Kultur: (About) 100 Words on...Eric Clapton - "Bottle Rockin'" Columbus, Ohio 07/04/1974

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Kultur: (About) 100 Words on...Eric Clapton - "Bottle Rockin'" Columbus, Ohio 07/04/1974

(About) 100 Words on...Eric Clapton - "Bottle Rockin'" Columbus, Ohio 07/04/1974

Eric Clapton
Bottle Rockin'
Columbus, Ohio, 07/04/1974
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The early 1970s found Eric Clapton a mess. Heroin addiction sidelined him between the demise of Derek and the Dominoes (with the death of Duane Allman October 29, 1971 and the release of 461 Ocean Boulevard (RSO, 1973) (though he did appear at George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh (Apple, 1971) and Peter Townsend's Rainbow Concert (RSO, 1973)). Once off heroin, Clapton began drinking heavily as evidenced by his singing performance during this soundboard collected concert in Columbus, OH. Pleasantly hammered Clapton is not. He behaves in an arrogantly belligerent manner that can only be forgiven by his corrosive performance of Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing" and his near supernatural guitar break in "Key to the Highway. This is Clapton in the '70s to be sure – bloated, lazy, and sloppy. But like Charlie Parker's Dial "Lover Man," Clapton summoned something special to this performance…or else he was just lucky.

Disc 1: Easy Now; Smile;Let it Grow;Can't Find My Way Home; Key to the Highway; Willie and the Hand Jive / Get Ready; Little Wing. Disc 2: Mainline Florida; Layla; Presence of the Lord; Badge; Little Queenie; Crossroads.