The dark years : 1971-1973

Les Roosters and Les Yardbirds
John Mayall and The BluesBreakers
Cream
Blind Faith
Delaney and Bonnie and Derek and The Dominos
The dark years : 1971-1973
1973 : the mystical year
The end of the 70's
The movie soundtracks
The years of the pop Warner
1991-1992 : the sad years
The consecration : "Unplugged"
The crazy years : EC all around the world
"From the cradle"
The new EC : EC "techno"

The dark years : 1971-1973

    Affected by his drug addiction (he was close to sale his guitars), his love affairs and the death of Duane Allman on October 29, 1971, EC is at his lowest. But he decided to heal. After 3 years and the help of his friends, mainly Pet Towsend, he succeeds in lying drug with an electric-acupuncture treatment. It was a 3 year retreat with rare productions.

"Of course I regret all this time lost in drinking and drugging me. but I think that without this I won't be where I am today. You know drugs have a huge impact, and a lot of people have to take some before realizing it wasn't a good idea. Saying I need some to be creative, it's wrong, even I believed it at this time. That is a huge trap and the illusion of drug, t make you believe you can't create without it. They cracks. I am someone very creative with or without drug."

  Beginning 1971, EC participates to the Lillian Russel's Show, and to the concert for Bengladesh where he plays, among others "While my guitare gently wheeps". We remember EC making his solo on the original version of this music, it was in 1968 on the double album "White" of the Beatles. It was the first official collaboration with George Harrison.

"Yes, it was our first official collaboration. We were already friends from a while. We were driving in London, he was going to the studio and he asked me to attend him in order to help him. I accepted without really knowing what they wanted from me. They showed me the harmonies of the song, I played, it became really interesting and we had a very good time."

Delaney and Bonnie et Derek and The Dominos

1973 : the mystical year

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