Slowhand, himself: Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton - Slowhand.  What an awesome record.  I just bought it for fifty cents.  This photo is not how the record can ever look to you.  It does not have a hinge and does not unfold.  But thanks to Photoshop - here is how it would look if you could unfold it.  And, I nailed it.  From 1977, on the RSO (Robert Stigwood Organisation) label - we know this is a classic, all-time great record, on all the best-of lists, but what about the actual songs?  Eric covers a song here by John Martyn - called, May You Never.   My pal Matt loves Martyn's Grace and Danger lp.  And he also does one by The Gentle Giant - Don Williams.  We read in his autobiography a couple years ago of Eric's infatuation with the Tulsa sound (think J.J. Cale).  He had disbanded the Dominoes by then (except for Carl Radle) and hooked up here with remnants of Bob Seger's band (not the Silver Bullets), along with two of the great female vocalists of the era: Yvonne "If I can't have you..." Elliman and Marcy Levy.  I would vote for The Core as my favorite track on the record, with writing credits to Clapton/Levy.  If you seen the name Marcella Detroit on Eric's other records, that is Marcy Levy, such as Walk Away on August.  We know Eric can write great songs.  But he does not have to write every song he records.  He has covered so many songs and made them his own, but never in a thieve-like way.  It's more of a compliment to the writer.  My favorite writer of his is Jerry Lynn Williams.