Eric Clapton - "Crossroads" Live at the Civic Center Hartford, Ct. April 12, 1990 Crossroads is a classic. Here Clapton adds a 3 minute intro and his performance is excellent.
I was at this show. It was absolutely amazing. I was standing right in front of him in the front row. The hat thing was hilarious. It was the era of Arsenio Hall, and the whole "Woo Woo Woo" with the arm thing was popular everywhere. Everyone up front started doing that. Clapton and the rest of the band thought it was hysterical, and they were all laughing and doing it back. That's when everyone just started throwing their hats up on stage. There were tons of hats on the stage so everyone in the band picked one up, and put them on. People went nuts, and they closed the show that way. I'll absolutely NEVER forget that night. I was 18... AMAZING.
@hgwells1570
Жыл бұрын
thanks for sharing.
@ursulabornhauser1091
9 ай бұрын
😂niceness❤❤❤❤
@gukobi
6 жыл бұрын
The soldano amp and lace sensors is the clapton sound I grew up with.
@collinjamesguitar
3 жыл бұрын
It’s my favorite too! It’s the sole reason why I bought and still use a Soldano.
@susanreed2802
10 жыл бұрын
No one can do intros like Clapton, he's the Master
@ls1monarogto
7 жыл бұрын
I was at this show. The people on the floor of the Hartford Civic Center stood for two and a half hours. It was that kind of show. The hats were tossed on stage about halfway through. UConn had been in the NCAA tournament and the Hartford Whalers were in the NHL playoffs. They picked up the hats and wore them for the rest of the show.
@Cool-Edit-5000
4 жыл бұрын
I was there too. I was standing right in front of him, front row. Remember when everyone started doing the Arsenio Hall "Woo Woo Woo" thing? That was so fun. What a night.
@jameslawson3390
3 жыл бұрын
KZitem is the closest thing we have to time travel
@ls1monarogto
12 жыл бұрын
The Hartford Whalers were in the NHL playoffs in the same bldg. Fans threw some Whalers hats on stage and EC and some of the band members wore the hats for most of the show. Now that's appreciating your audience. I know cause I was there.
@Cool-Edit-5000
4 жыл бұрын
I was too. Front row, standing right in front of him. Remember when everyone started doing the Arsenio Hall "Woo Woo Woo" thing??? Such a fun night. Amazing.
@dharmana1
9 жыл бұрын
This is how a guitar ought to be played... captivated!
@LZBlackDog71
2 жыл бұрын
Favourite tone and playing !! The soldano rocked
@specialagentslowhand
15 жыл бұрын
Wow Clapton sure can play circles around everybody...
@Leo-uc8zv
Жыл бұрын
Not jhonny winters Rory Gallagher it’s ally he would have trouble with
@EC_IS_Here
Жыл бұрын
@@Leo-uc8zv gallagher cant hold a candle, he aint got the touch clapto does or precision or 60 years of proving it.I cant agree with you there.Not say hes a bad guitar plaer, just hes no clapton, nobody will be clapton, like nobody will be jordan again
@rob841395
14 жыл бұрын
Oh my 'GOD'. one of the best performances iv seen of clapton. proper fire in the belly giving it some. class
@buster3439
5 жыл бұрын
With CLAPTON YOU JUST RELAX LISTEN AND ENJOY.
@ursulabornhauser1091
9 ай бұрын
Eric the king of his guitar😊❤❤❤❤❤❤
@kentbeery8653
7 жыл бұрын
thatz totally Badass rite there !!
@jameslawson3390
3 жыл бұрын
He might not hump his guitar or start small fires on stage but I'll be damned if this man isn't the greatest to ever touch 6 strings just a fact figured everyone should know
@MrJonnybaby123
14 жыл бұрын
Well that's something you don't see everyday - EC in a hat! Great upload though, that intro is intoxicatingly good!
@CiscoDuck
4 жыл бұрын
The only time I've seen him wear a hat was while fishing.
@Cool-Edit-5000
4 жыл бұрын
I was at this show. I was 18... standing right in front of him in the front row. Everyone started throwing hats on the stage, so he and the band put them on. It was so funny. People stood the whole show. It was one of his better performances. He and the rest of the band were just on that night. Amazing.
@Alex280592
15 жыл бұрын
best crossroads version
@thomasroneill
13 жыл бұрын
absolutely incredible
@garydodson4821
9 жыл бұрын
Saw Mr. Clapton many years ago at the old Three Rivers Stadium. He was out front doing some riffs, the spot light on him, jamming away, and he took his hands away from the guitar, put his arms in the air, and the riffs kept going. The spotlight moved to the right and on Yvonne Ellliman, and she was wailing on without missing a lick. Lots of people can jam like their the best. Why rate them, just enjoy it!!
@kentbeery8653
7 жыл бұрын
killer
@despinaluigini7991
7 жыл бұрын
extraordinary....
@eastcoastpat
16 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this, I'm from New Britain CT. I recently moved to CA for family and I'm a little home sick, then I saw this- Thanks again!!!
@alexobib2
16 жыл бұрын
Yeah, such a fun seeing him walking around like that.. And what a f... super-band. Phil Palmer (guitar) and Alan Clark (keyboards) from Dire Straits were in the band too.
@jelopezmusic
3 ай бұрын
Man that 90s Soldano tone was truly something else
@PeterParker-uz3oc
2 жыл бұрын
God
@Unclemoparman
Жыл бұрын
Really on fire
@29sentz
9 жыл бұрын
Phil Palmer takes the middle solo! Yeah and check the version of this song from "Eric Clapton: Play With Fire Revisited 1991" Which also one of the best version of I Shot the Sheriff recorded. 90s Clapton.
@djuzla89
9 жыл бұрын
+29sentz Hm,i think i like it ;)
@louiskhachaturian
16 жыл бұрын
its really cool
@DougPhillips-mi9rj
Жыл бұрын
This sang in our wedding sadly the love my life now resides with the Lord see you soon
@soinorman
8 жыл бұрын
Ha I could do that!! Note for note........But I'd need two weeks and the lights on! Thanks for posting this stuff is pure gold.
@kristofbalga1418
2 жыл бұрын
Oj, why haven t i seen this yet?!
@takisniakas1904
6 жыл бұрын
Τέλειος ο Έρικ
@joellecollin2691
7 жыл бұрын
une tuerie. 😁!!!!
@andrew71ify
14 жыл бұрын
Put that guitar down and paint my house !!
@andrew71ify
9 жыл бұрын
He never painted my house but this dude stole my guitar and put me to shame
@claptongroupie
16 жыл бұрын
had to watch this again..good job slunky08..I love it when he jams like this..and he looks so cute & sexy in that hat :-) ...and cool with the cig..God I love him :-)
@claptongroupie
16 жыл бұрын
geez that intro gives me chills...want to get up and dance :-)
@anarojas1424
3 жыл бұрын
🌟🌟🌟 ERIC CLAPTON 🌟🌟🌟 Realmente tienes y debe tener conocimiento que actúen contable público y particularmente a mi persona nos hace estremecer y nos hace sentir el otro mundo por lo menos a mí persona donde las mujeres de color le bailan el blue alrededor del hombre es así de tan cierto sólo sé que viajó en el infinito a mencionado lugar y me hace sentir que estoy entre medio de la gente qué color A quiénes quiero con el corazón 🌎 💝 🕴️🎸🎤💝👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@gazzaboy2531977
14 жыл бұрын
fucking awesome man
@blakel9992
2 жыл бұрын
the guitar is literally smoking
@emichalcom
15 жыл бұрын
I really dig Clapton's Soldano period :) (though hate the leather pants and shiny emo-guitar strap ;) )
@kakwirakeronrmontour861
3 жыл бұрын
Anybody who can play like that is etitled to the leather britches and emo strap... juts saying. ;-)
@john_pryce9855
3 жыл бұрын
It’s not really an emo strap lol, it was designed and gifted to Eric by Gianni Versace. The pants are inexcusable however!
@bluesfashion
Жыл бұрын
In his prime!!
@poorperson2181
14 жыл бұрын
clapton sounds pretty good with soldano amps.. he should have sticked with it
@diegoferrari3341
3 жыл бұрын
But, you forgot the Marshall at the bottom...
@TKbrands17
14 жыл бұрын
his fingers are playing so hot that the neck starts to smoke, i think
@nealrothchild3470
7 жыл бұрын
A bit of stevie Ray in there
@diegoferrari3341
3 жыл бұрын
You mean: " a bit of Clapton in Stevie Ray Vaughan"...
@antonioramos315
4 жыл бұрын
Porque de tanta criatividade mister Clapton???
@ls1monarogto
7 жыл бұрын
The show was beyond sold out and @8:00 he walked around the back of the stage and played for the people in the crap seats.
@Cool-Edit-5000
4 жыл бұрын
I was there. Front row, right in front of him.
@DesertWolf87
15 жыл бұрын
Definately superior guitarist to Eddie or Jimmy and still better than Mr. Hendrix, they were all great but Clapton is the true Guitar God.
@swil2075
2 ай бұрын
guy in the hat's pretty good!
@slunky08
14 жыл бұрын
At the time he said also, that the volume was a problem as both he and Ginger (and maybe Jack, too) have bad problems with their hearing´.
@catshitsoup
Жыл бұрын
Tim Renwick on the guitar I think. Amazing 👏
@jcsfx77
16 жыл бұрын
THATS actually me in a hat....
@stjepankrizan7857
5 жыл бұрын
I dont know man, But that pickup/guitar/amp combination sounds better than his early cream sounds..
@Conorscorner
7 жыл бұрын
Some of the intro has some peter green in it :)
@apistelli
15 жыл бұрын
No. Is not a cigarette.... But he's got, and gods make a impossible apears easy! In porps. God bless all.
@noelliam67
2 жыл бұрын
I think the intro is «Poor black mattie»
@micheleatlilacsrust5785
4 жыл бұрын
I have never seen him with a hat on EVER. I wonder if it was a UCONN hat???
@Leo-uc8zv
3 жыл бұрын
Sound like a mixture of Stevie ray and peter green
@armandovazquez007
4 ай бұрын
TONE
@Simto
14 жыл бұрын
Didn't he use the Marshall amps for his Leslie speakers?
@Aegis90
7 жыл бұрын
Love the audience just losing all sense of tempo from mere excitement :)
@pabloperez4063
5 жыл бұрын
Where IS Hartford?..
@pabloperez4063
5 жыл бұрын
In Connecticut
@pabloperez4063
5 жыл бұрын
I believe he could change his guitar for ThE one Phil palmer IS using
@Rmelcher77
15 жыл бұрын
its smoke from the fret board, hahaha. just kidding. yeah its a cig
@texbls
16 жыл бұрын
this cigaret is so freaki'n cool, now he dont do this.
@TheGrude68
8 жыл бұрын
who is in his band for this?
@Aegis90
7 жыл бұрын
Nathan East, Greg Phillinganes, Phil Palmer, Tessa Niles, Katie Kissoon and Steve Ferrone if i remember correctly
@DavidCasper
15 жыл бұрын
Lol, strawer, I don't think specialagentslowhand meant literally walking in circles around people while playing...
@Aegis90
15 жыл бұрын
Cigarette ofcf xD
@Rocktube77
15 жыл бұрын
what's a cig??
@Rmelcher77
15 жыл бұрын
thats not smoke from a cigarette
@MrJonnybaby123
10 жыл бұрын
A hat! That's rare, lol, great stuff but still prefer the faster cream version.
@bobbydazzler8684
3 жыл бұрын
As a huge EC fan, I find this rather boring. The intro was ZZ Top-lite and I've never enjoyed the mid-tempo version of Crossroads. It's in the set as a crowd pleaser, but it lacks any real urgency or passion. Clapton obviously flavours the solos with some very tasty playing, but I'd rather hear it in something he's feeling. Compare this dull affair with anything he plays during the live shows supporting From the Cradle - he's on fire!
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