It would have been the most stupid and self-destructive thing we could possibly have done": Why the man who signed Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones failed in his repeated bids to sign Fugazi, not even for 10 million dollars With the exception of a March 19 performance in Bahrain, Clapton has not performed live since last September, when he embarked on a brief tour of the southern United States. The trek made headlines at the time because Clapton, an outspoken critic of COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine mandates,vowed to not to play at venues that required proof of vaccination, though he ultimately reneged on that promise. Eric Clapton: Finally, one of the cameramen came up with this medicine that he took for his ulcers, which turned out to be a heroin substitute, methadone. It got me straight enough so that I could go on stage and play. Pattie Boyd: Eric was in a bad way, but George thought that if he got him on stage, even propped up with drugs, his addiction would become an open secret and maybe he would open the door a little to his friends, who might be able to help. The highlights came from Eric Clapton, whois in fine form for several songs. The highlight for me being a strong reading of "Stormy Monday," featuring jazz great Chris Barber. "Cocaine" is on the of the more predictable inclusions, but also present are "Lay Down Sally,""Reconsider Baby," and "Willie & the Hand Jive." Another excellent segment of the show finds Ringo Starr delivering energetic takes of a couple well known tunes. Starr can do this stuffin his sleep, as "With a Little Help From My Friends" and "Photograph" find their way into every All-Starr tour he's undertaken in the past twenty years. But for anyone who hasn't yet seen him perform them, itshould be a nice treat.

Band Du Lac is an all-star supergroup brought together to play occasional charity concerts, this particular one being staged at the historic Wintershall Estate in Surrey, England in aid of HASTE (Heart And Stroke Trust Endeavour). Pete Townshend: Eric lost two people that he based his whole life on – Jimi Hendrix and Duane Allman– in fairly close succession. So there were a lot of reasons why he wasn’t working. Brüning, Anneke. "Genesis News Com: Eric Clapton – Live At Montreux feat Phil Collins – DVD review". Genesis News . Retrieved September 22, 2015. Eric Clapton: Alice and I, stoned out of our heads, turned up late [at the Rainbow], to find Pete and [Clapton’s manager Robert] Stigwood tearing their hair out. The reason for our lateness was that Alice had to let out the waist of the trousers of my white suit, because I had taken to eating so much chocolate of late that I couldn’t get them on. The ARIA Report" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Australia: Australian Web Archives (1981): 23. November 15, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-20 . Retrieved December 25, 2015.THE ERIC CLAPTON CONCERT / ERIC CLAPTON & FRIENDS". Where's Eric Staff. Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine . Retrieved September 22, 2015. Ronnie Wood (Rolling Stones guitarist and friend of Clapton): He withdrew with Alice Ormsby-Gore, and the two of them stayed stoned on heroin for two years. They became hermits. Eric Clapton: Alice’s father had discovered Meg Patterson and her form of acupuncture treatment. And then, for some reason, I just said: “Okay, I’ll give it a try.” And next thing you know, a very big emotional thing happened to me and I started to really want to live again. When you take a lot of heroin for a long time, you cut down on your ability to feel, your sensitivities shut down, you don’t feel emotions. We were four separate guys at the beginning of the afternoon, and by the end of the evening we were a band": Paul Rodgers on life with Free, Bad Company, The Firm and Queen

Clapton spent his time holed up in his Surrey mansion, Hurtwood Edge, with Ormsby-Gore. In August 1971, a concerned George Harrison convinced him to take part in the Concert For Bangladesh in New York, which he and Ravi Shankar had organised. Eric Clapton: All that time, though, I was running a cassette machine and playing. I had that to hold on to. At the end of that period, I found I had boxes full of playing, as if there was something struggling to survive. Steve Turner (journalist): Eric told Robert Stigwood he wanted to make an album. Which turned out to be 461 Ocean Boulevard.Dr Meg Patterson: All drugs were banned from the start of the treatment. We had the co-operation of Lord Harlech and Eric’s manager, Robert Stigwood, who said he wouldn’t give them any money to buy it. Eric Clapton – Eric Clapton & Friends – Live 1986 (DVD) at Discogs". Discogs . Retrieved September 22, 2015. All I Need Is a Miracle” is not a Phil Collins song. But had he not become a solo star in the Eighties, giving his Genesis bandmate Mike Rutherford the time and incentive to launch the side project Mike and the Mechanics, the song would not exist. It was the second single off their 1985 self-titled debut and it became a big hit all over the world.

Top Music Videocassettes" (PDF). Billboard Magazine. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 100 (24): 55. June 11, 1988. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved December 25, 2015. Pete Townshend: He obviously had some cash-flow problem, because he was selling guitars… to raise ready cash to buy dope.Disc 2: Wide-eyed And Legless, You Can’t Hurry Love, You Know I Love You, A Salty Dog, Inside Out, Hold On I’m Coming / Soothe Me/ You Don’t Know Like I Know, I Want To Know What Love Is, Whiter Shade Of Pale, The Night Time Is The Right Time, Cocaine, medley: Turn It On Again / Everybody Needs Somebody / Satisfaction / Midnight Hour / Turn It On Again, I Wish, fireworks By mid-1971 Eric Clapton was a recluse with a heroin habit, until friends including Pete Townshend and George Harrison intervened to save his life Eric Clapton: I arranged by long-distance phone calls that there’d be something there for me because my heroin habit was going strong. So I fly over and there’s nothing there, and we can’t score. Disc 1: Celebration, Yes Indeed, Behind The Mask, Celebrate Our Love, I Missed Again, Stop, Conquistador, Throwing It All Away, Limelight, All I Need, Gin House, It’s In The Way You Use It, No One Is To Blame, Echoes In The Night