Name: Live In San Diego (with Special Guest JJ Cale)(2CD)
Brand: Reprise
SKU: 117617566
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Live In San Diego [2 Discs]

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Album: Live In San Diego (with Special Guest JJ Cale)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Tell the Truth (Live in San Diego)	More Info...
2)	Key to the Highway (Live in San Diego)	More Info...
3)	Got To Get Better in a Little While (Live in San Diego)	More Info...
4)	Little Wing (Live in San Diego)	More Info...
5)	Anyday (Live in San Diego)	More Info...
6)	Anyway the Wind Blows (with Special Guest JJ Cale) [Live in San Diego]	More Info...
7)	After Midnight (with Special Guest JJ Cale) [Live in San Diego]	More Info...
8)	Who Am I Telling You? (with Special Guest JJ Cale) [Live in San Diego]	More Info...
9)	Don't Cry Sister (with Special Guest JJ Cale) [Live in San Diego]	More Info...
1)	Cocaine (with Special Guest JJ Cale) [Live in San Diego]	More Info...
2)	Motherless Children (Live in San Diego)	More Info...
3)	Little Queen of Spades (Live in San Diego)	More Info...
4)	Further On Up the Road (Live in San Diego)	More Info...
5)	Wonderful Tonight (Live in San Diego)	More Info...
6)	Layla (Live in San Diego)	More Info...
7)	Crossroads (Live in San Diego)	More Info...
3)	Got to Get Better in a Little While	More Info...
4)	Little Wing	More Info...
5)	Anyday	More Info...
6)	Anyway the Wind Blows	More Info...
7)	After Midnight	More Info...
8)	Who Am I Telling You?	More Info...
9)	Don't Cry Sister	More Info...

Album: Live In San Diego (with Special Guest JJ Cale)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Tell the Truth (Live in San Diego)	More Info...
2)	Key to the Highway (Live in San Diego)	More Info...
3)	Got To Get Better in a Little While (Live in San Diego)	More Info...
4)	Little Wing (Live in San Diego)	More Info...
5)	Anyday (Live in San Diego)	More Info...
6)	Anyway the Wind Blows (with Special Guest JJ Cale) [Live in San Diego]	More Info...
7)	After Midnight (with Special Guest JJ Cale) [Live in San Diego]	More Info...
8)	Who Am I Telling You? (with Special Guest JJ Cale) [Live in San Diego]	More Info...
9)	Don't Cry Sister (with Special Guest JJ Cale) [Live in San Diego]	More Info...
1)	Cocaine (with Special Guest JJ Cale) [Live in San Diego]	More Info...
2)	Motherless Children (Live in San Diego)	More Info...
3)	Little Queen of Spades (Live in San Diego)	More Info...
4)	Further On Up the Road (Live in San Diego)	More Info...
5)	Wonderful Tonight (Live in San Diego)	More Info...
6)	Layla (Live in San Diego)	More Info...
7)	Crossroads (Live in San Diego)	More Info...
3)	Got to Get Better in a Little While	More Info...
4)	Little Wing	More Info...
5)	Anyday	More Info...
6)	Anyway the Wind Blows	More Info...
7)	After Midnight	More Info...
8)	Who Am I Telling You?	More Info...
9)	Don't Cry Sister	More Info...

Performer Notes

Personnel: Eric Clapton (vocals, guitar); Doyle Bramhall II (guitar, background vocals); Derek Trucks (slide guitar); Chris Stainton, Tim Carmon (keyboards); Steve Gordon (drums); Sharon White, Michelle John (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Simon Climie.
Recording information: The Ipayone Center, San Diego, California (03/15/2007).
Eric Clapton recorded The Road to Escondido, a collaborative effort with his laconic idol J.J. Cale, in 2006 but the pair didn't play supporting concerts due to Cale's aversion of touring. He wound up showing up for one show: a date near his home in San Diego, playing five songs on March 15, 2007 at the iPayOne Center. That guest set forms the heart of 2016's Live in San Diego, a double-disc live album released three years after Cale's death. Effectively, this marks Clapton's second tribute to Cale since J.J.'s passing -- in 2014, he assembled The Breeze: An Appreciation of J.J. Cale -- but this brief mid-concert set perhaps illustrates the love and affection between the two men better than either The Breeze or The Road to Escondido. Mainly relying on chestnuts (although the new "Anyway the Wind Blows" kicks off the set), the chemistry is there along with a palpable affection between the two musicians, with Clapton following Cale's lazy lead. It provides a nice contrast to the heavy blues that dominates the rest of the album. Working with a band featuring guitarists Doyle Bramhall II and Derek Trucks plus drummer Steve Jordan, Clapton opens up with no less than five Derek & the Dominos numbers -- including "Got to Get Better in a Little While," not released while the band was active -- and then concludes with a bunch of blues covers (Robert Cray shows up for a closing "Crossroads"), along with his own "Wonderful Tonight" and "Layla," the only two big hits on the album. That kind of crowd-pleasing isn't part of the intention of this particular concert. Instead, Clapton decides to devote the majority of his set list to the guitar, which helps offset the easy-rolling grooves of the Cale showcase. Combined, it amounts to one of his most satisfying live albums. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine