Eric Clapton’s amazing concert captured on CD and vinyl

Eric Clapton devotees have reason to clap . . . wildly applaud actually . . . now that we’re spilling the beans: EC’s latest CD, Live in San Diego With Special Guest JJ Cale, will  be offered as a 2-CD set or 3-LP vinyl set and digital album, will be released September 30 on Reprise/Bushbranch Records.

Fans who pre-order the album from Ericclapton.com will receive the track “Anyway the Wind Blows” instantly and two additional songs in advance of the release date. The 180-gram version of the vinyl is exclusively available at the website, as well as a T-shirt and album bundle.

A live video of Clapton and Cale performing “Anyway The Wind Blows” from San Diego is available now at YouTube.com/EricClapton.

Recorded at Clapton’s March 15, 2007 performance at the iPayOne Center in San Diego, CA, this concert was part of a world tour that was much loved by Clapton fans and featured a stellar band that included guitarists Derek Trucks (now of the Tedeschi Trucks band) and Doyle Bramhall II. The two-hour San Diego concert was a highlight of the tour as it featured JJ Cale as a special guest on five tracks (including “After Midnight” and “Cocaine”), as well as Robert Cray on the final song of the record, “Crossroads.”

After successfully covering several JJ Cale songs over his career, Clapton finally collaborated with Cale in 2006 on the original album Road to Escondido.  At the time, Clapton said: “This is the realization of what may have been my last ambition, to work with the man whose music has inspired me for as long as I can remember.”

So it is fitting that one year later, Cale joined Clapton on stage for this special concert where they performed five songs together – underlining the mutual respect the two musicians had for each other.

The concert features a set list from across Eric’s career. Notably, it includes songs from Eric’s classic Derek and the Dominos album Layla, with Derek Trucks playing many of Duane Allman’s original guitar parts.