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Eric Clapton 07/03/97
Auditorium Stravinsky, Montreux, Switzerland
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Set I
The 31st Montreux Jazz Festival was held on July 4-19, 1997. This show took place on the evening before the official festival started. It was a rehearsal which was done as a freebie for the Festival staff and for sponsors and friends. About 3,000 invited people joined the unofficial debut of the Legends at the Auditorium Stravinsky.

Nobody knew what would happen at this concert. Everybody had been very surprised when Eric started to sing "Going down slow", because this concert had been announced as an "instrumental concert".


Band Lineup
Marcus Miller Bass
Eric Clapton Guitar, Vocals
David Sanborn Saxophone
Joe Sample Keyboards, Piano
Steve Gadd Drums

Set List
Full house
Snakes
Ruthie
Marcus #1 (A)
Going down slow (EC vocals)
Peeper
Suggestions
Third degree (EC vocals)
1st Song Tango
Put it where you want
Jelly roll (Encore)
In a sentimental mood (Encore)
Layla (Encore, EC vocals)
Everyday I have the blues (Encore, EC vocals)





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MyLibbyDog (5/4.8) CDR / 2 A A View   Soundboard
Notes: Good Mono Audience Recording of interest appearance by Eric at the Montreaux Jazz Festival with David Sanborn and Steve Gadd. Not your usual Eric, nor a typical set list. Very Good!
michael kass (5/5) cdr / 2 View  
chris payment (5/3.4) CDR / 2 View  
Notes: #414
Slick2007 (5/5) FLAC / 2 A View  
Srron (5/5) CDR / 2 View  
Edgar H (4/5) / 2 View   "Knights of the Round Table" (Mid Valley)
Notes: Geetarz: The concert of the 3rd, the first "public" outing, is by far the superior performance of the two at Montreux. The band is loose, having a ton of fun, and under much less pressure than the public debut the following night which would be televised. Musically, this group hits on all cylinders, and it's clear that while the jazz greats take Clapton out of his safe zone - to great effect - he does the same to them. This group is decidely one of the underappreciated higlights of EC's career. True, there are people who don't care for "music without words", but isn't that sort of like people who only read books with pictures?? A stunning performance on all counts, and a superb audience recording. Highly recommended.
Mike McCann (4/5) FLAC / 2 B B View   audience>?>cdr>EAC>Flac Frontend 6
Notes: Knights of the Round Table Mid Valley - 015/016
Blue R Ted (4/0) CD-R / 0 View  
Crowster2 (3/5) CDR / 2 View  
Karst de Jong (2/5) FLAC / 0 View   FLAC Box
David (1/5) CDR / 2 A View   AUD
Notes: Couple digi-pops
Mike Kelly (1/4.3) CDR / 2 View   soundboard
Maria Reine (1/5) CD-R / 2 View  
Notes: "Knights of the Round Table" [Mid Valley 015/016]. Audience recording > ? > liberated bootleg > EAC > WAV > FLAC Frontend > FLAC(level 6). FLAC[max320dm]
Shawn (1/0) CD / 2 View  
BluesFan (1/5) FLAC / 0 View  
Notes: Sourced from Knights Of The Round Table bootleg.
ccrocker (0/3) / 0 View