HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIC
Dandelion DL017
Shangri-La Studios (Malibu, CA); March 30, 1976
Tracklist: Billy Preston, It's Eric Clapton's Birthday; Van
Morrison, Who Do You Love; Rick Danko, Hard Times; Van Morrison, Stormy Monday; instrumental jam; Bob Dylan, Spanish Is The
Loving Tongue, Water Is Wide, Idiot Wind;
Clapton, Big River; Levon Helm, Steppin' Out
DEEP: Clapton says,"I had a magnificent birthday party
right in the middle of the sessions and we decided to record
everything and everybody that came into the studio. There's Billy
Preston singing a couple of Ray Charles songs with The Band backing
him along with Jesse Ed Davis, me, Robbie Robertson and Woody (Ron
Wood) on guitars. Bob showed up about eight o'clock in the morning
and it went on from there." Best quality I've heard of this
material, particularly the Dylan segment. A loose, fun disk,
packaged nicely with a color 8 page booklet.
