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  1. “Donovan…that extraordinary quaver in his voice (how ever does he do it?)”.

    Learnt it from the BeeGees, perhaps? ❓
    (Or was it vice-versa?!)

  2. Okay – Eric Clapton – still got the chops after all these years. Difficult for me to believe “Layla and Other Love Songs” came out when I was a junior in high school. Some great old blues standards on the album but Layla, Bell Bottom Blues, and Thorn Tree in the Garden” (written by keyboardist Bobby Whitlock) were my favorites.

    I saw one of Cream’s last concerts – Denver ’68 – sophomore at Aurora Central High. Before that I knew of Clapton from the Yardbirds – “Smokestack Lightning” – “Heart Full of Soul” (this song had a guitar lick that was as memorable as the one in Orbison’s “Pretty Woman”. Then Blind Faith with a couple of great songs off the one album they did.

    Back when I lived in Denver Ginger Baker (drummer for Cream and Blind Faith) lived in Parker, CO and during the summer used to do these things once a month “Polo and Jazz” – Polo matches followed by his jazz group. After fighting it for many years I think he finally got deported a few years ago for something – could have been a marijuana conviction on his record – seem to remember something like that. Weird when you think of who gets to stay.

    Well enough of the Conrad “Stream of (un)Conciousness” otherwise I won’t be able to find my way back (though not sure that would be such a bad thing)

  3. One More thing about the original version of Layla – the “twin lead lines” on guitar really gave the song it’s hook. This was a technique that was a trademark of The Allman Brothers Band (Listen to Ramblin’ Man or Statesboro Blues). And Duane Allman brought the technique to the song Layla.

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