I hadn't heard that, but Mick seems to toss Eric's name around quite a bit when it comes to "guitar replacements". Also, Eric was to be Lindsey's replacement after the infamous Australia show on the "Tusk" tour when Lindsey had his "melt down" and was nearly fired.
Eric had turned down Mick Jagger's offer to join the Stones in 1969, as well. Eric was in mid-tour with Blind Faith at the time...was enamored with Delaney & Bonnie and Friends and was preferring to join them at the time; so he said "no" to the Stones. They got ANOTHER ex-Bluesbreaker instead: Mick Taylor.
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Among God's creations, two, the dog and the guitar, have taken all the sizes and all the shapes in order not to be separated from the man.---Andres Segovia
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