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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Eric Clapton is playing "Cocaine" in concert again. The recovering drug addict and alcoholic, who founded the Crossroads Centre addiction recovery center on the Caribbean island of Antigua, stopped performing the song written by J.J. Cale when he first got sober.
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In 1981, Clapton was invited by producer Martin Lewis to appear at the Amnesty International benefit The Secret Policeman's Other Ball. Clapton accepted the invitation and teamed up with Jeff Beck to perform a series of duets - reportedly their first-ever billed stage collaboration. Three of the performances were released on the album of the show and one of the songs was featured in the film of the show. The performances heralded a return to form and prominence for Clapton in the new decade.
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Last week, Eric Clapton said he would consider playing his song, “Cocaine” in concert again. He stopped playing the song after a rehab stint because he thought playing it would be hypocritical.
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Clapton wrote this autobiography from a place of contentment. A world tour has just concluded, he is surrounded by his second wife and three young daughters and he hasn't had a drink in decades. His son's death can never be far from him, though. One of the songs he wrote in the wake of the tragedy, 'Tears in Heaven,' was a worldwide hit, his most popular song ever."
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The 1990's brought even greater challenges for Clapton. The death of Stevie Ray Vaughn and two others, all close friends of Clapton's left him stunned. On March 20, 1991 Clapton's four-year-old son fell forty stories to his death. The song "Tears In Heaven," recorded for the movie Rush later that year proved to be a massive hit single. A year after his son's death, Clapton recorded a live concert for MTV Unplugged that yielded his strongest selling album to date, based in large part on the live single of "Tears In Heaven."
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