| Identifier | 8642311 |
| Created At | Tue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Media Count | 2 |
| Note | Geetarz: The concert of the 3rd, the first "public" outing, is by far the superior performance of the two at Montreux. The band is loose, having a ton of fun, and under much less pressure than the public debut the following night which would be televised.
Musically, this group hits on all cylinders, and it's clear that while the jazz greats take Clapton out of his safe zone - to great effect - he does the same to them. This group is decidely one of the underappreciated higlights of EC's career. True, there are people who don't care for "music without words", but isn't that sort of like people who only read books with pictures?? A stunning performance on all counts, and a superb audience recording. Highly recommended. |
| Source Info | "Knights of the Round Table" (Mid Valley) |
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Performance
| Eric Clapton 1997-07-03 Auditorium Stravinsky, Montreux, Switzerland | |
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| Set 1 | The 31st Montreux Jazz Festival was held on July 4-19, 1997. This show took place on the evening before the official festival started. It was a rehearsal which was done as a freebie for the Festival staff and for sponsors and friends. About 3,000 invited people joined the unofficial debut of the Legends at the Auditorium Stravinsky.
Nobody knew what would happen at this concert. Everybody had been very surprised when Eric started to sing "Going down slow", because this concert had been announced as an "instrumental concert". Band Lineup Marcus Miller Bass Eric Clapton Guitar, Vocals David Sanborn Saxophone Joe Sample Keyboards, Piano Steve Gadd Drums Set List Full house Snakes Ruthie Marcus #1 (A) Going down slow (EC vocals) Peeper Suggestions Third degree (EC vocals) 1st Song Tango Put it where you want Jelly roll (Encore) In a sentimental mood (Encore) Layla (Encore, EC vocals) Everyday I have the blues (Encore, EC vocals) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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