Eric Clapton - 1983-02-06 - Sacramento CA (SBD)

Eric Clapton
1983-02-06
Convention Center
Sacramento, CA
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

CD 1:
01. After Midnight
02. I Shot The Sheriff
03. Worried Life Blues
04. Crazy Country Hop
05. Crosscut Saw
06. Slow Down Linda
07. Sweet Little Lisa
08. Key To The Highway
09. Tulsa Time
10. Rock and Roll Heart
11. Wonderful Tonight

Disc 2:
01. Blues Power
02. Who's Lovin' You Tonight > Have You Ever Loved A Woman > Ramblin' On My Mind
03. Let It Rain
04. Cocaine
05. Layla
06. Further On Up The Road

Eric Clapton - 1983-02-06 - Sacramento CA (SBD)

Our 1st of two Eric Clapton Same Tour, Different show entries this month captures EC on tour in 1983, a tour few envisioned happening given Slowhand's physical and emotional state a year earlier. In January 1982, EC, having finally admitted he was an alcoholic, flew from London to Minneapolis to check into the Hazelden Treatment Center. On the flight, Clapton drank heavily out of fear he would never be able to drink again. Clapton is quoted in his autobiography as saying, "In the lowest moments of my life, the only reason I didn't commit suicide was that I knew I wouldn't be able to drink any more if I was dead. It was the only thing I thought was worth living for, and the idea that people were about to try and remove me from alcohol was so terrible that I drank and drank and drank, and they had to practically carry me into the clinic.” After being discharged, the doctors at Hazelden recommended that EC avoid any activities that would act as a trigger for his alcoholism. A few months after his discharge, Clapton began working on his next album, against the Hazelden doctors' orders. Working with Tom Dowd, Clapton produced the disc Money & Cigarettes, which he released in February 1983. The album’s memorable cover depicts Clapton, cigarette in hand, standing next to a melting Fender Stratocaster guitar. EC said he chose the album title and imagery "because, that's all I saw myself having left”. Despite less than stellar reviews for the album, the single I've Got a Rock 'n' Roll Heart went to # 18 on the Billboard charts. This soundboard captures EC on the 4th night of the tour in Sacremento CA on February 6, 1983, 31 years ago today. Download this one now, then come back on February 18 for the 2nd show from 1983.  In between, on February 11 and 12, you can get more from Eric, back to back shows from his 1978 tour.