- Eric Clapton // Live At Budokan
The mighty Eric Clapton — live in 2001 at Tokyo's fabled Budokan rock arena, playing a stunningly wide range of songs in both searing electric and heartfelt acoustic settings.
This is Clapton the utterly mature and accomplished — having long since absorbed and surpassed the pyrotechnics that made "Eric Clapton is God" a watchword of swinging, blues-revival London in the mid-1960's. Clapton's electric guitar playing here is more powerful even than it was with the Bluesbreakers, Cream, and Blind Faith, his feeling for the blues even deeper.
Yet he also brings to life the mellower, acoustic side of his artistry— hallmark of his mature period. Thus we are treated to "Layla" in both the acoustic and electric versions and a gorgeous "Tears In Heaven." The band riffs hard and adventurously on hard-driving versions of Cream hits like "Badge" and "Sunshine Of Your Love," blues classics like "Hoochie Coochie Man," and many others.
A beautiful and intense concert from one of the great musicians of our time.
1 Key To The Highway 2 Reptile 3 Got You on My Mind
4 Tears in Heaven
5 Layla (acousucic)
6 Bell Bottom Blues
7 Change The world
8 River of Tears
9 Goin' Down slow
10 She's Gone
11 I want A little Girl 12 Badge 13 Hoochie Coochie Man
14 Five Long Years
15 Cocaïne
16 Wonderful Tonight
17 Layla (elctricic)
18 Sunshine of Your Love 19 Over The Rainbow
