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Eric Clapton reveals this week of his declining health

The King of Electric Guitar this week, Eric Clapton, announced to the news media that he is just about completely deaf from severe tinnitus and is suffering nerve damage to his hands that will in just a matter of time compromise his ability to play. When Clapton goes it will be the end of the Rock era as we know it.

Years ago, B.B.King was asked at a press conference who he thought was the greatest rock guitarist of all time, he replied,
"My personal opinion?..."Eric Clapton is the greatest rock and roll guitar player of all time." 1986


                                                 
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I think the era of Rock and Roll is gone.

It died with Billy Idol. Whoever. 
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The thread’s subject is his health, not his talent or generosity.
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The connection was that Cocaine was his drug of choice for some time. Like heroin, it has its downside, assuming you survive it. According to him he had a $16K per week heroin habit way back when, at his peak consumption as it were. 
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@freediver, actually it’s a Dylan song, Cocaine Blues, also Dave Van Runk, Mississippi John Hurt, Johnny Cash and many others. Clapton’s is a different song, Cocaine. Cheers
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Hey baby better come here quick
This old cocaine is making me sick
Cocaine all around my brain

Cocaine's for horses and it's not for men
Doctor said it kill you but he don't say when
Cocaine all around my brain


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Mark Levinson did ongoing testing between standard SACD and single layered SHM-SACD disc and concluded that the SHM-SACD format is superior in sound quality and resolution.

>>>>That testing was either before SHM-SACD began to aggressively compress their discs a few years ago or there’s an excellent chance Mark Levinson is stone deaf.
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I hate to judge before all the facts are in but according to the Official Dynamic Range Database it appears the fairly recent Japanese Led Zeppelin SHM SACDs are horribly compressed. Is no one safe? 😬
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