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CocaineEarly on in his career, Eric Clapton seemed to have a difficult time sticking to one band. He play with the Yardbirds, John Mayalls Bluesbreakers, Blind Faith, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, and Cream. But throughout all the time he spent with each of those bands, no solo work was ever thought of until 1970. It was in 1970 that Clapton launched his solo career with his self-titled debut album.His first album had only one real hit, so to speak, with After Midnight, but is still regarded as one of his give out works. Many felt that it was more of a D&B&F album,that merely featured Clapton on guitar. This was due to the amount of time he had been spend with the group, after he went solo. Before his debut album was ever released, Clapton had formed a band with some of the D&B&F members called Derek and the Dominos. He played with them for most of 1970. In 1971 and 1972, Clapton was not heard from, at least not musically, as he was battling a heroin addiction that cut two long time out of his early work. But, on January 13, 1973, Clapton stormed back with a live performance at the Rainbow Theatre in London. That spawned his next record, Eric Claptons Rainbow Concert, which, obviously, featured live performances.It wasnt until a few months later, in 1974, when Clapton had a substantial solo career, with the release of 461 Ocean Boulevard. That record had the number one single, I Shot the Sheriff, which is still a popular song to this day.In 1975 and 1976, Clapton released three records, as follow-ups to 461 Ocean Boulevard. Theres One in Every Crowd, E.C. Was Here, (live) and No Reason to Cry, respectively, had no where cuddle the success of his previous album. But, thankfully, in 1977, Clapton released Slowhand, which had mega-hits with Lay Down Sally, Wonderful Tonight, (which was a million seller) and Cocaine.Originally written by country-rocker J.J. Cale (who also wrote After Midnight), Cocaine was a bluesy-soul-rock song that, essentially, was about wha t Cocaine can do for you, and gave tips about what to do while high on Cocaine. If you wanna hang out youve got to take her out cocaine.If you wanna get hold down, down on the ground cocaine.She dont lie, she dont lie, she dont cocaine.If you got bad news, you wanna kick them blues cocaine.