Arno-West
I was talking to Sven Larsen at a gig the other night and as the night progressed and bar-bill increased, we started swopping "war-stories". This was my favourite 1 of the night:
Sven was in the P.J. Powers band in the 80's and they got to open for Eric Clapton (think it was in Swaziland in '88). Somehow, Sven got invited on-stage with Clapton to do 2 songs. The first tune was Wonderful Tonight. So Clapton did his solo and then Sven, who is no slouch on guitar himself, took a solo. The song ended and the crowd went bos.
They were about to start the 2nd tund when Clapton walked over to Sven and said: "Do me a favour and don't take a solo in this one..."
Sven then realized that he had outstayed his welcome and left the stage.
So, Clapton is not god afterall...
Neon-Gecko
hahaha, I really enjoy tales like this... Hopefully this'll become a longstanding tread with others adding to it.
vic
Arno West wrote:
I was talking to Sven Larsen at a gig the other night and as the night progressed and bar-bill increased, we started swopping "war-stories". This was my favourite 1 of the night:
Sven was in the P.J. Powers band in the 80's and they got to open for Eric Clapton (think it was in Swaziland in '88). Somehow, Sven got invited on-stage with Clapton to do 2 songs. The first tune was Wonderful Tonight. So Clapton did his solo and then Sven, who is no slouch on guitar himself, took a solo. The song ended and the crowd went bos.
They were about to start the 2nd tund when Clapton walked over to Sven and said: "Do me a favour and don't take a solo in this one..."
Sven then realized that he had outstayed his welcome and left the stage.
So, Clapton is not god afterall...
I dunno...would like to hear Clapton's side of the story as well ?
AFAIK Clapton has shared the stage with many great guitarists and always enjoyed their company....there are several dvds to back it up .
guitarboy2828
Arno West wrote:
So, Clapton is not god afterall...
Is this some pre-april fools joke??? ?
Arno-West
Paul E wrote:
Arno West wrote:
So, Clapton is not god afterall...
Is this some pre-april fools joke??? ?
Nope. No joke. He was also doing a residency in Mauritius a year or 2 later and bumped into AC/DC who had booked out one of the conference rooms to rehearse a new album. Ended up "kuiering" and swopping licks with Angus. Friggin' Awesome!
Arno-West
Paul E wrote:
Arno West wrote:
So, Clapton is not god afterall...
Is this some pre-april fools joke??? ?
aubs1
....well, we all know what happened when Eric met Jimi just after he arrived in the UK ....... so what was this guys name again??? ?
singemonkey
Clapton wasn't a kind benevolent god. He was an angry, vengeful god.
Also, he hasn't been god since 1967.
Dingwall
Sort of related to the thread, a good music DVD to watch is John Mayall's 70th birthday party concert. It features Clapton, Mick Taylor and the great Buddy Whittington. Buddy really shines at this gig and outplays the other 2 although Mick Taylor is also a very tasty guitarist.
Wizard
All we know is what Clapton said.
We speculate about his reason.
ActionArnie
I once played with a guy and asked him not to solo, but's that's cos he was rubbish (and he was playing flute)
vic
Neon Gecko wrote:
hahaha, I really enjoy tales like this... Hopefully this'll become a longstanding tread with others adding to it.
Always good stories at your local Angling Club...lol ?
chris77
Cool tale. ?
I 'm a fanboy, so if I should for whatever reason ever find myself sharing a stage with Clapton or whoever I will be boring folks at bars to death with the story 23 years later as well. Even if he tells me to rather not play and just stand there grinning like a fool in a custard pie factory.
Neon-Gecko
Vic wrote:
Neon Gecko wrote:
hahaha, I really enjoy tales like this... Hopefully this'll become a longstanding tread with others adding to it.
Always good stories at your local Angling Club...lol ?
Or flying club for that matter. 90% of the tales couldn't possibly be true, but the chuckle factor is always 100%
Arno-West
chris77 wrote:
Cool tale. ?
I 'm a fanboy, so if I should for whatever reason ever find myself sharing a stage with Clapton or whoever I will be boring folks at bars to death with the story 23 years later as well. Even if he tells me to rather not play and just stand there grinning like a fool in a custard pie factory.
Surely you've shared a stage with Whoever, everybody knows that guy...
AlanRatcliffe
In one of the Hendrix documentaries, Townshend tells a great tale about Clapton/Hendrix:
Shortly after the infamous incident where Hendrix walked up and cut Clapton (on his own stage with Cream!), Eric and Pete were together watching Hendrix play a show. Jimi starts playing a song, but as the first chord rings out, it's obvious that his guitar is badly out of tune. Clapton (still smarting) laughs out loud and says something like "Now what're you gonna do Jimi?". Hendrix continues with the song without stopping retune ...perfectly in tune, bending the notes within the chords and riffs to compensate while Eric and Pete watch with their jaws on the floor.
guitarboy2828
Alan Ratcliffe wrote:
In one of the Hendrix documentaries, Townshend tells a great tale about Clapton/Hendrix:
Shortly after the infamous incident where Hendrix walked up and cut Clapton (on his own stage with Cream!), Eric and Pete were together watching Hendrix play a show. Jimi starts playing a song, but as the first chord rings out, it's obvious that his guitar is badly out of tune. Clapton (still smarting) laughs out loud and says something like "Now what're you gonna do Jimi?". Hendrix continues with the song without stopping retune ...perfectly in tune, bending the notes within the chords and riffs to compensate while Eric and Pete watch with their jaws on the floor.
??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? True story???
AlanRatcliffe
Well, the story is told by Townshend, and filtered by my memory of the telling. As to the absolute veracity, who knows? ?
Keira-WitherKay
Well moral of this story and one to apply to even just working musicians in hotels and clubs ' never upstage the headline act or person that hired you ' or they will never use you again ,
part of the art of being a sideman or session player is to make the star look great but never steal the show .
And similar story is connected with when our local boy jonathan butler played a while with george benson as the story goes true or not but benson told butler if had to let him go cos his playing was too good and benson felt it would draw attention away from him . So true or not i don't know for sure
but the moral is there regardless ,
and of course the star does not wanna be up staged so expect that . It's his or her show and it's the star thats packing the stadium so allow for that cos that star is paying the band , in fact the whole tour so put it into perspective ?
Bob-Dubery
Some artists like to have strong players in their band, and give them room to shine. I think Clapton is one of them. Not so long ago he went out on the road with Derek Trucks and Doyle Bramhall Jnr - TWO young hot shots. I read an interview with Trucks in which he couldn't stop talking about how much time in the spotlight he was getting and how he was a bit puzzled by getting so many solos in what was supposed to be Clapton's show.
Clapton's willingly shared stages with JImmy Page, Jeff Beck, Ry Cooder, Mark Knopfler, Duane Allman, BB King, Robbie Robertson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy and Albert Lee and other fine guitar players. He's not scared of taking a chance on getting his butt kicked.
So whatever this story is about, I doubt it's about that.
