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Eric Clapton’s Remarkable New Release ‘The Lady In The Balcony:Lockdown Sessions’

Written by Johnson Stephen on September 21, 2021

eric clapton new lp Eric Clapton returns with a remarkable new release ‘The Lady In The Balcony:Lockdown Sessions’ on November 12 2021 via Mercury Studios on multiple formats.

It features 17 songs that features Clapton and longtime bandmates Nathan East (Bass and Vocals), Steve Gadd (Drums) and Chris Stainton (Keyboards) performing acoustic renditions of Clapton standards and an assortment of other numbers encompassing blues, country and rarified originals.

Overseen by Clapton’s legendary longtime Grammy-winning producer Russ Titelman (James Taylor, George Harrison, Brian Wilson, Randy Newman, Rickie Lee Jones) and recorded live at Cowdray House in West Sussex, England.

The project was initiated as the result of the forced cancellation of Eric Clapton’s concerts scheduled for May 2021 at the Royal Albert Hall due to the continued disruption caused by the pandemic. Looking for a viable alternative and hoping to keep his options open, he reconvened with his band to the English countryside and staged a concert in the presence of only the participants themselves.

The mostly acoustic set was envisioned to be like an Eric Clapton Unplugged II, but not quite, as three songs are played with electric guitars. The result became far more than simply a sequence of greatest hits. Rather, it’s one of the most intimate and authentic performances of Clapton’s entire career, an offering flush with real insight into the make-up of his indelible catalogue.

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Track Listing:

1. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out

2. Golden Ring

3. Black Magic Woman

4. Man of the World

5. Kerry

6. After Midnight

7. Bell Bottom Blues

8. Key to the Highway

9. River of Tears

10. Rock Me Baby