[Slowhand] Re: Band du lac DVD

[DeltaNick]

>> Any comments about Band du Lac DVD (2005 Wintershall concert)? ... Eric's performance is terrific. He appears on 9 tracks including Reconsider Baby, Lay Down Sally (great to here this one again), Willie & the hand jive, Stormy Monday and Cocaine. <<


While I haven't picked it up yet, here's a review by a friend, who was quite disappointeed:

                DeltaNick

"Hmmm ... buy this at your own risk, I suppose. I LIKE the actual band, particularly Gary Brooker, always a favorite. They're nice and loopy, pretty enjoyable. They're really fun to watch and listen to. I'd actually pay to hear this band.  Dave Bronze on bass, Hernry Spinetti on drums ... nice band. "Clapton ..."Reconsider Baby", he doesn't do much with it but its OK, but the other two songs in his first set he does NO solos at all ("Willie" and "Lay Down Sally").  Zip.  Andy Fairweather whatever takes the solos. Huh?

"I kinda skipped over most of the next sections ... the girl singer is cute, but the same warbly "I'm rootsy and cute" type like Jewel, etc. Ringo does his usual crap. No idea who Roger Taylor is, I skip it, too blow-dried for me.

"So then comes "Stormy Monday" - Clapton's back, and he's really starting to play some cool stuff, actually, QUITE good, I'd even say excellent , except ...

"He's drowned out by that goof on a TROMBONE of all things. Clapton's heating things up, and this old fart is bleating away, all over ANYTHING cool that Clapton is trying to play, guitar or vocal.  Sounds like a water buffalo being strangled!

"Look, you know I generally like horn SECTIONS, horn PARTS, but trombone solos are just SLIGHTLY more interesting than drum solos or tuba solos. I know this guy is famous for SOMETHING in England, but ... leave the damn thing in the case and play a tambourine or something.  NO ONE wants to hear some bleating trombone solo, particularly while Clapton is FINALLY having a decent moment in this show."




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