Allman Brothers Band give their version of The Sky is Crying with extended guitar solos by Warren Haynes & Derek Trucks. In particular, Warren's guitar work here is sensational.
I air guitar the entire thing most nights before I go to bed.
Eric joined ABB for a couple of shows in March 2009 @ Beacon Theatre, NY. If you haven't seen it then it's worth looking up on YT. I think all the footage is there from both nights.
In the 19th March show: Key To The Highway – Allman Brothers Band with guest Eric Clapton (lead vocal / guitar) Dreams – Allman Brothers Band with guest Eric Clapton (guitar) Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad? – Allman Brothers Band with guest Eric Clapton (lead vocal / guitar) Little Wing – Allman Brothers Band with guest Eric Clapton. EC (lead vocal / guitar) Anyday – Allman Brothers Band with guests Eric Clapton ( vocals / guitar) and Susan Tedeschi (vocals) Layla – Allman Brothers Band with guests Eric Clapton (lead vocal / guitar) and Danny Louis (piano)
In the 20th March show: Key To The Highway – Allman Brothers Band with guest Eric Clapton (lead vocal / guitar) Stormy Monday – Allman Brothers Band with guest Eric Clapton (guitar) Dreams – Allman Brothers Band with guest Eric Clapton (guitar) Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad? – Allman Brothers Band with guest Eric Clapton (lead vocal / guitar) Little Wing – Allman Brothers Band with guest Eric Clapton. EC (lead vocal / guitar) In Memory of Elizabeth Reed – Allman Brothers Band with guest Eric Clapton (guitar) Layla – Allman Brothers Band with guests Eric Clapton (lead vocal / guitar) and Danny Louis (piano)
Someone I've followed for many years - Davy Knowles (chap from the Isle of Man now mostly US based) - introduced this to me because he plays lead guitar on it. Very tasty track.
It's 7 Max, I'm playing 300,000 (15BB) & UTG makes it 60,000 at 10k-20k. It then goes CALL, CALL, CALL, CALL. With arse cheeks firmly clenched, I snap go All-In, (10-7 off) & they all fold. So I pick up 350,000, which more than doubles my stack, without even seeing a flop. I tried to suppress a smug smile but I'm not sure I succeeded. Most satisfying thing ever.
Must have been a time travelling vaccine, as the problems 'caused' he had had for years, anyway.
He's had Peripheral Neuropathy for years. There were problems after the first dose but the main problem he had came after the 2nd AZ dose which, amongst other things, rendered his hands useless for quite a while, leaving him fearing he'd never be able to play again. Probably shouldn't have had it with suffering from the PN, but anyway... easy to say in hindsight.
He stayed well away from politics until Covid when he became an antivaxxer, with reason I suppose as the vaccine is thought to have inflamed an autoimmune condition he has. But posing for pictures with Greg Abbott and other Trump accolytes doesn't do him any favours.
He had one dose of (one of the various...) vaccine, and then a second later on and had a severe reaction to that, a really nasty reaction, and then just told what had happened to him. It's not quite the same as being an 'anti-vaxxer'. A lot of the thicker press went with that line though cuz that's what they do.
Good question, & one that, perhaps, Elliott might be better placed to answer. I absolutely abhor all forms of racism & in Clapton's case this has conflicted me considerably. His comments that night were truly horrendous - as bad as they get - but that was 50 years ago, & was the only report I've ever seen of him being racist. And it is acknowledged that he was blind drunk that night. FWIW, Nathan East - a "POC" or "black man" as I prefer to say - has been in his band for the last 11 years & the two of them seem very close, & Clapton is a Blues man, his heroes being all the predominantly black blues musicians.
A very awkward one for me, & perhaps you are right & it explains his Glasto absence.
It was, as you say, as bad as it gets, although the 70s was a very different time to now (a lot of that language was even used in comedy TV shows without batting an eyelid). I honestly don't believe he is racist in any way. There are no excuses for that moment during the Birmingham gig, though being super drunk (as he was all year and some) as well as his missus being assaulted that night, have been used. It was a very, very angry low point and I think it's best left where it is. Before that moment he had worshiped many musicians like Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Freddie King. He and Freddie actually played together that tour (albeit before this night) and were friends. Eric and Muddy were incredibly close in the years that followed, Eric even describing him as like a father. Eric and Jimi Hendrix were also as close buddies as it gets. He worked with too many musicians to list. He's helped so many get recognition they deserve, like Buddy Guy for example. He was friends with BB King since the 60s, but in later years (80s onwards) were incredibly close. BB went on (in 2007) to say (been around the world and..) "I've never met a better man, a more gracious man, than my friend Eric Clapton". And Nathan and Eric have been as close as brothers for so long. Longer than 11 years actually! They started in the 80s. That show on 5th Aug 1976 featured 2 minutes of awful in an otherwise amazing 60 year career which including doing so much to help many, many people. So no I don't believe there's an ounce of racism in him, it just doesn't make sense. And I can't see that being a blocker for appearing at Glastonbury.
...and before I move on from music, here for Elliott, & any other Clapton fans, here's the great man at Filmore. I'm not a Clapton expert, but I sense this may have been peak-Clapton after he at last got clean.
The 90s certainly were IMO too.
Did you ever see this rehearsal documentary? I can't remember if I sent it to you (there's been so much haha). It's a great little behind the scenes insight during that tour in '94...
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