Wall bound and silent

Spent the weekend after JP's passing and my 48th birthday in South Carolina, at All-star Cheer bloodbath "Battle on the Beach".  Five days of travel for a grand total of 5 min of competition, so needless to say being a Cheer Dad involves a LOT of standing around, gamely holding a glittery Nfinity backpack covered with bows and of course those few minutes of nail-biting, heart-pounding hysteria.  On top of it all, a couple of weeks later at Nationals back home my fierce little competitor SJ got a concussion, we think mainly from buddy MS bashing her in the back of the head while going down a water slide in tandem at the hotel, but getting kicked in the head during day 2's run as well didn't help either. Yes, getting kicked in the face and head comes with the territory, along with vomit, blood, sprains and eyelid glitter. For those who know nothing of which I speak I refer you to the excellent documentary available in full on Youtube "The Twinkles: Chasing Perfection": (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWGPCVMDmXE).
Did a lunch at Hard Rock Myrtle Beach and there were some interesting items (one of Dee Dee Ramone's basses!!) but this one caught my attention: Stratocaster, labelled as used by Clapton in the recording of Derek and the Dominoes "Layla and Assorted Love Songs".  Certainly not "Brownie" or "Blackie" or the other infamous one now belonging to Chris Duarte (http://www.chrisduartegroupfans.org/2nd%20strat.html) but I felt the pull nonetheless.  Not that I've ever been a big Clapton fan per se - I'm more on the Marc Ribot/Adrian Belew/Johnny Greenwood end of things though I do consider that album to be one of the high water marks of the 70's, and it's always resonated with me.  I tried to find out more about this particular guitar but nothing much on the net.   Very cool to see -