Eric Clapton 9/21/19 “Layla” with John Mayer & Doyle Bramhall ii at Crossroads Festival in Dallas,TX

Eric Clapton 9/21/19 “Layla” with John Mayer, Doyle Bramhall ii, Steve Gadd and Nathan East at Crossroads Guitar Festival in Dallas,TX

[@kneechee9626]

People love the opening riff but it's the piano coming in at the end that gets me every time

[@clapsting]

me too , and I was there . the outro with John Mayer was amazing .

[@juancarlosgranados4425]

Yes, indeed.

[@patdogg1978]

Same here! A few years ago I heard a very interesting story how that piano piece came about

[@nugraharycr]

i know right??

[@jorgepoli9658]

That's the part that brings out the tears.

[@calebknott8021]

I love how Clapton surrounds himself with John and Doyle like he does. They're the undoubted best of their generation.

[@timo.6634]

What? John Mayer? You never heard of Derek Trucks or Gary Clark Jr?

[@adamp6905]

Tim O. JM still the best of this gen IMO

[@kneechee9626]

Only 3 things certain in life: death, taxes and Nathan East has a smile on his face

[@clcowger]

He has the best smile !

[@Nirmho]

Finally somebody said it.

[@mikegrinder7539]

YOU'D be smiling too if your gig in life was to back Clapton up.

[@Fun_in_retrospect]

Only 3 things certain in life: death, taxes, and Eric Clapton will right a blockbuster hit about his affair with your wife after years of music collaboration together 😅 Still a great song, always will be.

[@istvandejesus]

Enjoy while you can kids. He’s not going to be around for ever.

[@pedrohgromero1]

T_T

[@melonah]

😭

[@theyrinthewalls]

Going to see him next month

[@DH1985-MB]

This is class, the more I watch John Mayer the more I enjoy his playing. Doyle Bramhall is also a class act. I hope EC lives forever.

[@creamforever2677]

'I hope EC lives forever'. Estamos jodidos si ha lugar a tal cosa, amigo

[@shreegovindna3199]

He'll live till the end of time through his music

[@dyerk]

BB King said it best to EC: “I hope I live forever, but I hope you live forever and a day”

[@geoffgersbach1416]

And the great Steve Gadd on drums (drummer for Paul Simon, Chick Corea, B.B.King, Frank Sinatra, Diana Ross, Paul McCartney, James Brown, Luiz Bonfa, Bette Midler, Aretha Franklin, Michel Petrucciani, Chet Baker, Maynard Ferguson, Joe Cocker, Weather Report, Quincy Jones, Gladys Knight, Barbara Streisand, The Bee Gees, James Taylor, Luciano Pavarotti, Ray Charles, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman & many others)

[@jantinucci]

Geoff Gersbach how do you miss one of the best drum solo ish recorded on album in Aja?! JT too!

[@ag7404]

Stevie Wonder!!!

[@frankstew1199]

Jim Hall

[@kathif17]

I am crying I love Eric Clapton he is such an inspiration and humanitarian this is an awesome version RIP Duane

[@scottyschade]

Meeee toooo better than the stream last night

[@TheKing12310]

@@creamforever2677 te pusieron wifi en el cotolengo?

[@creamforever2677]

Sí, con ancho de banda bestial: dicen que te has escapado del cotolengo heavy para hipertontos….juarlk, juarlk,

[@Champzion]

Excellent performance, the Mayer and Clapton synergy is real

[@creamforever2677]

'...the Mayer and Clapton synergy is real'. Yo, en cambio, diría que se anulan uno a otro y el resultado es 0: uno es una nulidad(clapton), el otro, una copia de la nulidad(mayer)

[@elizabethmcleod246]

Don’t forget Doyle Bramhall!

[@alcroll]

Saw this live last night from the higher up seats. You might never see another concert like this by EC! 74 years old and over 50 years "the Man, the Legend; Ol Slow Hand! "Mournful rendition" of Layla here I'd say!

[@kvenable20]

It was a great show!!

[@TREYOLDHIPPIE]

Allan Croll be more optimistic..he is a SURVIVOR of the toughest times

[@creamforever2677]

"the Man, the Legend…." No, es "el Hombre que arruinó su propia Leyenda"

[@brucefake2732]

Every time, Nathan East present on bass.... He knows every single word of Clapton 's song

[@Tubemanjac]

Nice guy, no wonder because we share the same birthday :-)

[@arjanpetersen]

He plays. With Eric for. More than 40y

[@bpbatlaw]

Gorgeous! Mayer's tone and touch were impeccable, along with the expected excellence from EC, Doyle, et al!

[@rangeofmotion5993]

Mayer is a chameleon... it doesn't matter who he is playing with or what genre of music, he can find a way to blend in perfectly.

[@ebay9302]

Have you lost your mind!

[@SpiraIStudios]

Jessi Perkins Sounds like you just can’t hear. Sorry for whatever has made you not see how good a player Mayer is!

[@rangeofmotion5993]

@@ebay9302 Go check out some footage of him playing with Dead & Company and let me know if you still don't agree...

[@williamdemas2138]

Jessi Perkins Mayer is a great player. You're a fool.

[@cirenosnor5768]

Meyer’s good, great may be over the top? What has he contributed that’s memorable on the same level as Layla, etc. Nothing I can think of off the top of my head and it shouldn’t be that hard to do if he were great?

[@Fatfingertunes]

So big! And to see Steve Gadd in all this! All the drummers that have done these shows are truly killer.

[@Hairyblues]

Can't wait for the album and the DVD!

[@TREYOLDHIPPIE]

Hairyblues Pray its 4 discs..others are just too skimpy

[@davecavan3614]

2:12 Love the nod to John to begin shredding duties

[@TREYOLDHIPPIE]

Dave Cavan: yes, just like all young players often stick with.

[@MarsLonsen]

@@joebryant8500 is it some "metal superiority" I'm detecting here? like, you do know that "shredding"(quotations for a reason) just means someone playing like a virtuoso

[@MarsLonsen]

@@joebryant8500 pffft, you obviously don't know what a strawman is and take your own tip and look this stuff up before embarrassing yourself on the internet. this took me literally 2 secs "Shred guitar or shredding is a virtuoso lead guitar solo playing style for the guitar, based on various advanced and complex playing techniques, particularly rapid passages and advanced performance effects." most people don't even use the word "shredding" in a musical context and even tho he is, in this case, doesn't mean that he's referring to any "specific set of technics". just imagine a world where words have several meanings... you don't even have to imagine it, you just have to open your eyes. and last, the claim isn't "virtuoso = shredding(an actual strawman). the claim was: (in this case and in most cases)"shredding" just means someone playing like a virtuoso. but yes i could have formulated my original comment a little differently so my point would be clearer, that's my bad for having dyslexia and not realizing that i was dealing with a contrarian.

[@MarsLonsen]

@@joebryant8500 lol, what an eloquent and long-winded way of saying "I'm not interested in what you have to say nor anyone else for that matter. i will gladly misrepresent your opinions, ignore a lot of what you've written and straight-up lie to "win" an argument - because winning boosts my already astronomically big ego" XD my point was and still is that the OP obviously dident mean shredding in the "category of rock" kind of way but rather the older and original definition of the word "ripping something apart/shredding/destroying" in a hyperbole kind of way ofc. so, in the end, you ended up ignoring the semantics just because you wanted to be right. the fact that you felt the need you correct him shows character as well and that's why i asked you if you were a metal head because that would make a lot of sense. metal/jazz superiority is a thing because they are the more complex genres, and the fact that you just shrugged it under the rug just shows how intellectually lazy you are. its yet another 2-sec google search. i just remembered - you're not going to read this because you've already won, this again, show how intellectually lazy you are. because you haven't won, all you've done is to show everyone that you have an enormous ego and that you'll stop at nothing to win an argument. and i have a pulls clock and its been staying around 50-54 bpm this whole time so no, im not angry. I'm a combination of intrigued, humored and a little annoyed that a person with your vocabulary and intellect can at the same time be such an arrogant nuisance XD

[@MrMusicM67]

@@TREYOLDHIPPIE How could that be considered shredding...

[@unionjack515]

Doyle going all Trucks with the fingerstyle! What a lineup!

[@TREYOLDHIPPIE]

unionjack515: 😀exactly!

[@dak2005vn]

Piano bit at the end is probably my favorite piano bit to end a song ever.

[@mattilangofficial]

E.Cs. guitar look awesome!

[@shelleyharrop1419]

Just enjoy it people this will be gone I 10 to 15 years it has been our privilege to experience this amazing guitarist song writer and philanthropist

[@patriciapauline2172]

I took my 2 daughters to Dallas to see this concert and they were both blown away as was I. Once in a lifetime concert.

[@larrytullos8110]

In 2004 I took my 17 yo daughter to the first Crossroads festival and it was life-changing for us. Since then, we've seen Clapton 6 more times, John Mayer 10 times, Buddy Guy, B.B King, Eric Johnson, Joe Bonamassa, John Mayall, Mark Knopfler, Sonny Landreth, Jack Broadbent, Bonnie Raitt and others. This was her first real exposure to blues, and I never imagined that 20 later that would have led us to seeing 50+ shows together and given us such an enduring and special connection.

[@theloniouscoltrane3778]

2019 It's about time that EC and EC, Jr., make a proper studio/live album together! It will be a heavenly music!

[@creamforever2677]

"...heavenly music!". Tu estarías de suerte; en cambio, para mí sería un disco infernal

[@ebay9302]

You are brain dead?

[@creamforever2677]

um...me parece que el cerebralmente muerto habla inglés; está bien que los zombies angloparlantes y devotos de 'calzonazos-clapton' se cabreen y salgan a tomar el fresco de vez en cuando...se acumula mucho moho....juarlk, juarlk, juarlk...

[@kneechee9626]

Is that Clapton as your avatar? If so, you've got excellent taste. He is the simply the best!

[@guitartroll]

I was there my buddy is Eric’s drummer! The show was amazing

[@CalumMacPhersonDrum]

Really how do you know Steve?

[@guitartroll]

Calum Macpherson Drummer I know Sonny Emory and was there with him. I guess for this show I should have said co drummer since they were both playing with him at the same time 💪👍🏾

[@CalumMacPhersonDrum]

@@guitartroll oh man, hot dang! I never even noticed the second kit 😴 Your a very lucky dude! Seen clapton with Steve but never got to see Sonny, Maybe one day!

[@Akkul]

@@guitartroll Did you get to hang out with Sonny after the show and maybe get a chance to meet Eric, John, Steve and the others?

[@guitartroll]

The Strexil well Sonny is my daughters God Dad so yes I definitely hung out with him😂 and was able to meet Nathan east and a few others which was awesome 👏 We got alittle delayed getting backstage and I think a lot of people peaced out pretty quickly after the show but the whole experience was mind blowing 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@StratOnFire]

Clapton still doing great

[@lucioca]

A true living legend with his students. great Maestro. About 60 years of great music. Still on wave.

[@creamforever2677]

"Still on wave". En la onda, sí, pero ¿en qué parte del espectro?. Yo me inclinaría por la banda de infrarrojos: calientan, pero no dan luz visible. Llanamente, mucho ruido y nueces ninguna. Aturdimiento total

[@lucioca]

@@creamforever2677 I don't think so. A great musician asked him an autograph.

[@geezloueeze]

Gorgeous, surreal sound in the last part.

[@creamforever2677]

"...surreal sound…". En efecto, es totalmente surrealista que este individuo(ec) siga viviendo del puto cuento...que son ya 50 años viviendo gratis, oiga; desde 1969

[@LMurphyMusic]

God it must have been such an honor to be up on that stage.

[@ann-mariefrank644]

Electric Layla with Doyle and John Mayer accompanying EC. It was pure joy. The audience was embracing every minute, I know because I was there for two amazing days of music. Can hardly wait for the DVD to come out. Thanks for sharing.

[@dennisjohnson2519]

Doyle doing a great job

[@johnmery6964]

This was a beautiful version.

[@dassolan]

I love how Steve Gadd and Sonny Emory smile at each other on every drum fill and then shake hands at the end.

[@larrytullos8110]

Epic performance as was the full show

[@dominikharangi267]

John showed so much respect with his solo, with his skills he could have blown off the stage but he was just there to support his hero,mentor,friend

[@user-qr7ee2cp4y]

No ones blowing Eric off that stage

[@jorgepoli9658]

I was there. It was magical.

[@bluesnitoper]

Soooo much taste in this. This line-up is surreal. Loving Doyle's slide work in the most iconic part of the song :) Cheers to you, EC! Grateful.

[@creamforever2677]

'This line-up is surreal'. No, amigo, es desgraciadamente real, para desdicha de la humanidad

[@djurt02]

The two of my favorite drummers😀

[@joaquinquiros4969]

This song always makes me happy

[@Deliquescentinsight]

John Mayer's sweet Duane parts in the final coda parts are very moving, I can hear it like a tribute, very nice playing all round *sniff*

[@JamesAllmond]

that was Doyle and John doing Duane's parts...makes sense, Duane was the master of over dubbing himself too...and those two are damned near as good...so so glad we went half way across the country for this...made getting frisked by TSA worth it...well, almost...

[@OlChunkOfCoal]

This was a torch passing moment. John Mayer is the new king.

[@charmainematta7238]

Stop the negative comments. Just enjoy the music of these forever legends.

[@nickhalewijn5668]

John wearing the one of a kind Patek Phillipe when playing with Clapton a Patek Phillipe collector. Love them.

[@creamforever2677]

"John wearing…" Está bien fijarse en estos detalles; porque, en términos estrictamente musicales no hay absolutamente nada que destacar: es la misma mierda de siempre. Se va acumulando mucha excrecencia después de 50 años

[@anitsirk1982]

Till I die !!! :) thank you Eric :)

[@bmccollum]

Steve GADD on drums!

[@irenelindberg7633]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful performance!

[@francescolauri2262]

Best rock Song ever

[@mztweety1374]

I'll never be able to listen to the end of this without thinking about Goodfellas

[@sungkeh]

i hope someday im going to eric concert.

[@bandjams-backingtracks1204]

That outro jam was both wonderful and pleasant :)

[@ClassicK1rk]

I have been waiting for somebody to post videos from the festival! Excellent! 🤘🤠🤘

[@clcowger]

That was the best rendition of Layla !!!

[@すぎたにのぶゆき]

Eric Clapton nice ❗ Wanderfull ❗nobu hiroshima Japan thank you ♥️

[@tylerwillison4962]

Great video. Thank you for posting.

[@jmack619]

nice to see EC with his loyal lineup!!!

[@emilceac9391]

Cada vez que te veo sorpresivamente , alli te veo tocando con los capos.GrandeJohn Mayer.EMI ARBO 💛..

[@Dubnot]

Music is still alive 😎

[@krissgennrich8988]

Interesting stage line up. DB II's slide is so soothing.

[@CBDM777]

Legend

[@andrewottenfeld]

i still cant believe i was there

[@codysifford5470]

7:32 sound man falls of the verb returns 😂

[@TheSimido]

Clapton and Mayer together on the stage - i can list only a few things which are better than that. Amazing!

[@josephgrant757]

What a performance. I had no idea Doyle Bramhall II was good at the slide. Plus I like how John’s tone was different yet modern but it still retained that woman tone we all know and love.

[@OldbutStillRockin]

This festival was amazing from beginning to end. Two glorious days of incredible music. When’s the dvd going to be released?

[@Wompzalot]

crowd could move a bit more eh?

[@sassyguitars]

If I'm not mistaken That's Paul Carrack on the left playing keys, Hell of a vocalists.

[@tomaspaulmusic]

Thank you so much for this!

[@petrol6739]

fantastic!!!

[@timnoire]

Anyone knows more about the guitar clapton is playing?

[@xBlackout718x]

Another Fender Strat but it looks like the old Crash models he played in 2001. I wonder if he got that guy to paint them again.

[@felicianoramosmestiza4064]

Imagine the dream cometrue for James Bay who was playing that same night, and listening to Layla live from the man who created and which was his inspiration to become a guitar player

[@RandomPerson56789]

Saw this on Saturday from the stage right highest balcony. Nice to actually be able to see the set design & not have a screen intermittently blocking the view of everything

[@AlexGroen]

Love the sound, feel, presence and creativity of John's solo. Eric's solo didn't touch me like that.

[@theASTRADELIC]

God bless steve gadd!

[@studebaker3293]

Clapton, Bramhall, Mayer, guitars, Gadd, Emory, drums, East, bass, Chris Stainton, piano, but who is on the other keyboard ? Can't see him...

[@stevesmahalo]

Paul Carrack on Hammond organ. :)

[@studebaker3293]

@@stevesmahalo OK, thanks👍

[@Tubemanjac]

In each and every upload on great performers i always see comments of people who compare and discuss about who is or was the greatest musician. Please remind this: BEAUTY IS IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER, so please stop comparing and just enjoy the performance.

[@toulminbrown9166]

I love the guitar strap Doyle.

[@creamforever2677]

Este es, sin duda, el mejor comentario aquí puesto

[@craigmccauley3972]

Awesome shoe!

[@jorgepoli9658]

I was there

[@belo1971]

Hope there will be a crossroads blueray !!!

[@chriscasey123]

Doyle with the SRV look ! Hat and scarf !

[@krissgennrich8988]

They are from the same background. DB Sr did some song writing for SRV.

[@jordisanabravalle9248]

Eric.... is God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@SvenGoldberg]

That 335 sounds the best here, nice performance. :)

[@natecalhoun4427]

He did the electric version!

[@vicmarqzp7969]

Hardworking people

[@ピーちゃんそらちゃんピーピー]

素晴らしい‼

[@hobodaddy1]

EC would have probably liked to sit back and listen to DB & JM for a while too.

[@troywm1016]

Clapton's tone out-passes that PRS by a mile!

[@muhammadalwi6231]

Am I in heaven now.....?

[@joemanco1075]

Damn I wish I went

[@janedawson335]

❤️

[@folaolakunbi4961]

four guitar players two pianos and two drummers its like I've just heard the song twice!

[@keithwelch9351]

Doyle rocks

[@Brian_Gawlak]

Anyone else notice Doyle has his guitar strung like Hendrix???

[@Guitarplayer219]

Doyle appears to play with the low E string on the bottom, Jimi strung his guitar normally. He just played right handed guitars; low E on top, high E on the bottom.

[@kelleyhughes3551]

Always!

[@JamesAllmond]

@@Guitarplayer219 right you are. Jim played a right hand guitar strung for a lefty. have a left handed son who plays a guitar like Doyle as there is always a right hand guitar around and never a left, so learn to play what is available. Oddly enough, both Doyle and my son, when they play bass, have it strung as a left hand bass. As friends of mine have said, how in the hell do they do that?

[@jaljally2975]

Has it strung like the great Albert King, think otis rush played this way as well if im not mistaken.

[@MrWilander88]

Jal Jally you are right. He plays his guitar string like Albert King, basically a right handed guitar played on the left.

[@Vishangro]

Go away fox hunter!😎

[@mithraparast7041]

Steve Gadd is back

[@rogerdickenson854]

The best musician on stage could very well be Chris Stainton

[@creamforever2677]

Of course

[@stevierayclearysr8539]

John Mayer is from mean streets of Bridgeport he don't tell people he grew up with silver spoon in Fairfield Connecticut .he never had the blues a day in his life

[@ChizM]

i thought steve jordan would also be with clapton :(

[@DR-cf6ug]

tdg. Luckily he went with Gadd and Emory :)

[@paulaandrolini5948]

Jordan a better fit. Steve too technical.

[@DR-cf6ug]

Paula Androlini Eric probably thinks so too, so I can’t understand why he’s been using Steve for the last 20 years.

[@paulaandrolini5948]

@@DR-cf6ug not exclusively. He's played with at least 3 other drummers in that time span other than Gadd.

[@DR-cf6ug]

Paula Androlini yes most likely when Steve wasn’t available.

[@oppayagrilledtteokbokki488]

A new EC crash wow look amazing

[@creamforever2677]

Cierto. Sorprende, y mucho, ver al abuelo calzones en calzoncillos....juarlk, juarlk, juarlk !!!

[@tinarobles5360]

Fuck Yeah☺❤😎❤❤❤

[@istvandejesus]

Man is “Slow Hands”actually starting to get slow or is it just me?

[@drjhonwas]

Now he pays tribute to his pseudonym :(

[@nolanr7679]

Does anyone else realize that guy on the left is playing upside down?

[@chasimm3]

He's a lefty but plays a left handed guitar (I think) stringed upside down. Makes it fucking hard to play his songs mind.

[@dh4767]

Shout out to Skydog