The intro to this is the most beautiful improvisation I've ever heard. His choice of notes and dynamics are genius, especially considering he's making that up on the spot.
What an amazing performance!! Clapton 's finger work on his guitar was stupendous! One of the best jams ever..loved every minute of it!! Hats off to u Clapton!!
Yes, i think so. I remember when i was a kid, my older brother whact always this concert of VHS. I was maybe 4-5, but i remember thinking that that guy got style and handsome. Very good that suit, i think still. I learned to play guitar. After 30+ years i've played many of Claptons songs myself. But when i was kid, i used to look up this guy, this is my hero. Still is.
There it is! This is the version I heard way back when and then when the "unplugged" version came out I couldn't find this one anymore. I love them both, but this was the first.
I just found out this performance was at the Civic Center in Hartford CT, my own home state! I always, when watching this performance, envisioned it as taking place somewhere far away, exotic place. I never knew it was so close to home...
This is one of my favorite videos. He just smiles throughout this performance like he is just lovin it and at the end he is so pleased with how this song goes (even though he misses a note @ about 4:11) he looks like a little kid.
I’m a huge fan of EC and this particular concert is one of my all time favourites. The band were tight and well suited to the songs. Not always the case with some of the “fussiness “ that crept in with later personnel. Also Tim Renwick gave EC a run for his money - EC admitted as much - so you have a highly talented guy being pushed to be “one better”. No criticism just a fans reflection and opinion. Thanks for the music Eric
This version is amazing. Looks like the song's pace got a little slower with time, in more recent versions I mean. I think I prefer it slower but the way all instruments match in this version and the solos he makes are breathtaking.
For me the original Blackie Stratocaster has the most beautiful electric guitar tone all throughout his career. It is very much like Peter Green's Les Paul, Ed King's "Sweet Home Alabama" strat & Dickey Bett's goldtop Les Paul. It sounds best relatively clean with just enough distortion to make it sustain notes.
@@pabloperez4063 I always stayed in Spain every summer. My late brother called to tell me Eric Clapton was on tour in England. I couldn't go because my family was there on Holiday. I wanted to escape to go see Eric Clapton. I was stuck in Spain and was so pissed because I couldn't go see him! I wasn't friendly either
Thanks for uploading this nearly flawless version. The best of all of them, in my opinion. This one's going straight to flvto, then to itunes, where I'll do a little editing, then right to my ipod. Thanks again.
This is the Clapton that I know and love. Not the man in his dotage who lets others play his shit. He's too generous nowadays. I know he's got nothing left to prove, but when I go to see Clapton I want to see "God", and nothing less. He set the bar himself and I'm holding him to it. For both our souls. Let it Rain I think may be his finest hour. I wish you could have heard it in the early 70's, it made a statement.
Eric Clapton commented on the difficulty of Layla, "'Layla' is a difficult one, because it's a difficult song to perform live. You have to have a good complement of musicians to get all of the ingredients going, but when you've got that. ... It's difficult to do as a quartet, for instance, because there are some parts you have to play and sing completely opposing lines, which is almost impossible to do....."
Very FEW people in the Planet could SING this song (not mention playing guitar as well) ThE pitch IS súper high, ThE lines are long, and against eachother... Eric IS one of ThE BEST singers in rock-pop-blues etc ever.
