Tommy’s Coffee Break Calendar for March 30th

Happy Birthday Eric Clapton!!!

So you want to play guitar? Here are five very solid reasons why you should stop trying...right now, courtesy of the one and only E.C.:

Eric's solo kicks in right around the 1:00 minute mark; turn it up and get the hell out of the way:

Oh, the poor bastard in charge of the camera work...The trio is making such a fantastic racket, it's a wonder it got filmed at all: 

1971, live on "The Johnny Cash Show". You don't need to know anything else:

There's some slightly different playing on this "out-take" footage from a show you think you already know too well, then Eric starts soloing...

For this one, I had to look up the definition of "sublime" to make sure I got it right: (a) {1}: to elevate or exalt especially in dignity or honor; {2}: to render finer (as in purity or excellence); (b) to convert into something of higher worth. That's what this is:

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Happy Birthday, E.C.!!!