On Friday, January 8, 2016 at 10:03:15 PM UTC-6, Jill McQuown wrote:
> On 1/6/2016 7:51 PM, Bruce wrote:
> > On 7/1/2016 11:48 MisterDiddyWahDiddy wrote:
> >
> >> On Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 4:02:28 PM UTC-6, wrote:
> >>> They both use a wa wa pedal for Clapton.
> >>
> >> I like Clapton best when he keeps his mouth shut and plays an electric guitar
> >> with a wah wah pedal. It's also interesting that both of those songs have
> >> lyrics written by a non-band member. Actually, I don't have a problem with
> >> Clapton's vocals, but after Cream ended he started writing...like the three
> >> songs that Jared mentioned.
> >
> > This single is all I ever owned by Clapton:
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRTvQd-CHbg
> >
> > He didn't write it, but I like his version.
> >
> If you like Clapton you might like this one:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSbqm7ZK_9s
>
> IIRC he wrote it after his infant son, Connor, fell from a 23rd storey
> balcony. It's heartrending.
>
By all reports, Eric Clapton was a nice guy, and I'm sorry this happened to
him, but that doesn't make the song less agonizingly boring.
>
> Jill

--Bryan