MisterDiddyWahDiddy wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 5:32:53 AM UTC-6, Gary wrote:
>> MisterDiddyWahDiddy wrote:
>>>
>>> Listening to a lot of Traffic lately. Winwood was a genius.
>>
>> Loved the one and only 'Blind Faith' album. That one was a work
>> of genius. I think I still have it in my collection. I'll have to
>> look.
>
> I thought the songwriting was seriously lacking. Sea of Joy is the only
> song I think I'd play intentionally. As far as Clapton's songwriting,
> let's see? After Cream, the only two songs that seem notable are Let it
> Rain, and of course, Layla.
>
> --Bryan
>
That's the most idiotic thing I've read from you yet!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catego...y_Eric_Clapton

http://www.whereseric.com/the-vault/...gs-backstories

PRESENCE OF THE LORD
This was the first complete song (words and music) that Eric Clapton
wrote. "That song was a true statement of what was happening in my life
at the time. I had somewhere to live. I was actually having a good time
after leaving Cream, feeling very secure. I was in a great frame of mind."

WONDERFUL TONIGHT
Eric Clapton wrote the song while waiting for his first wife, Pattie, to
get dressed for a night out. They were on their way to a party hosted by
Paul and Linda McCartney in honor of Buddy Holly’s birthday. They were
running very late and Pattie insisted on trying on every outfit in her
closet to find the perfect one. She kept coming downstairs wearing
something new and Eric kept telling her, “You look wonderful. Can we go
now?” Eventually, he became tired of this and picked up a guitar to keep
himself occupied and wrote “Wonderful Tonight”.

BROKEN HEARTED
Eric Clapton said he wrote this song during a tropical storm on Antigua
while looking across the water to the island of Montserrat. “I thought I
had discovered three new chords that man didn't know about. But
actually, they're just ordinary chords, which I found out when I tried
to show them to someone - a keyboard player - and he told me what they
were and that they were very normal. But to my ear, they created an
atmosphere and I began to sing in the atmosphere that was already
existing. And again, it was quite a specific set of circumstances I was
talking about a lost love.” (From a 1998 BBC interview)