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Charles does a lovely cover of the Leon Russell evergreen, A Song for You, and follows it with an intense rendering of None of Us Are Free. The latter expands on the opening cut in a way that's both more pointed and more poignant, with an Eric Clapton guitar solo that complements Charles' anvil- hard vocal and leavens the message with saving lyricism...
...They also represent most of the top directors, including Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and John Hughes. And most of the top screenwriters. The only weak spot, according to one of those reticent studio chiefs, is in music; there, CAA's client roster is peopled by such nobodies as Eric Clapton, Michael Jackson and Madonna. If you are a movie executive or a producer and you want to get a film made, it's possible to proceed without Ovitz's complicity -- but not advisable...
...plugged it into an outlet not far from the portrait of George Washington. Instantly a stern White House functionary informed her, "We've never had music in the Oval Office." Only the President, it was decided, could approve such a breach in decorum. "Sure," said Clinton, and Eric Clapton's album Unplugged began to fill the room. A Secret Service agent remarked to a colleague, "I told you we were gonna miss the other...
...Brothers Band kick off the show, followed by delta blues musician Honeyboy Edwards and Robert Johnson's stepson, Robert Lockwood Jr., who learned guitar from the Great One himself. Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, a Chicago guitar kingpin who has shared the stage with the likes of Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, the Allan Brothers and the Rolling Stones, sweats out the loudest set of the evening. It's already steaming hot, but Luther's loud, raucous performance pushes the temperature even higher. Mercifully, someone opens a window...
...release, This Note's For You, Neil Young took a lyrical stab at Eric Clapton, who sold his song to Michelob Beer for a high-profile commercial. At the end of his video for the title track, Young thrust a beer can before the camera, spinning it around to reveal the words: "Sponsored by nobody...