[Slowhand] Dobro

[Kevin Wilson]

Others that come to mind:
461 OB - Give Me Strength; Please Be with Me; Let It Grow
TOIEC - We've Been Told (Jesus Coming Soon); Opposites
NRTC - Sign Language; County Jail Blues; Innocent Times
Slowhand - Mean Old Frisco
Backless - Promises
Journeyman - Running on Faith
FTC - How Long Blues
Pilgrim - My Father's Eyes; Born in Time
Reptile - Son & Sylvia
Back Home - So Tired
Homeboy Soundtrack - Johnny; Ruby; Party
Rush Soundtrack - Tears in Heaven
The Pros & Cons of HH - Running Shoes; Go Fishing

White Mansions - Kentucky Racehorse
Kinky Friedman - Ole Ben Lucas

Kevin

-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Reid [mailto:humblephoenix at gmail.com] 
Sent: 23 August 2010 23:18
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Subject: Re: [Slowhand] Slowhand Digest, Vol 15, Issue 98

I am not surprised. I don't know about mandolin, but I know he has recorded
dobro before (White Mansions OST and I think a Kinky Friedman guest
appearance).

Bryan

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> Today's Topics:

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>   1. Clapton playing Mandolin? (Fabio Dwyer)

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> In the booklet of the new cd, there're two pictures: one of Eric 

> playing an old Epiphone acoustic guitar (where is the Martin guitar, I 

> never saw EC playing Epiphones before...), and the other picture (on 

> the right) shows someone playing a mandolin. It doesn't show the face 

> of the player, just his knee and hands and the headstock of the 

> instrument, and a wall of microphones. By the color of his pants, it 

> can be Eric, it looks like the same old denim pants on the left 

> picture. The question is that I never heard of Eric playing mandolin 

> before. On the other hand, why to put a picture of another player, if 

> it's not him? Anyone ever heard any mention of Clapton playing mandolin?

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>  BTW, I really liked both new tunes, I'm waiting eagerly for the 

> new-ugly-cover cd! Did anyone realized that this cover looks a lot 

> with Journeyman cover? Great record with ugly cover too:-)

>

>  Cheers,

>

> Fabio

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