[Slowhand] Chatting between songs? Here's a bad example!

[James Vlahakis]

I know that the majority of us understand Clapton the man and his history 
and know why he doesn't  want or need to talk between songs.  To the 
casual fan or the unenlightened masses, here's a perfect example of why 
the "chatty" artists are sometimes fake.

Don't get me wrong, I'm a Paul McCartney fan (I enjoy his happiness and 
frivolity rather than John's anger or sarcasm).  On to my point,......

I've attended McCartney shows days and/or months apart where he says the 
same banter between songs!  Yes the SAME.  While it sounds like a jokey 
ad-lib, it's not.  The worst part is that his jokes fall flat because they 
are prepared. 

I'd rather have EC just play.....

P.S., I've met him an few times and to those who have met me you know I'm 
not the silent type.    That said, I find it very difficult to talk to him 
because (1) I get sort of nervous but (2) more importantly, he's a 
reserved person and is not loose with words (sobriety helps I'm sure).  In 
contrast, I met McCartney once and he was "hey, how are you , I saw you in 
the front row, you looked like you were having fun, where' you from?  Oh, 
Detroit?  Wow, there was a huge snow storm after one show, blah blah 
blah.").  Paul was even so kind to allow us to come meet him after on-site 
security guards tried to push us back.  Linda was there too and she was a 
hoot, reminding me to take the lens-cap off my camera, posing for photos, 
etc.  Darn it all, I should have given her my camera to take a shot with 
Paul!

-Enough of my non-EC tangent!

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