Eric Clapton / Columbus 2022: God Save The Queen / 2CDR

Eric Clapton / Columbus 2022: God Save The Queen / 2CDR / Uxbridge
Schottenstein Center, Columbus, OH, USA 8th September 2022

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Coming soon! Sound source on the first day of the latest American tour] From Eric Clapton’s latest American tour, which has finally started, we will release the fastest stereo audience sound source of the Columbus performance on the first day, which was held on September 8th! It is unknown whether more competing sources will come out in the future, but I would like to deliver this sound source with haste anyway. The sound quality is a stereo audience recording with a fairly clear and well-balanced sound. Very easy to listen to. It seems that the recording location was not the floor seat but the so-called stand seat, but the recording person himself seems to have liked this seat at this venue because the sound is good, and it was recorded with “good sound” as he said. However, there are many customers who whistle and clap their hands in the stand seats, and in the sitting set in the middle where the music becomes a little quieter, it seems that they were attacked by whistling as expected, but after returning home, the song was played digitally. It seems that all whistling has been removed. However, only the beginning of Tears In Heaven’s intro says that the traces of deletion left some discomfort. It seems that the other parts were able to be recorded without any problems. Overall, this is a quality that allows you to grasp the whole picture of the stage on the first day. The band members have not changed since the European tour in June, except for Katie Kissoon, who is backing vocals, and Sharon White. The content of the performance will be described in the next section, but it is a very interesting content, including surprises. Please listen to it.

[A set list different from the European tour in June is attractive! ] “As expected of Clapton.” We have resumed our tour in good spirits! Moreover, it wasn’t a set that didn’t change, but he changed the set list including surprises. First of all, there is a surprise at the beginning that she is soloing her national anthem God Save The Queen in an electric way in memory of Queen Elizabeth, who passed away on this day. Clapton would have heard the obituary before the performance of this day. As Clapton, who has had an audience with the Queen, it seems that he performed this performance in a hurry with his feelings for the Queen. It’s a frame that shows his humanity. And what a real opening, Tearing Us Apart! This is the first time, isn’t it? First swing the solo to Doyle, and Clapton cuts in from the middle. This pattern is new to me. And playing After Midnight on a rare sitting set. This pattern only exists on stage with the late J.J. Cale in San Diego on March 15th, 2007. Like that time, I play as an electric sitting, but the song arrangements are different than when I was with J.J. Please pay attention to that area. Also, Tears In Heaven played in this sitting set is interesting! In the middle organ solo, Paul Carrack inserts Procol Harum’s “Blue Shadow”. This would have been instructed by Clapton as a memorial to Gary Brooker who died this year. With that in mind, the lyrics of this song fit perfectly. Well done, Clapton. There was also a surprise waiting at the end. A long blues corner that has been playing Little Quuen Of Spades for many years, I brought The Sky Is Crying for the first time in 38 years since the European tour in 1984. However, Clapton is a solo play with a single note, not a slide play as in the original version. However, it seems that the recording person was most happy with this song in terms of unexpectedness. And the encore is Before You Accuse Me. Jimmy Vaughan, who is the opening act on this tour, participated in the encore as a special guest, so he chose this blues jam with Vaughn instead of the usual High Time We Went featuring Paul Carrack. Of course, you can listen to a friendly guitar battle between Clapton and Vaughn. Looking at it in this way, it can be said that it was a first-day performance full of surprises, from the beginning to the encore. How will the set list change in the future tour schedule with 6 more performances left? Or will it remain the same? With that in mind, I hope you will enjoy the sound source of the first day performance that will be delivered earlier than anywhere else.

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