Following up on one British rock band and its vehicular counterpart, the Rolling Stones and the Porsche 911, is this British blues guitarist, Eric Clapton. Where does Clapton's correlating car come from?
Just as Eric Clapton's music seems more American than English, so does the car, Ford's Mustang. Except in the car's case, it seems more American than English because it is completely American. There the contrasts end.
Like the Ford Mustang, Eric Clapton has had his questionable moments. For the musician, those moments involved touring with the aid of intoxication and inebriation. As for the Mustang, lousy 4-cylinders and a complete lack of technological advancements kept the Ford behind the times.
Yet somehow it seems that Eric Clapton's music ought to be played in a dark pub & grill in some small town just west of Mobile, Alabama. Parked outside that pub & grill should be an '10 Shelby GT500 or, better yet, a '65 Mustang with the 289ci V8.
There's something right and proper about that; the joining of a man and a car who/which started out well, struggled for a time, and are now at the peak of their existence.
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