[Slowhand] EC's Between Song Banter ...

[Jon Maclean]

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

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