Re: Eric Clapton Guitar Crossroads Chicago....WHERE WAS JIMMY PAGE IN THIS TRIBUTE?

[tytlane@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

fmiller6@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

To deny this is to deny the truth.

The Truth Explodes!

> George Harrison, Eric's close friend and confidant, did not share Eric's 
> distain for the band. 

Some friend!!!!! Can you say Patti Boyd?!?!? snicker..

He spent time with the band and was the one who
> pushed Jimmy into writing a ballad. The story goes that George and Jimmy 
> were together and George told Jimmy he should write a ballad. Jimmy was 
> reluctant at first so George told him to take the first few chords of 
> his song "Something" and see what he can do with it. The result was 
> Jimmy writing "The Rain Song". I cannot swear to the accuracy of this 
> but I would not at all be surprised if it is indeed true. After all, the 
> two songs do have some distinct similarities in the opening sequences.

I never heard that George told Page to take those chords but certainly 
have heard that the opening chords were specifically a nod to George and 
Something.

Time and time again Eric mentions in his book how upset he was at times
> with how his music was overlooked or not accepted on the level he 
> thought it should be. 

Nice ego. ; )

One cannot say this about Led Zeppelin's music.
> Yes, overlooked perhaps by the media and their peers. But never 
> overlooked by the fans.

Amen brother!!!

Nech