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Have you seen Eric Clapton at his best?

Up until last night I had seen Eric four times and honestly felt I hadn't caught him at his finest. His recent tour gives all of us the opportunity. His set is largely from "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" 'cause he has the greatest living slide guitarist playing with him - Derek Trucks. Their interplay on the Layla album songs is truly magical. Catch the concert when it comes your way. Amazing!
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garebear
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With Muddy Waters in 1978....They had their ''Mo Jo'' workin that night.....have not seen Claption since.
narrod
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I don't think he's been close to his best since he kicked heroin. "slowhand" is not a literal description.
jaybo
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i saw cream with the grassroots in charleston, wva. and saw derek and the dominos on thanksgiving in cincinatti, ohio. both were spectacular. saw him solo twicw and both times were less than great...he seemed bored, except playing 'badge'.
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dweller
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Saw Delany and Bonnie at the Chicago Auditorium in the early 70's.
They had a scruffy sideman with them named Eric Clapton.
Is he the same one?

Seriously, I believe EC to be the greatest guitar player on earth (Jimi, as we all know, came from another planet!).

Please note: The MoFi "Derek and the Dominos - Live" does not include Duane Allman -bummer)...
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jdlepera
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I saw Derek and the Dominos at the Pasadena Civic right after The Layla LP came out.The Late Jesse Edwin Davis[Taj Mahal's slide player also] was The Slide guitar Player.Great show,Best I've seen him live as I didn't care for a lot of his later Pop stuff.JD
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