Eric Clapton opens three-night stand in New York

Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood opened their joint three-night stand at New York City's Madison Square Garden Monday night (February 25th) with a blend of hits and lesser-known tracks by Blind Faith, Cream, Traffic, Derek and the Dominoes, blues greats, and their respective solo careers.

Clapton played a range of guitars and Winwood played guitar, grand piano, and a Hammond B-3 organ, in front of a five-piece band. They traded off some lead vocals, including on some songs normally just sung by Clapton.

The setlist was as follows:
"Had To Cry Today" (Blind Faith)
"Lowdown Dirty Shame"
"Forever Man" (Clapton) (trading vocals)
"Them Changes" (after Buddy Miles)
"Sleeping In The Ground" (archival Blind Faith track)
"Presence of the Lord" (Blind Faith) (trading vocals)
"Glad" (Traffic)
"Well Alright" (Blind Faith after Buddy Holly)
"Double Trouble" (Clapton, after Otis Rush)
"Pearly Queen" (Traffic)
"Tell the Truth" (Derek and the Dominoes)
"No Face, No Name, No Number" (Traffic)
"After Midnight" (Clapton)
"Split Decision" (Steve Winwood)
Solo acoustic Clapton: "Rambling On My Mind" (Robert Johnson)
Solo Winwood on organ: "Georgia (on my mind)"
"Little Wing" (Derek and the Dominoes) (trading vocals)
"Voodoo Chile" (long, slow version) (Jimi Hendrix)
"Can't Find My Way Home" (Blind Faith )
"Dear Mr Fantasy" (Traffic)
Encore:
"Crossroads" (Cream)
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