It will still took 4 years to see Clapton in our good old capital. In this 2006 concert I kept mixed feelings with one hand the satisfaction of having finally seen Eric "God" Clapton and hear most of his chips component directory but with the feeling that he had not given the best of capacity. Relying far too often for my taste on the pair of guitarists "Doyle Bramhall II" & "Derek Trucks.
works together with Steve Winwood (Spencer Davis Group, Traffic and Blind Faith of course) that Clapton had decided to embark on a European tour with a unique concert tour in France at Palais Omnisport de Paris Bercy.
arrived in the vicinity of POPB with my sister around 14h, we soon make the acquaintance of Oliver (KJP for short) and part of the staff of Claptonweb.com .
past 6:30 p.m., doors open, little sprint in the pit and finally to the middle front row slightly offset to the left.
20h and dust, the two friends are late but finally make their entrance. And it is on Had to Cry Today it all starts. Lead track from the album Blind Faith eponymous the two men scrambling for every two on their guitars. If what Winwood as a guitarist is interesting it's nothing compared to the almost orgasmic solo that sends us Slowhand ... excitement guaranteed.
Low Down and After Midnight are of the same ilk, he played great classic at a phenomenal rate seen entangled the chorus of a very inspired Clapton. On Presence of the Lord both men flirt with the sublime.
One thing that is valuable addition to the quality of the performance of both men is the setlist. It brews broad enough to please everyone, combining common shares of the two men, classic solos or small personal pleasure as this Shape I'm In as The Band. Another thing that is nice to see and hear, what are the titles of Blind Faith, an album that had been so maligned at the time of its release. It is only fair to see some titles take full dimension of dust and live, like the excellent Well Alright.
few words about the band anyway! There are Willie Weeks on bass, Steve Gadd on drums, Chris Stainton the keyboard (the latter interventions do not always believe me and sometimes the keyboard sound too synthetic to my taste was the limit of what I could tolerate), the addition of vocalists Michelle John and Sharon White was not essential (especially as a vocalist Steve Winwood) but that does not misrepresented in any way titles. Their interventions are fairly discreet most of the time.
Le concert est entrée dans une toute autre dimension selon moi à partir de Georgia On My Mind . A different version than the live at Madison Square Garden in New York since Winwood on the organ is accompanied this time by Clapton playing seated. Very focused on his game that he does not get up time of his chorus, not the best of the evening but still going well.
Trial of the acoustic set has become a must for every Slowhand concert for a good fifteen years. To me this is not what excited me most, Clapton instead moving on autopilot when it comes to titles like Drifting Blues , How Long and even more when s' acts as a classic Layla but I'm always more impressed to see the suffrage entailed by this title in close to the public. Bercy is definitely under the influence of two men from that time until the end of the evening. By
against the nail of this acoustic set is Can not Find My Way Home where as for Presence Of The Lord, the two men again flirt with the sublime.
Back to electric with a classic Gimme Some Lovin ' the Spencer Davis Group that keeping the attention and pressure from the public and once again demonstrates the talents of vocalist Steve Winwood.
But if I had to keep a highlight of this concert is definitely nice to cry this version of Voodoo Chile where Clapton and Winwood brings to life for 13 minutes under Jimi Hendrix . The fact that both men were close friends with the legendary guitarist and one of them had participated in the recording of the same title more than forty years earlier on the album Electric Ladyland reinforces and justifies this tribute alone in his interpretation of this concert. The sequence with
Cocaine seems rather anecdotal side, yet the joy of playing live is transmitted to the public which takes up the refrain as one man. Only a small black dot, the solo keyboard Chris Stainton I found rather long and tedious.
Dear Mr. Fantasy Traffic title in As a reminder and an end, especially the small side sympathetic shrug that takes the song at the end, but I saw a title more galvanizing to finish this evening. One last hello to the public, the lights are struggling to reignite, many believe a new reminder, but eventually the lights come back.
What I remember from that night is above all the complicity between Clapton & Winwood pushing the first to give the best of himself. Slowhand with the joviality of the French public and of course the interpretation of each title although it is debatable choices.
If this tour is one of the best long in any case it is the best concert of Eric Clapton that I have ever seen.
Setlist:
1. Had to Cry Today
2.
Low Down 3. After Midnight
4. Presence Of The Lord
5. The Shape I'm In
6. Glad
7. Well Alright
8. It's Too Bad
9. While You See A Chance
10. Key To The Highway
11. Midland Maniac
12. Slide Song
13. Georgia On My Mind
14. Driftin '
15. How Long
16. Layla
17. Can not Find My
Way Home 18. Gimme Some Lovin '
19.
Voodoo Chile 20. Cocaine
Reminder:
21. Dear Mr. Fantasy
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