Happy Birthday Eric Clapton and News from John Page

Happy birthday, Eric Clapton.

There's good color in Eric Clapton's life these days - marriage, two young children and a healthy teenager, graffiti Art Guitars, a new CD, tour dates, major charity auction, hunting, and, I'm sure, much more.

Congratulations, Eric Clapton. We wish you nothing but the best.

For those who would like to know more about Clapton's recent life, here's a good interview article, Born to the Blues, from Saga magazine. Worth a read.

Speaking of worthy reads...

I have several links to this site in the two recent Clapton articles, but want to mention it again, though its existence won't be news to Clapton fans: Where's ERIC! - the Clapton Fanzine. With all the breaking Clapton news, they've been extremely busy but found the time to help me research the last two Clapton articles. Much appreciated.

John Page

And speaking of "where is", I have received a number of emails asking where former Fender Custom Shop manager (and wearer of several other hats at Fender during his more than twenty years there) John Page is these days.

Here's the answer: John retired from Fender, moved to the wilds of Oregon (my description of where in Oregon, not his), and is pursuing a non-guitar-related art career.

Today, John announced the opening of his website, p(one)c and you're all invited to visit and see some great examples of his "functional fine art".

John's site was built by his son, Adam, who, from what I hear, is now the Page family guitar builder. Adam has his own site at www.2widepro.com.

Congratulations, John and Adam.

[Image: New Gothage Curio by John Page. Functional wood sculpture featuring birdseye maple. Copyright 2004, John Page. All rights reserved.]