BMJ  2006;333:489 (2 September), doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7566.489

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Retrospective blues: Robert Johnson—an open letter to Eric Clapton

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Let us hope the medical profession can continue to learn from all the other worlds that surround it, and which it ultimately serves. Blues aficionados among you may have enjoyed Eric Clapton's Sessions for Robert J—a personal tribute to Robert Johnson, "the most important blues musician who ever lived."

Session IV of the material featured marvellous acoustic playing by Clapton, emulating his favourite influence, and also his enlightening commentary regarding the difficulty of reproducing the material. The scene was carefully set up with the long familiar (to those of you in the know) photograph of Johnson in the background with his unnaturally long fingers clutching his guitar neck.


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It dawned on me then that perhaps Johnson's guitar playing gift related to unfair advantage from this arachnodactyly. Eric pay heed.

So what else do I know? Closer inspection of his face revealed a slight left ptosis, . . . [Full text of this article]

David Connell

GP principal, Fyvie Oldmeldrum Medical Group, Inverurie (dg.connell@virgin.net)


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