“I want you to be there.” I don’t know why. Robert Knight: Stevie had made a point of saying he was going to do a special version of Voodoo Chile, just for me. Greg Rzab: There was a light around him, which I always found interesting, especially now that we know what happened. This particular night he played incredibly well – he played licks that none of us had heard before. He seemed really happy to be there and was in great spirits.īuddy Guy: They invited me up there just as a guest, so I was sittin’ on stage from start to finish. Nathan East (bassist, Eric Clapton Band): Stevie and I spoke briefly in the dressing room before he went on stage, saying how much we all looked forward to jamming together at the end of the night. He lived his last day in such a blissful state. Big hugs, “Hello, man, howya doin’?” He was in a beautiful place. He opened it up, standing there with no shirt on, but he had his big hat on. Greg Rzab (bassist, Buddy Guy Band): I remember knocking on the door of Stevie’s dressing room. One of the purest channels I’ve ever seen, where everything he sang and played flowed straight down from heaven. Eric Clapton: On the first night, I watched his set for about half an hour and then I had to leave because I couldn’t handle it! I suddenly got this flash that I’d experienced before so many times whenever I’d seen him play, which was that he was like a channel.
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