Calling someone the wrong name can make you feel embarrassed and awful. Try to imagine how that feeling would double when the person in question is a world-famous star. During a recent Q&A with the Guardian, Bryan Adams remembered how he once called Eric Clapton using another name, which greatly embarrassed the singer.
“Walking with Eric Clapton’s tour manager Mick to meet Eric backstage,” the musician answered when asked about the most embarrassing moment in his life. “And when I met Eric, I said, ‘Hi Mick,’” Adams recalled painfully and added, “I wanted to die.”
If you know about Eric Clapton’s place in Bryan Adams’ life, you can better understand what an embarrassing moment that was for the Canadian singer. When asked about his primary sources of inspiration in the past, Adams had called Clapton one of his biggest influences. Besides him, he had also listed other renowned guitarists like Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, and Eddie Van Halen.
Luckily, Bryan had the opportunity to take the stage with Clapton in the influential soul artist Sam Cooke’s 1993 tribute show, held at Apollo Theater in Harlem. Other legends like B.B. King, Ray Charles, and Ella Fitzgerald also appeared at the event. Although Adams didn’t make it clear whether he met Eric Clapton backstage at that show or some other time, it is apparent that his first meeting with the guitarist remained a bad memory for him.
