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Music Appreciation

highplainsdem

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3. Agree completely. I've often chided my RW friends and relatives who refuse to

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 18, 2021, 03:24 PM

Dec 2021

continue appreciating artists or athletes they'd once admired because they're discovered to be, OMG, liberal.

It's possible that knowing Clapton is an asshole may affect my opinion of his music in the future. But I'm determined not to let it change my opinion of records and performances I loved.

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Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, Derek Trucks, Doyle Bramhall - Can't Find My Way Home, live, 2007 [View all] highplainsdem Dec 2021 OP

All great, even if Clapton is a solid asshole. hlthe2b Dec 2021 #1

Well said, and agreed. c-rational Dec 2021 #2

Agree completely. I've often chided my RW friends and relatives who refuse to highplainsdem Dec 2021 #3

I wouldn't pay to go see Clapton again, though I certainly did in the past. lark Jan 2022 #6

Understandable. And btw, since your reference to the collaboration with Tracy Chapman might highplainsdem Jan 2022 #7

From same concert, highlighting Steve Winwood's guitar talents sans Clapton: (Dear Mr. Fantasy) hlthe2b Dec 2021 #4

Thanks! Great performance! So was his performance of the same song for PBS Soundstage in 2005, highplainsdem Dec 2021 #5