Clapton is rather modest and very dedicated to his
profession. He plays guitar (when asked to by the music
director) in church, for gosh sake.


Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
I don't know how true this is, but back in the day, I knew a studio
engineer who did some mixing on one of the Cream albums. Apparently,
according to his story anyway, the only one in the session on altitude
restriction was Clapton - stone cold sober.


He had his ups & downs, apparently.

He also told me the story of Baker being so stoned he couldn't stand
up, but when they put him in front of his drums, he played it straight
through, then fell off the stool unconscious. :)


Everybody thinks Ginger Baker is dead, probably because of
the way he looked & acted back then, but he's still alive &
playing.

I have seen old concert footage of him being helped into
place behind his kit, and a roady taping the drum sticks
into his hands. Some people probably think that's cool, but
it only makes me think of how much better he could have played.

In that same taped show, he gives an interview where he's
not quite so wiped out, and is sitting behind his drums
smoking a cigarette & idly tapping around on the kit with
the other. Then he got into a demonstration of some of his
techniques, and still smoking a cigarette with one hand,
built up an incredible set of cross-rythms while saying
things like "I don't know why some musicians make such a big
deal out of playing 64th notes, most people can't hear them."


What ever happened to Jack Bruce anyway?

Dunno. He had a great talent but maybe he peaked early.

Regards
Doug King