When Genius Strikes

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When Genius Strikes

When genius strikes it hits bigtime. The whole thing about last night’s show was that the support band were not your ordinary upcoming group just happy to hang onto the master’s coattails. No way, the support group was is led by yet another vituoso - none other than Robert Cray.

Yes folks, the gig was opened by The Robert Cray Band. Now, I don’t care what you say, where in the UK last night would you get two brilliant blues guitarists letting it all hang out? Mmm? Can you beat this? I doubt it. Robert was great. His guitar work is an inspiration. The two C’s compliment each other’s style wonderfully. It was genius to have him open the show.

At the NEC Arena, Eric Clapton showed us that by being innovative, changing the band lineup, re-arranging songs of old, playing new material and delegating a lot of lead guitar work to the other two talented young players onstage, he will remain the best bluesman in the world.

Clapton took us to Nirvana and just did what comes naturally. We are not satisfied, only temporarily satiated. It was the stuff of legend and some. But best of all he just slays me everytime I see him live on stage. The brilliance keeps getting brighter and his slowhand is anything but. The licks n riffs are still as sharp and crisp as ever and he clearly loves and enjoys his work just as much if not more than when he first started out.