ERIC CLAPTON - Badge (1977 OGWT UK TV Performance - but quoted as 1974) ~ HIGH QUALITY HQ ~

[@markjjnstradling]

Back in those days the cameraman always used to focus on Eric when a solo was going on; as happened here during the second solo initially. The second solo was actually George Terry who was an amazing guitarist. In this concert he also took the solo when Yvonne Elliman did "Can't Find My Way Home". Still one of my favourite concerts of all time. The full Old Grey Whistle Test concert is on YT.

[@vincentmena99]

I was just about to ask what the name of that guitarist was, he was ripping! Thanks

[@markjjnstradling]

@NickWilliams-s6l Yes, I think those were Clapton's dark days of booze and drugs. He openly admits he was in bad shape most of the time.

[@davidcaraballoriballo2966]

Toda la puta razón . En el tema d cocaine se ve claramente

[@williamtschanz4554]

8pm 😅​@@markjjnstradling

[@evanblackie7510]

Yeah, great chops for sure.

[@henryrogers5500]

Outstanding! Even years after the phenomenal original studio recording came out! All the folks in that performance did a great job! Love the back-up harmonizing vocals of those two very attractive and talented young ladies!

[@tarquinbullocks1703]

Forever grateful for my musical education from the Old Grey Whistle Test.

[@karenholliday2703]

I'll never get tired of watching Clapton playing. Talented lyrics by my favorite Beatle the late George Harrison

[@DrTomoculus]

But remember Ringo came up with "I told you about the swans in the park" I believe ;)

[@billsadler3]

@@DrTomoculus Yes. Limo ride and something funky in the air is the report.

[@mikestoetzel]

Badge will aways be my #1 classic rock song. Just an amazing song. Wife asks what do the lyrics mean? Don't know. You'll have to ask Ringo when he was blabbing out loud during great guitar play while being drunk/high. Can you imagine being a fly on the the wall with Clapton, Harrison, & Ringo while writing this epic tune. They were partying & running out a classic. Just F'ing amazing song.

[@steverickenbacher7110]

While writing the song, Harrison wrote the word "Bridge" for where the bridge was supposed to go. Clapton couldn't read George's writing and mistook the word for "Badge". Hence the name.

[@billsadler3]

Thanks for the shout, or holler, out for Ringo. I read they all 3 wrote, or jabbered the lyrics randomly in a limo while doing what rock stars do in the back of limos..... Ringo came up with the swans among other playful references to what might have been visible from the windows. Plus, a Bob Dylan and John Lennon in a cab video is hilariously priceless.

[@lucabrasi5070]

Badge was supposedly referring to a MBE

[@rocco777777]

And let us not forget the fantastic bass player of this beautiful band, Mr Carl Radle R.I.P

[@WillEPittman]

Came here to find Radle

[@hackdog69]

Passed away 3 years after this 😞

[@hubriswonk]

Amzing groove! Clapton really fucked this band over when he fired them and walked away. Broke Carl's heart.

[@feellucky271]

I wonder was this the same incarnation of the band Carl radon play Don Johnny Cash I guess I can look for myself but that was awesome

[@MikeDiCiero]

- is that when Clapton went into rehab? @@hubriswonk

[@Deanrite]

The one question everybody asks about this song is Harrison's role in it. On the original recording Harrison is listed as rhythm guitar. But as far as I can tell he played the break. The sound of his Rickenbacher is unmistakable, and none of Clapton's live performances ever duplicate that sound. I saw Clapton in 75 at the Cow Palace, and Harrison actually came out and played his part of the song. Unbelievable. The crowd was blown away.

[@santiagomena8854]

thats awesome!! can u tell me in which time comes harrison?? please :)

[@Deanrite]

@@santiagomena8854 It's the break before the lines, "Well I told you 'bout road goes on and on..." It's just a short instrumental part that really doesn't sound like the rest of the guitar parts.

[@djd23555]

Or who the hell the other guitar player is?

[@oldrockr1557]

Harrison credited on the album as L'Angelo Misterioso!!

[@Deanrite]

@@oldrockr1557 Correct.

[@RICHFUREY-db6nb]

One of the greatest Singer-Songwriters Guitarists ever. Where is my Badge?

[@atocox166]

I'm so glad that my (future )parents were teenagers in the 1970s, so that my genes could inherit a big appreciation of that decade's type of music whenever I discover it, such as this song .

[@kyotocoversjimanderson782]

That signature Harrison cascading riff.... the perfect backdrop for the the EC solo.

[@yoelbecher3703]

Heard this live in 2022 at MSG and was blown away. Didn’t even realize how much greater this song could get after listening to the album version. Thank You George for your contributions !

[@mrsbluesky8415]

George’s guitar break makes this song extra special. Love ya George !

[@richbailey8174]

Even though it wasn't really original per se....but it fits

[@claudedalton8970]

I DON'T SEE GEORGE...UNLESS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE STUDIO VERSION WHERE WE THINK HE PLAYED THE BREAK...MAYBE?

[@richbailey8174]

@@claudedalton8970 I am not sure if he did either.....I am not a big George fan so I don't keep his trivia in mind

[@claudedalton8970]

@@richbailey8174 HE DEFINITELY WASN'T AT THIS LIVE EVENT. THE BRIDGE IS POSSILY WHERE GEORGE MAY HAVE PLAYED AS CLAPTON PLAYED THE LEAD BREAK. GEORGE TURNED OUT TO BE QUITE THE GENIUS ONCE HE GOT AWAY FROM LENNON AND MCCARTNEY AS THEY HELD HIS TALENT DOWN TO A MINIMAL.

[@claudedalton8970]

ME TOO!

[@UncompressedWAVmusic]

Fabulous here in 1974 and also when it came out in 1968 when I just started high school.

[@01K02K95K]

Yvonne ❤😍😍😍😍😍🥰💯

[@dickystreets]

That woman in the background is the singer Yvonne Elliman who sings "if I can't have you". Rock on! 🤘😎🤘

[@tunanorth]

Also Mary Magdalene in the original "Jesus Christ, Superstar", and sang "I Don't Know How to Love Him".

[@dickystreets]

​@@tunanorth WOOOH 😱 💞👏 👏 🇧🇷

[@charlie-obrien]

​@@tunanorth She is a fantastic talent and made both of those songs as memorable as they have become.

[@RodFleming-World]

I had a massive crush on her after seeing 'Jesus Christ Superstar. Huge.

[@dickystreets]

@@RodFleming-World yes!

[@nickluzzi8767]

No one plays like Eric . he has his own style . I remember him only a guitarists back in the early days . his singing voice has gotten better with time . today he is s top player and singer . today he's one of the best guitar players ever .

[@bobbyozb]

Classic 70's Clapton....Blackie and Music Man amps !

[@critter7052]

Rest in peace, George Harrison.

[@constancelena]

amen 🙏 miss George Harrison

[@glitteringsunshine4306]

Peace? He'll be rockin' on.

[@JD0124]

And we all know how the title became, "Badge". But, if anyone out there doesn't... Clapton saw George Harrison who was writing the "Bridge" for the song. From looking at it upside-down, Clapton thought George had written, "Badge" as the song's title. Love that Rock 'n' Roll lore. It confirms that it ALL wasn't always pulling things from some divine place. It was just stuff we all do everyday - save for the writing a classic song part.

[@davidcaraballoriballo2966]

Chorradas

[@davidcaraballoriballo2966]

Si es verdad bendita visión

[@StraitKnopfler]

1:52 'Badge was co-written by George Harrison who is listed as "L'Angelo Misterioso" on the Cream album of the same same' What? The album was 'Goodbye' :s

[@captdude81]

Ah, L'Angelo Misterioso... your lick makes a positively fantastic ringtone.

[@oldrockr1557]

Not many know about Misterioso!! Good trivia shit!!!

[@captdude81]

@@oldrockr1557 They should! It gives you a new appreciation for a certain beatle :P

[@mrJimCharles]

Eric played the Leslie guitar part, George is on the rhythm parts in the verses

[@goodpeopleoftheworldunite]

​@@mrJimCharlesfinally, someone who got it the right way round. 👍

[@markbeavers5747]

I feel so cheated in today's music, this is what we need today!!!

[@trevorgwelch7412]

Sir Eric what a true genius . A true original . 🎸🎼🔊🔊

[@bluesychoosy5881]

I really like his voice here!

[@pitchoun7385]

Fantastique version merci à vous Eric et George pour cette composition!

[@JamesMcComas-dr2xi]

Oui

[@philipsmovies]

Brilliant band. What i love about Eric's playing is his improvisation.

[@jeffsmith9047]

Imagine being in the audience for this performance.

[@kevinmhilding]

Wow, what a great time they were all having. This song deserves a never ending jam! My all time fave I did with my band in Venice Beach back in the day.

[@davidcaraballoriballo2966]

Temazo que oía mientras viajaba en autobús por todo Madrid con mis cascos joder que recuerdos

[@LadyJKnightsbridge]

Timeless genius..George and Eric..❤️

[@jeffreysmith4965]

I really liked this lineup. They put out some great music.

[@charlie-obrien]

George Harrison and Clapton together wrote a rhythmic and percussive masterpiece and the additions provided by Ginger and Jack Bruce pushed this song into immortality. Any version is great but the original lives on and will continue on far past it's own creation.

[@JoyMinistryy]

composition, hot licks, inspiring melody, great band members. I took this for granted ant the time

[@alGonjad]

The guitar playing is excellent as ever, but Clapton's voice sounds especially good in this

[@Irishgal777]

I agree but everyone on here are saying that he’s drunk and I don’t believe it especially the way he’s playing and singing!

[@zipzip8239]

@@Irishgal777 lol

[@davidmellish3295]

@@Irishgal777 he was a raging alcoholic at this time,drinking two bottles of brandy a day as well as special brew beer ( 8% strong beer ) just read his autobiography, he said he had to have double vision or he didn't think he'd drunk enough lol he was also using a lot of cocaine BUT when you drink that much you build up a tolerance so he can function cause it's just the normal for him

[@Irishgal777]

David Mellish I am well aware of that, I saw him on that tour. I just don’t think in this video he was drunk. My opinion.

[@karenmccord9488]

@@Irishgal777 He looks like he is drunk, his face and eyes are puffy, but his voice and guitar playing are excellent!

[@13thRaven]

Since i was boy in the 70s eric clapton has been an inspiratoion

[@firstnamelastname-im5iz]

Same here. In 1975 I had an English assignment to write about a famous person in history. I did mine on EC. I wrote to RSO for information and they sent me a bio and a photo (not signed). I got an "A", which was about the only "A" I ever got in school.

[@DennisDolan-fl3mw]

As Eric and George were writing this Ringo in and came up with the line "the swans, they live in the park."

[@jamesmonahanmusic]

Holy-smoke what a great performance. 😊

[@dtsecofr21]

Very, very nice quality on this oft posted (and removed) video. I was cracking up when I saw "1974" ... Was definitely 1977, else George Terry's great solo would have been tough to do on a 1976 Musicman Stingray guitar!! hee hee

[@Irishgal777]

It was 74 I saw the tour with the Yvonne Elliman.

[@jjmc60]

That guitar has just come up for sale, BTW :-) ~ £36k

[@gurudan5981]

Probably one of the best versions of this song. He Is sublime❤

[@angelic_slayer]

That first bend in the solo is godlike

[@swampmusic9222]

Where is my Badge 8 times in a row!....Damn thats rockin.

[@tonylamosa3]

Yvonne Elliman at Backing Vocals 🤯

[@youngchool]

Oh, it that right? I was thinking the same!

[@Birkguitars]

@@youngchool And Marcy Levy aka Marcella Detroit also on backing vocals.

[@kenennis6287]

And Marcy Levy

[@e-money5851]

Marcy was amazing on Core

[@rockonguitar8117]

I was just thinking the same thing!

[@MerkinMuffly]

I was 6 years old and just saw Star Wars about this time, what a year

[@stub2022]

I was 10, and my folks played music non-stop, day and night, and I'll never forget leaving the drive-in after Star Wars...mind blown.....there had never been anything like it..

[@UnremarkableMarx]

And crazy how that is capping a decade of this number's existance at that point. But Clapton's ensemble here is so 70s, just a big tribe, Dylan woulda just done his rolling thunder revue in 75 so I see a trend. Rockers goin out for a spin jamming their staples

[@TonysMusic1974]

The great Yvonne Elliman on the backing vox

[@jm12green31]

Yeah I noticed she got busted with some meth couple years ago haha

[@m.brizzy5407]

Eric had a difficult upbringing and as a result, spent a lot of his time playing the guitar and learning the tunes and rifts of the day. Now, youngsters of all generations since have learnt his music - no better tribute can be given to a guitarist.

[@stub2022]

This is just epic. I happen to have monstrous audio-augmentation capabilities, which this recording requires. If you can, dig this with good sound.

[@jerrystraka7856]

I hear Harrison.... Great song.

[@bobbyozb]

Marcy Levy and Yvonne Elliman...Singers

[@thebreathalyzer]

damn straight. They sounded terrific on this, really elevating the whole performance especially at the end.

[@RickDanner]

Yvonne Elliman makes everything better

[@waynemoores]

Thought that was her.

[@renditioners]

Yvonne more than just a singer ,,was in a thing with eric

[@garrynorris4478]

Yvonne Elliman what a Babe very sexy

[@versioncity1]

Love the two very 70's backing singers.

[@donnalombardo1135]

Its Yvonne elliman from Jesus Christ superstar and if I can't have you from Saturday night fever fame she toured with him for awhile she's on the right of him

[@JamesAllmond]

I saw him in '74, this is definitely not that year...glad he survived 1974's Tour to tell you the truth...it was pretty rough. Much cleaner here, thankfully!

[@stevenrobinson2381]

Yvonne Elliman on the harmony vocals-later shot to fame with the BeeGees on Saturday Night Fever. And yes-Carl Radle on the bass !

[@charlie-obrien]

Yvonne was also in the original cast of "Jesus Christ Superstar" and in the movie as Mary Magdalin singing "I Don't Know How to Love Him". She was/is an immense talent who has a voice that has complete control over a song and not the other way round.

[@stanleycoop7204]

I love how he smiles and stops right before the bridge.

[@kevingriffiths6113]

Saw this band lineup in Manchester, was a GREAT night!

[@MoeKateye]

Wish I had been lucky enough to see this on broadcast television!!!!

[@jeffsmith9047]

This is pure awesomeness.❤

[@susanwiffill4637]

What a guitarist ! 😎🎼🎸

[@1stSaintsFan]

I saw EC and this band on the "Ocean Blvd." tour in Shreveport in 1975 with the late, great Texas Bluesman Freddie King as the opening act. EC and Freddie did a 30 minute encore set of some of the most tremondous guitar interplay I have ever witnessed. Love this band with female singers Marcy Levy and Yvonne Elliman on stage and back up. They each had a starring tune with EC and Marcy blew it up with "Lay down Sally". EC is not GOD, but he is Da MAN!!!

[@NolalanD]

+1stSaintsFan Yeah u right! Too bad I was 1 and had to miss Freddie King!

[@nmax696]

I got to see him a couple or 3 years later. He had Muddy Waters as an opener ...who came out and jammed with them for the encore. "slowhand" NW tour I think.

[@Chris-ky5ri]

Saw it in Providence

[@Chris-ky5ri]

Saw it in Providence

[@jerrywormington]

I was at that same concert in Shreveport. We were so close to the stage Clapton and George Terry could hear us as we yelled out a request for Let it Grow. George Terry started playing it and Eric turned to him and said he didn’t want to do that one.

[@kahlesjf]

That guitar tone on the solo!

[@josephliptak]

What i wouldn't give to go back to the 1970s.

[@Mike-Olds-1]

Yep, and I’d never come back

[@j.d.leslie8458]

Same here. I never thought we would find ourselves in this present predicament. God help us.

[@williamcampbell163]

Yep I lived it. If you went back and saw the future probably most would not want to go back. Sad just sad and yes God help us.❤

[@djhoneylove5710]

It was a good time to be young, but it was also a troubled and terrible time. Imagine people legally smoking in the movie theater and restaurants and the baseball game. It didn't matter where you went you came back smelling like nicotine. Also, there were broken bottles all over the street and beach and plenty of flat tires and cut up feet. For sure, you'd get a flat tire at least every 6 months. People drank a lot more as well and everything that entails. But the fashion and music was great. Shootings were rampant in the cities. Check the stats.

[@glmojopalmer]

Thanks for posting

[@kennethbiebighauser7984]

Clapton always brings his A game performing BADGE

[@jamiewarriorwarlordmccallu5712]

awesome live performance, the old grey whistle test was way better than top of the pops and the tube, eric just has something that a lot of guitar players don't have. magic in every sense of the world.

[@douglasreid7727]

Yes... I suppose it's his touch...Eric has a sound/touch that is really compared when the backing guitarist takes a solo. So good at imitating blues/Clapton sound...but when Eric takes over one can understand he is peerless for this kind of music...

[@versioncity1]

How wonderfully 70's

[@sunnys3325]

3:27 look how high his string action is... insane

[@CoasterMan13Official]

He must be a coffee drinker.

[@ryanhudson5824]

What the what…how??!!!

[@MrDavidschloss]

damn bro almost like Stevie had his😂

[@sunnys3325]

@@MrDavidschloss I could never get away with string action like that. Mine is as low as I can get it lool

[@MrDavidschloss]

@@sunnys3325 mine too my Man😂😂🤙🏻

[@alexdavies7394]

A terrific live performance of a classic song 😄😄😄😄

[@sigarpad]

This is epic!!! Epic Clapton!!!!

[@Morcaiden]

Marcy Levy and Yvonne Elliman? Wow...

[@brianherrington7226]

Morcaiden Marcy just a couple of weeks ago joined him onstage and sang Lay Down Sally with him. Probably been well over 30 years since she sang with him.

[@jeffreykaramazov]

Sudatissimo e ubriachissimo… Clapton numero 1 indiscusso!!

[@jwichmann1306]

I'm amazed he was still functional during this period.

[@constancelena]

Thankfully he lived through this and his music only became more fantastic ❤️

[@mustasitruuna2243]

Well he said ”always had it under control, believe me or not”

[@TelecasterLPGTop]

He reckoned that when his vision came back into focus i.e. he stopped seeing double he had to down more booze

[@marcusbuckner5582]

The 461 Ocean Blvd. years?

[@mustasitruuna2243]

@@marcusbuckner5582 pretty much all of 70’s

[@beachlifebestlife]

george terry fantastic guitar player....wrote mainline florida on 461 ocean blvd LP

[@ltschmidt02]

I love Yvonne Elliman lauging at 1:25. Yes, the Yvonne Elliman who sang "If I can't have you" in Saturday Night Fever.

[@bichomaldito]

and Jesus Christ Superstar, as Mary Magdalene.

[@kukol]

We know who Yvonne Elliman is! It's a shame she's a fucked up druggy nowadays.

[@boffeycn]

Well, she was shagging EC's brains out at the time.

[@rnrpeg1]

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM! lol

[@thebreathalyzer]

Two excellent singers, definitely sounding good here

[@critter7052]

Fabulous, thanks for posting!

[@khkartc]

Nice to see George Terry take a solo; no wonder Eric liked his playing, as he (Terry) sounded just like him! Looks like Carl Radle on bass, and Yvonne "Comfort Food" Elliman on backup vocals,

[@mitchellnicholls3622]

Legend George! Gosh he could paly

[@TankWilliams__Jr]

Simply stunning. 🔥

[@headbanger814]

Who played that second solo at 4:51

[@dankelly-jl8xn]

George Terry. With EC from 74-78

[@michaelmeza5395]

Drunk 70s Clapton is my spirit animal.

[@patrickselden5747]

Fuck, that was good... ☝️😎

[@SuperCableDawg]

Thanks, John...I have since learned what you say is true. Ringo was in the room also ( drunk ) and spoke out about the swans that they live in the park. Thanks again.

[@msa4998]

When one listens to acts like this, I’m not so sure that looking at today that Neil wasn’t wrong. Maybe rock and roll isn’t dead today, but it’s certainly on life support.

[@gilldanier4129]

Rock was a wave in music, it isnt dead, its just that another wave has formed from music. Music is energy and will always be here in different forms, never on life support because it cannot die.

[@Alecuiabano1]

É a melhor versão de Badge! Sem dúvida!

[@oldrockr1557]

George was listed as L'Angelo Misterioso... On the sheet paper George wrote " bridge".. Clapton reading it upside down read it as BADGE.. So we get this classic...Where is my badge......

[@bluwng]

That name means Mysterious Angel , wonder if it’s an inside joke.

[@alicekeyes8807]

This is one of the sexiest voices I've ever heard!!??

[@vaneipontes3824]

Mr. Eric "Clapton is God" Patrick Clapton 🔥🎸🤘

[@robmorrison1043]

Georgr Terry complimented EC wery well, a top shelf player. I forgot about those mid seventies music man guitars, they had a nice sound.

[@roytranter]

It's when you hear a live performance like this that you miss the studio recording featuring George Harrison's superb rhythm guitar. Harrison was never just a strummer, rhythmically he was much more more sophisticated especially the use higher inversion chords and off beat attacks.

[@すぎたにのぶゆき]

1974 年にカムバックした後、久しぶりに英国に帰った時のスタジオライブです。テレビ番組に収録されました。 エリック・クラプトンのおだやかな表情がリラックスしている事を物語っています。のぶ😘

[@danielsuarez1431]

The original "Badge" is the best. The solo, The arpeggio... the whole tune. Nothing happens with this rendering. 🎸

[@andrewhigdon8346]

Agreed. This performance is like a half-hearted rehearsal. Even the singing is uninspired. It’s like he is being forced to perform this song. Sorry but I’ll be relating this comment above.

[@MitchClement-il6iq]

Plus it had the late great ginger baker!

[@jm12green31]

Cool man love it

[@kathif17]

Great version and great song love the story behind the title I don't think where is my Bridge would sound so great.. of the story is true. 22 days to Columbus comcert

[@keithlowe1961]

Loved. Maybe soon she will be thinking of the love that I left on the table ... Honored. Maybe soon she will be recognizing the love that Is sincerely bestowed...Perhaps soon, she may realize the depth of love I've shared and honor the heartfelt emotions I've consistently expressed.

[@NigelWelch-x3h]

Nigel in Canada 🇨🇦 Yvonne Eliman on 'background" vocals she was great 👍 all over 'Slowhand' 'Lay Down Sally'

[@donreed7018]

Great! Did anyone else notice that YT got rid of the refresh/restart button?

[@LRS905]

So amazing to see Carl Radle on bass, he was always a show to watch him play. And so wonderful to see the 70´s Clapton, before he mellowed out and started pouring out elevator music.

[@donnalombardo1135]

Yvonne elliman as well

[@JoeKoOhNo]

His cover of Moon River isn't muzac.

[@douglasreid7727]

@@donnalombardo1135 Yvonne Elliman...great singer and I has a crush on her! The spirit of the age is encompassed in this one video. Wonderful social document.

[@toreckman8899]

How is that amazing? He was in Derick and the Dominos prior.

[@shauncorless8965]

Isn't that the lovely Yvonne elliman on vocals ❤she could turn Elton John straight ,,,just by smiling ☺

[@edouardduarte1547]

I think it's really 1977 because the bassist (carl radle) plays a stingray bass and Leo Fender built the first in 1976 ;)

[@gordongrant444]

The harmony singer is amazing.

[@authorityblues]

I didn't know Richard Kiel played percussion. Learn something new every day.

[@furyiiiplate]

I saw that too. I thought it was Andre the Giant though.

[@garryxu5791]

Plymouth Fury III Andre was a man for all seasons. Could cut a mean Foxtrot as well it’s said.

[@garyrasberryjr.552]

Sergio Pastora Rodriguez on percussion

[@OutOnTheTiles]

Drinking up to two bottles a day at this point in his life. He looks like he’s nursing a hangover but his playing is still spot on.

[@spenstrangward5126]

Id love to know who is the percussionist and how is the other guitar player... its awesome this live version..the Hammond organ just takes it to another level..

[@paulseymour8299]

Coming to a tv near you at Christmas.