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| 687.1 | E.C. in the States ...DAMN. | VIVIAN::BENNETT | Ridin' along in my L.A.V.c | Thu Jun 23 1988 11:07 | 3 |
| And I was hoping he was going to be with Stevie Ray Vaughan tonight
Graham :-)
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| 687.2 | for you cable subscribers | RICKS::CALCAGNI | | Thu Jun 23 1988 11:27 | 6 |
| did anyone see the 1 hour retrospective of Clapton on the Bravo
channel about a month ago? I missed the first half; they were up
to the Derek + Dominos stuff when I tuned in. I assume they started
with the Yardbirds and Bluesbreakers, which I really wanted to see.
/rick
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| 687.3 | Didn't Miss Much | AQUA::ROST | Obedience to the law guarantees freedom | Thu Jun 23 1988 12:02 | 13 |
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Re: .2
Yeah, I saw it, even had it on tape (now erased, sorry, rick)
Wasn't too much on the early days other than interviews as not much
existed in the way of film clips (none of Mayall, just a snippet
of Yardbirds).
Best part was the jam with Buddy Guy.
Brian
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| 687.4 | The whole set at Ronnie Scott's | CHEST::WATSON | When the going gets weird... | Thu Jun 23 1988 14:58 | 9 |
| > Best part was the jam with Buddy Guy.
Ah... now see if you lived in England, you would no doubt have watched the whole
Buddy Guy and Eric Clapton set that was shown on "The South Bank Show" about
two weeks after we saw the original program. :-)
It was a special set at Ronnie Scott's and was on for about an hour as I recall.
Keep an eye out for it.
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| 687.5 | thanks, I feel better now | RICKS::CALCAGNI | | Thu Jun 23 1988 14:58 | 1 |
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| 687.6 | The book that inspired "Layla" | CHEST::WATSON | When the going gets weird... | Thu Jun 23 1988 15:04 | 12 |
| > Wasn't too much on the early days other than interviews...
Following on from those early interviews, did anybody listen to the comments
made by Eric and Patti ( Harrison ) about the book that he gave her. Evidently
the book inspired the writing of "Layla" and all I could make out was that it
was called "Layla Imagined" or "Layla and Magnoux (sp)" or something along those
lines. I tried to find out some more but not knowing the title exactly or the
author was a problem.
Anybody know anymore about the original book ?
Ross
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| 687.7 | "have you ever loved a woman..." | POWER::STARR | | Thu Jun 23 1988 15:13 | 9 |
| re: -1
That bok is mentioned in detail in the Eric Clapton biography
(written by Ray Coleman - good book!). If I remember to do it,
I can look it up for you. But I won't be in again until Monday,
so maybe someone else can let you know before then.
Alan S.
P.S. I think the TV guide said that Letterman was a repeat, but I'm
not positive.
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| 687.8 | Cinemax rockabilly special.. | CNTROL::GEORGE | | Thu Jun 23 1988 19:44 | 5 |
| Cinemax is running a rockabilly thing this month with Clapton,
George Harrison, Dave Edmunds, and lots of other folks.
It was pretty good. They didn't do Layla, but Blue Suede Shoes
and That's Alright Momma seem a fair trade.
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| 687.9 | Carl Perkins special ?? | ANGORA::JACQUES | | Fri Jun 24 1988 13:11 | 6 |
| re .8, that sounds like a rerun of the Carl Perkins special.
I haven't seen it, but there was a photo from it in GP magazine
along with the Harrison interview back in November.
Mark Jacques
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| 687.10 | yeah, I think so too | BUSY::JMINVILLE | Arthur Dent in another dimension | Fri Jun 24 1988 13:24 | 8 |
| I've seen the Carl Perkins special and it's really good (IMO).
Harrison comes out and plays a few tunes. Edmonds plays acoustic
most of the time and just kind of stays in the background (as I
recall), but I think he produced it. There's at least one ex-
Stray Cats member playing on this too as well as Perkins' son.
Ringo plays some drums as well.
joe.
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| 687.11 | memory read-lock in old_timers.lis | CNTROL::GEORGE | | Fri Jun 24 1988 13:51 | 4 |
| Carl Perkins...that's it.
I have no idea if it's coming round again, but it's worth keeping
an eye on the channel guide.
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| 687.12 | | PNO::HEISER | hit you where you live | Tue Sep 26 1989 21:00 | 4 |
| Clapton & David Sanborn did the soundtrack for Lethal Weapon 2. Some
neat blues in that movie!
Mike
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| 687.13 | interesting sound | HAVASU::HEISER | the rock stomps here! | Wed Sep 11 1991 13:47 | 1 |
| Anyone know the recipe for his tone on "Pretending"?
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| 687.14 | Gold-plated Crybaby optional | RAVEN1::BLAIR | Need a hot tune and a cold one | Wed Sep 11 1991 14:08 | 3 |
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Deluxe Strat thru a Dunlop Crybaby to a Fender Twin...
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| 687.15 | | GOES11::G_HOUSE | Back in black | Wed Sep 11 1991 14:22 | 4 |
| Naw there's more to it then that, isn't that the one with the ugly
chorus and kind of smooth distortion?
Greg
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| 687.16 | vegamatic | LEDS::BURATI | Fender Bender | Wed Sep 11 1991 14:26 | 6 |
| > Naw there's more to it then that, isn't that the one with the ugly
> chorus and kind of smooth distortion?
Yeah there's gotta be more effects on it. Sounds kinda wheezy to my ears
though. I like Clapton straight up. Like in Forever Man.
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| 687.17 | What my ears tell me | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | Just say /NOOPT | Wed Sep 11 1991 16:07 | 9 |
| That is a KILLER tone.
To my ears, the distortion sounds like its coming from a box rather
than an amp. I hear a fairly thick chorus, a lot of compression
going on, and I'm pretty sure that a radical EQ setting is a large
part of it.
I've been thinking of trying to get that sound as a learning exercise
for my new guitar processor (GP-16).
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| 687.18 | | RAVEN1::BLAIR | Need a hot tune and a cold one | Wed Sep 11 1991 16:37 | 7 |
|
No way, it's EC's fingers! 8^).
At least when I saw him do it live, I didn't *see* anything
special, but that don't mean anything. GP or Guitar featured
him a while back and it may have the answers. I'll try to dig
it up. I was serious about the gold-plated dunlop tho'.
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| 687.19 | | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | Just say /NOOPT | Wed Sep 11 1991 17:15 | 2 |
| Well, all I'm saying is that to my ears it has that distinctive
"processed guitar" sound.
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| 687.20 | | GOES11::G_HOUSE | Back in black | Wed Sep 11 1991 17:36 | 4 |
| I agree with Dave, it's a very processed sound to my ear as well. Real
compressed with a gritty sounding chorus.
Greg
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| 687.21 | | HAVASU::HEISER | the rock stomps here! | Wed Sep 11 1991 17:49 | 4 |
| Still sounds great to me. If I can ever afford an effects unit, I'd
definitely want a preset like it.
Mike
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| 687.22 | | RAVEN1::JERRYWHITE | Here's a quarter ... | Wed Sep 11 1991 20:57 | 4 |
| Hmmmmm we've gone through quite a number of replies without one single
`Clapton s*x' comment. Not too shabby !
Scary
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| 687.23 | huh? | LEDS::BURATI | Fender Bender | Wed Sep 11 1991 22:42 | 1 |
| `Clapton s*x' = sour grapes IMO
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| 687.24 | | SANDY::FRASER | Err on a G String | Thu Sep 12 1991 09:00 | 11 |
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Andy & I rented the "Cream of Clapton" video a week or so ago.
Has anyone else seen it? There are some vintage clips of Cream
from UK television, a couple of concert clips from the early to
mid 70s when the group appeared to be quite juiced, and then
many clips from the last 10 years which I thought were excellent.
The high point, to me, was seeing Clapton and Knopfler together,
playing "Wonderful Tonight". For those who like to see lots of
Fender equipment on stage, this video is highly recommended :^}
Sandy
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| 687.25 | guitar, compression, flanger, distortion, amp! EASY! | WEDOIT::ABATELLI | MESA Boogie modified by PEAVEY! | Mon Sep 16 1991 10:09 | 20 |
| re: .13 Tone on "Pretending"
This is an easy one!
[Guitar w/compression] --> [Flanger] --> [Distortion on amp, or use a
box], --> [Amp]
Simple right? See... I thought so too!
Spoiler here... if you play a Strat type guitar that has a 5 position
switch, use the bridge and middle p/u's together rolling off the tone
for the middle p/u and leave the tone wide open for the bridge p/u.
It works for me! Experiment alittle and go for it!
Rock on,
Fred
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| 687.26 | such a shame to go thru what he did | HAVASU::HEISER | hope set high | Thu Feb 06 1992 14:41 | 1 |
| I just heard Clapton's "Tears in Heaven". Truly a sad song!
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| 687.27 | CLAPTON ON UNPLUGGED | SLOHAN::FIELDS | youdon'tlie,youdon'tlie,youdon'tlie | Mon Mar 02 1992 13:00 | 12 |
| I made a call to MTV in NYC and this is what I got from the hotline....
Eric Clapton's Unplugged
March 11 10PM
March 14 7PM
March 15 9PM
if anyone wants to check on this info or for future shows here is the
number I called (212)-258-8000 ask for Unplugged hotline....then you
get put into voicemail loop from Hell ! listen real well because it
won't repeat (at least I could not make it repeat :')
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| 687.28 | | RAVEN1::JERRYWHITE | Hey you're pretty good - NOT ! | Mon Mar 16 1992 05:29 | 23 |
| Anyone catch the "Rockumentary" on Clapton last night on MTV ? I had
the VCR programmed to tape the unplugged again, screwed up the timer,
and recorded this instead.
Some pretty good stuff. I always thought Clapton was a SG turned strat
man, but old footage showed him playing everything but a Jackson.
Tele's, LP's, big hollow bodies, and of course in later years, strats,
espcially "blackie".
He mentioned how "Badge" got it's name. Seems he and George Harrison
(and some others, Ringo maybe) were sitting around writing. They were
all bouncing silly lyrics around, George was writing them down. They
didn't have a name for this song, and George wrote "Bridge" at the top
of the page. Clapton was sitting across from him, and at a quick glace
(reading it upside down) it looked like "Badge" to him. They had a
good laugh, and the name stuck.
He said his biggest thrills have been playing with the old bluesmen,
like BB King, etc. He's also glad that he was able to shed some light
on those guys via his popularity. Sounds like a real down to earth
guy.
Jerry
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| 687.29 | Badge... | NAVY5::SDANDREA | What, me worry? | Mon Mar 16 1992 08:28 | 9 |
| RE: -1
I heard the same story on the origin of the title...
"Badge" is one of my favs...I love to jam on the "bridge" portion of
that tune! I can't decide whether I like to pick the background chords
or wail the solo......both are a ball.
Steve
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| 687.30 | | RAVEN1::JERRYWHITE | Hey you're pretty good - NOT ! | Mon Mar 16 1992 08:31 | 4 |
| I camp out on the chords, let Pat hit the lead (who also *blistered* a
lead on `Jumpin' Jack Flash' the other night ... mercy !)
Jerry
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| 687.31 | yes...! | NAVY5::SDANDREA | What, me worry? | Mon Mar 16 1992 08:34 | 8 |
| RE: -1
GO ODIE!
Scary and Odie, I'm coming to Greenville the first or second weekend
in April to visit my daughters. Wanna get together and jam?
Steve
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| 687.32 | do what you like | RICKS::CALCAGNI | multiple sarcasm | Mon Mar 16 1992 08:35 | 15 |
| yeah, I saw it too. Some nice rare footage. Would've liked to
have seen some more of the live Blind Faith concert at Hyde Park
(Clapton playing a sunburst, rosewood board Tele). Anyone know
if that concert is available on video somewhere?
Clapton played a maple board Tele with the Yardbirds; funny how
Clapton, Page, and Beck were all Tele men back then, eh? Think
they were onto something? Eric did his Bluesbreakers stuff with
a flametop Les Paul, and I've seen some early Cream shots with
the same axe. Besides the SG, he used a single pickup Firebird
and an ES-335 in Cream.
Some of the shot sequences gave a good opportunity to compare Eric
playing Blackie vs the new signature Strats. I always thought Eric's
new tone sounded pretty good, but Blackie wins hand down imo.
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| 687.33 | | SANDY::FRASER | Err on a G String | Wed Mar 18 1992 08:53 | 9 |
|
We just received our "Twenty-four Nights" video in the mail
yesterday - fantastic stuff, including a nine-minute version
of "Wonderful Tonight".
It's a compilation of live performances at the Royal Albert
Hall in London.
Sandy
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| 687.34 | | RAVEN1::JERRYWHITE | Hey you're pretty good - NOT ! | Wed Mar 18 1992 09:01 | 3 |
| "Wonderful Tonight" is by far my favorite cut on the CD(s).
Jerry
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| 687.35 | | PHAROS::SAKELARIS | | Wed Mar 18 1992 13:30 | 7 |
| Goodly Lord, are you talkin about the same "Wonderful Tonight" that I'm
thinking? Of all Claptons work, this one drives me up the wall. Way to
sweet and syrupy for me. And then 9 minutes long? I've never heard the
24 nights version, only the original release version. I'll presume
theres some notable instrumentation rather than more syrup.
"sakman"
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| 687.36 | | SANDY::FRASER | Err on a G String | Wed Mar 18 1992 13:46 | 5 |
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Hmph! Some people *like* romance . . .
;^}
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| 687.37 | | RAVEN1::JERRYWHITE | Hey you're pretty good - NOT ! | Wed Mar 18 1992 14:34 | 8 |
| OK, the original "studio" version is sorta lame. The version on "Just
One Night" (live) is better. But, the version on "24 Nights", has more
feel than all the others put together. The intro/outro are what set it
off. Plus, he uses some subtle chord changes not featured in previous
versions. This song isn't for everyone, since it has received massive
radio play for zillions of years.
Jerry
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| 687.38 | :-) | ZYMRGY::sam | But Momma, that's where the fun is | Wed Mar 18 1992 15:46 | 3 |
| One man's syrup is another man's honey...
-- Sam
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| 687.39 | This is funny | SMURF::BENNETT | What goes down the stairs alone or in pairs? | Wed Mar 18 1992 16:33 | 5 |
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One of he VERY FEW Clapton songs I can stomach for more than 3
seconds is Wonderful Tonight....
Isn't taste wild?
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| 687.40 | | RAVEN1::JERRYWHITE | Hey you're pretty good - NOT ! | Wed Mar 18 1992 19:05 | 4 |
| The version of "Old Love" featured on "24 Nights" is very tasteful as
well.
Jerry (who's fav song by EC is "Wonderful Toniht")
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| 687.41 | SHUFFLE WAY COOL | GIDDAY::KNIGHTP | do it in dubly | Wed Mar 18 1992 20:53 | 4 |
| Scary
Ever heard "shape I'm In" which I think he recorded with Bonnie and
Delany?
P.K.
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| 687.42 | | RAVEN1::JERRYWHITE | Hey you're pretty good - NOT ! | Thu Mar 19 1992 05:15 | 4 |
| I've heard it by the original artist, but I don't think I've heard his
version - I'll have to check it out !
Jerry
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| 687.43 | BF at HP | BAHTAT::BELL | SWAS Leeds 845 2214 | Fri Mar 20 1992 05:10 | 6 |
| re .32
I was at the Blind Faith concert in Hyde Park back in 1969. I'd
love to see some footage of that if there is any available.
Richard Bell
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| 687.44 | third row, with the headband, right? | RICKS::CALCAGNI | multiple sarcasm | Fri Mar 20 1992 07:30 | 3 |
| Hey Richard, I think I saw you in the footage they showed!
only joking /rick
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| 687.45 | strange but true | STAR::SALKEWICZ | It missed... therefore, I am | Mon Mar 23 1992 14:47 | 10 |
| Hey Charlie,..
I just thought I'd chime in to let you know that Wonderful
Tonight is one of the Clapton tunes that now has me reaching for
a new CD or another station or whatever...
Tastes,.. funny stuff eh? I like 90% of EC's stuff a lot
/Bill
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| 687.46 | What do you do when you get lonely | GIDDAY::KNIGHTP | Bizzare gardening accident | Mon Nov 23 1992 16:46 | 15 |
| Hi
Over the weekend I watched The Unplugged show (got it for my
birthday) and was really impressed. I loved the acoustic blues
stuff. It showed me a side of him that I hadn't seen before and
you just have to respect (whether you like him or not) his talent
at playing the blues on guitar.
During one song the piano player (chuck Levine) played an
absoloutly killer solo,and there acoustic/swing treatment of
Layla (which got played to death on the radio when it first came out)
was refreshing.
Also a funny moment towards the end with the band doing San
Fransisco Bay Blues with washboard and everyone playing Kazoo's!!8^).
Check it out!
P.K.
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| 687.47 | The piano player | NWACES::HICKERNELL | What was Plan B again? | Tue Nov 24 1992 08:20 | 4 |
| Just a nit: his name is Chuck Leavell. A great player. I agree about
the Unplugged video, it's wonderful.
Dave
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| 687.48 | | FRETZ::HEISER | another day in DECrestaurant | Fri Apr 01 1994 11:56 | 3 |
| BBC radio news just reported that Eric Clapton has signed on with
Britny Fox. To fit the band's moniker, he's changed his name to
Crossdresser Clapton.
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