Today is a day that shall live on in glory and triumph as the day the Rehab started offering some of our favorite singles (occasionally by more prominent artists than we've posted in the past). To kick off this new section, I am pleased to present you with another great song from Slowhand himself. Yes, I once again am writing about Eric Clapton- yet another display of my borderline-obsessive fandom. But this isn't any ordinary Clapton; what sets this song apart is the event that inspired it. Clapton wrote this shortly after and because of the death of his 4 year old son, Conor. After his son fell from the 53rd story of a New York condominium, Clapton became distraught and pained for months. However, he made it through that horrible time, and what's more, he did it sober. This awe-inspiring tale of dealing with this traumatic experience is a testament to the strength of the human spirit even if the gravest of times. This song along with Clapton's other most personal song "My Father's Eyes" has been retired as of 2004. Though he no longer feels the loss that inspired these masterpieces, they live on as tributes to an amazing musician and the people he lost. Here's Tears in Heaven.
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