[Slowhand] (new album)

[Jon Maclean]

I too started wondering when I heard that Eric was working on an album of standards he had always wanted to cover himself. But then he has done some amazing covers in recent years and dare I say it, has excelled as a vocalist. I was listening to Back Home on the weekend, and continue to be struck by his vocal performance on Love Don't Love Nobody in particular. To me that is a real soul-filled performance and if that's the way he is leaning on the new album, then it could well be something special. Eric has improved 300% as a singer since the 1970 album, and sure, not everyone on this list may be too concerned about his vocals over his guitar playing, but to give credit where it's due, I really enjoy him as a vocalist these days. Yep, he's far and away my favourite guitarist, and it is easy to take his guitar playing for granted. If he were to descend to the current Rod Stewart vein I would certainly be disappointed, but I'm sure there will be more grit in what he does here and therefore more potency to the music. And I'm sure as always there will still be plenty of great guitar playing on it.
We'll just have to wait and see though, won't we?

Cheers,
Jon


-----Original Message-----
From: janet furlong [mailto:jewels7182000 at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Thursday, 5 August 2010 4:31 AM
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Subject: [Slowhand] (no subject)

Hi Brian - Apologies if we collectively made you feel like your posts were nonsense. You certainly spurred more reply activity than this list has seen in a long time, though, for whatever that may be worth. 

I actually agree with you, mostly, in hoping so very much for the type of EC record you really want - me, I could go for another Dominos record, while Delta Nick would probably love another Bluesbreakers record. Judging from audience response at the June 30th show I attended, *that* crowd of EC fans would like another album full of Wonderful Tonight, acoustic Layla, and Rock and Roll Heart (Seriously? RnR Heart? Oy...) EC played "When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful" in that show, which made me sort of think, oh, no, here comes the next record of "standards my father would like," ala Rod Stewart's string of "classics" releases. Not really want I want out of my old British rockers, thanks. (On the other hand, Roger Daltrey was the opener at that EC concert, rip-roaring out a bunch of Who tunes and doing them loud and rockin, as they should be done, hallelujah - gotta say, he kind of blew EC off the stage that night, at least for me - and maybe the old
 hippie dude sitting across the aisle from me, who shook his head and muttered, "that's just not right" during the sit-down Layla.) 

Seems like being an EC fan often involves some level of disappointment, as he's done so many different things over his long career - but then I listen to older stuff of his that I still love like nothing else, and I will keep hoping and buying as long as he keeps releasing music, which I hope will be for a long time to come. 

Cheers, 
Janet 





      


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