticket Tour was cut short due to the ulcer blow-up in Minneapolis. I had always hoped to hear a Live "I Can't stand it"

The only songs from that record I can remember played live are Rita Mae and Blow Wind Blow.



Scott Wallenberg & The Blues Addicts
www.purevolume.com/bluesaddict




From EddyPauley at aol.com  Tue Oct 27 14:01:16 2009
From: EddyPauley at aol.com (EddyPauley at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:01:16 EDT
Subject: [Slowhand] Another Ticket Tour.........
Message-ID: <cbd.4ddad9a3.38188f6c@aol.com>

In a message dated 10/27/2009 12:01:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
slowhand-request at planet-torque.com writes:

> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:21:35 -0600
> From: "Scott Wallenberg" <scottw at racerxill.com>
> Subject: [Slowhand] Catch me if you can
> To: <dshearon at gmail.com>
> Cc: "EC Slowhand Digest" <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
> Message-ID: <042301ca5658$846ac120$6300a8c0 at D7X88DF1>
> Content-Type: text/plain;   charset="iso-8859-1"
> 
> I do not think it ever got a onto a set list.
> That Another Ticket Tour was cut short due to the ulcer blow-up in 
> Minneapolis. I had always hoped to hear a Live "I Can't stand it"
> 
> The only songs from that record I can remember played live are Rita Mae 
> and Blow Wind Blow.
> 
> 

Scott, this is an often overlooked tour.  After the canceled tour of 1981 
EC came back with an abbreviated 1982 US Tour.  Clean and sober for the 1st 
time in years after a stay at Hazelden Clinic.  

I attended one of those 1982 shows at a small venue in Bristol, Tennessee.  
So did Pat Toth although back then Pat and I did not know one another.  Did 
EC play "I Can't Stand It"?  If my memory serves me correct (that's a big 
IF) it was not played. 

Pat do you remember the set list?  

From scottw at racerxill.com  Tue Oct 27 23:03:28 2009
From: scottw at racerxill.com (Scott Wallenberg)
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:03:28 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] 81 and 82 tour info from Slowhand Tourography
	http://www.ectours.de/
Message-ID: <0f9501ca577b$3b8e35d0$6300a8c0@D7X88DF1>

      Tour Schedule 1981
            First concert: 02-Mar-1981 
            Last concert: 13-Mar-1981 
            Number of concerts: 8 (announced: 57, cancelled: 49) 
            For the exact schedule see the Annual File 1981. 

       

Introduction
During the eighth concert of the projected 57-date tour, Eric collapsed and he was rushed to St.Paul's United Hospital. The remainder of the dates were cancelled.



Band Lineup
      Eric Clapton Guitar, Vocals 
      Albert Lee Guitar, Vocals 
      Dave Markee Bass 
      Henry Spinetti Drums 
      Chris Stainton Keyboards 
      Gary Brooker Keyboards, Vocals 



Set List
The set list during this tour was taken from:

  a.. Tulsa time
  b.. Early in the morning
  c.. Lay down Sally
  d.. Wonderful tonight
  e.. Country boy
  f.. Thunder and lightning
  g.. Blues power
  h.. All our past times
  i.. Setting me up
  j.. Leave the candle
  k.. If I don't be there by morning
  l.. Rambling on my mind
  m.. Have you ever loved a woman
  n.. After midnight
  o.. Cocaine
  p.. Layla
  q.. Further on up the road
  r.. A whiter shade of pale
  s.. Rita Mae
      Tour Schedule 1982
            First concert: 05-Jun-1982 
            Last concert: 30-Jun-1982 
            Number of concerts: 17 
            For the exact schedule see the Annual File 1982. 

       

Band Lineup
      Eric Clapton Guitar, Vocals 
      Albert Lee Guitar, Vocals 
      Dave Markee Bass 
      Henry Spinetti Drums 
      Chris Stainton Keyboards 
      Gary Brooker Keyboards, Vocals 


Set List
The set list during this tour was taken from:

  a.. Tulsa time
  b.. Lay down Sally
  c.. I shot the sheriff
  d.. Blow wind blow
  e.. Wonderful tonight
  f.. Pink bedroom
  g.. A whiter shade of pale
  h.. Key to the highway
  i.. Double trouble
  j.. Blues power
  k.. Cocaine
  l.. Layla
  m.. Further on up the road


Special Guests
  a.. Muddy Waters on 30-Jun-1982


Scott Wallenberg & The Blues Addicts
www.purevolume.com/bluesaddict


From scottw at racerxill.com  Wed Oct 28 12:31:29 2009
From: scottw at racerxill.com (Scott Wallenberg)
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:31:29 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] I Can't Stand it
Message-ID: <108901ca57ec$1c2d2720$6300a8c0@D7X88DF1>

My guess is that had Eric not collapsed and the tour continued and I Can't stand it got more airplay..it could possibly been added.
This was the case in 1985 with Forever Man as that song did not get added on the 1985 Behind the Sun Tour until the video hit and started getting attention.
I was at the Omni in Atlanta and happened to be at a soundcheck where they were rehearsing the song to make its debut that night. The touring band did not play it on the record as it was done by the Warner Bros A-team. They mimed it for the video


Scott Wallenberg 

From norm.deane at gmail.com  Wed Oct 28 12:20:58 2009
From: norm.deane at gmail.com (Norm Deane)
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:20:58 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 175
In-Reply-To: <mailman.61.1256745672.93414.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.61.1256745672.93414.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <798c5cb60910280920m6ee27facvba1a7df240456344@mail.gmail.com>

Did you say small venue in Bristol TN? Where? I grew up in Bristol but was
only 11 then so I can't remember an EC concert in town. I didn't really get
into EC until I was in high school.

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 11:01 AM, <slowhand-request at planet-torque.com>wrote:

> Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to
>        slowhand at planet-torque.com
>
> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
>        http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand
> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
>        slowhand-request at planet-torque.com
>
> You can reach the person managing the list at
>        slowhand-owner at planet-torque.com
>
> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..."
>
>
> Today's Topics:
>
>   1. Another Ticket Tour......... (EddyPauley at aol.com)
>   2. 81 and 82 tour info from Slowhand Tourography
>      http://www.ectours.de/ (Scott Wallenberg)
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:01:16 EDT
> From: EddyPauley at aol.com
> Subject: [Slowhand] Another Ticket Tour.........
> To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
> Cc: iampigpen at comcast.net, scottw at racerxill.com
> Message-ID: <cbd.4ddad9a3.38188f6c at aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
>
> In a message dated 10/27/2009 12:01:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> slowhand-request at planet-torque.com writes:
>
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:21:35 -0600
> > From: "Scott Wallenberg" <scottw at racerxill.com>
> > Subject: [Slowhand] Catch me if you can
> > To: <dshearon at gmail.com>
> > Cc: "EC Slowhand Digest" <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
> > Message-ID: <042301ca5658$846ac120$6300a8c0 at D7X88DF1>
> > Content-Type: text/plain;   charset="iso-8859-1"
> >
> > I do not think it ever got a onto a set list.
> > That Another Ticket Tour was cut short due to the ulcer blow-up in
> > Minneapolis. I had always hoped to hear a Live "I Can't stand it"
> >
> > The only songs from that record I can remember played live are Rita Mae
> > and Blow Wind Blow.
> >
> >
>
> Scott, this is an often overlooked tour.  After the canceled tour of 1981
> EC came back with an abbreviated 1982 US Tour.  Clean and sober for the 1st
> time in years after a stay at Hazelden Clinic.
>
> I attended one of those 1982 shows at a small venue in Bristol, Tennessee.
> So did Pat Toth although back then Pat and I did not know one another.  Did
> EC play "I Can't Stand It"?  If my memory serves me correct (that's a big
> IF) it was not played.
>
> Pat do you remember the set list?
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:03:28 -0600
> From: "Scott Wallenberg" <scottw at racerxill.com>
> Subject: [Slowhand] 81 and 82 tour info from Slowhand Tourography
>        http://www.ectours.de/
> To: "EC Slowhand Digest" <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
> Message-ID: <0f9501ca577b$3b8e35d0$6300a8c0 at D7X88DF1>
> Content-Type: text/plain;       charset="iso-8859-1"
>
>      Tour Schedule 1981
>            First concert: 02-Mar-1981
>            Last concert: 13-Mar-1981
>            Number of concerts: 8 (announced: 57, cancelled: 49)
>            For the exact schedule see the Annual File 1981.
>
>
>
> Introduction
> During the eighth concert of the projected 57-date tour, Eric collapsed and
> he was rushed to St.Paul's United Hospital. The remainder of the dates were
> cancelled.
>
>
>
> Band Lineup
>      Eric Clapton Guitar, Vocals
>      Albert Lee Guitar, Vocals
>      Dave Markee Bass
>      Henry Spinetti Drums
>      Chris Stainton Keyboards
>      Gary Brooker Keyboards, Vocals
>
>
>
> Set List
> The set list during this tour was taken from:
>
>  a.. Tulsa time
>  b.. Early in the morning
>  c.. Lay down Sally
>  d.. Wonderful tonight
>  e.. Country boy
>  f.. Thunder and lightning
>  g.. Blues power
>  h.. All our past times
>  i.. Setting me up
>  j.. Leave the candle
>  k.. If I don't be there by morning
>  l.. Rambling on my mind
>  m.. Have you ever loved a woman
>  n.. After midnight
>  o.. Cocaine
>  p.. Layla
>  q.. Further on up the road
>  r.. A whiter shade of pale
>  s.. Rita Mae
>      Tour Schedule 1982
>            First concert: 05-Jun-1982
>            Last concert: 30-Jun-1982
>            Number of concerts: 17
>            For the exact schedule see the Annual File 1982.
>
>
>
> Band Lineup
>      Eric Clapton Guitar, Vocals
>      Albert Lee Guitar, Vocals
>      Dave Markee Bass
>      Henry Spinetti Drums
>      Chris Stainton Keyboards
>      Gary Brooker Keyboards, Vocals
>
>
> Set List
> The set list during this tour was taken from:
>
>  a.. Tulsa time
>  b.. Lay down Sally
>  c.. I shot the sheriff
>  d.. Blow wind blow
>  e.. Wonderful tonight
>  f.. Pink bedroom
>  g.. A whiter shade of pale
>  h.. Key to the highway
>  i.. Double trouble
>  j.. Blues power
>  k.. Cocaine
>  l.. Layla
>  m.. Further on up the road
>
>
> Special Guests
>  a.. Muddy Waters on 30-Jun-1982
>
>
> Scott Wallenberg & The Blues Addicts
> www.purevolume.com/bluesaddict
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> Slowhand mailing list
> Slowhand at planet-torque.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand
>
>
> End of Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 175
> *****************************************
>

From dshearon at gmail.com  Thu Oct 29 20:34:24 2009
From: dshearon at gmail.com (daniel shearon)
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:34:24 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Dusting off an oldie
Message-ID: <f102988d0910291734g5fd6e5b7k8f9d71dc6fe30989@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks for the responses regarding Catch Me If You Can. It leads me to
this:

After the last few tours, songs we haven't heard for many years get pulled
out and for the most part, sound fantastic. I think that every solo album
has a few songs (or at least one) that would be a welcome replacement for
the year in and year out staple tunes.

What tune from the pre-sobriety solo period (461 to Journeyman) would you
most like to hear pulled back into service?


Daniel Shearon
GPS Specialist
Hayes Instrument Co.
daniel at hayesinstrument.com
dshearon at gmail.com

From jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com  Fri Oct 30 12:08:57 2009
From: jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com (James Vlahakis)
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:08:57 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] back into service JV's picks?
Message-ID: <OFAA43B7F7.7E7DF0BB-ON8625765F.00584713-8625765F.0058B54E@hinshawlaw.com>

Daniel Shearon asked "Whattune from the pre-sobriety solo period (461 to 
Journeyman) would you
most like to hear pulled back into service?"

In no particular order I'd like hear (Yes, I'm a few years before his 
time-frame)

1.      Easy Now
2.      Hello Old Friend
3.      Miss You
4.      I looked Away
5.      Evil (I'd lose my marbles if he pulled this one out!)
6.      Better Make it Thru the Day 
7.      High
8.      Golden Ring
9.      The Core
10.     Bad Influence

Yes, I'm in a fairly mellow mood today!

_____________________

James C. Vlahakis
Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP
222 N. LaSalle, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60601
312-704-3715
312-704-3001 [fax]
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is an Illinois registered limited liability partnership that 
has elected to be governed by the Illinois Uniform Partnership Act (1997).

The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for 
the addressee(s) named in this message. This communication is intended to be 
and to remain confidential and may be subject to applicable attorney/client and/or 
work product privileges. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if 
this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the 
sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message and its attachments. Do not 
deliver, distribute or copy this message and/or any attachments and if you are not 
the intended recipient, do not disclose the contents or take any action in reliance 
upon the information contained in this communication or any attachments.

From scottw at racerxill.com  Fri Oct 30 12:17:33 2009
From: scottw at racerxill.com (Scott Wallenberg)
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:17:33 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] Dusting off an oldie
Message-ID: <017601ca597c$b305f7d0$6300a8c0@D7X88DF1>

Good thread...here's one from every record I would love to hear again

461  Mainline Florida
There's one in....  High
No Reason to Cry  Carnival
Backless  Tell me that you Love me
Another Ticket I Can't Stand it
Money& Cigs  Ain't Going Down
Behind the Sun  Just like a Prisoner
August  Holy Mother
Journeyman Bad Love





Scott Wallenberg 

From roberte at comcast.net  Sat Oct 31 12:12:43 2009
From: roberte at comcast.net (Robert Ender)
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:12:43 -0400
Subject: [Slowhand] EC and gallstone surgery
Message-ID: <4AEC61FB.7000105@comcast.net>

Let's not forget, that our man had to pull out of the Rock and Roll Hall 
of Fame performance in NY Friday night because he required surgery for 
gallstones. Let's all wish him our very best for a successful procedure 
as well as a speedy and comfortable recovery...
All the Best Eric- :)


From nmorris3 at comcast.net  Sat Oct 31 16:03:20 2009
From: nmorris3 at comcast.net (Nick Morris)
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:03:20 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Dusting off an oldie
References: <017601ca597c$b305f7d0$6300a8c0@D7X88DF1>
Message-ID: <EF9DD9F83C974202AA03B2FC378A840B@stonemon1cfcd7>

Here's my list of oldies I'd like see pulled out.......

NickM





>From John Mayall & The Blues Breakers 

All Your Love  

Hideaway  

 

>From Delaney & Bonnie On Tour With. by Eric Clapton

Comin' Home  

 

>From Derek and the Dominos

Roll It Over

 

>From No Reason to Cry

            Hello Old Friend  (That would be a great opener)

            Double Trouble

 

>From There's One in Every Crowd

            Singin' The Blues 

            Better Make It Through Today

 

>From Another Ticket

            Blow Wind Blow  

Catch Me If You Can

 

>From Behind the Sun

Tangled In Love  

            Never Make You Cry  

            Just Like A Prisoner 

 

>From Pilgrim

            Born In Time 

 

>From Reptile

            Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight 

 

>From Lethal Weapon Soundtrack

            Runaway Train 

 

>From the Cradle

Reconsider Baby  

            I'm Tore Down 

            Everyday I Have the Blues (only played on tour)

 

>From The Road to Escondido

            Hard To Thrill

 

Legend's performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival

            Ruthie




From ishraq99 at yahoo.com  Sun Nov  1 01:28:09 2009
From: ishraq99 at yahoo.com (Ishraq)
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:28:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] Get well soon EC
Message-ID: <957797.57726.qm@web36306.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

So sorry to hear?about your recent illness, and we all hope you recover quickly and completely, much love and many prayers?for you, EC!? 


      

From ishraq99 at yahoo.com  Sun Nov  1 01:07:23 2009
From: ishraq99 at yahoo.com (Ishraq)
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:07:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Slowhand] Cream's and EC's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Performances
	finally on dvds
Message-ID: <318934.94241.qm@web36307.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

??? I'm not being paid for advertising this, but I thought people might like the info ~?Time-Life has a new 9 dvd set of R&R H of F performances and tidbits including Cream's SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE? and CROSSROADS, from their induction in 1993.? 

??? Of course, almost all of the other artists through the years are also included in this set and I don't think the individual artists are available separately.? I happened to?see part of the infomercial for this on my DISH (channel 223, SRN) while cruising?tv channels and stopped when I caught a glimpse of Cream with the SSWWweeeEEtt close-ups of EC,?from 1993; but I?have to say the set is pricey, $149.95 for the 9 dvds.? I don't know the quality of these "remasters."

??? It also is supposed to have some of EC's performances for his solo induction and also Jeff Beck, Paul MacCa, George?Harrison, BB King, Bruce Springsteen?and so many other illuminaries. . .

??? If you've ever seen the broadcast of the R&RHoF induction ceremony on cable, that's kinda what these dvds are represented to contain, along with bits of backstage and rehearsal footage, plus one dvd is claimed to contain 11 performances from the 1995 concert for the opening of the R&R H of F Museum, which EC did not attend, but I did attend and it was wonderful!!? The Time-Life website has a link for this offering, if you want to check it out.


      

From ishraq99 at yahoo.com  Wed Nov  4 14:25:25 2009
From: ishraq99 at yahoo.com (Ishraq)
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:25:25 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Slowhand] TIME-LIFE DVD 's for the RRHoF update
Message-ID: <643023.68748.qm@web36306.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hello again,? 
??? ??? I'm glad I waited to buy the R&R Hall of Fame 9 dvd set cuz they reduced the price of the 9 dvd set to about $120.? Also a shorter version of the set, with 4 dvds (3 dvds of the induction ceremonies and one dvd with the clips from the 1995 concert), is on SALE this week at BEST BUY for about $25.? 

??? ??? The BEST BUY one is also from TIME-LIFE and includes CREAM's SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE and BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN.? Missing from the shorter version is CROSSROADS and both versions are missing WHITE ROOM.? Doesn't look like either of the versions have EC's solo set. Better than nothing and the BEST BUY version is still almost 10 hours of good stuff, even if it's over edited(both versions are, I'm assuming).? www.timelife.com for more info.


      

From EddyPauley at aol.com  Thu Nov  5 12:22:53 2009
From: EddyPauley at aol.com (EddyPauley at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:22:53 EST
Subject: [Slowhand] Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 176
Message-ID: <d33.640b7cfe.382463ed@aol.com>

I thought Pat Toth might respond to your question but Pat can't Post 
messages to the SD.

Anyway, Pat and I spoke off Digest and the venue was a High School 
auditorium, Viking Hall.  Newspaper article the following day estimated 2,500 people 
were there - I doubt there were that many and so does Pat.  It was a very 
small venue but even with that there was no one there.

In a message dated 10/29/2009 11:02:23 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
slowhand-request at planet-torque.com writes:

> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:20:58 -0500
> From: Norm Deane <norm.deane at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Slowhand] Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 175
> To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
> Message-ID:
>   <798c5cb60910280920m6ee27facvba1a7df240456344 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
> Did you say small venue in Bristol TN? Where? I grew up in Bristol but was
> only 11 then so I can't remember an EC concert in town. I didn't really 
> get
> into EC until I was in high school.
> 


From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Thu Nov  5 19:49:38 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:49:38 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Slowhand] Norton Buffalo dies
Message-ID: <570977.94006.qm@web82604.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I was so bummed to learn that Norton Buffalo died last Friday of complications from advanced lung cancer (that was only diagnosed in September). Norton was most known for his virtuoso harp and vocals in the Steve Miller Band, but I knew him best for his collaboration with Roy Rogers. I met him at the old Freight and Salvage venue in Berkeley a few years ago -?so charming, kind and humble. His passing is a horrid loss in the music world (sob).
See - http://thedailyswarm.com/headlines/norton-buffalo-steve-millers-guitar-player-34-years-suffering-pneumonia-stage-4-lung-cancer/
Mel

From norm.deane at gmail.com  Fri Nov  6 08:30:25 2009
From: norm.deane at gmail.com (Norm Deane)
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:30:25 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 176
In-Reply-To: <d33.640b7cfe.382463ed@aol.com>
References: <d33.640b7cfe.382463ed@aol.com>
Message-ID: <798c5cb60911060530i78ebd252vcc5e47dd5eb136cc@mail.gmail.com>

Wow. I went to that high school from 85-89. Too bad I didn't really get into
Clapton until around 88. Would love to have seen him at Viking Hall.

On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 11:22 AM, <EddyPauley at aol.com> wrote:

> I thought Pat Toth might respond to your question but Pat can't Post
> messages to the SD.
>
> Anyway, Pat and I spoke off Digest and the venue was a High School
> auditorium, Viking Hall.  Newspaper article the following day estimated
> 2,500 people were there - I doubt there were that many and so does Pat.  It
> was a very small venue but even with that there was no one there.
>
> In a message dated 10/29/2009 11:02:23 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> slowhand-request at planet-torque.com writes:
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:20:58 -0500
> From: Norm Deane <norm.deane at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Slowhand] Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 175
> To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
> Message-ID:
>   <798c5cb60910280920m6ee27facvba1a7df240456344 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> Did you say small venue in Bristol TN? Where? I grew up in Bristol but was
> only 11 then so I can't remember an EC concert in town. I didn't really get
> into EC until I was in high school.
>
>
>

From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Fri Nov  6 15:07:40 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:07:40 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Slowhand] This WAS Norton Buffalo - RIP
Message-ID: <26145.70497.qm@web82603.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I thought SHdrs would enjoy this if not familiar with Norton and Roy. Click the video link on the RRsite?to watch the magic. It would have been grand if E had joined in. RIP Norton Buffalo!
http://www.roy-rogers.com/home
Mel

From kevinwilson at telkomsa.net  Sun Nov  8 15:33:20 2009
From: kevinwilson at telkomsa.net (Kevin Wilson)
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 22:33:20 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand] Good Show: 25 Feb 2009
Message-ID: <000001ca60b2$b6847660$238d6320$@net>

Try this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtGC0X56zwM
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtGC0X56zwM&feature=related>
&feature=related, then look for the other 18 files by the same uploader (all
good quality video and excellent sound) - but be warned this will chow a
massive chunk out of your bandwidth. 

 

Kevin


From jsewell at wcgwave.ca  Mon Nov  9 20:27:13 2009
From: jsewell at wcgwave.ca (James Sewell)
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:27:13 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] Good Show: 25 Feb 2009
In-Reply-To: <000001ca60b2$b6847660$238d6320$@net>
References: <000001ca60b2$b6847660$238d6320$@net>
Message-ID: <4AF8C171.1070405@wcgwave.ca>

WOW!  Great find.  Especially check out Sheriff.

This had to be shot officially.  Anybody know when the DVD comes out?


Kevin Wilson wrote:
> Try this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtGC0X56zwM
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtGC0X56zwM&feature=related>
> &feature=related, then look for the other 18 files by the same uploader (all
> good quality video and excellent sound) - but be warned this will chow a
> massive chunk out of your bandwidth. 
> 
>  
> 
> Kevin
> 
> 


From david_langley at btconnect.com  Tue Nov 10 13:21:16 2009
From: david_langley at btconnect.com (Dave Langley)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:21:16 -0000
Subject: [Slowhand] 25th Feb 2009 Show
Message-ID: <86833679C4404EC39449CB4FAA2B13C4@HomeComputer>

In answer to the question, yes the show was recorded officially by Japanese TV and broadcast a few weeks later on the WOW Japanese TV channel.  I was at the show this night and the camera crew did not get in the way of a great show.

Copies of the TV Broadcast circulate amongst collectors quite freely

Regards

Dave

From jwalasko at telus.net  Fri Nov 13 14:38:06 2009
From: jwalasko at telus.net (John Walasko)
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:38:06 -0800
Subject: [Slowhand] test
Message-ID: <D3DBC5AA-50A7-4AE2-8DF1-B6EE91255ADD@telus.net>

My last two posts from the past week haven't appeared in the digest  
(and are not in the Slowhand archives), so I'm trying to figure out  
what the problem is.

Please excuse this test post.


John Walasko
Vancouver BC Canada

From kevinwilson at telkomsa.net  Sat Nov 14 14:30:37 2009
From: kevinwilson at telkomsa.net (Kevin Wilson)
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:30:37 +0200
Subject: [Slowhand] Good Show: 25 Feb 2009
In-Reply-To: <4AF8C171.1070405@wcgwave.ca>
References: <000001ca60b2$b6847660$238d6320$@net> <4AF8C171.1070405@wcgwave.ca>
Message-ID: <000f01ca6560$f31c62b0$d9552810$@net>

The concert is available as a grey market DVD known as "God Meets Buddah".

Kevin

-----Original Message-----
From: James Sewell [mailto:jsewell at wcgwave.ca] 
Sent: 10 November 2009 03:27
To: Kevin Wilson
Cc: Slowhand Digest
Subject: Re: [Slowhand] Good Show: 25 Feb 2009

WOW!  Great find.  Especially check out Sheriff.

This had to be shot officially.  Anybody know when the DVD comes out?


Kevin Wilson wrote:
> Try this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtGC0X56zwM
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtGC0X56zwM&feature=related>
> &feature=related, then look for the other 18 files by the same uploader
(all
> good quality video and excellent sound) - but be warned this will chow a
> massive chunk out of your bandwidth. 
> 
>  
> 
> Kevin
> 
> 




From scottw at racerxill.com  Sun Nov 15 14:11:26 2009
From: scottw at racerxill.com (Scott Wallenberg)
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:11:26 -0700
Subject: [Slowhand] Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 187
In-Reply-To: <mailman.35.1258304450.75551.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.35.1258304450.75551.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <7F475FAB-8A26-465F-BDB7-AAA135BC77D0@racerxill.com>

I saw it for sale in a record store in Milan last week along with  
Yokohama 99 and Japan 2001

Sent from my iPhone

On Nov 15, 2009, at 10:00 AM, slowhand-request at planet-torque.com wrote:

> Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to
>    slowhand at planet-torque.com
>
> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
>    http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand
> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
>    slowhand-request at planet-torque.com
>
> You can reach the person managing the list at
>    slowhand-owner at planet-torque.com
>
> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..."
>
>
> Today's Topics:
>
>   1. Re: Good Show: 25 Feb 2009 (Kevin Wilson)
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:30:37 +0200
> From: "Kevin Wilson" <kevinwilson at telkomsa.net>
> Subject: Re: [Slowhand] Good Show: 25 Feb 2009
> To: "'Slowhand Digest'" <slowhand at planet-torque.com>
> Cc: "'James Sewell'" <jsewell at wcgwave.ca>
> Message-ID: <000f01ca6560$f31c62b0$d9552810$@net>
> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="us-ascii"
>
> The concert is available as a grey market DVD known as "God Meets  
> Buddah".
>
> Kevin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Sewell [mailto:jsewell at wcgwave.ca]
> Sent: 10 November 2009 03:27
> To: Kevin Wilson
> Cc: Slowhand Digest
> Subject: Re: [Slowhand] Good Show: 25 Feb 2009
>
> WOW!  Great find.  Especially check out Sheriff.
>
> This had to be shot officially.  Anybody know when the DVD comes out?
>
>
> Kevin Wilson wrote:
>> Try this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtGC0X56zwM
>> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtGC0X56zwM&feature=related>
>> &feature=related, then look for the other 18 files by the same  
>> uploader
> (all
>> good quality video and excellent sound) - but be warned this will  
>> chow a
>> massive chunk out of your bandwidth.
>>
>>
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> Slowhand mailing list
> Slowhand at planet-torque.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand
>
>
> End of Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 187
> *****************************************

From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Mon Nov 16 14:56:53 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:56:53 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Slowhand] Good Show: 25 Feb 2009?
Message-ID: <283955.12515.qm@web82608.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Topic for discussion: This looks like a "good show," but personally, I don't care for the production. 
It's a personal taste, but I prefer a more essential mix of players, like a five-piece. I miss a good harp player in the mix.?Sharon and Michelle's roles?are too dominent throughout the set for my tastes. The "orchestration" is tired in that it's appears to be an imbellishment of past productions. At times, it almost comes across to me as a parody of a Clapton performance. E's solos are GOOD, but nothing new and nothing we haven't heard him do before... I loved the mid-summer E+SW tour and loved every minute of their performance from my 25th-row seat at the Oakaland Arena. My only criticism would have been to replace the gals with a good horn section, which would have been more appropriate for the?"Traffic" songs I think.
Maybe I'm just cranky today. Opinions?
(grumpy)Mel

From scottw at racerxill.com  Tue Nov 17 12:04:52 2009
From: scottw at racerxill.com (Scott Wallenberg)
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:04:52 -0700
Subject: [Slowhand] EC 09 Japan show
References: <mailman.59.1258477254.18193.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <084b01ca67a8$5f1af7d0$6300a8c0@D7X88DF1>

Hey grumpy...

 I miss Derek Trucks!   His addition was just an incredible shot in the arm.

Scott


Topic for discussion: This looks like a "good show," but personally, I don't care for the production. 
It's a personal taste, but I prefer a more essential mix of players, like a five-piece. I miss a good harp player in the mix.?Sharon and Michelle's roles?are too dominent throughout the set for my tastes. The "orchestration" is tired in that it's appears to be an imbellishment of past productions. At times, it almost comes across to me as a parody of a Clapton performance. E's solos are GOOD, but nothing new and nothing we haven't heard him do before... I loved the mid-summer E+SW tour and loved every minute of their performance from my 25th-row seat at the Oakaland Arena. My only criticism would have been to replace the gals with a good horn section, which would have been more appropriate for the?"Traffic" songs I think.
Maybe I'm just cranky today. Opinions?
(grumpy)Mel


From efschul at aol.com  Tue Nov 17 12:11:40 2009
From: efschul at aol.com (efschul at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:11:40 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 189
In-Reply-To: <mailman.59.1258477254.18193.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
References: <mailman.59.1258477254.18193.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <8CC35C0280297E8-55B0-E11@webmail-d064.sysops.aol.com>


Mel - in one of the recent EC tour programs, in his "intro" he writes something like "I keep the girls close to me now".
Not sure what EC means...Just an idea


-----Original Message-----
From: slowhand-request at planet-torque.com
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Sent: Tue, Nov 17, 2009 12:00 pm
Subject: Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 189



Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to
   slowhand at planet-torque.com
To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
   http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand
r, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
   slowhand-request at planet-torque.com
You can reach the person managing the list at
   slowhand-owner at planet-torque.com
When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
han "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..."

oday's Topics:
   1. Re: Good Show: 25 Feb 2009? (Mel Boss)

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Message: 1
ate: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:56:53 -0800 (PST)
rom: Mel Boss <darmel at sbcglobal.net>
ubject: Re: [Slowhand] Good Show: 25 Feb 2009?
o: slowhand at planet-torque.com
essage-ID: <283955.12515.qm at web82608.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
ontent-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Topic for discussion: This looks like a "good show," but personally, I don't 
are for the production. 
t's a personal taste, but I prefer a more essential mix of players, like a 
ive-piece. I miss a good harp player in the mix.?Sharon and Michelle's 
oles?are too dominent throughout the set for my tastes. The "orchestration" is 
ired in that it's appears to be an imbellishment of past productions. At times, 
t almost comes across to me as a parody of a Clapton performance. E's solos are 
OOD, but nothing new and nothing we haven't heard him do before... I loved the 
id-summer E+SW tour and loved every minute of their performance from my 
5th-row seat at the Oakaland Arena. My only criticism would have been to 
eplace the gals with a good horn section, which would have been more 
ppropriate for the?"Traffic" songs I think.
aybe I'm just cranky today. Opinions?
grumpy)Mel
------------------------------
_______________________________________________
lowhand mailing list
lowhand at planet-torque.com
ttp://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand

nd of Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 189
****************************************


From jwalasko at telus.net  Tue Nov 17 14:49:50 2009
From: jwalasko at telus.net (John Walasko)
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:49:50 -0800
Subject: [Slowhand] EC on BBC's Desert Island Discs radio show (1989) + some
	discographical research part 1 of 2
Message-ID: <8ADE7A1A-A124-478E-990A-B1CF8E7650E5@telus.net>

Greetings from rainy Vancouver, BC.

Here is a little Clapton article I've been working on. My recent  
attempts to post have been unsuccessful, so I've split it into two  
parts on the assumption that I've exceeded the permitted file size.


DESERT ISLAND DISCS

In 1989, EC appeared on the BBC radio show "Desert Island Discs" and  
spoke about eight of his favourite recordings and other possessions  
important to him.

His choices were also listed in the Journeyman 1990 tour program, and  
here is the information as it appeared there (courtesy of the FAQ at  
the Whereseric site):

Eric Clapton's Desert Island Discs

'Senza Mama' by Ranata Scotto
'Au Fond Du Temple Saint' by Ernest Blanc and Nicolai Gedda
'Crossroads Blues' by Robert Johnson
'Feel Like Going Home' by Muddy Waters
'I Was Made To Love Her' by Stevie Wonder
'Hard Times' by Ray Charles
'I Love The Woman' by Freddie King
'Purple Rain' by Prince

He was also delighted to appear on BBC's Radio 4 programme Desert  
Island Discs. Listeners may have been startled to hear him choose  
operatic excerpts among his most coveted records, as well as Muddy  
Waters and -- his all-time favourite -- Prince's Purple Rain. His one  
luxury was no surprise, though: a guitar. Asked to take a book of his  
choice, "Apart from the Bible or Shakespeare" and denied the chance to  
take a full set of Charles Dickens for his book choice, Eric settled  
for the master's Barnaby Rudge.

- END QUOTE -


Back in 1990, I saw the Journeyman tour in Dallas, bought the tour  
book, saw the list of Desert Island Discs, and I decided I would track  
down the recordings mentioned. I found Clapton's best music very  
inspiring (I still do) and thought it would be educational for me to  
hear some of the artists that inspired him.

I already owned several of the tracks (Robert J, Muddy, Ray, Freddie  
K), but a couple were quite mysterious. Ernst Blanc? Nicolai Gedda? At  
that time I was completing my music degree in the USA, so a few  
research trips to the music library were involved. It's strange to  
think back to those pre-Google, pre-Wikipedia days.

For those interested about these recordings, here is information I  
found back in 1990-91, updated and fact-checked in 2009:


Continued in part 2

From jwalasko at telus.net  Tue Nov 17 14:50:00 2009
From: jwalasko at telus.net (John Walasko)
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:50:00 -0800
Subject: [Slowhand] EC on BBC's Desert Island Discs radio show (1989) + some
	discographical research part 2 of 2
Message-ID: <19AC1A25-24EA-4F3E-B061-0802214CD9CD@telus.net>

Desert Island Discs, part 2 of 2:


For those interested about these recordings, here is information I  
found back in 1990-91, updated and fact-checked in 2009:

'Senza Mama' by Renata Scotto (note the correct spelling of "Renata"):
"Senza Mama," or "Senza Mamma," is an aria from the opera "Suor  
Angelica" (Sister Angelica) by Giacomo Puccini. It was composed to an  
original Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano. It is the second of  
a trio of operas known as "Il Trittico." It received its world  
premiere on December 14, 1918. Singer Renata Scotto (b. 1934) recorded  
this version of the piece with conductor Lorin Maazel and The  
Philharmonia Orchestra for CBS Records sometime in the mid-1970s.

'Au Fond Du Temple Saint' by Ernest Blanc and Nicolai Gedda:
'Au Fond Du Temple Saint' is an aria from the opera "Les P?cheurs De  
Perles" (The Pearl Fishers) by George Bizet. It was composed to a  
French libretto by Eug?ne Cormon and Michel Carr? and was first  
performed on 30 September 1863. Singers Ernest Blanc (b. 1923) and  
Nicolai Gedda (b. 1925) recorded this aria for EMI Records in 1961,  
with conductor Pierre Dervaux and The Orchestra Of The Opera-Comique  
Paris.

'Cross Roads Blues' by Robert Johnson (composed by Robert Johnson):
- Recorded in San Antonio, TX, November 27 1936 and first released as  
a 78 rpm single on the Vocalion label. The Vocalion label was  
purchased by CBS, which in turn is now owned by Sony. The track was  
first reissued on the album "King Of The Delta Blues  
Singers" (Columbia, 1961). The master take, plus one alternate, have  
been reissued on several Sony CDs since 1990.

'I Feel Like Going Home' by Muddy Waters (composed by McKinley  
Morganfield a/k/a Muddy Waters):
Recorded in Chicago for the Chess label, April 1948. Originally  
released in 1948 on Aristocrat single 1305 (78 rpm) and later  
available on many Chess LP and CD compilations.

'I Was Made To Love Her' by Stevie Wonder (composed by Stevie Wonder,  
Lula Mae Hardaway (Wonder's mother), Sylvia Moy, and Henry Cosby):
This track was first released as Tamla Single 54151 in 1967 (the US b- 
side was "Hold Me"). It was also the title track of the album "I Was  
Made To Love Her" (Tamla 279) the same year, and has been reissued on  
many Motown compilations over the years.

'Hard Times' by Ray Charles (composed by Ray Charles):
Recorded in Miami FL, April 23 1955. This track has been released on  
several Atlantic albums and compilations and was released as a single  
in 1960.

'I Love The Woman' by Freddy King [a/k/a Freddie King] (composed by B.  
Myles and N. Nathan):
Recorded in Cincinnati OH on August 28 1960 and first released on a  
single as the b-side to "Hideaway" for the Federal/King label in 1961.  
The track later appeared on King's first album, "Freddy King  
Sings" (King, released in 1961).

'Purple Rain' by Prince (composed by Prince):
Warner Brothers label, released in 1984. The original version is on  
the "Purple Rain" soundtrack album, but various re-mixes, edits, and  
extended versions appear on other singles and compilations.



That's it, except I will admit that it is 19 years later and I'm still  
working my way through Dickens' "Barnaby Rudge."

Take care,

John
Vancouver BC


From kevinwilson at telkomsa.net  Wed Nov 18 11:31:29 2009
From: kevinwilson at telkomsa.net (Kevin Wilson)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:31:29 +0200 (SAST)
Subject: [Slowhand] Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 189
In-Reply-To: <933728940.3632101258561760195.JavaMail.root@zimbra1-vm1.telkomsa.net>
Message-ID: <1265311395.3632541258561889178.JavaMail.root@zimbra1-vm1.telkomsa.net>



I agree, you're having a bad head day. I found it to be a well rounded show, showcasing a variety of songs. 



I loaned a couple of Clapton DVDs to someone recently and his response was that Eric makes it look so simple when you watch him on video. He also asked me not to lend him any more DVDs, prefering to imagine how the songs were being played. Conclusion: We are spoilt by having access to any number of Clapton performances over the last 20 years or so, and therein lies our contempt to write old E ric off as mundane. 



My personal favourites from this particular show are Hoochie Coochie Man (which strangely enough sounds more dynamic when you hear it without seeing the video), WDLGTBSS and Sheriff. Why Eric takes two songs to warm up to the fact that he is playing to an audience is an anomoly - he should simply practice the first 2 numbers in his dressing room, or kick off with an acoustic number that requires an element of flare like Rambling on My Mind, Driftin' , etc. 



About time he dropped Layla for another 10 years and Cocaine and Crossroads (gulp! sacrilege you say) are long overdue for retirement. Wonderful Tonight can stay as a pass the popcorn interlude. 



I downloaded a 2009 EC/SW concert, on which I found E's playing rather dull, when compared to the MSG shows of the previous year. 



Strangely enough, Chris Welch wrote in Melody Maker way back in 1966, when reviewing the now widely available Kleeks Klook show, that audiences had been complaining of Cream's lacklustre performances ... so at the end of the day we can't fault Eric for remaining pleasing to some and stale to others - which in hindsight means? he seems to have ?applied a consistent approach to his performances all th ese years. 



Don't worrry Eric fans we still love the music! 



Kevin 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: slowhand-request at planet-torque.com 
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com 
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 7:00:54 PM GMT +02:00 Harare / Pretoria 
Subject: Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 189 

Send Slowhand mailing list submissions to slowhand at planet-torque.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to slowhand-request at planet-torque.com You can reach the person managing the list at slowhand-owner at planet-torque.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Slowhand digest..." 
Today's Topics: 1. Re: Good Show: 25 Feb 2009? (Mel Boss) 
_______________________________________________ Slowhand mailing list Slowhand at planet-torque.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/slowhand

From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Thu Nov 19 12:35:47 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:35:47 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Slowhand] Correction
Message-ID: <970886.96541.qm@web82602.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I didn't say that I didn't love the music - said that I didn't love the "girls." The band doesn't need them - needs a harp player more.
Mel
>>I agree, you're having a bad head day. I found it to be a well rounded show, showcasing a variety of >>songs...Don't worrry Eric fans we still love the music! KevinW

From davemcaffee at hotmail.com  Thu Nov 19 13:37:36 2009
From: davemcaffee at hotmail.com (Dave McAffee)
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:37:36 -0800
Subject: [Slowhand] Bluesbreakers deluxe edition
Message-ID: <SNT122-W16EBAF3F3AD61D43635AF2B6A20@phx.gbl>


I know this has been covered in the past but is there any value in getting the deluxe Beano edition. I already have 3 other versions of the album on cd and I have bluesbreaking.  Does the deluxe edition have any tracks that would not already be on bluesbreaking, and are they worth purchasing? I also have seen hints online that some of the tracks might not be EC and also that there are other BBC tracks that were not released. Can this be confirmed and what other EC and Bluesbreakers resources are there?

 

 

Thanks

Dave




 		 	   		  
_________________________________________________________________
Bing brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place.
http://www.bing.com/search?q=restaurants&form=MFESRP&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MFESRP_Local_MapsMenu_Resturants_1x1

From msawin at hotmail.com  Fri Nov 20 15:27:35 2009
From: msawin at hotmail.com (Michael Sawin)
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:35 +0000
Subject: [Slowhand] EC's new album
Message-ID: <BAY128-W29F167697E2132BA28A182C0A10@phx.gbl>




A musician friend of my son told him that he loaned a piece of eqiupment to a famous London studio for the use of Doyle Bramall, who is there right now, producing EC's next album. Now that could be quite an artist/producer collaboration. Bring on the guitars!
On another front, has anyone downloaded this yet?

http://www.sirjackiestewart.com/flyfree.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOWwjSdEtnc

No, me neither.


 		 	   		  
_________________________________________________________________
Have more than one Hotmail account? Link them together to easily access both
 http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/186394591/direct/01/

From dshearon at gmail.com  Tue Nov 24 22:15:24 2009
From: dshearon at gmail.com (daniel shearon)
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:15:24 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] The entire Last Waltz is up at Wolfgang's Vault
Message-ID: <f102988d0911241915w7f8b4b70lf5173cafbad412cb@mail.gmail.com>

http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/the-band/concerts/winterland-november-25-1976.html

Wolfgang's Vault has the entire Last Waltz concert for your streaming
pleasure. You need to sign up for a membership to stream but it is free and
they do not spam you. The following is an excerpt from the description:

Immortalized by Martin Scorsese's landmark film of the concert and
(initially) a three-record release that featured only half of the night's
performances and none of the encore (the group's real last minutes on
stage), the official documentation of this legendary night has been a source
of debate for decades now. While Scorsese's movie remains an undeniably
impressive document of the event and remains one of the great concert films
of the era, the audio recordings have always been somewhat questionable.
Despite meticulous production and outstanding sonic clarity, the various
releases have always been geared toward an "album experience" as apposed to
a "concert experience" and as such, have never represented an accurate
account of the music that night. Not only were numerous performances
excluded, but also the performances that were included had been re-sequenced
and, in many cases, extensively doctored. Many songs contained studio
overdubs to replace the original live instrument and vocal tracks. Some
songs were also edited to reduce sonic flaws or sloppy playing and crowd
response was eliminated or greatly reduced in the final mixes.

Regardless of all the tampering, the official releases are important
contributions to the Band's legacy and remain essential listening for fans
of the group, but they are far from historically accurate. Here we present
the entire Last Waltz, from beginning to end, exactly as it happened.
Sourced from the Bill Graham Presents recordings, these raw, un-retouched
line feed recordings allow listeners to experience the Last Waltz as the
concert that it was, warts and all. Significantly different from the
official releases and often more satisfying, Graham's recordings allow one
to experience this legendary night in authentic and complete form.

Daniel Shearon
GPS Specialist
Hayes Instrument Co.
daniel at hayesinstrument.com
dshearon at gmail.com

From deltanick at comcast.net  Fri Nov 27 12:43:41 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick)
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:43:41 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] =?utf-8?q?Fw=3A_=E2=80=9CBlues_Breakers=3A_Deluxe_Edit?=
	=?utf-8?b?aW9u4oCd?=
Message-ID: <DDB4155E56D1402A9689AC82343504F0@4MT8H51>




From: DeltaNick 
Sent: Friday, 27 November 2009 12:32
To: slowhand-request at planet-torque.com 
Subject: RE: ?Blues Breakers: Deluxe Edition?


>> I know this has been covered in the past but is there any value in getting the deluxe Beano edition. I already have 3 other versions of the album on cd and I have bluesbreaking. Does the deluxe edition have any tracks that would not already be on bluesbreaking, and are they worth purchasing? I also have seen hints online that some of the tracks might not be EC and also that there are other BBC tracks that were not released. Can this be confirmed and what other EC and Bluesbreakers resources are there? Thanks Dave <<

 

Dave,

 

Unless you're as into "Beano" and Clapton's tour of duty with John Mayall as I am, it may not be worth getting. For me, it was worth getting "Blues Breakers: Deluxe Edition" because of the notes in the internal booklet, as I learned after purchase (ignore the Deluxe Edition?s external, cover notes). The producer of the Deluxe Edition, Mark Powell, states that the mono mix (don?t forget: horns were added in post production) was completed on 2 April 1966. This proves that the album was recorded before April, in March 1966, notwithstanding Chris Hjort's claim of May 1966 in ?Strange Brew,? and Tony Bacon?s similar claim in ?MIllion Dollar Les Paul.?

 

The quality of the CDs is good, but the very best version of "Blues Breakers" is the 1998 European release on the Deram label, and the 2001 Japanese release [mini-LP cover] on the Decca label, which is sonically identical to the 1998 European release. These are both 24-track versions: 12 mono and 12 stereo. The 14-track 2001 American release, produced by Bill Levenson, is inferior.

 

Does the Deluxe Edition have any tracks that are not on "Bluesbreaking!," and are they worth purchasing? Yes, at least three (recorded 25 October 1965) on which Eric Clapton didn't appear, as he was on hiatus in Greece with the Glands. Are they worth it? Well, if you?ve already got ?Bluesbreaking!? you already have the answer.

 

Are there still unavailable BBC tracks on which Eric Clapton appeared? Yes, but the masters may not exist. However, I'd suggest that you peruse the tracklists on the following three albums for all the legitimate, commercially-available John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers (Featuring Eric Clapton) BBC tracks:

 

          John Mayall With Eric Clapton, ?Blues Breakers: Deluxe Edition?; (Decca Records [London] Ltd., a Universal Music company [02498 41801], 13 November 2006 2xCD, UK)

 

          John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers, ?Live At The BBC? (Decca Records [London] Ltd., a Universal Music company [602498 446652], 29 January 2007 CD, UK)

 

          John Mayall, ?Essentially John Mayall? (Eagle Records, a division of Eagle Rock Entertainment [EAGBX340; GAS 0000340 EAG; 034504 134027], 6 November 2006 5xCD, EU; 5 December 5xCD US)



  

                DeltaNick

From deltanick at comcast.net  Fri Nov 27 14:18:29 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick)
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:18:29 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Correction: Blues Breakers: Deluxe Edition
Message-ID: <D1E778C1BCA1477BAE5CCADD23C10CC3@4MT8H51>

In my last e-mail, I indicated that several John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers tracks without Eric Clapton, recorded at the BBC, appeared on "Bluesbreaking!" There was only one such track on "Bluesbreaking!": "Bye Bye Bird."

                DeltaNick

From bluesman13 at yahoo.com  Sun Nov 29 04:35:38 2009
From: bluesman13 at yahoo.com (bluesman13)
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:35:38 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Slowhand] =?utf-8?q?=E2=80=9CBlues_Breakers=3A_Deluxe_Edition?=
	=?utf-8?b?4oCd?=
Message-ID: <952585.84946.qm@web36506.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I know you were talking about the deluxe edition- what do you think of the "original master recording" that was released in 1994. I think that there are only the stereo tracks on that album?

thanks,
Steve H


      

From deltanick at comcast.net  Sun Nov 29 12:37:34 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick)
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:37:34 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] "Blues Breakers: Deluxe Edition"
Message-ID: <15A109D69CD9482FAE596C40F0CB4CC2@4MT8H51>

>> I know you were talking about the deluxe edition- what do you think of the "original master recording" that was released in 1994. I think that there are only the stereo tracks on that album? thanks, Steve H <<

Steve,

It's a good recording.

The very FIRST versions of CD reissue albums -- those taken from LP and remastered to CD -- weren't all that good. The major studios had not invested a whole bunch into the best CD mastering equipment, and they rush-mastered the first CDs, so the SECOND wave of "audiophile" recordings were not all from the major labels, but companies such as Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (the 1994 "Original Master Recording"), DCC, and some others. These were actually (the first) good versions.

A few years later, when it appeared that the CD format would be around for a while, the major record labels began remastering very good versions of these old LPs. By this time, they'd invested in the equipment, they owned the master tapes, and they had the time to do it right. In general, this THIRD wave of CDs was and is the best.

Keeping all the above in mind, I'd still say the the Deram (a subsidiary of Decca owned by Universal) 1998 European, 24-track (mono and stereo) release of "Beano" is still the best. In 2001, the Japanese JVC label (I'm not sure if they're part of Universal or just associated with them for releasing old albums) issued the same 24-track 1998 release, but with different packaging: a "mini-LP" sleeve, rather than a jewel box, with the Decca label; and the CD itself uses the Decca blue stereo LP label, since the original 1966 album was on Decca. Sonically, these two are identical, and the best version of "Blues Breakers" (aka "Beano") available.

FYI, the just-issued Audio Fidelity 24-karat Gold CD version of "Beano," on another "reissue" label, Audio Fidelity, is mono only. Some may prefer the mono version. I like having both mono and stereo versions and prefer the stereo. The mono and stereo versions are not identical: there are several differences beyond splitting soundtracks into discreet channels. The stereo version, I feel, has "more" information and sound, although some things on the mono version do not appear on the stereo. It's a matter of preference.

I don't think the Audio Fidelity reissue really improves on the Deram 1998/Decca 2001 mono version, but I haven't conducted a side-by-side comparison.

I'd rate the "Blues Breakers: Deluxe Edition" version above the 1994 MFSL release, but below the 1998 Deram/2001 Decca release.

I wrote an explanatory article in 2001, following the inferior U.S. 14-track release on the Deram label, which explains more. It is located at the below URL:

http://gpatt.customer.netspace.net.au/cream/Fresh/beanoreleases.html

                DeltaNick

From dshearon at gmail.com  Sun Nov 29 22:49:23 2009
From: dshearon at gmail.com (daniel shearon)
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:49:23 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] The autobiography was a LIE!
Message-ID: <f102988d0911291949o544ea004k55c28e61bb9773d@mail.gmail.com>

Here is the real story:
http://www.gocomics.com/features/9/feature_items/474455


Daniel Shearon
GPS Specialist
Hayes Instrument Co.
daniel at hayesinstrument.com
dshearon at gmail.com

From lukpac at lukpac.org  Mon Nov 30 23:53:17 2009
From: lukpac at lukpac.org (Luke Pacholski)
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:53:17 -0600 (CST)
Subject: [Slowhand] "Blues Breakers: Deluxe Edition"
In-Reply-To: <mailman.51.1259600463.19399.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0911302224050.24268-100000@lukpac.org>

Nick, re:

> The very FIRST versions of CD reissue albums -- those taken from LP and
> remastered to CD -- weren't all that good. The major studios had not
> invested a whole bunch into the best CD mastering equipment, and they
> rush-mastered the first CDs, so the SECOND wave of "audiophile"
> recordings were not all from the major labels, but companies such as
> Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (the 1994 "Original Master Recording"), DCC,
> and some others. These were actually (the first) good versions.
> 
> A few years later, when it appeared that the CD format would be around
> for a while, the major record labels began remastering very good
> versions of these old LPs. By this time, they'd invested in the
> equipment, they owned the master tapes, and they had the time to do it
> right. In general, this THIRD wave of CDs was and is the best.

I think this is an overly simplistic view. Some original CDs were great. 
Some were crap. Some "audiophile" remaster were great. Some were crap. 
Some newer remasters were great. Some were crap.

A lot of people like to focus on equipment and "technology", but the 
technology of 1984 was good enough to produce some CDs that still hold 
their own today. Far more important are the tapes used and the effects 
applied during remastering. If all else is equal, a better tape should 
equal a better CD. However, things like poor EQ, noise reduction and 
limiting/compression can ruin the end result even if the master tape is 
used.

10 to 15 years ago noise reduction was the hottest fad. Many a CD was 
ruined (or at the very least, significantly degraded) because of it. Today 
the fad is limiting/compression, to make everthing LOUDER. Plenty of 
remasters these days have next to no dynamic range because the overall 
level just sits around 100%.

Some new remasters are great, but many are eclipsed by those "audiophile" 
releases and even *original* CD releases.

> Keeping all the above in mind, I'd still say the the Deram (a subsidiary
> of Decca owned by Universal) 1998 European, 24-track (mono and stereo)
> release of "Beano" is still the best. In 2001, the Japanese JVC label
> (I'm not sure if they're part of Universal or just associated with them
> for releasing old albums) issued the same 24-track 1998 release, but
> with different packaging: a "mini-LP" sleeve, rather than a jewel box,
> with the Decca label; and the CD itself uses the Decca blue stereo LP
> label, since the original 1966 album was on Decca. Sonically, these two
> are identical, and the best version of "Blues Breakers" (aka "Beano")
> available.

I still don't share your love for the 1998 mono/stereo disc. In regards to 
the stereo mix, the first 3 tracks are overly midrange heavy, while the 
rest of the album is a bit thin and bright. I'm not in love with the MFSL 
by any means, but in comparison it has a bit more body and isn't as 
shrill.

Keep in mind when comparing the two that the 1998 disc is *louder*, which 
can trick our ears into thinking *better*. A valid comparison must be 
level matched.

Interestingly, the original London CD has a pleasing EQ, but a poor tape 
must have been used, resulting in poor stereo separation.

> FYI, the just-issued Audio Fidelity 24-karat Gold CD version of "Beano,"
> on another "reissue" label, Audio Fidelity, is mono only.

Audio Fidelity is essentially the modern day DCC. The releases for both 
were/are mastered by Steve Hoffman.

Luke


From deltanick at comcast.net  Tue Dec  1 20:01:43 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (Nicholas Aleshin)
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 20:01:43 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] "Blues Breakers: Deluxe Edition"
References: <F174C77AF769DF4CBB7E4E6A362B110203323AF3@HQDA14PBE01.mi.ds.army.mil>
Message-ID: <59A8680F-453F-4CA0-B500-0ED47F27663E@comcast.net>

Luke,

Much of what you say is at least partially true, but then we can get into details too esoteric for most listeners who aren't audiophiles, and I'm not here to impress anyone with trivia. Of course, we know EVERYTHING sounds "better" when you use those 24-karat gold-plated electrical plugs, new audiophile outlets for your wall, and those $35,000 speakers. But I think Slowhand Digest subscribers just want to play the CD on their home stereos, in their cars, or on their iPods. Of all the available versions of "Blues Breakers," most people simply want to know which one to get.

Yes, the 1998 release is louder, but it also sounds closest, in my opinion, to the original mono and stereo LPs. In fact, I think that well-engineered CDs sound even better than LPs (I hear more on CDs). And I think the '98 has pretty good balance throughout. I disagree that "the first 3 tracks are overly midrange heavy, while the rest of the album is a bit thin and bright." Actually, all the tracks are pretty heavy, which is the way the LP was meant to sound.

I was taught that a good writer, reporter, or reviewer explains the important information from out of a complicated forest of cobwebs. So, yes, I try to simplify, to make things clear. There are exceptions to many situations, and yes, there were good versions, in some cases, in the FIRST wave of CD re-releases, and poor ones in the SECOND and THIRD, but not with "Blues Breakers." You make a few interesting debating points, but in general, I think the history of CD re-releases went the way I described in my previous post.

And I don't care who conducts the remastering, as long as it sounds good. Steve Hoffman's got a great reputation, but if I don't like it I'll let you know, whether he remastered it or not. And my Audio Fidelity CD says (and I quote), "MASTERED FOR THIS CD BY KEVIN GRAY." "Blues Breakers" was never released on the DCC label, as far as I can tell, so it appears Steve Hoffman has never remastered the album.

				DeltaNick


From jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com  Wed Dec  2 14:50:36 2009
From: jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com (jvlahakis at hinshawlaw.com)
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 13:50:36 -0600
Subject: [Slowhand] Bluesbreakers mixes
Message-ID: <OF6A8D4562.BAA2F5B5-ON86257680.006AF1CB-86257680.006D00D2@hinshawlaw.com>

I've got the gold disc version (MFSL not DCC) and one of the versions that 
has the mono and stereo together (I forget which year).  As a general 
matter, think that mono sounds better since that's how most artists 
envisioned and mixed their lps in the 60s.  For example, the drums in 
Fresh Cream (I have it on lp) JUMP out at you and are very heavy.  Same as 
the mono DGears dual format cd.

BUT on the beano album I think at times there's better clarity in stereo 
(as a general matter) as I can hear more of the guitar parts.  I think 
some of the mono mix is muddy sounding and/or that certain guitars are too 
quiet, All Your Love is a good example.  In stereo you get a HUGE sound 
out of the rhythm guitar on the right channel and on the keyboard.  Same 
on Hideaway, MUCH more keyboards on the stereo mix.

THEN AGAIN, as I listen to this as I type, I think Little Girl sounds 
great in MONO, there's a lot more distortion on the main guitar part.

I really like the MONO solo on Double Crossing there's points on the mono 
mix that just sound good and dirty.

Skipping ahead, Ramblin' on My Mind sounds like it has way more punch in 
Mono.

Steppin' Out -- IMHO the stereo version is better sounding, I can hear the 
horns better, etc.  And the guitar is just so dirty and distorted, 1:22 to 
2:00 just about just kills me, especially 135 to the end.  WOW.

What are your thoughts?
_____________________

James C. Vlahakis
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is an Illinois registered limited liability partnership that 
has elected to be governed by the Illinois Uniform Partnership Act (1997).<br><br>

The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for 
the addressee(s) named in this message. This communication is intended to be 
and to remain confidential and may be subject to applicable attorney/client and/or 
work product privileges. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if 
this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the 
sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message and its attachments. Do not 
deliver, distribute or copy this message and/or any attachments and if you are not 
the intended recipient, do not disclose the contents or take any action in reliance 
upon the information contained in this communication or any attachments.

From lukpac at lukpac.org  Wed Dec  2 23:26:08 2009
From: lukpac at lukpac.org (Luke Pacholski)
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 22:26:08 -0600 (CST)
Subject: [Slowhand] Slowhand Digest, Vol 13, Issue 199
In-Reply-To: <mailman.61.1259773252.58378.slowhand@planet-torque.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0912022218450.22831-100000@lukpac.org>

Nick, re:

> Yes, the 1998 release is louder, but it also sounds closest, in my
> opinion, to the original mono and stereo LPs. In fact, I think that
> well-engineered CDs sound even better than LPs (I hear more on CDs). And
> I think the '98 has pretty good balance throughout. I disagree that "the
> first 3 tracks are overly midrange heavy, while the rest of the album is
> a bit thin and bright." Actually, all the tracks are pretty heavy, which
> is the way the LP was meant to sound.

I beg to differ. Compare the MFSL to the 1998 CD. On the MFSL, the whole 
album has a consistent sound. Not perfect, but a relatively fixed balance 
between bass, midrange and treble. On the 1998 CD, however, the balance of 
those first 3 tracks is noticeably different from the rest of the album. 
If you compare to the MFSL, there isn't as much high end on the first 3 
tracks, but then there is *more* high end on the rest of the album. Try it 
and see for yourself! The sound of the first 3 *is* different.

> I was taught that a good writer, reporter, or reviewer explains the
> important information from out of a complicated forest of cobwebs. So,
> yes, I try to simplify, to make things clear. There are exceptions to
> many situations, and yes, there were good versions, in some cases, in
> the FIRST wave of CD re-releases, and poor ones in the SECOND and THIRD,
> but not with "Blues Breakers." You make a few interesting debating
> points, but in general, I think the history of CD re-releases went the
> way I described in my previous post.

I think if anything, the more I have compared various CDs over the years, 
the more I think there is no general rule, other than perhaps there are 
some labels or engineers that are less likely to screw things up than 
others.

> And I don't care who conducts the remastering, as long as it sounds
> good. Steve Hoffman's got a great reputation, but if I don't like it
> I'll let you know, whether he remastered it or not. And my Audio
> Fidelity CD says (and I quote), "MASTERED FOR THIS CD BY KEVIN GRAY."
> "Blues Breakers" was never released on the DCC label, as far as I can
> tell, so it appears Steve Hoffman has never remastered the album.

Thanks for the clarification. I didn't mean to imply Steve or DCC had done 
a previous version.

Luke


From wdeli at aol.com  Sat Dec  5 21:26:06 2009
From: wdeli at aol.com (wdeli at aol.com)
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:26:06 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] listening
Message-ID: <8CC4432996F4CF0-3D6C-DC04@webmail-m062.sysops.aol.com>

just out of curiosity,what kind of gear do you guys use for listening? thanks,bill 

From humblephoenix at gmail.com  Sun Dec  6 12:56:40 2009
From: humblephoenix at gmail.com (Bryan Reid)
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 10:56:40 -0700
Subject: [Slowhand] Listening gear
Message-ID: <229391c50912060956s8a98d6dub56119acd21582b1@mail.gmail.com>

Bill asked about what kind of gear people use for listening.

Everybody has their toys - some people have boats, others motorcycles,
yadda, yadda, yadda. Mine is music, so that's where my money goes. I am a
low-rent audiophile, meaning I love great audio equipment but don't have the
money for the really serious stuff. I'm fortunate to have a friend who does
- his main system costs more the my house. Sigh.

My main rig consists of:

Harbeth 7ES-3 loudspeakers
Cayin tube CD/SACD player
Creek Evolution integrated amplifier
Audioquest speaker cables and interconnects
Sennheiser HD-600 headphones


In my office/library I have:

Harbeth HL-P3ES-2 loudspeakers
Marantz DV 7600 CD/DVD-A player
Creek Evolution integrated amplifier
Audioquest speaker cables and interconnects


I love Harbeth speakers - they're rich and full, yet very neutral and
uncolored. I love Creek amplifiers, too. For the low-end audiophile, which I
am, Creek is probably the most bang for your buck that you can get. They're
both made in England. I wish I could afford the upper range of their
products. Harbeth makes the studio monitors for the BBC. The Cayin is the
cheapest combination tube CD/SACD I could find that gets very good ratings.
Tube players get into the 5 figures very quickly and there are several in
the 6 figures. Tube players (or amps for that matter) are a messy way to
listen to music, but the sound they produce makes it worth it to have to let
them warm up for 30-60 minutes and periodically replace tubes when they burn
out (at $50-60 and up each). The richness and depth of what they produce,
though, makes the hassle worth it to me. The Sennheiser HD-600s used to be
considered the best headphones in the world (yes, I know about the Stax) but
rank third or fourth now and are actually affordable for cheap chumps like
me. The little Harbeths I have in my office are only about a foot tall by
six inches wide, but wow do they pack a punch! The Creek amp - well, I love
Creek. The Marantz is very reasonable and great bang for the buck. My
Audioquest cables and interconnects are a little below the middle of their
range - again money but they are very noticeably better than what I had
before.

That's me. I look forward to hearing what other people use.

Bryan

From jnt.elliott at comcast.net  Sun Dec  6 20:08:19 2009
From: jnt.elliott at comcast.net (Jeff Elliott)
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 20:08:19 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] listening
In-Reply-To: <8CC4432996F4CF0-3D6C-DC04@webmail-m062.sysops.aol.com>
References: <8CC4432996F4CF0-3D6C-DC04@webmail-m062.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <3A3C15ABB4AA4CD6945CF225299E08F4@1NVTLC1>

Sadly, iPod mostly these days.  When I have the opportunity to listen for
real pleasure I have an old Onkyo A-7 amplifier hooked up to Cerwin Vegas
and a Dual turntable.  

I've got a Denon 5.1 receiver in the family room hooked up to a Sony DVD and
Paradigm speakers.  Winwood-Clapton at MSG sounds pretty darn good coming
out of those Paradigms!

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: wdeli at aol.com [mailto:wdeli at aol.com] 
Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 9:26 PM
To: Slowhand at planet-torque.com
Subject: [Slowhand] listening

just out of curiosity,what kind of gear do you guys use for listening?
thanks,bill 



From deltanick at comcast.net  Mon Dec  7 04:48:36 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (DeltaNick)
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 04:48:36 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Listening
Message-ID: <0F2E70882D344B7EA9E1EE6FAB910D6A@4MT8H51>

My dog's bigger than your dog!

                DeltaNick



From scottw at racerxill.com  Mon Dec  7 13:00:40 2009
From: scottw at racerxill.com (Scott Wallenberg)
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 11:00:40 -0700
Subject: [Slowhand] Listening
Message-ID: <009d01ca7767$32236e00$6300a8c0@D7X88DF1>

For Headphones I use the Bose over ear noise cancellers..mostly for air travel listening. I have the in-ears but they always fall out after a while.
Home use... I bought an old analog NAD 7125 from a swap meet for $35 and listen through Event 20/20 Studio recording monitors I do not use separate bass sub woofers. Extremely clean (almost too clean) as almost all manufactured speakers have some kind of pre set EQ  whereas recording monitors are made for recording/mixing and you hear everything but generally you are hearing what the engineer is mixing from so they are very accurate


Scott Wallenberg 

From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Mon Dec  7 14:39:33 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 11:39:33 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Slowhand] Audio Stuff
Message-ID: <948974.39895.qm@web82605.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I always look for deals in audio equipment, which usually entails used equipment. This requires patience in a person and?some knowledge of the technology and what "goes together." I acquired a perfect SOTA Sapphire turntable about 6 yrs ago for a mere $300. I've had the same Nikko Beta40 preamp for 25+yrs and love it. I have a matched pair of HK Citation12 power amps. The second one I picked up 10yrs ago?at a yard sale for 50?and spent $200 in repairs to make it perfect. This summer I found a "perfect"?SAE Mark4CM power amp that's had very little use since 1972. But the coolest thing are the custom speakers (very reasonable cost). I came across a fellow in Santa Cruz this year?whose hobby is rebuilding/renovating vintage JBLs, and he built me a pair of L100T3s to my specs w/customer xovers, upgraded wiring and posts and a teak veneer! Wof Fire Xroads sounds amazing with these - no subs reqd - and DGears sounds better than ever (eg.Dream, Dance the
 Night)... More audio - less TV!
Cheers!
Mel Boss

From deltanick at comcast.net  Mon Dec  7 18:35:02 2009
From: deltanick at comcast.net (Nicholas Aleshin)
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 18:35:02 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Public Service Announcement
References: <4B1D56D8.5090100@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <D4AD83B2-5B90-4937-969C-AA91FE1BFAF0@comcast.net>

I received the below e-mail from Pat Toth.

http://www.kjrh.com/news/local/story/Eric-Clapton-to-play-Tulsas-BOK-Center/i6VnjAaAYk61pSfn2QI1Dw.cspx   `      

Would you do me a favor and post this on the Slowhand for me? I can't post ! Also he's supposed to be in Memphis on March the 5th. But with Roger Daultry??? But there's nothing on EC's web site.

Thanks Pat


From wdeli at aol.com  Mon Dec  7 22:28:37 2009
From: wdeli at aol.com (wdeli at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:28:37 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] dog
Message-ID: <8CC45CDAA351224-5BF8-6EDE@webmail-m037.sysops.aol.com>

depends on how you define dog?

From bluesman13 at yahoo.com  Tue Dec  8 02:06:52 2009
From: bluesman13 at yahoo.com (bluesman13)
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 23:06:52 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Slowhand] Todd Rundgren and the Fool
Message-ID: <918160.16423.qm@web36505.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Anyone else see the picture in the LA Times of the Todd Rundgren concert where was playing the Fool guitar?

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/12/live-review-todd-rundgren-at-the-orpheum-theatre.html


      

From mowdamowda at hotmail.com  Tue Dec  8 03:18:54 2009
From: mowdamowda at hotmail.com (Shanahan .)
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 19:18:54 +1100
Subject: [Slowhand] Listening
Message-ID: <BLU149-W64F924CDE6873D1AA98599CF8F0@phx.gbl>


 

DN says:

 

"My dog's bigger than your dog!"

 

Tone says:

 

"But how big is his woofer?"

 

 

 

 

 

 
 		 	   		  
_________________________________________________________________
Use Messenger in your Hotmail inbox Find out how
http://windowslive.ninemsn.com.au/hotmail/article/823454/web-im-for-hotmail-is-here

From scottw at racerxill.com  Tue Dec  8 15:34:55 2009
From: scottw at racerxill.com (Scott Wallenberg)
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 13:34:55 -0700
Subject: [Slowhand] EC US tour..no second guitarist named!
Message-ID: <050101ca7846$1452e060$6300a8c0@D7X88DF1>

The band will consist of Steve Gadd on drums, Willie Weeks on bass, Chris Stainton and Walt Richmond on keyboards, and Michelle John and Sharon White as backing vocalists.

Walt Richmond is a JJ Cale band alum

Interesting that EC will handle guitar chores by himself

Scott Wallenberg 

From scottw at racerxill.com  Wed Dec  9 11:19:45 2009
From: scottw at racerxill.com (Scott Wallenberg)
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 09:19:45 -0700
Subject: [Slowhand] ABB 2010 news from Butch Trucks
Message-ID: <06c401ca78eb$80984170$6300a8c0@D7X88DF1>

Holiday greetings to everyone out there in Moogis Land. -

I hope you are all doing well and that all of your holiday plans are progressing nicely. I think I can help to make your holidays even more fun. We have definitely got some exciting things to tell you about for 2010 from the world of Moogis.

Let's talk about Allman Brothers Band activity for 2010.  Next year, the ABB tour schedule will consist of fewer concerts than we normally play. We are going to be very selective with the number of shows that we play. There certainly will be opportunities for all of you to see us live. But there won't be as many opportunities as there have been in other years. When we do play for you, every show will be significant as you will see when I explain it.
We know that The Allman Brothers Band will appear at The Wanee Festival on April 16 and 17. And we know that we will appear at the New Orleans Jazz Festival later in April. 

Beyond those appearances, the only other ABB shows that we are aware of in 2010 will take place during our annual run in New York City in March. Most of you probably know by now that these shows are not going to take place at The Beacon Theatre. We will be appearing at a new location. This is where you and Moogis come into the picture.

We are going to let ABB announce the specific details of the upcoming New York shows through the normal channels. But we want to let you know that Moogis will be in New York again this year to bring you all the music, excitement and action just as we did last year. Moogis did something historic last year with the webcast of the 40th Anniversary shows at The Beacon and we plan to do it again this year. But, in order to do this, we are going to need you to get involved.

Before January 24, 2010, you will be able to buy your subscription to the ABB New York City Run in March by paying $150. If you have recently paid $60 to extend your Moogis subscription until March 1, 2010, you will get full credit for that payment towards your new Moogis subscription. Yes, that means that you will only need to pay $90 for the upcoming 2010 New York run. That's right. By paying $90 before January 24, you will be able to enjoy any new content that we add to Moogis.com (there will be a few surprises for you soon), the entire New York Run live webcasts, the archived webcasts for one year after that and all the new friends that our Moogis community will attract. This is truly a great deal. 

If you were not among those who renewed your original subscription, you can still buy a subscription to the 2010 webcasts by paying $150 before January 24.  Obviously, the price will increase after January 24. We would love to keep the prices at last year's level but it's just not possible. By webcasting one of rock history's greatest series of concerts in 2009, Moogis broke new ground creatively and technically. Unfortunately, Moogis also incurred significant financial losses. We are doing our best to pay back these obligations but we also need to do our best to be certain that we cover our costs for 2010's New York Run. 

Now, we are back at a familiar place. We are asking for your cooperation. If we can get 1,500 subscribers by January 15, we will be able to complete our plans as we have described them to you. If we are not able to get enough subscribers by this date, we will have to return the money we have collected and cancel the plans to webcast of the 2010 Allman Brothers Band New York Run. But because of the support that you have shown Moogis in the past, we are confident that you will help us to bring our plans for this year's webcasts to your computers and flat screen TV's.  

So, please tell your friends and acquaintances about Moogis. Soon, we will begin to put together the story of the 2010 Allman Brothers New York City Run. Please join us for the journey. Go to Moogis.com and subscribe to the Allman Brothers Band 2010 New York City Run webcasts before January 24, 2010 for only $150, If you have renewed your subscription until March 1 by paying $60 recently, you will only need to pay $90 in order to subscribe to the 2010 New York City Run.  

Join early and become part of this worldwide community.

Your friend in Moogis, 

Butch Trucks



From slowhand.net at gmail.com  Wed Dec  9 11:23:24 2009
From: slowhand.net at gmail.com (Steve)
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:23:24 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] Second guitarist
Message-ID: <86128fd00912090823x4e8506afwc1e4701a8a2f9e5a@mail.gmail.com>

> Interesting that EC will handle guitar chores by himself

> Scott Wallenberg

But Scott, this appeared on ClaptonBoots from gruff but lovable Geetarz:

> I am sure everyone has noticed that the band list for next
> year's solo tour does not include a 2nd guitar player in EC's band.

> It is time for me to announce, the "2010 Geetarz Air Guitar Support
> Tour". I will be playing Air Guitar, along with every show. Just as an
> Air Guitar is invisible, I may not be seen on stage, but I'll be there,
> jamming along with EC and the band.

> Unlike EC, after every show I will be signing Air Autographs and meeting
> with Air Groupies ...

> ~AG

From wdeli at aol.com  Wed Dec  9 22:09:17 2009
From: wdeli at aol.com (wdeli at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:09:17 -0500
Subject: [Slowhand] equipment
Message-ID: <8CC475D4B7E931B-2948-23F7E@webmail-d031.sysops.aol.com>

heyguys thanks to responding about listening gear,i was just curious, i am adie hard tube man,old Mac.,& Manley tube amps,audible illusions 3Apre-amp,with the gold phono board & enough nos tubes to light up acity,speaker cable & interconnects that i have traded,e-bayed since iwas in high school.NHT-3.3speakers,& a good old VPI turntable,used VPI -9 Signature Tonearm,Sumiko Blackbird MM cartridge,SonyXA7ES front end.room is fairly well tuned.home theater is basic but Sennheiser head phones make it all good.just so you know.WOOF-WOOF.thank you all for the feed back.sorry i,m late getting back,Internet down,Charleston,wv. maybe one day we can discuss how badly recorded most music is.thank you again,bill

From scottw at racerxill.com  Fri Dec 11 20:39:12 2009
From: scottw at racerxill.com (Scott Wallenberg)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:39:12 -0700
Subject: [Slowhand] Fwd: 2010 News & Update from Butch Trucks
References: <SF-NAS36JEz1cFuF1Kv0000e441@sf-nas3.ednet.local>
Message-ID: <FFF918E4-B5C4-4E6C-BCCD-12E19B64C288@racerxill.com>


>

> Hi Moogis Lovers ? I want to thank those of you who responded immedi 
> ately to our request for you to subscribe to the 2010 Allman Brother 
> s Band New York City Run on Moogis. We had some very quick responses 
> . Unfortunately, we didn?t get as many as we had hoped for. I want t 
> o try to explain the offer as clearly as I can for those of you who  
> did not respond.
>
> Your Moogis subscription will run through March 1, 2011.
>
> Moogis plans to webcast the 2010 ABB New York City Run just as we  
> did last March. You will be able to view each show live, as it  
> happens, with the same excellent quality video and audio that we  
> provided last year.
>
> You will be able to see the Beacon Run 40th Anniversary shows until  
> March 1, 2010.
>
> You will be able to access 50+ archived video and audio ABB concerts.
>
> You will be able to see any other new content that is added to the  
> site.
>
> You will be able to become part of a growing community of like- 
> minded music lovers from throughout the world.
>
> All this will cost you is $150.
>
> Better yet, if you are one of the 500+ people who have recently  
> renewed your Moogis subscription for $60, you will only have to pay  
> an additional $90 in order to renew through March 1, 2011 with all  
> the benefits mentioned above.
>
> But Moogis needs your help. We want to continue to offer this  
> cutting edge service to you and we want to bring you the March 2010  
> New York City Run from The Allman Brothers Band. Unless we get  
> enough subscribers (1500+) by January 15, 2010, our plans will not  
> be able to move forward. We simply will not have enough money to  
> make this happen. Moogis incurred large financial losses last year  
> and we just can?t afford to lose more this year. So, we are asking a 
> ll those people who have supported Moogis in the past to join hands  
> and help us bring you what you showed us what you want. We do want t 
> o bring you the new shows in 2010. We do not want to have to return  
> your money and abandon our dreams. As I said, we need your help.
>
> Moogis will always be looked at as a pioneer in the entertainment  
> world because we are at the forefront of a major shift in the way  
> live music is presented and distributed. But we don?t want Moogis to 
>  be a footnote in a history book. We want Moogis to be an ongoing co 
> ncern that had the support of its subscribers during its early stage 
> s. We want the story to be about you and your belief in what we are  
> doing. That is how we want to tell this story. Moogis would like to  
> be remembered for transforming the live music experience for musicia 
> ns and fans, alike. And we want to be around to continue to tell the 
>  story for a long, long time
>
> So, please understand what we are asking you to do. When you break  
> down the cost of a Moogis subscription, it is really a no-brainer.  
> You simply cannot find this kind of value for your money. You can  
> see every live webcast of The Allman Brothers New York City Run in  
> March 2010, all the other great content of Moogis.com and be a part  
> of an extended, vibrant family for a very long time for $150. If you 
> ?ve previously been a Moogis believer and have recently renewed your 
>  Moogis subscription, the new extension will only cost you $90. Thin 
> k about this in terms of your entertainment related costs. Most of u 
> s are paying at least that much each month for our cable TV bill. On 
> e ticket to a live concert by a major artist will cost at least that 
>  much. One major league sporting event will cost much more than that 
> .You?ll spend more than that going to the movies once a month for a  
> year. What Moogis is offering is a really great value for a great se 
> rvice.
>
> I know times are very hard now for a lot of our friends. And we are  
> in the height of the holiday season when money is especially tight.  
> But staying involved with Moogis at this point will save you money  
> and put you in a group of people who understand what a beneficial  
> exchange this is.
>
> Join us if it is at all possible.
>
> Thank you, everyone.
>
> Butch Trucks
>

From bluesman13 at yahoo.com  Mon Dec 14 16:11:48 2009
From: bluesman13 at yahoo.com (bluesman13)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:11:48 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Slowhand] Hard Rock Cafe London Clapton Strat
Message-ID: <850403.80107.qm@web36508.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Apparently, Clapton donated this strat to the HRC London. 

http://www.hardrock.com/Locations/Cafes3/memorabilia.aspx?LocationID=91&MIBenumID=3

Anyone know anything about it? I've seen it before....

Steve


      

From darmel at sbcglobal.net  Thu Dec 31 17:09:47 2009
From: darmel at sbcglobal.net (Mel Boss)
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:09:47 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Slowhand] Sad News to begin 2010
Message-ID: <852865.87760.qm@web82602.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Long time Slowhander Joyce Richards, Orinda, California (20 miles east of SF)?passed away in her sleep Wednesday night. It was sudden and without warning?according to her surviving spouse Steve (hero). Joyce suffered from a rare brain disease that struck "out-of-the-blue"?about three yrs ago dibilitating motor and cognitive functions, but?she maintained a surprisingly positive outlook and frequently attended live performances. Joyce was a member of our local Slowhander-group that gathers occasionally for BBQs and local concerts to share our enthusiasm. She will be missed.
Mel