[truthguy]

All those years of boozing will take a toll on you.

Another great guitar festival for Clapton. Good for him. He's about the only guy left who could pull this off. Contrast Eric (& Jeff Beck) who's still putting out quality material and shows with the imbecile Paul McCartney who's living on what he did over 40 years (oh my) ago!

[Jeff Chandler]

Beck and Clapton are basically performers, and as long as a performer keeps up his chops, he can maintain his career.

McCartney is basically a song writer. It is neither easy nor normal to produce creatively over an extended period of time. McCartney produced some great songs over about a span of about a decade. Now the well is dry.

[CGASMIA68]

how is hep c related to boozing

[j-damn]

Come on now, Clapton’s not living off the past? He just toured with Winwood, for pete’s sake. Blind Faith was almost exactly 40 years ago.

Just before that, he played shows with Baker & Bruce.

Just before that, he made an album of cover tunes with BB King.

His career revival in the 90s was thanks entirely to a song he wrote in 1970.

In the late 80s he remade “After Midnight”.

He’s a great player but he’s not exactly cranking out fresh new material.