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Eric Clapton - Crossroads 2: Live In The Seventies Audio CD

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Title: Crossroads 2: Live In The Seventies
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Release Date: 1996-04-02
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Walkin' Down the Road 2: Have You Ever Loved a Woman 3: Willie and the Hand Jive/Get Ready 4: Can't Find My Way Home 5: Driftin' Blues/Rambling on My Mind 6: Presence of the Lord 7: Rambling on My Mind/Have You Ever Loved a Woman 8: Little Wing 9: Sky Is Crying/Have You Ever Loved a Woman/Rambling on My Mind 10: Layla 11: Further on up the Road 12: I Shot the Sheriff 13: Badge 14: Driftin' Blues 15: Eyesight to the Blind/Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? 16: Tell the Truth 17: Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Eric Clapton 18: Stormy Monday - Eric Clapton 19: Lay Down Sally 20: Core 21: We're All the Way 22: Cocaine 23: Goin' Down Slow/Rambling on My Mind 24: Mean Old Frisco - Eric Clapton 25: Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever 26: Worried Life Blues 27: Tulsa Time 28: Early in the Morning 29: Wonderful Tonight 30: Kind Hearted Woman Blues 31: Double Trouble 32: Crossroads 33: To Make Somebody Happy 34: Cryin' 35: Water on the Ground

Perfect companion to the Crossroads 1
There are extended jams and a guest appearance by Carlos Santana on "Eyesight to the blind / Why does love have to be so sad". This is perfect if you just have the "Crossroads" box set and want to hear Eric 70s live material. There are also three songs that are unavailable on any other Clapton CD. Those songs are: "Cryin, Water on the ground, and to make somebody happy". Highly recommended for the Clapton fanatic or casual fan. .


Excellent
Oh My God. . the cd is excellent. Eric Clapton is with out a doubt the best guitarist of all time. this cd, which takes you back- let me tell you I thought I was sitting in the audience smoking weed - shows how absolutely wonderful he is, and how we miss that style of rock, GET THIS CD- it's great.
You won't be disappointed. I also bought his new autobiography, but I can't stop playing the CD. Side 2, in the late 70's,the original Layla, etc. , great. I can't say that enough- GREAT.
I saw Eric in the 70's -live- and I cannot forget it- the best concert of all times, and I have seen everybody.


Eric's Best Band
In many cases, he stands in the background while the rhythym section just cooks- "Little Wing" and "Badge" serving as notable examples. Being a long time Clapton fan, I can say with subjective certainty that the Tusla backup band, as heard on this retrospective, was the best that ever stood behind the man. Terry is superb both as a rhythym and lead guitarist. . . never again, not with Albert Lee, not even with Mark Knopfler, would the interplay be THIS smooth, THIS breathtaking, THIS raw. Oldaker is reminiscent of Levon Helm or Gene Parsons, and leads that band charging through numbers with his perfect touch. Dick Sims, on organ, sounds incredible, with his playing hovering between the background and foreground, much like Clarence White's guitar playing in the Byrds. It's there, and it's perfect in every case. Same for Radle- by this time, Radle had been Eric's longest standing bassist and knew Clapton's habbits. Listen to how spotlessly he counters them. And Elliman and Levy provide perfect harmony.
In sum, Eric's best band and Eric's rawest and BEST playing. Never again would he reach these heights. Ever.


Eric's Best Band
In many cases, he stands in the background while the rhythym section just cooks- "Little Wing" and "Badge" serving as notable examples. Being a long time Clapton fan, I can say with subjective certainty that the Tusla backup band, as heard on this retrospective, was the best that ever stood behind the man. Terry is superb both as a rhythym and lead guitarist. . . never again, not with Albert Lee, not even with Mark Knopfler, would the interplay be THIS smooth, THIS breathtaking, THIS raw. Oldaker is reminiscent of Levon Helm or Gene Parsons, and leads that band charging through numbers with his perfect touch. Dick Sims, on organ, sounds incredible, with his playing hovering between the background and foreground, much like Clarence White's guitar playing in the Byrds. It's there, and it's perfect in every case. Same for Radle- by this time, Radle had been Eric's longest standing bassist and knew Clapton's habbits. Listen to how spotlessly he counters them. And Elliman and Levy provide perfect harmony.
In sum, Eric's best band and Eric's rawest and BEST playing. Never again would he reach these heights. Ever.


If you really love EC
These were days fueled by a lot of alcohol. This collection shows Eric at his best and his worst. . . and on some songs it shows. But for the most part this is a great collection of some of his live work in that era. Some of the jams are wonderful, "Badge" and "Eyesight. " He's simply magic with the guitar. However, some, like "Crossroads," sound like he doesn't know which of the twelve blues bars he's supposed to be singing in (that was an unintentional pun. ) Juxtapose this with "24 Nights" - this collection is a gritty, loose sound, while the latter is more of a clean, polished performance (that was an intentional pun). I love EC and hope he continues to release his live vault. . . no matter which of his phases it come from. .


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