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Big Jeff

I've just had a vision of you in a girlie T You are right - they don't do anything for you

It was kinda like a crop top on you and just about covered your nips

I was kinda thinkin you might get a cold in your kidneys sometime soon!

Like a hipster look - can you picture it Roy?

Sorry Eva

Vicky

"Stellar" a word used by Joe Bonamassa (also apt as a description of the man himself )

Crop top, skinny low rider jeans, studded belt, hair slicked back, eyes done black & blue, blood red lips...hmmm I'll need my razor to clean u...oh yeah, my cape.  Eddie Izzard will be so jealous, girl.

Oh, me poor ol kidneys.  Sorry My Bavarian Baby Doll.  Roy won't sleep for a week.

Me neither, Jeff!

Please, no avatar picture of that!!!

Eva

hi eva glad you,ve decided to go and see clapton.i know it seems expensive but when you consider people spend over£100 to see artists like celine dion madonna and beyonce it seems cheap considering you,re seeing a legend.i,m going to see clapton 3 weeks tonight at nottingham arena i paid £50 for my ticket and i personally think he will be worth it  steve       

here,s a taster from his latest tour,he,s played this every gig so far

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFuq1XYgbY4

Go for it Eva....and take BJJ's advice on what to wear. (Damn, I have trouble sleeping as it is....this ain't gonna help....your fault BJJ)

Billy Preston (RIP luv you, miss you) and Doyle B II and Nathan East (a superbad bass musician) and Steve on drums was one of the most amazing shows I ever saw.  Loved it !  something for everyone.

EDITZ:  with EC of course.

Eva, if you've never seen Clapton, you must go. A living legend. Without Clapton, how many of us here would love the blues like we do. He is a saint of the blues and rock and roll. Enjoy it for those of us who haven't gotten the opportunity. Some here have seen Clapton, and are telling you not to go. Well, they've gotten their opportunity. You at least need to decide for yourself. Many people told me that Buddy Guy sucked live. Well, I saw him four years ago and he rocked the house. If I would've listened to them, it would've been a HUGE mistake.

GO! And cheer for me! I hope one day to see this living legend of guitar, blues, and music in general in the flesh.

And I would bet the house that if Joe Bonamassa ever had a hit record the magnitude of Layla and Wonderful Tonight, he will play that song more nights than not.

Comparing Joe to Eric is just not a correct comparison. Eric has had a lifetime of a career, 40 plus years. As brilliant as Joe is, when did he release his debut? That's not a knock on Joe, that's just to show that Clapton has a lot more material to shift through right now. I hope that when Joe is that old, he has that many songs, because he will have given us all a lifetime of musical enjoyment.

And I'm sorry, whoever said the idea about dvd's instead, come on. You, I, and everyone here is that there is no comparison to seeing someone in the flesh. Was it cooler to watch Joe's Rockpalast show or to see him in the flesh? Who cares if you're in the nosebleeds, I don't care if I was a mile away, I would go see Clapton in a heartbeat. I hope that I have to see Joe from the nosebleeds one day, because that will mean he is huge.

Eva,
I'm glad you've decided to go.  Clapton is the ultimate chameleon, I think he was born under the wrong sign and should have been a Gemini. I hope nothing but Clapton love rains down on you the night of the concert.   What is the size of the venue and is it inside or out?  Will Robert Randolph be the warm-up?  There was some talk about a recent outdoor concert in Canada the temperatures started in the 40's and dipped into the thirties...cold weather for guitar fingers!  I'm not sure when you started posting here, but in a full circle kind of way, I really got back into Clapton after I read that he was Joe's main inspiration in a Guitar One article.  I was an early fan with Cream, Blind Faith and Derek and the Dominoes etc., lost some interest with some of the heavily played radio stuff (like Sheriff) so I had a lot of gaps in my collection. Since then I've uncovered, like Joe has said, some good blues mixed in with pop, some of his collaborations with others, etc.  Some of the stuff was right under my nose after realizing that my husband actually practically had his whole catalog along with Clapton's music books.  I really like the One More Car, One More Rider CD and DVD mentoned, enjoy even his happy music of Back Home...  I don't love everything, but like Deezer said, huge catalog with tons of good stuff and that never could satisfy everyone all the time!! I'm sure some of the same songs that earned Eric the most $$$, may sometimes feel obligatory to play...  Eva, if your seats are near or far, bring binoculars to zoom in on those hands, especially with you being a guitar player.   I thought that was quite special how Joe mentioned that the prerequisite to purchasing a guitar would be first to be well versed in Clapton.  (paraphrased from a sirius show)  Love those 2 videos Steve and Michael, that's the Clapton I love.  Yeah, its a shame and a sin Eric...;)

If we take the ticket price out of the equation, it really comes down to personal preference of whether one likes the artist or not.  I don't think I would go see the FooFighters for free if I had the opportunity.  I was so unimpressed with their performance on one of the music award shows about a year or so ago, Dave Grohl is a screamer, I could not understand hardly a word he sang.  Maybe our good JohnB74 can enlighten me otherwise. My middle kid also saw the FooFighters about 2 years ago as the warm-up for Weezer in the same large venue I saw Clapton/Cray...he said the same thing about Grohl screaming the entire concert.  Maybe I would enjoy recordings better, they seem really popular?   

Carl- you got the story right.  Clapton has had more than one guardian angel on call constantly during his lifetime!  He's in a good place now and I think his happiness is just shining through his music more than ever.