Cocaine- she don't lie, etc. Eric is an extremely versatile guitarist, se and hear his Unplugged CD cut in Limey-Land about 10 years ago- he plays both classic style guitar, acoustic (Martin 00-M) slide (open G tuning-looks like a Dobro but round neck and he only used a flat pick) and two sets with a 12 string (also a Martin). Best all around guitarist-well, Eric was headed out West and heard Stevie Ray Vaughn doing his "Texas Flood" and had the driver stop at a pay phone (SRV died in 1990) and he called his manager, gave him the station call letters and said "Who is this guitarist-he blew me away?" Also add Bonnie Raitt, Elmore James, T-Bone Walker and "Doc" Watson, amongst many greats. I win the big multi-million buck jackpot in the PowerBall or Mega- two places I can go to spend it on high end "goodies": Elderly's in Lansing- the Martin guitar mecca of the USA, and of course, Puglisi's gun Empire up in "Dylan's North Country" where the wind blows heavy on the borderline.
Clapton wrote a little known song besides "Tears In Heaven" about the tragic death due to a fall in NYC of his, at that time. 4 year old son- yes, Tears In Heaven comes to mind- but as they had been together at a Circus in the Madison Square Garden earlier that day, he also wrote "Circus came to Town Today" afterwards. Amazing to me, as a serious guitarist (I have three older D seies Martins) that Clapton kept on tour-and didn't revert to his early days of heavy drug usage after that tragic loss. Only thing I don't like about "Mr. Slow Hand" is his sstealing George Harrison's wife Patty Boyd from his friend. Goes against the "guy code"..
