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John Mayall & The Blues Breakers

Wed, 15/11/2006 - 21:06
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Picture a dark, raining, and cold November night and I am heading off to see John Mayall and the Blues Breakers (this time around with Buddy Wittington on Guitar) in Cambridge, UK. The Corn Exchange is the biggest venue in Cambridge, with a capacity of around 1500-2000, and is not the best for sound being a very tall wooden roofed building - which results often in a lot of muffled tone.

As I arrived John was arranging his latest display of cash bargains: DVD's, CD's, Bookmarks, and assorted paraphernalia. A chance to catch a word with the man himself I thought...

Eric Clapton - MEN Arena 9/5/06

Tue, 29/08/2006 - 21:31
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First off I have to admit to being a seriously lapsed Clapton fan. I was converted after hearing Cream in the early 80s not long after picking a guitar up for the first time and subsequently followed his career into the mid 1990s taking in many RAH gigs in the process.

For the last ten years I’ve hardly listened to his music and what few tracks I’ve heard from his recent Simon Climie solo albums sound bland, slick and soulless. Nevertheless, I was quite excited about seeing where he was at in 2006 now aged 61….

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