Clapton in Munich - thanks Angela! :)

Alright, here comes the little review:

My dad and me drove down to Munich early enough to meet up with Nadja from the Eric Clapton Forum - Angela had made this possible, because I originally thought that I´d have to drive to Munich alone. I could convince my dad to come with me finally (not least because of Doyle Bramhall II ...), but Nadja and me had exchanged emails and wanted to meet anyway. It was a very, very nice meeting and Nadja brought some rare Clapton-treasures along for me and I gave her a bit of Joe´s stuff in return. You can find a review of yesterday´s show from Nadja here: http://www.whereseric.com/tour/summer-t … rmany.html
We also did some EC-shopping together (http://www.flickr.com/photos/25162871@N … 328389797/).

It was her 29th Clapton concert and my dad´s and my first one - but we all thought that it was just fabulous! Nadja even calls it one of the best Clapton concerts she´s ever heard ...
He had Doyle Bramhall II and Chris Stainton with him, who both did an execllent job - I can now understand why some of the "music-experts" among you call Doyle one of the most underestimated guitarists of the planet ... his playing was wonderful.
They started off with a rocking version of "Tell the truth" that led right into "Key to the highway" and the coolest version of "Hoochie Choochie Man" I´ve ever heard. I mean, we all know these songs pretty well, but to hear them played live is something different ... I absolutely loved the little acoustic part they did which included "Driftin'", "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out" and "Motherless Child" ... George Harrison´s "Isn´t it a pity" was also one of my highlights  ("All things must pass" is one of my favourite non-Joe albums...).
Actually I should hide my head in shame for absolutely loving all the hits they played, but "Wonderful tonight", "Layla", "Cocaine" and "Crossroads" are just TOO good to not love them like everyone else ... especially the instrumental ending of "Layla" is one of my all-time favourite tunes and I was so very happy to hear this one played live.
Of course it´s a completely different feeling to sit on a chair 300 meters away from the stage with a very tiny Eric Clapton on it in comparison to leaning on the stage and being able to touch Joe´s feet while he plays - the experience looses a lot of its intensity like that, but still the "vibe" arrived even 300 meters away from the stage when Eric and Doyle squeezed all those lovely bendings and little soulful tunes out of their guitars .

Here´s the complete setlist (thanks Nadja...) for those who are interested:

01. Tell The Truth
02. Key To The Highway
03. Hoochie Coochie Man
04. Here But I'm Gone
05. Outside Woman Blues
06. Isn't It A Pity
07. Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad
08. Driftin'
09. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
10. Motherless Child
11. Travelling Riverside Blues
12. Running On Faith
13. Motherless Children
14. Little Queen of Spades
15. Before You Accuse Me
16. Wonderful Tonight
17. Layla
18. Cocaine

Encore:
19. Crossroads

As you can see on my bad-quality pictures, Jakob Dylan opened for Eric this evening - he sounds very much like his Daddy!
Here are the pictures, I had to zoom in as much as I could ...... http://www.flickr.com/photos/25162871@N … 328389797/ .

All I can say is that this concert was absolutely worth the money and the travelling down to Munich - if Mr. Clapton comes your way sometime in the future, you should definitely go and see him!

Eva

Interesting review Eva. I like the photos too

Out of interest, how expensive was that t-shirt??

Gutentag Eva,

Also mit Clapton ging die  Post ab!! Schoen dass es dir do gefallen hast. Aber du hast mich nicht ueberzeugt, Clapton ist nicht mein Ding aber das macht ja nichts. Jeder sein eigenes!
War ja ein Thema vor einige Monaten und viele haben mir das nicht in Dank abgenommen
Darum jetzt in Deutsch..............(kleiner Scherz!!!)

Liebe Gruesse

Andre Wittebroek

Lol, I bought 1 from allposters.co.uk after the gig for cheaper :x gotta watch the pennies did you see the posters? £50 I think they was

As Eva was saying I didn´t want first to pay 60€ for EC. Finally I went in first line to hear Doyle playing and being curious about Dylan jr..( Not bad, not very spectacular, very much like Dylan senior). But I have to say that Eric Clapton is in very good form these days, playing authentic blues, far away from depressive stuff like father´s eyes etc. Give him one more try.
Günter