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Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood: Live From Madison Square Garden

Doug Collette June 18, 2009 No Comments

Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood clearly elevate each other's performances throughout Live From Madison Square Garden. This live recording, a set list heavy on blues and vintage Traffic tunes intermixes crowd-pleasers like the too-obvious encore "Cocaine” as well as "After Midnight." Yet the headlining pair and their savvy accompanists refuse to indulge in mere nostalgia.

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Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers / Steve Winwood: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 6/17/08

Shawn Donohue June 18, 2008 No Comments

Petty mentioned early on that “This may be the best room for rock and roll on the planet,” and he was speaking the truth, as The Heartbreakers moved from the heavy metal-ish finish in “Don’t Come Around Here No More” seamlessly into the punk sneer of “Refugee” before closing the whole shebang with the sing along classic of “American Girl.” Make it last all night.

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Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 2/28/08

Doug Collette March 3, 2008 No Comments

In the most practical sense, Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood’s three-night run at Madison Square Garden is quite unlike the recent Led Zeppelin on show reunion or the comeback tour of The Police. These two esteemed musicians have some unfinished business: Blind Faith, the band they created and then lost control of stands as the most significant case of arrested development in the history or rock and roll.

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