LAST NIGHT
ERIC CLAPTON
SONGWRITER:
WALTER JACOBS
COUNTRY: U.K.
ALBUM: NO
REASON TO CRY
LABEL: POLYDOR
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1976
No Reason to Cry is a 1976
album by Eric Clapton, released for both Polydor and RSO records. The album was
released in compact disc format on October 25, 1990…
The album was recorded at The
Band's Shangri-la Studios in March 1976, and included involvement from all five
members; Rick Danko shared vocals with Clapton on "All Our Past
Times," which he co-wrote with Clapton. The album also includes a duet
with Bob Dylan on his otherwise unreleased song "Sign Language." The
booklet in Bob Dylan's box set The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare &
Unreleased) 1961–1991 describes his involvement in this album: "Dylan
dropped by and was just hanging out, living in a tent at the bottom of the
garden. He would
sneak into the studio to see what was going on. Dylan offered his new,
unrecorded song "Seven Days" to Clapton. Clapton
passed on it, but Ron Wood took him up on the offer and released it on his
third solo album Gimme Some Neck". The song "Innocent Times" is
sung by Marcy Levy, who also shared vocals with Clapton on "Hungry."
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE
(born 30 March 1945), is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and
songwriter. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame: once as a solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and Cream.
Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential
guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked second in Rolling Stone magazine's list
of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson's "Top
50 Guitarists of All Time". He was also named number five in Time magazine's
list of "The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players" in 2009.
In the mid-1960s Clapton
left the Yardbirds to play with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers.
Immediately after leaving Mayall, Clapton formed the power trio Cream with
drummer Ginger Baker and bassist Jack Bruce, in which Clapton played sustained
blues improvisations and "arty, blues-based psychedelic pop". Furthermore,
he formed blues rock band Blind Faith with Baker, Steve Winwood, and Ric Grech.
For most of the 1970s Clapton's output bore the influence of the mellow style
of J. J. Cale and the reggae of Bob Marley. His version of Marley's "I
Shot the Sheriff" helped reggae reach a mass market. Two of his most
popular recordings were "Layla", recorded with Derek and the Dominos;
and Robert Johnson's "Crossroads", recorded with Cream. Following the
death of his son Conor in 1991, Clapton's grief was expressed in the song
"Tears in Heaven", which was featured on his Unplugged album.
Clapton has been the
recipient of 18 Grammy Awards, and the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution
to Music. In 2004 he was awarded a CBE at Buckingham Palace for services to
music. In 1998, Clapton, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, founded the Crossroads
Centre on Antigua, a medical facility for recovering substance abusers.
Last night, I lost the best friend I
ever had.
Last night, I lost the best friend I ever had.
She's gone away and left me; that makes me feel so bad.
It's early in the morning and my love is coming down to you.
It's early in the morning and my love is coming down to you.
I'll love you, love you, baby, till I don't know what to do.
Last night, I lost the best friend I ever had.
Last night, I lost the best friend I ever had.
Now you've gone away and left me; that makes me feel so bad.
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