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just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
Yes, we should honour his status as an inspiration. Yes, the early stuff was played with passion. But he's been phoning it in since the early 70's.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/dec/17/eric-clapton-wins-legal-case-against-woman-selling-bootleg-live-cd-for-845
... it seems that they did indeed simply ask for the listing to be removed, but then:
"In response to a standard letter from Clapton’s German legal team, the woman replied: “I object and ask you not to harass or contact me any further”, and told them “feel free to file a lawsuit if you insist on the demands”.
So they did.
Moral of the story - don't be flippant with lawyers. They don't (at least professionally) have a sense of humour.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
“I’d just rather not associate with somebody who’s on the extreme and being so selfish,” Cray said.
- Clapton had a bad reaction to the vaccine and told people about it - is this extreme and selfish in 2021?
“We started playing a music that wasn’t particularly popular to start off with at the time we started playing.
- Blues wasn't popular in 1980 when he released his first album?
"We’ve gained some notoriety, and I’m fine with that, but I surely don’t need to hang out with Eric Clapton for that to continue.”
- Notoriety means 'the state of being famous or well known for some bad quality or deed'. Why is he fine with this and why would he want gain more, independently or otherwise?
She certainly won't see the funny side of this little episode.
Really?
I'm fairly certain, if I by some miracle, I ever sat down to play blues with the gentleman, after 2 minutes (I'm being EXTREMELY generous) my ass would be so very firmly handed to me as I was shown the door after exchanging my standard stock pentatonic meanderings with weak vibrato and phrasing against his playing.
This is before you even consider his songwriting (he co-wrote Layla !) and vocals.
"The woman’s lawyer told Bild that they intended to appeal again."
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
oh hang on, got in trouble on another thread for that......................
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
And as for his guitar skills, the guy is just such a sad imitation of Freddie King it hurts. Give me Freddie King all night long please....
As for your critique of the guys creative output ( not a fan ,but sensible enough to see his contribution to the UK scene and then back to the States in the 60s and beyond ) ? FFS
Also I don't think anyone else was doing with the guitar what Clapton and Cream did in the mid 60's. I haven't much liked his later work - I thought 'Cocaine' though catchy was a really nasty piece of glamourixation.