Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood - 2011-11-21 - Osaka, JP (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Osaka Jo Hall

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Title: Midland Maniac
Label: Tarantura TCDECSW-2-1,2

Disc 1 (64:59): 
01 - Had To Cry Today
02 - Low Down
03 - After Midnight
04 - Presence Of The Lord
05 - Glad
06 - Well All Right
07 - Hoochie Coochie Man
08 - While You See A Chance
09 - Key To The Highway
10 - Midland Maniac
11 - Crossroads
12 - Georgia On My Mind

Disc 2 (62:36)
Acoustic Set
01 - Driftin’
02 - That’s No Way To Get Along
03 - Wonderful Tonight
04 - Can’t Find My Way Home
05 - Gimme Some Lovin’
06 - Voodoo Chile

Encore:
07 - Cocaine
08 - Dear Mr.Fantasy

After stops in Sapporo and Yokohama, the Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood tour played in Osaka for two nights. The first night is presented on Midland Maniac by Tarantura. Sourced from a Mr. Hanatan tape, it’s close to the stage and has very good sound quality. Only a slight dullness prevents it from being an excellent tape, but the dullness curiously enhances the guitar sound and makes this one of the most visceral documents from this tour.

There is a special quality right from the start of the show when the artists play dueling leads in “Had To Cry Today.” At times they echo one another, and at other times they play “compare and contrast,” and make it quite interesting before.

Winwood gives “After Midnight” a slight boogie vibe underneath Clapton’s joyful vocals. The segue into “Presence Of The Lord” is seamless and the performance of the Blind Faith classic is gorgeous. The artists take turns singing the verses and Clapton plays a magnificent wah-wah solo in the middle.

The transition from Traffic’s “Glad” into “Well All Alright” is another highlight early in the show. The rhythm of the latter changes from disco to a marital and serious beat in a second, and they both stand in contrast to the insane Chris Stainton keyboard solo in the middle.

After “Key To The Highway” play “Midland Maniac” instead of “Pearly Queen,” the Traffic tune they played the previous night and end the first half with “Georgia On My Mind.”

The acoustic interlude begins with “Driftin’.” The Robert Wilkins cover “That’s No Way To Get Along” is played with a chilling quality in Clapton’s vocals. They follow with the acoustic arrangement of “Wonderful Tonight” which debuted the previous night in Yokohama, and end with “Can’t Find My Way Home.”

They start the finale with a rather limp version of “Gimme Some Lovin’.” Maybe they were still thinking about the awesome heights of the acoustic set, but it sounds like they’re not really into the song. “Voodoo Chile” sounds frightening as every, and is a worthy set closer.

The encores remains the same as all the shows, a long “Cocaine” followed by the Traffic classic “Dear Mr. Fantasy.”