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, Im going deaf, Ive got tinnitus, my hands just about work. Im hoping that people will come along and see me just because, or maybe more than because Im a curiosity. I know that is part of it, because it's amazing to myself Im 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 hasnt 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.
Im as good now as Ive been in the last two years.
Pete Townshend has a nasty case of tinnitus that pretty much has rendered him deaf.
“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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That's when the good parties start!
Are you going to let it all hang out?
Losing my hearing and suffering with tinnitus after 35 years of wearing headphones on a daily basis at a radio station.
When the sheriff brings you home, don’t shoot him or the deputy.
.....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.
You say my name? Yes. Yes. I no hear so well or see either. But I can bring you home?
I saw Eric , Phil Colins , and Robert Cray at a small venue in 1988 , I think . I was in the second row and it was a blues fan dream .
1971. Ten Years After at The Warehouse in New Orleans. My ears still ring.
Stop that!
Sharif don’t like it!
Rock ‘n Roll never forgets...
“exposure to loud noise certainly can. “
Ginger?
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.
I understand but realize that it was worth it. It was all worth it.
Yes it is. Rock on as long as we can.
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.
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.
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