Here's a victorious picture of Jim on a lake near Dallas, Texas where he now lives.
Jim had black hair when I worked for him.
That other guy celebrating 70 today has had a remarkable career. Here is a list of some of the bands he played with.
The Yardbirds
John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers
Cream
Blind Faith
Delaney and Bonnie and Friends
The Plastic Ono Band
Derek and the Dominos
He has played guitar with virtually everybody, from B.B. King to Bob Dylan to the Allman Brothers to John Lennon and George Harrison.
We wish him and Jim happy 70th birthdays with this performance by Clapton of one of his hit songs, Layla.
* Now I don't know where I got that but Jim Willi tells me that he's only 67. And he's continuing his "remarkable career" in broadcasting. Sorry, boss.
Happy 70th Birthday to both of these gentlemen.
ReplyDeleteYeah, after a morning getting a nuclear medicine scan of my heart, I can say 'amen' to that.
ReplyDeleteThe Yardbirds, what a band......Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck.....one of the original 'supergroups'.
June 18th for me...
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff, except now I want to go all Pete Townshend on my guitar.
ReplyDeleteI can almost see 70 from here. If I can hold up as well as those 2 gents, I'll be a happy septigenerian. ( Hope I got that right.)
ReplyDeleteOh my oh my: three more years to go for the boss before celebrating... this means the sand is slower than expected...
ReplyDelete70 seemed so impossibly old when I was in my 20's. Now it's right around the corner.
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