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Originally Posted by Neb-Maat-Re
Well, at least it's more accurate and factual than most of these profiles.
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Although it's not accurate on this part:
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when Eric Clapton left to form Cream, Green nagged Mayall to let him try out. His persistence paid off ... Mayall said he just wanted to shut Green up and had no idea how good he was!
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When Clapton left the Bluesbreakers for Cream, Mayall knew very well how good Green was - after all Green had played with him for a week the previous summer when Clapton went AWOL, and he lived in a flat downstairs from Mayall at the time. Most likely the author is thinking of that earlier occasion in '65.....Mayall has said that Green kept pestering him to let him play, as Green kept telling him that he was better than the guitarist Mayall had filling in for Clapton at the time.