--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > He is. Seen him live many times. But he's boring. > > Clapton, as wonderful technically as he is, tends > > to fall into "ruts" on his extended solos. He starts > > well, but doesn't always take it somewhere. Zappa > > kept doing these things to keep Clapton from falling > > into ruts -- he'd change the key, or the time signature, > > and take the whole song somewhere other than where > > Clapton was thinking it would go. He'd get this > > puzzled look on his face, like, "Where did *that* > > come from?" and then he'd smile, and follow along. > > It was a very neat evening. They obviously respected > > each other a great deal, and were having fun onstage. > > Thanks for sharing this- I've noticed the same thing about Clapton, > though I've not seen him live. I wish the EC/FZ concert you > describe was available to hear...
It would be nice, but I seriously doubt that anyone even bootlegged it. It was sometime in '66 or '67, in L.A., and it wasn't announced as a duo concert. Clapton just happened to be in town, came to the show, and was standing off to the left of the stage, just watching Zappa and the boys. Zappa saw him, motioned him up onstage, and took off his guitar and handed it to him, all in mid-song. Clapton picked up where Zappa had left off, and Frank went backstage to find another guitar. He did, returned with it, and they jammed for a while. Great evening. At the time, the Mothers constituted the heaviest rhythm section in rock 'n roll. There was Ian Underwood on piano, two drummers, a third guy playing tympani, and a knockout bass player (plus the horn players and Zappa). Because this was post-Yard- birds, pre-Cream, this may possibly been the heaviest set of musicians he'd ever gotten to play with at that point. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
