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Clapton has often said he considers Fairweather Low to have been the architect of the success of the "unplugged' album, in particular. This is a credit most musicians would virtually kill or die for. Not so, Fairweather Low, who instead adopts his customary self-deprecating approach to his life and career: 'Eric gives me too much credit for 'Unplugged'. In reality, I helped a bit but the arrangements were something I just worked on. I worked at his home, doing it, and we got on well together. The thing about Eric is he's an absolutely fabulous electric guitar player. He was wary about acoustic to some extent but he wanted a version of the old Robert Johnson song 'Malted Milk' included. It's not an easy number and I asked if he really wanted to try it. He said yea, so I put that together for him. I said, okay, if you really must, I'll work on it. The rest is history, as they say. It was a success and the album and tours were both great fun.'

And what about 'Layla'? I ask the veteran Welsh wizard: ' Oh, Layla! Playing that every night was killing me at times. But, tell you what, I can sit there on-stage with Eric and in reality I don't see what's going on. That's because I'm too much a part of it. I don't have the perspective, the audience's view, if you like. But one track I can sit and watch him play all night, forever, is when he picks up the acoustic and plays 'Nobody Wants To Know You When You're Down And Out.' His picking and his voice are perfect, every time, for me. I always enjoy that one.'