{"id":807,"date":"2016-08-25T21:59:03","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T21:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/?p=807"},"modified":"2016-09-17T23:47:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-17T23:47:53","slug":"eric-clapton-live-san-diego-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/?p=807","title":{"rendered":"Eric Clapton – Live in San Diego 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The album, which was recorded March 15, 2007,\u00a0at San Diego’s\u00a0iPayOne Center, features several appearances\u2014and compositions\u2014by\u00a0JJ Cale. At the time, Clapton and Cale\u2014Clapton’s buddy and mentor\u2014were casually supporting their recent\u00a0studio effort, 2006’s\u00a0Road to Escondido<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the realization of what may have been my last ambition: to work with the man whose music has inspired me for as long as I can remember,\u201d Clapton said of\u00a0Road to Escondido<\/em>\u00a0in 2006.\u00a0<\/em>Cale died July 26, 2013.<\/p>\n

Other featured performers include\u00a0Derek Trucks\u2014who handles the late Duane Allman’s slide parts on the album’s Derek and the Dominos tunes\u2014plus\u00a0Doyle Bramhall II<\/a> and Robert Cray, who guests on “Crossroads.” Trucks also is heavily featured on “Motherless Children,” and it’s downright fun to watch\u00a0Clapton and Trucks open up their bottomless bags of tasty slide licks in the clip below.<\/p>\n

From a personal standpoint, Clapton’s 2007 backing band was his best ever (as a solo artist). As heard on Live in San Diego<\/em>, their versions of\u00a0Derek and the Dominos tracks\u2014especially “Tell the Truth”\u2014are unparalleled.<\/p>\n

The original version of \u201cMotherless Children,\u201d one of the strongest opening cuts\u00a0on a Clapton album since Cream\u2019s Wheels of Fire<\/em>, features Clapton on slide guitar, and it burns from the get-go. The song, which finds the guitarist delivering a playful variation of the melody during the twin guitar solos, was arranged by Clapton and his Derek and the Dominos band mate bassist Carl Radle. The song also features fine playing by second guitarist George Terry and drummer Jamie Oldaker.<\/p>\n

Live in San Diego<\/em>\u00a0will be available September 30 as a two-disc CD, a three-disc vinyl set and as a digital album. If you\u00a0pre-order the album at ericclapton.com<\/a>, you’ll\u00a0receive \u201cAnyway the Wind Blows\u201d (watch it here<\/a>)\u00a0immediately, plus two additional songs before the album\u2019s release date. The album also is available for preorder via\u00a0iTunes.<\/p>\n

Eric Clapton,\u00a0Live in San Diego<\/em>\u00a0Track Listing<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cTell the Truth\u201d
\n\u201cKey to the Highway\u201d
\n\u201cGot to Get Better in a Little While\u201d
\n\u201cLittle Wing\u201d
\n\u201cAnyday\u201d
\n\u201cAnyway the Wind Blows\u201d
\n\u201cAfter Midnight\u201d
\n\u201cWho Am I Telling You?\u201d
\n\u201cDon\u2019t Cry Sister\u201d
\n\u201cCocaine\u201d
\n\u201cMotherless Children\u201d
\n\u201cLittle Queen of Spades\u201d
\n\u201cFurther on Up the Road\u201d
\n\u201cWonderful Tonight\u201d
\n\u201cLayla\u201d
\n\u201cCrossroads\u201d<\/p>\n

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The album, which was recorded March 15, 2007,\u00a0at San Diego’s\u00a0iPayOne Center, features several appearances\u2014and compositions\u2014by\u00a0JJ Cale. At the time, Clapton and Cale\u2014Clapton’s buddy and mentor\u2014were casually supporting their recent\u00a0studio effort, 2006’s\u00a0Road to Escondido. \u201cThis is the realization of what may … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=807"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":810,"href":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807\/revisions\/810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}