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Guitarist Robert Cray Drops from Eric Clapton Tour over Anti-Lockdown Song
breitbart.com ^
| 11/12/2021
| Simon Kent
Posted on 11/13/2021 11:18:13 AM PST by rktman
Blues guitarist Robert Cray has dropped out of Eric Clapton’s U.S. tour citing the British guitar legend’s anti-lockdown stance as well as his public opposition to coronavirus vaccine mandates.
In an interview with the Washington Post, Cray said he backed out from a tour with Clapton after the latter released a song last year comparing lockdowns to slavery.
The song in question is “Stand And Deliver,” a joint release with fellow sceptic Van Morrison that saw Clapton sing: “Do you wanna be a free man / Or do you wanna be a slave? / Do you wanna wear these chains / Until you’re lying in the grave?”
As he explained to the Post, Cray – a black man born into a segregated community in 1953 Georgia – rejected such a comparison.
Cray revealed he sent Clapton an email after he heard the track last December, saying “his reaction back to me was that he was referring to slaves from, you know, England from way back.”
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KEYWORDS: covid19; craycray; letsgobobbycray; letsgorobertcray; music; robertcray; uhyeah
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Sorry if you don't "get it" robert. Guess you think comparing the current regime in Australia is sort of like turning the land down unduh back into a penal colony isn't a proper comparison either? For the unvaxxed, life will be miserable and very lonely according to the govt.
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posted on
11/13/2021 11:18:13 AM PST
by
rktman
To: rktman
Couple of capable artists, and each is entitled to his own way of thinking.
Hope the parting is amicable.
I’d guess there are artists that Clapton would refuse to appear with, too.
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posted on
11/13/2021 11:21:15 AM PST
by
Cboldt
To: rktman
Too stupid to understand a metaphor?
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posted on
11/13/2021 11:21:49 AM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
To: rktman
Pretty sure Eric will muddle through without him.
L
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posted on
11/13/2021 11:23:05 AM PST
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
To: rktman
I guess Robert wants to wear the chains. 🤷🏻♀️
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posted on
11/13/2021 11:23:09 AM PST
by
Allegra
To: rktman
Eric Clapton I know. Great musician.
Robert Cray?
Never heard of him.
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posted on
11/13/2021 11:23:26 AM PST
by
SmokingJoe
( )
To: rktman
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posted on
11/13/2021 11:24:15 AM PST
by
nesnah
(Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
To: rktman
I hope Clapton is able to find another guitarist that wants to play on stage with him!
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posted on
11/13/2021 11:24:54 AM PST
by
aynrandfreak
(Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
To: Cboldt
Any artist would be lucky to appear with Eric Clapton.
Who the heck is Robert Cray?
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posted on
11/13/2021 11:25:45 AM PST
by
SmokingJoe
( )
To: aynrandfreak
Easy.
He is Eric Clapton.
To: SmokingJoe
Pretty good guitarist.
Surprised you haven’t heard of him.
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posted on
11/13/2021 11:28:30 AM PST
by
sauropod
To: rktman
Cray is excellent. Sad to hear he’s such a snowflake because I don’t get this reaction at all.
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posted on
11/13/2021 11:30:16 AM PST
by
day10
(You'll get nothing and like it!)
To: aynrandfreak
I would but don’t want to be the cause of him retiring. 😂😂😂🎸🎸
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posted on
11/13/2021 11:32:37 AM PST
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
To: sauropod
Pretty good guitarist. Too bad he can't leave the plantation.
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posted on
11/13/2021 11:33:38 AM PST
by
Sirius Lee
(They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
To: rktman
Maybe Cray should have a serious conversation with Clapton about bad reactions to the “vaccine”. Clapton knows quite a lot about that.
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posted on
11/13/2021 11:36:50 AM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(You are not a horse, you are not a cow. Seriously, y'all. Stop it.)
To: rktman
Saw EC a couple months ago with Jimmie Vaughn as the warm up. Great show by both, nothing political involved.
As far as Robert Cray, I like his work well enough, but:
Let’s go Robert Cray!
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posted on
11/13/2021 11:37:29 AM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Sirius Lee
Too bad he can’t leave the plantation.
____________________________________________________________
Add another one to the list who should’ve
“Shut up and play, stupid”
Ruined his music for me with his comment.
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posted on
11/13/2021 11:37:43 AM PST
by
JCL3
(As Richard Feynman might have said, this is reality taking precedence over public relations.)
To: SmokingJoe
He does, or did have the Robert Cray band quite a while back. I can’t remember any of their music. I guess it did not make much of an impression on me.
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posted on
11/13/2021 11:38:01 AM PST
by
certrtwngnut
(4- Do something,,,,even if it's wrong.)
To: rktman
Good Lord bands used to be anti social. Now they’re pro fascism.
We can’t have edgy rock bands perish the thought!
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posted on
11/13/2021 11:38:59 AM PST
by
Williams
(Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
To: rktman
Liked Cray’s music, but didn’t realize he was an idiot, until now.
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posted on
11/13/2021 11:39:48 AM PST
by
Eagles6
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