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Legendary Guitarist Eric Clapton Says He's Going Deaf
WPXI ^ | Jan 12, 2018 | Kelcie Willis

Posted on 01/12/2018 4:40:33 PM PST by nickcarraway

Musician Eric Clapton says he is going deaf. The 72-year-old singer says he plans on still performing, but his mounting health issues as he ages are a concern.

“The only thing I'm concerned with now is being in my 70s and being able to be proficient,” Clapton said in an interview with BBC 2. “I mean, I’m going deaf, I’ve got tinnitus, my hands just about work. I’m hoping that people will come along and see me just because, or maybe more than because I’m a curiosity. I know that is part of it, because it's amazing to myself I’m still here.”

Clapton, who began his career in the early 1960s, was on the show promoting his new documentary, “Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars.” The film looks at his start in the music industry and how music -- especially the guitar -- helped him throughout his life through a drug and alcohol addiction and the death of his son, Conor, in 1991.

The legendary guitarist and singer said in a Rolling Stone interview that he goes to the doctor for the slightest thing and that, although his eczema affects his guitar playing, he now has it managed.

“I had eczema from head to foot,” Clapton said. “The palms of my hand were coming off, and I had just started making this record with (producer) Glyn Johns. It was a catastrophe. I had to wear mittens with Band-Aids around the hands and played a lot of slide (guitar) as a result.”

“My hands are good. It hasn’t gone completely, but I put ointment on.”

Clapton said he would be OK with not playing guitar again, but is taking advantage of how well he feels now.

“I’m as good now as I’ve been in the last two years.”


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: clapton; deaf
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To: 43north

Pete Townshend has a nasty case of tinnitus that pretty much has rendered him deaf.


41 posted on 01/12/2018 5:41:42 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: raiderboy

“But when you are over 70 the clock is at 11:30 pm.”


I’m 85——————I guess I’m past midnight.

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42 posted on 01/12/2018 5:44:16 PM PST by Mears
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To: Mears
I’m 85——————I guess I’m past midnight.

That's when the good parties start!

43 posted on 01/12/2018 5:46:14 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Mears
I’m 85——————I guess I’m past midnight.

Are you going to let it all hang out?

44 posted on 01/12/2018 5:48:01 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: libertylover
Without my hearing aids I’m practically deaf so I feel for him. I can’t be sure but I blame it on listening to music through headphones too loud.

Losing my hearing and suffering with tinnitus after 35 years of wearing headphones on a daily basis at a radio station.

45 posted on 01/12/2018 5:48:43 PM PST by Inyo-Mono
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To: dfwgator; Mears

When the sheriff brings you home, don’t shoot him or the deputy.


46 posted on 01/12/2018 5:57:16 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Take Covfefe Ree Zig!)
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.....growing up, my Grandmother played all sorts of piano. It was nothing for her to go into a restaurant and after a meal play a few songs ( if invited)
and get a round of applause..*smiles* I know later on in her life how much she missed playing after arthritis crippled her hands.


47 posted on 01/12/2018 6:07:48 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Larry Lucido

You say my name? Yes. Yes. I no hear so well or see either. But I can bring you home?

48 posted on 01/12/2018 6:16:27 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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Enjoy...

https://youtu.be/ZtxO1gwbHPQ


49 posted on 01/12/2018 6:19:55 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: nickcarraway

I saw Eric , Phil Colin’s , and Robert Cray at a small venue in 1988 , I think . I was in the second row and it was a blues fan dream .


50 posted on 01/12/2018 6:25:26 PM PST by katykelly
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To: exDemMom

1971. Ten Years After at The Warehouse in New Orleans. My ears still ring.


51 posted on 01/12/2018 6:26:50 PM PST by D_Idaho ("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...")
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To: Fightin Whitey

Stop that!


52 posted on 01/12/2018 6:27:32 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Take Covfefe Ree Zig!)
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To: Larry Lucido

Sharif don’t like it!


53 posted on 01/12/2018 6:29:13 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Rock ‘n Roll never forgets...


54 posted on 01/12/2018 6:30:36 PM PST by Bodleian_Girl
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To: Gay State Conservative

“exposure to loud noise certainly can. “

Ginger?


55 posted on 01/12/2018 6:39:36 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (NOT TITO)
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To: raiderboy

I’m 72, and retired from playing several years ago. I’m a pedal steel guitarist, and you have to have very accurate hearing to play stringed instruments that don’t have frets. Steel guitars, violins etc.. My hearing is still good to about 3 cents, and when I hear someone singing flat, it drives me crazy! I attribute my loss and tinnitus to always sitting in front of the drummer on small stages. Those ride cymbals are killers even though we didn’t play that loud.


56 posted on 01/12/2018 6:57:47 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (NOT TITO)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

I understand but realize that it was worth it. It was all worth it.


57 posted on 01/12/2018 7:01:36 PM PST by raiderboy ( "...if we have to close down our government, weÂ’re building that wall" DJT)
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To: Mears

Yes it is. Rock on as long as we can.


58 posted on 01/12/2018 7:03:00 PM PST by raiderboy ( "...if we have to close down our government, weÂ’re building that wall" DJT)
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To: nickcarraway

I read an article on MSN this morning where he was apologizing for his racist past. I didn’t have time to post it and it’s a pain in the butt trying to do it from my phone.

Very interesting side of him I never heard of before.


59 posted on 01/12/2018 7:07:38 PM PST by shotgun
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To: nickcarraway

Saw EC four times in his prime 1977 - 1985 in So Cal back when Carl Radel (before he died) and Yvonne Elliman we’re with the band. Seems like Duck Dunn was on one tour as well.


60 posted on 01/12/2018 7:08:40 PM PST by DAC21
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