Daylight Video

by Ed Kilgore
Politics

We’re into a second day of commemorating Eric Clapton’s 70th birthday, so let’s kick it off by going back to 1966, with Clapton performing the instrumental “Steppin’ Out” with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers. Good mornin’ music.

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Ed Kilgore

Ed Kilgore, a Monthly contributing editor, is a columnist for the Daily Intelligencer, New York magazine’s politics blog, and the managing editor for the Democratic Strategist.