Going to see Clapton tonight!

Spexxvet · 10-09-2006, 04:24 PM

I'm going to see Clapton tonight!

Squack, spurt, squirt.

I have to change my pants.

Trilby · 10-09-2006, 05:23 PM

so...are you going to see Clapton tonight?

Does he still do COCAINE? (er, the song.)

Undertoad · 10-09-2006, 08:14 PM

I heard he continued playing it after a long hiatus.

Review required Spex! I should have seen Cream.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-09-2006, 09:37 PM

OK Spexxvet, you've got your ticket, the show's in an hour.
They caught a guy that put a bomb in the venue.
Clapton says he's leaving town if they don't find it in 30 minutes.
They have a waterboard.

Have a good time, I know he'll put on a good show....he always does.
Not only the playing, his production/sound is always first class.

Ibby · 10-09-2006, 10:19 PM

He's plaing Hong Kong in january, I really wanna try to catch him there.

Spexxvet · 10-10-2006, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

OK Spexxvet, you've got your ticket, the show's in an hour.
They caught a guy that put a bomb in the venue.
Clapton says he's leaving town if they don't find it in 30 minutes.
They have a waterboard.

They'll make a martyr of me. Saint Spexxvet.

I worked until after 7:00, so I missed some of Robert Cray. The seats were first row of upper section (205), about 1:00 from stage center. Clapton is so unassuming - he looks like somebody's dad. He wore glasses, an untucked button-up shirt, jeans and sneakers. His hair was very short and no beard or mustache. No pretention at all. He walked onto stage with two other guitarists, a bass player, two keyboardists, and a drummer. Opened with Pretending, did about 5 more songs, brought out chairs and did about a half-dozen accoustic, then back to electric. Ended with Coccaine, did Crossroads as encore. Robert Cray joined him for a couple songs. He did Layla, Wonderful Tonight, I Shot The Sheriff, After Midnight, and some I couldn't place, probably traditional blues. He was generous with attention to each band member, they all did several solos. The one guitarist looked like he could have been Johnny or Edgar Winter's son - long blonde hair in a pony tail.

There's a reason they call him slow hand. Most other guitarists do all kinds of hystrionics when they play a difficult piece. Clapton just stands there, like he's waiting for a bus, playing incredible riffs. The other guys on stage were good, they did the Layla lead and other stuff while Clapton sang, but there was a noticable difference between them and Clapton. You know how sometimes when a guitarist does a solo, he can lose his sync with the rest of the band? I'm not a musician, so I don't know how else to express it - he is not playing to the same beat or in the same chord (?) as everybody else. Anyway, not Clapton. His solos were part of the whole, and when he came out of a solo, he made it meld right into the rest of the bands' playing.

In short, it was fanfuckingtastic.

Griff · 10-10-2006, 05:09 PM

I hope you were nibbling on somebodies ear when he did Wonderful Tonight!

I saw him years ago in the Carrier Dome, it'd be great to see him in a smaller venue someday. Robert Cray as well? That must've been spectacular.

Undertoad · 10-10-2006, 05:34 PM

All the best musicians turn into old British guys.

be-bop · 10-10-2006, 05:40 PM

This guy's not Clapton but what I've heard of his work he's pretty damn close.

http://www.jbonamassa.com/joe_bonamassa_bio.htm

xoxoxoBruce · 10-11-2006, 05:56 PM

Two people at work told me they really enjoyed the show. The first took a new girlfriend so he'd have enjoyed it no matter what.

The other has been a semi-pro musician for many years and knows his stuff. He, like myself, has seen Clapton many times and said he was at his best.

Urbane Guerrilla · 10-11-2006, 07:11 PM

Fanfuckin'tastic, and that's why you're a fuckin' fan, and rightly so.

The unpretentious part put me in mind of Warren Zevon, who did the same thing -- he very much enjoyed his work, but you could always see his onstage attitude was it's not me that's important. It's the music.

10-09-2006, 04:24 PM	#1
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Going to see Clapton tonight! I'm going to see Clapton tonight! I'm going to see Clapton tonight! I'm going to see Clapton tonight! I'm going to see Clapton tonight! I'm going to see Clapton tonight! I'm going to see Clapton tonight! Squack, spurt, squirt. I have to change my pants. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

10-09-2006, 09:37 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	OK Spexxvet, you've got your ticket, the show's in an hour. They caught a guy that put a bomb in the venue. Clapton says he's leaving town if they don't find it in 30 minutes. They have a waterboard. Have a good time, I know he'll put on a good show....he always does. Not only the playing, his production/sound is always first class. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-09-2006, 10:19 PM	#5
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	He's plaing Hong Kong in january, I really wanna try to catch him there. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

10-10-2006, 05:09 PM	#7
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I hope you were nibbling on somebodies ear when he did Wonderful Tonight! I saw him years ago in the Carrier Dome, it'd be great to see him in a smaller venue someday. Robert Cray as well? That must've been spectacular. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-11-2006, 05:56 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Two people at work told me they really enjoyed the show. The first took a new girlfriend so he'd have enjoyed it no matter what. The other has been a semi-pro musician for many years and knows his stuff. He, like myself, has seen Clapton many times and said he was at his best. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-09-2006, 05:23 PM	#2
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	so...are you going to see Clapton tonight? Does he still do COCAINE? (er, the song.)

10-09-2006, 08:14 PM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I heard he continued playing it after a long hiatus. Review required Spex! I should have seen Cream.

10-10-2006, 05:34 PM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	All the best musicians turn into old British guys.

10-10-2006, 05:40 PM	#9
be-bop Operations Operative Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: scotland/uk Posts: 664	This guy's not Clapton but what I've heard of his work he's pretty damn close. http://www.jbonamassa.com/joe_bonamassa_bio.htm

10-11-2006, 07:11 PM	#11
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Fanfuckin'tastic, and that's why you're a fuckin' fan, and rightly so. The unpretentious part put me in mind of Warren Zevon, who did the same thing -- he very much enjoyed his work, but you could always see his onstage attitude was it's not me that's important. It's the music. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

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