He sings with a gritty, sometimes gravelly, passion that many stars today lack. It is stronger than it’s ever been, much fuller than in his Cream days.
Let’s start with old slowhand’s (as he is known) voice. (Photo by Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images) Getty Images (MANDATORY CREDIT Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images) Eric Clapton live at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo. Clapton, for whatever reason, didn’t play perhaps his greatest solo hit, “Layla,” even during his one encore, and, for Cream fans, he only performed two of that group’s hits, “Badge” and “Crossroads.” There was no “Sunshine Of Your Love” or “White Room.’’ The rest of Clapton’s show was, well, pretty damn good, despite the fact that he is 78 now. Here’s how it went down.įirst, let me mention what I didn’t like, which was very little. With anticipation, I secured tickets and traveled to Tokyo to attend the final evening’s performance, Clapton’s 102nd overall at Budokan. He was just finishing a six-night stint at Japan’s Nippon Budokan concert hall. But I had never managed to see Clapton perform solo. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) gettyĪs a journalist, I interviewed Bruce and Baker before they passed, and had attended the 2005 reunion gigs. 1968: British Rock Group "Cream" poses for a portrait in 1968.
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