Thank you for posting these! I very much enjoyed watching them. I saw Eric Clapton with Mark Knopfler once, many years ago I went to see Mark Knopfler again a few years ago when he opened up for Bob Dylan
That song was written by Eric Clapton. He's a very gifted musician. Glad he's gotten himself clean and sober ... he does a lot of good work in rehab.
Here's info on Clapton from an article I found:
"It was during a time of real personal crisis in 1969 that Eric made an initial commitment as a Christian. He had been intrigued by spirituality as a child and had attended church. Now he was being influenced by the genuine love and warmth of American duo Delaney and Bonnie when he toured with them. It was their influence which helped him to overcome drug addiction. As a thank you to both God and his Christian friends, he wrote the song ‘Presence of the Lord’ for the Blind Faith album.
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But Eric again became addicted to alcohol during his successful solo years of the 1970’s. He eventually says he hit ‘rock bottom’ in 1987. Following rehab, he “surrendered to God” and his life eventually came together again. He writes, “
“In the privacy of my room, I begged for help. I had no notion who I thought I was talking to, I just knew that I had come to the end of my tether … and, getting down on my knees, I surrendered. Within a few days I realized that … I had found a place to turn to, a place I’d always known was there but never really wanted, or needed, to believe in. From that day until this, I have never failed to pray in the morning, on my knees, asking for help, and at night, to express gratitude for my life and, most of all, for my sobriety. I choose to kneel because I feel I need to humble myself when I pray, and with my ego, this is the most I can do. If you are asking why I do all this, I will tell you … because it works, as simple as that.”
Love Mark Knopfler too ... another gifted musician Love his song "Why Worry". "Postcards from Paraguay" is another favorite of mine.
Glad you got to enjoy Clapton and Knopfler together ... musta been a great show!