Tonight’s mystery artist when contemplating retirement said that he doesn’t want anyone to come up to him and say You know what? You shouldn’t be doing this anymore, he said I’d rather come to that conclusion myself. Can you guess who he might be??

The comment came during an interview in May of this year with Eric Clapton. He was described this way by the UK's Uncut: "Certainly, if contentment can be attained through the gradual diminishing of worldly ambition, Clapton seems well on his way to achieving peace of mind. A combination of age and his willingness to embrace his responsibilities as a family man – Clapton married Melia McEnery in 2001, and they have three young daughters – has brought about a clear shift in his priorities. Bluesmen tend to go on for forever; Clapton insists he will not. More than once during a lengthy conversation he brings the subject around to the day – perhaps not so far away – when he will lay down his guitar for good."  When they asked Eric his thoughts on retirement he said, “I don’t want to have someone come up to me and say, ‘You know what? You shouldn’t be doing this anymore’,” he says. “I’d rather come to that conclusion myself.”

As recent as May of this year he was still touring but for right now there are no new dates.

Good news is he is still right here.

 

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