Live from Madison Square Garden (Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood album)
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Live from Madison Square Garden is a 2 CD/2 DVD live album by Eric Clapton
and Steve Winwood
which was released on May 19, 2009 by Reprise Records
. The album is made up of recordings from Clapton and Winwood's performances at Madison Square Garden
in February 2008.
The duo performed songs from their time in the band Blind Faith
as well as selections from Traffic
, Derek and the Dominos
, Clapton's & Winwood's solo careers and some rock & blues covers. Their band consisted of Willie Weeks
on bass, Ian Thomas
on drums and Chris Stainton
on keyboards.
, a group that pioneered the fusion of rock and blues into tremendous studio and stage success. Despite critical and popular acclaim, the band was short-lived with only one album and a brief 1969 tour that debuted July 12 at Madison Square Garden and ended August 24 in Hawaii
. Since then, Winwood and Clapton have remained friends but have only performed together a few times over the years for an occasional song at a charity event. The 2008 Madison Square Garden shows were the first full Winwood-Clapton concerts in almost 40 years.
. They were joined on stage, again, by Chris Stainton
(keyboards), Willie Weeks
(bass), Abe Laboriel, Jr. (drums), as well as backing vocalists Sharon White and Michelle John.
was handled by James Pluta, John McDermott, and Scooter Weintraub with executive production
by John Beug, Michael Eaton, Peter Jackson, and Tom Whalley. Most of the production staff were also involved in the recordings for Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival
s.
The art direction
for the album and DVD was Ellen Wakayama with the design
handled by Donny Phillips of the Tehachapi hardcore bands, The Warriors
and Machines, and photography
by Danny Clinch
. Donny is one of the lead graphic designers at Warner Bros. Records
, which the other two people mentioned also work for. The artwork was based on the taijitu
, although the colors on the packaging were red and blue instead of black and white.
Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
and Steve Winwood
Steve Winwood
Stephen Lawrence "Steve" Winwood is an English international recording artist whose career spans nearly 50 years. He is a songwriter and a musician whose genres include soul music , R&B, rock, blues-rock, pop-rock, and jazz...
which was released on May 19, 2009 by Reprise Records
Reprise Records
Reprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:...
. The album is made up of recordings from Clapton and Winwood's performances at Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan and located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station.Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the...
in February 2008.
The duo performed songs from their time in the band Blind Faith
Blind Faith
Blind Faith were an English blues-rock band that consisted of Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Steve Winwood and Ric Grech. The band, which was one of the first "super-groups", released their only album, Blind Faith, in August 1969...
as well as selections from Traffic
Traffic (band)
Traffic were an English rock band whose members came from the West Midlands. The group formed in April 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason...
, Derek and the Dominos
Derek and the Dominos
Derek and the Dominos were a blues rock band formed in the spring of 1970 by guitarist and singer Eric Clapton with keyboardist Bobby Whitlock, bassist Carl Radle and drummer Jim Gordon, who had all played with Clapton in Delaney, Bonnie & Friends...
, Clapton's & Winwood's solo careers and some rock & blues covers. Their band consisted of Willie Weeks
Willie Weeks
Willie Weeks is an American bass guitarist. He has gained fame performing with famous musicians in a wide variety of genres. He has been one of the most in-demand session musicians throughout his career. Weeks has also gained notoriety touring with many of rock's heavyweights throughout his career...
on bass, Ian Thomas
Ian Thomas
Ian Thomas may refer to:* Major W. Ian Thomas , Christian speaker and author* Ian Thomas , dressmaker to Queen Elizabeth II* Ian Thomas , Canadian singer-songwriter...
on drums and Chris Stainton
Chris Stainton
Christopher "Chris" Stainton is an English session musician, keyboard player and songwriter, who first gained recognition with Joe Cocker in the late 1960s...
on keyboards.
Background
Winwood and Clapton crossed musical paths in 1969 with the formation of Blind FaithBlind Faith
Blind Faith were an English blues-rock band that consisted of Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Steve Winwood and Ric Grech. The band, which was one of the first "super-groups", released their only album, Blind Faith, in August 1969...
, a group that pioneered the fusion of rock and blues into tremendous studio and stage success. Despite critical and popular acclaim, the band was short-lived with only one album and a brief 1969 tour that debuted July 12 at Madison Square Garden and ended August 24 in Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
. Since then, Winwood and Clapton have remained friends but have only performed together a few times over the years for an occasional song at a charity event. The 2008 Madison Square Garden shows were the first full Winwood-Clapton concerts in almost 40 years.
Tour
On 11 February 2009, the pair announced a 14-city U.S. tour that kicked off on 10 June 2009 in East Rutherford, New JerseyNew Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. They were joined on stage, again, by Chris Stainton
Chris Stainton
Christopher "Chris" Stainton is an English session musician, keyboard player and songwriter, who first gained recognition with Joe Cocker in the late 1960s...
(keyboards), Willie Weeks
Willie Weeks
Willie Weeks is an American bass guitarist. He has gained fame performing with famous musicians in a wide variety of genres. He has been one of the most in-demand session musicians throughout his career. Weeks has also gained notoriety touring with many of rock's heavyweights throughout his career...
(bass), Abe Laboriel, Jr. (drums), as well as backing vocalists Sharon White and Michelle John.
Recording, production and artwork
Live from Madison Square Garden was recorded from the 25th through the 28th of February. The shows were recorded and mixed by James Towler, while the productionRecord producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
was handled by James Pluta, John McDermott, and Scooter Weintraub with executive production
Executive producer
An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...
by John Beug, Michael Eaton, Peter Jackson, and Tom Whalley. Most of the production staff were also involved in the recordings for Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival
Crossroads Guitar Festival
The Crossroads Guitar Festival is a music festival and benefit concert first held in 2004 and again in 2007 and 2010. The festivals benefit the Crossroads Centre founded by Eric Clapton, a drug treatment center located in Antigua. The concerts are also intended to be a showcase for a variety of...
s.
The art direction
Art director
The art director is a person who supervise the creative process of a design.The term 'art director' is a blanket title for a variety of similar job functions in advertising, publishing, film and television, the Internet, and video games....
for the album and DVD was Ellen Wakayama with the design
Design
Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
handled by Donny Phillips of the Tehachapi hardcore bands, The Warriors
The Warriors
The Warriors is a 1979 American cult action/thriller film directed by Walter Hill and based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel of the same name. Like the novel, the film borrows elements from the Anabasis by Xenophon.-Plot:...
and Machines, and photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
by Danny Clinch
Danny Clinch
Danny Clinch is a photographer and film director who was born in Toms River, New Jersey in 1964. He graduated from Toms River High School East in 1982 and after attending Ocean County College, he attended the New England School of Photography, a two-year institution located in Boston, MA.Clinch...
. Donny is one of the lead graphic designers at Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
, which the other two people mentioned also work for. The artwork was based on the taijitu
Taijitu
Taijitu is a term which refers to a Chinese symbol for the concept of yin and yang...
, although the colors on the packaging were red and blue instead of black and white.
Track listing (CD)
Disc One
- "Had to Cry Today"
- "Them Changes"
- "Forever Man"
- "Sleeping in the Ground"
- "Presence of the Lord"
- "Glad"
- "Well All Right"
- "Double Trouble"
- "Pearly Queen"
- "Tell the Truth"
- "No Face, No Name, No Number"
- "After Midnight"
- "Split Decision"
- "Rambling on My Mind"
- Eric Clapton solo performance
- "Georgia on My MindGeorgia on My Mind"Georgia on My Mind" is a song written in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell . It is the official state song of the U.S. state of Georgia. Gorrell wrote the lyrics for Hoagy's sister, Georgia Carmichael. However, the lyrics of the song are ambiguous enough to refer either to the state or...
"- Steve Winwood solo performance
- "Little WingLittle Wing"Little Wing" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix. It was first recorded by The Jimi Hendrix Experience on their 1967 album Axis: Bold as Love...
" - "Voodoo ChileVoodoo Chile"Voodoo Chile" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and recorded in 1968, closing Side 1 of The Jimi Hendrix Experience album Electric Ladyland. The song is Hendrix's longest studio recording and features additional musicians in what has been described as a "studio jam"...
" - "Can't Find My Way Home"
- "Dear Mr. FantasyDear Mr. Fantasy"Dear Mr. Fantasy" is a rock song by Traffic from their 1967 album, Mr. Fantasy. An extended live version of the song also appears on the 1971 Traffic album Welcome to the Canteen...
" - "CocaineCocaine (song)"Cocaine" is a song written and recorded by JJ Cale in 1976 and most widely known in a cover version recorded by Eric Clapton. Allmusic calls the latter "among [Clapton's] most enduringly popular hits" and notes that "even for an artist like Clapton with a huge body of high-quality work, 'Cocaine'...
"
Disc Two
- Documentary: The Road to Madison Square Garden
- Documentary: Rambling on My Mind (includes Eric Clapton at soundcheck performing "Rambling on My Mind")
- Bonus Performances: Low Down, Kind Hearted Woman, Crossroads
Album
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Top 75 Albums | 25 |
| Belgium (Flanders) 100 Albums | 64 |
| Belgium (Wallonia) 100 Albums | 46 |
| French Top 200 Albums | 34 |
| German Top 10 Albums | 8 |
| Italian Top 20 Albums | 13 |
| Mexican Top 100 Albums | 85 |
| Netherlands Top 100 Albums | 60 |
| Norwegian Top 40 Albums | 31 |
| Spanish Top 100 Albums | 29 |
| Swedish Top 60 Albums | 44 |
| Swiss Top 100 Albums | 33 |
| UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
40 |
| US Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
14 |
| US Digital Albums | 14 |
| US Rock Albums | 4 |
| US Tastemaker Albums | 9 |
DVD
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Top 40 Music DVDs | 10 |
| Austrian Top 10 Music DVDs | 3 |
| Belgium (Flanders) Top 10 Music DVDs | 7 |
| Belgium (Wallonia) Top 10 Music DVDs | 6 |
| Danish Top 10 Music DVDs | 3 |
| Hungarian Top 20 DVDs | 17 |
| Japanese DVDs Chart | 18 |
| Netherlands Top 30 Music DVDs | 6 |
| New Zealand Top 10 Music DVDs | 5 |
| Norwegian Top 10 DVDs | 5 |
| Spanish Top 20 Music DVDs | 8 |
| Swedish Top 20 DVDs | 1 |
| Swiss Top 10 Music DVDs | 5 |