Clapton and acid (was: Sgt. Pepper)

Hi Joe,

> From: jpehrson2 <jpehrson@...>
> To: <metatuning@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 5:42 PM
> Subject: [metatuning] Sgt. Pepper and acid
>
>
> --- In metatuning@y..., "X. J. Scott" <xjscott@e...> wrote:
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> /metatuning/topicId_unknown.html#1475
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> > > On the other hand, one could ask the question "Could _Sgt
> > > Pepper_ have been created without acid?" I'd like to think
> > > "yes!" but of course we can only speculate...
> >
> > Hard to say. It would certainly have been different.
> > But an album just as fantastic could have been done
> > without acid, yes.
> >
>
> You know... I never even *knew* that. Must be behind
> on "Beetlemania..." What's the scoop on that again, and how do
> people know about it??

I was searching the web for something about this, when I
saw Eric Clapton's name mentioned and remembered a very interesting
story that he once told, regarding how LSD had a profound effect
on his music-making:

Clapton was performing with Derek and the Dominoes (of "Layla" fame)
in San Francisco in 1970, and he was tripping on acid at the gig.

He said that every time he played a "bad" blues riff and looked
out at the audience, they had all turned into devils, and every
time he played a "sweet" pretty riff, they all looked like angels.

His quote: "I decided that from then on I'd rather play for
angels than for devils". Every album he made after that has
featured a *much* softer style of music than the hard blues
that he used to play in the '60s.

And that's a true story, from the horse's mouth.
I found it in Robert Palmer's great book _Deep Blues_.

-monz

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and dont forget Doc Ellis pitching a no-hitter for the Pittsburg Pirates in
1970 whilst tripping:

http://www.sirbacon.org/4membersonly/docellis.htm

> From: Dante Rosati <dante.interport@...>
> To: <metatuning@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 3:40 AM
> Subject: RE: [metatuning] Clapton and acid (was: Sgt. Pepper)
>
>
> and dont forget Doc Ellis pitching a no-hitter for the Pittsburg Pirates
in
> 1970 whilst tripping:
>
> http://www.sirbacon.org/4membersonly/docellis.htm

What a great story ... I recognized the baseball card
right away, because it used to be in my collection when
I was around 9 years old. The new psychedelic version,
at the bottom of the page, really made reading this worthwhile!
Thanks, Dante!

-monz

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--- In metatuning@y..., "monz" <joemonz@y...> wrote:

> Clapton was performing with Derek and the Dominoes (of "Layla" fame)
> in San Francisco in 1970, and he was tripping on acid at the gig.
>
> He said that every time he played a "bad" blues riff and looked
> out at the audience, they had all turned into devils, and every
> time he played a "sweet" pretty riff, they all looked like angels.
>
> His quote: "I decided that from then on I'd rather play for
> angels than for devils". Every album he made after that has
> featured a *much* softer style of music than the hard blues
> that he used to play in the '60s.

I wish he had kept playing for the devils. I'm glad Jimmy Page did.

Remember, I'm the spawn of Satan!!!

Ha ha ha ha ha