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Eric 1992 im Shoreline Amphitheatre von Mountain View, zweiter Abend.
Eine klasse Version von "Old Love", sein Solo ab 8:52 ein Genuß.
Auch das Solo von Chuck davor ist exzellent.

Eric Clapton – guitar / vocals
Andy Fairweather Low – guitar
Chuck Leavell – keyboards
Nathan East – bass
Steve Ferrone – drums
Ray Cooper – percussion
Katie Kissoon – backing vocals
Gina Foster – backing vocals

Set List damals:
01. White Room
02. Pretending
03. Anything For Your Love
04. I Shot The Sheriff
05. Running On Faith
06. She’s Waiting
07. Tears In Heaven
08. Before You Accuse Me
09. Old Love
10. Badge
11. Wonderful Tonight
12. Layla
13. Crossroads
14. Sunshine Of Your Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtYHo8R ... e=youtu.be

Der "Sheriff" vor 22 Jahren. Im Februar in der RAH mit dieser Besetzung:

Eric Clapton – guitar / vocals
Andy Fairweather Low – guitar
Chris Stainton – keyboards
Jerry Portnoy – harmonica
Dave Bronze – bass
Steve Gadd – drums
Tessa Niles – backing vocals
Katie Kissoon – backing vocals
The Kick Horns (Roddy Lorimer – trumpet, Tim Sanders – tenor sax, Simon Clarke – baritone sax)

Killer-Version. Mit einem Solo, das kaum zu toppen ist. Von 4:45 bis 8:18.
Kommentare bitte...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw5FRV6JBGg

Weil er "Layla" elektrisch wohl doch nicht mehr spielt (oder spielen kann?),
hier eine Rehearsal Version (mit Marcy Levy!) vom 13. Februar 1985 in Brixton:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idd8Z7rEK2w

Besetzung:
Eric Clapton – guitar / vocals
Donald 'Duck' Dunn - bass
Tim Renwick - guitar
Chris Stainton - keyboards
Jamie Oldaker - drums
Marcy Levy - backing vocals
Shaun Murphy - backing vocals

Ein echtes Meisterwerk war "Old Love" während der Japan Tour mit George Harrison am 14.12.1991 im Tokyo Dome.
Kein anderer Gitarrist wird es jemals so spielen können wie Eric. Eine seiner stärksten Live-Phasen überhaupt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXKjSyd ... e=youtu.be

Zum Vergleich seine auch wunderbare 2009er Version aus der Royal Albert Hall, die ich live erleben durfte:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyzqSFeWLyk

Ganz oben auf der Liste seiner besten Auftritte der letzten 25+ Jahre stehen die
2009er Beacon Theatre Auftritte mit den Allman Brothers.
Hier der komplette erste Abend. Eric beginnt mit "Key To The Highway" (ab 1:30:33)

Dedicated to Gregg and Duane Allman! R.i.p.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaaTHVa8sBY

Setlist:
1. Little Martha
2. Statesboro Blues
3. Done Somebody Wrong
4. Revival
5. Woman Across the River
6. Don't Keep Me Wonderin'
7. Whipping Post
8. Oncoming Traffic (Gregg solo)
9. Come and Go Blues
10. Good Morning Little School Girl (Danny Louis on Keys)
11. Key to the Highway (w/ Eric Clapton)
12. Dreams (w/ Eric Clapton)
13. Why Does Love Have to Be So Sad (w/ Eric Clapton)
14. Little Wing (w/ Eric Clapton)
15. Anyday (w/ Eric Clapton and Susan Tedeschi)
encore:
16. Layla (w/ Eric Clapton)
17. Little Martha outro

Die interessante Story der ABB Bandmitglieder zum Treffen mit Eric:

DEREK TRUCKS: I had mentioned it to him a few times, but the band wrote a letter – it was really important that it come from them –
and I just made sure it got delivered. It was a group effort that basically said, “This is the Allman Brothers Band and we are paying
tribute to Duane to celebrate our 40th anniversary. Please join us.”
BUTCH TRUCKS: We’ve been trying to jam with Eric for years but have never been in the same place at the same time.
Eric is a big fan of the Allman Brothers, and when Duane died, probably his three best friends outside of our band were
Eric Clapton, John Hammond and Delaney Bramlett. Eric and John were at the Beacon and Delaney had sadly died a few months earlier.
That’s why it was so important to us to have Eric there.
WARREN HAYNES: It was a really big deal to the Allman Brothers Band because that had never happened, which is pretty incredible given the history between Duane and Eric.
We were so honored to have him there and the fact it turned into seven or eight songs, going well beyond what we originally agreed upon,
was icing on the cake. He was great to work with, he played great and everyone was on his best behavior because we all knew what a special moment it was.
We were all very impressed with Eric’s desire to learn Allman Brothers songs rather than just get up and jam and not just choose ones that would make it easy on everybody.
We were hoping for the opportunity to play some of the centerpieces, like “Dreams” and “Liz Reed” and Eric was more than game.
“Little Wing” was an afterthought and the coolest part of the rehearsal. Everything went very smoothly and when we had basically played through all the songs
we agreed upon, Eric looked around and said, “Is there anything else we should think about? What about ‘Little Wing’?” Our group reaction was,
“Well, we’ve never played it, but sure.” We started working it up from scratch and I thought it was one of the highlights.”

Und hier die Zugabe:

2. Konzert 20.3.2009 The Allman Brothers Band mit Eric ab ca. 1:41:00 - ich finde es noch etwas besser als das Erste.

https://youtu.be/kIN3voFaPTM

Gruß Stevie

Kürzlich gab es auf einer Clapton Facebook Seite eine Umfrage, welches die 10 besten EC Konzerte aller Zeiten sind.
Darunter wurde mehrmals dieses CREAM Konzert in Detroit 1967 genannt.
Damals waren Cream Live Konzerte aus einer anderen Welt.
Hier als Audio Video in einer für die damalige Zeit sensationellen Qualität:
EC 1967-10-17 Detroit Grande Ballroom Complete Remastered (gesamt 2:15:57)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVXsjDX ... e=youtu.be

1. Tales of Brave Ulysses
2. N. S. U. - (4:21)
3. Sitting On the Top of the World - (20:36)
4. Sweet Wine - (25:05)
5. Rollin' & Tumblin' - (39:10)
6. Spoonful - (46:41)
7. Steppin' Out* - (1:07:39)
8. Traintime - (1:19:05)
9. Toad* - (1:26:32)
10. I'm So Glad!* - (1:43:42)

Hier ein Song vom Back Home Album 2005, leider nur einmal 2006 in Glasgow Live gespielt:
"Run Home To Me":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VojPRx ... ture=share

Ich wusste, eines Tages ist es so weit! Vielleicht mein schönstes EC Konzert!

Hier der komplette Abend vom leider letzten Konzert in Woking, 31.12.2012.
Direkt an der Bühne. Und in welcher Qualität! Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEkIyIo ... l642AD06t0

Schöne Zusammenstellung ist dieses 2012 Apollo New York Blues Audio-Video mit Eric & Friends:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EEseCk ... V8nOkU1a6Q