Fairly strong resemblence.
Posted on 05/21/2015 8:10:15 PM PDT by rickmichaels
Despite a sensational Daily Mail report that multi-millionaire rock star Eric Clapton lets his Canadian brother live in "sub-Dickensian squalor," Fast Eddie Fryer says he's doing all right and bears no ill-will towards his famous sibling.
"This writer came in and did a character assassination on the place where I live," Fryer told Vancouver's The Province, referring to the Downtown Eastside rooming house he calls home.
It may be Canada's poorest neighbourhood, but Fryer -- who has late-stage cirrhosis of the liver -- says it's a good place for him to be.
"Granted it is not the Hilton," Fryer said. "It is a shelter that has a medical team and they do a good job of looking after me."
Fryer, who learned in 1998 that he and Clapton have the same biological father, shares some striking similarities with his brother. Both are musicians and both have struggled with heroin addiction.
But while Clapton got clean and became world famous, Fryer's career never took off, and he's been on and off the wagon for years.
He says he and his brother write letters sometimes, and Clapton once praised a demo tape Fryer mailed him.
While he'd love to jam with Clapton one day, he told The Province he expects nothing from his half-brother.
"I have never asked him for money," he said. "A person is not entitled to another person's achievements.
"It is important for me to be successful on my own. I got a chance to be on stage. It was not necessary for me to be a superstar."
Dignity.
Yup.
And responsibility and independence. Good for him.
We hear about this but never about the feckless fool on the hill’s half brother in Kenya living in a hut on almost nothing. Why?
Hasn’t Clampton suffered enough. This is nobody’s business. Why stir up trouble? “Tears in Heaven”
Fairly strong resemblence.
“sub-Dickensian squalor”
I thought most Canadians lived in run-down, squalid trailer parks.
What’s the big deal?
That’s impressive.
Dignity.
If only the people in the WH, Ferguson and Baltimore would understand what the word means as well as he does...
Maybe Obama’s half-brother could move to Canada and they could become roommates to share on rent.
And Obama is the one who publicly says “I am my brother’s keeper” and “we need to spread the wealth around”.
“Tears in Heaven” still gives me goosebumps.
“Ricky, tumblindice. You’re both dicks.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
Me and Ricky
"Your shit-goose is cooked, Ricky "
Correct.
And if Clapton voluntarily chose to be generous to his half-brother, he’d get kudos for that, too.
“I’ve heard Eric Clapner, ... I think it was a wonderful thing that Eric Clapner the musician did...So I think that’s the wonderful part about it, but listen - I like Eric Clapner!” - Joycelyn Elders
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