Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood Setlist Los Angeles California 2009
Das war die Setlist von Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood am Dienstag, 30. Juni 2009, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles (USA):
Had To Cry Today
Low Down
After Midnight
Presence of The Lord
Sleeping in the Ground
Glad
Well Alright
Tough Luck Blues
Pearly Queen
There’s A River
Forever Man
Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
Driftin’ (acoustic)
How Long Blues
Layla (acoustic)
Can’t Find My Way Home
Split Decision
Voodoo Chile
Encore:
Cocaine
Dear Mr. Fantasy
Band:
Eric Clapton – guitar, vocals
Steve Winwood – vocals, Hammond B3, guitar
Chris Stainton – keyboards
Willie Weeks – bass
Abe Laboriel, Jr. – drums
Michelle John – backing vocals
Sharon White – backing vocals
„Clapton & Winwood retrace faded footsteps at the Bowl“
„Comparing the merits of contemporaries 40-some years after their arrivals is about as sensible as measuring Michael Jackson’s exit against Elvis Presley’s. At some point the hairs of debate get split so fine, they cease to exist.
And yet I feel this is now inarguable: At this stage in his storied career –- especially in relation to the purposeless nostalgia-peddling so many of his peers resort to -– it’s fair to say that Eric Clapton, like Neil Young, is absolutely in a class all his own.
Further proof: his slow-to-burn but ultimately terrific performance alongside old friend Steve Winwood Tuesday night at the sold-out Hollywood Bowl, another retraced footstep in Slowhand’s spectacular and rocky past.
Mind you, he’s not so singular because his showmanship is somehow superior to, say, the Rolling Stones or Elton John or Fleetwood Mac (if they count). Hardly –- he will always be mesmerizing to those of us addicted to gazing at guitarists in flight, but to the average “Lay Down Sally” fan, snail races might be more interesting to watch.
Yet Clapton’s playing –- virtuosity bested in rock only by Jimi Hendrix’s unearthly knack for daring and innovation -– well, that’s another matter. Leave the entertaining to Mick and Rod. When Clapton is on, he’s still untouchable, still worthy of fervent godhead adoration …“
Pop & Hiss (The Los Angeles Times music blog): „Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood at the Bowl: Fantasy becomes reality*
„The stairway to classic-rock heaven extended straight into the Hollywood Bowl on Tuesday night as ’60s British rock heroes Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood closed their all-too-quick 14-city, three-week U.S. tour with a nearly 2 ½-hour excursion through the music they created, individually and collectively, three and four decades ago.
Even without considering any of the music that either Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee has made in the past 30 years, they had plenty to draw from, starting with a generous sampling of the material from their brief 1969 stint together in the super group Blind Faith, and dipping into Clapton’s subsequent tenure with Derek & the Dominos and Winwood’s with Traffic.
The highlight of the evening was their take on Jimi Hendrix’s „Voodoo Chile.“ At the end of the regular portion of the show, Clapton peeled off the opening lines of the song, one rock guitar deity saluting another. Then he marshaled his troops on a fearless extended trek through its dynamic intricacies, swelling and condensing, advancing then retreating, Winwood’s vocal injecting sinewy soulfulness in place of Hendrix’s gruff, sensual attack.
It fit in with their own songs that spoke to a time when the prime movers in pop music were more interested in musical and spiritual exploration than getting their songs placed in TV commercials or the closing credits of hit films.
Clapton, 64, and Winwood, 61, used their collaboration to revel in their shared love of American roots styles from blues to soul to R&B, Winwood’s whiskey-drenched voice as supple as ever, and paired sympathetically on several numbers by Clapton’s sandpapery vocal cords. “Lowdown,” “Tough Luck Blues” and “How Long” let Clapton flex the six-string prowess that generated those “Clapton is God” scrawls on subway walls all those years ago — not just the blinding flurries of distortion-sheathed runs but gossamer-light pianissimo passages as well …“
Albert Lee in his Blog: „Tuesday night Karen, Alex and I went to the Hollywood Bowl to see Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood. It was a fun evening, especially the picnic we had in our box. The music was really good, many tunes that everyone knows and lots that I’ve played with Eric over the years. A good evening apart from $35 to valet park the car and using our VIP passes to get to a spartan area to the side of the stage where we paid $8 for a glass of Gallo wine. We didn’t get to see Eric or the band as they had apparently left.“
Tags: 2009, Blind Faith, California, Eric Clapton, Live, Los Angeles, music, Musik, Playlist, Rock, Setlist, Stevie Winwood
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