7/21/74 Cow Palace

Eric Clapton
Ross

My first time seeing Clapton after waiting years. I was maybe a little
disappointed, he played very little from Layla (didn't play the title tune
even) or the Cream days. He was okay, he seemed kinda scattered and
self-conscious; he was much better the next time I saw him, a year or so
later.

I have no recollection of Ross, except that it was a band and not a guy
named Ross. Can't find anything about them online.

7/21/74 Cow Palace

Eric Clapton
Ross

My first time seeing Clapton after waiting years. I was maybe a little
disappointed, he played very little from Layla (didn't play the title tune
even) or the Cream days. He was okay, he seemed kinda scattered and
self-conscious; he was much better the next time I saw him, a year or so
later.

I have no recollection of Ross, except that it was a band and not a guy
named Ross. Can't find anything about them online.

Not a very memorable night in general.
LAYLA is really the only thing of Clapton's that I've ever loved...and then

On 7/27/09 1:56 PM, burtonlmb wrote:
7/21/74 Cow Palace

Eric Clapton
Ross

My first time seeing Clapton after waiting years. I was maybe a little
disappointed, he played very little from Layla (didn't play the title
tune
even) or the Cream days. He was okay, he seemed kinda scattered and
self-conscious; he was much better the next time I saw him, a year or so
later.

I have no recollection of Ross, except that it was a band and not a guy
named Ross. Can't find anything about them online.

Apparently they didn't make much of an impression on Christgau either.
Here's his one-sentence non-review from 1974, which mentions the Clapton
tour you saw:

http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=ross

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7/21/74 Cow Palace

Eric Clapton
Ross

My first time seeing Clapton after waiting years. I was maybe a little
disappointed, he played very little from Layla (didn't play the title
tune even) or the Cream days. He was okay, he seemed kinda scattered and
self-conscious; he was much better the next time I saw him, a year or so
later.

I have no recollection of Ross, except that it was a band and not a guy
named Ross. Can't find anything about them online.

Not a very memorable night in general.
LAYLA is really the only thing of Clapton's that I've ever loved...and
then came to find
out that the things I loved most about it were due to Duane Allman.
Never got the Clapton thing...that guy bores me most of the time (although
hearing a few
Cream songs would have been cool if he'd done that, which it sounds as
though he didn't).

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On 7/27/09 1:56 PM, burtonlmb wrote:
7/21/74 Cow Palace

Eric Clapton
Ross

My first time seeing Clapton after waiting years. I was maybe a little
disappointed, he played very little from Layla (didn't play the title
tune
even) or the Cream days. He was okay, he seemed kinda scattered and
self-conscious; he was much better the next time I saw him, a year or so
later.

I have no recollection of Ross, except that it was a band and not a guy
named Ross. Can't find anything about them online.
Apparently they didn't make much of an impression on Christgau either.
Here's his one-sentence non-review from 1974, which mentions the Clapton
tour you saw:

http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=ross

Thanks Evan. I'd probably agree with his C- grade (although I certainly
never heard their album). They weren't an "F" in concert; if they were, I'd
remember them.
But, they can always say they toured with Eric Clapton.

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7/21/74 Cow Palace

Eric Clapton
Ross

My first time seeing Clapton after waiting years. I was maybe a little
disappointed, he played very little from Layla (didn't play the title
tune even) or the Cream days. He was okay, he seemed kinda scattered and
self-conscious; he was much better the next time I saw him, a year or so
later.

I have no recollection of Ross, except that it was a band and not a guy
named Ross. Can't find anything about them online.

Not a very memorable night in general.
LAYLA is really the only thing of Clapton's that I've ever loved...and
then came to find
out that the things I loved most about it were due to Duane Allman.
Never got the Clapton thing...that guy bores me most of the time
(although hearing a few
Cream songs would have been cool if he'd done that, which it sounds as
though he didn't).

He did do one Cream song, "Badge".
Clapton was already a legend back then --- early Yardbirds; founding
member of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers; Cream; Blind Faith; The Beatles'
White Album; Live Peace in Toronto with The Plastic Ono Band; The Concert
For Bangla Desh; his suberb first solo album; and of course "Layla" ....
We had to go see him!

Although I'm a huge Duane Allman fan, I believe he stole lots of Clapton's
thunder on the Layla album; Allman got more credit than he deserved. While
Duane did have great moments on Layla, actually Clapton's great moments on
said album are about 3 times more than what Duane did. Great great singing
on that record by Clapton as well.
That is true about the singing. Every time I talk about Clapton to