Classless jerks in OKC

[AVERAGE JOE]

Ford Center boos Eric Clapton after 2 hour concert???

Good news for Tulsa. His next concert in Oklahoma will likely be at the BOK Center, not the Ford Center.

[BKDotCom]

I was there.
I thought the concert a bit mediocre.  (I'm not a huge fan.. GF took me).  A long "jam session" and solos that grew tiresome.
However I did not notice any booing.  Just a lot of applause.  The article says the concert abruptly ended when Clapton exited the stage...
He came back for a 2 song encore!  What terrible reporting.
But yes, I felt the audience felt underwhelmed.

[deinstein]

Of course it will be here...with his buddy J.J. Cale. And of course he got booed. He overcharges for concerts and is one of the most overrated guitarist of all-time.

[YoungTulsan]

quote:Originally posted by deinstein

Of course it will be here...with his buddy J.J. Cale. And of course he got booed. He overcharges for concerts and is one of the most overrated guitarist of all-time.

Shallow AND pedantic?

[sgrizzle]

I want to hear this from the side of a booer. What got them so upset?




Peter Griffin quote?

[grahambino]

http://www.newsok.com/article/keyword/3022757/

sorry, you gotta register.

anyhow, the article reads 'Throughout the show, Clapton barely played a note that was recorded in the past 30 years.'

perhaps people wanted to hear some hit songs, instead of obscure blues songs.

dunno.

[dsjeffries]

Nothing coming out of Oklahoma City surprises me, though many things often anger and sadden me.  This is one of them.

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by grahambino

http://www.newsok.com/article/keyword/3022757/

sorry, you gotta register.

anyhow, the article reads 'Throughout the show, Clapton barely played a note that was recorded in the past 30 years.'

perhaps people wanted to hear some hit songs, instead of obscure blues songs.

dunno.

Well there's one boo-er

[AngieB]

Text of the article:



Review: Clapton delivers rousing performance




Eric Clapton reached deep into his 40-plus years of recording history and delivered a rousing, endlessly surprising performance Monday night at the Ford Center, thanks in no small part to a young and immensely talented man named after Clapton's early 1970s band, Derek and the Dominos.

Following a strong and well-received set by Southern blues journeyman Robert Cray, Clapton took the stage with his superb band. He and fellow guitarists Derek Trucks and Doyle Bramhall II, keyboardists Chris Stainton and Tim Carmon, drummer Steve Jordan, bassist Willie Weeks and backup singers Michelle John and Sharon White immediately launched into the first of several songs from Derek and the Dominos, "Tell the Truth." Together, Clapton, Trucks and Bramhall delved into the Dominos' deep Southern blues-rock style, continuing with three more favorites from that group: "Got to Get Better in a Little While," their arrangement of Jimi Hendrix' "Little Wing," and "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?"

Clapton began a sit-down set with a shout-out to Andrew Oldaker, the son of Clapton's '70s drummer and Oklahoma native Jamie Oldaker, then launched into a straight acoustic version of Charles Brown's "Driftin' Blues." Then Bramhall and Trucks joined in for "Outside Woman Blues" from Cream's 1967 classic, "Disraeli Gears." Adding musicians with each song, the rhythm section and keyboardists returned for a version of another Dominos classic, "Nobody Loves You When You're Down and Out."

Throughout the show, Clapton barely played a note that was recorded in the past 30 years — the most recent songs were 1989's "Running on Faith" and his 2004 version of Robert Johnson's "Little Queen of Spades." He seemed energized and in his element while playing the blues-heavy classics of old, particularly on "Motherless Children" and "Further on Up the Road." The former was given a blistering slide-guitar workout by Trucks, and on the latter, Clapton and Bramhall traded laidback, tasteful fretwork.

Fans in the near-capacity audience looking for radio hits received a faithful reading of "Wonderful Tonight" before Clapton and the band kicked into an extraordinary version of "Layla." Trucks, who grew up hearing "Layla (And Other Assorted Love Songs)," did not imitate the slide guitar work of Duane Allman, the late guitarist whose position he fills in the Allman Brothers Band. Instead, he put his own sneak-attack spin on the coda, helping Clapton pump new life into the anthem.

For an encore, Clapton ripped into the J.J. Cale classic "Cocaine," then invited Cray onstage for an astounding run through the Cream arrangement of Johnson's "Crossroads." It was four of the best guitarists of their respective generations onstage together, playing a classic written by the father of the blues, and few who witnessed Clapton as a resurgent guitar god will forget the experience.

After the concert, a fan was overheard saying that "Derek Trucks stole the show." That might not be completely true, but Clapton has his best partner in crime in years.

— George Lang

[Johnboy976]

Did someone record the concert so that we could find out what actually happened?

[deinstein]

So, apparently he was playing better than usual and not playing hit songs. That's a good sign.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by deinstein

Of course it will be here...with his buddy J.J. Cale. And of course he got booed. He overcharges for concerts and is one of the most overrated guitarist of all-time.

Sure has made a good living as an overrated guitarist. [xx(]

[deinstein]

Obviously.

[NellieBly]

Talked to a friend yesterday who was at the concert(in good seats up front) and stayed until the end...she said there was no booing. She doesn't know what the reporter is talking about and wonders if he was even at the same concert.

[Conan71]

Matt Elliott (Tulsa Whirled) kept talking about what an inept guitar player Doyle Bramhall, Jr. was and how Bramhall must have been high.  Maybe Matt Elliott was the one who was smoking in the cheap seats.