Monday, March 30, 2015

WE'RE ALL GETTING OLD . . .

The sands in the hourglass keep drifting slowly downward. Actually it seems like the older I get the faster that darned stuff runs through. Today marks the 70th birthdays of a former news director of mine, Jim Willi,* and one of the greatest guitar players of all time, Eric Clapton.

 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.
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7 comments:

  1. stephen HayesMarch 30, 2015 at 10:34 AM

    Happy 70th Birthday to both of these gentlemen.

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  2. Should Fish MoreMarch 30, 2015 at 11:23 AM

    Yeah, after a morning getting a nuclear medicine scan of my heart, I can say 'amen' to that.

    The Yardbirds, what a band......Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck.....one of the original 'supergroups'.

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  3. JagerMarch 30, 2015 at 11:47 AM

    June 18th for me...

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  4. joehMarch 30, 2015 at 12:14 PM

    Great stuff, except now I want to go all Pete Townshend on my guitar.

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  5. lowandslowMarch 30, 2015 at 7:01 PM

    I 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.)

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  6. ThérèseMarch 30, 2015 at 8:17 PM

    Oh my oh my: three more years to go for the boss before celebrating... this means the sand is slower than expected...

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  7. SharonMarch 31, 2015 at 7:46 AM

    70 seemed so impossibly old when I was in my 20's. Now it's right around the corner.

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