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I was wondering why his 2021 US Tour consisted of all southern. mostly red states. No NY, no Calif,,, gotta play where you're most comfortable.
Have fun super spreading ya dumbfuck. Not God
And F that Irish drunk sap Van Morrison too.
Eric Clapton Says COVID-19 Theories Are Losing Him Friends
https://www.vulture.com/2021/06/eric-clapton-says-covid-19-theories-are-...
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“Do we have any foreigners in
“Do we have any foreigners in the audience tonight? If so, please put up your hands … So where are you? Well wherever you all are, I think you should all just leave. Not just leave the hall, leave our country … I don’t want you here, in the room or in my country. Listen to me, man! I think we should send them all back. Stop Britain from becoming a black colony. Get the foreigners out. Get the wogs out. Get the coons out. Keep Britain white … The black wogs and coons and Arabs and fucking Jamaicans don’t belong here, we don’t want them here. This is England, this is a white country, we don’t want any black wogs and coons living here. We need to make clear to them they are not welcome.
England is for white people, man … This is Great Britain, a white country, what is happening to us, for fuck’s sake?
… Throw the wogs out!
Keep Britain white!”
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: 2 Room Shack
maybe he should play 13th
maybe he should play 13th century flugel horn music instead of butchering the blues?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: nevermind
> Not God
> Not God
lol. You sound a little butthurt, Ras. Need some salve?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: aiq
When they show you who they
When they show you who they are believe them.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lance minimum goad Newberry
Hasn't he always been a
Hasn't he always been a prissy little fucker? Always played the 'woe is me' card? Nothing/no one is ever exactly right?
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, his just happens to be an entitled, rich old man's opinion.
Timpane would have a field day with that guy.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Briank
Clapton has been
Clapton has been inconsequential since 1974. Who gives a fuck?
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oh no, did ras "cancel" ec?
oh no, did ras "cancel" ec?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: nevermind
Did he cancel them so much as
Did he cancel them so much as knock them off the pedestals he had put them on?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Briank
You people clearly don't
You people clearly don't understand how painful it was for Clapton to be with the former wife of a Beatle. It was a pain beyond what any of us could know.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Philzone Refugee
Sure, let's cancel the guy
Sure, let's cancel the guy because of some stupid shit he said 45 years ago when he was all strung out on booze and blow. Bunch of glass house dwellers here.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Briank
I don't care about his stupid
I don't care about his stupid views on COVID. The fucking guy hasn't done anything notable in 40 years. He canceled himself.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Philzone Refugee
He started the Crossroads
He started the Crossroads Recovery center.
He's had some musical moments since 1982: The Cream Reunion, The Derek & The Dominos revisited tour with Derek Trucks and Doyle Bramhall II. His work on the soundtrack to Rush was solid. At least he didn't die at age 52 from clogged arteries because he was a backsliding junkie with a shitty diet and an aversion to exercise.
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> The Derek & The Dominos
> The Derek & The Dominos revisited tour with Derek Trucks and Doyle Bramhall
I've only seen video, but what I saw was some straight up fire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KnrX3eEFSc
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jazfish
Southern States get all the
Southern States get all the shows.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Hitchhiker awaiting "true call"
John Candy was 43.
John Candy was 43.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Hitchhiker awaiting "true call"
Elvis was 42.
Elvis was 42.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Mice elf
The Big Boss Man was 41.
The Big Boss Man was 41.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: nevermind
John Lennon was 40.
John Lennon was 40.
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His sister was his mother...
His sister was his mother...
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Meh
Meh
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: nebulous nelly
Clapton is talented, for sure, but his music bores me... and he seems like an ass.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Highnote
I thought he had hearing
I thought he had hearing issues and was "retired".
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Mice elf
Jerry sure got fucked up a
Jerry sure got fucked up a lot.
How does the zone think the 52 year old backsliding junkie was able to keep his substance abuse separate from his racist tirades for all those years?
Is it because he was a musical genius?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Mr. Sunshine State
>>>but his music bores me
>>>but his music bores me
Derek and the Dominoes? 461 Ocean Blvd.? Yikes.
^^^ Lotta dental work around the corner in that shot.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D.
It was all downhill from
It was all downhill from Cream. Most overrated guitar player ever.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: nebulous nelly
^I like Cream, but Clapton isn't the reason.
>Derek and the Dominoes? 461 Ocean Blvd.? <
Snooze fest
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: aiq
His Les Paul into the
His Les Paul into the Marshall changed rock guitar tones. Fresh Cream strictly from the guitar tone POV was pivotal.
I was happy to catch one night of Cream reunion at MSG but honestly most of my attention was given to Bruce and Baker. lawd.
Given what is at stake I cannot overlook Clapton's bullshit.
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Fuck Him. No big deal. You
Fuck Him. No big deal. You cant say or do stupid shit without consequence.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Don Volume
The black wogs and coons and
The black wogs and coons and Arabs and fucking Jamaicans don’t belong here, we don’t want them here. This is England, this is a white country, we don’t want any black wogs and coons living here. We need to make clear to them they are not welcome.
Now, here's "I Shot the Sheriff"...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Briank
Ol' Clapton would probably be
Ol' Clapton would probably be given more leeway for his idiocrasy if he had been putting out better music.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Thumbkinetic
Saw him in '17 and he
Saw him in '17 and he absolutely crushed it. His playing was sublime.
I'll admit to being distracted by Bramhall, tho'. I was constantly doing upside-down guitar math in my head while watching him.
Killer guitar night. Clapton, Bramhall, G. Clarke, Jr., his 2nd guitar player (his name escapes me a the moment. I called him Poncho Guy at the time. One of the more interesting supporting guitarists I've seen in years.), and Jimmy Vaughn.
Glad it was free, tho'.
Also, there was a prior article about Clapton having some neuro/nerve thing that was affecting his playing. No evidence of it to my ears or big-screen eyes. But it seems convenient he doesn't mention it while complaining about alleged vax side FX.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Mr. Sunshine State
As a younger man consuming my
As a younger man consuming my fair share of LSD, I considered this song as some of the best rock guitar work ever recorded:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFoheneUfU0
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That is and always will be a
That is and always will be a beautiful song, Earl.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: GDTRFB
That is and always will be a
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: long live the dead
Good song
Good song
I completely loved Disraeli gears
Played it every day at lunchtime in the library at Paly high school
Super overrated player in the big picture and he was completely right when he said Jerry Miller and Jimi Hendrix were so much better than he
Along with a couple hundred guitar players at this point
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Son dying falling from hotel
Son dying falling from hotel window????
Or am I making that up
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: GDTRFB
Close - If I recall, it was
Close - If I recall, it was his house-keeper whom left an open window unattended and his toddler son tragically fell to his death.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Rasputin O'Leary
^ Yep, Conor
^ Yep, Conor (Rip)
Got his buddy George Harrison to give up Layla Patty, and while he was with her he fucked around with another woman and had a son, Conor. Sad story all the way around. EC may be a D-bag for numerous reasons,, I'm just pissed he's not playing north of the mason/dixon line,, if so I'd be going.
He's still God
Eric Clapton - live in San Diego - Little Queen of Spades
https://youtu.be/ZaXmUEnkStU
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Whose job is it to watch a
Whose job is it to watch a child when a housekeeper is working?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Rasputin O'Leary
Others play faster, but
Others play faster, but Clapton plays with Pure Blues Finesse -- they dont call him Slowhand fer nuthin'. The guys onstage, not to mention Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray + Jimmie Vaughan and Jimi knew,, they all love him.
Awesome glass house post Dave
Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton - Little Red Rooster - Atlantic City 1989
https://youtu.be/gl208H1qH3s
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Tim
floor seats
floor seats
$1600
Fuck him
I wouldn't pay that if Jerry himself climbed out of the grave
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: nevermind
I'd pay $1600 to see a pre
I'd pay $1600 to see a pre-1980 Jerry resurrected.
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words carry weight, no matter
Incredibly talented musician, but words carry weight, no matter who you are
^^And what Tim said
^And what mike said, but for that price I'd be expecting some Owsley product as well.
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^And Jerry would never charge
^And Jerry would never charge that!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: nevermind
Eric Clapton refuses to play
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: doctor
Lay Down Sally is one of my
Lay Down Sally is one of my favorite Clapton songs. Great groove. Jerry must have thought the same. Love hearing Jerry's version of it.
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Bryen never saw Jerry play
Bryen never saw Jerry play LDS
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Remember his racist rant?
Remember his racist rant?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/eric-clapton-racist-rant/
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Rasputin O'Leary
Rita Mae, Rita Mae,
Rita Mae, Rita Mae,
See you one more time today.
When I've finished what I've done,
Gonna carry you away.
Clapton - Rita Mae - London ARMS 1983.09.20
https://youtu.be/1DbCTsN655w
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Rasputin O'Leary
Eric Clapton and Van Morrison
Eric Clapton and Van Morrison's Anti-Lockdown Song Is Sad and Dumb - InsideHook
https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/music/eric-clapton-van-morrison-a...
Magna Carta, Bill of Rights
The Constitution, what’s it worth?
You know they’re gonna grind us down
Until it really hurts
Is this a sovereign nation
Or just a police state?
You better look out, people
Before it gets too late.
FU EC
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Philzone Refugee
Clapton is claiming that 40%
Clapton is claiming that 40% of the COVID hospital admissions in the U.K. are from people who were vaccinated. If that's correct, then he has a legitimate point. Sounds like they have a bunk vaccine in the U.K. Glad I got the Pfizer.
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Clapton is claiming <<
Clapton is claiming <<
LOL
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Philzone Refugee
Not just Clapton. This is
Not just Clapton. This is what Reuters said five days ago:
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/60-people-be...
Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
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Britain's Chief Scientific
Reuters: Britain's Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance said that 60% of people being admitted to hospital with COVID-19 are unvaccinated, correcting an earlier statement he made on Monday.
"Correcting a statistic I gave at the press conference," Vallance said on Twitter. "About 60% of hospitalisations from COVID are not from double vaccinated people, rather 60% of hospitalisations from COVID are currently from unvaccinated people."
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Do the math Judit. If 60%
Do the math Judit. If 60% are unvaccinated, 40% are vaccinated. Here in the U.S., practically no vaccinated patients are being hospitalized for COVID. The U.K. appears to have a problematic vaccine.
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Bunk vaccine. Hope its not
Bunk vaccine. Hope its not true for those folks in the UK.
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Not so fast. Just stating
Not so fast. Just stating that 60 percent of hospitalizations are unvaccinated people who are sick with Covid could just mean 40 percent of hospitalizations are due to something else, unrelated to Covid end vaccination status.
might just be poor reporting that requires clarification..again
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"Once a dick, always a dick."
"Once a dick, always a dick."
~Valerie Bertinelli~
Bet there's a story behind that.
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jazfish
There are a lot of emotions
There are a lot of emotions involved in the blues.
So,,,, FUEC.
Snicker,,,,
Varied opinions and all that.
HhHHHHAAA : MUUUA
i think igit that bbackwards.
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Queen’s Brian May Calls Anti-Vaxxers, Including Eric Clapton, ‘Fruitcakes’
"I love Eric Clapton, he’s my hero, but he has very different views from me in many ways,” May said in an interview with The Independent. “He’s a person who thinks it’s OK to shoot animals for fun, so we have our disagreements, but I would never stop respecting the man.”
May addressed anti-vaxxers in general, arguing that any drug or vaccine is going to have side effects.
“Anti-vax people, I’m sorry, I think they’re fruitcakes,” he said. “There’s plenty of evidence to show that vaccination helps. On the whole they’ve been very safe. There’s always going to be some side effect in any drug you take, but to go around saying vaccines are a plot to kill you, I’m sorry, that goes in the fruitcake jar for me.”
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Read up zoners, as you may
Read up zoners, as you may enjoy these articles;
A long but interesting read;
<<What happened to Eric Clapton?
The guitar legend has long been inscrutable, but his covid turn has friends and fans puzzled like never before. >>
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/11/11/eric-clapto...
The short of it all (Robert Cray saying no more EC in his life)
http://rockandrollgarage.com/robert-cray-explains-why-he-ended-his-frien...
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In his defense, his kid did
In his defense, his kid did fall 40 something floors to his death in NYC. Got to mess with your head!
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Cray and Clapton should swap
Cray and Clapton should swap last names
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: nebulous nelly
>In his defense, his kid did fall 40 something floors to his death in NYC. <
Having someone close to you die is not an excuse for being a racist POS, nor does it give one a free pass to spread/promote dangerous misinformation.
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He's still profiting over the
He's still profiting over the death of his child. That's gotta mess with my head.
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Eric Clapton
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^Touche
^Touche
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Eric Clapton Is Lost to Us
Eric Clapton Is Lost to Us For Good, Throws in with Anti-Vaxxer Robert Kennedy Jr., Family Objects | Showbiz411
https://www.showbiz411.com/2021/11/18/eric-clapton-is-lost-to-us-for-goo...
What a conundrum, I tried to take a stand and toss my Clapton collection but I just couldn't do it. I ended up putting on my 11/26/2006 Sapporo Dome with Derek + Doyle - Phenomenal Stuff, anybody want a copy let me know.
And the only thing that would keep me from seeing him again is the ticket prices. I still love the man, screwloose as he may be. Call me weak, but I just can't unfriend everyone that don't think like me. If so I'd have to shitcan the ABB for going ahead with their 50th at MSG as they knew the virus was here.
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EC and Gov Abbott back stage
EC and Gov Abbott back stage hanging
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Or should we be thanking him
Or should we be thanking him for doing his part to cull the heard ?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Rasputin O'Leary
With a decent EQ well worth a
With a decent EQ, well worth a listen. Brother Duane only played live with the Dominos twice, this show and the next night in Syracuse. Have You Ever Loved A Woman is a hell of a thing.
Derek & the Dominos with Duane Allman live in Tampa, FL on 12/1/1970
https://youtu.be/iT1AMMcggO0
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Roarshock
Cream was one of the hardest
Cream was one of the hardest rocking groups ever with great songs.
I have never been a big fan of Clapton's other work. I don't hear a lot of soul coming through, regardless of his expert playing.
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Wondered what was up when I
Wondered what was up when I saw Don Winslow tweet this morning "Eric Clapton could you stop being a dick for 10 minutes."
Google reveals Clapton just won a lawsuit against a German woman for trying to sell a bootleg cd on EBay for 10 bucks.
The CD was purchased by her husband at a retail store in 1987.
She has to pay court costs of a couple of thousand dollars.
Eric is certainly taking Bitter Old Man to a new level.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Rasputin O'Leary
Wow talk about inept, German
Not sure I'm believing that story.
But if so, wow talk about inept, German defense lawyers must really suck cesspool scum.
I could have argued that case and not only got it dismissed but forced Clapton to pay her and court costs. There's literally hundreds of sites that sell ec boots. I know a bunch peddling just his s/b's.
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Does sound like an Onion
Does sound like an Onion story but even The Guardian is carrying the story now.
Great scam if not true.
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was going to paste the ling
Was going to paste the link to the Guardian story, but can't do it. Does the zone not allow copy and pasting links? That would be weird. I could paste the link on other pages, but the zone won't take it. What is up with that?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D.
>>>I have never been a big
>>>I have never been a big fan of Clapton's other work
Generally agree with that statement, but that live Delaney and Bonnie album with EC is pretty kicking. Been downhill musically for the dude ever since.
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You can copy and paste on the
gunkman, you can copy and paste on the zone, but it's can be a little tricky depending on the device you're using. It's easiest on a desktop or laptop; just use Control V or Command V in the text editor, and you're good to go.
On my (Android) phone, it's kind of a pain in the ass. I have to long press in the text editor, which pops up a one item menu with Paste on it. Click Paste, and a dialog box will open; you can Control/Command V into that box, then click OK.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Rasputin O'Leary
Clapton's days of sounding
Clapton's days of sounding like he did in Cream, the Psychedelic Blues Shaman, were ovah when they broke up. A special space in time, like The Experience. And as great as Blind Faith was, after Cream it was like somebody let the air out of Eric. Cream was a supernova. The only thing that remained was his brilliance in playing the blues,, no longer the hypnotic psychedelic, just pure,, pure american south side of chicago blues. Very few can touch him, his feel and his tone. I've seen him from the 70's till maybe 10 years ago. He's been a brilliant player forever.
Stones - ERIC CLAPTON - "Little Red Rooster" & JOHN LEE HOOKER - "Boogie Chillun""
https://youtu.be/uSxV-4RKkMc
Cocaine 1080p FULL HD (Crossroads guitar festival 2004)
https://youtu.be/fACiuhA0gU0
"Eric Clapton - Tokyo, Japan (Budokan) - Feb 25 2009 - Full Concert"
https://youtu.be/eO7oknTaltE
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Scuttlebutt says Don Henley
Scuttlebutt says Don Henley can't enjoy his lunch without filing one of these suits first.
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Derek & the Dominos Live at
Derek & the Dominos Live at Fillmore East 1970 is easily the pinnacle of his strat playing. Still full of fire, like Cream, but the band is more grounded r&b (he stole the bassist & drummer from Delaney & Bonnie, and also Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs band).
Let It Rain - Live at Fillmore 1970
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=incXFBbJkD8
He plays more solos in this one tune, than in a whole tour, nowadays.
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Also Bobby Whitlock -piano,
Also Bobby Whitlock -piano, organ, vocals who has one of the best rock n roll biographies out there if you can find it.
Covers the Delaney and Bonnie, Dominoes and All Things Must Past Era. The Harrison Estate made him (asked him ? ) to take down a recent youtube video
where he called the 50th Anniversary remaster of All Things Must Pass "horrible" . He was never consulted on who played on what tracks which he says they also got all wrong.
Has a nice version of Silent Night on youtube now.