[Slowhand] Stainton

[Jeff Elliott]

Ah, if only Billy were still with us I believe there would be no need for
Chris.  That being said, now that I've seen Eric a few times over the past
two or three years, and consequently, Chris Stainton on keyboards as well, I
have to admit that his solos do pretty much range on the tried and true and
little if any inventiveness leading to a standard repetitiveness.  Perhaps
it's the rapport he and Eric seem to have.  But then that gets into the
comfortableness discussion we seem to have here at times as well doesn't it?

Cheers,

Jeff 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Linden [mailto:jason461 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 9:13 AM
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Subject: [Slowhand] Stainton

In the recent spirit of increased posting, I have a question: Why do people
seem to love Chris Stainton so much? His playing pretty much always bores me
to death and I find his solos to range from dull to atonal. I have known
friends and relatives to spontaneously comment on how terrible he is when I
am playing Clapton and he takes a solo, so I know I'm not alone. But
everyone on this list seems to love him when, personally, I miss Billy
Preston and David Sancious.