slowhand Digest Volume 01 : Issue 287
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RE: What Would I Do Without You?
eMailing me
Donors to E C Crossroads Centre To Receive Exclusive Concert Tour
Memorabilia (fwd)
If leaving me is easy (fwd)
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From: Elliot Paterson
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Subject: RE: What Would I Do Without You?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Norris [mailto:Ken_Norris@umit.maine.edu]
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> Hi,
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> I must have missed this one. Where is this song available,
> and is EC doing the singing?
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> Best,
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> Ken
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Hi Ken,
Afraid you have missed this one!! :-)
It's on the new Jools Holland album "Small World, Big Band". Eric does
vocals and guitar. It also features George Harrison recorded only a few
months ago.
Here's a link for you to check it out.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005RRGL/o/qid=1006938830/sr=2-1/
ref=sr_bt_1/202-6112003-6189462
Cheers,
Elliot
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From: LukeLinus
Subject: eMailing me
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It seems that my forwarding mail account
(bigfoot.de) isnt working right now.
Anybody who tried to eMail me since my posts here
concerning audiogalaxy group
or my search for the 1999 japanese show
on vhs, dvd or cdr please eMail again to
pkoehlen@aol.com
thanks and best regards
keep those japanese reviews coming!
Peter K / Germany
next show: Steve Lukather / Holland
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From: David Hillman
Subject: Donors to E C Crossroads Centre To Receive Exclusive Concert Tour
Memorabilia (fwd)
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Forwarded without verification. Caveat reader.
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Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 08:50:27 -0500
Subject: Donors to E C Crossroads Centre To Receive Exclusive Concert Tour
Memorabilia
Donors to Eric Clapton's Nonprofit Crossroads Centre To Receive Exclusive
Concert Tour Memorabilia
LOS ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2001--
Launch of Nonprofit Fundraising Web Site Will Help Spread the Word
About the Residential Addiction Treatment Facility, and Generate
Donations
While already considered one of the most popular and critically revered
musicians in the world, Eric Clapton is also a philanthropist whose nonprofit
Crossroads Centre of Antigua rehabilitation facility provides treatment for
chemically dependent individuals.
Crossroads is Clapton's project, conceived by the artist and initially
supported by the auction of his guitars and through benefit concerts.
Now, the Crossroads Centre is turning to the Internet to raise awareness and
generate donations so that more people can be assisted by the facility. With
today's launch of the organization's U.S. fundraising Web site at
www.crossroadscentre.kintera.org, fans will have an added incentive to
support this cause -- the chance to receive exciting Clapton concert tour
memorabilia. Beginning today, those giving online via the Crossroads Centre
Web site will receive an exclusive gift for making a donation (supplies are
limited, available on a first-come basis):
-- Eric Clapton World Tour T-shirt for donations between $100 to 249
-- Eric Clapton World Tour Jacket for donations between $250 to 499
-- Autographed Eric Clapton World Tour Program for donations of 500 and
above
"We thought this was a wonderful way of giving back to Eric's fans who
generously give to the Crossroads Centre," said Leo Hageman, CEO of
Crossroads Centre at Antigua. "At Crossroads, we believe that a person's
financial situation should not limit their ability to receive treatment. As a
result, there is a critical need to raise more funds. Our new web site offers
an easy way to contribute to a worthy cause that will help so many others."
This program is being made possible through a partnership with Kintera Inc.,
the San Diego-based leader in Internet marketing for nonprofits. Visitors to
the Web site can make donations, read more about the Crossroads Centre's
mission and spread the word to others via email.
Kintera's innovative Web-based marketing tools will also make it possible for
the organization to email thousands of the Clapton's fans to announce the
launch of the Crossroads Centre Web site, and tell more about the
rehabilitation treatment facility's mission.
"We're very pleased to launch a fundraising Web site with the Crossroads
Centre to help generate both awareness and funds for this worthy cause,"
added Kintera's CEO, Harry Gruber, M.D. "The Web is extremely effective as a
marketing tool. Now, with Kintera's Internet marketing technology, the
Crossroads Centre can easily reach out and communicate with a whole new base
of Internet-savvy donors -- Eric Clapton's fans -- who want to help online."
Crossroads Centre is committed to providing high quality addiction treatment
that is both accessible and affordable. Donations can make a difference in
the lives of individuals and families who need help. For more information on
Crossroads Centre, call toll free in North America at 1 888 452-0091, in
Antigua at 268/562-0035, toll free in the U.K. at 0800 783 9631, or in Europe
at 01803 211 585 or email info@crossroadsantigua.org.
About the Crossroads Centre
"Standing at the crossroads, trying to read the signs To tell me which way I
should go to find the answer."
-- From, "Let It Grow" by Eric Clapton.
These words reflect the conflict faced by many people who suffer from the
disease of alcohol and drug addiction. Crossroads Centre at Antigua, a
nonprofit residential treatment facility founded by recording artist Eric
Clapton, offers a holistic approach to recovery and combines individual and
group therapy, daily lectures, 12-step meetings and discussion groups, daily
exercise routine, meditation, yoga and massage to offer a complete recovery
experience. A person's access to treatment should not be limited due to
financial means. For this reason, the Crossroads Centre has created a
financial assistance fund designed to help those individuals and families who
are unable to afford the full cost of treatment. The demand far outweighs the
limited financial resources that the facility is able to provide and,
therefore, Crossroads Centre relies heavily on donations to continue this
effort.
About Kintera Inc.
Kintera is the leading Internet marketing services provider offering
nonprofit organizations advanced Web-based solutions to help raise awareness
and funds. Highlighted by its proprietary "Friends Asking Friends(TM)"
technology, Kintera's services leverage the power of the Internet to enrich
user experiences when interacting with nonprofit organizations. The company's
end-to-end Internet solutions meld traditional fundraising with Kintera's
online marketing services to enhance donor recruitment, cultivation and
stewardship programs. For more information, visit the Kintera Web site at
www.kintera.com or call 858/795-3000. Kintera's headquarters are located in
San Diego.
This release contains information about future expectations, plans and
prospects of Kintera Inc. and constitutes forward-looking statements for
purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
CONTACT:
Media First Public Relations
Shev Rush, 760/567-4321
shev@mediafirstpr.com
or
The Lippin Group
Ronnie Lippin, 323/965-1990
ronnie@lippingroup.com
or
Kintera Public Relations
Judy Piercey, 858/795-3056
jpiercey@kintera.com
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From: David Hillman
Subject: If leaving me is easy (fwd)
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Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 21:49:47 +0100
From: Paul Kil
Subject: If leaving me is easy
I got If leaving me is easy from Phil Collins the other day and
supposedly EC is on it, but he must have been burried heavily in the mix
as I could not hear him at all..Did I get another version or is he
really inaudible?
thanks,
Paul
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From: Bryan Reid
Subject: The Once And Future Slowhand
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Leave it to our own guru, D*lt*N*ck (whose name cannot be spoken) to stir
things up.
I've read peoples' thoughts with interest and there are some pretty good
ones in the mix. Here's my two cents worth.
I think we can all agree that people grow, evolve and change. I'll throw a
wrench into that thought process by offering the following notion: genius
belongs to the young. There's an old adage in theoretical physics that goes
something like - if you haven't done the work that will get you your Nobel
Prize by the time you're 30, you probably won't get one. It's held up
amazingly well over the years. That notion applies in the arts as well; to
paraphrase from Tom Lehrer, by the time Mozart was my age, he'd been dead
for 15 years. In EC's case, his breakthrough, change the world work was
clearly done prior to his recluse period of 1971-74. And, in that 8 year
period (1963-71), he went through 5 bands, one solo album, one sideman's gig
(D&B), and countless guesting sessions. And left a legacy that contains some
of the greatest music made in that era and one that got him into the R&RHOF
three seperate times.
Following his withdrawal from the public in 1971, EC went through an
extended period of substance and alcohol abuse that clearly had an effect
not only on his playing but also on his creative abilities. Candidly, I
think that that lasted into the 1980s when he finally got clean and stayed
clean.
Along the way, EC has strayed from his blues roots and dabbled in a variety
of musical forms: country, folk, reggae, techno, traditional pre-rock pop,
jazz and more. I'd suggest that that's par for the course when you're
dealing with a genius, which I'm suggesting EC is on the guitar.
I'd further suggest that as EC sobered up and left the 60s behind him, he
had little interest in feeding the "guitar god" legend. That resulted in his
1) getting away from the music that had created the legend, and, 2) his
focusing more on being a member of the band than before.
It's a little late in the day for anyone to try and convince him to change,
I suspect (LOL).
Where does he go from here?
Hopefully not into retirement. I'd like to see him do some more blues, maybe
entire albums a la the Blues With The King album. Robert Cray would be a
natural for that. Little Milton would be great, too - he wanders between
blues and R&B and plays some killer guitar, too (listen to him on the Willie
Dixon boxset playing I Got To Put You Down). EC's dabbled with country and
some American roots music over the years, but it's always been of the
Nashville pablum variety, not the reall gritty stuff with soul and
substance. Dave Alvin is for my nickel one of America's finest
singer-songwriters and plays a pretty mean guitar to boot. He's a scholar of
the American musical tradition on a rank with Ry Cooder and can take EC some
places he's never been before. Having mentioned Cooder, that would be a
super match-up as well. They've worked together before and I suspect that
only people on or close to a peer level with EC can get him to really cut
loose. If a Ry Cooder or a Robert Cray says "Hey man, crank it up," EC will
listen to them. With Alvin, it wouldn't matter - Dave has a firey intensity
that burns through everything he does - even his soft ballads ooze with
power. Carlos Santana would be a natural, too. The guest spot EC did for him
in Tokyo last year is absolutely stunning and one of my fav EC recordings
period. If they'd do a whole album together, who knows what would happen but
I'll betcha it would be awesome. Mick Taylor would be another great
match-up.
'Nuff said.
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From: "Robert W. Rost"
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Greetings,
Part 2 of my response to DeltaNick's questions.
First, I'd like to respond to part of the post that Mark Devault
forwarded to the list yesterday (snipped below):
>I have nothing concrete to back this up, but so many of these "Yeah,
>but..." types are >administrative, acedemic, engineering types. They
apply >straight linear thinking to >artistic things - and that's both
impossible >not to mention missing the point.
I'm not sure who wrote this message but, I'm all three of the above.
Presently, I am an Associate Department Head, an Associate Professor and
a Mechanical Engineer. I'm also a very big fan of EC. By paying
attention to email address that I've corresponded with, I am fairly
confident that many other's on the digest also work in academics. I
agree with almost everything this person had to say up until this point.
I don't understand why the sweeping generalizations. We have a College
Conservatory of Music where I work. These folks are academic. Not
artistic?
Back to some of DeltaNick's questions.
Reptile. Right now, I've been listening to Reptile a lot. It's not
background music for me. As with almost any record, there are some
songs I could do without. I think with Reptile, you need to REALLY
listen, listen hard, to get an appreciation for the songs. Things are
much more subtle on Reptile than other records. I think there's some
really good guitar playing on the record; it's just not mixed out front.
I think EC is a much better guitar player today than in the 60's or
70's. I wonder how much sophistication and familiarity sounds like
"auto-pilot". I think EC has a much better understanding of the blues
today than he did back then. I think he is primarily a guitar player.
But it's difficult to only play guitar, not sing, and get the "message"
across. Should he have a lead singer in his band? I think not. I
think he has learned to use his voice, as he learned to use his guitar,
to add significantly to the music.
In reading post to the digest, I noticed where people would see other
artist, BB King and Buddy Guy come to mind, and comment that the show
was essentially the same as last year. Why aren't they criticized the
same as EC? Maybe people on this list hold EC to such high standards
that it is impossible for him to reach them. Maybe some folks like to
criticize someone who is at the top of there field.
If you enjoy the whole spectrum of EC's music like I do, great. If you
only enjoy the music of the 60s, fine. I think you're missing out on a
lot of great music, but then, that only my opinion. If you only enjoy
the music of today, I say the same thing. There is some really good
music in the 60s and 70s.
Thank you for the time to share my thoughts.
Bob Rost
Clapton page: http://milkyway.mie.uc.edu/~bob/clapton.html
Mail to bob.rost@uc.edu
End of slowhand Digest V01 Issue #287