No, that's not the ufo that was spotted in Stephenville, Texas back in January. It's the lighting rig above the stage at Madison Square Garden, where some friends and I went to see the 3rd and last of the sold-out Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood shows. It was my first visit to the Garden and it was inspiring. We were on the floor and it felt pretty cool to be under the jumbotron where guys like Walt Frazier and Patrick Ewing played night after night. Admittedly, I'm really only a passing fan of Clapton and Winwood. However, the show was fantastic. They did a bunch of Blind Faith tunes as well as some Traffic and Hendrix numbers. It's remarkable that even while burning through Hendrix classics like Voodoo Chile and Little Wing, there was no mistake who was playing guitar - Eric Clapton. His tone and feel are immediately recognizable. Steve Winwood took some impressive turns on the guitar as well. This probably means I'll end up obsessively listening to the classic album "Blind Faith" for the next few months. The most impressive part may be that despite having 16 oz of beer accidentally dumped on me by an amateur bar patron before the show and getting stranded for two and one half hours on I-78 in central NJ at 2am with 2 flat tires, it was, as my good friend Jim said "still worth it!"
Sunday, March 2, 2008
blind faith
No, that's not the ufo that was spotted in Stephenville, Texas back in January. It's the lighting rig above the stage at Madison Square Garden, where some friends and I went to see the 3rd and last of the sold-out Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood shows. It was my first visit to the Garden and it was inspiring. We were on the floor and it felt pretty cool to be under the jumbotron where guys like Walt Frazier and Patrick Ewing played night after night. Admittedly, I'm really only a passing fan of Clapton and Winwood. However, the show was fantastic. They did a bunch of Blind Faith tunes as well as some Traffic and Hendrix numbers. It's remarkable that even while burning through Hendrix classics like Voodoo Chile and Little Wing, there was no mistake who was playing guitar - Eric Clapton. His tone and feel are immediately recognizable. Steve Winwood took some impressive turns on the guitar as well. This probably means I'll end up obsessively listening to the classic album "Blind Faith" for the next few months. The most impressive part may be that despite having 16 oz of beer accidentally dumped on me by an amateur bar patron before the show and getting stranded for two and one half hours on I-78 in central NJ at 2am with 2 flat tires, it was, as my good friend Jim said "still worth it!"
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