Eric toured Europe and the Mid East in January. He then signed on as the guitarist with Roger Waters’ Pros & Cons of Hitchhiking Tour for the summer. At the end of the year, Eric and his band headed south of the equator and toured Australia.
The essential Eric Clapton bootlegs for 1984 are:
Red Wine (EC is Here / 4)
Recorded in Zurich on 20 January, the gig featured rarely performed numbers like “The Sky Is Crying”, “Rita Mae,” “Blow Wind Blow.” The highlight is a rollicking extended jam of “Standing Around Crying / Have You Ever Loved A Woman / Ramblin’.”
Slowhand Down Under (Killing Floor / 4+)
A typical mid-80s show featuring the hits and some rarely performed numbers like “Everybody Oughta Make A Change,” “Motherless Children”, “Tangled In Love,” and “You Don’t Know Like I Know.” The show sometimes plods along, but there are moments of brilliance. The one of the few recordings to surface from this tour which counts towards its inclusion.
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