Further On Up the Road

Eric Clapton came to Bangkok on the third date of his world tour to support his latest album, Clapton. Given that the new album is relaxed and jazzy, and this was only the third night of the tour, and the average age of the entire band was about 62 (E.C. will be 66 at the end of March), we were a little worried that the show would be a little ... laid-back.

We needn’t have worried. Clapton played exceptionally hard that night, especially during the first set, with a number of blistering solos. While he was sure to throw in a number of the Top 40 hits, he also played couple of hard-core blues, which made Patrick happy. As the review in one of the local papers said, "Clapton can make a Stratocaster at full volume sound like a fluting, charging demon, then turn on a pin for a breath-catching arpeggio flourish."




It was a great night, and we were glad to have the chance to catch Slowhand before he finally decides to retire.


(Of course, Luigi thinks that it was Patrick on stage all along....)

Pictures courtesy of the Singha Corporation, taken without permission from Where's Eric!, the world's premier Eric Clapton fan site.