Eric Clapton - 1998-04-09 - Chicago, IL (SBD)

Eric Clapton
1998-04-09
United Center
Chicago, Illinois
Soundboard ALD Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

CD 1:
01. My Father's Eyes
02. Pilgrim
03. One Chance
04. River of Tears
05. Goin' Down Slow
06. She's Gone
07. Tears in Heaven
08. Layla
09. Change the World

CD 2:
01. Old Love
02. Crossroads
03. Have You Ever Loved a Woman
04. I Shot the Sheriff
05. Wonderful Tonight
06. Tearing Us Apart
07. Cocaine
08. Sunshine of Your Love
09. Outtake / Rehearsals 1
10. Outtake / Rehearsals 2

Eric Clapton - 1998-04-09 - Chicago, IL (SBD)

This soundboard recording captures Eric on April 9, 1998, 14 years ago today, in Chicago, backed by a 20-piece orchestra led by conductor Nick Ingman. The show takes place about a month after the release of Pilgrim, an album EC dedicated to his son Conor, who died in a tragic accident at the age of 4 in 1991. While working on Pilgrim, Clapton told producer Simon Climie that his goal was to make the saddest album possible. The disc included such songs as My Father’s Eyes, River Of Tears, One Chance, Broken Hearted and Circus, about the last event he attended with Conor the day before the boy’s death. Several of those tunes, as well as Tears In heaven, the first song he wrote dedicated to Conor, appear in the set list for this concert. Needless to say, the addition of the orchestra helped make this show not simply a rock concert, but rather a majestic tribute to his departed son.