Eric Clapton/NY,USA 2022 2Days

[The sound source of the final leg of the latest American tour is also available!] Eric Clapton’s latest American tour, held in September. Recently, we released the high-quality stereo audience sound source of the first day’s Columbus performance on September 8th as “COLUMBUS 2022 GOD SAVE THE QUEEN”, which was very well received! After all, rock fans are interested in Clapton’s activities, who is back on tour at the advanced age of 77 years old. And this week, we will release the two-day performance at Madison Square Garden in New York on September 18th and 19th, which was the final leg of this tour, again with a high-quality stereo audience recording! The master this time is an original master provided by a Japanese recorder who went to see it in person, successfully recorded it, and returned to Japan. In other words, it is an exclusive release from our store. The sound quality is a very clear and well-balanced stereo audience recording, which is very easy to listen to. In the release review of “COLUMBUS 2022 GOD SAVE THE QUEEN”, I wrote, “It can be said that it was a first day performance full of surprises from the beginning to the encore. How will the set list change in the upcoming tour with six more performances remaining? Or will it remain the same?” I wrote and concluded, but the answer is in this work. Clapton has definitely completed the tour in good health. The band members, including backing vocalist Katie Kissoon, returned halfway through, and now all the members are gathered. The content of the performance will be described in the next section, but the final stage also includes a surprise, making it a very fulfilling content. Please listen to it. [A set list that was full of surprises!] Clapton provided a surprise from the first day of the performance, but the first surprise was that even on the final stage of the tour, he played God Save The Queen, a tribute to Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, at the beginning. Moreover, while the first day’s performance was a solo performance by Clapton alone on electric guitar, here it is performed by a full band on both days. It means that it was completely established as one song. The first day, the 9th, was the day the Queen passed away, so I thought that Clapton had suddenly performed this performance with his feelings for the Queen after hearing the news, but he continued it throughout the tour and even developed it into a band performance… His feelings for the Queen must have been strong after all. And the actual opening was Tearing Us Apart. This was also a continuation of the surprise from the first day, but considering that the set list itself is almost the same as the first day’s performance, it seems that Clapton had thought about and decided on a set that he could play with confidence, including the surprise, before the tour. Here are the dates for this tour: September 8th: Columbus, Ohio September 10th: Detroit, Michigan September 12th and 13th: Chicago, Illinois September 16th: Boston, Massachusetts September 18th and 19th: New York, New York ←★Here★ It was inevitable that the tour was short, with only seven shows in total, given Clapton’s age and physical condition, but the fact that he completed all the shows with this set list shows Clapton’s strong will. It also includes the nostalgic River of Tears (1988 work) and After Midnight, which was performed in the first arrangement of the electric sitting set, and it seems that he was careful not to fall into a rut. Another thing to note is that the blues song that opened the sitting set in the middle of the show was changed “every day.” On the first day of this work, they played Muddy Waters’ Honey Bee, and on the final performance on the second day, they played Muddy Waters’ Country Boy (also known as I’m A Country Boy, not the Albert Lee song of the same name), a very rare number. Both songs were played for the first time in the form of a sitting set, and the latter was probably not the first repertoire in Clapton’s career. Both songs feature Doyle Bramhall’s deep blues harp and Paul Carrack’s Hammond solo. Clapton changed to a hollow-body vintage guitar called a Gibson L-5 to create an atmosphere for this number and After Midnight. With this high sound quality, you can enjoy this tone that is different from the Strat. Also, the surprise continued with Tears In Heaven, which was played in this sitting set! In the middle organ solo, Paul Carrack plays Procol Harum’s “A Whiter Shade of Blue” on the organ. This is thought to have been instructed by Clapton as a tribute to his former bandmate and close friend Gary Brooker, who passed away in February this year. The lyrics of this song are perfectly suited to the tribute. It was a very classy arrangement. There was also a surprise at the end of the show. In the long blues corner, where Little Quuen Of Spades has been played for many years since 2006, he brought out The Sky Is Crying for the first time in 38 years since the 1984 European tour. However, instead of slide play as in the original version, Clapton played a solo with a single note. You may think, “What, the performance is the same as usual, but the lyrics have just been changed to The Sky Is Crying,” but looking at the set list like this, you will notice one thing. Clapton may have put together this set list to look back on his career, which he is still active in, and to think back on the people he admired and his friends who made it possible. At the beginning, God Save The Queen, he was with Queen Elizabeth, at I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man, Honey Bee, Country Boy, he was with Muddy Waters, at I Shot The Sheriff, he was with Bob Marley, at After Midnight, Cocaine, he was with J.J. Cale, at Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out, he was with Bessie Smith, at Tears in Heaven, he was with his son Conor and Gary Brooker, at Badge, he was with George Harrison, at Crossroads Blues, he was with Robert Johnson, at The Sky Is Crying, he was with Elmore James, at High Time We Went, he was with Joe Cocker. I feel that Clapton is now standing on the stage with a humble feeling that he is who he is today thanks to so many great deceased people more than ever before. Even if he becomes a legendary artist like him, he does not forget his gratitude, and that may be what makes Clapton great. And High Time We Went came back for the encore. On the first day, Jimmy Vaughan, who was the opening act, participated in the encore as a special guest, so instead of the usual number featuring Paul Carrack, he chose Before You Accuse Me, which he could jam with Vaughan, but at the end, it may have been Clapton’s consideration to let Carrack shine. Of course, Vaughan participated in the encore on both days and was featured solo, so you can enjoy a friendly solo performance with Clapton. Clapton completed the tour splendidly while continuing the surprise from the first day. This month, he will tour Europe. Will the set list change again there? I would like to keep an eye on Clapton’s movements, who continues to intrigue me like this. Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA 18th & 19th September 2022 TRULY PERFECT SOUND(from Original Masters) Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA 18th September 2022 Disc 1 (61:16) 1. God Save the Queen 2. Tearing Us Apart 3. Key to the Highway 4. I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man 5. River of Tears 6. I Shot the Sheriff 7. Honey Bee 8. After Midnight 9. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out 10. Layla 11. Tears in Heaven Disc 2 (45:11) 1. Badge 2. Wonderful Tonight 3. Cross Road Blues 4. The Sky Is Crying 5. Cocaine 6. High Time We Went at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA 19th September 2022 Disc 3 (62:40) 1. God Save the Queen 2. Tearing Us Apart 3. Key to the Highway 4. I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man 5. River of Tears 6. I Shot the Sheriff 7. Country Boy 8. After Midnight 9. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out 10. Layla 11. Tears in Heaven Disc 4 (45:55) 1. Badge 2. Wonderful Tonight 3. Cross Road Blues 4. The Sky Is Crying 5. Cocaine 6. High Time We Went Eric Clapton – guitar / vocals Nathan East – bass / vocals Sonny Emory – drums Doyle Bramhall – guitar / vocals Chris Stainton – keyboards Paul Carrack – organ / keyboards / vocals Katie Kissoon – vocals Sharon White – vocals