Eric Clapton - 1985-07-05 - Chicago, IL (SBD)

Eric Clapton

1985-07-05

Poplar Creek Music Theater

Hoffman Estates

Chicago, Illinois

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Atrwork Included

CD 1:

01. Tulsa Time

02. Motherless Children

03. I Shot The Sheriff

04. Same Old Blues

05. Tangled In Love

06. White Room

07. Steppin' Out (Shaun Murphy vocals)

08. Wonderful Tonight

09. She's Waiting

10. She Loves You (Marcy Levy vocals)

CD 2:

11. Badge

12. Let it Rain

13. Double Trouble

14. Cocaine

15. Layla

16. Forever Man

17. Further On Up The Road

Eric Clapton - 1985-07-05 - Chicago, IL (SBD)

Our double plays from Eric Clapton this month features 2 shows from his 1985 tour. As mentioned in earlier posts of this blog, 1985 was a year in which EC returned to worldwide prominence. Working with Phi Collins, he released the album, Behind The Sun, in March 1985, which was a huge improvement of his previous effort, 1983’s Money and Cigarettes. It was also his first album after spending time in rehab for his addiction to alcohol. Fueled by the single Forever Man, which received extensive play both on radio and on MTV, Behind The Sun climbed into the top 40 on the Billboard charts. The album also yielded the single, She's Waiting, which was included as part of EC’s set at Live Aid in July 1985. That Live Aid appearance, which also included White Room and Layla, showed the world a healthy and rejuvenated Slowhand, who could still play with the best of them. This soundboard recording captures Clapton on Jul5, 1985, 29 years ago today, in Chicago. Download this one, then come back in 4 days for part 2 of our Double Play featuring EC in 1985.