Tuesday, March 30, 2021

March 30 - Eric Clapton (The Musical Birthday Series, 3rd Annual Cycle)

[Previous posts for March 30th may be found here: John Stafford Smith (2019) and Celine Dion (2020).]

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Eric Clapton (b. 30 March 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Case of the Clapton


"...I had gotten so tired of the virtuosity – or pseudo-virtuosity – thing of long, boring guitar solos just because they were expected." -- Eric Clapton


Guitarist Eric Clapton

Admitted he felt trapped in

A style with solos mapped in.


It’s things like this that scar

Your psyche when you are

A god of the guitar.

 

 

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